Leitrim Ladies Notes-


 

Under 16 Final: Congratulations to St Josephs who claimed the Under 16 Championship title with a comfortable win over a gallant Glencar Manorhamilton team under lights in Cloone on Thursday evening.

Intermediate B Championship: St Josephs qualified for the Semi Final with an extra time 4-15 to 4-8 win over Annaduff on Sunday morning in Dromod. They will meet the winners of the Bornacoola v St Marys game to be played on Sunday at 12.00pm in Fenagh. In the other half of the draw Glencar Manorhamilton defeated Dromahair by 6-7 to 3-9 and will meet Ballinaglera in the other semi final on Sunday week.

 

Division 2 League Final 2006: The St Josephs v Annaduff game also doubled up as the League final from 2006 that had remained unplayed with St Josephs presented with the cup after Sunday mornings game.

 

Division 3 Shield Final: In a very high Scóring encounter on Sunday morning, Gortlettragh had a seven point win over Aughnasheelin on a scoreline of 9 -7 to 7 -6 in Ballinamore to complete the programme for the Junior teams for the year.

 

Division 2 League: Ballinaglera defeated Bornacoola by 1-08 to 1-07 in a very close encounter on Sunday morning as the shield competition also reaches its concluding stages. The shield draw will become clear on Sunday next when Ballinaglera meet Dromahair.

 

All Ireland Champions get a taste of Senior Football in Galway: Leitrim had their first outing as All Ireland Champions when the played Galway in a challenge game on Saturday evening. The occasion was the opening of €1million development including two new playing fields, new stand and floodlights at the Clonbeirne Kilkerrin club, home of Manager Jason Taniane. In a very competitive entertaining game Leitrim enjoyed a 4-4 to 1 -5 win and featured most of the All Ireland winning team and were also joined by some of the stars of the future with Denise Sorohan and Aoife McWeeney getting a taste of the action Aoife Scóring a fine goal. The game was followed by a senior mens challenge betweenÓgalway and Monaghan. The county board would like to thank the Cloonbeirne club for their presentations to the team and their hospitality after the game.

 

VHI Connacht Club Senior Semi Final: Best of luck to Aughawillan as they take Corofin in Leitrim Gaels Community pitch at 2.00pm.

 

Leitrim Underdogs: A number of familiar Leitrim club and county players featured on the programme last Thursday night with Eimear McGlade progressing to the next stage of the trials. Tune in again on Thursday night on TG4 at 9.30pm to see how Eimear gets on.

 

Connacht GAA Writers Award: Congratulations to Maeve Quinn on receiving one of the Connacht GAA Writers Personality of the Month Awards for September. Indeed Maeve also received a glowing tribute from Michael o Muircheartaigh on Saturday evening when he performed the official opening of the pitch in Cloonbeirne. Micheal recalled meeting Maeve in 1984 when he was researching a programme for the Centenary of the GAA to feature one of the largest and smallest clubs in the country and picked St Finbarrs of Cork and Aughawillan of Leitrim.

 

Ladies Gear: Anyone interested in ordering a Leitrim ladies polo shirt should contact their club secretary. The ladies county jerseys are available in local sports shops.

 

 

 

 

 

18-Oct-07 by Patricia Bohan – Ladies PRO

Coaching News

Coaching Coaches

As a follow on from the launch of the new Fun –Do resource pack, a series of practical workshops for club coaches working with children from 8 to 12 years of age will take place during October and November. All clubs should ensure that their coaches at under 8, 10 and 12 attend as these workshops will give a sample of what is contained in the new pack. The first of these workshops was held in Manorhamilton on Thursday night last and was very well received by all those in attendance. A special word of thanks to the coaches both male and female who attended, to the children who took part and also to the Principle and staff of St. Clare’s Comprehensive for the use of their gym and their help in organising the evening. Workshops will continue over the next few weeks as follows.

Ck-on-Shannon – Thursday 18/10/07 – Sports Complex – 8.00pm.

Ballinamore – Thursday 25/10/07 – Sports Complex – 8.00pm.

Mohill – To be confirmed.

 

 

16-Oct-07 by Thomas Keenan

Connacht Senior Football Championship 2008

FIXTURES PROGRAMME 2008.

CONNACHT SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2008

 

Pre-Lim.

Sunday 11th May – Extra Time

New York v Leitrim – Gaelic Park

 

Sunday 18th May – Replay Saturday 24th May

Galway v Roscommon – Pearse Stadium

 

Sunday 25th May – Replay Sat 31st May

London v Sligo – Ruislip

 

Semi-Finals

Sunday 15th June Replay Sat 21st June

Galway/Roscommon v Leitrim/New York in Carrick-on-Shannon / Pearse Stadium

 

Sunday 22nd June Replay Saturday 28th June

Mayo v Sligo/London – McHale Park

 

FINAL Sunday 13th July

 

 

 

15-Oct-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Tourlestrane booked a semi-final with Ballina

TOURLESTRANE 0-12

ST MARYS 1-4

SLIGO champions Tourlestrane booked a semi-final with Ballina as they beat Leitrim champions St Marys at Pairc Sean Mhic Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon yesterday.

