Garrycastle GAA club notes
July 21, 2014The Garrycastle Under-8 squad headed west across the Shannon once more on Monday evening to play a couple of challenge matches against their counterparts from the Padraig Pearses GAA club near Ballinasloe. Even with the summer holidays, and with many of the players taking part in the GAA Cul Camps in Garrycastle this week, a panel of 19 players made the trip, allowing us to field two teams on the evening.
Two great games of football were served up, with the Garrycastle teams being very competitive in both games. It is especially heartening to see that all of the effort put into training is paying off, with some excellent displays in attack and defense. Some lovely forward interplay led to lots of well taken scores, especially points. While at the back, there was equally good effort in blocking and tackling, to minimise the number of scoring chances.
A special mention goes to Daniel Sierpinski, playing his very first game in the red-and-green colours, hopefully just the first of many such appearances in the future. And also, welcome back to Anthony Mannion, back to his best after a long absence due to injury.
Many thanks to Aidan, Padraig and the other mentors in Padraig Pearses, and we look forward to returning the challenge in Garrycastle in the next month or so.
Squad on the evening:
Rian Gaynor, Jack Allen, Tom Sheehan, Nathan Kelly, Oisin Deehan, Brandon Devaney, Cian Norris, Daniel Sierpinski, Kyle Greene, Anthony Mannion, Dean Greham, Killian Keegan, Keelan Ward, Conor McCormack, David Carter, James McHugh, Andrew Henson, Moya McKiernan, Dylan Frawley.
ST MALACHYS 0-17 GARRYCASTLE 1-11
Garrycastle felt the loss of county players, Dessie Dolan and Doron Harte, when going down to St Malachys in the second round of the senior championship in sunny Moate last Sunday evening.
St Malachys had a score within 30 seconds to take the lead but some good play by Garrycastle saw them forge into the lead with points from Eoin Monaghan and Alex Gardiner getting two. It could have even been better, but a couple of descent goal opportunities were wasted in the opening 10 minutes. St Malachys regained the lead with a pointed free and two from open play by the 13th minute. They extended their lead further with a point but Alex Gardiner responded for Garycastle. Two more pointes were added by St Malachys to stretch their lead to 3 points. However, points from Alex Gardiner, James Duignan and James Dolan had Garrycastle level by the 29th minute. However, Garrycastle allowed St Malachys in for two further points in the last minute of the half and again in added time, to leave it 0-9 to 0-7 at the break.
Garrycastle introduced Michael Monaghan and Matthew Guiheen for the start of the second period and it seem to lift the side. St Malachys had the first point but Michael Monaghan responded with one for Garrycastle immediately. A goal for Garrycastle put them ahead, when Alex Gardiner was quickest to react as the ball broke loose in the St Malachys defence. The same player added a point from a free to increase the Garrycastle lead to 2 points by the 38th minute. However, to their credit St Malachys reacted in style to this setback and had a string of 4 points, one coming from a free and the others from open play, to lead again. A pointed free from James Dolan reduced the gap to one. The sides exchanged points, the Garycastle effort coming from James Dolan. But it was St Malachys who pushed on and added two further points to lead by 3 as time ran out. Substitute, Gary Dolan, came closest to saving the day for Garrycastle but his shot hit the crossbar and rebounded to safety.
St Malachys were worthy winners of this tie and Garrycastle will have to show considerable improvement next Saturday when they take on Tyrrellspass in the 3rd round. There were good performances from John Gaffey, Mark McCallon and Gary McCallon in defence. St Malachys were on top in midfield and won most of the breaking ball in that sector. This was James Dolan and Alex Gardiner were prominent in attack. Substitutes, Michael Monaghan and Matthew Guiheen play well on their introduction.
GARRYCASTLE: Cathal Mullin, Mark McCallon (Capt), John Gaffey, Tom McHugh, Anthony Larkin, Karl Henson, Gary McCallon, Sean O'Donoghue, Aidan Browne, Sean Brennan, James Dolan (0-3, 1f), James Duignan (0-1), Neil Rattigan, Alex Gardiner (1-5, 0-1f) and Eoin Monaghan (0-1).
SUBs: Matthew Guiheen S Brennan (half time); Michael Monaghan (0-1) for J Duignan (half time); Alan Fox for T McHugh (inj, 35 min); Damien Rushe for S O'Donoghue (46 min); Gary Dolan for for N Rattigan (53 min).
