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Championship Draw 2011

St. Marys Hurling Club V Cluainin Iomaint
Ballinamore V Gortlettragh
Both semi finals will take place on October 1st in St. Mary’s GAA pitch. Throw in for first game is 2pm.

Hurling Go Games for Under 8s / Under 10s/ Under 12s

A blitz took place in Gortletteragh last Saturday. St. Mary’s, Ballinamore, Gortlettragh and Cluainin Iomaint all contested for the Stephen Dorrigan Memorial Cup. Mary’s commenced the blitz with a win over Ballinamore and Cluainin won their game against Gortletteragh. Mary’s then played Gortletteragh and won. Cluainin also won their game against Ballinamore. The final was then played with Mary’s showing their dominance against Cluainin. Ballinamore and Gortletteragh played after the final. Please keep an eye on notes for next blitz.

Minor Championship Final

St. Marys Hurling club hosted Cluainin Iomaint in St. Marys GAA pitch last Friday night. Timing of this fixture hindered both clubs with their involvment in the minor football championship. In an entertaining game Marys displayed their dominance early on by Scóring some impressive goals. Cluainin Iomaint were dependant on Under 16 Gavin O Hagan for their scores. Gavin scored 5 points and was very unlucky not to score 3 goals, one of which hit the side netting. Maybe if these goals were scored Cluainin might have had a better chance of containing Marys. Cluainin found it very difficult to get an attack past Thomas Glancy who was instrumental in Marys defence. Thomas was always in the right place to snuff out any chance Cluainin had of Scóring. Well done to Olchan Conway and Daithi Hughes for putting inÓgreat work with St. Marys minor team.

Kilmacud Crokes All Ireland 7s competition

Cluainin Iomaint travelled to Dublin last Saturday and had three very entertaining games against MacCumhaills of Donegal, Coolera/Strandhill (Sligo) and Innishkeen (Monaghan). Cluainin battled well and adjusted quickly to the speedy game in which goals were the difference in each game. In what was a great experience Cluainin will count their involvment in this competition as great preparation to take on St Marys in the semi final of the Championship on October 1st.

06-Sep-11 by Colette Fox – PRO

Leitrim Hurling News Week beginning 22nd August 
 
Leitrim’s under 14 and under 16  Development squads will train this thursday in the Bee Park Manorhamilton at 1pm.  They participate in a hurling blitz this saturday 27th. The u16s will travel to Monaghans centre of excellance in Cloghan and the under 14s will travel to Ballychonnel in Cavan. We wish them the best of luck.
 
Well done to those under 16s who represented Leitrim last thurday in Pearse Stadium.  Cian McCaffery, Niall McLoughlin, Kevin Clerkin, Connor Hurd and Karl McDermott were the hurlers who gave it their all and showed most promise on the day.  Keep up the good work.
 
Hurling Go Games for Under 8s / under 10s/ under 12s . All new players are encouraged to come along even if its their first time.  Unfortunatley last saturdays blitz was cancelled but willl be re scheduled.  The next blitz will take place on Saturday 3rd September inÓgortlettragh.  The winners of the under 12 blitz will take home the Stephen Dorrigan memorial cup.  So all will be to play for as holders Cluainin Iomaint will be hoping for some silver wear for 2011 after losing the under 14 championship recently to Ballinamore.
 
Under 16 Championship Fixtures/Results
Cluainin Iomaint travelled to Gortlettragh last tuesday week and won fairly comfortably on a scoreline of 7.17 to 2.03.  Cluainin Iomaint will play Ballinamore next.  St. Marys play Ballinamore this Monday.
 
Minor Hurling championship will be a straight knock out –
20th August Manor v Ballinamore and Gortlettragh V St. Marys – Awaiting confirmation of results and fixtures.  Final set for Friday 2nd September.
 
Leitrim Senior Hurling league / Championship Draw 2011
St. Marys travelled to Gortlettragh last Monday week and won comfortably.  Marys travelled to Manorhamilton on Monday hoping to avenge their last defeat a few weeks ago in the league.  This game will provide a warm up to the Championship where at last Fridays Hurling board meeting Cluainin Iomaint once again drew Marys for a second year running in the championship semi final.  Ballinamore will play Gortlettragh in the other semi final.  Last years semi final between the pair went to extra time with Gortlettragh running the King Pins of Leitrim Hurling very close in the final.  Cluainin Iomaint will be hoping that their involvement in both the Ulster Hurling league and Sligo league will stand to them with the extra game time under thier belts.  Both Semi finals will take place on October 1st in Park Tom.

