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🌟 2025 Junior All-Star Nominees Announced

🌟 2025 Junior All-Star Nominees Announced

The nominees for the 2025 GAA Rounders Junior All-Star Awards have been revealed, recognising the top performers from the closing stages of this year’s Junior Championships.

Selections are based on performance across the final few games of the season, highlighting players who stood out when it mattered most.

🏆 Winners will be announced next Monday at 7:30pm, with all trophies presented at the All-Stars Night on Saturday, 1st November.

🏆 Junior Mixed (Male)

  • Matthew Flynn – Gusserane
  • Conor Murphy – Gusserane
  • Morgan Nash Colfer – Gusserane
  • John Hanlon – St Senan’s
  • Niall Sheehy – St Senan’s

🏆 Junior Mixed (Female)

  • Josephine Hickey – St Senan’s
  • Louise Kelly – St Senan’s
  • Aoife O’Carroll – St Senan’s
  • Cat Carty – Galway City Rapparees
  • Breda Rossiter – Gusserane

🏆 Junior Men’s

  • John Paul Mulvihill – St Senan’s
  • Euan Sheehy – St Senan’s
  • Niall Sheehy – St Senan’s
  • Philip Brooks – Inniskeen Grattans
  • Eoin Rea – Myshall

🏆 Junior Ladies

  • Kathrina Byrne – Inniskeen Grattans
  • Layla McArdle – Inniskeen Grattans
  • Carol McKeown – Inniskeen Grattans
  • Julianne Smith – Inniskeen Grattans
  • Áine McDermott – Elphin

👏 Congratulations to all nominees on being recognised among the top Junior performers of the 2025 season — an achievement that reflects strong finishes, consistency, and impact in the final stages of competition.

Provincial Club of the Year 2025 – Top Clubs Revealed Nightly

📢 Provincial Club of the Year – Announcements Coming this Week!

We’re nearly ready to reveal our Provincial Club of the Year winners – here’s how it’s going to work:

  • 🗓 Monday, 7pm – Top 3 from Munster
  • 🗓 Tuesday, 7pm – Top 3 from Ulster
  • 🗓 Wednesday, 7pm – Top 3 from Connacht
  • 🗓 Thursday, 7pm – Top 5 from Leinster
  • 📢 Provincial Club of the Year – Winners Revealed This Evening.

    Friday from 5pm, we will announce the four Provincial Club of the Year winners.
    • Munster – 5pm
    • Ulster – 5:30pm
    • Connacht – 6pm
    • Leinster – 6:30pm

    All four winners will be presented with their award at the All-Stars on the 1st of November.

    This has been a record-breaking season, with nearly 60 clubs and 120 teams involved – the biggest in the history of GAA Rounders. The sport is exploding nationally.

    🌟 The winning clubs represent the highest standards on and off the field. They’ve gone above and beyond by:
    ✅ Providing referees and officials
    ✅ Many serving on national committees
    ✅ Hosting competitions and blitzes
    ✅ Promoting juvenile rounders and building membership
    ✅ Featuring in newspapers and on radio to promote the game

    👏 While tonight’s winners will be in the spotlight, it’s worth remembering that so many clubs across Ireland have also given back enormously hosting games and providing board members and referees. Every one of them has played a part in driving the huge surge of growth we’re seeing nationwide.

    Stay tuned – the big reveal is coming from 5pm

The four winners will be presented with an award on the night of the All-Stars

This award is all about how much a club is giving back to Rounders ❤️

Each pick is based on clubs who went above and beyond in 2025, measured on:

  1. Contribution to the Game – Referees, volunteers, AC/CCC work – the people keeping the game going for everyone 👏
  2. Hosting & Organisation – Running great days and welcoming visitors
  3. Juvenile Development – Entering and hosting competitions
  4. Growth & Development – Registered players, new teams, and overall club progress 📈
  5. Promotion of the Game – Radio, newspaper coverage, and active social media channels 🎙️📰📲

And we’re not done yet – next week clubs will get their chance to vote for:

  • 🏅 Overall Club of the Year (National)
  • 🏅 Junior Club of the Year
  • 🏅 Intermediate Club of the Year
  • 🏅 Senior Club of the Year

🔥 These are the clubs that made 2025 a special year – make sure you’re here each evening to see if your club made the list!



Carrick, Erne and Breaffy Pull Clear – Senior Men’s Rounders Top Four Prediction

🟢 Senior Men – Week 4 Championship Review

🔥 Weekend Recap

Round 4 in the Senior Men’s Rounders Championship delivered pivotal results that reshaped the top-four race.

Carrickmacross Emmets continued their unbeaten charge with an emphatic 18–4 win over Raheen. The Monaghan side were ruthless with the bat and clinical in the field, showing why they’re favourites for another semi-final appearance.

Erne Eagles underlined their championship credentials by comfortably dispatching Limekiln 14–5. It was a hammer blow to the Dublin side’s momentum, but Limekiln can still make the top four with a easier run-in ahead.

Meanwhile, Cuchulainn secured a much-needed 9–2 victory over Michael Glaveys. The result gives them a lifeline, but with tougher fixtures to come, they’ll likely need to win out – and even then, run rate could be the deciding factor.

📊 Current Table (After Round 4)

Pos Team P W D L PF PA RR Pts
1️⃣ Carrickmacross Emmets 4 4 0 0 65 15 2.7 20
2️⃣ Erne Eagles 3 3 0 0 45 10 2.8 15
3️⃣ Breaffy 3 3 0 0 65 24 4.3 15
4️⃣ Limekiln 4 1 0 3 52 20 -1.2 14
5️⃣ Cuchulainn 4 1 0 3 43 20 -1.6 14
6️⃣ Glynn Barntown 3 1 0 2 31 14 -0.8 11
7️⃣ Michael Glaveys 3 0 0 3 9 57 -4.2 9
8️⃣ Raheen 2 0 0 2 11 31 -2.0 6

🔮 Top Four Prediction (Based on Fixtures + Form)

  1. Erne Eagles – Reigning champions. Expected to go unbeaten.
  2. Carrickmacross Emmets – Likely to drop only one game (to Erne).
  3. Breaffy – Quality side with two tough games remaining. Projected 5–2.
  4. Limekiln – Easier run-in. Could win final 3 games and sneak 4th place

🏁 Projected Final Standings

Pos Team Record Pts
1️⃣ Erne Eagles 7–0 35
2️⃣ Carrickmacross Emmets 6–1 33
3️⃣ Breaffy 5–2 31
4️⃣ Limekiln 4–3 29
5️⃣ Cuchulainn 3–4 27
6️⃣ Glynn Barntown 2–5 25
7️⃣ Michael Glaveys 1–6 23
8️⃣ Raheen 0–7 21

Final standings based on likely results and current form.