It was a case of Geevagh v St John’s multiplied by three on the fields of play this weekend. Our Senior Lads retained their intermediate Championship by defeating John’s by a four-point margin on Saturday afternoon last. Played in Coola in ideal conditions, a goal in this game was always going to be the deciding factor. True to form it was, thankfully it was our lads grabbed the crucial goal from wing back Vincent Corcoran. Early scores from the boot of Kenneth Sweeney saw our lads lead 0.02 to 0.00 after ten minutes. John’s levelled things moments later and went two points up before county man Donal Conlon brought it back to 0.04 to 0.03, which ended up being the half time score.

The 2^nd half started with John’s stretching their lead to two points again before that all important goal arrive, this score give our lads a bad needed lift and they powered on kicking kicking two points without reply to leave the score at 1.05 to 0.05 entering the last ten minutes of this nervous affair.

Both sides swapped points in the final stages of the game, but as mentioned earlier it was the goal that was the difference in the end.

Final Score: Gaobhach CLG 1.08, St John’s 0.07.

Well done to players and management on their endeavours for the season.

Squad on the day was:

Darren Kearns, Arthur Wall, George Wall, Vincent Corcoran (1.1), Gary McManamon, Conor Lavin, Tomas O’Reilly, Joseph O’Reilly (0.1), Donal Conlon (0.1), Declan Cunnane (0.1), Ciaran Jennings, TJ Davey (0.1), Eamonn McDonagh  Daithi O’Reilly, Eoin Cullen, Daniel Smith, Daniel Devine, Darren Foley, Kenneth Sweeney (0.3), Diarmuid Lavin, Dylan Gabbidon, Muiris Flynn, Darragh McDonagh, Conor Mostyn, Paddy Mc Goldrick, Thomas Flynn, Liam McDonagh, Enda McManus, Sean O’Reilly, Eddie Farrell.

Next up in the Geevagh / John’s weekend saga was an U.16 Girls Championship Final clash. Played in Curry, our girls got off to a great start going 2.1 to 0.0 after ten minutes, John’s had their purple patch scoring 2.1 of their own without reply. Geevagh dominated the remainder of the half scoring 1.4 to go in at half time by 3.5 to 2.2, our goals coming from Grainne (2) and Leanne. Some great defending in the first half from Rachel, Ailbhe and Ava kept the John’s forwards at bay. The Girls first half efforts took their toll on our young stars midway through the 2^nd half with John’s dominating a lot of the positions, they struck for two second half penalty goals to put them in the driving seat, but true to form our Girls battled back again with goals of their own to swing the game back in their favour, however John’s struck for their eight goal of this entertaining affair to run out winners on an 8.08 to 6.08 final score line.

Great credit to all players and the management team on an entertaining year,

Squad on the day was:

Laura O’Reilly, Jessica Gray, Rachel Moran, Chloe Egan, Millie Ryan, Ava Duggan, Ailbhe Corcoran, Jade Gabiddon (1.0), Ella O’Reilly, Aine Mostyn, Michelle Mc Donagh (0.2), Ruth Killoran (1.1), Grainne Smith (3.4), Leanne Egan (1.1), Suzie O’Grady, Zoe Conlon, Ellie Harte.

The third and final part of the saga was an U.17 Championship semi-final in Stenson Park on Sunday evening last. Played in blustery conditions our GSTM lads struck first with points from Dara and John before John’s opened their account. The old cliché of goals win games applied to this game, with John’s scoring five to our lads three. John’s scored three of their five goals in a ten-minute spell to put them 3.02 to 0.2 ahead, our Lads to their credit battled away and were rewarded with three goals from Shane (2) and Dara. Half Time score was level at 3.03 apiece.

Our Lads started the 2^nd half with a bit more fire in their bellies, some great points from Conor (3), Lee (2) and Kyle saw our lads stretch their advantage, before John’s struck for the first of their two second half goals to knock the wind out of our lad’s sails.

Final score read GSTM 3.10. St John’s 5.08.

Despite conceding those three first half goals our lads showed great spirit to bring the game level and indeed lead for the majority of the 2^nd half.

Thanks to all the players and the management team for their works throughout the season. Best of luck to the lads who are out of the U.17 grade and will be playing adult football in 2023.

Squad on the night was:

Oisin Murray, Jake Cawley, Finn Heffernan, Darragh Mastin, Culann Gilmartin, Cathal Keaney, John Corcoran (0.1), Lee Flanagan (0.2), Shane O’Connor (2.0), Dara Mostyn (1.3), Conor O’Donovan (0.3), Kyle Gabiddon (0.1), Sean Keaney, Harry Graham, James Lavin, James O’Connor Kerins.

Our U.7’s had a blitz in Scarden on Wednesday last, that finishes their season for 2022. Our U.11 & U.9’s has their end of season blitz this coming Wednesday.

Thanks to DJ Daithi who was spinning the tunes at our underage Disco on Friday evening last. Many thanks also to Noreen who organised the goody bags for all those who attended.

Sympathy is extended to the family, relatives and Friends of the late Joe Mullaney, Barroe.

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