Club notes
September 07, 2010Letterkenny Gaels
Families and friends of Letterkenny Gaels came out in numbers and enjoyed a fun filled day at Páirc na nGael on Sunday last. From early morning the organisers were busy setting up their marquee stalls facilitating barbecues, home baking, hot beverages and loads of ice cream. Events included underage Hurling and Gaelic football, Athletics, Poc Fáda, Penalty shoot out and the traditional Novelty events. The stocks, sack race and wheelbarrow races were most popular and the family relay race the most competitive. The day concluded with the inaugural Aughaninsin Perpetual Cup played between two very evenly matched teams . Both sets of players showed of their skills to the very enthusiastic supporters Fr. Joe O'Donnell C.C., Aughaninsin handed over the Aughaninshin Perpetual Trophy to Dan Harnett, Chairman and Jim McGlynn, Secretary, Letterkenny Gaels before the throw inn. Thankfully the weather remained generous until all events had concluded.
The U21 team travelled to Glencolmcille on Wednesday evening and came home with a two point victory ( 1-8 to 0-9). Training for the Seniors and U21s continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6.45pm
The U14s had a good victory over Naomh Michael in the Shield Championship Quarter final on Saturday evening last at Páirc na nGael. In a final score of 4-10 to 2-8 best for Gaels were Conor Browne, James Quill, Conor Sweeney and Sean Boyle. They now play Glenfin in the semi final on Wednesday the 8th
The U12 Go-games Blitzs will continue when the team play Naomh Colmcille on Friday evening at Páirc na nGael. They travel to Castlefin for the final round of matches on Monday the 13th September
The U8 Blitz's get underway this coming Saturday the 11th September when we will travel to Portsalon where Fanad Gaels will host the opening round.
Congratulations to Una Quinn and Deirdre Doherty who played for the County U14 Camogie team on Saturday last
The underage hurling training continues on Thursday evening at 6.30pm
Lotto Results for W/Ending the 5th September were Nos 3,8,14,21. Match 3 winner was Anne Cleary, Birr, Co. Offaly. Next weekends jackpot will be 4,000 Euro
Naomh Adhamhnáin
Tickets are still available for our All-Ireland Football Final tickets draw. See any club member to get your ticket.
On Saturday last St. Eunan's U-10 Footballers travelled to St.Teresa's of Belfast to take part in the prestigious Desi Hill Memorial Cup. They came through the group stages with relative ease before defeating a solid Coleraine side in the quarter final. The semi-final line up was an all Donegal-Derry affair as St. Eunan's were paired up with Sean Dolans, while Fanad Gaels met Doire Trasna. The first semi-final was a tight affair at halftime the score was 1-01 apiece. In the second half St. Eunan's played with a greater intensity and improved accuracy to pull away but Sean Dolans to their credit did not give up and manufactured a couple of scores of their own. In the end, St. Eunan's held on to win 3-05 to 2-02. In the other semi-final Fanad Gaels played some wonderful football and scored some fine points. However, Doire Trasna made the best of their rare attacks to score 2 goals - the second from the penalty spot to dramatically take the lead 2-00 to 0-05 with a minute to play. Fanad threw everything at Doire Trasna to try to draw level but unfortunately for the Mulroy men, both their late efforts went narrowly wide.
In the final, The St. Eunan's lads continued their semi-final form as they dominated most areas of the field. Despite this, scores were slow to come as tired legs began to show in the shooting. The scores did come as the Letterkenny lads took a firm grip on the game and in the end they ran out winners on a score line of 2-00 to 0-00. This is the second year in succession that the Desi Hill Cup has come back to the O'Donnell Park.
After having a free weekend last week the Senior and Reserve Footballers travel to Glenties this Sunday to play county senior finalists, Naomh Conaill. The games throw-in at 1:30pm and 3pm. The Junior men had no games last week and none are currently scheduled for this week.
