St Marys faced Tubbercurry in the fifth round of
the league at Kent Park on Saturday evening. A very entertaining game ensued between 2
well matched sides, and the outcome remained in the balance until the referee
blew the final whistle. The game was
all the tighter as neither side could achieve dominance and possession was even
throughout. Paul Kilcoyne continued his
good form with an early goal, and this was just enough for Marys to stay in
front as half time approached. Our men
had to contend with a game ending injury to the unlucky Stephen Coen, and this
forced St Marys to switch into a more defensive style of play for the second
half. Tubbercurry threw everything at
us, and things looked shaky when a last minute free ball crashed into the back
of the net. Spirited defending kept out the South Sligo side, and a relieved
Kent Park crowd celebrated a 2 point victory at full time. The scoreline was 1-16 to 1-14, and well
done to Marys who remain unbeaten in the league with maximum points from 5
matches. The squad play their next
league game on Saturday evening at 7pm away against St Molaise
The U14 boys made it another evening to remember when they defeated
Castleconnor on Thursday. It was a
comfortable win and a good start meant that the game was beyond our visitors
early. Well done to the lads on
dominating and good to see all 24 squad members had their say in the match in
contributing to an excellent performance.
None of the other lads’ teams saw action last week, and most are
scheduled for play this week with the U7’s through to the U10’s in what
promises to be a busy Tuesday evening in Oxfield against Drumcliffe/Rosses
Point. The U12’s are home to Coolera on
Tuesday and then on Friday there is a semi-final to look forward to when St
Marys take on Calry/St Josephs at 7pm in their league semi final.
The U10 girls are playing Coolera on Wednesday
at 6.30 in Ransboro, and have been invited to play in a Connacht LGFA blitz on
Saturday which is being held in the Connacht Centre of Excellence. The U12
girls are becoming the side to watch, with another gutsy victory, this time against
St Farnons in the quarter final of the A league. Conditions were difficult and it took some
time for the girls to get a feel for the wind and an unfamiliar pitch. This led to their being behind at the end of
the 3rd quarter, but an extra gear was found and they finished
strongly and won by 12 to 7. Their
reward is a semi-final against Eoghan Rua on this Thursday, and we wish them
well.
After some indifferent displays, the U16 girls
returned to winning ways in emphatic style in their final league group game
away to Shamrock Gaels last Tuesday evening. In near perfect conditions, the game exploded
from the throw-in as both sides needed the win to have any chance of
progressing further in what has been the tightest league most people can
remember. It was an end to end game played
at a frenetic pace and the Marys girls led by 4 points at half time. We gradually got on top in the 2nd half to finally
pull away in the final quarter and win on a scoreline of 10-7 to 3-13. This was
a brilliant all round team performance, and bodes well for their Championship
prospects later in the summer. We now
await the result of Tourlestrane and Drumcliffe on Monday night, hoping home advantage will give Tourlestrane the win to secure us
a play off. The Senior Ladies play their
final group match in the league on Sunday when they visit Geevagh.