GRASSROOTS
BALLYMOTE
INTERMEDIATE: Kennedy’s Intermediate Football Championship Group 2 starts 31st July at 12md, Ballymote play Owenmore Gaels in Bunninadden Community Park. Later rounds Ballymote will play Castleconnor and Geevagh. Please come out and support the team and bring red and white colours. MINOR: Minor team were defeated by Coolaney/ Mullinabreena in Division 2 Quarter Final last Wednesday. U 16: Well done to Ballymote/ Bunninadden who beat Owenmore Gaels in semi final shield, score 4- 14 to 3- 7. They play Tourlestrane in the final Monday 25th in Scarden at 8pm. We want lots of support at this final. U 14: U14 championship begins 29th July at 7pm when they play Calry/ St Joseph’s in Hazelwood Main Pitch in a Quarter Final. U 12: U 12 play Calry/ St Joseph’s 26th July at 7pm in Corran Pk. U 10/ 8: There will no training this week. The next blitz will be August 6th please contact your managers if your child can attend. BALLYMOTE GAA are having a Flag Day in Ballymote 5th August, please contact your manager if you can help.
BUNNINADDEN
THE senior team lost their game on Sunday last against Drumcliffe/ Rossespoint in the last round of the league with a score of 3: 13 to 1: 10. Hard luck to the lads. The first game of the Championship starts next Saturday evening the 30th July against Shamrock Gaels in Connolly Park Colloney at 7: 00pm. U14 Bunninadden/ Ballymote play Calry/ St. Joseph’s in quarter finals of the championship in Hazelwood on Friday evening the 29th July at 7: 00pm. U12 Bunninadden play St. Farnan’s in the league semi final this Tuesday evening the 26th July in Bunninadden Community Park at 7: 00pm.
CLOONACOOL
IT was a quite week on the football scene. The men’s team continue to train for our first championship outing on 2nd week of August. THE U12’ s have 2 semi finals this week. First semi final is on Monday evening in Tubbercurry starting at 7.30. The division 3 semi final on Wednesday. SHAMROCK Gaels beat minors last Wednesday in the league quarter final. Final score 312 to 13. Under 6 8 and 10 training on Wednesday evening at 630 this week. CLOONACOOL defibrillator group would like to thank everyone who donated towards the provision of a new defibrillator for the community. A new defibrillator and protective case has now being purchased and will be installed in a suitable location shortly. First aid and AED training will take place in the coming weeks. Anyone interested can contact any committee member. UNDERAGE coaching on Satur- day morning at 11 am and finish THIS Saturday 30th of July. 60 x 30 Championship draw available from club secretarys. BINGO on Thursday night at 9 pm in Collooney Hall, jackpot is now € 6,250 in 46 numbers , please come early. 60 x30 ladder competition second week draw available on fastcourts , please text all results to C. Cannon on 087 2414355. will
COOLANEY/ MULLINABREENA
CONGRATULATIONS to the U. 16 panel and management on winning the division 2 shield final on monday evening last in Scarden. They had a comprehensive win over St. Mary’s with a scoreline of 5- 11 to 012. The club are holding their own GAA summer camp in Coolaney Community park on 22nd to 24th August. We welcome all children between the ages of 5- 12 years within the club catchment area to attend this new initative being held by the club. More details can be found by logging onto our club website at www. coolaneymullinabreena. com. There is a 3 day development squad camp for U. 13 players in Scarden on 16th 17th and 18th August from 10am to 3pm. Cost of camp is 10 euro. Anyone interested contact Patricia Gorman. The Senior team lost the final round of the league to Tourlestrane on saturday evening on a scoreline of 0- 7 to 1- 17, we lost out on a league final spot by one point , eventhough they will be dissapointed with this, well done to them in finishing third place in the league. Next Sunday evening they play Curry in the first round of the senior championship at 6pm, in Kilcoyne park. Our U. 12 team play Owenmore Gaels on Tuesday 26th in the Division 2 semi final at 7pm, in Connolly Park. The Minor team defeated Ballymote last week on a full time score of 5- 18 to 4- 4, they now play Curry in the semi final on Thursday 28th at 7pm, in Curry. There is a Club meeting on fundraising on Wednesday 27th at 9.30pm, in St. Nathy’s Hall. June Lotto draw Jackpot 3900 euro. Numbers drawn 4, 14, 24, 33, no winner. Match 3 winner Brian Marren, Lavagh.
