Tony White RIP:

All club issues were put into perspective early last week when the sad and shocking news broke of the sudden death of Tony White of Creggan Upper at the age of 47. Garrycastle club people will remember Tony as a very promising young footballer who played at all levels for the club until he emigrated to the USA in 1989. Tony never lost interest in his home club or his home area, and continued to follow the fortunes of Garrycastle from the far side of the Atlantic. On his regular trips home, he often managed to fit in a game or two and was present for some of the club's greatest victories. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him as a friendly and unassuming young man who loved to meet up with his old friends and colleagues. Most of all he will be greatly missed by his parents Christy and Margaret, his brother Martin, his sister Mairéad, and all his relatives to whom we extend our deepest sympathy at this very sad time. Go ndéanaí Dia trócaire ar a anam.

Castle 35:

A limited number of tickets are still available for the celebration night in the Shamrock Lodge on Sunday next 5th June at 8.30pm, so it's important to book your tickets immediately if you haven't already done so. The celebrations will begin at11.00am on Sunday with an exhibition in the clubhouse featuring old photographs and other memorabilia from the foundation of the club onwards. A novel over-35s game will take place on the pitch at 12.00noon, followed by Mass at1.30pm. After Mass there will be a parade of our younger players onto the pitch, followed by plenty of fun and games, starting at 2.30pm. Throughout the afternoon we will have a barbeque, as well as live music, face-painting and radio interviews. A great day's entertainment is promised, and hopefully we will be blessed with good weather

ACL Division 6:       Garrycastle 0-13;  St. Mary's Rochfortbridge 0-10

Garrycastle's third team collected two hard-earned points from this home fixture last Friday. Some light rain made conditions somewhat difficult but the two sides served up a decent game, with never more than a few points separating the teams. Both sides created plenty of scoring opportunities but Garrycastle were marginally sharper in their finishing, with almost all their scores coming from open play, especially from the accurate boot of Robbie Shine. After leading by 0-7 to 0-4 at the break, Garrycastle had to withstand a spirited challenge from the visitors in the second half. St. Mary's cut the deficit to the minimum in the last quarter but late points from Enda Keena and Robbie Shine (2) assured their team of a welcome victory. Best displays on the evening came from Tom McHugh, Emmet Ward, Frank Farrell, Rory McGowan and Robbie Shine, while each of the substitutes made a useful contribution when introduced.

 

Garrycastle:  Mark Keenan, Bill Kelly, Tom McHugh, Emmet Ward, Frank Farrell, Mark Curley, Enda Keena (0-1), Rory McGowan (0-2, 1 free), Anthony Larkin, Brian Carty, Kenny Dolan (0-1), Brian McCormack, Noel Galvin, Robbie Shine (0-6), Cathal Mannion (0-3).

Subs: Peadar Mulvihill for Mannion (injured), Paul Gunning for McCormack, Conor Duignan for Galvin and Ross Mulvihill for Carty.

Feis Cup:       St. Loman's 1-16;   Garrycastle 0-8

County champions St. Loman's came to Garrycastle on Saturday evening and inflicted an 11-point defeat on the home team. With county players on both sides ruled out, Garrycastle were also missing some other key players but competed well in the opening half. After falling three points behind, good scores from Seanie O'Donoghue, Gary McCallon and Michael Monaghan brought them level after 22 minutes. However, Loman's finished the half well and added three points to lead by 0-7 to 0-4 at half time. They stretched their lead to five points after the break before Michael Monaghan reduced the deficit but that was to be his team's only score in the third quarter as the visitors took control. They notched a succession of points followed by a goal from a penalty, with Garrycastle struggling all over the field. Garrycastle can take few positives from this display but luckily there is plenty of time to put things right before the next championship match.

Garrycastle: Mark Keenan, Jack Donohue, John Gaffey, Anthony Larkin, Bill Kelly, Doron Harte, Gary McCallon (0-1), Justin Barrett, Neill Rattigan, Michael Monaghan (0-3), Seanie O'Donoghue (0-1), Johnny McGuire, Eoin Monaghan (0-2, 1 free), Conor Cosgrove, Tom O'Halloran.

Subs: Cathal Mannion (0-1, free) for Cosgrove, Alan Fox for McCallon (injured) and Frank Farrell for O'Halloran (injured).

Under-10 League - Round 3 - May 10th:

Garrycastle was the host for the latest round of County Under-10 blitzes on Tuesday night. On a beautiful summer evening, we welcomed teams from Athlone, Castledaly, Maryland/Tang and Tubberclair - all in all, we had 10 teams playing across five pitches. Garrycastle fielded two teams under the Garrycastle Green and Red banners, and provided the lion's share of a combined "All Stars" team formed along with Tubberclair, which meant that all teams played in each of the two rounds of matches on the evening.

The Garrycastle "Red" team played Athlone and Tubberclair, while the "Green" team played Castledaly and Tubberclair. The combination "All Stars" team played the Castledaly teams in their matches. Overall, 10 excellent games of football were played in front of an appreciative crowd, who provided great encouragement from the sidelines. The Garrycastle teams acquitted themselves well, with two wins and two narrow losses on the evening, while the "All Stars" ran out winners in both of their matches. Many thanks to all of the clubs for attending, and for the great sportsmanship and skills on display. Thanks also to Garrycastle minor players, Brian and Ross, for refereeing on the evening. And as always, huge thanks to the players and their parents for the effort they put in.

Squad: Dylan Frawley, Andrew Henson, Aaron Keegan, Van McCay, Conor McCormack, James McHugh, Fionn McMahon, Kealan McNamara, Oisin Mulvihill, Cian Norris, Niadh Shine, Christian Turean, Keelan Ward, Kacey Mulvihill, Jack Allen, David Carter, Brandon Devaney, Dean Greham, Killian Keegan, Anthony Mannion, Nathan McKeon, Sean O'Donoghue, Tom Sheehan, Daniel Sierpinski.

Lotto news:

Numbers drawn on Monday 23rd May were 2, 7, 16 and 29. We had no jackpot winner, while Richie Murray, Liz Hogan and Geraldine Murphy all matched three numbers and won €100 each. Jackpot for this week was €9,500.

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