Our
Senior men travelled to Keash on Sunday afternoon to take on Eastern
Harps. Having lost to Harps in the 2017
Championship semi-final, Marys entered the game as underdogs, with momentum
definitely being with Harps. Neither
team had its full compliment available, but this did not detract from a
compelling tie as every player played to such a high standard. A very tight first half finished level at
1-08 apiece and then Marys suffered a telling blow when the in-form Dermot
O’Connor had to leave the pitch due to injury.
Harps had the better of the second half and pulled 3 points clear with
some brilliant counter breaks. However
Marys retained their composure and angled back into contention, and were a
point behind when they received a late penalty, but were unable to convert and
ended losing the game on the narrowest of margins. Well done to all on a fantastic match and we
look forward to further good play in the weeks to come. We also commend Eastern Harps on their
impressive clubhouse facility which is nearing completion. The Junior squad have one league match left
and then face into Championship.
Well
done once again to both our U12 boys teams this week, we had two excellent
performances away to Eastern Harps and although losing narrowly in both games
we have put ourselves in a great position to reach both semi-finals. Our final
group game is at home on July 10th v Ballymote/Bunninadden. The U14 boys were at Feile and a report will
be included in next week’s notes. The U16
boys had a good win over St Molaise Gaels in the last round of the league. Tom
Gavin gave a captain’s performance helped in no small measure by Fionn O’Hehir,
Cormac Niland, Jimmy Monaghan and Shane Muldowney who were also outstanding. By virtue of that win we now top the table
and can look forward to the final when once again the opposition will be St
Molaise Gaels.
Our U14 Girls travelled to Cavan on Friday for Feile and what a weekend it was
for the girls and their travelling support.
The first game was against Kingscourt, but we seemed to need the game to
get used to playing in the competition, and ended losing by a goal and a point. However our girls got into the winning
groove for the next game against our Host club, Shercock, and confidently went
on to play their final group match against Scotland. In
intense heat the girls had a fantastically strong performance, and dominated
the match running out victorious with a score of 1-6 to 0-1. The excitement built over the 2 days and now
the girls were in a semi final on Sunday morning against Dunsany. This match was played in Stanmullen in Meath,
and things were looking bright when we bagged 2 quick goals playing with the
wind in the first half. After the
break, we faced a strengthening wind and Dunsany closed the gap, and while we
had chances we could not capitalise and were on the wrong side of the result by
2 points. Whilst disappointed, the
girls played skilful and determined football over the course of the weekend and
take lovely memories home of a great weekend which they will always remember. We would like to thank our host team
Shercock for their fantastic hospitality.