GRASSROOTS

ST NATHY’S

OUR teams had a great week this week taking to the field in the sunny weather.

Our u8 and u10 teams took to the field for the first time this season this week against CT Gaels. Well done to all the girls who took part and thank you to CT Gaels for hosting the games.

Well done to all involved in the U14 Féile which took place on Sunday. Unfortunately it was not to be our day but the girls put on some great performances throughout the day. Our u14 team have a well earned rest this week from fixtures.

Our u16 team had a busy day on Saturday taking a trip to the Dome before heading over to support our Sligo Lady minors in the B Connacht Final. The u16 team are due to play Eoghan Rua this week. Details of this game are yet to be confirmed but will be made available on our facebook page. Our Minors will take to the field on Sunday May 26th at 10:30 in the Division 1 ACL Shield Final against St Mary’s. The venue for this game will be posted on our Facebook page when it is confirmed. Our Junior Ladies have qualified for the Division 4 League Cup Semi-Final. These fixtures are yet to be confirmed and will be updated online. Well done to our Senior ladies who, after a tough battle, drew their game with Tourlestrane on Sunday morning, securing their place in the Division 1 League Final against Eoghan Rua. We have a very big event happening this week, St Nathy’s Ladies are delighted to team up with Jigsaw, the Youth Mental Health Organisation, to host the St Nathy’s Colours Climb which will take place on Wednesday at 7pm at Knocknashee. The walk will start from the hub and take in the lovely scenery that Knocknashee has to offer. All money raised will be split between the club and Jigsaw, donations can be made on the iDonate link shared on our social media or by cash on the day. We are delighted to be teaming up with Jigsaw for this event and cannot wait to see you all out in your colourful gear.

Finally, congratulations to the Sligo Minor team on your outstanding win over Roscommon in the Minor B Connacht Final. A special mention to club members involved, Catherine Gallagher, Blaithín Lavin, Tara Hosey and Kieran Kilkenny.

ST PATRICK’S

FIXTURES and Results

Our U14 girls played at home to CT Gaels this week. Unfortunately the visitors left with the win. The girls take on Geevagh/St. Michaels this week away to Geevagh, Monday at 7pm.

U18 boys took on Tourlestrane at home on Tuesday evening. After a hard fought game it finished up with a draw, St. Pat’s 3-11 to Tourlestrane 2-14.

U16 girls took on a very strong Owenmore Gaels side last Thursday and despite keeping their heads up until the end, Owenmore Gaels proved the deserved winners on the night. Our ladies team had their last league game Friday night v St.Michael’s. This game was a relegation play off so it was a must win for the ladies to stay in Division 3. Up until half time it had been a very evenly matched game with our ladies playing into the sun. In the second half they pulled away with a very strong finish at. 5-15 to 0-7. The Senior men will be starting their League Campaign this week with Round 1 v Easkey, away at 7pm. Congratulations Well done to Danny Woodrow and his county minor teammates who won the Connacht Shield Final against Leitrim this week. Well done and best of luck to Skreen/Dromard’s U10, U12 and U14 draughts teams that won Gold at Sligo and Connaught and are headed to the All Ireland’s next Sunday.

Condolences

St Patrick’s GAA wishes to extend its deepest sympathies to the family & friends of Mabel Kilcullen (née Kearins) who passed recently. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.

GEEVAGH

MONDAY evening saw our U.10 & U.12 Girls in Go Games action at home to Eastern Harps. These games produced some great football and were enjoyed by all who attended.

Thursday our U.16 GSTM Girls were pitted against Calry / St Joseph’s, two early goals from our opponents put our Girls on the back foot, they trailed by 2.02 to 0.02 at half time. A stronger Calry side ran out winners in the end.

Friday saw our Senior Ladies in action away to Owenmore Gaels. The game was abandoned after six minutes after one of our players suffered a serious injury. Wishing Leanne, a speedy recovery from her injury on the night.

Sunday was the busiest day of the week on the field of play, our U.15 GSTM Girls were competing in the Féile na nÓg competition. Hosted by Geevagh, a warm day made it difficult on all teams, a good complaint weather-wise. Our girls defeated Calry by 2 goals to 1.02 in energy sapping conditions. They played their second game of the day against Curry, early goals from our opponents saw them lead at half time by 3.04 to 1.04. A fourth Curry goal left our girls with an uphill task, they battled right through that 2nd half but were beaten at the final whistle.