The Senior Hurlers kept up their good league form with a win over Aodh Rua last week. They have no game scheduled this week.
Congratulations to the Donegal Ladies on reaching the All-Ireland Intermediate Football Final at the end of September.
This weekend is another busy one in O'Donnell Park. On Saturday afternoon at 3:30pm, Naomh Colmcille will take on Naomh Ultan in the Junior B Football semi-final and at 5pm MacCumhaills will meet Setanta in the Senior Hurling Championship Final. Football stewards are asked to be at the Park for 2:30pm and Hurling stewards are asked to be there for 4:15pm. Then on Sunday we will host the Intermediate Football Finals. MacCumhaills meet Cloughaneely in the Reserve Final at 2:15pm and Cloughaneely also contest the Intermediate Final taking on Bundoran at 4pm. All stewards are asked to be at the Park for 1pm.
The U-14 Boys Footballers meet Gaoth Dobhair yet again in the Northern Board Championship Final on Wednesday evening in Termon with a 6:30pm throw-in.
The U-12 Boys took 46 players to Owen Beag in Derry on Saturday, fielding 5 teams. The lads came up against teams from Steelstown, Lavey, Glack, Slaughtneill, Foreglen and Swatragh. The boys acquitted themselves very well winning 9, drawing 1 and losing just 2 out of 12 games played.
This Saturday we will host an All-County U-8 Hurling Blitz in O'Donnell Park beginning at 2pm.
We would like to send our sympathies to the McGinley and McKeever families on the death of Bridget McGinley, McNeely Villas.
There were two winners in this week's Lotto draw. They matched 3 numbers and win €50 each. The numbers drawn were 6-15-16-24. Bosco Gallagher, Cullion Rd. and Karen Audino, College Farm Rd (both card)
Aodh Ruadh
~ FOOTBALL ~
A score line of 1-8 to 2-13 doesn't do justice to a very good team performance by Aodh Ruadh's under 21s against a bigger and stronger Fanad outfit. The Gaels weathered their trip down the road well and started the game brightly before the homesters came more into the game to only trail by two points at half time. The sides remained well matched until the turning point came midway through the second half when Fanad struck their second goal. After that the visitors were able to keep Ballyshannon at arm's length until the final whistle, although Aodh Ruadh battled every inch of the way. There was a great performance from Peter Boyle in the Ballyshannon goals. Ronan Drummond was excellent at centre back, while Barry Leonard also shone in his defensive duties. The midfield combination of Matthew Thompson and Donagh McIntyre soldiered gallantly, while up front PJ McGee was in excellent form, bagging himself a fine goal. It's also worth mentioning that the fact the game was an absorbing, flowing spectacle had a lot to do with sensible refereeing of Michael McShane. There is a team list and pictures from the game up on aodhruadh.org.
The thirds notched up another big win on the road when they defeated Glenswilly by 1-6 to 4-10 at Páirc Naomh Columba last Wednesday. Having travelled up the road with a strong team, the Ballyshannon boys were comfortable all through. Barry Gallagher put in a dynamic display at full forward, capped with a goal, while Damian Conlon did a fine job of pulling the strings at centre forward. The half back line put in a great 60 minutes with centre back, Stephen Bradley in uncompromising form and Ronan Matthews causing havoc on his roving commission. Also among the goals were the ever impressive Steven Perry and Liam Devanney.
There were no senior, reserve or third team fixtures available at time of mailing. These will be mailed to the newsletter subscribers and published on aodhruadh.org when they come to hand.
After accounting for Ardara, Aodh Ruadh next opponents in the under 14 championship are Four Masters. The game takes place on Tuesday, 7th September at Naomh Bríd's grounds, throw-in at 7pm. A big showing of Aodh Ruadh support would be greatly appreciated and should be rewarded with a great game from this promising side.