22-Aug-11 by Micheal Dolan – PRO Hurling

Leitrim Hurling news Week beginning 25th
 
Hurling Go Games for Under 8s / under 10s/ under 12s will be held at the following venues at 11am. All new players are encouraged to come along.
Saturday 30th July in Ballinamore
Saturday 13th Carrick
Saturday 20th Manorhamilton
Saturday 03rd Gortlettragh

Under 14 Hurling Championship
Ballinamore will play Cluainin Iomaint in the under14 hurling championship final. This fixture has not been fixed yet.

Under 16 Championship Fixtures-
Week of 8th August Gortlettragh v Cluainin Iomaint and St. Marys v Ballinamore
Week of 15th August Ballinamore V Gortlettragh and Cluainin Iomaint V St. Marys
Week of 22th August Cluainin Iomaint V Ballinamore and St. Marys V Gortlettragh
Week of 29th August Final
 
Leitrim Under 16s played Sligo last Tuesday in Ballinamore.  The best from both teams were picked to amalgamate to play in a tournament inÓgalway on the following saturday.  6/7 Leitrim players were picked to play but only 3 could travel on the day.  Joe McMorrow, Karl McDermott and Kevin Clerkin (Cluainin Iomaint) travelled with Sligos best to play in a tournament in Salthill Galway. All three played against the tough opposition of Mayo, Roscommon and Liam Mellows Minor team of Galway.  Special thanks to Steve Feeney who travelled with the team to Salthill.

Minor Hurling championship will be a straight knock out –
20th August Manor v Ballinamore and Gortlettragh V St. Marys
 
County U21 Hurling

The county under 21s have been training over the last 3 wednesdays in preparation for their game against Mayo on Monday August 1st – 7pm in Charlestown – Leitrim V Mayo
 
Leitrim Senior Hurling league-
Last Monday Cluainin Iomaint travelled to play St. Marys.  On a very wet evening the pitch could not be faulted and provided perfect conditions for hurling. The half time score was St. Marys 0.03 to Cluainin Iomaint 0.07.  In the second half Cluainin extended their lead and won out fairly comfortably on a score line of St. Marys 0.06 to Cluainin Iomaint 0.17.  Both teams were missing county players but this league has been set up to provide hurling to those who wish to play the game more.  So far it has been a good success with Gortlettragh and Cluainin with a win each.  Neither club will read too much into this as St. Marys continue to dominate hurling when championship time comes around. Next fixture is on Monday 25th when Cluainin Iomaint travel to Gortlettragh.

25-Jul-11 by Micheal Dolan – Hurling PRO

AIB CLUB JUNIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP
 
 
Venue:      Breffni Park,Astroturf Cavan
 
Extra Time if necessary
 
Final                Sunday 23rd  January 2011
 
2.00pm            Bearna/Na Forbacha    v          Naomh Mhuire    
 
                                                            Referee                                              K McGeeney (R)                                                                  
Standby Referee/Linesman               G Chapman (S)
                                                            Linesman                                            P Maguire (S)
                                                            Sideline Official                                  J Doyle (S)

Coiste Chontae Liatroma wish the St Marys team the very best of luck in the final. 

