GRASSROOTS
ST JOHN’S
Family Fun Day
On Sun 17th of June a great family fun day was held in Stenson Park and participants, young and not so young had a great day together with lots of different games and activities and of course treats for all. Many thanks to the organisers for putting on a wonderful day.
Our Burns Skoda sponsored senior team travelled to Ballintogher to take on St Michaels in the Benson Cup on Sunday afternoon and came away with a two point victory, 3 -12 to 3 -10 after a tense, exciting encounter played in glorious sunshine. The home team went in at the break leading by 1 – 7 to 0 – 8 but 2 Ian Rossitor goals in the first three minutes of the second half put St Johns in control but St Michaels never gave up and regained the lead after 20 minutes, but not to be outdone St Johns fought back with a Tommy Kelly goal to edge them back in front with only a few minutes to the final whistle. St Johns lineout; N O’Donnell; C Hough, E Roche, N Walsh; N Hayes, O Cox(0-1),R Fahy(0-1); S Stenson(0-2), M Rooney (0-3); D Smith, T Kelly(1-2), C Greene(0-1); I Rossiter(2-0), R McManus(0-1), J Grehan(0-1). On next fixture is in the Div 2 League in Stenson Park, Cuilbeg next Sunday at 2.00 when we entertain St Farnans.
Congratulations to the Sligo Hurlers on their victory in the Lory Meagher Cup in Croke Park on Sat last and commiserations to the footballers who were defeated by Armagh.
ST MICHAEL’S
THE Intermediate team played St John’s in the Benson Cup on Sunday evening. St John’s ran out winners by 2 points in a closely fought match. The team on duty was: F McLoughlin. D McCluskey. C McTeirnan. P Kelly. P Flanagan (1-0). O Gilmartin (1-0). N Mullen (0-1). P McTiernan. S Clerkin. R McLoughlin(0-1). K Carty(1-4). J Mackey. C Harte. B Taaffe ( 0-4). S Clancy. Sub: D Harte. Training continues as usual. Next Sunday we play Castleconnor on the league at home at 2 pm. The Under 12’s play Calry/St Joseph’s on Tuesday evening at 7pm at home. The Under 14’s play St John’s on Thursday evening in Scarden at 7pm.
BALLYMOTE
GOOD luck to Ballymote Intermediate player Mark Irwin who is travelling to Prague this week after being selected on Ireland Garda team to play in Police World Cup. Great achievement for Mark and his family. Ballymote play Eastern Harps in Division 3 league game. This is a game of interest as we will meet Eastern Harps following weekend 6/7th July in the Abbott Cup final. U 12/11 play St Molaise Gaels on Tuesday at 7pm in Ballymote. U 12 team are searching for their first win as they fell short against Coolera/Strandill last Tuesday. This is their last home game of the season, your support is greatly appreciated. U 14 play Coolera/Strand hill next Thursday 28th in Corran Pk. U 16 are having good success with another win against Eastern Harps last Thursday. Final score Ballymote/ Bunninadden 6-15 Eastern Harps 4-11. 1st draw for Ballymote GAA Club Monthly draw will take place in Doddys Bar 7th July. 1000e to give away on the night. Make sure you are entered, contact any committee member to enter. GF4M&O are holding a Table Quiz 6th July in Gormely Corner House. Promises to be a fun night and new members are welcome to join this non-competitive game. Committee meeting Tuesday at 9pm in Doddys Bar.
HANDBALL
DRUMCLIFFE are hosting a Handball summer camp, on the 25-27 of July , details from S.Keiley on 087 9271541 , register soon as places are limited. The 60x30 doubles competition continues this Monday and Tuesday in Collooney , details available on Fastcourts. COUNTY Underage Wallball league started in Castleconnor last Saturday and next round is in Drumcliffe on Saturday 30-062018, details from club coaches or G. Coleman 087 6391331 COLLLOONEY: Bingo takes place this Thursday at 9 p.m , the jackpot is €6,700 in 47 numbers . COLLOONEYS 60x30 doubles competition continues on Monday and Tuesday this week, details available on Fastcourts. UNDERAGE handball in Collooney finishes for the summer on Monday 25-06 and will begin again in September.
