Westmeath GAA Notes By Pat Reilly Westmeath P R O. NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE: Westmeath hurlers play Down in the Semi-final of the Allianz division 2 league in Breffni Pk Cavan. This is a game Westmeath will want to win and progress to the final, with the first round of the leinster championship looming a good display is very important. Westmeath having topped their division will be hoping to continue their progression in the league, and with players like Paul Greville & Darren Mc Cormack In defence and Brian Smyth and Niall Kilcoyne up front a victory is on the cards. Verdict: Westmeath. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Westmeath senior footballers continued their Division 2 Campaign last Sunday with a win over Cavan in Cusack Pk. The game wasn't a classic and it took four minutes before the first score was registered, and with twenty minutes gone the score was only four points to two in favour of Westmeath. The introduction of Denis Glennon helped Westmeath's cause as he created open space with his off the ball movement. Cavan were guilty of wasting a lot of chances in front of goal and at the break the score was 0-05 each. The second half started much like the first with wing back Michael Ennis scoring the opening point again in this half. Cavan, although they tried hard never looked like troubling Westmeath in this half and only managed to score a single point. Denis Glennon notched up three fine points in this half and was ably helped by David Duffy, Micheal Ennis and Damien Healy. This win means that the last game against Monaghan will be one of the most important of the year with a chance of promotion to Division 1 for the winners. U-21 LEINSTER HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP: Westmeath U-21 hurlers started their Leinster campaign last weekend with a fixture against Wicklow in Kinegad. This was a match of two halves with Westmeath playing the first half with the aid of a strong wind and with some fine scores from Niall Kilcoyne lead by 0-14 to 0-03 at the break. Wicklow started the second half much brighter and with twenty minutes gone they had the defecate reduced to three points, helped largely by the fact that Westmeath faded out of the game at midfield. Westmeath notched up the games first goal from Luke Folan only to concede one to Wicklow within two minutes following a defensive error. Westmeath tagged on three further points to pull away and win on a final score of 1-17 to 1-10 WESTMEATH HURLING BOARD: Next Thursday night 10th April in the Greville Arms Hotel Mullingar at 8.00pm the Westmeath Hurling board will Honour the All Ireland Intermediate Champions Clonkill and the National Feile Division 2 winners Castleown Geoghean. This is a very important event and a big turn out from all Clubs would be appreciated. On the night the annual hurling supporters club draw will be launched, with a first prize of ?10,000. COACHING/ TRAINING: The Fun Do Resource. This resource contains multiple CD Roms, including skills and games for 5-12 Year olds. There are still some of these resource packs available from Cusack Pk. Go Games: Leinster GAA are organising a series of GO GAMES Blitzes for hurling and football to be held during May. These games are for 7-8 year olds and will be played under the Go-Games rules. Each Blitz venue hosting initiative will get a free set of goal posts. Venues are as follows: St. Oliver Plunketts, Castlepollard, Clonkill, Kinegad, Athlone Rotchfortbridge The Downs, Rosemount, Mullingar Shamrocks, St. Lomans. More Details Later. WESTMEATH GAA DEVELOPMENT LOTTO: (Results 1st April) NO JACKPOT WINNER: WINNING NO'S: 3, 22, 26, 29 NEXT WEEKS JACKPOT ?6,620 4 MATCH 3 WINNERS @ ?80 Mary Mc Claire C/O Delvin GAA Mona Darby C/O St. Oliver Plunketts GAA Sean Matthews C/O St. Oliver Plunketts GAA Christina Hegarty C/O Ballinagore GAA NEXT DRAW DATE: TUESDAY 8th April 2008. RESULTS FOR WEEK ENDING 06-04-08: ALLIANZ NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 2 Westmeath 0-10 Cavan 0-06 LEINSTER U-21 HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP: Westmeath 1-17 Wicklow 1-10 LEINSTER MINOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP: Meath 3-11 Westmeath 0-07 All COUNTY HULING SENIOR LEAGUE DIV 1: Castlepollard 2-18 Ringtown 0-02 Clonkill 2-12 Lough Lene Gales 2-05 Crookedwood 1-14 Raharney 2-09 Castletown Geo 1-12 St. Oliver Plunketts 0-09 All COUNTY HULING SENIOR LEAGUE DIV 2: St. Oliver Plunketts 1-13 Cullion 2-10 Clonkill 1-11 Southern Gales 0-09 St. Brigids 3-05 Turin 2-07 Brownstown 1-07 Delvin 1-07 All COUNTY FOOTBALL SENIOR LEAGUE DIV 2: Bunbrosna 1-05 Ballymore 1-03 All COUNTY FOOTBALL SENIOR LEAGUE DIV 3: Caulry 1-12 St. Josephs 2-02 FIXTURES UP TO 19-04-08: Saturday 12th April 2008 Intermediate Cup Hurling Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time Turin v Southern Gaels Sean Carroll Turin 18:00 Cullion v St Brigids Rob Cornally Cullion 18:00 Feis Cup Hurling Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time Castletown Geoghan v