GRASSROOTS

BALLYMOTE

Last Sunday in Corran Pk Ballymote played local rivals Shamrock Gaels in Division 3 league competition. A tight game with Shamrock Gaels leading by one point at halftime. Ballymote took the lead early in the second half and a goal from Mark Irwin gave Ballymote some breathing room in the closing stages. Final score Ballymote 2-10 Shamrock Gaels 1-8. Team Gerry Feely, Colm McCann, Sean Stagg, Oisin Conlon, Malachy Healy, Paul Mullin ( Ciaran McGrath), Kieran Tighe (Robbie Flannery), Michael Rafferty, Aidan Caffrey, Stephen Ross 0-4, Danny Clarke, Niall Colsh 0-2 ( Marty Underwood), Jack Hever (Peter Lyons 0-1), Mark Irwin 1-2, Marty Underwood 1-0 (Michael Flannery). Subs Ruaire Kilgarriff, Shane Langton, Gabriel Rafferty, Conor McGettrick, Derek Tighe, Dylan Martin, Colin Byrne. Next game is Sunday 29th April at 2pm against Cloonacool in the Abbott Cup.

Minor team beat Tourlestrane on Sunday evening final score Tourlestarne 2-9 Ballymote/Bunninadden 4-10. Their next game is Friday 27th at 7pm in Corran Pk against St Molaise Gaels.

U 16 play 30th April against St Marys in Bunninadden at 7pm.

U 14 play 26th April 6.30pm in Corran Pk against St Molaise Gaels.

U 12/11 played Eastern Harps last Tuesday in Keash and unfortunality both teams lost. Previous week U 12 drew with Tubbercurry/ Cloonacool and U 11 beat Tubbercurry/Cloonacool. Training continues next Thursday at 7pm in Bunninadden.

U 8/10 Go Games started in a windy St Farnans last Wednesday, and well done to all children who participated. They travel to Geevagh next Wednesday, games start at 7pm.

Gaelic Football for Mother & Others training commences next Wednesday 7.30pm in Corran Pk. New members welcome, this is a fun, non-competitive game for ladies over 21yrs.

BUNNINADDEN

U16 Played Tourlestrane and won on a score line of 8-18 to 2- 7 with a strong wind and driving rain behind us we dominating the 1st half. Tourlestrane put up a strong challenge in the 2nd half but were no match for our determination on a night where Conditions was not of any advantage to any team trying playing quality football.Next game V St Mary’s TRAINING continued on Monday night as normal.

THE Minor team beat Tourlestrane on Sunday evening with a score of 4:10 to 2:09 in Tourlestrane for our 3rd win in the league. Well done to all the players, training continues in Bunnanadden on Tuesday evening at 7:00pm.

OUR Intermediate team lost to Castleconnor on Saturday evening last with a score of 4.08 to 0.12.

CALRY/ST. JOSEPH’S

ON Wednesday last we had a great evening of games with our under six under eight and under 10 teams all fielding against Gevagh. All teams recorded victories and we would especially like to thank Geevagh GAA Club for making the journey down to visit us. Tomorrow evening (Wednesday( we travel to Ballintogher to face Saint Michaels.

ON Thursday evening last our under 12 girls team travelled to Ballydoogan to play Saint Mary’s. Our very young team put in an outstanding performance but unfortunately fell short to a very strong and mature send Mary’s team. Next up for the girls, we host Saint Johns at Ballinode on Friday evening next at 7 PM. All support would be greatly appreciated. OUR rejuvenated under 12 hurlers made the long trip to Castleconnor last night (Tuesday) for the next round of their league.

OUR senior men’s team made it four wins from four when they defeated Enniscrone on Saturday evening last at Quigabar by a 1-08 to 2-12 scoreline. Next Saturday the lads host Saint Johns in the Benson Cup.

