Heartbreak for Ballinamore Post Primary Girls

It was heartbreak for the girls of Ballinamore Post Primary in the Pat The Baker Post Primary Schools Senior C Final 2007 as they lost by 1 goal.

The game was played yesterday (Tuesday) in Cavan and the final result in a relatively low Scóring encounter was:

Ballinamore Post Primary 1-04
St Catherines (Armagh) 2-04

U16C FINAL Ballinamore, Leitrim 1-4 St. Catherines, Armagh 2-4

Roared on by eleven bus loads of supporters St. Catherines Armagh claimed the All Ireland U16C title at the expense of Ballinamore Post Primary Scholl yesterday. As early as the second minute St. Catherines had a great goal chance however Leitrim keeper Niamh Mc Govern made a great save from Finnoula Rodgers. The Armagh side made no mistake two minutes later when full forward Aoife Lennon found herself one on one with the keeper and buried to the net. The excellent Lennon then followed with two points, one from a free to put her side five ahead entering the second quarter. Ballinamore opened their account in the 18th minute when midfielder Clare Plunkett fired a thirty five metre free goal ward. St. Catherines keeper Terri Powell did manÓge to get a hand on it put unfortunately for her she pushed it upwards and into the net. Ballinamore continued to press and were rewarded with another point from Ciara Mc Loughlin in the 28th minute which left the midway score 1-2 to 1-1 in favour of St. Catherines. Both sides missed good goal chances early in the second half before Emma Mullen pointed for St. Catherines. Ballinamore refused to lie down and points from Sheila Walshe and Claire Plunkett brought them level entering the final quarter. A point from a free by Claire Plunkett in the 47th minute put Ballinamore ahead for the first time. Aoife Lennon was then denied by the woodwork before Tanya Mc Coy fired over to level matters once again. The winning score, a goal then arrived with just three minutes remaining.

Player of the Match was Clare Plunkett, Ballinamore

Photos (24 pages) of the game are available on our photo gallery.

 

 

25-Apr-07 by Ladies GAA

Latest Ladies News

Division 1 League Final: Next Sunday will see the first final of the year as Aughawillan take on Cloone in the Division 1 league final. With both teams unbeaten in the league the final game between the clubs was not played as they had both qualified for the final. This will be the first meeting of the teams this year and a close game is predicted. The game will be played in Fenagh at 2.00pm.

Annaduff Credit Union Under 14 Championship: Round 3 of the Championship takes place on Saturday morning next with a total of 7 games down for decision.

Division 2 and 3 League: Only one game was down for decision last weekend with St Josephs defeating Gortlettragh on a scoreline of 5-09 to 2-02. Next weekend Round 4 of Divisions 2 and 3 will be played see fixtures for details.

County Board Meeting: The April county Board meeting will take place on Monday next 30th April at 9.00pm in Arus Padraig. Drumshanbo. Executive Meeting at 8.15pm.

Code of Ethics: A good turnout of clubs on Saturday morning for the Code of Ethics course facilitated by Cumann Peil Gael na mBan in preparation for the hosting of Feile at the end of June. Another course will be ran on Monday and Tuesday evening next. Please contact Bernadette Glancy for details.

Feile 2007: Teams and Divisions have been finalised with a total of 64 girls teams and 104 boys teams taking part. Full details available on http://feile2007.gaa.ie/ All clubs with outstanding information should forward to the Secretary

 

 

25-Apr-07 by Patricia Bohan – Ladies PRO

Coaching news

Under 10 Blitz
The first series of under 10 blitz are now completed, with a great turnout from all clubs. The second series of games for this group are planned for Saturday 02 June and Saturday 09 June. We will advise clubs of their venues and dates in early May.

Vhi Cul Camps Application Forms
Application forms will be delivered into the Schools this week and we would ask all parents to please fill in your form and return same promptly as we have to order the kits and we don’t want to disappoint any child. Their will be two camps in Carrick on Shannon this year to help parents who are away on holidays while their camp is on.

Hurling Training Sessions
Kevin Brisco will conduct training sessions with each of the hurling clubs, commencing this week. Kevin will be calling on clubs every two weeks and will work with all age groups. We have also organised hurling only, training camps, for the month of August and clubs should ensure that all of their young hurlers attend these camps.

Level One Coaching Course
The final session for all participants on the current Level one course will take place in the Bush Hotel on Monday night next 30/04 commencing at 8.00 pm. It is very important that all coaches are present on the night.