DRUMCLIFFE/ ROSSES POINT
THIS is well and truly the business end of the season for our senior men’s footballers as they begin their 2016 Belfry Senior Club Championship campaign with an opening group fixture against Tubbercurry this Saturday evening in Connolly Park, Collooney, at 7: 30pm. A big show of support from the club would be appreciated for this important fixture. The seniors are in Group 1 this year along with Tubber, defending county champions St Mary’s and Coolera/ Strandhill. THE seniors warmed up for their championship opener last Sunday with an important 3- 13 to 1- 10 success over Bunninadden in Division 2 of the league. The win ensures our place in the Division 2 final with the eventual winners earning promotion to Division 1 next season. 137 participants took part in the annual GAA Kellogg’s Cúl Camp at Oxfield last week – a record for the club. Thanks to all the Sligo GAA coaches ( including a number of our own senior players) who led the week superbly. Special thanks also to our own Cúl Camp coordinator Mary Power for all her time and organisation. ANOTHER ‘ high’ for the club was recorded at Markievicz Park when the Benbulben Gaels U12 hurlers captured the A league title with a thrilling 0- 12 to 0- 11 victory over a gallant St Mary’s side. There was little to choose between either side over the four quarters and both sets of players served up a memorable contest for all who were there to see it. OUR ladies footballers are due to resume their intermediate championship campaign with a group match against St Mary’s on Sunday morning at 10am. HARD luck to the girls U16 footballers who put up a gutsy display against Shamrock Gaels in the ‘ A’ league final against Shamrock Gaels at Coola last Monday evening before eventually going down on a final scoreline of 2- 11 to 1- 7. WELL played our U12 girls who have started their championship campaign with two impressive victories to date over Calry/ St Joseph’s and Geevagh. OUR girls minor footballers begin their championship campaign this Wednesday away to St Nathy’s at 7: 30pm. THE U14 boys footballers start their championship campaign this Friday evening with a quarter- final against Curry ( away) at 7pm. THE first draw for our new Super Club Lotto will be made at the end of the week. All tickets should be returned ASAP to the Fundraising Committee. OUR Club BBQ will take place on Saturday, August 27th in Oxfield. This promises to be a fun- filled event for all the family. Keep the date free. IF you are heading off on holidays at this time of year, we want your holiday snaps! Send us a picture of you or family members in your DRP club jersey/ top and we’ll publish a selection of the best images on the club Facebook page. There’ll be ‘ brownie points’ for photos in front of tourist landmarks, either at home or abroad.
EASTERN HARPS
EASTERN Harps captured the U16 ‘ A’ League title by defeating Shamrock Gaels on a score line of 0: 10 to 0: 08. This was a very sporting game played in perfect conditions in Markievicz Park. Eastern Harps led at the break by 0: 06 to 0: 03 but this could have been a lot more only for the 2 brilliant saves by Shamrock Gaels Number 1 Ultan McKenna. Eastern Harps defence remained strong in the second half and limited Shamrock Gaels to 5 points in the second half. Eastern Harps added 4 points to the scoreboard which could have been more only for another top drawer save from Ultan McKenna. Ciaran Hannon was top scorer in this game with 4 points which meant that Eastern Harps ran out winners. I have no doubt that we will see these two teams meet again in the coming years. We wish a speedy recovery to Jake Stephenson who sustained an injury during the game. OUR senior men are out in the first round of the championship against Calry/ St. Joesph’s this Sunday at 1.30pm in Bunninadden. OUR Minors beat St. Mary’s last week and play in the ‘ A’ semi- final against St. Farnan’s in Keash this Thursday at 7pm. Our U14 boys commence their championship campaign away to Owenmore Gaels this Friday evening at 7pm. BINGO continues as usual in Gurteen Hall at 8.30pm. The jackpot on Friday is € 1,700 in 47 calls or less. The in- house lotto 1 is € 1,000 and lotto 2 is € 600. WE would like to extend our sympathy to Carina Byrne on the death of her father in Dublin.
