The GAA has announced details of the Champion 15 teams for the Christy Ring Cup and Nicky Rackard Cup for 2007. The Awards will be presented to the winners at a special ceremony in Croke Park on December 15.

The awards are similar to the conventional senior All-Stars, but differ in that they are not based on field positions and nominations are made the end of each game from officials in attendance.

The Players to be honoured as the Christy Ring Champion 15 for 2007 are:
Patrick Clarke, Paddy Dowdall, Derek MacNicholas (all Westmeath), David Kennedy, Billy White (Kildare), Enda Keogh, Stephen Clynch (Meath), Andrew Gaul, Edward Coady (Carlow), Shane Brick (Kerry), Stephen Broderick (Mayo), Graham Clarke (Down), Don Hyland (Wicklow), Keith Kennedy (London), Michael Conway (Derry).
Derrys Michael Conway will receive a Ring Cup Award in 2007 having been honoured as part of the Rackard Champion 15 in 2006.

The Rackard Cup selection for 2007 is: Mervyn Connaughton, Liam Murray, Michael Kelly (all Roscommon), Barney McCann, Christopher McAlinden (Armagh), Fergus Hayes (Sligo), Justin Kelly (Tyrone), Clement Cunniffe (Leitrim), Brendan Stakem (Longford), Ger ODwyer (Donegal), Paul McManus (Fermanagh), Pat OConnell (Monaghan), Mark Lyons (Warwickshire) Daithí Neary (Cavan) and Brian Hassett (Louth).

 

Congratulations to Clement on making the Rackard Cup selection for 2007 from all at Leitrim GAA.

 

 

11-Dec-07 by GAA.ie

 

The following is the schedule of games for Leitrim in the Allianz National Hurling League 2008.

 

Allianz National Hurling League 2008 – Division4

Round 1 – Sunday, Feb 10th at 2:30pm
Leitrim v Cavan

Round 2 – Sunday, Feb 17th
Leitrim have a BYE

Round 3 – Sunday, March 9th at 2:30pm
Fermanagh v Leitrim

Round 4 – Sunday, March 16th at 2:30pm
Monaghan v Leitrim

Round 5 – Sunday, March 23rd at 2:30pm
Leitrim v An Dún Theas

 

Finals:

Top Two Teams contest the Roinn IV Final

Promotion/Relegation

Promotion and Relegation to be confirmed after December meeting of Ard Chomhairle.

 

 

 

01-Nov-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

The schedule of games for the All Ireland Nicky Rackard Cup Hurling Championship 2008 was released recently and Leitrim have 2 games (home and away) inÓgroup 3B. 3 other groups exist with the top two teams in each group will contest the quarter finals.

 

GROUP 3B

28 June 2008 (Sat) – Round 1

Non Ards v Liatroim – 3 Bye

 

05 July 2008 (Sat) – Round 2

Liatroim v Fear Manach – Non Ards Bye

 

12 July 2008 (Sat) – Round 3

Fear Manach v Non Ards – Liatroim Bye

 

All Ireland Quarter-Finals
19.07.08 (Sat)

Top Two Teams in each Group – drawn on seeded basis to avoid repeat pairings from group stage – Group Winners have home game provided venue meets the criteria set down by the National Safety and Infrastructure Committee.

All Ireland Semi-Finals
26.07.08 (Sun)

Quarter Final Winners compete – knockout format – based on a draw. The Draw shall be structured to avoid repeats of the Group pairings, if needs be and the first team draw out in each Semi-Final shall have home venue.

Final – 02/03/04.08.08 (Sat, Sun, Mon)

 

 

 

01-Nov-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

All – Ireland under 14 C hurling blitz

The All – Ireland under 14 C hurling blitz for weaker Counties will take place in Leitrim on Saturday 25th August 2007.   Six Counties have confirmed their participation, Donegal, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Longford, Louth and Sligo.

 

Participating Counties have been drawn into two groups as follows.

 

Group 1 ….. 1. Donegal   2. Leitrim    3. Louth 

Venue …….. St. Mary’s GAA park Ck – on – Shannon.

  
Group 2 ….. 1. Sligo    2. Fermanagh    3. Longford.

Venue …….. Annaduff GAA park ( On the N4 East, 10 min. drive from Ck – on – Shannon)

 
 
Time table and match schedule.

We would ask Counties playing in the first game to be at their venue not later than 10.30am.

 
11.00 am ….. 1 v 2
12.10 pm ….. 2 v 3
 1.20 pm ….. 3 v 1
 3.00 pm ….. Final – Weather permitting (venue to be confirmed)
 
 
Rules and conditions.
 

Panels to consist of 24 players.

Full hurling rules except unlimited use of subs.

Final will be contested between the top team in each group.

Two points for a win, one for a draw. If teams finish level aggregate score will decide.

