Mullinavat Are Senior Football Champions
Mullinavat 3-12 Railyard 2-5
Mullinavat ran out deserving winners in the 125th Kilkenny Football Final sponsored by J J Kavanagh and Sons. The game was played in ideal conditions in Nowlan Park on Saturday evening. Free flowing Mullinavat built up an 11 point lead by half time (2-6 to 0-1) but, like true champions, the Railyard roared back in the 3rd quarter and reduced the lead to just 3 points mid way through the half. Mullinavat steadied the ship however and a John Walsh goal 10 minutes from time proved decisive.
Picture shows Paul Kavanagh of J J Kavanagh and Sons presenting the cup to Mullinavat captain Tom Aylward. Also in picture is Tom O Reilly Football Board Chairman. Mullinavat will be away to the Offaly Senior B champions in the AIB Leinster Club Intermediate championship on October 21st.
Click HERE for match report from John Knox of Kilkenny People Sport
Click on READ MORE for images of the game courtesy Pat Moore.
Railyard and Mullinavat Contest Senior Football Final
This Saturday evening in Nowlan Park Railyard and Mullinavat will contest the 2017 J J Kavanagh and Sons Senior Football Final. Throw in at Nowlan Park is at 6pm.
Railyard are attempting to achieve the four in a row of championships but are likely to face stiff opposition from a Mullinavat side that contributed several members to the Kilkenny Junior team which won the British Inter County Championship earlier in the summer.
Mullinavat will have had the more competitive run into the final with wins over Clara (after repaly) and Kilmoganny. Railyard, meanwhile, had just the one game - a comprehensive win over O'Loughlin Gaels. Mullinavat also enter the final as league champions having come through the campaign undefeated.
Admission to the game is €10 for adults and €5 for pensioners/students.
Click HERE for team pics from the Souvenir Programme
Under 12 Go Games Festival This Saturday
The under 12 Go Games Festival takes place this Saturday 26th August at venues all over the county.
Click on Read More below for full list of venues, fixtures and regulations.
Click HERE for club contacts.
Intriguing Final Rounds in Senior and Intermediate Leagues
This week sees the exciting climax of the St Canices Credit Union Senior Hurling League and the Michael Lyng Motors Intermediate Hurling Leagues. Click on Read More below for current standings and overview of present positions. There will be several intriguing games at both senior(Tuesday) and intermediate(Wednesday) level and we will have twitter updates on all the games as they unfold in what is sure to be two extremely exciting evenings of hurling. All games throw in at 6.45pm.
Please note that the St Patricks v Young Irelands game is postponed to Thursday due to a breavement in Gowran.
Click HERE for actions pics from the penultimate round courtesy Willie Dempsey.
Development Squad News
On Saturday 26th August 2017 Kilkenny U 14’s, U 15’s and U 16 Hurling Squads will be participating in the National Hurling Day Competitions. Kilkenny U 14’s will compete in the Tony Forristal and Sonny Walsh Competitions in Waterford, the U 15’s will be in the Wexford Competitions and U 16 A & B squads will compete be in the Tipperary Arrabawn competitions. All panels will have twenty four players with 144 hurlers representing Kilkenny on the 26th August. Over 277 hurlers competed for a place on Kilkenny Squads in 2017.
Click on Read More below for all Saturday's details and a Report on the Kilkenny Development Squad programme for 2017.
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