Seniors
Our senior footballers faced their toughest task of the league campaign so far on Sunday afternoon with an away game against Crossmaglen and they fell to a six point defeat, 2 - 10 to 1 - 7. With the wind at their backs the home side were by far the better team in the opening half and after twenty minutes they found themselves leading by nine points, 1 - 6 to no score before an Oisín Murphy point opened the scoring for the Shanes. Paul O'Rourke followed this up with a well taken point only for Crossmaglen to score the next points of the game. The Shanes finished the half on the up with a brilliant solo effort from the boot of Danny Monaghan to leave them eight in arrears at the break, 1- 8 to 0 - 3. Both sides swapped frees early in the second period with Paul O'Rourke on target for the Shanes before Cross extended their advantage to nine with their tenth point of the game soon after. The Shanes then enjoyed their best spell of the game with Neil Paul Lennon and Peter O'Brien slotting over frees before a '45 from Neil Paul Lennon was flicked to the net by Paddy Gregory to leave just four between the teams. The Shanes battled hard to reduce the deficit even further but they were hit by a swift counter-attack which resulted in Crossmaglen scoring their second goal of the game. To their credit the Shanes kept plugging away and they recorded the final of score the game when Paul O'Rourke fired over a late point to leave the final score: Crossmaglen 2 - 10 Shane O'Neills 1 - 7.

Senior Reserves
Our senior reserves put in a battling performance last Wednesday night away to Granemore. The Shanes put in a decent performance on the night but unfortunately they fell to an eight point defeat. Next up for the reserves is an Intermediate Championship game away to Madden this Wednesday evening, 15th April and all layers are asked to be at the club no later than 6.15pm.

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Minor Boys
Our minor boys fell to another defeat away to Madden last Monday night despite putting in a decent and hard-working performance.

U16 Girls
The U16 girls travelled to Lurgan last Monday evening to take on Clann Eireann in the league. The match itself proved to be a very closely fought affair with sides going in level at half-time. The sides matched each other throughout the second-half but it was Clann Eireann who ran out winners by three points in the end.

U14 Boys
Our U14 boys were in Championship action on Sunday morning against St Pauls from Lurgan and recorded a hard fought six point win, 4 - 10 to 3 - 7. The Shanes were quick off the mark and found themselves seven points to the good in the opening minutes but St Pauls were right back in the game at half-time. The Lurgan side put the Shanes under tremendous pressure in the second period but the Shanes held up to record the win and see themselves through to the quarter-final of the competition. Next up is a league game against Granemore on Tuesday evening.

U14 Girls Féile Fundraising Efforts
A bucket collection has been organised for Saturday 15th June along the length of the Camlough Road. If anyone can help out on the day please contact Yasmin Mackin as soon as possible as we need to assign times and places to collectors. We are also looking for 10 volunteer stewards to assist with Newry Marathon on Sunday 26th May, which would go a long way to helping our fundraising efforts, so if you can spare the time please contact Yasmin Mackin as soon as possible.

U10s
It has been a busy few days for our U10s with a game against Carrickcruppen on Friday evening followed by another one against Dromintee on Sunday morning. By all accounts both were great games of football with all the players playing some great stuff despite their young age and really enjoying themselves which is what it's all about at this age group. Training for the U10s and continues on Friday nights from 6.00pm to 7.00pm at St Colman's College and all boys and girls at both these age groups are requested to attend and be on the pitch for 6.00pm.

U8s
Approximately 20 of our U8s travelled to Armagh on Saturday morning to take part in a couple of challenge games against Pearse Ógs. It was great to see so many of our young boys and girls taking part on Saturday morning in what proved to be a couple of excellent games…well done to all involved. Training for U8s continues on Friday nights from 6.00pm to 7.00pm at St Colman's College and all boys and girls at both these age groups are requested to attend and be on the pitch for 6.00pm.

U6s
Training for our U6 footballers continues every Wednesday evening on Bessbrook Community at 6.00pm. All boys and girls at this age group are more than welcome to attend.

Congratulations
Congratulations to St Pauls High School who were named the Irish News Sports School of the Year for 2013…a big well done to everyone involved. Congratulations also to the footballers of St Pauls, particularly Ciarán McMullan and James Robinson, who won the Ulster Colleges Treanor Cup last week, defeating St Eunans Letterkenny in the final.

Monthly Executive Meeting
The next monthly executive committee meeting take places in the club-house tonight, Monday 13th May at 9.00pm.

Club Membership
Club membership for the 2013 year is now due and is priced at £30.00 for all adult members. Underage membership is priced at £20 for minors, U16s and U14s and £10 for U12s, U10s, U8s and U6s. Please note that for insurance purposes everyone needs to ensure that they pay their membership fee.

Condolences
The club would like to offer its sympathy to the family of Mullaghbawn man Paul Tierney who died last week. Tweet

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