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Senior Gaelic Team 2006-07 |
On 12 December 2006, St Colmcille’s Gaelic
team played against St Cronan’s Gaelic team. The match started at 3:30
and ended at about 4:30. It was St. Colmcille’s first match but
Cronan’s had played a few matches beforehand. Colmcille’s got off to a
good start leading by 2 points at half time. During the second half both
teams scored many goals and points. Near the end of the match St.
Colmcille’s pulled away but Cronan’s scored three goals in quick
succession. The match ended in disappointment for St. Colmcille’s as
they lost by just 2 points. The final score was 4-10 to 5-5 in Cronan’s
favour.
Match Report by Keith Whelan |
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On 27
February 2007 St. Colmcille’s played St. Paul’s. Marco
Santini captained St. Colmcille’s for there win over St. Paul’s. The
score was 4 -9 to 1-1. St. Colmcille’s won the match by 3 goals and 8
points. St. Colmcille’s started off strong. St. Paul’s started off
weak but we were in control for the first half. In the second half St.
Paul’s were getting tougher and tougher but we could keep up. The final
whistle blew and Emer was delighted that we won our first match. We went
home happy because we won the match.
Match Report by Ross McKernan
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On 6 March
2007 our school played St. Cronan’s in a Gaelic football match. The
match started off with a point for our side. Cronan’s came back with two
points. Later in the game Cronan’s had gone well in the lead until our
own Caolán Kennedy scored a smashing goal right into the top corner.
There was still hope left in the game for Colmcille’s. Harry Bradshaw
had a stormer of a game. Peter Mordey [Captain] also played very well
controlling the defenders. JJ McCormack [man of the match] had played very
well against his man throughout the game. Our goal keeper Paul Kenny had
done very well to stop goals from going in, But sadly in the end we lost
at 3-9 to 1-2.The boys were sad after trying their hardest against
Cronan’s.
Match Report by Pauric Gleeson |
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On Monday 19
March 2007 Colmcille’s played Donabate in an away match. The referee
threw the ball in and one of our players caught the ball and kicked it up to
the forwards. Marco Santini caught the ball and scored a point. JJ McCormack
played another great game. When the second half began Donabate were starting
to get back into the match but our defence kept everything out of the box.
None of the defenders from the Donabate team could stop Marco Santini from
scoring. The Match score ended up Colmcille’s 7goals and 2 points to
Donabate 2 goals and 2 points.
Match Report by Gavin Purcell
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On 26 March
Colmcille’s went up against Holy Family. It was a match for
Colmcille’s to win because if they had won they would go on to play in the
Semi-Finals. The match was played at Balheary. The match had only started
and Colmcille’s when scored the first point of the match. By half-time the
score was: Colmcille’s 1-2, Holy Family 0-0. In the 2nd half Holy Family
started to get back into the game, but they could not catch up with
Colmcille’s. Colmcille’s started getting more scores. The match finished
up: Colmcille’s 1-8, Holy Family 1-2. Colmcille’s made it to the
Semi-Finals that day.
Match Report by Gavin Purcell
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St. Colmcille’s took on St. Cronan’s in the semi final on the 9 May in Balheary. Within minutes St. Colmcille’s were in front but St. Cronan’s kept trying and came back to beat us by 1 goal and 2 points. We kept battling and battling but we didn’t succeed. We lost by 3 goals and 2 points. This was our last game of the season. Although we were disappointed that we did not get to the final, we enjoyed playing for our school
team.
Match report by Ross McKernan
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Junior Gaelic Team 2006-07 |
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On Wednesday 13December 2006,
St. Colmcille’s Junior Gaelic team played a friendly against St. Cronan’s. The boys played quite well. In the end St. Colmcille’s beat
St. Cronan’s 4:13 to 2:3. J.J. McCormack was awarded player of the
match. Ms. Sweeny told the players before the match that it didn’t
matter if they won or lost because it was only a friendly.
