ACHL Division 1 - Round 6

 

Lough Lene Gaels............3.14

Castletown Geoghegan...1.16

Lough Lene Gaels, on Sunday evening May 26th, at Castletown Geoghegan, played Castletown Geoghegan in a Round 6 fixture of Division 1 of the ACHL. 

The first half is best forgotten from a Lough Lene Gaels perspective, a underwhelming team performance very much the scenario. However it also must be put on the record that Castletown Geoghegan were utterly magnificent in the first half. 

The match scoreline at half time was:

Castletown Geoghegan....1.11

Lough Lene Gaels.............0.03

Lough Lene Gaels did not score from open play in the first half. 

At half time, it seemed that all Lough Lene Gaels had to play for in the second half, was the saving of their dignity and honour. 

Therefore, the team performance of Lough Lene Gaels in the second half of this fixture, and the actual match result of this fixture,  confounded any aspect of sporting logic and rationality that could be actually applied to this Round 6 fixture of ACHL Division 1.

Lough Lene Gaels, astonishingly, with the half time match scoreline as part of the match equation, won this Hurling match by a margin of four points.

While from a Lough Lene Gaels perspective, many positives can be learned, it is equally of importance not to overlook the first half pattern of play.

 

Na Piarsaigh - Minor Grade 

 

Raharney was the venue, where on Friday evening, May 24th, Na Piarsaigh played Raharney in the Minor Hurling League Division 1 Hurling final. In a high scoring Hurling match, Na Piarsaigh lost to Raharney by a margin of eleven (11) points.

Match Result:

Na Piarsaigh...............2.14

Raharney.....................3.22

 

Community Games Hurling 

 

Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club extends its sincere congratulations to the Collinstown Fore Hurling team on winning the 2024 Westmeath Community Games Hurling Competition. The final was played at Decotek Park, Collinstown on Sunday evening, May 26th, Collinstown Fore versus a Mullingar Community Games area team. Collinstown Fore defeated their Mullingar based counterparts on a 7.09 to 2.10 final score.

 

ACHL Division 2 - Round 6

 

Lough Lene Gaels..........2.13

St Oliver Plunketts.........2.14

Lough Lene Gaels lost to Mullingar based visitors St Oliver Plunketts, in a well contested round 6 fixture, of Division 2 of the ACHL, played on Thursday evening, May 23rd, at Decotek Park, Collinstown. 

Lough Lene Gaels 2.07 St Oliver Plunketts 0.09, was the match scoreline at half time. The Lough Lene Gaels goals were scored by Warren Williams and Callum Burns, two goals of differing variety, and both top quality scores. 

The Westmeath Capital town Club pointed from a late match playing time placed ball, to win this round 6 fixture by a margin of one point.

 

Sincere Sympathy 

 

Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club extends its sincere condolences at this time, to Seamus and Monica Allen, bereaved on Saturday May 18th, by the sudden death at his residence, located at Rathvilly, Carlow, of Terry Allen, a brother and brother in law respectively to Seamus and Monica.

Terry Allen, as a player, represented Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club in the U21 and Minor Grades, prior to emigrating to the UK in the early 1970s, residing in London for a number of years.

Mr Allen is also mourned by his wife Joan, son Ciaran, daughter Katie, and Katie's partner Craig, extended family members, to whom Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club also extends its sincere condolences at this time. RIP.

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