ENNISCRONE/ KILGLASS
THERE was major disappointment for our intermediate team and management last weekend when they suffered relegation to Division Three following a five- point loss to Geevagh at Quigabar, 1- 11 to 2- 3. A very disappointing first half resulted in a five- point half- time deficit, but after the break into the wind we took control to lead by a point with 15 minutes to go. However, a costly sending off midway through the half allowed Geevagh to stretch the game and they ran out winners. The team will have to regroup quickly, with the opening round of the Intermediate Championship next Saturday evening. They play St Farnan’s at 7pm in Easkey – please support the lads. Best of luck to everyone involved. THE minor team continue training this week in preparation for championship. OUR U- 16s also continue training this week, and will play Castleconnor in the first round of the championship in a couple of weeks’ time. THE U- 14 boys had two good run outs in challenge games last week, and this week play in their first round of the championship on Friday evening. They travel to Templeboy on Friday evening for a 7pm meeting with St Farnan’s. Best of luck lads. THE U- 12 lads play their semi- final against St Patrick’s on Tuesday evening at 7pm in Dromard. Best of luck lads. CONGRATS to everyone involved in organising the Black Pig Festival last week in Enniscrone, which was a great success. We ran our own youth disco on Sunday night and it was a big hit with locals and visitors alike! Thanks to all club volunteers who helped out on the night. BLOTTO winner! CONGRATULATIONS to intermediate team footballer David Clarke on winning the blotto jackpot of € 3500 last Saturday evening. David’s winning numbers were 4, 12, 26. The draw continues every Saturday night. Your support is greatly appreciated. SYMPATHY THE club expresses its sympathies to Donal Kirby and family on the death of his brother last week. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
NAOMH EOIN
TOUGH luck for our U- 12 hurling team who were narrowly edged out by Benbulben Gaels in the U- 12 A1 Final in Markievicz Park last Tuesday evening. The team had an unbeaten run through the group stages to qualify for the final but were unlucky to lose out in an exciting and entertaining final by 12 scores to 11. Midfielder Robert O’Kelly- Lynch was highly impressive throughout amassing a total of ten super scores from frees and open play, and was supported ably by the likes of keeper Shea O’Neill, Adam Connolly and Brendan Munnelly in defence, midfield partner Ben O’Brien, who also struck over a fine point, and forwards Oilean Mulligan and Treasa O’Kelly- Lynch. Both teams were rarely separated by more than one point and at the end of the 2nd quarter we were 7 to 6 up. However the north Sligo amalgamation had a strong panel, and with some excellent scores from Paul O’Brien and Danny O’Connor they matched the exploits of our team and finished slightly stronger in the closing stages. Many thanks to the players and coach/ mentor Bill O’Kelly- Lynch for their hard work and efforts throughout the campaign. OUR minor hurlers suffered a narrow defeat against Tubbercurry in Round 3 of the MHC in Kent Park on Thursday. Tubbercury lead 1- 4 to 0- 4 at the break, our scores coming from Tony O’Kelly- Lynch ( 3) and Fergal O’Kelly- Lynch ( 1). In the second half, points by Niall Feehily and Tony O’Kelly- Lynch either side of a Tubbercurry goal kept us in the running. However Tubbercurry scored a further 1- 2 to establish a nine point lead with 10 minutes remaining. A point and a goal direct from a 30m free by Tony O’Kelly- Lynch reduced the deficit to five points. Inspired by Tom Gavin, Niall Campbell, Michael Kilcoyne and Niall Feehily, we kept the pressure on Tubbercurry and a second goal via Fergal O’Kelly- Lynch further reduced the margin to just two points. With the last puck of the game, Tony O’Kelly- Lynch was unfortunate to see his pile driver from a 20m free pass over the cross- bar. Final score Naomh Eoin 2- 8, Tubbercurry 3- 6. OUR u10s travelled to Easkey for a blitz on Wednesday and enjoyed a win against the home team and a draw against Coolera/ Strandhill. Dara Mostyn and Thomas Hargadon were both magnificent over the course of the two games. OUR senior team performed admirably away to Tourlestrane in our second group senior hurling championship game last Sunday evening, but despite dominating play, working hard as a team and defending solidly for long periods we were outscored by the home team 1- 16 to 0- 14. Following our impressive first championship group game, which resulted in a 4- 12 to 1- 13 win over Western Gaels, confidence was high but the first half was a close affair with Tourlestrane having the advantage at half- time 0- 9 to 0- 7. In the second half some good goal and point chances went begging and Tourlestrane finished strongly adding a goal from the impressive Eoin McDonagh. However our centre field partnership of Tony O’Kelly- Lynch and Paul Kilcoyne were excellent throughout and contributed all of our scores, with the younger of the two O’Kelly- Lynch brothers hitting over 10 points from both frees and play. Next up is a home game v Coolera/ Strandhill on the weekend of 20/ 21 August. Senior training resumes on Wednesday at 8pm in Kevinsfort with the lads aiming to prepare well for this key game that could confirm a semi- final spot with a win against our local rivals.
OWENMORE GAELS
IT is with great sorrow the club this week laid to rest Owen Sweeney, Carricknagat. Father of our chairperson, senior player and minor manager Trevor and U- 14 girl’s manager Anthony. His grandchildren Leah, Lauryn, Conor and Ryan represent the club at various levels. A well- known and popular man in the town, Owen fought a courageous battle against aggressive illness over the past few months. To his wife Patsy, children Trevor, Anthony, Damien, Jacinta, Karen, Gillian and to his numerous grandchildren and extended family the club extends our deepest sympathies. Ar Dheis de a Raibh a anam. THE senior men secured their Division two status with a 5- 8 to 0- 5 victory against Ballymote in Connolly Park on Sunday morning. The pressure was on going into the game with the lads knowing only a win and for other results to go our way would secure our status in Division two. In what was an under par performance