Lotto
The lotto numbers drawn on Monday July 31st
were 9, 10, 16 and 22. There was no winner of the €2800 jackpot.
Lotto tickets are available from Keane’s Supermarket, Bree’s Bar, Margaret’s
Café and also from Joe Gildea. The draw takes place every Monday in the
clubhouse. The new jackpot is €2900.
Junior Ladies through to Championship Final
The junior ladies finished their championship
group stage with a home win against St. Molaise Gaels on Sunday. After a slow start the girls settled into the
game when Laura-Ann Laffey goaled from a penalty. This was followed by two
points before Meadhbh Kenneally scored the first of her two goals to open up a
sizeable lead. With Ruth Goodwin running from midfield, gaps opened up in the
visitors’ defence and by half time Coolera-Strandhill led by 3-07 to 1-02.
Three second-half points from Ciara Redmond, added to three more from Laura-Ann
set the platform for a solid second period. Attracta Halloran was also on the
score-sheet with a brace of points and Ciara Healy finished off a super team
move with a well taken score, before Meadhbh Kenneally settled the tie with her
second goal. In what was a very good team performance, there were some fine
individual performances. In addition to Ruth Goodwin and Ciara Redmond in
midfield, Jacqui Mulligan led the defence, well supported by Gráinne Redmond,
Ellen Monaghan and Caoimhe O’ Sullivan. Laura-Ann Laffey caused endless
problems for the Molaise Gaels defence,
while Meadhbh Kenneally and Attracta Halloran were also very effective. The
girls now go on to play the County Final on September 16th at 12.00
in Markievicz Pk. Team; Sarah Lindsay, Aislinn Doggett, Virginia Mulligan,
Gráinne Redmond, Caoimhe O’ Sullivan, Jacqui Mulligan (0-01), Ellen Monaghan,
Ruth Goodwin (0-02), Ciara Redmond (0-03), Jessica Halloran (Deborah Kelly),
Laura-Ann Laffey (1-06), Attracta Halloran (0-02), Pamela Higgins (Ciara Healy
(0-01)), Meadhbh Kenneally (2-01), Eimear McCallion.
Senior Hurling
Championship
Our senior hurlers had a good win in round four
of the championship with a home fixture against Tourlestrane on Sat. last Aug. 5th. at Ransboro Park. This was an important match following
two defeats in the previous rounds and the level of intensity shown by the
players was of a high order. Playing with the breeze in the first half the lads
built up a healthy scoreline of 3-10 to 0-4 by half-time. The second-half
proved to be a tighter affair but the players’ persistence paid off and they
went on to win 5-19 to 1-6. The last round match of the championship
will be a home fixture against Tubbercurry and
will take place in the last weekend in August.
Team: Colm Scanlon, Cathal Burke, Niall Cadden
(Capt.), Jonathan Porter, Thomas Moran, R. Redmond, Conor Gillen (0-2), Frankie
O Flynn (1-2), David Kilrehill (2-0), Gary Cadden (0-5), Brian Tobin (0-2),
Marc Comerford (0-2), Kieran Prior (0-2), Conor O Mahony (2-2), Colm Parke
(0-2). Subs. used - Fionn Morrissey, Sean Callaghan, Sean Chambers, Shane
Brenan, Luke Comerford.
U10
Hurling
Training continues on Saturday at 10.45 to 12 at Ransboro pitch for
underage hurlers. The excitement is building for the young hurlers as they will
be heading to Croke Park on Sunday to take in the Cork v Waterford All Ireland
Semi Final.
U14 Championship
A depleted under 14 panel took on St. Michael’s in Ransboro last Friday.
While the boys started well and were in contention for much of the first half,
their opponents were just too strong on the evening and built up a substantial
lead heading in to half time. This was despite the best efforts of the defence,
in particular Naoise Brennan, Ryan Young and Jamie Walsh, and some fantastic
saves from Cathal Morahan in goals. The second half followed the same pattern
with our boys starting well, putting some nice passing moves together. Central
to this were Liam Gilligan and Ross Doherty in midfield, supported in the
attack by Mark McDaniel and Donncha Beirne who ran tirelessly at the visitors
defence. Unfortunately it wasn’t to be, but they still have another chance to
make the semi-finals. Team; Cathal Morahan, Jamie Kilfeather, Naoise Brennan,
Tadhg Doggett, Ryan Young, Jamie Walsh, Ross Doherty, Liam Gilligan, Donncha
Beirne, Mark McDaniel, Cathal Ballantine, Ben Byrne, Jakub Krajluski; subs;
Oran Harte, Ben Cawley, Aaron Lindsay.
U16 Girls
The under 16 girls got their championship campaign off to a winning
start with a comprehensive victory over St. Nathy’s in Ransboro last Thursday. Dominating
in all areas from the throw in, they ran up a very impressive 8-12 over the
hour. Top scorers were Sarah McCormack with 4-04 and Amy Hampson who scored
2-05 proving that she is just as comfortable in front of goals as she is
defending them. Others to score were Aislinn Doggett and Roisin Heneghan who
both raised green flags, the remaining points coming from Eilis Burke (0-02)
and Cliodhna O’ Sullivan (0-01). This was a great team performance from Sarah
Lindsay in goals, who was very safe when called upon and whose kick-outs were
very effective, to all the subs who contributed as much as everyone. Gráinne
Redmond and Caoimhe O’ Sullivan led the defence, ably assisted by Holly
Gilligan, Nadine Deering, Eimear Callaghan and Amy Deering. The midfield pair
of Aislinn Doggett and Cliodhna O’ Sullivan impressed, as did Eva Schoen when
introduced for the injured Aislinn. Up front, in addition to Amy Hampson and
Sarah McCormack, there were good performances from Ellen Prior, Ruth
Conlon-Oates, Eilis Burke and Roisin Heneghan. The girls’ next tie is an away
match with CT Gaels on August 17th.