The 2009 Kilmacud Crokes All Ireland Hurling Sevens - sponsored by Meteor
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Today 5th September 2009 saw Moycarkey Borris from Tipperary being crowned proud winners of the Meteor Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland Hurling Sevens Senior Cup Final, while Ballyhaunis from Mayo lifted the Shield.
Seamus Howlin, Chairman of the Leinster Council, presented the winning teams with their trophies along with Conor Carmody, Meteor’s Marketing Director and Tom Barry Chairman of the Kilmacud Crokes Hurling Section.
An all Tipperary Senior Cup Final provided an exciting spectacle of skilful hurling action with Moycarkey Borris battling it out against Kilruane McDonaghs in a thrilling competition. Moycarkey Borris were comprehensive winners on the day beating their county neighbours 8-11 to 4-15. Moycarkey also picked up additional silverware with goalkeeper John Kelly being awarded the Player of the Tournament.
The Shield competition also saw two teams from the same county go head to head in an all-Mayo Final with Ballyhaunis overcoming Tooreen with a score of 2-10 to 0-10.
The winners of the under 13s competition were James Stephens from Kilkenny who beat the host club Kilmacud Crokes.
For the first time this year, a new Hurling Wall competition called “Balla Ball” was also piloted at the Meteor Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland Hurling Sevens. The skill on display in this new element attracted a huge crowd with home club player Adrian Grogan winning the Adult competition and Loughlin McCarthy from Midleton in Cork coming out on top in the U13s.
Commenting on the day, Tom Rock, Chairman of the Meteor Kilmacud Crokes Hurling Sevens Workgroup congratulated all participants and highlighted that the Meteor Cup is now one of the most coveted prizes in Club Hurling. “The tournament has been a huge success and it was great to see such a fantastic turnout today with the crowd enjoying near perfect weather conditions.”
Meteor’s Director of Marketing, Conor Carmody, said, “Congratulations to the winners and teams that participated in the Meteor Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland Hurling Sevens today”.
“This is the second year that Meteor has sponsored this competition and we are proud to be associated with a key grassroots event in Irish sport. The turnout has been fantastic once again and the games were as competitive as ever! It is great to see so many teams representing their clubs with such passion, skill and enthusiasm.”
The event also supported the “Headsup”, text referral service from Rehab Care, which aims to help young adults in difficulty by offering support group information for a range of issues via Freetext on 50424
For further information contact:
Louise Tier Meteor - 085 711 7800 / louise.tier@meteor.ie
Tom Rock / Paul Gorman Kilmacud Crokes
tomfrock@hotmail.com / paul.gorman@pioneerinvestments.com