Light refreshments will be provided.

 
Further Information.

For further information please contact Thomas Keenan 087-6591049 or Kevin Brisco 087-9407063.

 

 

22-Aug-07 by Thomas Keenan

Note: Extra Time In All Games. In Event of A Draw after Extra Time First to score wins game

[b]Saturday 13th January (ALL GAMES 2.00pm)
Round 1[/b]

Section A
A: Sligo v [b]Leitrim[/b] in Tourlestrane – J McGrath
B: Galway Dev v Roscommon in Ballinasloe – M Carroll

Section B
A: Sligo I.T v G.M.I.T in Ballinode – E Shaughnessy
B: Mayo v N.U.I.G in Aughamore – M Haverty

[b]Saturday 20th January[/b]

CUP Semi-Final: (Winners Round 1)
A v D
B v C

Shield Semi-Final: (Losers Round 1)
A v D
B v C

[b]FINALS: SATURDAY 27th JANUARY[/b]

 

 

20-Dec-06 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Skehana 1?10
St. Mary?s 0?6

St. Mary?s, aided by a strong breeze, grabbed a 0 ? 6 to 0 ? 4 halftime lead over Skehana in Sunday?s Connacht Club Junior final in Athleague.

Clement Cunniffe shot three points for Mary?s with Dana Regan, James Glancy and Vinny McDermott Scóring a point each.

Skehana halftime sub John McHugh, who hit a goal and two points, put his side on the road to victory in the second period when St. Mary?s failed to score.

Skehana: Tomas Hansberry, Cathal Jordan, Damien Costello, Padraig Scanlon, Mark Farrell, Derwin Costello, Eamon Hansberry, Sean Mannion, Jarlath Fahy, Brendan Costello, Peter Kelly 0 ? 1, Joey Glynn 0 ? 6, Thomas Costello, Simon Roche 0 ? 1, Fintan Finnerty. Subs John McHugh 1 ? 2 for Roche (ht.), Mark Costello for E. Hansberry (60 mins.), Fergal Costello for Fahy (60 mins.).

St. Mary?s: Alan O?Shea, James McGreal, Niall Clancy, David Tiernan, Padraig McWeeney, James Keane, Sean Walsh, Fearghal Carroll, Clement Cunniffe 0 ? 3, Vinny McDermott 0 ? 1, James Glancy 0 ? 1, Thomas Cronin, Breian Carroll, Donal O?Grady, Dana Regan 0 ? 1. Subs Martin Coles for B. Carroll (45 mins.), Olcan Conway for Cronin (54 mins.).

Referee: Michael Carroll (Roscommon).

 

 

19-Nov-06 by PJ Leddy

Connacht Club SHC Semi-final

Athleague 3 ? 11

St. Mary?s 1 ? 7

Roscommon champions Athleague proved too strong for Leitrim kingpins, St. Mary?s in Saturday?s lively Connacht senior club hurling semi-final, which was played in ideal weather conditions in Athleague.

Athleague, who will face recently crowned Galway champions Loughrea in the Connacht final on Sunday November 19, took control of this game early in the first half after Brendan Boyle shot to the St. Mary?s net.

St. Mary?s trailed by 1 – 4 to 1 – 8 at the interval and managed to cut Athleague?s lead back to three points early in the second half but after that the Roscommon side upped the pace and won convincingly.

Athleague: David Connell, Tommy Mulligan, Kieran Mullan, Niall Connolly, David Delaney, Kevin McGeaney, Colm Moran, Gary Fallon 0 ? 1, John Connolly, Tom Reddington, Sean O?Brien 1 ? 0, Shane McGeaney, Brendan Boyle 2 ? 3, Mervyn Connaughton 0 ? 7, Alan Cunniffe. Subs Joe Fallon for Reddington (48 mins.), Ivan Connaughton for McGeaney (59 mins.).

St. Mary?s: Packy Phelan, Vincent McDermott, Niall Glancy, Sean Walsh, James Glancy 0 ? 1, James Keane, David Tiernan, Fearghal Carroll, Clement Cunniffe 0 ? 6, Dana Regan, Breian Carroll 1 ? 0, Tom Cronin, Martin Coles, Donal O?Grady, Padraig McWeeney . Subs James McGreal for Coles (40 mins.), Olcan Conway for Regan (58 mins.).

Referee: Pat Greene (Galway).

 

 

07-Nov-06 by PJ Leddy

Sunday, November 5

Scotland 2-13 Ireland 2-5

There was a Leitrim connection as Clement Cuniffe and James Clancy participated in the Shinty comptition as Scotland collected their first Croke Park win over Ireland on a 2-13 to 2-5 scoreline after a high-skilled and entertaining international clash at Headquarters on Sunday.

The visitors ground-hurling skills were perhaps the difference in the end as the Irish side struggled to come to terms with the illegality of handling the sliotar.

