Sympathy

Deepest sympathy to the Scanlon family Altown on the sudden and unexpected death of Michael Scanlon. 

 

Lotto. (Annual Subs Draw)

In the recent draw for members who purchased annual subscriptions the following won prizes:  1st Claire O'Shaughnessy, 2nd Cian Moran, 3rd Anthony Lennon, 4th Ciaran O'Neill, 5th Seamus Glennon, 6th Shay McDermott,  7th John McNamara. 

 

Cúl Camps 8th-12th July 2019 in Garycastle GAA Club

Kellogg's GAA Cúl Camps for boys and girls – between the ages of 6 and 13 – takes palce in Garrycastle GAA Club from Monday 8th - Friday 12th July. The camp is an action-packed and fun-filled week of activity during the summer holidays which revolves around maximising enjoyment and sustaining participant involvement in Gaelic Games. 

Each child gets camp gear including jersey, backpack and training top. 

Cost €60 for 1st child; €55 for 2nd child;€45 for 3rd and subsquent children.Book online at https://www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie/.

 

Lotto (13 May)

The Lotto numbers for Monday May 13th 2019 were 6, 24, 28, 30. There was no Jackpot winner. There were seven Match3 winners, each of whom wins €20:  Larkin Girls,Fiona O'Neill,Ger Griffith, Kieran Coyle,Jack and Max Doran, Sharon Benny,  Anna Mierzwa.    

The Jackpot next week (Monday 20th May 2019) is €10,750.

 

Underage Notes

The under 12s had a comfortable win in their game against Caulry played in Garrycastle last week.  After a fairly even first quarter Garrycastle began to pull away with scores  coming freely. Both teams showed good skill levels but Garrycastle’s greater cohesion and understanding gave them the upperhand.  

The under 14s have had a difficult season playing in Division 1 losing all their games.  This is a young team and were in a division too strong for them. Hopefully they will be placed in a lower division in the championship. 

The minors have only played two games in the league do far, winning one and losing one. 

 

ACFL Div 1

Garrycastle 1-08

Mullingar Shamrocks 0-12

Our division 1 side suffered a one point defeat to Mullingar Shamrocks last Sat evening in round 8 of the league. The game played in Springfield in ideal conditions was a close encounter all through and Garrycastle playing minus a number of regulars due to injuries and unavailability were denied the win when a Shamrocks defender made a great block on Michael Monaghan's goal bound shot in the last minute. Garrycastle played some nice flowing football in the first half benefiting from quick early ball into the full forward line resulting in a excellent goal from Alex Gardiner.The evergreen Dessie Dolan making his first appearance of 2019 also got his name on the scoreboard with a well taken free leaving us 1-06 to 0-06 to the good at half time. The second half was a much tighter affair with a lot of frees in contrast to the more open first period.Injuries to regulars Justin Barrett and Matthew Guiheen during the second period effected our ball winning ability and Shamrocks were able to tag on the few points to record a one point win.Whilst management will regret a few scorable point chances missed during the second half considering the amount of changes required both before and during the game on the night they will be happy with the effort of all.

Shane McEnery,Matthew Guiheen,Anthony Larkin,Gary McCallon,Enda Keena,Eoin Mulvihill,Doran Harte,Johnny McGuire,Justin Barrett,Bryan McCormack,Damien Rushe,James Sheerin,Dessie Dolan,Alex Gardiner,Michael Monahan,

Subs Used Sean Carey for Matthew Guiheen,Conor Duignan for Justin Barrett,Kenny Dolan for Dessie Dolan,Graham O Brien for Damien Rushe.

 

ACFL Div 3

GARRYCASTLE 0-08, MOATE ALL-WHITES 3-14 

Garrycastle welcomed the Division 3 leaders, the Moate All-Whites to Garrycastle on Sunday morning. On a fine morning for football with little or no wind, it was the visitors who started the brightest, forcing the Garrycastle goalkeeper Mark Keenan into a great early save to stop a certain goal. The visitors had most of the play in the first quarter hour, but only had two points to show for it, one from a free, before Robbie Shine opened the Garrycastle account with a pointed free in the 12th minute following a foul on Kenny Dolan. 

The teams then traded points, the Garrycastle effort a hard-earned score from Jason Nugent after some good lead-up play by Bryan McCormack. The visitors were on top by this stage in defence and midfield, and found the net in the 21st minute when one of their half-backs was allowed a free run and finished smartly. Garrycastle responded immediately with a point from Kenny Dolan, but Moate then struck for a goal and four points as half-time approached widening their lead. The first half action ended with a pointed close-in free from Robbie.  

 

At the break, Garrycastle trailed on a scoreline of 2-07 to 0-04. The Garrycastle midfield was struggling to handle a strong Moate running game, and the Garrycastle forwards were having to drop very deep in search of possession. 

 

The expected push from Garrycastle at the start of the second-half did not materialise, and it was the visitors who opened the scoring with two points from play, the first a rebounded effort, following another excellent save by Mark to deny a goal. Garrycastle responded with a pointed free from Bryan McCormack following a foul on Jason Nugent, but any hopes the home team had of getting a result were killed off when the visitors scored their third goal on the 40-minute mark. 

 

An inspirational point from Eoin Mulvihill who was involved in the move from start to finish gave a lift to the home side, but a string of Moate points showed them stretching their lead as the game entered the last 10 minutes. Andrew Monaghan knocked over a point for the home side, but again Mark Keenan was called into action, with another excellent close-in save denying the visitors. As the final whistle neared, Jason knocked over a point for Garrycastle, but it was the visitors who closed out the scoring to take a deserved win.

 

The final score was Garrycastle 0-08, Moate All-Whites 3-14.

 

Overall, this was a patchy performance by the home team. Garrycastle struggled with the Moate runners coming from deep, and gave up possession too easily when in the Moate third of the field.

Team:

Mark Keenan, Oisin Langan, Anthony Larkin, Sean Carey, Shane McEnery, Eoin Mulvihill (0-1), Enda Keena, Conor Duignan, Fergal McKiernan, Bryan McCormack (0-1, 1f), Kenny Dolan (0-1), Graham O'Brien, Paul Mulvihill, Robbie Shine (0-2, 2f), Jason Nugent (0-2).

Subs:

Garry Mullery for Graham O'Brien (35 mins), Andrew Monaghan (0-1) for Shane McEnery (37 mins), Conor McKiernan for Conor Duignan (46 mins).

 

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