The Final saw our Girls pitted against Curry, the first half of 12 minutes saw both sides kick three scores each, Curry scored 2.01, while our Girls kicked 1.02. Two second half goals from our opponents put them in the driving seat and they ran out Div. 3 Féile winners on a 3.05 to 1.04 final score line. Missing a few key players didn’t help our Girls cause, but they battled none the less to the final whistle. Well done to the Girls and Management on an entertaining morning’s football. Thanks to all our club volunteers who worked hard over the weekend to ensure our pitch and facilities would be in pristine condition, as they were. The food and drinks providing in the Resource Building were greatly appreciated by all who attended the Féile.

Thanks to Referee Eric Rainey for his fine officiating of all the games.

Our Senior Lads were in Final Round Spring League action away to St John’s this afternoon. Played in Stenson Park, our lads put in a solid display to emerge winners on a 1.14 to 3.05 final score line.

Congrats to Jade, Grainne and their Sligo LGFA Minor colleagues in the Connacht Final success at the weekend.

Well done to Donal and the Sligo Senior men on their fine away win over Tipperary in the Tailteann Cup. Well Done to all the Boys and Girls in the area who made their First Holy Communion over the weekend.

EASTERN HARPS

CONGRATULATIONS to Emer Mitchell and Hazel Redican who were part of the Sligo Minor squad that won the Connacht B final last weekend. Our senior men beat Owenmore Gaels last Sunday in the Spring League on a scoreline of 7:13 to 3:15. They are away to St. Molaise Gaels this Saturday at 7pm in round 1 of the Senior league. Please keep an eye on our website and social media channels for updates to all fixtures. Shaun Dorrian, Keash won our weekly 50/50 jackpot of €589. The draw takes place every Monday evening, and there will be one guaranteed lucky jackpot winner each week. Tickets cost €2 or three tickets for €5 and can be played online via www.lottoraiser.ie/

EasternHarps and can also be played by purchasing a ticket in Centra, Gurteen, O’Dowd’s Lakeview Bar and Lounge, Monasteraden, Roisín Dubh, Gurteen, The Dapper Duck, Gurteen, The May Fly, Ballinafad and Donegans, Gurteen. Gurteen bingo continues this Friday at 8pm with the jackpot at €2,200 in 46 calls or less. The in-house lotto jackpot one is €250.

DRUMCLIFFE/ROSSES POINT

BIG congrats to Jasmine Dunleavy, Gemma O’Callaghan and the Sligo LGFA minor footballers who retained the Connacht minor ‘B’ championship title last Saturday with a 2-11 to 0-10 win over Roscommon in Bekan. There were three DRP hurlers on the Sligo U17 side who surprised Kildare on Saturday by 1-11 to 1-10 to reach the Corn Jerome O’Leary final for 2024. Take a bow Andoni Oskoz, Thomas O’Brien & Paddy Healy. Sligo’s final against Tyrone will be played on June 2nd. Well played Cian Lally, Eoghan Smith and the Sligo Senior county footballers on another Tailteann Cup success last weekend in Thurles. Sligo are now assured of place in the knockout stages.

Our Senior club men’s footballers completed their spring league campaign on Sunday with a narrow 2-11 to 0-14 loss to league winners St Mary’s at Kent Park. Fergal O’Flaherty’s team now turn their attention to the start of the Furey’s Coaches SFL Division 2 this weekend, when they travel to Corran Park to play Ballymote in their opening fixture on Saturday evening at 7pm.

Our Junior men’s footballers will be playing in Division 3 this season (having won the Division 4 league title in 2023). They start this Sunday afternoon with a home match against St Mary’s at 2pm.

Our Senior women’s footballers lost out to Calry/St Joseph’s on Sunday morning in their Spring League, on a final scoreline of 3-5 to 1-9. Good luck to our boys U17 footballers who play Ballymote Bunninadden this week in the minor league shield final in Scarden. Our girls U16 footballers dug deep last week to record a narrow win over Tourlestrane in the league. They return to south Sligo this Thursday evening to play Curry at 7pm. DRP’s boys under-15 footballers had a great run in the Sligo GAA county Féile last Sunday in Scarden, reaching the final, thanks to victories over Shamrock Gaels, St Molaise Gaels and St Mary’s. They narrowly lost out to a fine St John’s team in the decider on a final scoreline of 4-3 to 1-7. Well done also to a youthful DRP girls U15 side who played their hearts out in last Suinday’s Sligo LGFA county Féile in warm conditions in Cloonacool.

