Play your part for Leitrim
We all know the chorus of The Boys from the County Armagh and probably most Armagh followers could manÓge a line or two from Lovely Leitrim, so there will be little between us if the singing starts on the stand and terraces on Saturday.
But it is not a song contest, of course. It’s serious stuff. The winners take another step in the Championship, while the losers return to domestic competition.
The men from the North will be raging hot favourites following on from their annihilation of Wicklow in the last Qualifier round, together with having been All Ireland winners just over a decade ago and also having part of the all-conquering Crossmaglen club in their line-up. Add to that big-time experience and what have you, so little wonder that the pundits will have this game down as a sure thing for the visitors.
All that could be a valuable plus for Leitrim. And if the men in the green and gold perform as they did in the second half of the replay against London, then Armagh might have a little more trouble than everybody is bargaining for. Those last thirty seven minutes or so in Hyde Park showed what passion, pride, determination and an abundance of skill can do.
There will be great pre-match focus of what a footballing genius like Jamie Clarke can do to the Leitrim backline. But Jamie can only dazzle with his brilliance when he is in possession of the ball, so whoever is detailed to be his marker has a very specific job to do, just don’t allow him possession. Easy to say, a lot harder to do, but that is what every man in a Leitrim jersey must achieve. Just get the better of your opposite number and what more can be expected of you. We need everybody playing to their full potential and working as a team.
If the game were in Crossmaglen or Lurgan or Armagh, the home support would boost their players. Surely we can rise to the same level in Carrick on Shannon? All of us can play a valuable part, more valuable than we might think. Nothing can lift the men in the green and gold more than the Lei-trim Lei-trim chant from every corner of Páirc Seán.
Be there.
08-Jul-13 by Leitrim GAA
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Connacht Gold Senior Football Championship Quarter Finalists 2013
Club FootballConnacht Gold Senior Football Championship Quarter Finalists 2013
St. Marys, Gortletteragh, Glencar Manorhamilton, Allen Gaels, Melvin Gaels, Mohill, Carrigallen, plus winners of 8th place play off
8th Place Play Off
Annaduff v Bornacoola
Relegation Semi Final
Aughawillan, Drumreilly, Kiltubrid, + runners up of 8th place play off
Open draws for the Connacht Gold Leitrim Senior Football Championship pairings will take place after conclusion of 8th place games next weekend.
06-Aug-13 by Colette Fox – PRO
Leitrim Club Championships
Club FootballRound 2 of our Connacht Gold Senior and GWP Intermediate Leitrim Club Championships take place this weekend across five championship venues. Twelve games are scheduled for Drumshanbo, Páirc Sean, Carrigallen, Cloone and Ballinamore. Please check fixtures section of website for confirmation of venues and throw in times for your club.
After months of training, club players will give of their all this weekend for their club jersey and supporters are encouraged to get behind their teams.
Good luck to all teams.
24-Jul-13 by Colette Fox – PRO
Qualifer Fever in Pairc Sean this Saturday
Club FootballPáirc Seán will host two TG4 Ladies Senior Football Championship Round 1 Qualifiers and the Round 4 Qualifer meeting between Donegal and Laois this Saturday 27th July in Páirc Seán MacDiarmada.
TG4 Ladies Senior Football Championship Round 1 Qualifiers
Clare v Kildare @ 1.30pm
Donegal v Westmeath @ 3.15pm
Please note extra time will take place in both fixtures if necessary
GAA Football All Ireland Championship Round 4 Qualifier
Donegal v Laois @ 5pm
Spectator comfort at the very popular Páirc Mac Diarmada venue has beenÓgreatly enhanced in recent times. A particularly important innovation has been the installation of a lift to the upper tiers of the McGovern Stand, which will be of immense benefit to wheelchair users and to others in need of such a facility. The stand itself has been the subject of much praise since its official opening. Spectators will be pleased with the easier access to the grounds through the recent installation of a number of extra turnstiles and also will enjoy more comfortable viewing from the terraces as a result of control barriers having been put in place. Throughout the grounds the toilet facilities have been improved, with a new toilet block just completed, all to add to spectator comfort. Refreshments are readily available at each corner of the grounds at Snack Shops operated by the local St. Mary’s Club members. Few grounds can boast of parking facilities to match Carrick on Shannon, including the front car park itself and the surrounding parking areas, while traffic flow to and from games is enabled greatly by the magnificent road system and by the co-operation of An Garda Síochana.
