Castlelyons lose out yet again at final level and this time to Courcey Rovers.Castlelyons 1-18 Courcey Rovers 1-19We all headed for Páirc Uí Chaoimh last Saturday evening in confident mood. We lost the final last year to Blarney after injury to Colm Spillane in the opening minutes. This year we had done well in our qualifying games and stood up to a stern test from Ballinhassig in the semi-final to make the final with Courcey Rovers. There was an eery confidence about the place that we could do it and I suppose that’s good. However, as I outlined last week Courcey...

PIHC Final versus Courcey Rovers in the Páirc this Saturday at 5pm.Well, it is off to the Páirc again on Saturday evening for another county final. This time the PIHC final against old rivals Courcey Rovers. It was back in 1985 Balinspittle became a famous place as the crowds flocked to the place to see the moving statue. Maybe this helped the games down there as Courcey Rovers made up of Ballinspittle and Ballinadee have really become a big club in recent years. Stephen Nyhan their goalie nailed 1-3 in the semi-final versus Valley Rovers this year and will put anything...

Castlelyons GAA Notes week ended 15.11.21.Castlelyons play Ballinhassig in the PIHC Semi Final in Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday 20.11.21.After a seven week wait since our last game Castlelyons are finally out in the county semi-final of the premier intermediate hurling against Ballinhassig in Paric Uí Rinn next Saturday 20th November at 3pm. Our opponents Ballinhassig have had a dual engagement with hurling and football all along and they have reached the final of the county junior football championship with a big win over Douglas last Saturday. While they had the big...

Congrats to Castlelyons Under 16 Camogie team winners of the County B League Plate.Castlelyons 3-10 Tracton 2-12Castlelyons Under 16 camogie team travelled down to Tracton to play the home team in this Plate final as a neutral venue was not available and we loss the toss for home advantageThe pitch was in excellent condition and the sun came out to make it ideal for a game of camogie.  We had the better start but only led by a point at the first water break.  It was all square at half time with the score 1-5 each. The 3rd quarter belonged to Tracton with our defence under constant...