Barna U21s claimed the 2006 West Board Championship title on Sunday in an exciting final against Renvyle. This match had been re-fixed a number of times due to the bad weather in December and January but it was certainly worth the wait. In excellent football conditions in Killanin, the match was played at a very high tempo and in a very sporting manner by both teams. Barna started the game strongly with scores from Ray Conneely, Rob Creedon and Kieran Hanley and were dominating the middle sector of the field. However, Renvyle came back strongly with a couple of points and but for a fine save from Prionsias McComiskey and a point-blank block from Paddy Naughton, Renvyle could have had 2 goals. These close calls seemed to shake Barna to move up another gear and there then followed more points from Rob Creedon and eventually a well-taken goal from Tom Mannion. The half-time score was Barna 1-7, Renvyle 0-2. The game was then turned on it's head at the start of the second half when Renvyle got through the Barna defence twice in as many minutes to score 2 goals and bring the deficit back to 2 points. The Barna team had to dig deep to re-establish control of the game and this was achieved with points from Paddy Kennedy and Ray Conneely. Renvyle tried to come back again but the Barna defence and midfield worked tirelessly to ensure that the game was closed out, and indeed but for some great defending and goalkeeping from Renvyle, Barna would have added more to their goal tally in the final minutes. Final score: Barna 1-12, Renvyle 2-4. Barna now progress to the U21 county final where they will meet Cortoon. Prionsias McComiskey, Eoin Coyne, Dave Brennan, Aidan O'Connor, Cormac Thornton, Aodhfin Grehan, Paddy Naughton, Richie Carroll, Paddy Kennedy, Johnny Curran, Robbie Curran, Kieran Hanley, Rob Creedon, Tom Mannion, Ray Conneely. Subs: Mark Clancy, David Davoren, Paddy Concannon, Cathal Miniter, Tommy Burke The numbers drawn in this weeks lotto were 6,18,21,25. There was no match four ticket but there was one match three ticket, that being Liam Codd. Next weekends jackpot will be 5,600 and the draw will take place in Donnelly' Tweet

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