Castleconnor GAA Club notes

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Benson Cup FINAL:
The senior team face Calry/St. Joseph's in the Benson cup final on Good Friday evening @ 5.30pm at Corran Park in Ballymote. It is part of a double header with the Kiernan Cup final. Good luck to the team and management. Get out and support the team!
 
Lotto Results:
Numbers draw from last weekend were 5, 20, 28 and 31. There was no winner. Match 3's were Ben Cawley and Willie Harkins. Jackpot is now €12,400 and the next draw takes place in Mahony's on Saturday April 26th.
 
Senior League Division 2:
The team travelled to Connolly Park to take on Owenmore Gaels in the second round of the league on Sunday afternoon last. The wide open pitch in Collooney suited our youthful side. There was a very strong wind in the first half which we played into and it had no affect on the score sheet with the team racking up an impressive 3-3 in a matter of 6 minutes. It was all one way traffic for the duration of the contest and the team ran out easy winners 7-14 v 1-03.
Anthony Kilcullen, Martin Foody, Pat McGuinness, Tom Cawley, Jason Earlis, Keith Earlis, Eoin Kent,  Paul Kilcullen, Kevin McDonnell, Eamon Cawley, Kevin Langan, Niall Judge, Stephen Curley, Eoin Flynn, Matthew Cullen. 
 
U-14:
Our very young U14 team were heavily defeated by Geevagh last Friday. Despite missing a large number of players they put up a fight and outplayed their opponents in the last quarter, scoring 5-04. This gives great hope to the team for the remaining league games and championship.
Team: Owen Gillard, David Coggins, Fergal Boland, Colm naughton, Liam Donnegan, Dáire Barrins, Ronan Wilson, Andrew Blakeney, James Tully, Patrick Cooney, Rian Winters
 
U-16:
The u16 team got back to winning ways when they defeated Calry/St. Joeseph's on Friday in Castleconnor. 
They had a good start, leading 4 points to 1 after 15 minutes thanks to Sean Carrabine and Micheal Cahill. But Calry refused to lie low and scored a goal to level the game, tapping in a rebound after Kenneth Flynn pulled off a great save. It was tit for tat for the rest of the half with points from Sean and Micheal again. The score at half time: 6 points to 1-3.


Calry held a lot of possession in the second half ​but were unable to get the scores thanks to great defence  and pressure from the full backs up to midfield. Benny Foody made some great breaks driving out of defense with the ball, as did James Boland and Danny O'Hora, with Daire Barrins and Niall Judge doing well. At the other end Sean Carrrabine was driving through tackles, with Luke Munnely winning ball ahead of his man and Elliot Beardshall and Brian Mahoney making runs inside with Odhran Quinn.

 Castleconnor won a penalty when Sean was pulled down running through on goal. Luke made no mistake in slotting home from the spot. Sean was unlucky to hit the post from a quick 13 metre free but was on the score sheet again when he scored the sides second goal. Paul Flynn scored another point. For the last few minutes there was desperate  defending as Calry came forward in waves, but the lads held out for a 1 point win, 2-7 to 1-9

Team: Kenneth Flynn, Niall Judge, James Boland, Daire Barrins, Benny Foody, Danny O'Hora, Sean Carrabine (1-5), Paul Flynn (0-1), Luke Munnely (1-0), Micheal Cahill ( 0-2), Odhran Quinn, Elliot Beardshall (captain), Brian Mahoney
 
Minor:
On Tuesday our minor team secured a league semi final with a game to spare after their away win over Tourlestrane.
It wasn't all good however as the hosts scored 2-1 in the first 10 minutes. They enjoyed most of the possession for the next 5 minutes but were unable to convert this to the scoreboard. Soon after Matthew Cullen scored the first point for the reds. Another few points from Matthew and Jason Earlis before Jason smashed the ball into the roof of the net. Stephen Durkan made way for Paul Flynn at this point, with the newcomer filling in left half and James Boland moving to corner back. There was time for another point from Matthew before the teams broke for half time. 2-2 to 1-5.
The second half started similar to the first again Tourlestrane racing into a 6 point lead. It was the last score, the goal that really woke up our lads.Then they started to make some attacking space and soon cut the gap to 3 thanks to Sean Carrabine's goal. Lewis Beardshall came on for Danny O'Hora and straight away made some vital tackles in the forward line, pinning back the hosts. Matthew scored the third goal for Castleconnor but Tourlestrane scored another 2 points to go a point in front. Enda Kilcullen replaced Cian Barrins before Jack O'Hora leveled the game again. Two more points from Matthew and Micheal Cahill saw out the game.
The boys are now unbeaten and will look to continue that with their last group game against Enniscrone to ensure the home semi final.
Team: Kenneth Flynn, Conor Gallagher, Stephen Durkan, James Boland, Cian Barrins, Benny Foody, Jason Earlis (1-1, c), Keith Foody, Sean Carrabine ( 1-0), Jack O'Hora (0-1), Micheal Cahill (0-1), Matthew Cullen (1-5), Danny O'Hora
Subs: Enda Kilcullen, Lewis Beardshall, Paul Flynn and Odhran Quinn.
 
Congrats:
Well Done to Castleconnor’s Joe Cawley in finishing the London Marathon in a fantastic time of 2 hours 37 minutes. Joe played for Castleconnor GAA Club for many years.

Joe’s split times were, 5K in 18 minutes, 10K in 37 minutes, half marathon in 1 hour 18 minutes and the full marathon in 2 hours 37 minutes. Out of the 10’s of thousands of runners Joe crossed the line in 140th position overall.


The week ahead:
Tuesday: Castleconnor U-12 v Ballisodare away @ 7.00pm
Good Friday: Benson Cup final Castleconnor v Calry @ 5.30pm in Ballymote.
Easter Sunday: Senior league Castleconnor v Calry @ 5.00pm in Hazelwood.
Easter Monday: Junior league Castleconnor v Geevagh @ 12.00pm in Corballa.