Excitement over the next Backdoor round
against Cork is growing and best wishes from all in St Marys goes to Pat and
his players who have been brilliant so far.
Our thoughts are with Johnny Martin after the turn he took following
County training and we trust he will have a speedy recovery.
Adult
Football
The Junior
League Final has been postponed until next Sunday (July 27th) due to
a sad bereavement in Enniscrone. The
match takes place in Tubbercurry at 1.30 and is preceded by our U14’s taking on
the same opposition in the Plate final of their league. The Senior team had a comprehensive league win
over Geevagh by 4-11 to 1-06. The match
was close at half time with Marys holding a 2 points advantage. The second half commenced with a devastating
spell from our lads which yielded 2 well worked goals from Dylan Corcoran and
Seamus Cawley, and gradually the scoreline stretched with some well taken
points. Midway through the second half
a classic Johnny Davey goal, which in itself was worth attending the match,
ended Geevagh’s resistance. Results
elsewhere were in St Marys favour and we have qualified for the league final,
which is a tremendous achievement for team management and players.
Bord
na nÓg
The Minor footballers continued
their winning ways grinding out a 1-17 to 1-07 victory over St Johns. Cuilbeg
is never an easy place to visit and Captain Luke Nicholson together with Dylan
Kilgallon and Jack Keegan marshalled the team through difficult moments against
a determined St Johns side. The side
was missing a couple of starters and their replacements stepped up
impressively. Our U16’s next test in
the Championship will be against Eastern Harps this Monday. The guys have been very unfortunate with
results this year and we are hoping the tide has turned following a hugely
encouraging win against St Maloise Gaels in the previous round. The U14s meet Enniscrone/Kilglass in the rearranged
B League Shield final on this Sunday at noon.
It will be an exciting double header as the match precedes the Junior
League final. Next for the U12’s is an
away outing this Tuesday 22nd against St Maloise Gaels in Groups A and D. Please keep up the great support for our
teams, in particular the U14 final.
Coaching for our younger age groups continues each Saturday at
10.45. We have large turnouts every
week and the children are enjoying the games and sharpening skills every
week. Thank you to Niall and all the
coaches who put in such a great effort.
Ladies
Section
The Intermediate ladies
were the team of the week with 2 matches in the Championship, firstly having a
comfortable 8-15 to 2-05 win against St Farnons and then losing a high scoring
game by a single point against Eastern Harps.
The girls deserve great credit for the performance against Eastern Harps
as 11 of the team that played St Farnons were missing and Emma Hannesbury was
injured early in the game. We hope
Emma’s injury is not serious and wish her a quick return to full fitness. Next match in the Championship is Curry on
August 3rd.
Training continues in
each of the underage groups in preparation for the Championships. It is important that all girls attend
training when available as many people are away due to holidays, and matches
will be upon us before we know it.
Other
Preparations are in play
for the upcoming Fleadh Ceoil and volunteers are needed to assist. St Marys will be a centre for competition
and accommodation for the week and if you can spare some time during the Fleadh
please contact Frank Carter or Kevin Molloy.
Our Cycle will take place
in early September and it promises to be another enjoyable day for
everyone. More details will be
available in next week’s notes.