CLOONACOOL

THE U12 footballers had a double engagement away to Owenmore Gaels last week where they acquitted themselves very well, and all the players played their part in two very exciting games. The U12 hurlers are at home to Coolera-Strandhill on Tuesday evening next 24th at 7 pm. The Cloonacool-Tubbercurry U-14 team play Shamrock Gaels in Tubbercurry on Thursday evening next at 6.30 pm. Cloonacool play Ballymote at home on Sunday next in the Abbott Cup in the Community park at 2 pm. They had a good victory over a weakened Eastern Harps second team at home on Sunday last. They lined out as follows, N. Brennan, K.Gallagher, F.Leonard, J.McIntyre, P.Murtagh, E, Brennan, A. Moylan, J.Neary, O.Grehan, J.Lawrence, J.Brennan, R.Leonard, H.Marren, M.McCabe, C.Prendergast. Subs used, G.Mullarkey, D.O’Dowd, D. Heneghan, C.Cunnie. Training continues during the week at the usual times. Your support is requested for the Carrentubber-Cloonacool text alert group who are holding a registration night in Cloonacool Community Centre on Wednesday night 2nd May at 8 pm. The registration fee is 20 Euro. This covers the cost of setting up the system. All are welcome. Sympathy is extended to the family, relatives and friends of the late Tommy Wynne of Ennistymon, Co. Clare and formerly of Corrasallagh, who went to his eternal reward last week. Ar Dheis De Go Raibh Anam Dilis.

COOLERA/STRANDHILL

ON Monday evening our U16s played Coolaney/Mullinabreena in the newly developed Nace O’Dowd Park. Conditions for football were far from prefect with driving rain and a swirling wind making playing difficult for both teams. Missing both of our regular goalies, we were glad that Jamie Walsh and Owen McKirdy stood in for a half each, both keeping clean sheets. Coolera Strandhill got off to a flying start with 2 quick goals from Cormac Murphy followed by 4 well taken points from frees by Oran McDonagh who, with partner Donagh Flynn, was controlling the game at midfield. Orin Mitchell and Cormac Henehan added 2 more goals before half time as Coolera Strandhill went in at the break leading 4-8 to 0-00. Weather conditions deteriorated in the second half with the wind and rain making scoring opportunities hard to come by. Pawel Gorski made his debut for the club and put in a great defensive display at corner back. Sam McDermott moved to midfield for the second half and put in a man of the match display, by covering every inch of the pitch and showing some great defensive work. Jamie Walsh moved to the forwards for the second half and added another goal which was followed by points from Orin Mitchell, Oran McDonagh and Liam Gilligan. Coolera Standhill ran out winners 5-11 to 0-3. This was a great display by the entire team in very trying conditions. Team J Walsh, A Davey, O McKidy, N Brennan, J Murphy, S McDermott. O McDonagh, D Flynn, C Keane, O Mitchell, L Gilligan, C Murphy, C Henehan, J Henehan, B Cawley, P Gorski.

THE senior footballers’ unbeaten run in the league came to an end in Ransboro on Saturday evening when they lost to St. Mary’s. A good start saw us lead by four points thanks to a Cillian McCahey point and a Mark Comerford. The visitors began to take control midway through the first half, yet a Cillian McCahey goal and points from Karl O’ Neill, Barry O’ Mahony and Aaron O’ Boyle saw us lead by a point at half time. The second half proved to be a struggle and scores were hard to come by. St. Mary’s eventually ran out winners 3-17 to 3-07. The two sides meet again next Saturday in the Kiernan Cup. CONGRATULATIONS to Liam Gilligan who was part of the Summerhill College juvenile team that defeated St. Jarlath’s in the Connacht Final. Tristan Gilligan, Oran McDonagh, Donagh Flynn and Jack Murphy were unlucky to lose out to Roscommon CBS in the colleges junior final on Friday. THE junior ladies suffered defeat to Shamrock Gaels in the second round of the league on Sunday. Starting well, the girls played some nice football but unfortunately didn’t capitalise on their opportunities. Two Attracta Halloran points was all they had to show for their first half efforts. Once the visitors settled it became a tough task for our girls. There were some good performances from Aislinn Doggett and Kaela Kerrigan in defence. Laura Ann Laffey worked tirelessly in midfield with Ruth Goodwin until Ruth went off injured. In attack, Éilis Callaghan showed well and won plenty of possession, with support from Attracta Halloran. THE under 12 girls played host to St. John’s on Thursday evening (19th). On a beautiful sunny evening the two teams provided a very entertaining, sporting contest. A word of thanks must go to the grounds committee for having the pitch in such great condition following some very wet weather. Our girls were quick off the mark, Ellen Walsh in particular proving a real handful for the visitors’ defence, scoring three points in the opening quarter. Ellen would finish top scorer with five points. Others to get on the score-sheet were Eva White, Orna Murphy, Lauren Healy, Sophie Quinn, Lulu Mooney and Hannah Bohan. This was a game the girls controlled from the start with many fine performances all over the pitch. In defence Áine Harte, Anna McDaniel and Susannah Gilligan were superb. A new midfield pairing of Lisa Kilfeather and Orlaith Beirne revelled in their task and Ellen Walsh led the attack with great displays also from Aoife Gallagher, Lulu Mooney and Lauren Healy. There were impressive performances too from Eva White, Orna Murphy, Tilly Ellwood and Molly Rooney, while Mollie Ronan, Megan Bohan, Grace Bailey, Aoife Hennessy, Sophie Quinn and Maya Donaghy all played their part in a 15 points to 7 victory. A special word must go to Keith McLoughlin (St. John’s) and Michael Harte who stepped in to share the refereeing duties when no official referee was present.