Well played our girls U12 teams who both recorded wins last week against Eoghan Rua and Owenmore Gaels respectively. A big bualadh bos for the Drumcliffe/Rosses Point under-13 hurlers who beat Easkey in the league at Oxfield last Friday evening. This was a notable scalp for our young up-and-coming hurlers, who produced a superb hour of play.

Our boys U13 footballers host St John’s in the league at Oxfield this Friday evening at 7pm. Hard luck to the Drumcliffe girls community games football team, whose run in this year’s competition came to an end in Curry on Sunday evening last.

This Thursday’s Club Lotto jackpot now stands at a whopping €7000. If you’re not in, you can’t win. To enter, visit the club website drp.gaa.ie. Our monthly club meeting for May takes place this Thursday, May 30th, in Oxfield, at 8;30pm sharp.

TUBBERCURRY

U13 Shield League RD 1: The U13’s played their first game of the Shield league competition in Cloonacool last Thursday evening against Castleconnor. The lads finished out winners

SENIOR Spring League: The Senior team took on Tourlestrane in Kilcoyne Park on Sunday in the final round of the Spring League. This was the final fixture in the warm up league before the League Campaign begins for both sides next weekend. Played in glorious conditions this was a tight game at the finish however Tubbercurry went in at the break four points down. Tubbercurry found scoring form in the second half adding 1-5 to their tally whilst limiting Tourlestrane to four points which left both teams level at the final whistle on a scoreline of Tubbercurry 1-9 Tourlestrane 0-12 INTERCOUNTY Scene: U17 Connacht Shield Winners CONGRATULATIONS to the Sligo U17s who beat Leitrim 0-12 to 0-11 in the Connacht Shield Final on Friday evening. Congratulations to Tubber/Cloonacool players Conor McDonagh, Farrell Moran, Fiachra Haughey and Donnacha Henry who were all part of the Panel which also included Colm McGee as a coach. Well done lads.

TAILTEANN Cup RD 2: Well done to Eddie McGuinness and Oisín McCann and the entire Sligo Senior Panel and Management on an emphatic win over Tipperary (Saturday) in Thurles on a scoreline of 3-22 to 1-12. This result leaves them joint top of the table on four points with Antrim who they face in the final group game in two weeks’ time.

U17 Celtic Challenge Cup:

WELL done to our Tubber/Cloonacool underage players Fiachra Haughey, Luke Kirrane, Dylan Dunican and Sean Haran who were part of the Sligo U17 Hurling Panel who beat Kildare by a point 1-11 to 1-10 in the Celtic Challenge Cup Semi Final on Saturday and booked there place in the Final.

CONNACHT Minor Ladies Champions: LAST but certainly not least we wish to Congratulate CT Gaels Players Cara King and Kate McCarthy as well as Brian King (part of the management team) on their Connacht “B” Final success on Saturday beating Roscommon on a scoreline of 2-11 to 0-10

ST MICHAEL’S

ON Sunday morning the under 15 Féile GSTM girls team took on Calry / St. Joseph’s and Curry in Geevagh, overcoming Calry / St. Joseph’s before coming up short against a strong Curry team in the final, great effort and performances by the girls in warm conditions. Well done to Geevagh GAA for hosting a great event.

This coming week sees plenty of football ahead: On Thursday the GSTM u16 girls play Owenmore Gaels at 7pm in Geevagh.Friday sees our GSTM u12 girls face St. Molaise Gaels at 7pm in Ballintogher. The same evening our GSTM u13 boys play Owenmore Gaels in Geevagh at 7pm. On Sunday our Division 4 men’s team have their first outing of the year at home to Enniscrone / Kilglass at 2pm. Also on Sunday best of luck to the u18 GSTM girls who face Calry / St. Joseph’s in the division 2 league cup final, time and venue to be announced.

