All Ireland Scór na nÓg – Results

The two Leitrim entries were unsuccessful at the All Ireland Finals in Athlone on Saturday. Both Aisling Maxwell from Sean O Heslins in the Solo singing and St. Marys in the Ballad Group were considered to be in the final reckoning both neither were lucky enough to be called at the end of the day.

The full list of winners were:

Rince Foirne : Carrigaline, Co Cork

Amhránaíocht : Mullingar Shamrocks, Westmeath

Ceol : Boherbue : Cork

Aithriseoireacht : Mayobridge, Down

Bailíad Ghrúpa : Killyclogher. Tyrone

Trath na gCeist : Beaufort, Kerry

Nuachleas: Carnew Emmets, Wicklow

Rince Seit: Kilcummin, Kerry

 

 

18-Feb-07 by Sean O Suilleabhain

Longford win the Hastings Cup Shield Final

Longford won the Hastings Cup Shield Final after extra time in Dromard on a 1 – 15 to 1 – 10 score line.

The sides were level on 1 – 10 all at the end of normal time.

Longford led by 1- 8 to 0 – 6 at halftime but Leitrim outscored them by 1 – 4 to 0 – 2 in the second half.

However Leitrim failed to score in extra time.

The Leitrim Panel was:
1 Conor Daly
2 Damien McGuinness
3 Brian Mulvey
4 Niall McGovern
5 Colm Clarke
6 Stephen Feeney
7 Gary Reynolds
8 Brendan Guckian
9 Ronan O Gallachoir
10 Conor Sheridan
11 Emlyn Mulligan
12 Christopher McGowan
13 David O Connor
14 Robert Lowe
15 Fergal Clancy
16 Niall Doonan
17 Anthony McDonald
18 Darren Sweeney
19 David Charles
20 Dermot Reynolds
21 Gerard McGovern
22 James Earley
23 Jason Conroy
24 Karl Ward
25 Conor Mcloughlin
26 Ronan Kennedy
27 Shane Loughlin
28 Stephen Conaty
29 Ronan Mulvey
30 Tomas Beirne
31 Paul Brennan
32 Anthony Mulvey
33 Stephen McGurn

 

 

17-Feb-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

League Fixtures Announced

The League Fixtures for 2007 have been announced and the all the rounds for Division 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 have been added to the website.

[link= “www.leitrimgaa.ie/league.php?s=lt “]Click here for League Fixtures[/link]

 

 

16-Feb-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Leitrim GAA Supporters Club – Special Event

Leitrim GAA Supporters Club in Dublin are holding a special Leitrim night in St Marys GAA Club, Green Lane, Leixlip Co Kildare on Saturday night 17th February at 8.30 featuring in concert:

Charlie McGettigan,
Maurice Lennon ( Ex Stocktons Wing )
Leitrims All Ireland Scór Champions – Aughnasheelin (Ballad Group) & Sean O Heslins (Novelty Act)

All proceeds in aid of Leitrim GAA P?irc Sean Development in Carrick On Shannon

All Supporters are invited to come along for this very special night

 

 

16-Feb-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Ladies Football News

National League:
With last year?s exploits now history, Leitrim begin a new season with their first competitive outing in Division 2 of the National League next Sunday. In a very tough section Leitrim will have to travel to play Clare, Dublin and Limerick but first they welcome All Ireland Champions Sligo to Leitrim next Sunday. With a bye last weekend, all of their opponents started their campaign last weekend with Clare defeating Limerick but more significantly Sligo enjoyed a 1-11 to 2-5 over Dublin who were relegated from Division 1. Leitrim have been training since early in the New Year and the 2007 panel will see a number of new faces hoping to go one step further than last year. With their win over Dublin last Sunday, Sligo have obviously finished with their celebrations, but they know that they will face a stern test nest weekend. Leitrim will be hoping to consolidate their status in Division 2 and as the year progresses, they should make an impact on the final placings, however there will be no room for error as this promises to be one of the most competitive sections in all Divisions of the League. Best of luck to everyone involved on Sunday where the game will take place in Drumshanbo at 2.00pm.

