Edenderry GAA Club News
July 08, 2014
RESULTS
Rd. 2 U16 FC
Tullamore 5-07
Edenderry 5-10
FIXTURES
SAT 12 JULY 2.00pm
Div. 1 FL FINAL V Tullamore (Geashill)
U16 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
The EDEN CLAIMS Sponsored U16 footballers travelled to Tullamore on Monday evening for the 2nd round of the championship down 4 or 5 players due to holidays and illness. This was a big game for the lads on many levels as it was firstly, played in the county grounds O Connor Park, a place where no team wants to be on the wrong end of a result. Secondly, a win would see the young reds secure a second win in the group and sets up a table topping clash for the last game.
The reds burst out of the traps in true Edenderry fashion and raced into an early lead with clinical finishing from Jack Foran & the Maher brothers. Tullamore did settle into the game and rattled off a few well-taken points before a questionable penalty was placed into the top corner of Gary Gorman's net. Jack Brady and Brian Clarke scored two lovely points that done justice to the endless and tireless work of the full forwards. Tullamore got another soft penalty and despite his best efforts Gary went to the right side but the quality of the Tullamore penalty taker seen the net rattled. Despite having dominated the game for long periods of the first half, we only went in 3 points up on a score line of 3-06 to 3-03.
Our lads knew the second half was going to be a battle to the end and went back out and did exactly what was asked of them from the management team. They started the second half in the same fashion as the first, this was only possible with fantastic work from the fullback line who absorbed a huge amount of pressure but Adao Dafe ,Diarmaid Egan & Steven McNamee stood up to the task and shut the door on more than one occasion.
Jack Foran wasn't going to let up and was a thorn in the Tullamore back line. It has to be said that he got the space to exploit the backs because our forwards were working hard making runs and opening up the backline. We picked off scores and got into a nice lead only to let the opposition back into the game. This was probably down to us getting complacent but our lack of fitness has a big part in letting them score a couple of goals, but when needed the two midfielders Andy Maloney & Eoin Dunne showed their character, they dug deep and worked beyond their comfort zone with the backs to hold off a late Tullamore charge.
The final score was Edenderry 5-10 to Tullamore 5-07. This win put the lads top of the group and sets us up nicely to play Shamrocks where a win would see them top the group.
Team G Gorman, S McNamee, Adao Dafe, D Egan, D Kane, O O Grady, C Mangan,A Maloney, E Dunne, C Maher, J Foran, T Brereton , B Clarke, J Brady , S Maher, Subs K McGlynn,
R O Neill, B Reynolds , G Farrell for D Kane 17 mins.
UNDERAGE HURLING UPDATE
Briain Nolan, Daniel Lowry, Devidas Sidlauskas & Jakub Balasiewicz will attend the Offaly GAA Coaching & Games 8 week Hurling player development academy for players who will turn 13 year olds this year.
Players will receive instruction in skills sessions, an introduction to strength & conditioning, an introduction to correct running form & advice, an introduction to sports psychology, nutritional advice and of course games.
The academy will run for 8 weeks in a row with all players invited to attend all 8 weeks commencing Tuesday 8th of July at 3.30pm in Kilcormac under John Leahy's coordination. We wish the Edenderry representatives the very best.
U10 HURLING BLITZ
Monday 30th the reds traveled to Killkormac-Killoughey with a depleted squad and nevertheless produced a gutsy display of determined hurling, in which the form book was well and truly thrown out the window.....up first was CLARA and despite it all Edenderry won on a scoreline of 1-8 v 1-4......NEXT game after a gap of 10min was home club Kilkormac-Killoughey and although the game was reduced to 8-aside what a performance by the reds......in goals on the day was new member of the panel little angel ALEX EGAN who despite his stature held his own in goals and in a few tussles in the squared somehow squirmed out with the sliothar!!!!!!....defending the keeper was another new player in Marc Byrne assisted by Jason Mathews.....in the middle of the park was Marc's sister Shauna and ripping it up with them was the ever busy cillian foran....up front we had ben noonan and goal scoring supremo Aaron Kennedy who hit the net with a few min to spare.....and roaming allover the place was jack-n-the-box Dan Mcbride.......final score Edenderry 1-2 v 1-1 Kilkormac-Killoughey of whom were impressed with EDENDERRY'S performance and long pucking
U10 FOOTBALL BLITZ
On Monday 7th of July Edenderry hosted Rhode (1 Team), Shamrocks (2 Teams) & Ballycumber/Tubber (2 Teams) for a Go Games Blitz. On the night Edenderry had 33 players and entered 3 teams into the Blitz to ensure each player played their part in all the games. There was a feast of football on display and the young reds gave an exhibition of team play where the quality of their passing and teamwork was very evident.
This group continues to work very hard each week at their skills and this shone through during the games. All 3 teams performed well and won and lost some games, however the real winner was participation and learning as each player went home with many minutes of game time under their belt and valuable lessons learned for the next day.
CUL REDZ
CUL REDZ continues every Saturday morning with Hurling & Football for 4-8 year olds. It's a totally free programme and we welcome everyone to join us in a morning of fun and excitement.
CAR STICKERS
2014 Car Stickers are now available - membership is still open and can be purchased for 20 euro in order to get your sticker.
BEST WISHES
Best wishes to all members that find themseleves unwell at the present time - especially Tom Burke
CLUB LOTTO
Our latest Lotto draw was held on Sunday 6th July at the Bingo.
The Jackpot was not won and will now be €5,600 for next weeks draw.
The numbers drawn were 2,4,7,24 Bonus 23.
Three players matched 3 numbers and won €70 each. They were:
Bria & Tommy Reilly C/o Sean Farrell
Eva McCormack C/o Bingo
Mary Maloney C/o Bingo
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