SHAMROCK GAELS
WELL done to Sligo Hurling team on winning the Lory Meagher Cup at the weekend. The Senior team take on Coolera/Strandhill away at 8PM on Tuesday in the Kieran Cup while they take on Tubbercurry away next Sunday at 2.00PM in the league. The Junior team take on St Marys at home next Sunday at 8.00PM in the league. The U16 boys are back in action on Wednesday with a final group game away to St Pats/St Farnans at 7PM with a place in the league final on offer for the winner. The U14 boys are away to St Molaise Gaels on Thursday at 7.30PM. The U12 boys had a comprehensive win over Easkey last Tuesday. They now play Coolaney/Mullinabreena at home on Tuesday at 7PM. We hosted St Johns U8/10 in a very enjoyable game last Wednesday. This week we play St Michael’s in Coola at 7PM. Well done to the Riverstown Community Games U12 girls who won the County final last week. Well done to Aoife Morrisroe, Louise Merrick and Meabh McDermott who were involved with Sligo Ladies in the Connacht Final and also well done to Sean Carroll and Lee Deignan who were involved with the Sligo Minor team against Mayo at the weekend. Thanks to everyone who supported the run on Sunday. In warm conditions Kieran Harte was first male home in 27.32, with Paul Higgins second on 27.51 and Tom Faughnan third on 29.20. The first lady home was Catriona Mc Cormack on 35.27 with Heather Phibbs second on 37.03 and Jeanette Duignan third on 37.43. The first Junior home was Niall Kenny in 33.34 and second was Phillip Mc Manus on 38.02. The lotto draw takes place this Saturday in McDermotts, Castlebaldwin with the jackpot at €4,000.
ST MOLAISE GAELS
OUR senior have qualified for the final of the Kiernan Cup following a 3-15 to 3-10 win at home to Drumcliffe/Rosses Point on Sunday last. First half goals from Darren Gilsernan and Alan McLoughlin helped the home side to 2-07 to 2-06 half time lead and another McLoughlin goal early in the second period proved vital. On Friday evening last our Development squad took a big step towards qualification for the Division IV League final after an excellent 1-14 to 0-09 win away to St Farnan’s. Last Saturday we had the second running of the Aidan McGowan Cup for U11 Boys and we had 12 teams competing including St Pat’s and Cuala from Dublin, Castlebar Mitchells from Mayo and McCumhnaills and Four Masters from Donegal. Glen- car Manorhamilton won the Cup competition, Cuala were Shield winners while the Plate competition was won by McCumhnaills. Thank you to everyone involved in organising such a successful event. Our U10 Boys are away to Coolera/Strandhill this Wednesday evening at 7.00pm. The next Club Lotto Draw will take place on Tuesday July 17th . Thank You to everyone for their continued support for this important Club fundraiser. Excitement continues to build for the Benbulben Country Music Festival at Monsignor Hynes Park on Sunday July 8th from 12.00pm to 6.00pm. A stellar line up of the biggest stars in Irish Country Music is expected to bring huge crowds to Grange on the day. Tickets are now available on line at www.ticketmaster .ie or in Supervalu or Centra now at a special discounted price of just €20.
CALRY/ST JOSEPH’S
WHAT a massive weekend for the club and we wish to heartiest congratulations to everybody involved with Sligo Seniorr hurling team especially everybody from Calry/ StJosephs GAA Club. Extremely hard luck to all those involved with the Senior County team. The u/10 girls had a fantastic outing to new neighbours Drumcliffe/Rosses Piint point on Friday evening last where they played both Drumcliffe /Rosses Point an Naomh Molaise. A great evening was had all round and thank you very much to the organisers. Our underage Academy will play Saint Johns on Thursday evening next at Cleveragh. They are out again on Saturday to Dromahaire where they will it take part in a blitz. The Juniors had an unlucky loss to Owenmore Gaels on Friday evening last. The hours put in on the training ground will pay off soon for these lads, our first victory is not far away.
