On Thursday night Annacurra were defeated by a tough Aughrim team. With injuries to key players like Martin O Brien and Stephen Doyle its was always going to be an uphill battle.

Match Report to follow….

Recently one of Ciarans Toronto Gaels team mates was in touch with Kevin Stapleton and he forwarded on this article that appeared in Irish Connections Canada” magazine.

If you come across any articles that may be of interest, let us know.

Kilmacanogue were well beaten in the Junior C championship by Annacurra, who took control of the game in the second half after there was little or nothing between the teams at the break.

At the half-way stage Annacurra were clinging to a 1-6 to 1-3 advantage but they pulled away on the change over to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final clash with their near neighbours and keen rivals Aughrim.

Scorers for Annacurra: Martin O’Brien (1-0), Shane O’Keeffe (0-6), Stephen Doyle (0-6), Warren Codd (0-2), Colm Maher (0-2), Ciaran Byrne ( 0-1).