 

 

24-Apr-07 by Thomas Keenan

Leo Kenny Cup

ROUND 1. TUESDAY 24th April 2007 at 7:30pm

Salthill/Knocknacarra(G) v Ballinrobe (M) – F Kinneen

An Cheathru Rua(G) v Louisburgh(M) – M O Corrain

Castlerea(R) v Mountbellew/MLough(G) – V Hardiman

St Mary’s(L) v RoscommonÓgls (R) – P Carney

St Aidan’s (R) v Mohill(L) – H Beirne

Glenfarne(L) v Coolera/Strandhill(S) – M Leyden

Ballinaglera(L) v Annaduff(L) – E Stenson

Ballina(M) v Castleconnor(S) – V Neary

Geevagh(S) v Claremorris(M) – S Regan

Clan na Gael (R) v Knockmore(M) – D Hunt

The following received a bye to Round 2.
Padraig Pearses (R ),
Curry(S),
Westport (M),
Allen Gaels (L),
Charlestown (M)

Competition continues on following Tuesdays.

* No postponements allowed. If unable to play game is forfeited. All games played on Tuesdays at 7.30pm.

* First named team has Home venue. They may take up a gate and are requested to provide refreshments for travelling team.

* If game is drawn Extra time ( 10 minutes per half). If game is still level toss for choice of ends and first to score wins the game.

 

 

23-Apr-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Leitrim Scór heads for Killarney

Saturday will be a big day for the Leitrim Scór fraternity with five clubs heading for the All Ireland Finals in Killarney. This is the highest representation Leitrim has had in a Senior All Ireland Scór Finals since 1984.

All five clubs are no strangers to Scór All Irelands and in fact all five have been involved in those same events over the past few years. Fenagh in Nuachleas and Glencar/Manorhamilton in Rince Foirne have been successful already at the highest level but Dromahair in Ceol Uirlise, Bornacoola in Tráth na gCeist and Sinead Egan from Aughnasheelin in Amhránaíocht have been in the finals before but didn’t succeed at that level.

It will be a great occasion for Leitrim folk with big numbers traveling and it will be a surprise if Leitrim do not come back with more All Irelands to their credit.

 

 

23-Apr-07 by S O S

Online Polls Results & Virtual Championships

The recent introduction of the online Polls has been very well received as many hundreds of votes have been cast each week in polls covering various topical issues.

Virtual Championships
Over the past number of weeks the various teams in the [b]Senior Championship[/b] groups have been presented and you having been playing a virtual championship by voting for the team you consider most likely to top each group. We will shortly be continuing this virtual championship to its conclusion by providing more Polls showing the Semi finals and finals for the Senior Competition.

In the mean time we would like to run a similar virtual Championship for the [b]Intermediate Championship[/b] groups. We start today with Intermediate Championship Group 1 and the poll for this group will be active for 5 days.

View the Results
[b]If you wish to see the results of all the polls then click on the new Poll Results link on the left hand side menu.[/b]

Happy Voting !

 

 

21-Apr-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Feile Peil na nÓg 2007 – Hosting clubs and Divisions

A total of 104 boys and 64 girls teams will participate in Feile at the end of June. Full details of teams and divisions are now available on the Feile website.

 

 

21-Apr-07 by Patricia Bohan – Runai­ Feile Peil na nÓg Liatrom

Club Action this weekend

Club action this weekend sees Divisions 1 and 2 starting their first round of games.

The first [b]Division 2[/b] game is tonight at 7:15pm in Cloone (Under Lights) between Cloone and Aughavas.

The [b]Divison 1[/b] games are all scheduled for tomorrow evening at 6:30pm in 6 locations around the county.

Divison 1 – Round 1:
Melvin Gaels v Carrigallen
Allen Gaels v Kiltubrid
Bornacoola v Aughawillan
St. Caillins v St. Marys
Drumreilly v Mohill
Annaduff v Glencar/Manor

Two more of the division 2 games will be played tomorrow evening and the remainder on Sunday at 1pm.

Divison 2 – Round 1:
Fri, 20-April-07
Cloone v Aughavas

Sat, 21-April-07
Ballinaglera v Gortletteragh
Sean O Heslins v Aughnasheelin

Sun, 22-April-07
Glenfarne/Kilty v Annaduff
St. Marys v Glencar/Manor

[b]Division 5[/b] is well advanced and 4 games of round 6 are being played this weekend. Dromahaire are leading the pack on 11 points without having lost a game and 2 and 3rd place is between Fenagh-St. Caillins & Aughnasheelin who are both 3 points behind.