DRUMCLIFFE/ROSSES POINT
HARD luck to Neil Ewing and the Sligo senior footballers who made their exit from the All-Ireland football qualifiers against Armagh at the weekend. There was disappointment too for Michelle McNamara, Sinead Regan and the Sligo ladies footballers as they were beaten by Roscommon in the Connacht Intermediate final at Castlebar last Sunday. Our senior men’s footballers were beaten by neighbours St Molaise Gaels in the Kiernan Cup last Sunday on a final scoreline of 3-14 to 3-10. The atten- tion now turns back to the league this weekend as we host Curry at Oxfield on Sunday afternoon at 5pm. A win here will ensure our Division 1 status for next season. Our thanks to the Under 8 and Under 10 footballers of St Molaise Gaels and Calry/St Joseph’s who joined us last Friday evening in Oxfield for the Sligo LGFA girls blitz, played in glorious sunshine. The Under 6 nursery footballers took part in a very enjoyable blitz with St Mary’s GAA club last Saturday. Our thanks to St Mary’s for hosting the event. Our U8 and U10 nursery footballers play a midweek blitz this Wednesday 27th when we welcome Owenmore Gaels to Oxfield at 7pm. The club held a goalkeeping coaching clinic at Oxfield last Monday evening. Thank you to Pat Kilcoyne for coming along to give the session. There’s still time to register for the Kellogg’s GAA Cúl Camp which takes place at Oxfield from July 16-20th. Well done to all the competitors from Rosses Point and Drumcliffe areas who took part in the Sligo Community Games track and field finals at IT Sligo at the weekend.
ST MARY’S
THIS week, both our U14 girls squad and our u14 boys squad have the excitement of participating in Feile, and all roads lead to Meath or Cavan, where first matches will be held on Friday. Both squads have been fantastic in their commitment to the preparations and we wish them well for the competitions. The lads have had a busy last 10 days with 4 well chosen fixtures. Last Thursday, we hosted St Molaise Gaels and earned an encouraging victory against a strong Grange side. After an even start, we began to pull away and secured a comfortable win. The victory however was marred by a serious collarbone injury to Ronan O’Hehir. All within the club wish Ronan a full and speedy recovery. Then on Monday last, the lads travelled to Collooney to play Owenmore Gaels. This time we started strongly and had control of the game until a late Owenmore Gaels comeback gave the scoreboard a truer reflection of this entertaining game. On Friday, the lads travelled to McCumhaills in Ballybofey with 2 teams, and had the excitement of games on the main county ground. An enthralling high-quality older game was superb Feile preparation with the younger players also feeding off the historic venue to give an equally strong performance. Finally on Sunday morning, Feile preparations concluded when we entertained Manorhamilton and after an even 1st two quarters, we pulled away late on in sweltering conditions. The focus shifts to Feile and Navan will be the venue where we start our Feile journey this Friday.
THE U14 Girls have had a completely different preparation for the Feile, as their league final is on this Wednesday evening against Eoghan Rua, which needs 100% concentration before attention can switch to the Feile. Fingers crossed that they will be victorious and get a great boost in advance of travelling to Feile. Thanks to everyone involved in preparing both squads, anyone participating in the fundraisers for the weekend and to their all-important supporters. The U12 boys were out over the week and recorded two fantastic victories against Tubbercurry/ Cloonacool. The younger team had a comfortable win, while our division one lads won what was undoubtedly their toughest game of the league by a narrow margin of two scores. This week focus changes to Eastern Harps who we play away on Tuesday at 7pm. This will be a big test for our boys against one of the favourites for the competition, and support would be appreciated.
THE U12 Girls continue training on Tuesdays and Saturdays and Championship awaits in July. The U10 girls hosted Coolera in Kent Park on Saturday morning for our first home game in the Sligo LGFA games series, and then travelled to MacHale Park on Sunday where they played against Fenagh-St Caillins at half time of the Connacht LGFA Intermediate Final. It was a great weekend’s football for the girls which they thoroughly enjoyed and showed how well they are progressing.
OUR commiserations to the Sligo County team on losing to Armagh, and bowing out of this year’s Senior Championship. There were plenty of encouraging signs, and the tight margins at the Senior level demand so much of everyone and this builds experience. Well done to everyone, particularly the St Marys players and it bodes well for the future.