Winning run comes to an end for Kilkenny under-14 soccer team
The Kilkenny u-14 boys development squad suffered their first competitive defeat in 3 years of Interleague to neighbours North Tipp on Sunday.
Defending back to back National Cup champions Kikennny went into this Semi Final after beating Cork 1-0 in the quarter finals shortly after topping their group yet again for the 3rd year in a row.
This Kilkennny squad had already secured two National Cups and a Cremmins Cup under the stewardship of Philly Trehy, Shay Lynch, Richard Carroll and Bill Trehy.
This talented squad narrowly missing out on a 3-in-a-row.
Kilkenny Squad- Micheál Beagan, Daithí Egan, Mark Byrne, Sam Norton, Donie Cahill, MJ Carroll, Michael Ormonde, Micheál Fitzgerald, Harry Trehy, Danny O’Dwyer, Dara Kavanagh, Jamie Kavanagh, Oisín Doyle, Ciarán Treacy, Cruz Chong, Aedan Sumner, Ben Fitzgerald, Sam Antonessa, Daniel O Connell, Jamie Fahy.
Senior Action
As well as the underage side of things, the Kilkenny Oscar Traynor team was also in action over the weekend as they met Limerick.
It proved to be extra-time heartbreak for the Cats in the windup and even though Emmet Nugent found the net in normal time, Limerick kicked on to win 2-1 in the end.
"I'm extremely proud of the group for what they've achieved and done this year," manager Gary Maher told the Kilkenny People Sport Podcast.
"I'm just heartbroken," Maher said, adding, "we probably deserved a penalty shootout if not more."
"For the effort the lads have put into it, they probably haven't got the rewards out of it they deserved."
Local Scene
On the local front, there was a restricted programme of fixtures as a result of the bad weather but there was still some interesting results nonetheless.
There was two games in the McCalmont Cup which saw Evergreen B see off Fort Rangers B and Lions claim a big 5-0 success over Paulstown with the two sides now advancing to the last eight of the competition ahead of the remaining last 16 ties this weekend.
There was wins for Evergreen 46, Stoneyford A and Southend United in the Junior Seanie O'Connor Memorial Shield while the sole league fixture took place in Division 2 where Evergreen C got the better of Spa United.