~ HURLING ~
The senior hurlers slipped to a 5-11 to 1-8 defeat against Saint Eunan's in the senior hurling league last Wednesday. They'll be hoping for better fortune in their next senior hurling league encounter which is against Four Masters in Donegal town this Wednesday at 6.30pm. Some pictures and an a match report from the Aodh Ruadh hurlers junior championship triumph are now up on aodhruadh.org.
The under 16s lost out away to MacCumhaill's in the championship on Thursday last by two points. They put in a good effort but just came up short against the Twin Towns men. They are away to Burt in the semi-final of the 'B' championship this Thursday.
The under 14s played a very competitive challenge game away to Naomh Eoin in Sligo on Monday night. In atrocious conditions the lads did well to grind out a two point win. This game saw Chris Kelly do quite well making his debut as a referee. The Fermanagh under 14 final takes place this Sunday, venue and time to be confirmed. We have pictures from Donegal's All-Ireland C win at Annyalla on Saturday 28th August which featured a very strong Aodh Ruadh contribution up on aodhruadh.org. A little earlier in August, we have new pictures from the trip of Aodh Ruadh's underage hurlers to the All-Ireland semi-final between Tipperary and Waterford up on the website. Also, we have some extra pictures from the under 14s Féile odyssey have been added to aodhruadh.org.
Preparations are well underway for the annual Aodh Ó Dálaigh under 12 tournament which is being hosted by Aodh Ruadh on Sunday 26th September. There are at least five visiting teams coming with the hope of one or two more.
The under 10s play Four Masters at home this Tuesday in a challenge game.
The under 8s are taking part in an all-county blitz in Letterkenny this Saturday. Details will be circulated during the week.
It is hoped to have some of our local skills competitions this Sunday. Training resumes as normal at 12 noon this Sunday.
~ LADIES ~
The Aodh Ruadh Ladies embark on their Ulster Intermediate club championship odyssey this Saturday when they travel to Lavey, County Cavan, to take on the Cavan Intermediate county champions at 2.30pm. Any Ballyshannon support that can make the trip down the N3 would be greatly appreciated by all the girls.
~ MEETINGS ~
There is a meeting of the club's Finance Committee in Aras Aoidh Ruaidh on Thursday, 9th September at 8.30pm.
~ VOTES OF SYMPATHY ~
The following votes of sympathy were made at the July and August Aodh Ruadh senior board meetings. For the family of Peter O'Keefe, Bundoran; the family of Anthony Molloy whose mother passed away recently; Ann Rushe, Patsy Quinn's sister-in law; the family of Denis Clooney, Erne Street; the family of Pat McGettigan, Drumshanbo, formerly the Donegal Road; the family of Mabel Tunney, Main Street, Ballyshannon; and for Roisín O'Rourke sister of the late Barney Mangan, The family of Pat Gallagher, Doobally, The family of Annie Kelly, Ardlongfield, The family of Johnny Dolan, The Knather and the Gilroy family of Garrison.
~ LOTTO ~
There was no winner of the €10,000 Aodh Ruadh Lotto jackpot last Monday. In the lucky dip €100 went to Georgina Cummins. €20 each went to: Ann Gallagher, Cluain Barron; Mary McShea, Tully; Alice Bowering, Higginstown; Margaret Meehan, Belleek; and Sean Murphy, Finner Road. The numbers drawn were 1, 2, 5, 12, 14 and 18. Next draw is on Monday evening at 9pm in The Lantern Bar. The jackpot is €10,000 so get out there and buy your ticket; if you're not in, you can't win!
This Saturday the lotto team for the Saimer Court is: PETER GALLAGHER'S TEAM.
