Well done to our Reserve football league division 1 who had an excellent win against Longford Slashers on Saturday night in Dromard, on a score line of 2.16 to 2.15. This was an excellent open game of football, with some excellent scores and good defence work. Team on the night was: Sean McNerney, James Mimnagh, Niall Vance, Ciaran Murphy, Pauric Martin, Peter Reynolds, Conor McGarahan, Diarmuid Masterson, Darragh O’Toole, Bernard Sheridan, Dylan McCormack, Michael Reynolds, Pader Kiernan, Bryan McCormack, Francis McGee, Subs; Peter Mimnagh, Brian Smith, Ronan Bleakley.

Well done to the Dromard Healthy Club committee who hosted Eoin McCluskey who is involved with “Smile For Me”, to do a talk on Mental Health for teenagers and young adults. This was an extremely informative, with some excellent insights both for players and parents. Thanks to all those who attended.

 

St Francis Dromard GAA Club Notes

Minor Team: Congratulations to our Minor team who have qualified for the special league final. St Francis had a good win against St. Vincents Drumlish on Thursday last on a score line of 1-15 to 0-8. This was an excellent game, built on a solid defence and scores taken at critical times. Team: Ollie Duffy, James Brady, Ciaran Murphy, Jason grimes, Stephen Donohoe, Oisin O’Toole, Conor McGarahan, Danial Conboy, Ryan O’Connor, Joshua Gray, Shane Grimes, Jamie Conboy, Connal Phalin, Alan Corcoran, Christopher Grimes, Ian McLoughlin.

Smile for ME: Thanks to the Dromard Healthy Club committee who hosted Eoin McCluskey who is involved with “Smile For Me”, to do a talk on Mental Health for teenagers and young adults. This was an extremely informative, with some excellent insights both for players and parents. Thanks to all those who attended.

Longford Minors: Well done to Longford Minor team and Management with a good win over Carlow on Wednesday. Best of luck next Saturday on next when Longford take on Laois on Saturday next, especially Aaron Farrell and Fionn Hourican. Please support.

Success for School: Dromard St. Patrick’s Moyne NS Girls team won their final on Tuesday. Well done ladies and teachers, good to see the girls doing so well. Next Tuesday the Schools Mixed team are in their final with a very young team. Best of luck to the boys and girls, hopefully they can bring the cup home.

Community Games: Dromard will running community games in Thursday evening the 16thof May. Registration at 6.45, races start at 7pm sharp.

 

Dromard Ladies

COUNTY MATTERS
Well done to management and team, including our own Karen McLoughlin and Shauna Hagan on winning Leinster Minor Championship medals on Mon last. Together with Louise Tierney and Kate McEntire's U14 Leinster Championship medals, we now have 4 Leinster medals in Dromard, a great achievement for a small parish and fair play to those girls for putting in the time and effort to achieve their goals. The u16 Leinster final was postponed at the weekend due to an objection raised by the other losing semi-finalists, so Longford await to see who and when they will be playing.

RESULTS
Pride of place this week must surely go to our St.Patricks National School in Dromard who ventured to Pearse Park last Tuesday and won their Girls Schools Final by a comfortable margin in the
end although it was nip and tuck until the closing stages. Well done to Mr.O'Rourke and Co.in mentoring the following bunch of girls:-Grace Tierney, Sarah Buchanan, Tara Gray, Emily O'Reilly, Meadhbh Carberry, Lauren Maguire, Lauren Conboy, Caoimhe Kearney, Mariah Reilly, Elena
O'Reilly, Rhianna Clarke, Emer Brady, Niamh Corrrigan, Kate Waters, Meadhbh Reynolds, Sarah Maguire and Gillian Reilly. And the good news is they all tog out for Dromard Ladies. Lets hope this is just the first silverware for this talented group of young ladies. Not only your school, but also
your club are so so proud of you all.

By contrast the two other games played this week ended in defeats. First up on Friday our Senior Panel succumbed to a much sharper Clonguish who still have their eyes on the Div 1 Title. This concludes the league this year for our Ladies and we now look forward to the start of the Senior Championship. The second defeat of the weekend came with a defeat to Killoe on Sunday in the re-arranged fixture for our U12 Panel. They have just one match left, played on Monday last report next week, when they headed to Ardagh. After that we look forward to Summer League.

FIXTURES

Our U16 Semi-Final at home to St. Helen's is still scheduled for tonight Weds at 7pm,but may change depending on the outcome of the Leinster Appeal. Girls and parents will be notified by
text of any change.

U12 TRIALS
These came to Dromard on Saturday last where some 30 to 40 girls were put through their paces by our County Senior Manager who seemed rightly impressed by the skill and enthusiasm on show. Most if not all of the County's clubs were represented and Emily O'Reilly and Tara Gray were the Dromard girls out. The County Development Squads will be starting soon and we encourage as many girls as are able to attend. We will furnish you with full details when available.

BIRTHDAYS
Two celebrations this week. Tamara Cosgrove a stalwart of our U14 and U16 Panels will be 14 on Thurs, and no doubt hoping to have had an early present by beating St.Helen's in the U16 Semi-Final
the previous night. Also Caitlin Rose Cassidy, our newest member who will be 6 on Monday. Welcome to our club Caitlin and we hope you enjoy playing Football for Dromard.

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