Congratulations to John Michael McLoughlin, Crossboy, Ballintogher, the winner of this week’s Club €300 Draw in partnership with our official partners, Castle Dargan, with prize of €300. Don’t forget to buy your tickets for next week’s draw available in local shops and pubs. Online tickets can also be purchased The club would like to thank everyone for their continued support.

The club would like to extend its sympathy to the family of Johnny McGoldrick (Drumiskabole and formerly of Bloomfield, Ballintogher) who passed away recently.

Ar dheis De go raibh a anam.

ST MOLAISE GAELS

We wish Laoise Carroll a quick recovery from an injury sustained towards the end of the U14 game. The girls have booked a provisional date of Saturday, May 25th, for their sponsored climb of Benbulben in memory of their coach, Paddy Wallace, who passed away following a battle with cancer on September 27th, 2023.

In Paddy’s memory, the girls intend to donate to the North West Hospice and purchase a second set of jerseys for their large squad of 39 girls. They will also advertise the Hospice on the jerseys to recognise the fabulous work this unbelievable charity organisation does in the region.

Due to many enquiries, a donation page has been set up to accept online donations and a link is available on our Facebook and Instagram pages or donations can be made in person to any of the coaches.

On Saturday, a panel of 22 Molaise Gaels’ girls participated in Féile at CT Gaels’ grounds in Cloonacool in glorious sunshine. The girls started well with a closely fought victory against neighbours Drumcliffe Rosses Point. A victory for CT Gaels against our girls in game 2 brought CT to the final and set up a winner-take-all game for Molaise against St Nathy’s for a place alongside them. The girls weren’t found wanting and came away with a narrow 2-point victory in a very close affair. As is the norm in Féile format, the girls were on the pitch again within 10 minutes to play the final against CT Gaels. Alas, it wasn’t to be for the girls as they were defeated by CT Gaels who were deserving of their victory in the final and for their play throughout the day. The SMG girls did themselves proud with their determined displays throughout the day. Notably, at this u15 competition 16 of the panel of 22 were at the younger u14 grade. Thanks to Sligo LGFA, referees and host club CT Gaels who had their grounds in splendid condition. Thanks to all the parents who gave the girls great support today, particularly those who brought the home baking! The club had plenty of players in action for their county during the week and on Friday evening, three of our Minor players started the Connacht Minor Championship Shield Final. Cian Nicholson, Conor Langan and Dante Currid were on the winning side in Ballinamore, beating Leitrim on a score of 1-09 to 0-11. Congratulations to the lads and their teammates and management.

Well done to Molaise players Adam Roberts, Seán McSweeney and Conor Lenehan and coaches John O Callaghan, Stephen Crowe and Kevan Brennan who now go on with their team to meet Tyrone in the Celtic Cup Final in two weeks’ time. Also well done to Adam O Halloran, Daniel White, Charlie Joe Fagan, Liam Foran and Aidan Gillen who were part of the Sligo GAA U15 hurler’s squad that played Roscommon in Athleague on Saturday. Congratulations to the Sligo Senior Football Team and management on a comprehensive victory over Tipperary in the second round of the Tailteann Cup in Thurles on Saturday. Well done to Luke Casserly and Alan McLoughlin who both played the full 70 minutes. Congratulations to Molly McLoughlin, Chloe Foran and their U18 Sligo LGFA teammates and management on winning the Connaught Minor B Championship against Roscommon in Scarden on Saturday. Final score: Sligo 2-11, Roscommon 0-10. Well done girls.

ST FARNAN’S

FOOTBALL Intermediate team’s game against Easkey was conceded by Easkey. First game in League Div2 against Enniscrone due to take place on Saturday 25th at 7pm in Enniscrone. Junior team scheduled to play first round of Div 4A league against Ballymote on Sunday 26th May at 2pm in Templeboy. Best of luck to both our adult teams as the League commences. Hurlers Fionn Connolly, Finnian Cawley, Tomas Cawley, Gavin Connolly, James Weir & Donáll Hanley were defeated by Derry in Round 5 of the Christy Ring Cup. This completes the inter county hurling season, well done to all the players from St Farnan’s on representing the club. Sligo Senior footballers defeated Tipperary. Well done to Paddy O’Connor and all the Sligo panel on this result. Sligo minors defeated Leitrim in the final of the Connacht minor shield. Well done to Darragh Toolan on being a member of the Sligo minor panel for 2024.