Sun, 22-April-07
Aughavas v Gortletteragh
Eslin v Drumreilly
Aughnasheelin v Kiltubrid
Dromahaire v Leitrim Gaels

 

 

20-Apr-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Latest Ladies News

Club League Round Up: Aughawillan and Cloone qualified for the Division 1 League final on Sunday last with wins over Mohill and Kiltubrid respectively. Aughawillan had to use all of their experience in the second half to overcome a determined Mohill challenge but in the end prevailed by a nine point margin on a 4-10 to 3-04 scoreline. Cloone had a more straightforward win as they also maintained their 100% record with a 3-17 to 1-7 away win at Kiltubrid. The final will be played on Sunday week 29th April. In Division 2 a 10.30am start for Ballinaglera in Annaduff seemed to suit both sets of forwards as Ballinaglera recorded a 6-12 to 4-9 win. Meanwhile St Josephs had to work hard to earn a three point win over Dromahair by 2-11 to 3-05 as St Marys were comprehensively defeated by an in form Glencar Manor team by 5-16 to 0-8. One game was played in Division 3 inÓgortlettragh where they entertained Sean O’Heslins. This was the closest game of the weekend and goals proved the difference between the teams as Gortlettragh prevailed on a 4-05 to 2-10 scoreline.

Division 3 Games Postponed: Round 3 of the Division 3 league has been postponed next week because of the number of players from the clubs involved in the All Ireland Schools final on Tuesday.

Annaduff Credit Union Under 14 Championship: Round 2 of the championship will take place next Saturday with all games at 12.00pm.

All Ireland Schools Final: Best of luck to the Ballinamore PPP in the All Ireland Junior C schools final on Tuesday next. The team make the short journey to Breffni Park in Cavan to take on St Catherines of Armagh with a throw in of 12 noon. All associated with ladies football in the county wish the girls well in their quest for All Ireland glory a proud day for ladies football in the county.

FUNdamentals Coaching: Twenty two participants took part in a one day coaching course in Drumshanbo on Saturday last. The six hour course consisted of four units including two practical sessions Good Coaching Practice, the ABC’s of Gaelic Football, Group Management & Child Protection and Coaching a Session. The course was facilitated by two NCDP tutors and enjoyed by all of the participants.

Strategic Planning: Connacht Council in association with the Provincial Development Officer Mary Beades, held a very successful Strategic Development Plan meeting on Thursday last in The Bush Hotel. The session was attended by over forty players, coaches, referees, team officials and county board officers and gave everyone the opportunity to discuss the future development of ladies football on a county and provincial basis.

Church Gate Collection: The annual collection for the Manorhamilton area will be held next weekend and all support is appreciated.

 

 

19-Apr-07 by Patricia Bohan – Ladies PRO

Scór Congress

Every three years the National Coiste Scór holds a congress at which motions for the betterment of Scór are discussed. This year a national congress will be held in July.

Leitrim Coiste Scór invites clubs to submit any motions which they think should be forwarded to the Scór Congress. Motions should be submitted by club secretaries to the Co Scór Rúnaí, Maire Mulvey before Friday 27 April. There will then be a County Scór meeting on 8 May to discuss any motions received.

InÓgeneral any proposals that would help to promote or develop Scór on a national basis would be welcome.

 

 

17-Apr-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Recent berevements

It was with regret and sadness we record the passing of Jim McNaughton (Dublin) and JohnÓgormley (Aughnasheelin) both lifelong supporters of Leitrim GAA. We wish to extend our sympathies to their respective families.

May they rest in peace.

 

 

15-Apr-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Division 2A Roundup

Roscommon will play in Division 2 next season of the Allianz National Football League after a dramatic Division 2A success at Offalys expense in Tullamore on Sunday.

Ger HenÓghan had an outstanding game for the Rossies, hitting 1-3 in the opening period and 2-5 in all, as the Connacht mens goalScóring ability won the day.

Niall McNamee was inÓgood Scóring form for the Faithful in the opening period, at the end of which they enjoyed a lead of 0-11 to 1-5.

Cathal Creggs goal on 47 minutes and Enda Kennys ten minutes later were crucial for Roscommon, with Kennys coming two minuts after Neville Coughlan had scored the hosts only major.

McNamee hit 0-6 in all but it wasn t enough.

[b]Monaghan finish top of Division 2A, winning all seven of their games, after edging Leitrim by 1-14 to 2-10 in Cloone.[/b]

Ciaran Hanrattys goal helped the Farney men to a half-time lead of 1-6 to 0-6; however, Barry Prior and Declan Maxwell both hit second-half majors to give Leitrim hope.

Longford were comfortable 2-10 to 0-10 victors at Clares expense at Pearse Park. They finish third in 2A.

London, meanwhile, trounced Carlow by 4-11 to 1-7 in Ruislip, but still stay bottom – narrowly – on points difference.

 

 

15-Apr-07 by GAA.ie