Ready Steady Play Programme:
Mary Beades, Connacht Games Development Officer for ladies football was a welcome guest to a well attended county board meeting on Monday week last. Mary will be coordinating a Ready Steady Play programme in Leitrim starting the last weekend in March. The principal aim of the programme is to increase female volunteer participation in coaching in clubs in Leitrim. The target groups of participation in this new initiative is mothers of underage players, older sisters of underage players, former players, current players over 16 years of age and any adults wo regularly attend training that may be willing to help. Each club will ask current club coaches to introduce one or more volunteers to the club using a ?buddy system?. The volunteers will then attend a two and a half hour training course where they will be introduced to the basic skills of ladies football and given details of the Code of Ethics and good practice. Having completed the training course they will be required to participate with the coach in 4 training sessions with an underage team. On completion of an evaluation form to Head Office a coaching certificate will be awarded. It is hoped that the number of volunteers will increase using this system and they may continue on to complete the ladies FUNdamentals coaching course. We would encourage as many volunteers as possible to take part in this initiative.

FUNdamental Coaching Course:
A coaching course has been organised for Saturday 24th February in the Mayflower Hall, Drumshanbo. All under 12 and under 14 coaches should attend and the fee is ?20 per person.

Underage County Management :
The following management teams were ratified at the February county board meeting: Under 16 ? Brendan McCawley, Helen Tighe and Mary Quinn. Under 14 ? Pat McWeeney and Kieran Moran with a female selector yet to be appointed. Under 12 – Bernadette McLoughlin, Bernadette McCartin, Geraldine Creamer and Dympna Boylan.

 

 

14-Feb-07 by Patricia Bohan – Ladies PRO

Get well wishes

We would like to wish both members of our Senior Football management team good health as they are both recovering after recent bouts in Hospital.

Dessie Dolan was discharged from hospital at the weekend and is currently recuperating at home after spending many weeks in Portiuncala Hospital, Ballinasloe. Dessie has remained in regular contact with his management team during his 6 week absence.

Likewise Gerry McLoughlin, who was not available last week to travel to Clare due to a scheduled medical procedure, is now at home and recovering well.

We hope to see both men back on the sideline in the near future.

 

 

14-Feb-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Start dates (confirmed and prov) for Club Compet

{UPDATE: The following is info. that was released to clubs in Feb. and gives prov. dates for the various Club competitions. I will update this item when more concrete dates are available from the CCC – Brendan PRO (21 Apr 07)

Following the meeting of Coiste Ceannais na gComortaisi Liatroma of 12 Feabhra 2007, I wish to inform you of the following agreed starting dates applying to All County Leagues 2007.

Division 1 WE 14/15 Aibrean

Division 2 WE 14/15 Aibrean

Division 3 WE 31 Marta/01 Aibrean

Division 4 WE 10/11 Marta

Division 5 WE 03/04 Marta

As Coiste na nÓg has scheduled Club MFL for 04 Marta, it is envisaged that Division 5 Round 1 games will be fixed for Satharn 03 Marta.

With regard to the Shield Competitions the agreed starting dates will be WE 12/13 Bealtaine.

The situation regarding dates for the club championshipsis as of yet unclear, particularly with regard to the fact that it will be tied into the progress of the Liatroim Senior Football team in 2007. However, it was agreed that the earliest possible starting date for SFC 2007 will be WE 21/22 Iuil, with all other grades of championship following asap the playing of Round 1 of the SFC.

Hoping that this will be of partial assistance to your club in planning your seasons preparations and more concise details of league draws etc will follow later.

 

 

13-Feb-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Clare v Leitrim

Clare 1-14 Leitrim 1-9

Clare secured their second successive victory in Division 2A following a 1-14 to 1-9 win over Leitrim in Ennis on Sunday.

The Banner men received a major boost during the week with Denis Russell returning to the squad, and he played a key role in the five-point win over the Ridge men – Scóring 0-5 in all (0-3 from frees).

Clare were given little trouble through the course of the game and with a strong wind at their backs established a 0-10 to 0-4 lead at half time.

However, Leitrim were not bereft of determination and managed to cut the margin to just two points with 15 minutes to go in the game.

But it proved to be insufficient to overturn the game and a goal from Gary Brennan soon afterwards thrust the home side ahead once more.

Leitrims goal came at the very end of the game through a controversial penalty after goalkeeper Joe Hayes was adjudged to have blocked a shot with his foot.

 

 

12-Feb-07 by www.gaa.ie

Cardiac Screening

Two weeks ago, the Medical, Scientific and Welfare Committee of the GAA announced a number of new initiatives relevant to medical issues within the Association, including details of their plans to address the issue of Sudden Cardiac death.

They plan to complete a study of over 400 inter-county footballers and hurlers which will involve full cardiac screening of the players taking part, involving physical examination, ECG (Electrocardiogram) and ECHO (Echocardiogram) testing and the completion of a questionnaire. This pilot project will be completed under the direction of Dublin City University and participating players will be screened in the Mater Hospital under the supervision of cardiologists with a special interest in sport. We will be contacting the players selected for the pilot project in the coming days.

