Our Junior Hurlers bowed out of the Championship  when Lisgoold proved too good at Riverstown on Monday evening. The first half was a shootout between two excellent free takers William Finnegan was unerring for us (scored 0-13 in total) and John Cashman likewise for Lisgoold. It was point for point in the opening 20 minutes but Jason Mannix had our best goal chance when he showed a clean pair of heels to the lisgoold defence, but his powerful shot hit the crossbar and the ball was cleared. Half time score was Lisgoold 0-12 Bride Rovers 0-10.

The second half had a similar pattern but lisgoold were finding their scores easier to come by and maintained a three point lead all through the second half until the 53^rd minute when they increased the lead to four and finished out strongly and after our numbers were reduced by two, and they finished with a late late goal on a score line of 1-23 to 0-16, hardly a true reflection of the efforts of our team who gave a solid performance all through.

Team. Frank Hogan, Adrian Buckley, Brendan O Driscoll, Tomas Kearney, Stephen Boyce, James Murphy, Jim O Connor, Sean O Brien Ryan Prendergast, Richie Cahill,Sean Ryan Terry Broderick William Finnegan Jerome O Driscoll Jason Mannix. Subs Dave Burke, Alan O Keefe, and Tadhg O Sullivan.