Coolaney/Mullinabreena GAA Club PRO Notes

Coolaney/Mullinabreena GAA Notes April 27^th

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Lá Na gClub:

May 10^th 2009 marks the GAA’s celebration of 125 years for the country’s clubs. We at the club intend to celebrate the occasion in our own style and welcome suggestions from any club members. Initial plans are along the lines of hosting a ‘Festival of Football’ showcasing all playing members from the club in a series of games from U-8 through to Senior. There will be a few legendary past players togged out for the senior game and this is not to be missed!!!! A fun family day of activities including bouncy castles, face painting and theme balloons will also form part of the event. All are welcome along for the ocassion. Start time is 2pm.

Intermediate:

Our intermediate side lost to Enniscrone at home last Sunday afternoon on a score line of 1.07 to 1.12. The game was played in difficult conditions and the home side started with a number of positional changes. The visitors, with the aid of the breeze, raced into a 9 points to 1 lead by the break as the home side failed to make any impact on the game. Coolaney/Mullinabreena returned for the second half a more determined side and soon reduced the defecit. However, Enniscrone settled this scrappy affair with a goal coming from a defensive error as time ran out for the home team.

Team: F Brennan, A Walsh, R Gallagher, W Kivlehan, C Connolly, S Marren, J McGowan, M Conlon, B Coleman, P McHugh, S O’Brien, D Doherty, K Finan, B Kivlehan, A Duggan. Subs: O Lee, B Finnegan, J Connolly, M Connolly, K Duffy, C Gorman, E O’Dowd.

The next fixture is away to St. Pats on Saturday May 2nd at 7pm.

U-16:

Our u-16 team had a fine victory over Drumcliffe last week on a score line of 4.08 to 0.12. Panel: Stephen Barrett, Edward Burke, Aiden Coleman, Darren Coleman, Raymond Connolly, Christeoir Davey, Brendan Doddy, Fergal Gallagher, Keelan Gannon, Kieran Gannon, Pearse Gorman, James Henry, Joe Henry, Barry Kennedy, Christopher Lee, Colin Marren, Michael Mulvey, Declan McCormack, Eoin McDonagh, Cian O’Dowd, Seamus Wims. They are scheduled to play a number of games this week weather permitting: Monday April 27^th v Enniscrone at home @7pm. Wednesday April 29^th v St. Farnans away @7pm. Friday May 1^st v Tubbercurry away @7pm.

U-14:

The u-14 team had a fine victory over Shamrock Gaels last week on a score line of 3.11 to 0.4. Panel: Keelan Gannon, Kieran Gannon, Brendan Doddy, Stephen Connolly, Eoin McDonagh, Pearse Gorman, Gavin Feely, Christopher Lee, Niall O’Dowd, Cathal Finan, Clyde Carroll, Nathan Mullen, Michael Mulvey, Edward Burke, Conor Doyle, Keith Kirrane, Fergal Burns, Ryan Mathews and Enda Gallagher.

U-12:

Our u-12 team played their first game of the season last week at Nace O’Dowd Park against Enniscrone. They lost out by one point on a score line of 0.8 to 0.7. They play away to Geevagh on Tuesday April 28^th at 7pm.

U-8/U10:

The u-10 team will participate in a series of blitz games in Easkey on Saturday May 9^th at 10.30am. The club will host an u-8 blitz on the following weekend. Coaching continues on Saturdays at 10am.

National Medal:

Well done to Barry Kivlehan and the Sligo Senior panel and management on winning the division four league title in Longford last Saturday. Barry now has a national league medal to add to his Connaught Championship medal from 2007.

Coaching:

A code of ethics course will take place on the 18^th and 19^th of May in the Embassy Sligo from 7 to 9 pm. The club encourages all coaches to attend.

Notes:

Any notes for this column can be forwarded to ollielee@hotmail.com or alternatively contact 087 7981827. Deadline for inclusion is 10pm on Sunday evenings.