Under 16 League (Division 3)

TYRRELLSPASS 4-16 GARRYCASTLE 1-7

Garrycastle started well playing into a strong breeze and mounted a number of promising attacks in the opening minutes; however, they failed to score during that period. The home side got off the mark soon after and built up a 5 point lead by the 7th minute. A goal soon followed to put Tyrrellspass firmly in control. Further points pushed them into an eleven point lead before Garrycastle got off the mark with a point from Ross Mulvihill. A second Garrycastle point, this time from Cathal Mannion, reduced the margin. A second Tyrrellspass goal in the 21st minute was followed by Garrycastle best spell of the half from there to the break. A pointed free by Conor Mulvihill was added to by a free from Cathal Mannion to leave the score at 2-9 to 0-4 at the break.

The home side emphasised their advantage in the opening exchanges of the second half and had two goals and several points registered by the mid point. Ross Mulvihill pointed in the 41st minute for Garrycastle and this was quickly followed by a goal for Garrycastle when Cathal Mannion's long range free deceived the Tyrrellspass goalkeeper and ended up in the net. From there to the end the sides exchanged points, with the Garrycastle scores coming from Ross Mulvihill and a pointed free from Cathal Mannion.

Garrycastle were disappointing on the night and had to concede that the home side were superior, particularly in the opening half. To their credit the Garrycastle lads never gave up trying and played their best football in the closing minutes of both halfs. Paul McKiernan was assured in goal and brought off some fine saves. There were notable performances also from Sean Mulvihill, Cathal Mannion and Ross Mulvihill.

GARRYCASTLE: Paul McKiernan, Mark Denby, Caolan Jameson, Jack Brody, Sean Mulvihill, Brian Leahy, Conor Mulvihill (0-1, 1f), Cathal Mannion (1-3, 0-2f), Brian Kenny, Ross Mulvihill (0-3), Eoin Duignan, Shane McEnery and Eoin Kenny.

SUB: Conor Macken for B Leahy (half time).

ACL Division 2 (18 April 2013)
KILLUCAN 1-11 GARRYCASTLE 0 -12
An under strength Garrycastle Junior team just failed to secure any points in this re-arranged Division clash in Garrycastle last Saturday evening.

The visitors had the first score in the very first minute when they worked a good attack to score a point. It took Garrycastle some time to settle but they levelled matter in the 4th minute when Johnny McGuire broke forward from mid field and pointed. In their next attack the home side took the lead as Alan Daly pointed a free. A fine point from distance by Justin McAteer extended Garrycastle's lead as the mid point of the half neared. Killucan were guilty of a couple of poor wides from scoring positions, but had a point in the 17ty minute to narrow the margin to just a point. A point from Justin McAteer was quickly followed by a point from Noel Galvin to increase their lead to 3 points. Killucan had their best period of the half as they created a couple of goal opportunities. However, some good defending by Shane O'Connell and his full back line ensured the green flag was not raised. Killucan did register two points in the closing minutes to leave it 0-5 to 0-4 at the break.

Noel Galvin got the home side off to the perfect restart when he pointed but Killucan hit back with a point from a close range free. Garrycastle mid fielder, Johnny McGuire, picked up a yellow card but in his next play pointed for Garrycastle. Killucan had another good spell and rattled off 3 points in a 4 minute period to jump into the lead. Garrycastle's cause was dealt a further setback when Johnny McGuire received a second yellow card in the 41st minute. Killucan had another point soon after to stretch their lead to 2 points. A pointed free by Noel Galvin was followed up wit one from play by Ciaran O'Neill to level the scores mid way through the second period. Killucan regained the lead only for Peadar Mulvihill to tie it up again with 10 minutes remaining. In such a tight game a goal was always going to be telling, and the visitors got through for the score when Garrycastle lost possession in their own half back line in the 54th minute and Killucan worked the space to register the goal. Garrycastle never gave up and hit back with two pointed frees, both from the boot of Noel Galvin to leave just a point in it with a minute of normal time remaining. The visitors were reduced to 14 when a second yellow was given to one of their mid filed players. However, try as the might Garrycastle could not engineer an equaliser. In fact Killucan broke forward to grab a point as the game entered injury time. The final score 1-11 to 0-12 in Killucan's favour.


Garrycastle 3-12 St.Rynagh's 1-12
Garrycastle minor team played St.Rynagh'( Offaly) in an entertaining challenge match in Cloghan on Thursday night last.The Garrycastle team fielded without their leaving certificate bound players and the match gave the Garrycastle mentors a chance to look at players who might be in contention for places when the championship comes around.Garrycastle were unfortunate to lose Adam Keena through injury 10 minutes into the first-half and they had to play with 14 players for the remainder of the match

The team that played in Cloghan was.Eoin Slevin,Adam Keena,Ben Kennedy,Darragh Brody,Conor Duignan,Frank Farrell,Jack Mc Gann,Michael Monaghan,Eric Kearney,Darragh Mc Cormack,Mark Curly,Mark Duffy,Kenneth Dolan,Liam Leahy, & Donal Byrne.

We wish Adam Keena a speedy recovery from the hand injury he picked up during the match in Cloghan.

Westmeath GAA
Congratulations to all the Westmeath lads who put in a terrific display last Sunday against Carlow, especially Mark, John, James, Doron and Gubi. Next up is Dublin and these boys deserve huge support against Dublin in two weeks.

Summer Bbq
Come to Dan's Tavern next Sunday to support Martin Rattigan's Bbq. The day starts off with Donegal V Tyrone on the big screen, followed by BBQ and then the brilliant Macey South will play their final gig before they break up for the summer.

Lotto
Numbers Drawn : 4, 9, 18 and 19. No Jackpot was won. Match 3 : Imelda McKiernan Tweet

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