Seniors - The senior team progressed to the semi-final stage of the club championship after a convincing win over old rivals Scotstown on Sunday last. Blayney started well and held the lead throughout the game. Early scores from Ciaran Tavey paved the way for the win but the big scores of the first half came from the boot of Cairan Hanratty in quick succession. The first same the Blayney forwards work extremely hard to dispossess the opposition and move the ball quickly with midfielder Jason Hughes wisely squaring the ball to Hanratty who coolly finished to the net. Shortly after this, Hanratty again raised the green flag with a more spectacular finish off the crossbar. Blayney never looked back and despite Scotstown enjoying some possession, the Blayney rearguard held firm to deny them any clear goal opportunities. As the half entered the closing stages, Blayney turned the screw again and out some fine scores on the board through Niall Duffy and Patrick Tavey, who was making his championship debut. The second half went much of the way of the first with Scotstown winning some possession but struggling to break down the Blayney defence with Cairan Hughes, Stephen McGeough and Paddy Mallon in fine form and when they did manage to get through Pauric McBennett denied them with some assured goalkeeping. As the half wore on, Blayney took further control through a rare Francis Moore goal after some great work by Hanratty. Blayney added on late points from Moore, Jason Hughes and Hanratty as they closed the game out for a final win on 3-12  to 0-09. Others to impress in a very good team display was the other debutant Dermot Malone, Dermot McArdle, Marty McElroy and Niall Duffy. Blayney will await winners from the loser groups until they know there semi-final opponents. Junior B's - The Junior B team played Inniskeen in the O'Duffy Cup Semi-final on Wednesday evening. Results and details next week. Championship Replay - The senior championship quarter final between Latton and Clontibret has been fixed for Blayney this Saturday at 3pm. All stewards are asked to ensure they are at field for 2pm sharp. Thanks to those who attended last weekends double header. Under 13's  - The Under 13 team traveled to Truagh on Monday evening and were unlucky to be defeated by 4 points with a final scoreline of 5-8 to 2-13.  Great credit to all players who showed a great fighting spirit throughout battling back from an eight point deficit.  Although ending up on the losing side, Blayney showed great skill in racking up a score of 2-13 with goals coming from Kevin Macken and Ruairi Farrell.  There were good performances throughout with particular credit to Mark Kelly, Daniel Mc Carthy and John Beattie in defence while Aiden Mc Elroy and Ronan Mc Namara worked hard up front. Please check fixtures section for this weekends game. Under 8's - . Training will continue on Monday Evenings at 6.30pm to 7.30pm and on Saturday mornings from 11am to 12pm. New players are always welcome and parents are encouraged to attend. Under 10's -   Training will continue this Saturday to the field at 12pm to 1pm. New players always welcome. Membership - The annual subscription is now due for the 2008 year. The annual cost for this is Eu30 for family, Eu20 for a individual and Eu10 for a juvenile. All players, senior and juvenile, are reminded that they must be club member. The club are currently printing 2008 membership cards for existing members which will be issued on renewal of membership. Any committee member will have further details. Well Done - To many of our younger players who received their leaving cert results in recent weeks and who will be hitting the road to various colleges throughout Ireland. Hopefully they will remember the road home for Friday night training! Lotto Renewal- The annual Lotto subscription is due for renewal and anyone who pays the annual sum can contact any committee member to pay their renewal. Anyone wishing to take out annual subscription can also get the details from any committee member, payment can be made by way of annual once off payment or a direct debit can be set up on a monthly basis. Payment assures entry into the weekly draw. Lotto - Number for week ending 25/08/08 were 01 18 19 28. No winner, 3 match three winner - Bev Butcher, Church Street; who won Eu150 each. Next weeks jackpot is Eu10,200. Result in next weeks notes. Website - The club website is currently up and running and we are looking to add more features and detail as we develop it. The latest addition is a messageboard facility where you can leave comments regarding the club and response to others left. We would hope that everyone uses it but would advise that it is strictly monitored and only genuine messages will be posted.Visit at  www.castleblayneyfaughs.com. Tweet

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