Match Report by Aidan Hurley |
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On Tuesday
13 March, St. Colmcille’s played St. Cronan’s on the Balheary
pitch. It was a very good match ending with an excellent result. The score
when the final whistle blew was, Colmcille’s: 4-5, Cronan’s 1-1. All
the players on the Colmcille’s side played exceptionally well and were
praised the next day.
Match Report by Pauric Gleeson |
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On 22
March the Junior GAA Team played Donabate away. The match ended with a
very disappointing score. The score was 3-2 to Donabate and 1-3 to
Colmcille’s. The boys were very disappointed but they played a good
match at the end of the day.
Match Report by Pauric Gleeson |
On 29 March St. Colmcille’s juniors played away to Holy Family, River Valley. They went out in the first and played brilliantly but the score at half time was very close. But at the end of the game they showed their commitment and won the game by 2 points. The score was 2-3 to
2-1.
By Ross McKernan |
St Colmcille’s junior team played against St Cronan’s junior team in Balheary, Swords on 17 April 2007. St. Colmcille’s got off to a good start scoring a goal and a point. Cronan’s came back into the game with two points. At half time St. Colmcille’s B.N.S. was a goal ahead. Colmcille’s scored a goal just after the throw in. Cronan’s kept trying but couldn’t get by the Colmcille’s defence. Colmcille’s got a few more points on the board. The match finished 3-3 to 0-4 in favour of Colmcille’s. All the players were happy and Colmcille’s have a good chance of getting to the final. The players who scored were Jake Hyland, JJ Mc Cormack, Colm Deacy, Ciaran Murtagh and Caolán
Kennedy.
Match Report by Keith Whelan |
On Monday 23 April, St. Colmcille’s played Rivervalley in a GAA match. The match was played at home (Balheary). The score was St. Colmcille’s: 3-4, Rivervalley:
4-2.
By Ross McKernan |
Junior Division 2 Play Off - 3 May 2007
St Colmcille’s BNS Swords 4 -5 Holy Family Rivervalley 2-9Both schools were on level points in their division and needed to play off to see who they would meet in their semi finals. They had played each other twice already and had won one game each so this match was going to be very eagerly contested.St Colmcille’s were first to score with a fine point from Brian Walzer. Rivervalley replied with a point. Then Caolán Kennedy from St Colmcille’s rescued the ball out on the sideline and made a darting run towards goal beating three defenders and rifling the ball into the top corner of the net. Rivervalley came back again with another two points while St Colmcille’s shooting began to let them down and shot several wides. Into the second half Rivervalley seemed to be taking charge of the game and had gone three points clear. St Colmcille’s made some changes in personnel, with Michael Campararu coming into the defence and moving Paul Murphy into the attack. Paul didn’t take long to get down to business, he lost his marker and went through to score a cracker of a goal to bring the sides level again. Rivervalley replied with a goal of their own. Sean Brock scored a point for St Colmcille’s. Then Rivervalley scored another point. Then, Rivervalley scored a goal and Ciarán Murtagh from St Colmcille’s replied with a goal. The sides were level Holy Family 2 -6 St Colmcille’s 3-3 at full time. Extra time had to be played to separate the teams.Holy Family started best, they got two excellent points in the first half of extra time, holding St Colmcille’s scoreless. On a hot day, both teams had to dig very deep for the second half of extra time. Holy Family continued where they left off, scoring another fine point. Then, young Paul Murphy won the ball and sent it into the net to put the St Colmcille’s boys level. Garreth Craven found his shooting boots and put over and great point which put the St Colmcille’s boys ahead by a point and midfielder, Jake Hyland then added another point to put two between the sides.After an epic match, St Colmcille’s came away the winners on the day. (4-5 2-9). However, both schools are deservedly in the semi finals. St Colmcille’s will play Mountview and Holy Family will play Our Lady of Victories and who knows, these two great teams might meet again in the Fingal League Final in Parnell
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Report by Emer Bambrick |