DRUMCLIFFE/ROSSES POINT

THERE was disappointment for the senior men’s footballers in Grange on Saturday evening when they allowed a four-point lead to slip against St Molaise Gaels in their Division 1 match, with the home side running out victors in the end by 1-15 to 2-9. Overall, we played in fits and starts with the both the goals from Cian Lally and captain Neil Ewing coming during an impressive third quarter when we turned a four-point deficit into a four-point lead, but we were unable to build on that. With both of our recognised goalkeepers unavailable for this match, fair play to John Hester who improvised manfully for us in goals on Saturday.

NEXT up for the seniors is a Kiernan Cup (Group 2) match this Saturday evening against Shamrock Gaels in Coola at 7pm.

THE DRP ladies suffered their first defeat in Division 2 last Sunday morning in Keash against Eastern Harps on a final scoreline of 4-13 to 4-7. This was a gutsy display by the girls, particularly in the first half, which saw them leading by the interval. They play St Michaels in Oxfield this Sunday morning at 10am.

IT was a big day for the Summerhill College juvenile footballers last Thursday as they beat St Jarlath’s Tuam by 2-18 to 1-8 to lift the Connacht Colleges ‘A’ championship title for 2018 at Bekan. This completed a league & championship double for the team. There were nine DRP players in this Summerhill squad. Congrats to Ciarán O’Reilly, Hugh Keaney, Ciarán Smith 0-2, Cian Oates 0-2, Ben Kelly 1-1, Desmond Gillen, Josh Brady, Eddie Fitzpatrick & James McDermott.

WE had three players (Eoghan Smith, Ian O’Brien & Ciarán O’Reilly) in the College’s junior team which narrowly lost its Connacht final on Friday last.

BIG congrats to the Rosses Point Community Games U11 mini-rugby team who won Connacht Gold last Saturday. It was a fantastic achievement. Well done also to all the young athletes who took part in the Drumcliffe area athletics finals which were held at IT Sligo last Sunday. RECYCLING Your Old Clothes THE club is holding is holding a Clothes Recycling Collection Day this Saturday, April 28th in Rosses Point and Oxfield, from 10am to 2pm. Simply bring along any unwanted clothes, bed linen, curtains, towels, bags, soft toys etc. and we will do the rest. Our collection points are the Promenade car park opposite Harry’s Bar in Rosses Point, and the Oxfield car park. For more info, contact Aidan O’Reilly 0879785311. FÉILE 2018 Table Quiz

WE are holding a fundraising table quiz for the All-Ireland U14 Féile this Saturday night in Davis’s Restaurant, Drumcliffe, at 9:30pm. Table of 4 = €20. Please come along and support. CHAMPIONSHIP Forecast Competition

MEMBERS and supporters are asked to return their Championship Forecast cards for the London v Sligo match to Oxfield this Saturday between 9:30am and 11:30am. Simply predict the final score (after normal time) of next month’s Connacht Championship match in Ruislip to win a €100 voucher for Davis’s restaurant. Each guess costs just €2. Forecast cards are available from club PRO Austin O’Callaghan (0876855621). BENBULBEN Gaels U14 hurlers made a winning start to the league last week with an 8-10 to 2-4 success over Western Gaels. The U16 hurlers play Naomh Eoin in the league this Tuesday evening in Oxfield at 7pm. Our hurling nursery for players aged 7+ continues this Saturday in Oxfield at 11:30am. OUR girls U14 footballers played Calry/St Joseph’s in the league last Thursday and battled hard before losing out by 2-7 to 0-4. The boys U14s play St Mary’s in Division 1 this Thursday evening at Oxfield. Throw-in: 6:30pm.

OUR U8 & U10 nursery footballers played a every enjoyable blitz with Shamrock Gaels last week. Thanks to all who attended. We travel to Curry this Wednesday evening. Blitz starts at 7pm. Players are asked to be in Curry for 6:45pm.

