you would know that its getting to the business end of things in the junior championship when lads are getting a bit tetchy on this tread !!. if this rain keeps up and the swine flu becomes a bigger issue the competition might not finish at all. hopefully it will be run off in timely fashion and have a team to represent galway in the connacht junior championship this year.

fearnua (Galway) - Posts: 311 - 29/07/2009 12:10:53    368004

this must be headford's year to win the north board!! if they don't win it this year, they'll never win it... they beat clonbur the other evening in a challange match...if you could bet on junior football in the bookies id put every cent i have on headford!!

fred201 (Galway) - Posts: 99 - 07/08/2009 11:52:49    382394

fred201.....

well yet again headford are getting themselves worked up over nothing. i wouldnt put a cent on headford. they beat a average clonbur team that was missing a load of players. just like there minors and u21's they think they can win everything. all ye headford lads would be much better training than on this all the time.

tony_melia (Galway) - Posts: 81 - 07/08/2009 19:16:48    383184

in fairness tony, headford have been the form team all year, heading up the league unbeaten so its fair to say that they have been flagged from a long way out as outright championship favourites and nothing i have seen this year would suggest that they will be seriously treoubled in the north board anyway. the have annaghdown's second string in the semi 2mor week and should get thru' this one with a fair bit to spare.

fearnua (Galway) - Posts: 311 - 07/08/2009 19:30:43    383207

re Tony Melia,
From what Ive heard the last 2 weeks Headford have traind Monday,Wednesday,Friday and early in the morning on bank holiday Monday.trainin nearly 4 times a week so dont go talkin about stuff u dont know.

ballaghbuck (Galway) - Posts: 89 - 07/08/2009 21:46:11    383334

As i said before i am not connected to any of the four clubs left in north board junior A contest,but come on ladies and gentlemen all the talk of Headford,there are 3 other teams left in,i am trying to work out who has best 15 as i have seen all teams playing,its going to be very tight and close,are the semi finals on next weekend,does anyone know times and venues,and can they give me a predicitions,Up Mayo.

HILLSON (Galway) - Posts: 229 - 08/08/2009 13:38:59    383816

tony melia- who told you headford thought they could win everything? the u21's played the favourites tuam in the first round of the championship and the minors played the favourites claregalway in the first round of the championship so both teams knew they would more than likely be beaten and they were despite both putting up very creditable performances. so you are spouting absolute rubbish. you are obviously from a neighbouring club and dont like headford.you would want to get over yourself.

manager5 (Galway) - Posts: 724 - 08/08/2009 15:56:04    383919

North Board semi finals are fixed for Saturday in Clonberne,Annaghdown v Headford at 5.30 , followed by Ballinasloe v Glinsk at 7pm,what along way to bring Headford and Annaghdown,these two games are very tricky to predict to a neutral observer,PREDICITIONS PLEASE.Mayo are gone for another year

HILLSON (Galway) - Posts: 229 - 10/08/2009 17:49:51    386572

Glynsk by 5
Headford by 1 or 2 points.

jimfahy (Galway) - Posts: 81 - 10/08/2009 17:58:57    386586

some things never change toney

stankarddavid (Galway) - Posts: 3 - 10/08/2009 20:34:34    386778

glysnk and headford both to win with a bit to spare

machoman (Galway) - Posts: 108 - 10/08/2009 21:47:23    386865

ballinasloe to win at a canter shouldnt be a contest really

palestine (Galway) - Posts: 15 - 10/08/2009 22:29:19    386936

Ballinasloe sud win with a good few points 2 spare!!
and wud expect headford 2 win but wil be tight!!

FreeTaker14 (Galway) - Posts: 75 - 10/08/2009 23:28:25    387060

nice to see the junior semi's going ahead as scheduled and clonberne is a very fitting well appointed venue, in the 1st game at 5pm ithink, headford can show their true championship credentials by accounting for an annaghdown team that are powered by that great servant to football kevin keane at centerfield( annagh must have a very good senior team if kevin is left for juniors) but i think mchugh and the meenaghans will carry too much power for annagh on this occassion.
the other semi ........who cares.

fearnua (Galway) - Posts: 311 - 11/08/2009 16:06:50    388009

great to see glinsk doing well again. its not easy keeping football going down there.ballinasloe will win though.
annaghdown to win the other game.powered by ronan leonard, morgan duggan and young burke in the corner. headford powered by an excellent full back line and clive sullivan up front.

manager5 (Galway) - Posts: 724 - 11/08/2009 18:23:23    388329

Annaghdown to beat Headford by 4 to 5 points on Saturday.

johnacula (Galway) - Posts: 2 - 12/08/2009 10:16:40    389080

Headford Annaghdown will be a close one. Hard to know how it will go but it will be some battle. Kevin Keane has retired because of injury so will be loss around the middle.
Morgan Duggan and Ronan Leonard are on the squad so they will have the experience.
Brian O'Dowd going well.
Meenaghan the man to watch. If he plays well, it will be hard to beat Headford

fitgir (Galway) - Posts: 17 - 12/08/2009 10:40:47    389117

fitgir- which meeneghan? sean or niall?

manager5 (Galway) - Posts: 724 - 12/08/2009 12:19:54    389253

fitgir - I wouldn't be too confident about Headford winning. Everyone knows that once you mark the Meeneghans out of it Headford have no one else, so i'd be expecting Annaghdown to crowd out the defence and win by a couple of points.

johnacula (Galway) - Posts: 2 - 12/08/2009 12:58:53    389342

fitgir, i had watched the annaghdown/tuam game and marvelled at how kevin keane controlled the middle third of the field for annagh, it is very disappoining to hear from you that kevin has now retired due to injury but just confirms my view that headford are a cert for the north board title as i heard on the grapevine that both glinsk and grellans played junior opponents from roscommon in challenge games last weekend and both galway teams lost heavily so this would suggest that headford are the only logical winners in the north but may face serious opposition from spideal/ aaran islands in the county final.

fearnua (Galway) - Posts: 311 - 13/08/2009 16:55:38    390955