Minor League
GARRYCASTLE 5-7, ST. LOMANS 4-12
Garrycastle Minors restarted their league campaign with a narrow loss to St. Lomans on Tuesday evening in Garrycastle. Playing with the benefit of a strong breeze, Garrycastle started brightly with a pointed free from Kenny Dolan, followed by a point from Eric Kearney which seemed to have goal written all over it. An unfortunate injury suffered by Frank Farrell after just 5 minutes saw him leave the field, replaced by Liam Leahy, and during the following few minutes while Garrycastle re-arranged their back-line, St. Lomans struck for two quick goals and a pointed free, to put them in the driving seat.
Garrycastle struck back with a goal from a penalty by Eric Kearney, following a foul on Ben Kennedy, which saw the St. Lomans goalkeeper shown a black card. However, the same fate befell Mark Duffy shortly afterwards, and he also had to leave the field, replaced by Cathal Mannion. Again, the re-shufle cost Garrycastle dear, as St. Lomans struck for another goal. A huge point from Ben Kennedy steadied the ship, before the teams traded points, leaving the half-time score at 3-4 to 1-4 in favour of the visitors.
The second half had only just started when Cathal pounced for a well taken goal to narrow the arrears. However, a foul on Darrgh McCormack soon after, resulting in a yellow card for the St. Lomans number 10, saw a poorly taken free give away possession and another goal for St. Lomans, giving Shane McEnery no chance in the Garrycastle goal. An accidental collision on the pitch resulted in Darragh Brody having to be taken off, replaced by Kevin McCormack. Garrycastle then stepped up a gear, and a well worked move involving Cathal and Kenny to Eric resulted in a well taken goal, quickly followed by a pointed free by Kenny. Another goal from Kenny brought the deficit back to just 2 points.
St. Lomans cause was not helped when their number 6 was yellow carded for the second time, and sent off for a poor tackle on Kenny, who calmly pointed the free to leave just the minimum between the teams. St. Lomans responded well to this setback and outscored Garrycastle by 4 points to 1 over the next 5 minutes, before the St. Lomans number 10 saw a red card for a mis-timed tackle on Ben.
Cathal struck again with another goal to bring the deficit back to 1 point again, and as the match entered its final moments, the team pressed forward to try and get the equalising score. However it wasn't to be, and the St. Lomans number 11, who had an excellent game overall, broke forward to score a huge point from out on the far sideline to end the scoring.
Overall, this was a good performance from the Garrycastle team, although some rustiness was evident due to the long layoff for exams, holidays and the like.
Team:
Shane McEnery, Eric McCormack, Darragh Brody, Mark Denby, Adam Keena, Frank Farrell, Bill Kelly, Eric Kearney (2-1, 1-0p), Ben Kennedy (0-1), Tiarnan Dickson, Cian Hayden, Ronan Mulvihill, Mark Duffy, Kenny Dolan (1-5, 0-4f), Darragh McCormack.
Subs: Liam Leahy for Frank Farrell (inj) 5 mins, Cathal Mannion (2-0) for Mark Duffy 15 mins, Kevin McCormack for Darragh Brody (inj) 40 mins.
Lotto 14th of July
Numbers drawn 4,17,19 and 21.
There was No Jackpot winner. Match 3 numbers won byDeirdre Murray c/o Ritchie Murray and Aidan Ryan c/o Dermot Ryan. Winners receive €50. The jackpot is now €4,200
Garrycastle Skills Week Summer Camp
The annual skills week takes place in Garrycastle from August 11th to August 15th. Details to follow.
Kellogs Cúl Camp
The Kellogs Cúl Camp was held last week in Garrycastle and it was a great success. Many thanks to Eddie Boapsie and all the coaches who ran a great event.
Underage Training
U 6 : Sunday 11:15- 12:00
u 8 : Mon and Wed 6:30- 7:30
u 10 : Mon and Wed : 6:30- 7:30
u12 : Tue and Thurs 7:00- 8:00
New players always welcome
Sympathy
Kinahan Family, Strokestown and Athlone
Daly family, Faggot Hill
Byrne Family, Clonbonny
Lowry Family, Drumraney. Tweet
