Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club notes
July 21, 2014Lough Lene Gaels pushed county champions Castletown-Geoghegan all the way on Wednesday evening last, but ultimately lost out by five points in the club's latest Slevin's Coaches SHC tie.
After a thrilling first half, Castletown led 1-7 to 1-5. The Gaels found themselves 1-4 to 0-1 down by the eighth minute, but battled back into contention courtesy of a goal from Derek McNicholas, and points from Dan Carty (frees) and Fergal Moran.
John Egan brought us within a point of parity after the restart, and despite further scores from Carty and Stephen Bardon, Castletown did enough to get themselves over the line. Final score: Lough Lene Gaels 1-10, Castletown-Geoghegan 1-15.
Team: Brian Conaty; Derek Healy, Brendan Doyle, Daragh Qamar; Seamus Carroll, Michael Daly, Francis Kennedy; James Boyle, Derek McNicholas (1-0); Fergal Moran (0-1), Mark McNicholas, John Egan (0-1); Warren Williams, Daragh McCormack, Dan Carty (0-7, 6f, 1 '65'). Subs used: Stephen Bardon (0-1) for Qamar (h-t), Jack Coyle for Williams (57), Michael Walsh for Bardon (60).
Lotto news update
Doyne's of Glenidan hosted a lotto draw last Sunday night, July 20 for a jackpot of €3,200. The result of this lotto draw will be stated in the next weeks Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club notes.
Tuesday nights Bingo
Bingo, organised by, on behalf of and hosted by Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club takes place in Collinstown Hall every Tuesday night starting at 8.30pm. Good prizes to be won. Jackpot €9,100 on Tuesday night of this week July 22. Please support this event.
Bag pack
We are holding a Fundraising Bag-pack on the August Bank Holiday Weekend in Dunnes Stores, Mullingar. We would appreciate if as many people as possible could take a two hour slot at some stage over the two days. If available, please contact Eamonn at 087 133 7994 with preferred time.
Minor hurling league
A rescheduled Minor Division 1 League was played against Raharney on Thursday evening last. On a perfect sunny evening and with facilities in magnificent order Lough Lene Gaels achieved a great win over the Deelsiders.
With some strong players absent from both sides final score was Lough Lene Gaels 4-14, Raharney 3-14. Well done to players, team managers and coaches.
The championship is approaching shortly, so stay tuned. Tweet
