GRASSROOTS

COOLERA/STRANDHILL

FOLLOWING the success of the GAA Cúl Camp our own club Summer Camp sponsored by New Ireland Assurance will be held at Ransboro from August 8th-11th for all 6-12 year olds. Further details and bookings can be got from Tommy Cradock on 0877866845.

Our under 12 girls suffered defeat at the hands of a very strong C.T. Gaels team last Friday in Ransboro Park. Although the girls started well and led thanks to an Eva White goal, the visitors responded quickly and were soon in the ascendancy. Trailing 4-07 to 3-01 at half time the girls never gave up and displayed their famous battling qualities right to the end led by Nessa O’ Sullivan, who was outstanding in defence, and Ava Griffin who made numerous fine saves in goals. Others to impress were Áine Harte, Susannah Gilligan and Lauren Healy, while Ellen Walsh and Clodagh Martyn worked tirelessly in attack. The team has a break now until they play Drumcliffe/Rosses Point in their final match on Friday 11th August. Team; Ava Griffin, Laoise McKenna, Susannah Gilligan, Anna McDaniel, Mary-Kate McPartland, Lisa Kilfeather, Aoife Gormley, Orna Murphy (2-01), Orlaith Beirne, Eva White (1-00), Úna Griffin, Ellen Walsh (0-02), Clodagh Martyn, Nessa O’ Sullivan, Lauren Healy, Áine Harte, Grace Bailey, Rachel Gallagher, Hannah Bohan, Lauren Dalton, Luna Sineoni. The senior hurlers made the short trip to Calry on Saturday evening to play reigning champions Calry/St. Joseph’s in the senior championship. Trailing at half time the boys put in a strong second half out-scoring their hosts by 0-10 to 1-04, with some fine long range points from Kevin Banks, Ronan Redmond, Mark Comerford, Eoin Comerford and Gary Cadden. This wasn’t enough however to turn the deficit around and we eventually lost 2-14 to 0-12. Team; Colm Scanlon, Aidan Coleman, Niall Cadden, Jonathon Porter (David Kilrehill), Kevin Banks (0-04), Ronan Redmond (0-02), Eoin Comerford (0-01), Conor Gillen (Fionn Morrissey), Mark Comerford (0-01), Kieran Prior (0-01), Thomas Moran (Seán Callaghan), Gary Cadden (0-03), Brian Tobin (Cathal Burke), Troy Hickey (Colin Parke). The next match is this Saturday at home to Tourlestrane at 6.00.

The Centre of Excellence was the venue for our under 8s and under 10s on Friday when they played Glencar/Manorhamilton in a series of challenge matches. It was great to see so many of our young players on the field, as four pitches were in use at one time. Well done to all concerned and a big thank you to those who helped in any way.

OWENMORE GAELS

BEST of Luck to Roland Anderson and James Duffy, who are part of the Sligo Minor Team that will play Derry next Saturday in the All Ireland Quarter Final. Throw-in is 2pm in Ballybofey. Well done to the U-12 lads who had a good win over St. John’s last Tuesday evening. The development team also put in a great effort against a strong team. Well done to the Sligo Masters on a great win over the All-Ire- land Champions Mayo last week. We were represented by Gerry Dooner and Gary Mullen. The club is deeply saddened to have learned of the passing of Kathleen Hodgins,Carricknagat,Collooney. Sympathies are extended to Kathleens son’s,Eric,John,Gordan, Charles and Mervin,her daughters Annette and Heather and to and the extended Hodgins family. The Hodgins family are steeped in Owenmore Gaels tradition, Kathleen’s daughter Annette has managed many underage girls teams over the years, many of her grandchildren wore the club colours with Louise and Lorraine currently playing with the ladies team and grandson Niall playing with men’s team as well as holding the Treasurers role on the club’s executive. The club extends its deepest sympathies.

A massive thank you, and well done to all who took part in our Golf Scramble last Saturday. 21 Teams took part in what was a very entertaining and competitive competition. A special thank you to all our Tee and prize sponsors. There are too many to mention. See our facebook page for our full list of Sponsors and competition winners!! Our Saturday Morning Coaching continues next weekend on the 5th August from 10.30 to 11.30am for ages 4 to 12. For registered club members only. See below for registration details. We are looking for parents to get involved as we need to ensure we have adequate supervisors each week. Spread the Word! Construction has now started of the new stand .Anybody still willing to join the fundraising drive with €20 per month for one year please contact Niall 0877609420.