Gary Innes, of the Fort William club, fired the Scots into an early four-point lead with two well taken scores off the ground from dead-ball situations.

Sean Silkes Ireland did fight back with a point from sharpshooter Kevin McGarry and a goal from Kerrys JohnÓgriffin to leave the sides level at 1-1 to 0-4 after 18 minutes.

The second quarter, however, saw Scotland impose their dominance. A wonderful interchange of ground hurling ended with Victor Smith striking a clean shot to the roof of Graham Clarkes net in the 27th minute.

Kevin Thain and Ronald Ross, both of the Kingussie club, added a further three points to the Scottish tally to leave Ireland facing a six-point deficit at the interval.

It was a clean but physical first half with a lot of timber being broken and the Scots sticks standing up better in the challenge.

After the break, Fermanaghs McGarry kept Ireland in touch and when Kildares Paudie Reidy scored a goal in the 66th minute, after great work by Leitrims James Glancy, it seemed as though a comeback was on the cards.

Any resurgence, though, was quickly quashed when, a minute later, some excellent dribbling from Ross ended with a goal for the Scots.

Substitute Gordon MacKinnon then added another two-pointer for the visitors as the Irish challenge faded.

TEAMS and ScórERS:

Ireland – G Clarke (Down), J Bermingham (Wicklow), D Coulter (Down), C Cunniffe (Leitrim), K Divilly (Kildare), A Gaul (Carlow), J Griffin (Kerry) (1-0), P McCormack (Armagh), P Reidy (Kildare) (1-0), K McGarry (Fermanagh) (0-5), R Mulry (Roscommon), M O Neill (Wicklow), G Savage (Down), D Shaw (Carlow).

Substitutes – P Gannon (Meath) for D Coulter (59th min), J Glancy (Leitrim) for J Griffin (59th min), M Kettle (Antrim) for R Mulry (50th min) and T Lennon (Roscommon) for K Divilly (26th min).

Scotland – S MacNeil (Fort William), A Robertson (Fort William), A MacLeod (Kingussie), A MacKay (Lochcarron) (0-2), D Dando (Inveraray), N Campbell (Newtonmore), D MacRae (Newtonmore), K Ross (Lochcarron), G Innes (Fort William) (0-4), J Stewart (Kilmallie), J Clark (Fort William), V Smith (Fort William) (1-0), K Thain (Kingussie) (0-3), R Ross (Kingussie) (1-2).

Subs – P MacKenzie (Lochcarron) for J Clark (70th min), R Graham (Inveraray) for K Ross (53rd min) and G MacKinnon (Fort William) (0-2) for J Stewart (49th min).

Referee – E Morris (Dublin).

Article – Courtesy of Gaa.ie

 

 

06-Nov-06 by Gaa.ie

Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

St. Mary?s 1 ? 13

Tubbercurry 1 ? 9

St. Mary?s scored a fully deserved win over Tubbercurry in Sunday?s hard fought Connacht Club hurling first round championship game in Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry.

A goal by Stephen McManus for St. Mary?s in the seventeenth minute gave the Carrick-on-Shannon side a victory cushion for the remainder of the exchanges.

Despite the absence of Nicky Rackard All Star, Paul Severs, who got married on Friday, Tubbercurry were always in the hunt but were never able to turn the tables on St. Mary?s.

St. Marys next outing will be on the weekend of November 4/5 when their semi-final opponents will be the winners of the Athleague/Ballyhaunis Connacht Club quarterfinal..

St. Mary?s: Packy Phelan, Shane Cardiff, Niall Glancy, Sean Walsh, Vincent McDermott, James Keane, David Tiernan, Clement Cunniffe 0 ? 7, Dana Regan 0 ? 1, James Glancy 0 ? 1, Breian Carroll 0 ? 3, Tom Cronin, Martin Coles, Donal O?Grady 0 ? 1, Stephen McManus 1 ? 0. Subs Padraig McWeeney for O?Grady (31 mins.), Bernard Murray for Cardiff (47 mins.), Fergal Carroll for Coles (55 mins.).

Tubbercurry: Michael Gorman, Alan Henry, Jarlath Burke, BrendanÓgannon, Kevin McDonagh, Mark Burke 0 ? 6, Daniel McDonagh, Brian Walsh 0 ? 1, Brian Curran 0 ? 1, Dara Severs, Shane Kerins, Barry Brennan, Ray Kilcoyne 1 ? 0, Ronan Haughey 0 ? 1, Fabio Cretaro. Subs Dermot Walsh for Brennan (49 mins.), Tom Bruder for Kilcoyne (53 mins.), Alex Wimsey for D. McDonagh (59 mins.).

Referee: Eoin O?Shaughnessy (Galway).

