U/14 Hurling

After a slow start to their season, the U14 Hurlers moved into top gear in the last week as they went on a 3 match winning spree in the Division 2 ACHL.

Ahane 4 -12 Kildimo/Pallaskenry 1 - 1

First up was the away match to Kildimo/Pallaskenry on Wednesday 9th May, with a new look formation which included moving Mikey Power to full forward, James Tuohy to centre forward and Daniel Minehan and Joe Lavin at centre field. The changes worked to perfection as Ahane grabbed a couple of quick goals which stunned Kildimo/Pallaskenry and they never recovered as Ahane ran out easy winners in the end on a scoreline of 4 -12 to 1 - 1 with James Tuohy recording a fine return of 1 - 5 and further goals from Joe Griffin, Dara Cullimore and Mikey Power but it was a really clinical performance from the whole squad.

Ahane 7 - 4 Crecora/Manister 2 - 2

Next up on Friday evening 11th May was the return match against Crecora/Manister who had narrowly beaten Ahane on the previous Sunday's group match. But Ahane jumped out of the starting blocks and really got in amongst Crecora/Manister, not allowing them any space as Ahane's half back line of Matthew Hartigan, Ciaran Barry and Conor Morrissey dominated and by half time Mikey Power had buried 3 goals in his new full forward role, with James Tuohy and Dara Cullimore also hitting the back of the net. The second half was much closer but Ahane finished well on top with the final scoreline 7 - 4 to 2 - 2 thanks to two more goals from Harry Healy and Jessie Casey.

Ahane 3 - 9 Kildimo/Pallaskenry 2 - 3

Sunday 13th May brought the return match against Kildmo/Pallaskenry at Mackey park and with Kildimo/Pallaskenry having a much stronger line up, it was always going to be much closer than their previous meeting. Ahane got some early points from James Tuohy and Daniel Minehan before Kildimo/Pallaskenry hit back with 1 - 1 inside a minute and the first half finished with Ahane just on top on a scoreline of 1 - 6 to 1 - 3 thanks to a late effort expertly blasted to the net by Mikey Power. However Ahane got on top in the second half when the full back line of Gearoid Hartnett, Tom O' Dowd and Peter Cusack, helped by the half back line of Matthew Hartigan, Ciaran Barry and William Brennan got the better of the Kildimo forwards which led to a much better service to Ahane's forwards and the game finished on a scoreline of 3 - 9 to 2 -3 thanks to 1 - 1 from Jessie Casey, another goal from Mikey Power and some beautiful points from Daniel Minehan.

AHANE UNDER 14s REACH COUNTY FINAL

Doon 1 - 03 Ahane 1 - 08

Ahane's under 14 hurling continued their fine run of late when they disposed of a very strong Doon team at Doon on Thursday 17th May.
The match started at a quick pace and it was nip and tuck throughout the whole of the 1st half with Ahane dominant in most quarters without ever getting the scores they deserved on the run of play and Ahane were very unlucky not to have found the net on at least two occasions, but for some desperate defending from the home side. The Ahane half backline trio of Matthew Hartigan, Ciarán Barry and William Brennan in particular were dominant throughout the 1st half and some fine points from play including two from Daniel Minehan and one point each from Joe Lavin, Jessie Casey, James Tuohy and Mikey Power left Ahane ahead by 6pts to 2pts at half time.

The game sprung to life in the 2nd half when Harry Healy crashed the ball to the Doon net after 5 minutes to leave Ahane looking in control, however Doon responded with a goal of their own to bring it back to 1 - 06 to 1 - 02 with 10 minutes remaining. Two more points by Ahane thanks to a free by Daniel Minehan and a good solo effort by James Tuohy left Ahane 6pts up with 3 minutes to go before Doon got a consolation point late on to leave the final score 1 - 08 to 1 - 03 in favour of Ahane.

There was many heroes on the night but it was really the Ahane never say die attitude, instilled in them by their coaching staff, which got them over the line in the end and they are now into the ACHL Division 2 Final where they will meet Kilmurry Incha.



Camogie

Under 14

Our under 14 Team finished off their league campaign on a high with back to back victories over Ballybrown on a scoreline Ahane 1-6 to Ballybrown 1-1 on Tuesday night and on Wednesday night over Na Piarsaigh on the scoreline: Ahane 5-4 and Na Piarsaigh 3-5. Both matches were played in Ahane GAA Pitch. The girls now go on to play Knockaderry in the semi final. Ahane played superbly on both nights, displaying an exhibition of great skills and team work from our goalkeeper to the full forward line. The Team was: Emer Kenny, Alana Casey, Niamh Martin, Niamh O'Curry, Aine O'Curry, Robyn Nugent, Roisin O'Mara, Aine Reynolds, Aoife Quinn, Emily Knapp, Catriona O'Halloran, Sinead Meskell, Sine Hartigan and Rachel Slattery.

Under 12 Go Go Games

Our 12 team played Na Piarsaigh in Na Piarsaigh on Thursday night last. Both teams played a very sporting and entertaining game, with Ahane always in control and winning the game by 1 goal and 2 points. Team on the night: Sinéad Callinan, Aoife Walshe, Aisling Twomey, Orla Twomey, Emma Ridder, Sinéad O'Curry, Anna Nagle, Ciara Macken, Ciara O'Keefe, Aisling Herbert, Aimee Tuohy, Aoife O'Halloran, Lily Shortt, Ailish Reynolds, Daena Ryan and Ciara Greaney. The girls play Mungret St Paul's in their next match

East Junior Football League

Oola 1-4 Ahane 2-7

In an entertaining game of football in Oola this evening Ahane kept their title ambitions alive with a deserved six point victory against the home side. Played in greasy conditions, Oola got the first and last score but in between Ahane showed the better craft in front of the posts and lead 1-3 to 0-2 at the interval, they then consolidated their position in the second half to win on a final score 2-7 to 1-4.

Oola were first to score from a pointed free in the opening minute. Ahane lost Andy Cosgrove to the injury in the opening minutes, but Barry Neville entered the fray and goaled for Ahane in the fifteenth minute. Five minutes later Liam O'Keeffe popped over a point to extend the lead for the visitors. Oola responded with their second point of the evening from another free but Barry Neville and Aidan Leonard added further points to bring the half time tally to 1-3 for Ahane.

Oola started the brighter in the second half and were close to scoring on a couple of occasions before Ahane counterattacked and Eanna Kennedy fisted the ball to the net to extend their lead to seven points. This really spurred Oola into attack and during the next ten minutes they scored a goal and a point; the gool was a converted penalty followed by another close in free to reduce the deficit to three points as the game entered the final quarter . Ahane lads upped their work rate in this final quarter and were rewarded with two points from Aidan Leonard and two from Barry Neville. Both players converted long range frees in this spell to restore Ahane's seven point lead. With three minutes remaining Oola secured their only point from play to leave the final score 2-7 to 1-4.

All in all a good workmanlike performance from the Ahane lads. Well done lads. Defensively sound, but struggled at times to get the upper hand in the middle third of the pitch, but no doubting our ability to score if given fast ball into the attack. Next outing will be against old rivals Kilteely on May 25th.

Ahane lined out as follows: Kevin Keenan, J.C. Farrell, Al Dolan, Gary O'Keeffe, Mike Hayes, Ger Frawley, Aidan Leonard (0-3 , 1 free), Eanna Kennedy (1-0), Jack Murphy, Kevin Grant, Liam O'Keeffe (0-1), Andrew Cosgrove, Dean Lillis. Barry Neville (1-3, 1 free) for Andrew, Shane Sheehan for Dean and Stephen Ryan for Jack. Tweet

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