Gene Bohan opened the St Marys account with a 3rd minute point, but Tourlestrane led 0-5 to 0-1 at the break which ended in controversy, 2 minutes from time, when referee Oliver Kelly disallowed a Tourlestrane goal deemed to have been fisted into the net despite claims it had been touched on by Stephen Henry.

St Marys started the second period with two points from Gene Bohan and Brian ODonnell, before Tourlestrane scored five points without reply.

A well-takenÓgoal involving three St Marys players was too late to stop Tourlestrane, however, who were the better team.

ScórERS –Tourlestrane: G McGowan (0-3 2f); J Marren (0-2); D Durkin, G Gaughan, S Henry, T Henry, J Leonard, A McIntyre, M Walsh (1pt each). St Marys : R Mulvey (1-0), G Bohan (0-3 2f), B ODonnell (0-1).

 

 

15-Oct-07 by Independant.ie

GAA Football and Hurling Championship for 2008

The draw for GAA Football and Hurling Championship for 2008 was made this evening in Croke Park and was aired live on RTE.

The following is the format for the 2008 Championship season:

 

Connacht- Football

Quarterfinals:

Leitrim v New York

Sligo v London

Galway v Roscommon

Mayo – Bye

 

Semis:

Mayo v Sligo/London
Leitrim/New York v Galway/Roscommon

 

 

Leinster – Hurling

Dublin v Westmeath
Offaly v Laois

Semis
Wexford v DB/WH
Kilkenny v LS/OY

 

Munster – Hurling

Clare v Waterford

Semis:
Cork v Tipperary
Limerick v CE/WD

 

 

Leinster – Football

A – Kildare v Wicklow
B – Meath v Carlow
C – Longford v Westmeath

 

QFs:
Laois v A (KE v WW)
Wexford v B (MH/CW)
Offaly v C (LD/WH)
Dublin v Louth

Semis:
LS/KE/WW v WX/MH/CW
OY/LD/WH v Dubs/LH

 

 

Munster – Football

A – Limerick v Tipperary
B – Clare v Waterford

Semis:
Kerry v B
Cork v A

 

 

Ulster – Football

Prelim – Antrim v Cavan

QFs
A – Fermanagh v Monaghan
B – Donegal v Derry
C – Tyrone v Down

D – Prelim v Armagh

Semis
A v B

C v D

 

 

14-Oct-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Leitrim Supporters Club trip to New York

 

On Sunday May 11th 2008 Leitrim play New York in gaelic Park in the first round of the 2008 Connacht Championship. It will be 5 years since the last trip to New York and on that occasion the Leitrim Supporters Club arranged a group package deal for supporters. It has been decided that a similar arrangement will be put in place for 2008. The finer details will not be announced until the end of January when a committee will be in place to manÓge the task. Please note that further information will be available here on the website and in local press in the New Year.

 

 

12-Oct-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Three All-Irelands means three winners in Connacht awards

A super September in which Connacht won three All-Ireland titles has led the judges in the Connacht GAA Writers Personality of the Month Award to share the September award between three of the province’s top sportspeople.
 
Galway pair John Lee and Damien Redington are honoured for their roles in the county’s All-Ireland U21 hurling and minor football triumphs. Lee was an inspirational presence as Galway defeated Dublin in the U21 decider, while Redington was the late goal-Scóring hero for the Tribesmen as they eclipsed Derry in a thrilling All-Ireland minor final.
 
Leitrim stalwart Maeve Quinn helped her county bridge a 19-year gap since they last won an All-Ireland ladies football title. In 1988, it was the Junior title, and this year they went a step further by taking the Intermediate trophy. Quinn played superbly at midfield and there were emotional scenes as they lifted the memorial cup named after her mother Mary Quinn for the first time.
 
The monthly award winners will receive their presentations at a special function in the TF Royal Theatre and Hotel, Castlebar, after the season is over, at which the Michael McDonnell Award for the Personality of the Year will be announced.

 

 

09-Oct-07 by Liam Horan

Scór News

Scór na mBunscoileanna

 

Dates have now been set for Scór na mBunscoileanna and details have been circulated to all schools in Leitrim this week. This competition which was started in Leitrim three years ago by the late Cormac MacGiolla has now spread to a number of counties. In Leitrim there has beenÓgood participation up to now from the schools of the county and it is hoped many more schools will take part this year.

 

Like last year there will be competitions for solo dancers and solo musicians in addition to the regular eight Scór competitions in Rince Foirne, Amhranaíocht, Ceol Uirlise, Aithriseoireacht, Nuachleas, Trath na gCeist, Bailéad Ghrúpa agus Rince Seit. The last date for receipt of entries is 26 October.

 

The venues are:

Thursday 8 November in Gortletteragh GAA Centre starting at 6.30

Friday 9 November in Ballinamore Community Centre starting at 6.30

 

There will be medals for the winners of each event on each night and the Cormac MacGiolla Shield will go to the best school from the two nights.