 

 

23-Oct-06 by PJ Leddy

Leitrim Senior Hurling Final – Report

St. Mary?s 2 ? 17
Glencar/Manor 3 ? 8

St. Mary?s claimed their eight Leitrim senior hurling title in a row in Ballinamore on Saturday after withstanding a determined second half Glencar/Manor fight back that cut the Carrick-on-Shannon side?s ten point lead to just two points with nine minutes to go.

After that St. Mary?s regained their composure, led by man-of-the-match Clement Cunniffe, who fired over two points in closing stages that helped take his side well clear of Glencar/Manor at the end.

Glencar/Manor trailed by 1 ? 3 to 2 ? 9 at the interval but the introduction of halftime sub Gary Hickey inspired the north Leitrim side when he hammered home goals from a free and a penalty as well as converting four frees on the trot.

scorers St. Mary?s ? C. Cunniffe 0 ? 10, M. Coles, S. McManus 1 ? 0, D. Regan 0 ? 3, T. Cronin 0 ? 2, J. Glancy, B. Carroll 0 ? 1.

Glencar/Manor ? G. Hickey 2 ? 4, R. ?Snodaigh 1 ? 0, M. Dolan 0 ? 2, V. Cronin, M. McKeon 0 ? 1.

St. Mary?s: P. Phelan, S. Cardiff, N. Glancy, S. Walsh, V. McDermott, J. Keane, D. Tiernan, D. Regan, C. Cunniffe, J. Glancy, B. Carroll, T. Cronin, M. Coles, D. O?Grady, S. McManus. Subs B. Murray for Tiernan (ht), F. Carroll for B. Carroll (47m.), O. Conway for McManus (56m.).

Glencar/Manor: M. Gallagher, B. Feeney, A. Rooney, S. McTiernan, M. McTiernan, D. Kelly, M. Reilly, M. Poniard, D. Ponaird, B. McDonald, M. McKeon, M. Dolan, A. Croal, V. Cronin, R. ?Snodaigh. Subs G. Hickey for Croal (ht.), P. Flanagan for Dolan (60m.).

Referee: P. Maguire (Sligo).

 

 

14-Oct-06 by PJ Leddy

The following is the Leitrim Hurlling team to play Cavan in tomorrows Nicky Rackard cup in Ballyconnell at 3:30pm.

1. Alan O?Shea Naomh Mhuire
2. Fintan McKiernan Naomh Mhuire
3. Niall Glancy Naomh Mhuire
4. Aidan Rooney Cluainin
5. Stephen Feeney Cluainin
6. Dermot Kennedy Gort Leitrireach
7. Sean Walsh Naomh Mhuire
8. James Keane Naomh Mhuire
9. David Poniard Cluainin
10. James Glancy Naomh Mhuire
11. Clement Cunniffe Naomh Mhuire
12. Tom Cronin Naomh Mhuire
13. Vincent McDermott Naomh Mhuire
14. Breian Carroll Naomh Mhuire
15. Dana Regan Naomh Mhuire
16. Gary Hickey Cluainin
17. Shane Fitzpatrick Naomh Mhuire
18. Pauric McWeeney Naomh Mhuire
19. Kieran Maxwell Sean Ui Eislin
20. Micheal Dolan Cluainin
21. Shane Cardiff Naomh Mhuire
22. JohnÓgilhooly Gort Leitreach
23. Olcan Conway Naomh Mhuire
24. Martin Reilly Cluainin
25. Paul McKiernan Naomh Mhuire
26. Conor Daly Naomh Mhuire
27. Rossa O?Snodaigh Cluainin

Manager: KevinÓglancy
Selectors:
Micheal Dolan
Bernard Murray
Paddy Phelan

 

 

07-Jul-06 by Brendan Doyle

Nicky Rackard Cup

There are 3 Groups in the Nicky Rackard Cup with Leitrim hurlers inÓgroup B.

[b]Group B ? [/b]

June 10:
Cavan v Armagh,
[b]Leitrim v Louth[/b]

June 24:
Louth v Cavan,
[b]Armagh v Leitrim[/b]

July 8::
Louth v Armagh,
[b]Cavan v Leitrim[/b]

Groups A and C are as follows:

Group A ? June 10:
Fermanagh v Tyrone, Donegal v Sligo;
June 24: Sligo v Fermanagh, Tyrone v Donegal;
July 8: Sligo v Tyrone, Fermanagh v Donegal.

Group C ? June 10:
Derry v Longford (if Derry are involved in Ulster SHC final thenÓgame will be played on June 17),
Warwickshire v Monaghan;
June 24: Monaghan v Derry, Longford v Warwickshire; July 8: Monaghan v Longford, Warwickshire v Derry.

Quarter-finals: 15th & 22nd July

Semi-finals: 29th July

Final: 13th August

 

 

30-Mar-06 by Brendan Doyle – PRO