GRASSROOTS
ST FARNAN’S
St. Farnan’s/ St. Pat’s won the Under 16 C Championship final when they defeated Coolera/ Strandhill on Tuesday last in Scarden by 4-12 to 1-14.
This was a very competitive game of football with both sides giving of their best to achieve a win. Jim Davis opened the scoring with a point from play for St. Farnan’s/ St. Pat’s. Coolera/ Strandhill dominated the next period of play scoring 1-5 to 0-2. The attack led by Josh Gilligan in midfield posed a lot of difficulties for St. Farnan’s/ St. Pat’s defence. A goal by Thomas Cawley however narrowed the gap and a second from a penalty by Canice Mulligan meant at half time the score was St. Farnan’s/ St. Pat’s 2-4, Coolera/ Strandhill 1-8.
After the break Fionn Connolly levelled matters with a point from play. St. Farnan’s/ St. Pat’s dominated the scoring and with twelve minutes remaining led 3-11 to 1-9. Coolera/ Strandhill never gave up and scored five unanswered points to narrow the gap to a single goal. St. Farnan’s/ St. Pat’s sealed victory with a goal from Jim Davis and the last point of the game from Thomas Cawley. It was a well deserved win but to their credit Coolera/ Strandhill competed very well with great performances from a number of players. The C championship cup was presented to joint Captains Conor Keaveney and Fionn Connolly.
St. Farnan’s/ St. Pat’s: Jack Cadden, Shane Molloy, Adam Bonner, Niall Hallinan, Canice Mulligan (1(pen)-1), Adam Kilrehill, Thomas Cawley (1-4(1f), Conor Keaveney (0-1), Fionn Connolly (1-1), Eoin Gordon, Oisin Mc Donald (0-1), Jim Davis (1-4(2f), David Neary. Subs used: Ethan Johnston, Ted Kilgannon, Kenneth Mitchell. James O’ Connell.
Managers: Hugh Mulligan, Niall McDonald.
On Friday St. Farnan’s/ St. Pat’s minor team will contest the Minor B championship semi final against Tubbercurry/ Cloonacool in Kilcoyne Park Tubbercurry at 6.15pm. The two sides just met on Friday last in the final round game of the championship which saw Tubbercurry/ Cloonacool come out on top by 2-11 to 0-11. Our minor team will be hoping to reverse this result. Best wishes to Cahán Hallinan for a speedy recovery from an ankle injury which he picked up early in that game. Good wishes also to Jamie Lacken who is injured.
Easkey/ St. Farnan’s under 14 football team is through to the B championship final following a fine win over Drumcliffe/ Rosses Point on Thursday last by 5-12 to 5-4. The team will play Calry/ St. Joseph’s on Sunday next in the final at 11.45 am
Hard luck to Easkey/ St. Farnan’s under 13 Féile team which was defeated by Tourlestrane with the narrowest margin, 6-8 to 6-7 on Sunday in Tourlestrane. On Saturday our Junior team will play Coolera/ Strandhill in the semi final of the Junior B championship at 3pm in Scarden. On Monday next Easkey/ St. Farnan’s under 16 hurlers will play Tourlestrane in the second round of the under16 championship in Easkey at 6.30 pm. Well done to Aoife Mc Dermott, Beach Bar who won €183 in the 50 /50 draw. Next draw on Sunday, September 23.
Next Sunday, the 23rd, sees the Junior team travel to Curry to take on the home side in a play-off to decide who goes forward to meet Shamrock Gaels in the Co Junior Final. Our girls victory over the latter in the final round of games in the group stages ensured there would be a three way tie at the top of the table. The three team names went into the hat with the first out progressing to the final while the remaining two would slog it out to decide who would join them. The match, which in reality is a semi-final is a repeat of the ACL Shield final which the South Sligo side won with four points to spare. Throw-in is at 10am.
The Gaelic for Mothers & Others group have been keeping themselves busy of late in preparation for the National Blitz which takes place in Portmarnock on Sat 6th Oct next.
A number of club players are currently involved with the various Co. Development squads. J.Murray, S.O’Connell, M.O’Connell, K.Walsh, A.Broderick and A.Rowlette were all members of the Sligo U-13 contingent which travelled to the Connacht Blitz in Ballyhaunis recently while Joanne McAndrew was part of the coaching team. L.Rowlette was a member of the U-15 squad.
CLOONACOOL
CLOONACOOL/TUBBERCURRY minor team had a hard fought victory over St. Farnans/St. Patricks on Friday evening in the Cloonacool Community Park on a 2-11 to 0-11 scoreline. They play the same opposition in the B Championship semi-final next weekend. All support will be appreciated by the team and management. Our club are represented on this panel by the following players. Dean Maloney, Shane Prendergast, Sean Carnahan, Conor Gavigan, Daniel O’ Dowd, Rian Moylan, Thomas Grismanauskas, Cathal Gallagher, Eoin Carty, Liam Carty. Joint manager is Fergus Leonard. The Cloonacool/Tubber U-14 squad will now play Coolera/ Strandhill in the Shield Final in the Centre of Excellence pitch 3 in Scarden on Sunday morning next September 23rd at 11am. Good luck to the team and management. Please support. The U-20 competition will be commencing in October. The annual Family fun and sports day was held in the community park on Sunday last in fine weather conditions. Children and adults enjoyed some great fun and frolics over a busy two hour period. A big thank you to the many volunteers who turned up to oversee proceedings at the championship match on Saturday evening last between Enniscrone/ Kilglass and Ballymote Round Towers. And also at the sports and family fun day on last Sunday.