 

Scór na nÓg

 

Dates have also been set for Scór na nÓg and they are as follows

 

Semi Finals

Saturday 8 December in Ballinamore Community Centre starting at 6.00

Sunday 9 December in St Marys Hall, Carrick on Shannon starting at 3.00

 

Finals

 

Sunday 6 January 2008 in Bee Park Centre, Manorhamilton starting at 3.00

 

Scór Sinsear

Although it is a long while away yet, dates and venues have also been set for next years Scór Sinsear and they are as follows:

 

Semi Finals

Friday 29 February in Bornacoola starting at 8.00

Saturday 1 March in Drumreilly starting at 8.00

 

Finals

Saturday 8 March in Bee Park Centre, Manorhamilton starting at 8.00

 

 

09-Oct-07 by Sean O Suilleabhain

Coaching news

Fun do Launch.

The launch of the new Fun do resource pack will take place in Pairc Sean, to night Monday 08/10 at 7.30pm. John Tobin will conduct the launch and all clubs and primary schools are asked to send a representative. This new Learning resource pack contains manuals on both football and hurling coaching along with a DVD and CD Rom on both. It will allow coaches to create their own sessions from the various exercises on the DVD, while also demonstrating how to teach the skills and recognise the common errors that occur with children. The new resource will be available to both clubs and schools at the discounted price of €50 and should become the standard manual for all coaching of children up to 12 years of age.

 

Coaching Coaches

A series of pratical workshops for club coaches working with children from 8 to 12 years of age will be held during October. These workshops will take place on the following dates. Workshops will commence at 7.30pm.

 

Manorhamilton – Thursday 11/10/07 – St. Clares PP school Gym.

Ck-on-Shannon – Thursday 18/10/07 – Sports Complex

Mohill – Thursday 25/10/07

Ballinamore – Thursday 01/11/07

 

 

08-Oct-07 by Thomas Keenan

Sarah wins Lucozade SportIrish Independent Player of the month

A second national award has come to a Leitrim player as Sarah McLoughlin’s player of the match performance earned the Ballinamore girl the Lucozade Sport/Irish Independent Ladies player of the month for September. This award is all the more noteworthy taking into account performances by players in all of the semi finals at Senior, Intermediate and Junior level in addition to the three All Ireland finals would have been considered. Well done to Sarah.

 

 

07-Oct-07 by Patricia Bohan – Ladies PRO

County Senior Fixtures 2008

 

Connacht Council have released the schedule of games which concern the County Senior Football Team in 2008:

2008 FBD League:

 

(All FBD Games are home games for Leitrim)

6th Jan 08 – Round 1 – Leitrim v GMIT

13th Jan 08 – Round 2 – Leitrim v Galway

20th Jan 08 – Round 3 – Leitrim v Sligo

 

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Leitrim v New York on Sunday May 11th in Gaelic Park.

 

Meanwhile the Leitrim Juniors are scheduled to play the Connacht Junior Semi final on Friday 2nd May 2008 against Sligo at a Leitrim venue.

 

 

 

 

02-Oct-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Conclusion of Leagues 2007

 

 

At the conclusion of the 2007 regular rounds of League games the following will apply:

League Finals and Promotion

InÓgeneral the top two teams in each Division will contest the League finals in each respective division and will, ordinarily, be promoted to the next highest division for 2008. There will be no semi-finals.

Exception (promotion): A team will not be promoted if its club already has a team in the higher division that is not due to be relegated, or has a team that is due to be relegated into this division from the next highest division. In this case, one team only will be promoted and one team relegated between these two respective divisions. Example-if a club has a team that is due to be promoted from Division 5 to Division 4 and also due to have a team relegated from Division 3 to Division 4 then the relegation will take place of the Division 3 team but the promotion of the Division 5 team will not take place, and only one team, in this case, will be promoted from Division 5 to Division 4 and one team relegated from Division 4 to Division 5.

 

Relegation

The teams in last and second last positions in each Division will, ordinarily, be relegated to the next lowest Division for 2008.

 

Exception (relegation): Only one team will be relegated from Division 3 to Division 4 at the conclusion of the 2007 Leagues only, to take account of the fact that Achadh Mhaoileann second team was placed in Division 4 for 2007, instead of Division 3, and this will bring Division 3 for 2008 up to 10 teams and Division 4 down to 12 teams in 2008 also, with the promotion of two teams from Division 4 to Division 3. This decision was taken at the meeting of Coiste Chontae Liatroma of March 12, 2007.

 

score Difference

At the conclusion of the regular rounds of League Competition, score Difference will be the primary deciding factor, should there be an equality of points on the League table. This is in accordance with Rule 136 TO 2007 which specifies that the following from Rule 116 shall be used:

 

Qualification for the Concluding Stages or for Promotion or Relegation, the tie shall be decided by the following means and in the order specified:

(i) Scóring Difference (subtracting the total scores Against from total scores For)

(ii)Highest Total score For.

(iii)Where two Teams only are involved – the outcome of the meeting of the two Teams in the previous game in the Competition.

(iv)Scóring Average (divide total score Against into total score For).

Exception: If the accumulated scores of a team, so involved, are affected by a disqualification, retirement or walk over, the tie shall be decided by a play off.

 

 

Mise le fíor mheas

 

Déaglán Ó Buacháin

Rúnaí

 

 

02-Oct-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO