GOOD LUCK
Good luck to 6 of our young Rossas who line out for St Marys on Wednesday night in Celtic Park in the semi final of the Mc Rory Cup. They are Connor Mc Larnon. Fergal Duffin, Connor Kearns, Paul O Kane, Niall Higgins and Peter Quinn.

FOOTBALL
The Seniors were defeated by Glen in The Ulster League . See report below. The reserves were also defeated by Glen The minors defeated Slaughtneil in the Hughes Mc Elwee cup. Magherafelt 2 - 13, 1 - 5 Slaughtneil .. The U 14's were defeated by Bellaghy in the Feile. See report below.

SENIOR SCOR
Five Rossa teams made it through to the County Scor finals on Sunday night with
. Ballad group- Laura Farrell ,Jane Millar, Claire Burns, Carole Hughes, Hanna Mc Auley. Instrumental Group- Laura O Neill, Vincent Donnelly, Declan Colgan ,Hanna Mc Auley, Jane Millar.coming away with runners up medals. Well done to all those who represented Rossa at Senior Scor this year.
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.ROSSA OG PRIMARY COACHING RETURNS THIS SUNDAY.

Rossa Og Primary Coaching will be held in Meadowbank this Sunday from 12-1pm.. All Group 2 /P2 players are asked to meet at St Marys Convent on SATURDAY 6th March no later than 10.10 am for a Gaelic Start session run by County Coaching Officers. Could all P2 parents please text Martin Donnelly ( 07958047318 ) with their numbers to ensure that they are all there. .

SENIOR REPORT
Glen 1.10 Rossa 1.06
Magherafelt fielded with an under strength team in this Ulster league game away to Glen. Despite this they put in a very spirited performance and were leading with seven minutes left on the clock. Unfortunately Glen won a disputed penalty with five minutes left and run out four point winners.

Glen started fasted and fired over two points courtesy of p mcconnell and C Bradley. The Rossas with the benefit of the slight breeze gradually fought back. Darren McGuckin won excellent ball in the inside line and won two thirty metre frees which Frank N iblock converted. Frank fired over his third point to put Magherafelt in the lead for the first time after fifteen minutes. Jared Monaghan converted a massive fifty metre free and Shay Atckinson with a point from play gave Rossas a five point to two lead. Glen countered strongly and Neil Convery was forced to make two excellent goal mouth saves. The pressure eventually told and points from MCCambley, Bradley and Burke left the score line five each at half time.



Magherafelt started the second half strongly with Jared Monaghan putting them into an early lead. However Glen used the slight breeze and dominated the next fifteen minutes and took the lead via points from the Bradleys. Magherafelt were now dependent on sporadic attacks as the stronger Glen team took control around mid field. In one of these attacks Phillip O'Neill scored an opportunist goal when the ball re-bounded off he upright and he calmly slotted it to the net through a crowded goalmouth. Glen launched a series of ounter attacks and were awarded a fortuitous penalty which turded the game in the dying minutes. McCamley slotted the ball to the net to put Glen two up. They won the final two kickouts and scored points from McLaughlin and Brdley to finish four point winners. Overall Magherafelt can be satisfied with a workman like performance and it has demonstrated that many of their young players have the ability to play at the top level. Notable performers were Neil Convery very sound in goals, Michael Monaghan and Joe Keenan in defence ,Darren McGuckin and Frank Niblock in forwards.
Team line-up
Neil Convery
Damien Donnelly Barry Kerr Michael Monaghan
Paul Purvis Joe Keenan Darren o'Neill
Subs Phillip O'Neill for Kieran Purvis
Robert O'Kane for John Young

Caolan Moran for Damien Donnelly
Domnic Crozier
Paul Brown Matt Niblock K Small
Kevin Purvis Caoelin Moran James Quinn
Dairmuid Donnelly Robert O'Kane
Dec O'Neill Phillip McCabe Richard Keenan
Team Jared Monaghan Conor Smylie
Daniel Heavron Shay Atckiinson John Young
Notable performers Neil Convery very sound in goals
Michael Monaghan and Joe Keenan in defence.
Kevinn Purvis Frank Niblock Darren McGuckin
Subs Phillip O'Neill for Kieran Purvis,Robert O'Kane for John Young, Caolan Moran for Damien Donnelly .Not used - Domnic Crozier and Matt Niblock


Scorers Frank Niblock 0.3 (2f), Jared Monaghan 0.2 (1f), Shea Atckinson 0.1, Phillip O'Neill 1.0

RESERVE TEAM

Final score Glen 1.10 Magherafelt 1.07

Team line-up Domnic Crozier Paul Brown Matt Niblock K Shaw Kevin Purvis Caoelin Moran James Quinn Dairmuid Donnelly Robert O'Kane Dec O'Neill Phillip McCabe Richard Keenan Chris McGuckin Frank Niblock Declan McErlean

Scorers
Richard Keenan 1.00
Phillip McCabe 0.1
Chris McGuckin 0.2
Frankie Niblock 0.2
Dairmuid Donnelly 0.1
Declan Mcerlean 0.1

U 14 REPORT

Rossa suffered a heavy defeat at Bellaghy on Sunday in their third match of the Derry 2010 Feile Na NoG .They got off to a poor start conceding an early penalty. However, Cathan Quinn in the Rossa goal limited the damage to one point by pushing the ball over the bar from the spot kick. An excellent point from Shea Murphy soon had the teams on level terms but then Bellaghy took control of the game with 4 unanswered points. In the last five minutes of the first half the Rossa players matched Bellaghy throughout the field and a goal from Shea Murphy reduced the deficit to 2 points leaving Rossa trailing by 0-6 to 1-1 at the break.

Rossa went into the second half with renewed confidence but two quick goals followed by a second Bellaghy penalty ended this game as a competition. A late consolation goal from Shea Murphy helped reduce the deficit in what was a disappointing performance from Rossa. Final score Bellaghy 4-9 Rossa 2-2.

Rossa's next competitive game will be on 27 March at Home to Slaughneill. This break will give the players time to put in some hard training and hopefully improve their team performance. Training continues, as usual, on Thursday at 6pm in Meadowbank Sports Arena.







MERCHANDISE
A new range of Rossa merchandise including hoodies in all sizes is now available. For the first time it will be available for purchase from SPORTSWORLD in Rainey street

ROSSA WEBSITE
The all new Rossa website is live and can be found at www.rossagaels.org

.ALL IRELAND FEILE 2010
Anyone with outstanding forms that have been filled in is asked to contact Feile Officer Martin Donnelly as soon as possible on the number below.
We still require at least another 10 host families. Contact me as soon as possible.
Anyone interested in hosting players for next years All Ireland Feile which is being held in Co. Derry should contact Feile Officer Martin Donnelly on 07958047318 as soon as possible. It is imperative that all parents of U 14 boys and girls and any other club members who would like to be a host family contact me as soon as possible.

. Diary Dates
Line dancing classes on Tuesdays at 8-10pm and Irish dancing on Wednesdays at 6.30-7.30pm

.COACHING COURSES
Derry Coaching Conference - Saturday 6th March, St. Mary's Magherafelt

Camogie

Underage Camogie training resumes
Underage camogie training for U8s, U10s, U12s and U14s resumes on Monday 8th February, 6.45-8.00pm at Meadowbank Arena. £2 per session. Wrap up as it can get chilly. New members welcome. Parents very welcome to stay and get involved.

U16 and senior training
U16 and senior training starts this week - date and venue to be confirmed. New players welcome. Contact Sara Gribben on 07786653014 for more information.


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