U13s Southern Gaels 3-4 v St. Brigid’s 2-6

Our Under 13, 15, 17 and Intermediate sides have all reached the county semi-final stages with the Under 13 side first into action last week. They laid down a marker for the others with a well-deserved victory away to St Bridget's Rochfortbridge. From the start the game was fought with huge intensity with the midfield pairing of Kyle Mahon and Seán O'Neill in fine form. Matthew Turner and Donnacha Lee set up many chances and hurled well throughout. Aaron Hardiman and Jack Dowling defended with great authority. However, the Athlone side were behind by a point at the interval. On the resumption the Morgans Diarmuid and Ciaran played some delightful hurling. Oisin O' Donoghue excelled at full forward while Stephen O'Connor and Aaron Power marshalled the defence. A top-class Dara Geary goal followed by a similar score from Luke Duffy put the Athlone boys on the road to victory and with Gary Pendergast and Josh Baines, in goals, defending well a narrow victory was ensured. They can now look forward to the county final against St. Vincent's in two weeks time.

Southern Gaels: Josh Baines, Jack Dowling, Stephen O’Connor, Aaron Hardiman, Gary Prendergast, Aaron Power, Matthew Turner, Kyle Mahon (1-3), Seán O Neill (0-1), Ciaran Morgan, Luke Duffy (1-0), Diarmuid Morgan, Donnacha Lee, Oisin O Donoghue, Dara Geary (1-0). 

  

U15s Southern Gaels 6-11 v Delvin 2-5

Having topped their Championship group Southern Gaels played fourth place from the opposite group. The Gaels started well and took some great goals, with some clever play into the forwards. This was backed up by some well taken points and Southern Gaels, aided by the breeze, were well in control throughout the first half. In the second half there was stiffer competition as Delvin came to terms with the conditions following the long journey from northeast Westmeath. They hit the back of the Gaels net twice to setup an exciting last quarter. However, the Gaels had enough hurling in them to pull away and runout winners of this quarter final with 24 players seeing some game time on the night. It sets them up for a semi-final versus Clonkill, while Raharney and St Oliver Plunkett's contest the other semi-final.

 

Cuaille

The 2nd edition of the GAA's online quarterly magazine 'Cuaille' is out now. Check out the articles on Galway's 1980 hurlers, on David Clifford, Terence McNaughton, Richie Hogan and much more. Also, in this latest edition find a word search, a crossword, and 10 quiz questions all suitable for learners and fluent speakers. Download 'Cuaille' below. Bainigí taitneamh as!  Ref: https://res.cloudinary.com/dvrbaruzq/image/upload/fl_attachment/pgukew3scfbimb9sgpzq.pdf

 

Maroon and White 2020

This is the official Westmeath Yearbook and it looks back on all club and county activities of the previous year. Southern Gaels is well represented with some great photos of all teams that took to the field in 2019. The yearbook has just been released, with limited copies in Easons and other bookstores.

 

Club Iarmhí Draw,

Tickets for the annual Club Iarmhí Draw are on sale from all committee members at a cost of €20. It was an opportunity to support Westmeath hurling and football teams and Southern Gaels. The money collected is split between the development of training facilities for all county teams and the club selling the tickets. There are a wide range of valuable prizes to be won. The draw takes place in October.   

 

Club Fundraiser at AppleGreen 

The club held their annual fundraiser at AppleGreen service station last Friday and Saturday. A big thank you to all who gave of their time and money. Without the great support for these events the club would not be able to function. 

 

Fixtures

Sat 19th Pairc Chiaráin 12.00 Under 17 semi-final Southern Gaels v St Vincent's

Sun 20th Ballymore 3.30 Intermediate semi-final Southern Gaels v Ringtown

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