On the field…………
Senior:
Our seniors
had a 10 point win over St Columba’s in the first round of the Senior
Championship on Sunday evening last. With only Gavin Tonra missing, there was a
full panel to select from. While Colmcille were in control of the game
throughout, it was not a game that will want to be remembered as we played
poorly on the day. St Columba’s fielded without their two county players Shane
and Kevin Mulligan; however Shane did make an appearance after 15 minutes.
Credit goes to St Columba’s who battled all the way and never gave up and made
Colmcille fight for every ball.
We raced
into a 4 point to no score lead after the first quarter but only scored another
goal (penalty) and a point before half time with Donie McKeon calmly slotting away
the spot kick and points coming from Donie (3), Francis Kavanagh and Anthony
Gormley.
In the
second half we chalked up another 1-5 with the goal coming from another penalty
slotted away by Donie and he also put over another two points. Tommy Doyle kicked
two good point from play and in the final minute a high ball from Philip Brady
was punched over the bar by a St Columba’s defender.
In the end,
the objective of winning the game and getting into the second round was
achieved, however there were a lot of very below par performances on the day
and the team never got out of third gear. The effort will now need to be
increased if we want to challenge for the title. The next round is possibly in
three weeks time with the draw being made this Sunday evening.
F Heslin,
Podge Murtagh, N Farrell, O McGivney, G Murtagh, D C Reilly, F Kavanagh (0-1),
N Brady, E Farrell, JP Reilly, T Doyle (0-1), A Gormley (0-1), B McCabe, D
Farrell, D McKeon (2-5, 2 pen, 3 frees)
Subs: D
There are
no senior league games fixed for this weekend.
However, the
intermediate championship kicks off
this weekend when we play Cashel away in Sunday at 1pm. This is the first of 3
group games where we also play Killashee and Killoe in the next 3 weeks. Check
fixtures for details.
The junior
championship kicks off in early July and in preparation for that we will be
competing in the Cornafean tournament this Thursday evening.
Minor:
Our U/14’s
played against Ardagh in the Division 2 League final in Slashers on Saturday
last. Unfortunately Ardagh proved too strong for us on this
occasion and the final scoreline was Ardagh 4 15,
Colmcille 2 11. Hard luck to our lads and we thank Ardagh for the
game. Our team lined out as follows: Nathan Duignan, Aine Reilly,
Grainne Reilly Jessica Healy, Vincent Hourican (1 pt), Cathal Reilly, Conor
Hawkins (2 goals, 3 pts), Martin Mulligan, Cormac Hughes, Ross McNerney (3
pts), Shea McKeon (4 pts), Gerard Mulligan, Fergal Sheridan. Subs:
Michelle Farrell for Jessica Healy, Shane Gray for Grainne Reilly (injured),
Graeme Bleakley for Cormac Hughes, Jack Harkins, Enda Macken, Amy McKeon, Mark
Brady, Christopher Blankley, Andrew Blankley, Martin Brady. Our U/8’s had
a good win in the fun league against Clonguish last week. Our U/12’s had
a challenge game against Mullahoran on Wednesday last and their fun league is
due to commence next weekend, check fixtures for further details.
Training for U/12’s is on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. in the Park. Our
annual car bingo takes place on Friday 27th June at 8.30 p.m. at the
Cross. A meeting of the minor club takes place on this Wednesday 18th at
9 p.m. in the Clubhouse. Well done to our Seniors who had a good win on
Sunday last over Mullinalaghta in the first round of the Championship.
The club
extends their sympathy to the Farrelly family, Corrickadorish on the recent
death of Sean Farrelly, R.I.P.
Times Past………
It was June 1988 and Jack’s army marched to a famous victory. At around the same time, the
20 years ago, Jackie Flanagan and Ciaran Tonra trained a talented group of
players to the schools first Schoolboy championship win. To the players, this was the
All Ireland Final. Emulating our hero’s of
Photo and Match report below.
