Raheen and Na Fianna club notes
September 29, 2014
RAHEEN GAA CLUB
SECRETARY: EDDIE KAYE ; PHONE: (086) 0757679
P.R.O: RAY GARRY ; PHONE: (086) 1954803
G.A.A CLUB NOTES
DATE: 22 September 2014
LOTTO
The numbers drawn in the Lotto draw which took place on Monday 22nd September 2014 were 09 15 22 26. There was No Jackpot Winner of €2,800 and No Match 3 Winners [Match 3 Prize Doubled to €400 on Monday 29th Sept]. Next week's draw will take place in Maunsell's, Tullamore on Monday 06th October 2014.
INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINAL
Raheen Intermediate Footballers are through to the Intermediate Championship Final for the first time since 2006 as they comfortably won their Semi Final against Doon last Saturday afternoon in O'Connor Pk, Tullamore on a scoreline of 2-16 to 0-06. Doon opened the scoring with the first point in the 2nd min but by the time they got their 2nd point 10 mins later Raheen had got off the mark with 5 points in a row and over the remainder of the half Raheen added another 5 points to Doon's 2 which left Raheen leading 0-10 to 0-04 at the break. Any hope of a Doon comeback were wiped out within 5 mins of the restart as Raheen tagged on 4 more points. Doon responded with a pointed free but were knocked back in the 12th min as Raheen struck for their first goal when Richie Reynolds caught a high ball in the square, turned his man before tapping the ball into the net and he tapped over a point from the kickout. Doon scored the next and their final point but were dealt a blow with under 10 mins left when their ace marksman James Coughlan was sent to the line on a black card. Raheen then wrapped it up with their 2nd goal on 26 mins when Richie Reynolds was on hand after his first shot was saved to tap the ball into the net and alike his first goal he also added a point 2 mins later which proved to be the final score of the game. Raheen will now take on Shamrocks (who Beat Durrow in their semi final) in the Final on Saturday week (11th Oct).
RAHEEN: James Boland, Brian Corcoran, Mick McManamon, James Lalor, Brian Crombie, Brian Kehoe, Chris Floody, Padraig Bracken (0-01), Declan Byrne, Liam Gorman, Ben Ridgeway (0-02), John Crombie (0-05), Paddy Rigney (0-02), Danny McEvoy (0-02), Richie Reynolds (2-04).
SUBS: Mikey Keogh (for Brian Corcoran), Liam Boland (for Brian Kehoe), Mark Gorman (for Ben Ridgeway), Dylan Hyland (for Paddy Rigney), Niall Dempsey (for Danny McEvoy).
NA FIANNA GAA FOOTBALL CLUB
G.A.A CLUB NOTES
DATE: 15 SEPTEMBER 2014
U16 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINAL REPLAY
Na Fianna U16 Footballers are through to the County Final after they came out on top of a dramatic and highly entertaining Semi Final Replay against Ferbane / Belmont after extra time last Monday week on a final scoreline of 4-14 to 4-13. Na Fianna opened the scoring with a point but F/B then got off the mark with their first goal direct from a lineball in the 3rd min. F/B added 4 points along with their 2nd goal in the 14th min with Na Fianna just keeping in touch with 2 points but a min later Na Fianna struck for their first goal when David Buckley's 30m free was kept in on the endline and knocked across goal where it was tapped into the net by Conor Langton. A point apiece followed before F/B got in to score their 3rd goal in the 22nd min but this was wiped out as Na Fianna added 3 more points before the end of the half and so at the break F/B led by 4 points 3-05 to 1-07 which was 6 within 2 mins of the restart as F/B put over the first 2 points of the second half. Na Fianna then got going as they tagged on 4 points to F/B 1 before Kaelyn Thompson set up David Buckley to blast in Na Fianna's 2nd goal on 19 mins to draw it level. The remainder of the half saw both sides add 3 more points apiece including a superb equaliser from Na Fianna super sub Joey Keenahanin the last min to leave it Na Fianna 2-14 F/B 3-11 at full time. This necessitated extra time and Na Fianna got the dream start to the first period as Ray Daly got the final touch in a goalmouth scramble to fire in goal no 3 on 2 mins and this was followed in the 5th min by Na Fianna's 4th goal when Conor Langton was on hand to knock in David Buckley's 45 to the net. F/B were not giving up and came back with a pointed free followed by their 4th goal in the last min of the first period and so at the break of extra time Na Fianna led by 2 4-14 to 4-12. F/B cut it to the minimum with a point inside the 1st min of the second period. Incredibly this would prove to be the final score of the game as despite play being end to end neither side could add to their tally and after nearly 3 excruciating mins of injury time the final whistle was blown to scenes of great delight from the Na Fianna players, mentors and supporters.
NA FIANNA: Shane Gorry, Aaron McKenna, Adam Kelly, Jamie Ballesty, Reece Seery, Cathal Curran, Peter Walsh, Colin Keogh, John Ridgeway, Stephen Pierce, Ray Daly (1-03), David Buckley (1-08), John Paul Casey, Conor Langton (2-01), Ian Buckley (0-01).
SUBS: Joey Keenahan (0-01) (for Jamie Ballesty), Kaelyn Thompson (for Stephen Pierce), Craig Strong (for Ian Buckley), Jamie Ballesty (for Peter Walsh), Brian Keogh (for Colin Keogh), Eoin Corcoran, Conor Brophill, Eoin Garry, Sam Burns, Lee Mulpeter, Mikey Buckley.
U16 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
The high intensity of their epic semi final win took it's toll on Na Fianna U16 Footballers as they lost out to Clara in the U16A Championship Final last Saturday morning in O'Connor Pk, Tullamore on a scoreline of 2-12 to 0-10 having just 4 and a half days to prepare for the Final. Clara opened the scoring with the first 3 points before Na Fianna got off the mark with their opening point on 8 mins. The remainder of the half saw Clara add 5 points with Na Fianna just keeping in touch with 2 points to leave it 0-08 to 0-03 at the break. Na Fianna made a much better start to the second half as 2 points each from David Buckley and Conor Langton to Clara's 1 inside the first 8 mins cut the deficit to 2. Over The next 15 mins Clara edged further ahead with 2 points to Na Fianna's 1. Then in the 24th min the killer punch came when a Clara shot from the wing dipped into the top left corner of the net for the first goal. Na Fianna did not give up and responded with 2 pointed frees from David Buckley but Clara wrapped it up a point in the last min followed by the second goal in stoppage time.
NA FIANNA: Shane Gorry, Aaron McKenna, Adam Kelly, Joey Keenahan, Peter Walsh, Cathal Curran, Reece Seery, John Ridgeway, Colin Keogh, David Buckley (0-06), Sam Burns, Conor Langton (0-02), John Paul Casey, Ray Daly, Ian Buckley (0-02).
SUBS: Jamie Ballesty (for Aaron McKenna), Stephen Pierce (for Reece Seery), Craig Strong, Brian Keogh, Kaelyn Thompson, Eoin Corcoran, Conor Brophill, Eoin Garry, Lee Mulpeter, Mikey Buckley.
U14 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINAL
Na Fianna U14 Footballers who have won 5 out of 5 games so far in the Championship will be hoping to keep that winning run going to secure a place in the Final as they take on Ballinamere / Durrow in the Championship Semi Final this Wednesday evening (01st October) @ 7PM in O'Brien Pk, Tullamore. Best of Luck to Players & Management. All Support would be appreciated.
