Hazelwood College Senior Hurling team are due to play the Munster Vocational Schools Hurling Final next Saturday the 31st of January, unfortunately neither the date nor venue for the final was confirmed by the time of writing as the semi-final between Clonakilty and Kanturk has not yet been played. The senior hurlers began training in earnest last September and began the year in style with a fine win over Harty competitors Doon CBS in the limerick Schools Quarter finals in Doon. First up in the Munster competition was to be Newport of Tipperay, unfortunately a walkover was given and Hazelwood proceeded to the next round without being tested. In the second round tie on October 9th, Cahir were the opposition in Galbally. It was a tight affair for the first twenty minutes but Hazelwood College gradually began to dominate running out 2-10 to 1-4 winners. Next up were Killenaule of Tipperary a game played in Lattin, again Hazelwood College struggled before eventually dominating and running out easy winners on a score of 4-12 to 1-3. For our next game we returned to the Limerick schools scene to play St. John The Baptist, Hospital this performance in Newtownshandrum was the low point of our season and we were deservedly beaten. This game did serve the purpose of putting us in the right frame of mind and our Semi-final performance versus Carrick-On-Suir in early December was probably our best performance yet, a game which we dominated from start to finish winning by a score of 4-25 to 0-3. The final is fixed for next Saturday, feel free to contact the school to inquire of venue and time where hopefully the senior hurlers can take one more step and claim the Munster Hurling crown
