ACFL Division 1
Athlone v Bunbrosna

Athlone's Senior footballers slumped to their fifth consecutive ACFL Divison 1 defeat when they went down to perennial bogey team Bunbrosna in Bunbrosna on Saturday night. Athlone made a great start to the campaign, winning their opening three matches, but the last few weeks have proved difficult and they go into the last round of games in mid-table, but with relegation from the top division still a possibility.

After some early Athlone wides, Peter Tormey pointed to put Bunbrosna ahead in the second minute, but Athlone responded well with two excellent points from Ray Connellan and John Stapleton. However, disaster struck Athlone in the eighth minute when Tormey, who was excellent throughout the match, struck two well-taken goals in the space of the 30 seconds to put Bunbrosna five points clear. Paul Bannon pulled a point back for Athlone with a free, but the dark blues had their tails up and scored the next four points to lead 2-5 to 0-3 after 23 minutes. Brian Fogarty battled hard to pull a goal back for Athlone and Mickey Greene added a point to reduce the gap to four points, but two more Bunbrosna points, to one for Athlone from Alan Gaughan, meant that the north Westmeath men led by 2-7 to 1-5 at the break.

Bunbrosna added another point immediately from the restart, but Athlone then enjoyed their best spell of the game when they scored a quickfire 1-3 to wipe out Bun's lead. Paul Bannon started the comeback with an excellent goal, before points from Brian Fogarty, Ray Connellan and Bannon again drew Athlone level. Bunbrosna briefly restored their lead with another point, but Paul Bannon cancelled that out with an excellent score to leave the sides deadlocked at 2-9 apiece with 20 minutes remaining. After having recovered from a disastrous start, Athlone might've expected to push on for victory, but instead it was Bunbrosna who seized back the initiative. They re-asserted control at midfield and, with Peter Tormey pulling the strings up front, they scored six points in a row to put the game out of Athlone's reach. To their credit, Athlone kept battling and late points from Stephen Ward, Joe Fallon and Neil Scally reduced the gap to three points, but the desired goal chance never came and Bunbrosna held on to win on a scoreline of 2-15 to 2-12.

Scorers: Paul Bannon 1-3, Brian Fogarty 1-1, Ray Connellan 0-2, John Stapleton 0-1, Mickey Greene 0-1, Alan Gaughan 0-1, Stephen Ward 0-1, Joe Fallon 0-1, Neil Scally 0-1

Athlone Panel: Jason Merrigan, Dermot Pigott, Fergal Murray, Stephen Ward, Damian Kelly, Andrew Lynam, John Stapleton, Alan Gaughan,
Ray Connellan, Jordan Marshment, Paul Bannon, Michael Greene, Brian Fogarty, Neil Scally, Joe Fallon, Eoin O Reilly,Dylan Lynch,Emmet Kiely.


U12 Athlone v Tubberclair:
Athlone played Tubberclair at Pairc Chiarain on Saturday in a very entertaining U12 game.Many thanks to the two teams,the mentors and all the parents who showed up on the day.



Feile 2014
Sincere thanks to Applegreen, Arcadia for assisting us in our fundraising efforts for Feile and to everyone who gave so generously. Great to see a local business supporting a local Club. A tablequiz in aid of Feile will take place in the Bounty on Thursday, 19th June, further details to follow.

2014 Cycle:
Due to a very successful 2013 Cycle Event, Athlone GAA are planning this years Cycle Event & Family Day for Sunday, 3rd August. For further information contact Athlone GAA Admin at 087 3177255

Cúl Camps
GAA Cúl Camps provide boys and girls - between the ages of 6 and 13 - with an action-packed and fun-filled week of activity during the summer holidays which revolves around maximising enjoyment and sustaining participant involvement in Gaelic Games The Cúl Camp takes place in Pairc Chiarain in Athlone GAA from Monday, 28th July to Friday, 1st August, 2014 from 10am to 2.30pm. Cost is €55 for first child, €45 for second and €40 for third & fourth child. This includes kit and kitbag.

Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others
The popular Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others returned to Athlone GAA on Monday 19th May from 7-8pm. Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others is a fun, non competitive form of Ladies football for women that want to get fit, have fun, make new friends as part of a team and learn the basics of Gaelic football. It is suitable for all women of all ages and suits all fitness levels. Almost 50 women registered for the last session of G4M&O in Athlone GAA, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all involved. It will be run in 6 week sessions throughout the year. For more info contact Trisha on 0861751167.

Athlone GAA Bingo
Bingo take place every Thursday at 8.30pm in the Clubhouse. Loads of cash prizes. Everyone Welcome.

Lotto Results:
There was no winner of this weeks €9,000.
The numbers drawn were 8-12-15-20.
There were 3 match 3 winners.
Pat O Connor c/o Bingo.
Donna Storey c/o Linda Barr.
Mary Kearney c/o Bingo.
This weeks jackpot will be €9150.

Vote of Sympathy:
The Kelly Family,Retreat Park.
The Gillen Family,Glasson.
The Berry Family,Bullet Road,Ballykeeran.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anam.


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