Clann na nGael Club Notes (12/05/2008)

Lotto Results

Winning Numbers 7, 24,26,28.

No Jackpot Winner

 

3 Match 3 winners each receiving €70

Willie Harney (Steve Collins)

Kieran Scullion c/o The Shack (Steve Collins)

KDGN Shine (Darragh Shine)

 

Next week's jackpot will be €6,000 and the venue will be Shines Bar

 

Golf Classic

The Clann na nGael Golf Classic will be held in Athlone Golf club on Friday June 6th. Tee times 7.30am to 5pm and there is an entrance fee of €200 for teams of four. Anyone interested in entering a team can contact any Michael Keena, Declan Rock or any club official.

 

Summer Camp for 6-10 year olds.

Summer Camp for Boys and Girls will run from June 27th to July 4th in Johnstown. The camp will run from 10am to 3pm every day. Registration takes place on Sunday mornings in Johnstown. It is important that registration forms are returned ASAP, so there is an idea of numbers attending when ordering the gear and therefore no child is left disappointed.

 

Skills Clinic for 10-16 year olds

A  Skills Clinic will be held in Johnstown from July 7th to July 11th for both Boys and Girls, running from 10am to 3pm each day. There will be a number of inter-county players visiting each day. Registration forms are available from club coach Caroline Geraghty in the schools or from the underage managers.

 

U-16 Championship Final

Clann na nGael 1-04 Padraig Pearses 1-09

Clann U-16’s lost the County Final to Pearses on Sunday in Hyde Park. Pearses started strongly and soon had 3 points on the scoreboard before Clann’s first score from an Emmett Kenny free. Pearses increased their lead with another 2 points before Emmett Kenny got another great free. But then on 20 minutes Pearses struck for a goal and Clann looked in trouble but a massive long range from Daniel Qualter gave them hope at half-time as Pearses lead 1-5 to 0-3. And in the second Clann eventually got the upper hand in midfield and started to reduce the Pearses lead. A Daniel Qualter point from play followed by a goal from Cian Duffy left the scores at 1-7 to 1-4 for over 10 minutes but Clann missed a lot scoring opportunities and Pearses weathered the storm with some resolute defending and proceeded to score 2 points in the last couple minutes to leave 5 points between the teams. Great credit goes to the management team of PJ Glynn, Gerry O’Connor, Liam Connaughton and Fergal Shine for all their hard work and for all the players who kept fighting to the end and never gave up.   

Team: Stephen Shine, Keelan O’Neill, Darragh Egan, Cian O’Reilly, David Harrington, Michael McManus, Gearoid Lennon, John Harney, Daniel Qualter (0-2), Emmett Kenny (0-2), Dermot Higgins, Cian Duffy (1-0), Philip Lennon, Darragh Glynn, Dan O’Connor. Subs, Andy Harrington, Enda McManus, Willie Shine, John Finnerty, James Farrell, Fiachra Lennon.

 

O’Gara Cup

Clann na nGael (1) 0-13 Shannon Gaels 0-09

The senior team travelled to Croghan on Saturday evening and came away with a good win against Shannon Gaels. Clann opened the scoring with a free from Enda Kenny and further points from Emmett Rock, Matt Scally and Niall Shine left them leading at half-time 0-6 to 0-3. A good point from play from Enda Kenny early the 2nd half was followed by 3 good frees from the same player in the 2nd half. The midfield of Niall McManus and Gary Shine decided to get the act and contributed 3 between the pair. Although Clann never looked like losing this game Shannon Gaels never stopped taking the game to Clann and made it an uneasy final 10 minutes with some fine scores. Clann had some good performances from Mark Killian, Gary Shine, Enda Kenny,Emmett Rock and Ross Nuaghton.

Team: Darren Lennon, Niall Kennedy, Ollie Harney, Ray Fallon, Niall Shine (0-1), David Flynn, Mark Killian, Gary Shine (0-2), Niall McManus (0-1), David Lennon, Conor Duignan, Emmet Rock (0-1), Ross Naughton, Enda Kenny (0-6), Matt Scally (0-2). Subs Paul Bruce, David O’Neill, John Paul Dunning.

 

Mid South Division 4 League

Clann na nGael 0-10 Padraig Pearses 0-12

An under strength Clann Junior B team lost narrowly to Pearses on Friday evening in Woodmount. Uncertainty about the timing of the game left Clann waiting around for nearly 40 minutes before the match started and they went in at half-time trailing by 0-7 to 0-4. A great comeback in the second-half tied up the scores and Clann had their chances to win the game but ultimately Pearses prevailed. Fergal Shine was to the fore in the scoring stakes with 6 points and there were also good performances from Paul Curley, Niall Lennon and Keith O’Neill.

Team: Joe Fallon, Mark Shine, Paul Curley, Shane Gavin, Morgan Keena, Paul Murray, Padraig Kelly, Michael Haugh, Graham Petit, Niall Lennon, Robert Connaughton, Alan Shine (0-2), Keith O’Neill (0-2), Fergal Shine (0-6) Ray Griffin. Subs James Keegan, Padraig Seery, Mark Shine.

 

Results

Division 4 League, Clann na nGael 0-10 Padraig Pearses 0-12

O’Gara Cup, Clann na nGael 0-13 Shannon Gaels 0-09

U-16 Championship Final, Clann na nGael 1-04 Padraig Pearses 1-09

 

Fixtures

No adult league games next weedend.

Tuesday May 13th, U-14 League, Clann na nGael v Padraig Pearses in Woodmount at 7pm. There may also be an U-14 match against Roscommon Gaels later in the week.

 

U-14 Girls county final is still not fixed, possibly Thursday evening or Saturday at 3pm.