In addition, the committee, under the chairmanship of Dr. Pat Duggan, has recommended that all players over the age of fourteen should self-administer a questionnaire based on symptoms associated with exercise and family history of cardiac issues.

The questionnaire which can be accessed on the GAA website at [link= “www.gaa.ie “]www.gaa.ie[/link] by going to the link for ?GAA Forms Medical?. It is crucial that all our players over the age of 14 are made aware of this recommendation. I ask you, therefore, to draw the matter to the attention of all your clubs at the next County Committee meeting and to use the various communication channels open to you to ensure that all our players are aware of the importance of completing this questionnaire.

Paraic ? Dufaigh
Bainisteoir na nImreoiri (Player Welfare Manager)

Tel. 01-8363222 Extn.2148
pduffy@admingaa.ie

 

 

12-Feb-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Up Coming Coaching Events

Connacht GAA Provincial Coaching Conference
On Saturday 10th February in the Mc William Park Hotel, Claremorris, the first Connacht Coaching Conference will take place. Key note speakers at this conference will be Professor Tom Reilly and Professor Niall Moyna, while the workshops will be given by Pat Flanagan, trainer of the All-Ireland winning Kerry team. Michael Mc Geehan, Paudi Butler, Fiona O Driscoll and Damien Young.
(This function is now booked out.)

Basic First Aid Course
A first aid course, covering basic injuries will be held in the Bush Hotel on Friday night next 09/02, commencing at 8 pm. Numbers are restricted, so I would ask all clubs to please contact me with the names of those attending. Clubs have been asking for a course like this, so please don?t miss it. This course will be offered in other regions of the County if there is enough Interest.

Core Stability Workshop
On Monday night 12/02/07 in teh Bush Hotel at 7:30pm Mr. Des Ryan will present a practical workshop on Core Stability. This workshop will demonstrate how to develop core strength which is a much neglected area in the development of our club players. Des Ryan is the current strength trainer to the Connacht Rugby team and the Galway football team.

Primary School Coaching
All primary Schools should note that School Coaching will recommence on Monday 26/02/07. We will be in touch with all Schools over the next few weeks to outline exact details.

Foundation Level Course
A foundation level course will be run towards the end of the month. Venue as yet to be decided, so all clubs wishing to have their coaches qualified should contact Thomas Keenan 087 6591049, so as the most suitable venue can be arranged.

Fitness Testing Workshop
A practical workshop on Fitness testing for club players will be given by John Tobin on Tuesday 27/02/07. Full details in next weeks news.

Hurling Workshop on TV
Our Hurling workshop held on Thursday night last in Manorhamilton, proved a hugh success, with over fifty young hurlers receiving coaching from guest coaches Paudi Butler, Damien Coleman and Kevin Brisco. A special word of thanks to Micheal Dolan for all his work and also to the Principal and staff of St. Clares comprehensive for the use of their superb gym. Please note this workshop will be featured on RTE 1 programme Pobal, to be broadcast on next Sunday evening at 5.30 pm.

 

 

09-Feb-07 by Thomas Keenan

Leitrim Team to play Clare

The following lineout remains unchanged from the team that played Offaly.

The team to play Clare this Sunday at 1:30pm in Ennis in the 2nd round of the Allianz National League:

1. Noel Gill – Cill Tiobraid
2. Barry McWeeney – Acadh na Sileann
3. John McKeon – Droim Raghallaigh
4. Dermot Reynolds – Naomh Muire
5. Ciaran Kennedy – Maothail
6. Barry Prior – Acadh Mhaolainn
7. Shane Foley – Cill Tiobraid
8. Michael Duignan – Barr na C?ille
9. Gary McCloskey – Barr na C?ille
10. Colin Regan – Gaeil na Meilge
11. Michael Foley – Droim Caorthainn
12. Brendan Brennnan – Gaeil na Meilge
13. Fintan McBrian – Acadh Easa
14. Ciaran Duignan – Fiodhnach-Naomh Cail?n
15. James Glancy – Gleann an Chairthe Cluain?n

 

 

09-Feb-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Professional Pitch Line Marking Demonstration

It was announced at last night?s meeting of Coiste Chontae Liatroma that a professional pitch line marking demonstration will be taking place at Leitrim Gaels GAA pitch on Monday next 12 Feabhra.

Please note that the demonstration will commence at 2pm and not 4pm as announced on Monday night last.

Please inform any interested parties from your club who may have been intending to attend.

For your information this is a new method of lining pitches which uses laser technology and is one of only four demonstrations scheduled nationwide.

 

 

09-Feb-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO