NEWS IN BRIEF

NORTH END GOING UP: North End United secured promotion to the top flight with one game remaining when they saw off Adamstown 3-2 in a thriller at their Belvedere Road base on May 6, 2010.

Kieran Kelly and Graham Doyle exchanged goals, before Trevor Berry’s strike left the hosts with a 2-1 interval lead.

Berry - who also missed a firsthalf penalty - floated a sweet free-kick into the net in the 52nd minute, with Ian White’s consolation for Adamstown ensuring a few anxious moments before the finish.

North End United: Lee Walker, Stuart Lawlor, John Foley, Keith Furlong, Colin Bent, Kieran Kelly, Kyle Dempsey, Craig McGuire, Trevor Berry, Allen Colegate, Alan Murphy. Subs. - Conor Doyle, Justin Whitty, Andy Moore, Adam Lawlor, Philip Tubritt.

FETHARD’S FIRST: The Under-14 footballers from Fethard won the Féile Peil Division 1 title for the first time when they saw off Starlights by 3-5 to 0-3 in Wexford Park on May 8, 2010, earning the right to travel to Derry for the national finals.

Adam Swan (2-2) and current county hurler Mikie Dwyer (0-2) were in lethal form up front, with Evan Rowe (1-0) and Bryan Power (0-1) also on the scoresheet. Fullback Seán Sutton captained the team to victory.

The Division 2 final at the same venue resulted in a 3-4 to 1-7 victory for Rathgarogue-Cushinstown over Clonard, with their squad including Daire Bolger (1-1), Jason Dunne (0-2), Patrick Murphy, Bryan Cody and Aaron Ryan from their march to the All-Ireland Junior club final earlier this year.

SEEING DOUBLE: Talk about seeing double - but on the double!

The St. Martin’s hurling and camogie teams had qualified for the national Féile na nGael finals, with two sets of twins from the same family involved.

Ciara (a current soccer star) and Aoife Rossiter were born on February 12, 1996, and their twin brothers, Pádraig and Darragh, followed on October 1, 1997.

For any family to have a child take part in Féile is a great experience, but to have four in action on the same weekend was truly something special.

SARS HISTORY LAUNCH: Players, officials and supporters of the Sarsfields past and present were out in force in their Páirc Charman home on May 8, 2010, as a big crowd gathered to celebrate the official launch of their history book by one of the club’s favourite sons, Billy Walsh.

Liz Crowley received the first copy of the 584-page ‘Go On The Butters’ from the author, Alan Aherne, who dedicated it to the memory of her late husband, Jim, who had passed away in April.

MAGNIFICENT MOYNE: Moyne Rangers won their second Youth Premier Division title in a row with a 4-1 win over arch-rivals Shamrock Rovers.

Niall Thorpe netted a hat-trick, while Timmy Dwyer also scored for the team captained to glory by Jimmy O’Leary.

GINA NETS TWICE: Two goals from Gina Foley, the second in extra-time, guided Shelburne to a 2-1 win over New Ross Town in a local derby Etchingham Cup ladies’ soccer final.

Yvonne O’Neill had put the town team ahead from a penalty, but their Ballywilliam rivals hit back.