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ST. NAUL'S NOTES
LADIES
St. Nauls Ladies Club would like to thank the following; John Cookie Meehan, Victor Company, McMonagle Fireplaces, Kelly's Car Sales, the Club Minor and Senior boards for all their support, to everyone that came along to support the ladies on the day of the final and everyone that sent good wishes and to everyone that put up signs wishing the Ladies Team Good Luck, it was really appreciated. We would also like to thank Enda and staff of The Village Tavern for the lovely meal. A big thanks to Mark Dorrian, Patsy McGroary, Seamus Sheerin, Liam McGroarty, Jody McGroarty and Michelle McInaw for being there for the ladies and for all your support throughout the year.
Congratulations to Eilish Ward and the County Senior Ladies on winning their intermediate All Ireland semi final on Saturday against Longford 3 - 14 to 1 - 6. They now play Waterford in the Final on Sunday 26th Sept.
SENIORS / RESERVES
No joy for the seniors last weekend against Naomh Bríd while the reserves had an excellent win, both teams play Naomh Columba away this weekend, reserve game throws in at half 4 and the senior at 6 o'clock.
SLOTTO
There was no winner of last weekend's Slotto jackpot, winners of 40 Euro each for nearest to correct sequence were Eoin Meehan, Coolum and Barry Burke, Mullanbuoys. Sequence drawn was 3-5-6-1-4-7 & 2. This weekend's jackpot will be 1,700 Euro.
UNDERAGE
The Club Minor Board is currently running a "Guess The Score In The All Ireland Final". Underage players will be selling these throughout the parish in the coming weeks.
Gaeil Fhánada
Lotto
This weeks winning numbers:1;2;`12;14;15. Bonus 2. No jackpot winner. €100 Seamus Dorrian, The Ross. €50 Eamonn Sweeney, Doaghbeg. Next weeks jackpot is €3450. The lotto draw will take place in the Atlantic House next Saturday night.
The lotto draw will take place in the following premises for the coming weeks: Friday September 17th - Lighthouse Tavern: Friday September 24th - The Village Inn: Friday October 2nd - The Pier Bar.
U21
Well done to the Gaeil Fhánada under 21 team who are through to the first round proper of the Under 21 A Championship against Gaoth Dobhair following their win over Aodh Ruadh, Ballyshannon in the Preliminary Round last Wednesday evening.
Senior Team
Our senior team notched up a further two points on the league table with a well deserved away win over Malin on Sunday. Well done boys.
Under 14's
Our Under 14's won the league shield beating Letterkenny Gaels. Their next game is against Burt in the Championship shield final. Date to be finalised. Big support for the final would be appreciated.
Under 10's
Well done to our Under 10's who cpmpeted in Belfast last Saturday. Sixteen teams participated, 4 groups of 4. Our boys won their first 3 games against Gort na Móna,Belfast, St. Finbarrs from Dublin and Eoghan Rua from Coleraine to top their group. They advanced to the quarter final and defeated St. Gauls, Belfast to reach the semi-finals, losing by a point to na Piarsaigh. Congratulations to St. Eunan's who won the cup. Well done to the boys and our great support who travelled.
Dates for your diary:
The Gaeil Fhánada Dinner Dance will take place on Saturday November 13th in the Milford Inn and the Christmas Bazaar will take place in the Community Centre, Trialough on Sunday December 5th.
Ladies Training
Senior Ladies training continues on Saturday mornings.
Club Development
The club require some hard core fill. If you can help, please contact John McConigley or Danny Logue.
Naomh Padraig Lifford
Lotto
Lotto No's drawn on Monday 6th Sept were 1-7-26-27, no jackpot winner, 1 Person matched 3 No,s winner was Matthew Porter Cavanhill, He receives €100, Next week Jackpot is now €1300.
Results
Seniors- Our seniors suffered a defeat at home on Sunday afternoon, going down to Red Hughs in league, scoreline was Naomh Padraig 1-9 Red Hughs 1-11.
Reserves- Our reserves aslo suffered a defeat on Sunday.
U-14 Our u-14,s travelled to Moville last week and suffered a defeat.
