Under 10 Ground Hurling Tournament Bellefield Sat 10 July   The first round of the Northern section of this year's ground hurling tournament started last Saturday in Bellefield with the home team playing host to Monageer / Boolavogue, Askamore and Rathnure.  The grading for this year was changed from under 11 back to under 10 becasue of the new skills league for under 12 hurling.   The Rapps were off against Askamore first and the north county boys and girls had no answer to the first time hurling from our lads who ran out comfortable winners in the end.  Next we faced Rathnure and there were a number of tense exchanges in this encounter with the Rathnure goalkeeper making some Fitzhenryesque saves, throwing himself at anything that moved.  As the match entered the closing stages it was still close but then we breached the Rathnure rearguard once more to secure a good win.    The final game was against Monageer, who had won their first two matches as well.  In the end the Rapparees won by one goal to nil.       The Rapps ran out winners of the Monageer tournament but we have no reports from further games: if anyone has any can they send them in please?     SUN 24 May, Monageer Rapps 2-7  Buffers Alley 1-2 Yesterday morning the under 10 hurlers had a win against Buffers Alley in the Monageer tournament.  The final score was 2-7 to 1-1 and 1-2 of our score was taken from midfield by Timmy Dwyer.  Other scorers were Oisin Murphy with a goal, the two Kevins, Foley and Ryan with two points each and Fionn Carty with a point.   Best for the Rapps were Michael O’Connor, Ciaran Walsh, Liam Ryan and Dale Galway in defence and Kevin Ryan shone in attack while our midfield of Kevin Foley and Timmy Dwyer were the bedrock of our victory.   Team: Jack Conroy; James Walsh, Michael O’Connor, Ciaran Walsh; Liam Ryan, Dale Galway, Fionn Carty; Kevin Foley, Timmy Dwyer; Ryan Mahon, Kevin Ryan, Patrick O’Shea; Eoin Murphy, Niall McCrea, John Peare; Subs: Oisin Murphy, Conor Farrell, Daniel Owens, Dylan Furlong, Craig Kinsella, Dylan McGrath, Seán McGrath, Daniel Lawlor.