Garrycastle 1-10   Kilucan  0-10

Our seniors completed their 2020 championship  campaign with a hard earned victory over Kilucan last Saturday  evening  which guarantees them top flight status in the senior grade next year. Fielding with three changes from the last game, James Sheeran,  Ger Heneghan 9and Andrew Monaghan for Conor Cosgrove, Jason Nugent and Doron Harte, this was a game where Garrycastle played in fits and starts. In the first quarter, facing a strong wind, they struggled to contain a lively Kilucan and were 0- 4 to 0-1 behind at the first water break. They then began to come to terms with the opposition and were breaking up more of their attacks resulting in them only adding 2 points to their tally. Late in the half Garrycastle themselves added two points and a great Alex Gardiner shot was well saved by the keeper to leave the halftime  score at 0-6  to 0-3. Our lads  started in a whirlwind in the second half with urgency, plenty of movement and well taken scores. After 8 minutes Garrycastle led by a point and looked to be on the way to a comfortable  win especially  when Tom O'Halloran  shot to the net after a ball arrived at his feet 10 yards out. On a Kilucan attack they were awarded a penalty after 16 minutes but after a brilliant double save by Sean Brennan they failed to reduce the margin.  Two more Garrycastle points and the lead was six after 22 minutes and looked unassailable.  

But Kilucan didn't give up and they dominated the rest of the match reducing the lead to three. At the end Garrycastle found themselves defending a 45 dropped into the square which was gathered and cleared as the final whistle sounded. While every player put in a hard shift Sean Brennan has to get accolades for his brilliant double save at a crucial time. There was a large spread of scorers which is encouraging but the collapse in the last 10 minutes must concern management.  While we failed in the difficult task of retaining the Flannagan  cup we retained our place in the top bracket of Westmeath  football with plenty to look forward to in 2021. 

Team  Sean Brennan , Mark McCallon, Jack Donohoe, Gary McCallon, James Dolan (0-1), John Gaffey, Eoin Mulvihill, Justin Barrett (0-1), James Sheeran, Ger Henaghan, Tom O'Halloran (1-1), Michael Monaghan, Eoin Monaghan (0-1), Alex Gardiner (0-3), Andrew Monaghan (0-1)  Subs Conor Cosgrove  for  Ger Henaghan (blood sub) Conor Cosgrove(0-1) for Ger Henaghan, Jason Nugent (0-1 ) for Eoin Monaghan, Cathal Mannion for James Sheeran, Mickey Greene for Michael Monaghan, James Sheeran  for Justin Barrett (inj). 

 

JFC

Our juniors were disappointed on Friday night when, having travelled to Kinnegad  for the playoff game the opposition failed to field. 

 

Lotto 7 September 2020

The Lotto numbers for Monday September 7th 2020 were 18, 26, 28, 29. The Jackpot was not won. There were no Match-3 winners this week, €100 will be added to the Match-3 prize fund for next week.  The Jackpot next week (Sept 14th) is raised to €10,250.

 

Congratulations 

Congratulations to the u16 girls on their championship last Sunday. 

 

Jim McHugh Memorial Under-12 tournament

The launch of the 2020 Jim McHugh Memorial Under-12 tournament was held recently. This year, 16 teams are competing for the Jim McHugh Memorial Cup, Memorial Shield, Memorial Plate and Memorial Trophy.  Games are already underway with 4 divisions of 4 teams. Garrycastle are in group C along with The Downs, Cill Oige and Tubberclair. So plenty of action to come. 

 

Under 9

On Saturday morning, the Garrycastle Under 9 squad made the short journey to Tubberclair for the penultimate round of matches in the 2020 Westmeath GAA Go Games series.

Showing great commitment once again, Garrycastle traveled in numbers and fielded two strong teams. With players continuing to get a taste of playing in every position, the Garrycastle  team rose to the challenge with an excellent display of skills and more importantly team work in their games.  Thanks to the players and management of Tubberclair for hosting a fantastic blitz. 

Garrycastle Greens: Aaron Costello, Michael Kelly,  James Cahill, Daniel Murphy, Adam Wojcik, Keelan Byrne, Keelan McCormack, William Francis-Redmond, Tyler Conlon, Callum Lowe, Daniel Sleator, Jan Pozarowski

Garrycastle Reds:  Darragh Donegan, Jamie Costello, Robert Connor, Senan Kelly, Senan Keena, Dylan Fox, Valerio Bellassai, Daragh Dolan, Brian Feeney, Eoghan McCormack, Jason Doolan.

 

2020 Street Leagues

Sunday morning saw the start of the annual Garrycastle Street League tournament at the Club grounds. For the 2020 competition, mixed teams from Under 10 and Under 8 Girls along with the Under 9 and Under 7 Boys squads took to the field to do battle.  On a hugely enjoyable morning's football, 63 players took part in the opening round of fiercely competitive fixtures in a wonderful showcase of skill, teamwork, fun and friendship.

The organising committee would like to express most sincere thanks to the local schools, Cornamaddy NS, Clonbonny NS, St Ciaran's NS Baylin, Coosan NS, Scoil na gCeithre Máistrí and Ballinahown NS for their  fantastic show of community support to provide jerseys for the teams.

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