All Ireland Tickets
Any Club member wishing to have there name included in the draw of for an All Ireland Ticket, should have there name in with Secretary Orla Mc Ghee before 5pm on Friday 10th Sept, the draw will take place in the clubhouse at 7pm on Friday.
U-15 - Training will be on Mon & Wed @ the pitch.
Congratulations
The club would like to congratulate club player Kelly Wilson and the Donegal Ladies & Management on there victory over Longford on Saturday in The All Ireland Intermediate Semi Final, Well Done Kelly, The Girls will Now Face Waterford In The Final on Sept 26th In Croke Park.
Sympathy
The club would like to extend there deepest sympathy to The Tourish Family Albert Terrace Lifford & Letterkenny and to The Mc Gettigan Family Braide on there recent sad bereavement.
An Tearmainn Club Notes
Ladies:
Well done to Olive, Therese and Roisin Mc Cafferty, Roisin Friel, Geraldine Mc Laughlin and the Donegal Ladies on their great win against Longfort on Saturday. Special well done to Geraldine who was awarded a well deserved lady of the match with a personal tally of 1-9 on the day. The girls now advance to the All Ireland final on the 26th of September in Croke Parke. This is a great chance for everyone in the club and Donegal to get a day out in Croker. Our senior ladies are playing in the senior final on Sunday against old rivals Glenfinn. Time and venue TBC. All support would be greatly appreciated
Seniors:
The seniors did not play last weekend. The Reserves played Four masters at home on Saturday evening, and were defeated on a scoreline of Termon 1 - 10 v 3 - 13 Four Masters. Best for Termon was Shaun and Kevin Mc Daid and Mark Gallagher. The seniors and reserves play neighbours Dungloe this Saturday evening away at 16:30 and 18:00 respectively.
Minor board:
The Under 8 Blitzes begin this Saturday Morning 11th September, more information will be sent via text later in the week.
The Under 12 League continues this Friday 10th against Convoy. This is a home fixture
with a 6.45 throw in, All u12 players are asked to attend.
The U15 C'ship begins in early October; Termon's first game is at home to Sean
MacChumaills on Sunday 3rd October @ Midday.
Any club member that wishes to be in the draw for the All Ireland Football final tickets are asked to contact Sarah Harking before 9pm Friday.
An Clochan Liath
Ba iad 7, 8, 19 agus 21 na huimhireacha lotto a tarraingeadh ag deireadh na seachtaine agus níor baineadh póta óir an lotto. Beidh €1,500 sa phóta óir don seachtain seo. Bhain na daoine seo leanas €20 an ceann Jimmy Doherty Meenbanad, Darragh & Owen Ward Cronashallog, Emma Harley Arlands, Alan Gillespie Mullaghduff agus Charles Gillespie Mullaghduff.
Bhain Ann Harley as Arlands, Vera O'Donnell as Glasgow, Nancy Shovelin as Caravan Rd, Kathleen O'Donnell as Bunaman agus James Byrne as Mass €120 ag an bhingo.
Both reserve and senior teams were in league action away to Gweedore on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon respectively. The reserves were beaten by one single boint on a score-line of An Clochan Liath 3-3 Gaoth Dobhair 1-10. Best for Dungloe were Christopher McDevitt and Conor Greene. The senior team shared their points with Gaoth Dobhair as their match finished all square. The final score-line was An Clochan Liath 0-12 Gaoth Dobhair 1-9. Best for Dungloe were Jamie Sweeney, Shaun Sharkey and Conor Greene.
The second draw for the Third series of the 200 Club was held on Sunday night the 29th of August and the winners are as follows for the month of August, 1st €1,000 - Liam Sweeney Burtonport, 2nd €500 - Nancy McCready Loughsalt, 3rd €300 - Packie McDevitt 4th €100 - Bella Bonner Falmore, 5th €100 - David Alcorn Burtonport. Well done to all the winners and thanks to everyone for their continued support. This will go towards the development of our facilities at Pairc na Rosann.
