Raheen GAA club notes
August 25, 2014
LOTTO
The numbers drawn in the Lotto draw which took place on Monday 11 August were 02 10 12 20. There was 1 Jackpot Winner of €9,800 [Betty Guinan C/O Dermot Guinan] who we congratulate on her win and 4 Match 3 Winners [Conor McEvoy C/O Geashill P/O; Kay Whelan C/O Dermot Guinan; Sean P Fallon C/O Shannon Hinch; Anne O'Rourke C/O Ann O'Rourke] [€50 Each]. Next week's draw will take place in Doyle's, Killeigh on Monday 01 September 2014.
JUNIOR B FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINAL
Raheen Junior Footballers were breathing a huge sigh of relief last Saturday afternoon in Mucklagh as they kept their interest in the Junior B Championship alive just about by salvaging a last gasp Draw against Kinnitty in the Semi Final on a scoreline of 0-11 to 1-08. Kinnitty led from the start to the last minute as they opened the scoring with 2 points inside the first min followed by the goal on 7 mins when a high ball in from midfield was punched over his head to the net by full forward James Rigney before Raheen got off the mark with their first point on 9 mins. The sides added a point apiece before Kinnitty put themselves in control by adding another 3 points in the final 4 mins but they had a goal disallowed for a square ball which would have ended the game as a contest and so at the break Kinnitty led 1-06 to 0-02. Raheen were hoping for a good start to the second half but it didn't materialise as both sides added a point apiece early on with Raheen adding another a few mins later. Then as if things wernt going bad enough midway through the half Raheen were dealt another blow when corner back Ciaran Coughlan received a second yellow and was sent off with Kinnitty converting the subsequent free. At this stage the Raheen looked like they had no hope but both sides then made a number of changes with Raheen's seemingly firing them into action as they finally managed to get going and they hit the next 6 points in a row from Jack Keogh(2), Damien Arnold, Niall Leavy, Jack O'Brien and Johny Byrne to cut the deficit down to the minimum. Then in the final min Raheen won a free for over carrying about 45m out and Jack Keogh fired it all the way over to draw level and this proved to be the final kick of the game as final whistle was blown on the kickout. The replay will probably take place in 2 weeks time with date, time and venue to be confirmed.
RAHEEN: Mark Byrne, Eanna Direen, Stephen Byrne, Ciaran Coughlan, Cathal Maher, Sean Gorman, Niall Leavy (0-01), Donie Boland, Noel Gorman, Garrett Garry, Shane Carroll, Johny Byrne (0-02), Eoghan Bolton, Jack Keogh (0-06), Shane Hyland.
SUBS: Damien Arnold (0-01) (for Sean Gorman), Declan Costello (for Garrett Garry), Nigel Gorman (for Eoghan Bolton), Jack O'Brien (0-01) (for Shane Hyland).
INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Raheen Intermediate Footballers who had already qualified for the Semi Finals as group winners saw their unbeaten status in the Championship come to an end in the final round as they were beaten by Bracknagh last Saturday evening in Gracefield on a scoreline of 0-15 to 1-09. Raheen got off to a good start as they opened the scoring with the first 3 points before Bracknagh got on the scoreboard with a pointed free on 10 mins. Raheen then added 3 more points to Bracknagh's 1 over the next 10 mins but in the final 10 mins Bracknagh found their feet as they hit 5 points in a row to go in at the break with the lead 0-07 to 0-06. Both sides added a point apiece early in the second half before Raheen got retook the lead when the ball was worked in quickly from the wing through a number of players to Richie Reynolds who blasted it to the right corner of the net for the only goal. Over the next 15 mins both sides added 2 points apiece but then in the last 5 mins Bracknagh dug in as they hit over the final 5 points in a row to claim the win.
RAHEEN: James Boland, Brian Corcoran, Liam Boland, Mikey Keogh, Paddy Arnold, Brian Kehoe, Mick McManamon, Mark Gorman, Declan Byrne (0-01), Liam Gorman, Ben Ridgeway (0-01), Richie Reynolds (1-02), Niall Dempsey, John Crombie, Danny McEvoy (0-04).
SUBS: Chris Floody (for Paddy Arnold), Brian Crombie (for Mark Gorman), Padraig Bracken (for Declan Byrne), Dylan Hyland (0-01) (for John Crombie).
BARRY LEE 5K FUN RUN
The 2nd Annual Barry Lee 5K Fun Run took place last Sunday morning in Geashill with a very large number of participants from near and far taking part and all are thanked for their time and generosity to make the event a huge success.
