Southern Gaels Hurling Club Notes
March 23, 2015
Intermediate Challenge
Southern Gaels 0-13 St. Domnic's Knockcroghery. 1-14
This was a highly entertaining game played last Friday in Pairc Chiaráin. The Roscommon side were quickly off the mark and had five points on the board before M.J. Kelly opened the scoring for the Athlone side. Tony O'Keeffe and Seam Kilgarriff added similar scores and the Gaels were now more in the game. However, fro the second quarter the Roscommon side added six more points to Gaels one to lead by 0-11 to 0-4 at half-time. In the second half Gaels were far more committed and tighter in defence. Patrick Flynn and Donal Hurley gave little away and it took St. Domnic's twenty minutes to register a score. In the meantime Gaels scored eight points. Tony O'Keeffe, Darragh Kelly and Ronan Farrell were to the fore. Gaels gave game time to all ten substitutes in the last quarter and St Domnic's came more into the game. They finished strongly with 1-2 to win by a margin of four points. Seamus Hoctor had an impressive debut for the club at wing-back and should be a valuable addition to the team.
Southern Gaels: Paddy Grace, Jonathan Keogh, Donal Hurley, Cathal Mc Givern, Seamus Hoctor, Patrick Flynn, Killian Coyle, Sean Kilgarriff (0-3), M.J. Kelly (0-1), Ronan Farrell (0-1), Tony O'Keeffe (0-8), Dermot Treacy, James Farrell, Ciaran Mac Eochaidh, and Darragh Kelly.
Subs:Peter Muldoon, Ciaran Connolly, Liam Leahy, Joe Finucane, Frank Kelly, Fergus Gronendijk, Aaron Byrne, Shane Galvin, Colin Larkin and Eoin Meaney.
Training continues in Athlone GAA on Wed and Fri at 8.30 and on Sunday morning at 9.00 a.m. All are welcome. Membership is now due cost €50 for players and €25 for non-playing members.
Well done to Fionn Dowd who is playing centre-field for the county minor hurlers. They have won their first three championship games against, Down, Carlow and Kildare. They now face Wexford in the next round. Well done also to Sean Dowd who is on the Under 16 county panel.
Congratulations to the county senior hurlers as they qualified for the Division 2A hurling final with a well deserved win over Wicklow. They now face Kerry in the final. Best wishes to them and Kieran Duncan the Southern Gaels member of the panel.
Juvenile training continues in the Marist College Retreat Road on Tuesdays, Under 6 - 8's from 6.00 to 7.00 and Under 10 - 12's from 7.00 to 8.00. New members are welcome. Hurls and helmets are provided for beginners. Ring Martin at 087 2253350 for information.