EASTERN HARPS

OUR senior men lost to Tourlestrane in round four of the league last Saturday on a score line of 1:16 to 0:07. The league takes a break as Sligo are playing London in 2 weeks. The Kiernan cup round 2 takes place on Saturday where we play Curry in Gurteen at 7pm. Our senior ladies made it 2 wins from 2 in the league when they defeated Drumcliff/Rosses Point on a score line of 4:13 to 4:07. They are away to Calry on Sunday at 10am. The minor boys beat Easkey/ Enniscrone/Kilglass last Sunday and they also beat Curry last Thursday 2:16 to 1:17. They are away to Tourlestrane this Friday at 7pm. Our U-12 boys started their league campaign last Tuesday evening with good wins over Ballymote/Bunninadden in both Div 1 and Div 3. Our U-8 and U-10 boys and girls had games against Curry last Wednesday evening in Keash with over 120 players from both clubs taking part in four very sporting games. These teams are playing against St. Molaise Gaels in Grange this Wednesday. Our U12 girls made it 3 wins from 3 with a hard-fought 2 point win over St Nathy’s in Bunninadden last Thursday. The U16 girls are at home to St. Michaels Monday 23rd April and away to CT Gaels Thursday 26th April. As the 20th Anniversary of the tragic drowning in Strandhill of Tommy Coyle, Michael Higgins, and Bobby Taylor occurs in May this year, the club have organised a remembrance mass to be held in Gurteen church on Saturday May 19th at 6pm. The Knockvicar Bog Loop Walk is scheduled for Sunday 19th May at 10am. For more information please text Catherine on 0871720236. Congratulations to Keith Judge and Mary Kivlehan and to Sharon Reid and Darren Hurd who got engaged recently. The club would like to acknowledge the Sligo County Board’s initiative where boys who are in exam years and are involved in development squads get free tuition on Saturday mornings before training in Scarden. We extend sympathy to family of Donal Kirby, Easkey who was Assistant Secretary of Sligo County Board who passed away recently and to referee TJ Keaveney on the death of his brother. Bingo continues every Friday night at 8.30pm in Gurteen Hall. Jackpot is €1,800 in 45 calls or less. The in house lotto is €200.

ENNISCRONE/ KILGLASS

OUR intermediate team suffered their first home defeat of 2018 with a 1-8 to 2-12 loss to Calry/St Joseph’s last Saturday. We led the game 1-4 to 0-4 after an encouraging opening 20 minutes, but Calry finished the first half stronger to take a 1-8 to 1-6 half-time lead. A goal for the visitors ten minutes into the second half put them in the driving seat and they ended as seven-point winners. Our lads are in Benson Cup action next Saturday evening away to St Pats from 7pm.

THE Enniscrone-Kilglass/Easkey were beaten by Eastern Harps at Quigabar last Sunday, 2-7 to 5-15. They host Shamrock Gaels on Friday evening at 7pm.

THE Enniscrone-Kilglass/Easkey U-16 team play Owenmore Gaels on Monday, (April 30th) at 7pm in Connolly Park, Collooney. OUR U-14s take on St Pats on Thursday evening at 6.30pm in Dromard.

OUR U-12s had an impressive 0-21 to 0-4 win away to Tourlestrane last week. They are next in action on May 1st when they take on Castleconnor.

WELL done to our U-8s and U-10s who had their first outing of the year against Easkey last Wednesday.

THERE was no winner of last weekend’s blotto draw. The jackpot rises to €4800 for next Saturday’s draw. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.

GEEVAGH

Our Annual Dinner Dance took place in Kilronan Castle on Friday evening last. At the function our Senior Championship ladies football team and our Benson Cup winners were presented with medals by Ladies Board Chairman Keith Giblin and County Board Chairman Joe Taaffe respectively. Special presentations were also made to outgoing ladies managers David Gaffney and Sean Brehoney in recognition of their very successful tenure at the helm. The club wishes to thank the staff of Kilonan Castle as well as the numerous sponsors, all of whom contributed to a very enjoyable occasion.

The Intermediate footballers returned to winning ways on Saturday evening last when they easily overcame the challenge of St Pats in Pairc Ailbhe. Our next competitive fixture is our defence of the Benson Cup away to Bunninadden on Saturday April 28th.

The U-8’s & U-10’s entered the fray on Wednesday last when they journed to Calry for a very exciting evenings football. This week’s fixture is at home against Ballymote on Wednesday at 7.

The U-14 girls beat St Michaels on Wednesday in their final league outing of the season while the U-12 boys had four points to spare against Shamrock Gaels on Tuesday,

The U-12 girls play St Michaels on Friday at 7pm in Geevagh and the U-14 boys travel to Tourlestrane on Thursday.