On Saturday our men's team travelled to Goodmayes to take on Thomas McCurtains in the third round of the McArdle Cup. Played under perfect conditions, the game started at a high pace and both teams traded early scores with the returning Niall Russell coming up from nets to kick the Blues into an early lead from a '45. Once again the full back line of Walsh, Lynch and Fitzpatrick remained resolute throughout which gave the half back line and midfield a great platform to set up dangerous attacks.

This persistence paid dividends towards the end of the half and points from Lavery, White, Clarke and Higgins helped the Harps open up a small lead going into the half time break with a score line of 0.07 to 0.03.

The Harps started the second half where they left off at the end of the first, and a score from Ciaran Stone and another '45 from Niall Russell helped to keep the score board ticking over. McCurtains had a decent period of dominance half way through the second half when they hit 3 points without reply. However the inclusion of Enda Tuohy soon brought a halt to this brief resurgence as he rattled the back of their net following some free flowing football from the half forward line.

Further points from Dave Draper, Mick Malone, Dan Lynch, Tim Russell as well as double from Lavery and White, seen the Harps close out the game with a score line of 1.15 to 0.09.

Starting XV;

Niall Russell (0-2 (45s'), Damien Fitzpatrick, Dan Lynch, Dara Walsh, Damien Rogers, James McDermott, Sean Og Lavery (0-3), Mickey Clarke (0-1), Dave Draper (0-1), Tim Russell (0-1), Ronan Devlin, Darren White (0-3), Ciaran Stone (0-1), Mick Malone (0-1), Aaron Higgins (0-1).

Subs used;

Gerry McNamee, Andrew Arkins, Enda Tuohy (1-0), John O'Sullivan

The club would like to congratulate Niall Russell on being named as captain for the upcoming season as well as Mickey Clarke and Ronan Devlin for being named as vice captains. Well done lads!

The next fixture for the men's team is on Saturday 29th of April as they take on the Irish Guards in a re-fixture of the round 1 McArdle Cup. The game is in Peckham Rye Common and is scheduled for a 3pm throw in time.

Training continues for the men's team on Tuesday and Thursday evenings @ 19:00 on Peckham Rye Common. For more information contact Alan (07472 211445) or Enda (07522 723765).

The ladies kicked off their season on Sunday when they travelled to Greenford to take on Taras. In what was a very close and competitive game, the ladies unfortunately lost out in the end with a score line of 3.03 to 0.09. As this was the first outing of the season, there are of plenty of positives to take from the game and the management team are confident that they can kick on for the rest of the season.

The next fixture for the Ladies is against Kingdom Kerry Gaels on Sunday 30th of April in Peckham Rye Common. Throw in time is to be confirmed.

Training continues for the Ladies at Peckham Rye Common on Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6:30pm.

For more information please contact Aisling on 07961 577433 or email us at [email protected]

The London County Board are asking Gaels within the city for a donation towards the funding of the new stand development which is almost completed at Ruislip. For £125 you will be awarded with a seat plaque in the main stand and also entered into a draw to win two tickets for the 2017 All-Ireland Final. For more information on this please contact Tom Denning 07855 898205.

The next big event to be run by the club will be a 'Family and Friends 7 aside Tournament' to be held on Peckham Rye Common in June. The date is to be confirmed and more details are to follow but essentially this event will allow those who have never played football to come down and give it a go as well as allowing those who may have retired to dawn the boots one last time! It's shaping up to be a fun packed day so watch this space!

 

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