Passage
West G.A.A. Club
Results
U-21 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
PASSAGE 0-8 BRIAN DILLONS 0-11
LAST YEARS WINNERS PASSAGE LOST A VERY
ENTERTAINING SEMI FINAL AGAINST OLD RIVALS BRIAN DILLONS LAST SUNDAY IN
BALLINLOUGH.IN THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH OF THE YEAR PASSAGE LED BY
INSPIRATIONAL CAPTAIN OZZY PLAYED SOME GREAT FOOTBALL BUT WILL RUE A LOT OF
MISSED SCORING OPPORTUNITIES WHICH COST THEM THE TROPHY THEY WON IN
SPECTACULAR FASHION LAST SEASON. BRIAN DILLONS
CAN THANK CAPTAIN JOHN HORGAN WHO SCORED 10 OF HIS SIDES 11 POINTS FOR THIS
VICTORY.THE PASSAGE LADS GAVE IT EVERYTHING BUT IT WAS JUST NOT THEIR DAY.
PLAYERS TO PLAY WELL WERE OZZIE,DARREN O CONNOR,BRIAN MORRIS AND OWEN
LOMBERT.
TEAM:KEVIN MULLANE,OWEN LOMBERT,RONAN O SULLIVAN,OZZIE,JOHN LEONARD,ALAN MC
CARTHY,BRIAN MORRIS,DANNY DENTON,BRIAN BREEN,OWEN HARRINGTON(0-1),JAMES O
CONNOR,GARY MC CARTHY(0-1),THOMAS MULLANE,SEAMUS FORDE(0-2),DARREN O
CONNOR(0-4).
MANAGER:KEVIN O BRIEN
SELECTORS:CIARAN O REILLY,JOHN O CONNOR
JUNIOR B FOOTBALL LEAGUE
PASSAGE 1-7 BALLINURE 3-4
HOW PASSAGE LOST THIS MATCH I WILL NEVER KNOW THEY LED BY 5 POINTS WITH 4
MINUTES TO GO AND ENDED UP LOSING BY A GOAL.DESPITE MISSING SEVERAL REGULARS
INCLUDING TOP SCORER KEVIN O ROURKE PASSAGE PLAYED THE FAR MORE ATTRACTIVE
FOOTBALL THROUGHOUT THE GAME BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH. BALLINURE
SCORED 2-2 IN THE CLOSING MINUTES TO LEAVE PASSAGE ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS
BEFORE NEXT WEEKS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST BRIAN DILLONS. GOALKEEPER RORY
MCCARTHY WAS MAN OF THE MATCH MAKING SEVERAL OUTSTANDING SAVES INCLUDING A
FIRST MINUTE PENALTY.OTHERS TO PLAY WELL WERE DERMOT HOLLY,DONAL ENRIGHT AND
SEAN MURPHY.
TEAM:RORY MC CARTHY,DERMOT HOLLY,SEAN
MURPHY,ADRIAN MAXWELL,DAVE GIBBONS,MICHAEL HARRINGTON, BRIAN MORRIS(0-1), PAUL
MAXWELL,SEAMUS
FLYNN,DAVID WHITTY,PAUL MC CARTHY(0-3),DONAL ENRIGHT,THOMAS FARRELL,JOHN
MURPHY(0-2),KEITH FITZPATRICK(1-1).
SUB USED :GREG MURPHY
MANAGER:CIARAN O REILLY
SELECTORS: JOHN O CONNOR, PAUL MAXWELL
JUNIOR A LEAGUE
PASSAGE 6-7 MAYFIELD 1-6
PASSAGE DESTROYED A POOR MAYFIELD TEAM LAST TUESDAY NIGHT UP IN
MAYFIELD.PASSAGE SCORED 2 FAST GOALS IN THE VERY FIRST MINUTE OF THE GAME TO
LEAVE THEM IN CRUISE CONTROL FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. DARREN O CONNOR WAS
BACK TO HIS BRILLANT SELF TEASING AND TORMENTING THE MAYFIELD DEFENCE
SCORING 3-3.KEITH FITZPATRICK WEIGHED IN WITH 2 WELL TAKEN GOALS AND JAMES O
CONNER SCORED THE LAST GOAL. PASSAGE PLAY DELANEYS NEXT WEEK IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEY ARE REASONABLY CONFIDENT OF PROGRESSING TO THE NEXT
ROUND.A LOT OF PLAYERS ARE DUE BACK FROM INJURIES AND COMPETITION FOR PLACES
WILL BE INTENSE. PLAYERS TO PLAY WELL DARREN O CONNOR,DAVID HORAN,BRIAN
CULLOTY,JOHN COTTER AND OWEN HARRINGTON
TEAM:KEVIN MULLANE,ROY
MAXWELL,OZZIE,JOHN LEONARD,MICHAEL REA,JOHN
COTTER,DAVID HORAN,BRIAN CULLOTY,DANNY DENTON,OWEN HARRINGTON,SEAMUS
FORDE,JAMES O CONNOR,KEITH FITZPATRICK,KEVIN O BRIEN,DARREN O CONNOR
SUBS USED JOHN O MAHONY,BRIAN MORRIS
MANAGER:CIARAN O REILLY
SELECTORS: JOHN O CONNOR,PAUL MAXWELL