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After another epic clash Galway emerged as Leinster champions with a massive statement of intent towards regaining the All Ireland they won last year. Conor Whelans 2-12 from play was enough to give him the top scorer from play in Leinster trailed by four other Galway men scoring their scoring strength. It also saw the emergence of the first three positions in the 2018 Inter County Bounty. In first place with a magnificent total of 190 is Thomas Hiney of Abbeyleix and his prize a total of €1000. Second place (185) saw long time leader Nicky Siney of Ballinakill collect €400. While third place saw John Cahill (180) take home the prize of two All Ireland tickets and accommodation in Dublin for either the Hurling or Football All Irelands. Huge congratulations to the winners and a massive thank you to all those who collected cards earlier in the year and to all those who took part it is much appreciated.
The wait for the first winner of the ICB will go on for another week after Kilkenny and Galway drew in an absorbing final in Leinster. Cork took the spoils in Munster with Seamus Harnedy pipping John Conlon to the top scorers prize with 3.14 (23) scored.
A guard of honour will take place for Fr. Martin Ryan from the school at 8.30 on Tuesday evening. All clubs from parish are invited to attend and are asked to wear colours.
All change at the top of the leaderboard with Clare and Cork winning through to the Munster final. This leaves just one remaining weekend for both the Leinster and Munster finals to decide on the winners of the first Inter-County Bounty. Tony Kelly and John Conlon are still inseperable in the scoring stakes. This means that going into the final weekend participant will have to have picked a winner in Munster and Leinster and a top scorer in both provinces to their is still plenty of points to play for.
Sad news as the passing has occurred of Fr. Martin Ryan after whom our great club is named. May he rest in peace. Details of funeral arrangements to follow.
Another exhilarating weekend of championship action saw Kilkenny and Galway edge out Wexford and Dublin respectively. While in Munster Limerick and Clare dumped out Tipperary and Waterford in sensational fashion. Many of last weeks leaders predicting the above results leaving the leader board delicately poised going into the penultimate weekend of the Munster championships. In the scoring stakes Conor Whelan and Conor Cooney are joint top scorers from play in Leinster while Tony Kelly and John Conlon are tied in Munster.
An electrifying weekend of championship action saw the two games in Munster result in two draws, Offaly head for the McDonagh Cup and Galway further cemented their status as championship favorites. Patrick Horgan has become the top scorer from play in Munster taking a solitary point advantage with a game remaining while Dublins Paul Ryan has joined Joe Bergin at the top in Leinster with a game remaining.
After three rounds of the Leinster and two rounds of Munster Round Robin series completed leaders are starting to emerge in the leaderboard with a number of people correctly predicting a draw in the Tipp-Cork clash in Munster. Jonathan O Shea and Ollie Kiernan are the two men at the top with a combined total of 50 points. In the scoring stakes Joe Bergin still holds the lead in Leinster with 2-05 scored from play after three rounds. In Munster it is much more congested with Tony Kelly and John Conlon of Clare top of the pile with 1-08 each after two rounds of action with the McGrath brothers of Tipperary and Seamus Harnedy also adding nicely to their tallies.