O'Connell's G.F.C. Club Notes
December 12, 2012Division 1 Final: St. Patricks 0-18, O'Connell's 0-8. Well, after a long hard season we were on the wrong end of a ten point drubbing from the county champions St. Patricks in the Cardinal O'Donnell Cup final on Sunday last. After a well contested first half that saw us just one point down 0-5 to 0-6 the men from Lordship turned on the style and none more so than their county all-star Paddy Keenan who bagged himself half their tally 0-9 with seven of those from play. There is defiantly no shame in losing to these men as they have proved they are the best in the county and when on form they can be a match for anyone in Leinster. It's been a tremendous year, five finals, won two and lost three but won the one we all wanted the intermediate championship and everything after that is in my opinion a bonus. Our first team or senior team, which ever you like to call them, played 29 games this season, losing only 6 and drawing 2, and four of those losses were by one point only, and the county champions St. Patricks are the only team to beat us by more than one score, and I believe that to be some achievement by a club as small as ours. So that's it for 2012 on the adult football scene, we have the minor league final next Sunday.
Team: Sean Connolly; Andrew Shields, Conor Byrne, Jason Carroll; Salem Rifaie, Jackie Agnew 0-1, David Doyle; Sean Cairns, Stuart Reynolds 0-1(f); Andrew Sharkey, Paul McKeever 0-4(4f), John Flanagan 0-1; Robert Quigley 0-1, PJ Tuite, Cian Doyle. Subs Killian Shields for Tuite, Stephen Hoey for Rifaie, Keith Woods for Cairns, Conor McGill for Carroll, Brian Hanratty for D.Doyle.
AGM: Another low turnout, with the year we just had I thought there would have been a bigger attendance, wishful thinking. Membership for the coming year will be €40 for adults and €20 for 16 to 18 year olds. Officers and committee elected on the night were as follows, chairman Seamus Cairns, vice chairman Malcolm McDonnell, secretary Brian Kearney, assistant secretary Jim Ryan, treasurer Martin O'Hanrahan, assistant treasurer Marion Conlon, P.R.O. Aidan Murtagh, youth officer Mark McNamee, cultural/ASAP officer Pearse McGeough, county board rep Seamus Cairns. Committee Declan Hoey, Stuart Reynolds, Ian Sharkey, Gerry McGrory, Sean Connolly, Jonathon Conlon, Dessie Callan, Anthony Agnew.
Social Dancing: There will be social dancing in O'Connell's clubrooms on Saturday 15th December from 9.30pm. Music by Blue Magic, admission €10 and refreshments will be served.
Mouth-Guards: The compulsory use of a mouth guards in Gaelic football matches and training sessions for all age grades, up to and including minor, is due to come into effect from January 1st 2013 and at U21 and Adult level from January 1st 2014.
Zumba-Fitness: It's an exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness that's moving millions of people toward joy and health. Classes every TUESDAY night in our clubrooms with Heather Gordon 087-9835279.
Defibrillator: Standard Brands would like to offer the use of its recently purchased defibrillator to the community. A total of 9 staff is trained in its use to ensure that a trained staff member is on site at all times when the facility is open. Hopefully, the equipment will not be needed but if there is an unfortunate event we would like to make the community aware that the equipment and trained users are available. Tweet