EASTERN HARPS

WE had another raffle in our buy a block fundraiser on Friday July 21st for an item of Garden machinery sponsored by East Bros in association with Gardencare. The winner on this occasion was Nicholas Ryan from Gurteen. There will be another 4 monthly draws before the final draw in November which has over 4k in prize money. Tickets can be purchased from any executive member and also on line by visiting our website. We had a hugely successful Cúl Camp held in Gurteen Community Pitch. Up to 170 school children enjoyed fantastic weather and learned the skills of our native game aided by very good coaches. Our final senior league match versus St. Mary’s due to take place last Sunday in Kent Park at 1pm was called off. Our Junior men beat Cloonacool in the final round of the league last Saturday on a score line of 4:13 to 1:11. Their next fixture is in the Junior A championship against Tourlestrane on the weekend of August 26/27. Our U16 boys start their championship this Tuesday (August 1st) in St. Michaels where they will be facing Geevagh/St. Michaels. Our senior ladies lost to Drumcliffe last Sunday by 7 points. Our U12 girls lost last week also. However the minor girl’s got their campaign off to a perfect start by beating Drumcliffe in Oxfield last Sunday morning. Bingo continues every Friday night in Gurteen Hall at 8.30pm. The jackpot is €1,700 in 46 calls or less. The in house lotto is €500.

ENNISCRONE/KILGLASS

OUR intermediate team will have to do it all again in the Division Three league final after they showed tremendous spirit to claw back a seven-point deficit to salvage a draw at Tourlestrane last Sunday against Ballymote. Trailing 2-4 to 0-5 at half-time, the lads went 2-6 to 0-5 points down before launching a great in the closing stages with Donal Mullaney’s goal the key score to securing a 1-9 to 2-6 draw. Indeed, the lads could have snatched it having kicked some poor wides throughout the game but nonetheless, they will be delighted to get another chance after a poor display overall. Details of the replay at the time of writing were yet to be decided but when fixed your support would be greatly appreciated. A word of thanks to the Tourlestrane GAA club for having the pitch in fine condition and for the post-match refreshments. The Enniscrone-Kilglass/ Easkey minor team reached the semi-final stage of last Thursday’s 7-aside blitz in Scarden before losing to Ballymote/Bunninadden. They continue their championship preparations this week. The U-16 team are joining with Easkey for the championship and get their campaign underway on Monday July 31st against Ballymote/Bunninadden at 7pm in Corran Park. St Molaise Gaels are also in the group. Our U-14s continue their championship campaign against Easkey next Friday evening at 7pm in Easkey. Our U-12s are preparing for their semi-final against Tourlestrane on August 8th with training this week. An extra ten blocks and bricks have been released due to the enormous demand for sponsorship opportunities for our indoor astro turf complex. You can find all the details on our website, or contact any committee member. Thanks to everyone for the superb support. Congratulations to the Black Pig Festival Committee on another great festival this year. The area was full of excitement throughout the weekend. Well done all.

COLLOONEY HANDBALL

UNDERAGE coaching in Collooney this Saturday at 1aam, all welcome. Well done to Francis McCann and Kevin Meehan who won the Connaught Finals this weekend and hard luck to our other Sligo entries Shane Bruen, Stanley Harte, Michael McMorrow and Michael Bruen who came agonisingly close. We wish the winners the best in the upcoming All-Ireland finals. The 60 x 30 ladder round 3 continues this week details available on Fastcourts. Follow us on facebook @ Collooney Handball Club.

CLOONACOOL

OUR U/16s play Coolera/Strandhill at home in the championship on Monday evening. After a great league campaign where they reached the final of the competition we wish them the best of luck in the championship. The U14 team will play Castleconnor away on Friday the 4th August, next weekend. Both U12 teams will play away to St. Mary’s in the Championship and at home in the Shield final on 8th August next. Good luck to all teams. Our Junior team completed a disappointing league campaign when going down to Eastern Harps away on Saturday evening last in Gurteen. In what was a very entertaining game play, swung from end to end all through, but harps finished with a flourish and ran out deserving winners. Hard triers included Pauric Murtagh, Kevin Gallagher, Pakie McIntyre, Jason Brennan, James Lawerence, Jordan Brennan, Conor Prendergast and Darren Heneghan who had to retire in the second half with an injury. Training continues during the week at the usual times as the lads prepare for the championship in two weeks time. A full turnout is expected.