SHAMROCK GAELS
THE Minor boys had a comfortable 6-14 to 0-5 win over Curry in their final group game last Friday and are now through to the A Final at a date to be confirmed. The U16 boys had good 2-22 to 0-9 win over Castleconnor last Monday. The team was: Jack Duignan, Aodhan Eivers, Patrick Barrett (0-1), Aaron McKenna (0-1), Adam Kearns, Conor Sheridan (0-1), Lee Duignan (0-6), Eoin Dwyer (0-2), Conor McMorrow (1-1), Jason Kilkenny (1-3), Daniel Murphy (0-1), Conor Kearns (0-4), Shane Dwyer (0-2). subs used: David Barlow, Andrew McGreevy, Jay Rogers, Ryan Thompson, Charlie Mullen, Gareth Keville. They now play Eastern Harps in the Shield final this Tuesday at 7.15PM in Scarden. The U14 boys defeated Castleconnor last Friday in the semi-final of A championship. Having lost previously away to Castleconnor in league and championship, this was a great result for the team. Castleconnor went into an early lead with two points, however a goal from Conor McMorrow got the Gaels up and running. They continued their dominance going in at half time 3-1 to 0-3 ahead with goals from James Foley and Brian Dwyer and a point from Conor McMorrow. Castleconnor again dominated the early stages of the second half scoring 1-5 without reply. However a well worked move saw Sam Tuohy finish to the back of the net putting Gaels on top again. Castleconnor continued to attack and scored a further 3 points but Gaels responded with two great goals from Ciaran Kenny and a fisted point from James Foley. Castleconnor worked hard under a lot of pressure from the Gaels defence to get two further points but a free from Conor McMorrow sealed the five point victory for the Gaels on a scoreline of 6-3 to 1-13. Well done to the team and management on a great team performance. The team was: Jack Duignan, Oisín Conlon, Conor Sheridan, George Barlow, Ciaran Kenny (2-0), Jamie Parke, Niall Kenny, Andrew Barlow, Sam Tuohy (1-0), Troy Gilgarro, Conor McMorrow (1-2), Daniel King, Dylan McKenna, Brian Dwyer (1-0), James Foley (1-1) subs: Keelan Brehony, Ryan Parke, Jack Tuohy, Aaron Conlon, Nathan Wimsey. They now play St Marys in the A Championship final this Friday at 7.00pm in Scarden. The U13 Feile team lost to Drumcliffe in a high scoring entertaining game last Sunday. The final score was 6-12 to 11-10. Last Saturday saw our final outdoor coaching session of 2018 for our U6/8/10. They enjoyed a fun filled morning with the help of members of our senior men’s and ladies teams cheered on by a large group of parents. Thanks to all who helped with refreshments on the day. Thanks in particular to our U6 coaches Noel Jinks, Diarmuid Jinks, Nadine Barrett, Patricia Willis, Donie McDermott and Shane Quigley, U8 coaches Martin Cassidy, Declan Brehony, Neil Fitzpatrick and U10 coaches Andrew Malone, David Wimsey, Eoin O’Connell, Daniel Lyons and Fiona Lyons for all the time and effort put in with the teams during the year. We will be running a six week indoor programme on Friday evenings at a later date. The start date and times will be available next week. The lotto jackpot is at €4,600 with the next draw this Saturday in Des McDonaghs.
The club wish to express sympathy with the family and relatives of Ita Walsh, Whitehill who died at the weekend.
ST JOHN’S
OUR senior team, having been defeated by Eastern Harps in the relegation semi-final, must now pull out all the stops in their effort to avoid the drop back to the Intermediate grade when they take on Drumcliffe-Rosses Point in the Sligo Centre of Excellence, Scarden on Sat next September 22 at 4.30.
On Saturday evening St Johns Junior team welcomed Castleconnor to Stenson Park, Cuilbeg for the quarter final of the Lola Montez Junior B County Championship and our lads had a comprehensive victory over the men from West Sligo on a scoreline of 4-13 to 2 2-6. They now go on to contest the semi-final where they will meet Drumcliffe-Rosses Point on the week-end after next.
St Marys had a comprehensive victory over our minor team in Kent Park last week. Our lads now go on to meet Castleconnor in the Shield semi-final in Stenson Park on Friday September 21st at 6.15pm.
When this article appears in print our Under 16 team will have played Easkey/Enniscrone/ Kilglass in their U.16 county final in Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry on Monday evening. Please check the Sligo GAA website for the result.
Our Under 13 Feile team begin their campaign on this Tuesday evening when they travel to Connolly Park, Collooney to take on the local Owenmore Gaels team, who last week accounted for St Patricks in this competition. The team comprises some of the younger members of our successful U14 team and some of our U12 team of this year. The club propose to have a “slimmed-down” Operation Transformation beginning in October. Please keep a check on these notes for updates.
