Sligo Weekender

Club says thanks to the teens who won

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WITH sporting plans being put in place for 2021 and the page being turned on the strange year just past, CoolaneyMu­llinabreen­a GAA Club congratula­te their only titlewinni­ng team of 2020 – the club’s U-16 Gaelic footballer­s. This improving team won the Sligo U-16 ‘B’ Football Championsh­ip Shield, beating Eastern Harps by six points, 4-8 to 1-11, in an entertaini­ng final played in Bunnanadde­n. Coolaney-Mullinabre­ena led by two points at half-time, 2-4 to 1-5, having netted in the firsthalf through Eoin Barrett and Matthew Miley.

The winners went a point down early in the second-half – following three points without reply from their opponents – but a brace of goals from Matthew Miley steadied the CoolaneyMu­llinabreen­a ship.

Along with Matthew Miley (3-0) and Eoin Barrett (1-0), Coolaney-Mullinabre­ena’s other scorers in the Shield decider were Oisin Gorman (0-3), Shane Feely (0-2), Danny Elfiki (0-1), Fionn McDermott (0-1) and Ciaran Gorman (0-1).

The winners, captained by Conor Johnston, defeated Calry-St Joseph’s in the Shield semi-final.

Coolaney-Mullinabre­ena GAA Club U-16 panel 2020: Shane Finan, Cian Gallagher, Shane Feely, Eoin Scanlon,

Conor Johnston (c), Eoin Mulkeen, Kevin O’Brien, Jack Coleman, Oisin Gorman, Danny Elfiki, Eoin Barrett, Dylan Hosey, Matthew Miley, Fionn McDermott, Tadhg Henry, Ciaran Gorman, Kern O’Doherty, Conor Marren Management: Eamon Gorman, Pearse Gorman, Eugene Henry, Trish Gorman

 ??  ?? SUCCESSFUL: The Coolaney-Mullinabre­ena Boys U-16 panel that won the Sligo U-16 ‘B’ Championsh­ip Shield in 2020.
SUCCESSFUL: The Coolaney-Mullinabre­ena Boys U-16 panel that won the Sligo U-16 ‘B’ Championsh­ip Shield in 2020.

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