Last Saturday the Edenderry under 14 footballers went down to an excellent Ferbane/Belmont side in the Under 14 County Final on a scoreline of 4-13 to 2-05.
Ferbane/Belmont went into an early two point lead with two excellent scores, one from play and one from a free. But Edenderry soon settled, and Jamie Dolan opened his sides account when he side-stepped a Ferbane/Belmont defender and then sent over a very good point. Aaron McDonnell then levelled with a great point from a free, which was awarded for a foul on Mikey Clear. Ferbane/Belmont then hit a goal and a point in quick succession to open up a four point lead. Adam Mahon then pulled a point back for Edenderry, after a good move involving Mikey Clear and Jamie Dolan. Ferbane/Belmont then opened up a nine point lead as they scored an unanswered goal and three points. Just before the break Leslie Nolan was introduced for Craig Monaghan who had been injured a few minutes earlier in the game.
Halftime, Edenderry 0-03 Ferbane/Belmont 2-06.
Ferbane/Belmont opened the scoring in the second half with an excellent point. Ross Mangan then powered his way through the middle of the Ferbane/Belmont defence to send over a brilliant point. Ferbane/Belmont then scored two points and a goal which took a deflection before ending up in the Edenderry net. Mark Abbott was then introduced into the action in place of David Hughes, before Ciaran Farrell scored an Edenderry goal, as he finished to the net after a good pass from Aaron McDonnell. Ferbane/Belmont responded with a good point, before the unfortunate Mark Abbott had to leave the field injured after only being in the action a matter of minutes, with Stephen Lennon coming on in his place. Ferbane/Belmont then hit a further goal and a point, before Bobby Walsh replaced Alex Kenny in the full-forward line. Moments later Edenderry were awarded a penalty, but the Ferbane/Belmont goalie made a fine save to deny Aaron McDonnell from the resulting spot-kick. Despite missing the penalty, Edenderry didn’t drop their heads, as they scored a good goal from Jamie Dolan, and a point from a Matthew O’Grady free. However Ferbane/Belmont finished out the game stronger as they added two more points before the final whistle.
Congratulations to Ferbane/Belmont who added this Under 14 title to the Feile title won earlier in the year. Well done to all the Edenderry lads and their mentors Ger Farrell, John Kelliher, Jimmy Dolan and Tom Lawton for reaching the final of the championship.
Team: Cain Brereton; Mikey McNeilis, Matthew O’Grady (0-1), David Hughes; Karl Murphy, Craig Monaghan, Damien Sadowski; Aaron McDonnell (0-1), Ross Mangan (0-1); Mikey Clear, Jamie Dolan (1-1), Adam Mahon (0-1); Alex Kenny, Oran Lawton, Ciaran Farrell (1-0).
Substitutes: Leslie Nolan, Mark Abbott, Stephen Lennon, Bobby Walsh, Ciaran Kelliher, Stephen Connolly, Kevin Beatty.
Referee: Eddie Dunne.
Junior Hurling Semi-Final
Edenderry’s Hurlers will play Shinrone in the Junior ‘A’ Hurling Semi-Final this Saturday 26th September at 5.00pm in Killurin. Referee for the game will be T. Anderson.
The Club wishes the team the best of luck. All support for this match would be greatly appreciated.
Senior Football Relegation Play-Off
Edenderry’s Senior Footballers will play Gracefield in the Senior Football relegation play-off this Wednesday 23rd September at 8.00pm in Walsh Island. Referee for the game will be Noel Cooney.
The Club wishes the team the best of luck. All support for this match would be greatly appreciated.
All-Ireland 125 Quiz Champion
Congratulations to Edenderry man, Peter Guing who won the All-Ireland 125 GAA Quiz in the GAA Museum in Croke Park last Friday.
Peter was first to qualify for the final of the quiz after answering 54 out 55 questions correctly. And in the final he fought off the challenge of Wexford legend Tony Doran, as he answered ALL questions correctly.
After his victory, Peter was be presented with the All-Ireland trophy by GAA president Christy Cooney, along with tickets to the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final, while he also appeared on the Sunday Game programme on Sunday night.
Underage Fundraising Table Quiz
Edenderry Bord Na nOg have organized a table quiz for this Friday 25th September 2009. The quiz will take place in Larkin’s Lounge, and will commence at 9.30pm.
A table of four is €20. There will be finger food served at the interval.
Lotto / Bingo
The jackpot of €8,600 has survived this week’s draw.
The numbers drawn were 2, 5, 13, 19 and the Bonus No 11.
There were four match 3 number winners who shared €200, they were:
B. Murphy, c/o Bingo;
M. Lynch, c/o Bingo;
R. Leech, c/o Bingo;
C. Ryan, c/o E. Kenny.
The jackpot for next week is up to €8,700.
Lotto tickets can be purchased online at www.locallotto.ie/EdenderryGAA or through any committee member.
Bingo jackpot now stands at €1,700 in 45 calls or less.
Deepest Sympathy
Edenderry GAA would like to extend their deepest sympathies to the Cummins Family of Clonmullen, the Coughlan Family of Geashill and Newbridge, and the Duignan Family of Durrow on their recent sad bereavements.