22-Jan-11 by Colette Fox – PRO

Leitrim SHC Final

St. Mary’s 2 – 9
Gortletteragh 0 – 11

Despite a stout hearted effort by Gortletteragh on Saturday in Carrick-on-Shannon, St. Mary’s still claimed their twelfth Leitrim senior hurling crown in succession and even though St. Mary’s had four points to spare at the end, the outcome was always in the balance.
Full-forward Fergal Carroll got the decisive score for St. Mary’s when hammering to the net and edging his side in front by 2 – 6 to 0 – 5 within 20 seconds of the restart.
Following that Gortletteragh closed the gap with St. Mary’s to a goal by the 42nd minute after Morgan Quinn tapped over three frees and pointed from play. Try as they might, Gortletteragh just could not get the goal they craved. Gary Coone in the St. Mary’s goal made three outstanding saves and this along with Clement Cunniffe coming into his own when he was needed with vital scores, ensured that St. Mary’s captured the title.
In the unique presentations afterwards, Paddy Phelan, Hurling Board Chairman showed off a new Cup presented by the Cardiff/Kennedy families from the Kiltubrid Club and Paddy said the Cup was to be named the ‘Stephen Dorrigan Memorial Cup’ for the Leitrim Senior Hurling Championship. He gave a glowing account of the exploits of Stephen on the Hurling fields throughout the country in the Leitrim and Gortletteragh Jerseys and it was with great pride that Pauric McWeeney accepted the Cup on behalf of this great St. Mary’s team.
The Man of the Match Trophy was then presented by Paddy to Conor Beirne, the Gortletteragh full back. This trophy was to be known as the Philly McGuinness Man of the Match Trophy

St. Mary’s: Gary Coone, Vincent McDermott, James Keane, Liam Greene, Dermot Reynolds, David Tiernan, Kieran Boyle, James Glancy, Clement Cunniffe 0 – 7(7f.) , Pauric McWeeney 0 – 1, Breian Carroll 0 – 1, Andrew Molloy 1 – 0, Declan Deegan, Fearghal Carroll 1 – 0, Dara Singleton. Subs; Bernard Murray for Singleton (34 mins.), Johnny Beirne for Molloy (52mins)

Gortletteragh: Tommy McLoughlin, Sean Bohan, Conor Beirne, Seàn Costello, Donal Kennedy, Cathal McCrann, Brendan Duignan, Dermot Kennedy, Morgan Quinn 0 – 7(6f.), Mark O’Donaghue, Tomás Beirne 0 – 2, John McGuinness, Seamus Mallon 0 – 1, Mark Beirne, Kevin McGrath 0 – 1. Subs Patrick Kennedy for O’Donaghue (19 mins.), JohnÓgilhooley for P. Kennedy (37 mins).
Referee: Pat Maguire (Sligo).

11-Oct-10 by Paddy O Connor – PRO – Hurling

St. Marys hurling club are hosting a hurling tournament to honour one of its former players, Seanie Walsh. Seanie is 26 years old and is a native of Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. He lived in Carrick-on-Shannon in 2006 and 2007 and worked as a biomedical engineer with VistaMed Ltd.. During his time in Leitrim Seanie played hurling and football with the St. Marys club and won a county senior hurling championship medal in 2006 lining out at left corner back against Glencar Manor. Seanie also played senior inter county hurling with Leitrim and played in both national league and Nicky Rackard competitions. He was a very dedicated player during his time in Leitrim and his versatility meant he played in most defensive positions as well as centre field. He was always committed to playing with St Marys and Leitrim and he gave total effort in every game he played. He also helped out in the coaching of the clubs juveniles, and was very popular and respected by all who knew him.

Seanie left Ireland in 2007 and spent time in Japan and New Zealand before moving to Sydney, Australia in November 2008. He continued to remain active in GAA affairs and played football and hurling with the Michael Cusacks club in Sydney.

Earlier this year the news emerged that Seanie has gone missing from his Randwick home in Sydney and he has not been seen since the 10th of May last. He was due to fly home to his family in Dungarvan on 12th May but, unfortunately, that trip never materialised. He is missing since that time and despite the efforts of his heartbroken family there is still no trace of his whereabouts.

St Marys hurling club feel that a hurling tournament in Seanies honour would be very fitting at this time and are organising a senior 9 aside tournament on Saturday October 31st. The competition will start at 11am with the final scheduled for 4.30pm. This inaugural competition is confined to eight teams. St. Marys, Glencar/Manor, Gortlettragh, Sean OHeslins, Athleague, Mullahoran, Coolera/Strandhill and Dungarvan have been invited to take part. The competition will be staged at the magnificent Sean OHeslins complex in Ballinamore. All proceeds from the tournament and associated raffles will go towards a fund in Seanies honour.

The competition is sanctioned by Croke Park and should provide a fitting tribute to Seanies zest for sport in general and hurling in particular. All of Seanies many friends in Leitrim miss Seanie very much and hope that this competition will go some way in honouring our dear friend and colleague.

23-Oct-09 by Hurling Board