Senior Football League
The senior footballers secured two very good results this week against Rhode parish clubs, picking up a point in a 0-15 to 1-12 draw with Rhode on Sunday afternoon, while going one better and beating St Brigids 2-13 to 1-11 on Tuesday night in Croghan.

Both games saw great character from the Ferbane team - on Sunday they came back from seven points down to lead by three, only to be reeled in at the death by a late surge from the county champions. Both sides were heavily depleted however the quality of football on display was hugely encouraging and this confidence clearly stood Ferbane in good stead on Tuesday evening in Croghan.

Team and Scorers vs Rhode:
Paul Wynne; Stephen Wren, Liam Browne, Brian Grehan (0-1); James Nally (0-2), Shane Nally, Gerry O'Malley; Ciarán Cahill (0-1), Kieran McManus; Darragh Keenaghan, Ronan Daly (0-1), John Mollen; Jonathan Duffy (0-3), Joe Maher (0-4), Declan Killian (0-2).
Subs Used: Aaron McDonagh (0-1) and Alan Kelly.

Again Ferbane fell behind, this time by three points, 1-8 to 1-5 at half time. Again they came out with an excellent second half performance and driven by top scorer Jonathan Duffy, who ended the game with 1-4, they pushed on to secure the win and move up to third in the league, one point behind Clara and level with Rhode but trailing on scoring difference.

Team and Scorers vs St Brigids
David Lowry (1-0); Saran Butler, Conor Lowry, Brian Grehan; James Nally, Shane Nally, Joe Butler; Kieran McManus (0-1), Declan Killian; John Mollen (0-2), Paddy Moore, Aaron McDonagh (0-2); Jonathan Duffy (1-4), Ronan Daly (0-2), Aidan Keenaghan (0-2).
Subs Used: Shane Costello, Paul Wynne.

Junior Football Championship
The Junior footballers made it two wins from two games in their championship season so far, comfortably beating Ballycumber on a 3-13 to 0-7 scoreline in Ballycumber last Saturday evening. A first half goal from Dermot Daly gave Ferbane a six point half time lead and they never looked back in the second half, conceding just three points and scoring two more goals through Declan Killian and Jonathan Duffy.

Team and Scorers:
Ronan Cassidy; Alan Kelly, Aidan Egan, Steven Wren; Darren Kelly, Gerry O'Malley, Brian Gilligan; Declan Killian (1-1), Diarmuid Carroll; George Phibbs, Joe Butler, Darragh Keenaghan (0-1); Jonathan Duffy (1-5, 2f), Dermot Daly (1-1), Mikey Butler (0-4). Subs used: Gavin Kelly, Dermot Kenny, William Farrell (0-1), Dion Cooney.

Congratulations
Well done to the players and mentors of the Ferbane/Belmont under-16 footballers, who picked up their first silverware of the year by beating St Vincents in the under-16 league final.

Fixtures
The Junior footballers return to league action this Sunday with an away fixture against Raheen, currently scheduled to throw in at noon in Geashill. The seniors aren't back in league action until Sunday the 2nd of June, when Tullamore are scheduled to visit Ferbane for a division 1 tie, currently set to throw in at noon also. The only other fixture currently arranged is a division 3 league tie for the juniors when they will face off against Ballycumber once more, this time in Ferbane at 7.30pm on the 6th of June.

Lotto
The numbers drawn in this week's Lotto draw, which took place on Wednesday night, were 6, 10, 18 and 31. The bonus number was 28. There was one match three winners, Frank Kinnarney. Next week's jackpot will be €4000. Tweet

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