Castleconnor GAA News
August 07, 2014The club and finance committee would like to thank everyone that helped out for the 5K Run again this year. There are too many people to name. To the organisers, stewards, participants, people in the kitchen, administrators, time keepers and supporters a huge go raibh míle maith agat. It is a fitting day each year to remember Frank Kelly, one of our club's stalwarts who gave so much to the club and community for years. We look forward to this event again next year. Results can be found on our facebook page.
Cow Dung Festival
The annual cow dung festival is back again this year on the 23rd and 24th of August. Make sure to keep the date free in your diary. Guaranteed to be a great weekend for all the family. Saturday night in the community centre we have Pat's Country Roadshow and DJ Mark. Festival rose is also picked on the night where local businesses will be represented. On Sunday we have The Des Flynn Tractor Run commencing at 2.00pm. Registration is from 12 noon and proceeds go to the Irish Heart Foundation, Castleconnor Defibrillator Fund and the GAA Club. €20 per tractor and there will be some great spot prizes afterwards in the raffle. Plenty of refreshments will be served to all participants and supporters present on the day as usual. After the run you can sit back, relax and enjoy action from the GAA All Ireland Football semi-finals live on the big screens inside. Meanwhile fun and activities for the kids and future stars of the club will be held on the GAA pitch from 2 - 5pm. Cow Dung Bingo commences at 5pm, with Betsy out to do her business! There will also be a turf auction taking place during the day and We have live music on Sunday night from 4 Way's Band. Looking forward to a good weekend.
Club Lotto:
The club lotto jackpot stands at an attractive €13,600. The next draw takes place this Saturday night in Mahony's Bar, Corballa. Many annual tickets are up for renewal and if you haven't yet renewed yours please contact any committee member. If your not in, you can't win! Please play online on our club website!Thanks for your continued support.
Intermediate Championship Round 3:
The intermediate team suffered the first defeat of their championship campaign on Saturday evening last at Quigabar. West Sligo rivals St. Patrick's provided the opposition and were ahead for the whole encounter despite a spirited second half come back from our lads. The team failed to switch on in the opening period and found themselves trailing 2-10 v 1-3 at the interval. A good second half was not enough to cause an upset and the final score was 2-15 v 2-10.
Anthony Kilcullen, John McDonnell, Patrick McGuinness, Ronan Keane, Keith Earlis, Michael Langan, Eoin Kent, Kevin McDonell(0-1), Kevin Langan(1-2), Eamonn Cawley (0-3), Jason Earlis, Eoin Flynn, Stephen Curley(0-2), Patrick Naughton(1-1), Matthew Cullen(0-1).
U-14 C Championship:
The under 14 team got their championship campaign off to a great start last Friday evening. They defeated St. Michael's 6-10 v 3-07 at Ballintogher. Every one of the starting team are underage again next year so credit is due to this very young team for putting in a heroic performance and hopefully they can continue this trend despite some tough assignments ahead.
Castleconnor started brightly but found it hard to put scores on the board despite playing with the wind. Eventually Ronan Wilson broke through a number of tackles and drove high into the Michaels net. This was followed by scores from James Tully and Oisin Flynn. At this time we lead 2-2 v 0 but we let the home team in for 1-2 in as many minutes despite a great save from Liam Donnegan. By halftime we lead 3-6 v 1-3. From the throw in Ronan Wilson drove forward and scored a goal low into the net. We built on this with a goal from Tully and from the very busy Patrick Cooney. We went to sleep and again allowed the home team in and it took some excellent defending from Matthew Blakeney, Fergal Boland, Dáire Barrins and especially Eli O'Neill managed to keep them out and breakaway scores from Andrew Blakeney and Brian Durkan calmed the nerves as we ran out winners 6-10 v 3-7.
Team: Liam Donegan, Matthew Blakeney, Fergal Boland, Eli O'Neill, Dáire Barrins, Ronan Wilson, Andrew Blakeney, James Tully, Oisin Flynn, Patrick Cooney Brian Durkan, Daniel Ruane, Owen Gillard, Eoin Duffy
Minor A Championship Round 3:
The minor team suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of St. Mary's on Thursday last at Corballa. The visitors were much stronger physically and our young team were unable to keep up with the pace. The promotion to the top flight division for championship is proving to be a real test however the lads never gave up and their next match is an away fixture to Tubbercurry/Cloonacool.
Team: Kenneth Flynn, Conor Gallagher, James Boland, Benny Foody, Cian Barrins, Keith Foody, Jason Earlis (captain) (0-1), Jack O'Hora (0-5), Micheal Cahill (0-1), Stephen Durkan (0-1), Sean Carrabine (0-2), Paul Flynn, Danny O'HoraSubs: Lewis Beardshall, Enda Kilcullen, Odhran Quinn
Sligo GAA News:
Club Sligo Race Day takes place on Tuesday 19th August. at Cleveragh Racecourse. The Race Day ticket costing €30 will provide patrons with;
ü aAdmission to the event
ü Free Race Card
ü Free €5 Tote bet
ü Entry to a Free Draw with €2,500 prizes
ü EEntry to a Post Races BBQ at Kennedy's Bar
As an added incentive for Clubs, Corporates or Businesses the organising committee are offering Groups of 10 or more a discounted ticket at €25 per head. Contact Eamonn McMunn for more.
Run:
Sligo GAA Development Squads are holding an 8Km Fun run/walk on Sunday August 10th. Beginning at 10am for walkers and 10.30am for runners the course starts near Mitchell Curley Park, Sligo towards Strandhill around by the Sligo GAA Centre of Excellence and back to the finish line at St.Mary's GAA Club.
Registration opens at 8.30am at St.Mary's GAA Club with Adult entry €10, U-16s €5 and families €20.
Good Luck to Sligo Junior team on Saturday in All Ireland JFC semi final versus Kerry at Cusack Park
Well Done to Sean Carrabine and Paul Flynn who were part of the Sligo U-16 team that won the Ted Webb shield at the weekend. It has been a successful year for this group of players having captured the Fr. Manning Cup this season also. Congrats to all involved Tweet