Raharney Barry Kelly Castletown Geo 18:00 Ringtown v St Oliver Plunketts Paul McKeogh Ringtown 18:00 Castlepollard v Lough Lene Gales John Weir Castlepollard 18:00 Crookedwood v Clonkill James McGrath Crookedwood 18:00 Sunday 13th April 2008 ACFL Division 1 Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time Coralstown-Kinnegad v St Lomans Mullingar Damien Maher Kinnegad 18:00 Athlone v Garrycastle Patrick Greene Pairc Ciarain 18:00 Killucan v Mullingar Shamrocks Brendan Keena Joristown 18:00 The Downs v Tyrrellspass Michael McAdden The Downs 18:00 Ballynacargy v Castledaly Terry O Dowd Ballynacargy 18:00 ACFL Division 2 Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time Moate All Whites v Bunbrosna Michael Mannion Moate 18:00 Kilbeggan Shamrocks v Tubberclair Pat Fox Kilbeggan 18:00 Milltownpass v Tang Sean Carroll Milltownpass 18:00 Ballymore v Shandonagh Michael Mannion Ballymore 18:00 St Malachys v Maryland Terry O Dowd Castletown 18:00 ACFL Division 3 Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time St Pauls v Caulry Alan Plunkett Clonmellon 18:00 Delvin v Tang Jimmy Weldon Devlin 18:00 Ballinagore v St Josephs Alan McCormack Ballinagore 18:00 Loughnavalley v Ballycomoyle John Lennon Loughnavalley 18:00 Castletown F/C/W v Milltown Michael Gordon Castletown Finea 18:00 St Fintans Multyfarnham v Rosemount Declan Hogan Multyfarnham 18:00 Tuesday 15th April 2008 ACFL Division 4 Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time St Lomans Mullingar v Mullingar Shamrocks Sean Carroll Lakepoint Park 19:00 Castledaly v Garrycastle Pat Fox Castledaly 19:00 Killucan v Shandonagh Rob Cornally Killucan 19:00 Tyrrellspass v Bunbrosna Michael Riggs Tyrrellspass 19:00 ACFL Division 5 Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time Kilbeggan Shamrocks v Caulry John Lennon Kilbeggan 19:00 Ballymore v Athlone Colm Boland Ballymore 19:00 The Downs v Coralstown-Kinnegad Michael McAdden The Downs 19:00 ACFL Division 6 Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time St Marys Rochfortbridge v Ballinagore Alan Plunkett Rochfortbridge 19:00 Milltown v Milltownpass Terry O Dowd Milltown 19:00 Tang v Ballinagore Des McEnery Tang 19:00 Rosemount v Tubberclair Peter Daly Rosemount 19:00 ACFL Division 8 Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time Ballycomoyle v Castletown F/C/W James McGrath Ballycomoyle 19:00 St Fintans Multyfarnham v Ballynacargy Brendan Keena Multyfarnham 19:00 St Josephs v Moate All Whites Patrick Greene Streamstown 19:00 Saturday 19th April 2008 Intermediate Cup Football Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time Caulry v Ballynacargy Pat Fox Caulry 18:00 Shandonagh v Ballymore Rob Cornally Shandonagh 18:00 Castletown F/C/W v Tubberclair Brendan Keena Castletown Finea 18:00 Moate All Whites v Tang Patrick Greene Moate 18:00 Junior Cup Football Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time Milltown v St Marys Rochfortbridge Michael McAdden Milltown 18:00 Delvin v Ballycomoyle Jimmy Weldon Devlin 18:00 Loughnavalley v St Josephs John Lennon Loughnavalley 18:00 St Fintans Multyfarnham v St Pauls Alan Plunkett Multyfarnham 18:00 Feis Cup Football Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time Bunbrosna v Ballinagore Terry O Dowd Bunbrosna 18:30 Garrycastle v Coralstown-Kinnegad Peter Daly Garrycastle 18:30 St Lomans Mullingar v Castledaly Niall Ward Lakepoint Park 18:30 Athlone v St Malachys Des McEnery Pairc Ciarain 18:30 Tuesday 15th April 2008 ACFL Division 4 Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time St Lomans Mullingar v Mullingar Shamrocks Sean Carroll Lakepoint Park 19:00 Castledaly v Garrycastle Pat Fox Castledaly 19:00 Killucan v Shandonagh Rob Cornally 19:00 Tyrrellspass v Bunbrosna Michael Riggs Tyrrellspass 19:00 ACFL Division 5 Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time Kilbeggan Shamrocks v Caulry John Lennon Kilbeggan 19:00 Ballymore v Athlone Colm Boland Ballymore 19:00 The Downs v Coralstown-Kinnegad Michael McAdden The Downs 19:00 ACFL SFL Division 6 Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time St Marys Rochfortbridge v Ballinagore Alan Plunkett Rochfortbridge 19:00 Milltown v Milltownpass Terry O Dowd Milltown 19:00 Tang v Ballinagore Des McEnery Tang 19:00 Rosemount v Tubberclair Peter Daly Rosemount 19:00 ACFL Division 8 Team 1 Team 2 Referee Venue Time Ballycomoyle v Castletown F/C/W James McGrath Ballycomoyle 19:00 St Fintans Multyfarnham v Ballynacargy Brendan Keena Multyfarnham 19:00 St Josephs v Moate All Whites Patrick Greene Streamstown 19:00 Home Club responsible for referees expenses ?40 per game. If 'Home' teams venue is unplayable, the responsibility is on the home club to provide a suitable alternative venue. Failing that the game will be played in opponent's venue or suitable alternative nominated by opponents. In the event of a clash of colours both teams must change colours I can be contacted by phone on 044 9666476, or by email on [email protected] Tweet

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