Sympathy is extended to the family, relatives and friends of the late Michael Gallagher Masshill who went to his eternal reward last weekend, after a long battle with illness which he bravely fought. May he rest in peace.

ST PATRICK’S

BEST Wishes Best Wishes to Joe and Declan and all involved with Sligo Minors in their quarter final game against Derry on Saturday next at 2pm in Ballybofey. Kelloggs GAA Cul Camp. St Pats will host Cul Camp from 31st of July to 4th August. For further details contact phone Paul on (087) 4114279. Senior Team News St Pats Seniors focus turns to the championship were they will face Enniscrone/Kilglass on the weekend of 19th/20th of August. Ladies Team News St Pats Ladies training continues on Tuesday and Friday evenings. A depleted St Pats Ladies side exited the Championship when the were defeated by St Mary’s on Sunday last. St Pats play Curry in the league playoff details to follow. Minor Team News St Pats Minors fixtures for the championship will be announced in the coming weeks. St Pats /St Farnans U16’s are placed in Group C of the U16 A Championship. They face Tubbercurry/Cloonacool in their opening game and then they play Coolera in their next game. The Tubbercurry/Cloonacool is on August 14th and Coolera on August 21st. U 14’s Team News St Pats/St Farnans U14’s play host to Ballymote/Bunninadden in the championship on Friday evening next August 4th at &pm in Templeboy. U 12’s Team News. St Pats U12’s will play away to Curry in the league semi final on Monday August 7th at 7pm. This fixture will be confirmed during the week.

COOLANEY/MULLINABREENA

OUR Club is delighted to announce that we will host a fundraising Rock gig featuring Shane McGowan, Seamie O’Dowd and Kieran Quinn on Friday 27th October in St Bridgid’s Hall, Tubbercurry. This promises to be a great night. More details later. Coaching for U.6, U.8 and U.10 takes place in the Community Park, Coolaney every Saturday morning between 10am and 11am. We invite sponsors to come on board at this stage of the development of Nace O’Dowd Park. Opportunities exist to sponsor two new dugouts, goal posts, and our new perimeter fence sponsor signs. All enquiries through any committee member or email secretary.coolaneymullinabreena.sligo@gaa. ie. The Monthly meeting will take place on Tuesday 8th August at 9pm, in St. Nathy’s Hall. The U14 team play Geevagh on Friday evening at 7pm, in Cloonacool in round 2 of the championship. Our Senior team lost to Tubbercurry in the final league game on Sunday in Cloonacool, the final score was 3-17 to 0-4. Best of luck to Barry Gorman and the Sligo minor team who play Derry on Saturday next in Ballybofey in the All-Ireland quarter finals.

BALLYMOTE

THE Division 3 Senior league final will be played all over again after Ballymote and Enniscrone/ Kilglass drew last Sunday in Tourlestrane in wet conditions. Ballymote led for most of the first half with 2 goals from Mark Irwin and points from Peter Lyons and Conor Meehan. Ballymote led by 7 points at half time. In the second half Ballymote played a defensive game and were under pressure for long periods resulting in a comeback for Enniscrone/ Kilglass. Team Gerry Feehily, Kiernan Tighe (Mike Furey), Daniel Clarke, Kenny Meehan, Colm McCann, Robbie Flannery, Aidan Caffery, Michael Rafferty, Michael Doddy, Adam Cunnane, Peter Lyons 0-4, Stephen Ross 0-1, Marty Underwood (Jack Hever), Mark Irwin 2-0, Conor Meehan 0-1 (Gerry Brennan). Subs Ciaran Anderson, Brendan Muldoon, Gabriel Rafferty, Colin Byrne, Cian Brennan, Ruaire Kilgarriff, Conor McGettrick, Conor Scanlon, Joe kyle, Paul McGettrick, Michael Flannery, Aaron Middleton, Malachy Healy, Conor Maguire, Paul Mullin, Oisin Conlon, Niall Brennan, Naill Colsh, Tommy Perry. Managed by Gerry Monaghan and Joe Brennan. Final score Ballymote 2-6 Enniscrone/ Kilglass 1-9. Replay this Friday at 8.30pm in Tourlestrane. Details will be on Ballymote GAA Facebook. The U 16 championship season stars on 31st July at 7pm in Ballymote against Easkey/Enniscrone/ Kilglass. U 14 play St Farnans/St Patricks 4th August at 7pm in St Farnans Community Centre in the 2nd Round of championship. U 12/11 both lost to Shamrock Gaels in Coola last Tuesday. U 12 qualify to semi-final shield 8th August against St Molaise Gaels in Grange at 7pm. U 11 will play Owenmore Gaels in a play-off, 19th August. Training resumes Tuesday and Thursday in Ballymote at 7pm.