The Dungloe under 14 team played Killybegs in the regional semi-final last Friday. In a very tight game, Dungloe came out on top winning by the narrowest of margins. Two penalties taken by captain David Sweeney and a goal by Ryan Greene along with points from Adam Ryan 3 and Adam Neilly 3 kept the Dungloe lads on top. Best for Dungloe were Cain Shovlin, Brian O Donnell and Niall Greene in defence. While the afformentioned scorers David Sweeney, Ryan Greene, Adam Ryan and Adam Neely shone brightest for Dungloe in attack, however this was a superb team display and hopefully the team will play to their potential in the remainder of the County Championship. Final score was Dungloe 3-10 Killybegs 2-12.
St. Marys GAA Club
Lotto
There was no winner of the jackpot this week. Julia Blake, Danny Harkin, Marian Prunty, Liam Prunty (all Convoy) and Bernie Murphy (c/o DLO) matched 2 counties and won €20. The winning counties were AM, CN, DL and CD. Next weeks jackpot is €6850. Tickets are available from any committee member at a cost of €2 or online.
Minors win Division 2 Northern Championship Final
The minor team won the Division two northern championship final with a 1 9 to 2 4 victory over Red Hughs in Burt on Friday evening. They had a 0 5 to 0 2 lead at half time with the first half points from Anthony Browne, Brendan Bonner and three from Peter Blake. After a couple of early points in the second half they seemed in control until a quick free by Red Hugh's resulted in a goal. This was quickly cancelled out by a goal from John A. Kee from a difficult angle. However a second Red Hugh's goal brought them right back in the game. There was some good defending in the end to ensure a hard earned victory. Scorers: Peter Blake 0 4, Anthony Browne 0 2, Brendan Bonner 0 2, Emmet Patterson 0 1, John A. Kee 1 0.
Ladies
Training continues on Wednesday night at 7pm. They play Tullylish (Co. Down) in the Ulster quarter final on 3rd October in Convoy.
Gaelic for Mothers
Training continues in Convoy on Wednesday nights at 8.15pm. New players welcome. The mothers will take part in another Blitz in Dublin on 16th October.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Niamh Mailey who was part of the Donegal Senior ladies team that beat Longford in the All Ireland Semi Final on Saturday last. Well done Niamh. They now play in Croke Park on 26th September in the All Ireland final. The club are arranging a bus to travel to the final - for details contact Stephani 087 7618831
Naomh Colmcille
The seniors defeated Downings on Saturday evening in the third match play off of the Junior A Championship 1st leg at O'Donnell Park. A powerful attacking performance coupled with excellent defending saw Naomh Colmcille run out winners by 2-11 to 2-07. Match report and photos on club website at http://www.naomhcolmcille.com After their victory over Robert Emmet's in the semi-final last Wednesday, the U14s will now play Urris in Muff on Sunday September 12th at 5pm in the Division 3 Championship. The reserves will play Naomh Ultan in the semi-final of the Junior B Championship this weekend. Date and venue to be confirmed. Tickets are still on sale for the Cow Pat Challenge Fundraiser. Priced at 5 Euro each or 3 for 10 Euro these are a great opportunity to support the club and be in for a chance of winning some great prizes. Tickets available from players and committee members. Players are reminded to bring in their Cow Pat tickets and money to training this week. Underage training times are as follows: U8s and U10s train on Saturday from 10:30 to 12:00. U14s train on Wednesdays from 7:00 to 8:15. New players are always welcome at all age levels. If there is anyone interested in having parties or functions in the clubhouse please contact any member of the committee or Dympna Woriskey on 9156567. The club now has an area of the clubhouse available for rent. This is a spacious, well equipped property previously used by a playgroup. Please contact a committee member for more information. Don't forget to check the club website for the latest club news at www.naomhcolmcille.com/. We're also on Facebook - just search for the Naomh Colmcille GAA group. Tweet
