Our Bord na nOg youngsters had a
special treat last weekend when a trip to the All Ireland Semi Finals was
organised for them. There was a great
response and 2 bus loads travelled to the city and attended the Tyrone Monaghan
contest. Thanks those who worked so
hard in organising the trip and to the parents travelling to help out on the
day.
On the playing front our U9 and 10
girls played in a blitz in Scarden on Thursday last. Both teams were excellent and show a continued
improvement with each outing. No time to rest as they play again this Wednesday
evening in St Johns at 6:45pm. The U12
girls have shown good form all season and again hit high marks when completing the
Round Robin phase of their Championship with a good win over St. Nathy's on
Friday evening. This puts us into a
playoff, opposition and venue have yet to be decided. Well done to all the
girls on such a good performance, and next training sessions will be
particularly important. The U16 girls
have their second game of the championship this Thursday against Eoghan Rua in Scarden
throw in 7pm. This promises to be a
good tie given the evenness of the teams involved in the Championship and best
of luck to everyone. Our Minor girls were
again right on form last Wednesday with a strong performance against Owenmore
Gaels. Despite absences, the girls took
the match by 7-19 to 7-06 and lead the league table. Their final match in the league section is
on August 22nd against St Nathys.
On the boys side, there was no luck
as the U16’s suffered a 3-11 to 1-10 defeat to Drumcliffe Rosses Point and now
need a victory against Ballymote Bunninadden in their next match to continue in
the Championship. The U14 squad are in
action on Thursday when they host neighbours Coolera. Our Senior men did not have a good day this
weekend against Tubbercurry, falling by 2-15 to 0-11. The guys started slowly and were playing
catch-up throughout against a determined Tubbercurry side. The couple of weeks break until the next
match will be welcome and no doubt the guys will show the type of strong form
we are used to seeing from them next time out.
Preparations for the “24 Hour Relay
Run” Fundraiser are in full swing and weekly exercise sessions are underway. There
has been a great response and anyone wanting to join in atthis stage is welcome
to contact David Keane or Niall Murray.
People can run, jog or walk their 2 x 1-hour legs of the 24 hour event
which will be based in Mitchell Curley Park.
The event will start at 7pm on
Friday 14th September and continue through the night to finish at 7pm Saturday
15th September