ST FARNAN’S

A huge thank you to all those who supported our Footgolf Fundraiser on Sunday. Thank you to Tommy of Queen Meadbh Centre for his help and to Padraic Culkin for organising the event. Stephen Tenpany’s team won the event with Andrew McMunn’s team in second place. Mark Devaney won the hole in one competition. The Junior team were defeated in the last round of the league by St. Molaise Gaels on Friday night. The final score was St. Farnan’s 1-8, St. Molaise Gaels 2-14. The first half was dominated by Grange and at half time they led 2-9 to 0--3. St. Farnan’s battled very well in the second half outscoring their opponents by 1-5 to 0-5 . It was insufficient to reduce the deficit. The team was Sean Healy, Declan Taylor, Caolan Gillen, Karl Hannon, Greg Feeney(0-1), Mark Devaney, Shane Neary(0-1), Kieran Kilgannon (0-1),Gary Hannon, Shane Feeney (0-2f), Stephen Feeney’s, Keith Lang(0-1), Enda Mc Dermott (0-3).Subs used: Niall Crean, Conor Gordon. Easkey/ St. Farnan’s minor hurlers had a good win on Thursday last defeating Ben Bulben Gaels by 5-14 to 0-5. They play Tourlestrane/ Curry on Thursday in Easkey at 7 pm. On Friday St. Farnan’s/ St. Pat’s footballers play Ballymote/ Buninadden in the A Championship in Templeboy at 7pm. Well done to Ciaran O’Connor, winner of €127 in the 50/50 draw. The next draw is on August 13th. Good wishes to James Weir and Sligo minors on Saturday against Derry and to Ciaran O’Connor who is involved with coaching the team.

The club extends sympathy to the family, relatives and friends of the late Patricia Quinn, U. S. A. and late of Belville, Dromore West. Ar Dheis De go raibh sí.

SHAMROCK GAELS

THE monthly club meeting will be held this Friday 4th August at 9.00PM while the Bord Ná Nóg meeting will also be held on Friday at 8.45PM. We had a very successful Kellogs Cúl Camp last week with 104 children in attendance - thanks to all the coaches and children who participated. Please note that there will be no underage coaching next Saturday 5th August, we will be back again on the 12th. The Senior team lost to Tourlestrane in the final league game last Saturday. Attention now turns to the Intermediate Championship with the first game on 12th August against St Michaels. The Junior ladies play Curry away in a must win Championship game next Sunday at 10AM. The U16 boys face St John’s at home in the first round of the Championship this Monday at 7PM. The two U12 Boys teams had great wins over Ballymote/Bunninadden last Tuesday. The Division 1 team now face Owenmore Gaels in the Cup semi-final at home while the Division 3 team face Coolera/ Strandhill away both on Tuesday August 8th at 7PM. The U12 girls lost to Drumcliffe last Friday following a slow start they performed very well in second half making a great comeback but just came up short. The U8 boys and girls play in Scarden on Wednesday night next 2nd August. There will be a used clothes, sheets, curtains, soft toys, shoes etc in during the month of August. Please drop bags into the clubhouse before 26th August for further details contact Michelle on 0876157455. Best of luck to Sligo Minors and Gaels players involved in the All Ireland Qtr Final against Derry on Saturday.

DRUMCLIFFE/ROSSES POINT

The seniors completed their Division 1 football league campaign with a 1-17 to 1-9 win over Curry at Oxfield last Sunday. We have finished sixth in the league table on seven points. We are scheduled to begin our championship campaign against the holders Tourlestrane in two weeks’ time.

Our ladies footballers have qualified for the knockout stages of the intermediate championship thanks to an emphatic 4-23 to 2-4 win over Calry/St Joseph’s at Oxfield last Sunday morning. This was an impressive team display and we now travel to Tourlestrane next Sunday morning to play the host club in the county semi-final at 10am. Please come along and support the team if you can.

Our Junior men’s footballers play their Division 4 league final against Curry this Sunday afternoon at 1pm. At the time of writing, the venue for the game was still being finalised. Check our social media pages for confirmation.

Our ladies minor footballers are in the middle of a hectic ‘A’ championship campaign and enjoyed an impressive win last Wednesday evening with a 5-16 to 6-7 success against Tourlestrane. The team are scheduled to play the holders St