Glenroe Junior B’s winning run comes to an end
It was a battle between the two unbeaten teams in the Junior B league with Glenroe and Dromin Athlacca facing off in Athlacca on the 5th of May. Glenroe got off a to a superb start leading 0-8 points to 0-3 with 20 minutes gone in the first half. This is thanks to some excellent scores from Bob Frewen, Liam Dennehy and Shane O’Donoghue. Glenroe were in control of the game until Athlacca got a goal on the stroke of half time to reduce the deficit to 2 points. The half time score was Glenroe 0-10 Dromin Athlacca 1-5.
The second half saw Athlacca carry on their momentum out scoring Glenroe 1-5 to 0-3 points in the first 15 minutes of the second half. This left Glenroe with an uphill battle to get anything out of the game. Despite some sustained pressure including a penalty from Liam Dennehy that was saved, Glenroe could not pull back the lead and lost the game. The final score was Glenroe 0-15 Dromin Athlacca 2-14.
Team: Alan McSweeney, Cathal Flynn, Jonathan Tallon, Denis Casey, Shaun Moloney (0-2, both from frees/65), Kieran Tobin, Jordan Sheehy, Darren Carroll (0-1), Tommy McDonnell (0-1), Conor Fenton, Dan Hennessy, Cillein O’Brien, Shane O’Donoghue (0-2), Liam Dennehy (0-2), Bob Frewen (0-7, 5 from frees). Subs: Patrick Holian for Denis Casey,
Davey Noonan for Dan Hennessy, Keelan Riordan for Bob Frewen.
Next game: Crecora in Glenroe Saturday, 14th May at 7pm.
GLENROE PREMIER INTERMEDIATES FALL SHORT AGAINST BRUFF
Glenroe fall to their second loss of the league against Bruff in Glenroe on Saturday the 7th of May. Glenroe struggled at the start of the game with Bruff looking very sharp leading 0-8 points to 0-3 in the first twenty minutes of the game. However, Glenroe got two unanswered points before the break courtesy of Mark O’Connell who scored all 0-5 of Glenroes points in the first half. The scores at half time were Glenroe 0-5 Bruff 0-8.
Glenroe needed a spark as Bruff came out in the second half very sharp. Eoin Walsh provided that spark with a beautiful finish to a well worked move. This did not seem to effect Bruff much as they kept applying the pressure and Glenroe were struggling to deal with their scoring power. Despite some pressure, Bruff were too much to handle for Glenroe despite scores from Eoin Walsh, Mark O’Connell and Brian O’Connell. The full time score was Glenroe 1-12 Bruff 0-22.
Team: Ian O’Sullivan, Eoin Gallahue, Jimmy Barry Murphy, Patrick Holian, Shaun Moloney, Stephen
Walsh, Darren McCarthy, Donal Kelly, Sean Clancy, Mark O’Connell (0-9, 7 from frees), Liam Dennehy, Zach McCarthy, Shane O’Donghue (0-1), Brian O’Connell (0-1), Eoin Walsh (1-1). Subs: Tommy McDonnell for Sean Clancy.
Next game: Dromin Athlacca in Glenroe 7.30pm on 21st May.
CLUB LOTTO
Glenroe GAA Club Lotto draw results on 05/05 - Jackpot €5,000. Numbers drawn: 1, 6, 8, 9. No jackpot winner. Lucky dip winners and promoters. €30 David McCarthy; €30 David Rea; €30 Elaine Noonan; €20 Tadgh Barrett and Grace Vettraino €20 Teresa Kelly; €20 Will & Caroline Whelan. Next draw on Thursday, May 19th, jackpot €5,200.
CLUB GEAR
Glenroe GAA Club gear in now available on the O’Neills website. You can log onto www.oneills.com
LAUNCH NIGHT FOR FIELD DEVELOPMENT
Glenroe had its launch night for their much awaited AstroTurf development project in the Firgrove on the 30th of April. It was a great success to get the club together again and it was also a great opportunity to celebrate our Junior B south league win last year and Minor County Championship win in 2020. Thanks for everyone who showed support.