HANDBALL
SLIGO HANDBALL NOTES COUNTY Underage 60 x 30 B championship took place in Collooney this week , with games at many age groups.Winners for Drumcliffe at U-11 was Oran McNulty and Michael Carroll at U-12.Darragh Burke ,Castleconnor won at U-13 and a full round-up of all Connaught semi-final and final players will be available soon. The Connaught Finals are being hosted in Sligo clubs on the 7th of October, Ballymote hosted their Annual Michael Porter tournament on Sunday. Follow us on facebook @sligohandball. COLLOONEY HANDBALL CLUB NOTES
WELL done to Peter Davey who also progressed to All-Ireland Finals in Fenagh last Saturday week. BINGO takes place this Thurs- day at 9 pm, the jackpot is now €1,750 in 42 calls. Collooney hosted the County Underage 60 x 30 B championship finals last Friday. Follow us on facebook @ collooneyhbc.
EASTERN HARPS
THERE was a great turnout for our first Healthy Club Activity Camp with over 60 children attending last Saturday. The camp continues every Saturday morning from 1112 at Gurteen Community Pitch and all children attending National School in the area are welcome to attend at a cost of €2 per child. Our senior ladies are at home to Geevagh this Sunday at 10am in round 4 of the championship. Our U13 boys play Drumcliffe/Rosses Point at 6:15pm in Scarden directly followed by our U16 boys who are in the shield final against Shamrock Gaels at 7:15pm. All support greatly appreciated. Our U14 boys had a good win over Enniscrone last Friday and they are away in the semi-final of the shield to St. Molaise Gaels on Sunday morning at 11:30am. Bingo continues every Friday night at 8.30pm in Gurteen Hall. Jackpot is €3,900 in 50 calls or less. The in house lotto is €300.
OWENMORE GAELS
THE Senior Men’s team face Eastern Harps in the Semi-Final of the Junior A Championship. This fixture is down for this Saturday September 22nd in Bunninadden. Throw in is at 4.30pm. All support appreciated. The Minor Boys ended their championship campaign with a disappointing 0-4 to 4-11 loss to Tourlestrane in Connolly Park on Friday evening last. The club would like to thank all the coaches and parents involved with the team, and the team itself, for the hard work put in this year. THE U14 boys ended their championship campaign also on Friday as they suffered defeat at the hands of Coolera/Strandhill. Short a number of players and playing 14 v 15 the lads battled well and the scoreline did not reflect the performance. WELL done the to the U13 boys who defeated St. Pats in the Feilé on Tuesday in Connolly Park. The lads now face St. John’s in the Quarter final on Tuesday evening in Connolly Park. Throw in at 6.30pm. Fair play to Jude Mannion who is running the Sligo coast to Coast on 30th September. Jude is fundraising to buy new mobile training goalposts for the club and the youth teams. Any donation appreciated. Contact Jude or our facebook page to make a donation.The Club Annual Fundraising draw was held on Friday night last in Cullens Bar Collooney. The club would like to take this opportunity to thank all players,parents,managers and club members who sold tickets. Your continued support is greatly appreciated as all money raised goes to the running of our club. A special thank you to all prize sponsors,without you it would not have been possible to have this draw and we ask everyone to please support these businesses. Gaelic for Mothers and Others continues this week. Come down and give it a go, craic is guaranteed! For more information contact Anthony on 086-4110692. Our Saturday morning coaching finished up last Saturday morning. Thanks to all who came to play, support and help out on what was a great summer event.
ST PATRICK’S
JOKER Jackpot St Pat’s Joker Jackpot now stands @ €2500 as their was no winner in last weekend draw. Next draw takes place in The Beach Bar on Saturday September 22nd @ 10.15pm. ST Pat’s faced St Michael’s in the relegation final on Saturday last. The Final was played at the Sligo GAA Centre Of Excellence Scarden. St Pats started well and lead by a point after nine minutes. A Oisín Kevany goal lead to St Pat’s hitting a purple patch and they added four point before Dean Mahon scored a further goal. St Pat’s scored four points before the break to lead 2-11 to 0-3 at the interval. The second half saw a St Michael’s come back and they gave St Pat’s a big scare. But in the final ten minutes St Pat’s settled the ship and ran out winners on the scoreline of 2-16 to 2.11.Team on duty was Jimmy Kilgallen, Oisín Kevany(1-1), Patrick Kevany, David Giblin, Enda Connolly, Thomas Mc Munn, Dean Mahon(1-3), James Kearins(0-1), Donal Brady, Brendan Martin, Joseph Mc Munn, Ciaran Giblin(0-1), Pierce Kearins(0-4), Jack Egan, Connell Kearins, Sean Kiely, Padraig Kearins, Cian Lacken, Michael O Brien, Declan Clarke, Enda Clarke, Ciaran Brady, Fiachra Mc Crann, Donal Kilcullen, Mark Boland Jamie Lacken, Jonathan Higgins, Agustine Clarke. The victory se-