Due to its geographical location, Páirc Mac Diarmada is ideally situated for Qualifier and other games and the ever-improving facilities will be welcomed by GAA fans from around the country.
Leitrim GAA look forward to welcoming the teams and supporters from Clare, Donegal, Kildare, Laois and Westmeath this weekend.
NOTHING WILL BEAT BEING IN PÁIRC SEÁN THIS SATURDAY!
24-Jul-13 by Colette Fox – PRO
Connacht GAA Ted Webb Competition 2013
Coiste na nÓgConnacht GAA Ted Webb Competition 2013
Phase 1- Qualifier
All Games in Connacht GAA Centre (20mins per half)
Details
When
Round
Venue
Pitch
Referee
Galway CW 0-9 Roscommon 1-9
19/7/2013 19:00
Section A- Round A
Connacht GAA Centre
1
C. McGovern(S)
Mayo EW 7-14 Sligo White 0-1
19/7/2013 19:00
Section A- Round B
Connacht GAA Centre
5
G. Foley(L)
Galway 1-6 Sligo Black 3-10
19/7/2013 19:00
Section B- Round C
Connacht GAA Centre
3
J. Glavey(M)
Mayo NS 0-7 Leitrim 0-8
19/7/2013 19:00
Section B- Round D
Connacht GAA Centre
4
M. Flaherty(G)
Phase 2- Ted Webb Cup
All Games in Connacht GAA Centre (20mins per half)
Details
When
Round
Venue
Pitch
Referee
Roscommon v Leitrim
27/7/2013 15:00
Round 3
Connacht GAA Centre
3
Mayo EW v Sligo Black
27/7/2013 15:00
Round 3
Connacht GAA Centre
1
Roscommon v Sligo Black
27/7/2013 14:00
Round 2
Connacht GAA Centre
3
Mayo EW v Leitrim
27/7/2013 14:00
Round 2
Connacht GAA Centre
1
Roscommon 0-5 Mayo EW 0-8
19/7/2013 20:15
Round 1
Connacht GAA Centre
5
Sligo Black 0-10 Leitrim 1-8
19/7/2013 20:15
Round 1
Connacht GAA Centre
4
Finals- Ted Webb Cup 2013
(30mins per half)
Details
When
Round
Venue
Referee
Top team in Group v Runner up in Group
5/8/2013 0:00
Cup Final
Tbc
3rd Placed Team in Group v 4th Placed Team in Group
5/8/2013 0:00
Shield Final
Tbc
Phase 2- Ted Webb Plate
All Games in Connacht GAA Centre (20mins per half)
Details
When
Round
Venue
Pitch
Referee
Mayo NS v Sligo White
27/7/2013 15:00
Round 3
Connacht GAA Centre
5
Galway CW v Galway
27/7/2013 15:00
Round 3
Connacht GAA Centre
4
Sligo White v Galway
27/7/2013 14:00
Round 2
Connacht GAA Centre
5
Mayo NS v Galway CW
27/7/2013 14:00
Round 2
Connacht GAA Centre
4
Galway CW 4-10 Sligo White 0-6
19/7/2013 20:15
Round 1
Connacht GAA Centre
1
J. Glavey(M)
Galway 0-3 Mayo NS 0-8
19/7/2013 20:15
Round 1
Connacht GAA Centre
3
C. McGovern(S)
Finals- Ted Webb Plate 2013
(30mins per half)
Details
When
Round
Venue
Referee
Top team in Group v Runner up in Group
5/8/2013 0:00
Plate Final
Tbc
3rd Placed Team in Group v 4th Placed Team in Group
5/8/2013 0:00
Plate 2 Final
Tbc
23-Jul-13 by Colette Fox – PRO
M Donnelly 60×30 Connacht Championship
Handball23-Jul-13 by Niall Scollan – Handball PRO
Hurling Summer Camp in Ballinamore
Club HurlingHurling Summer Camp in Ballinamore
Ballinamore is hosting a three-day Hurling Summer Camp in Páirc Sheáin Uí Eislin in Ballinamore starting next Monday, 29 July, with County Coaching Officer Steve Feeney.
Other coaches will be there also and it is open to all youngsters Under13 and younger to come along and learn the skills in a fun setting. Hurling is now acknowledged as the most exciting field sport of all and the excitement generated by this year’s Hurling Championship has been immense. Free Hurley and sliotar for all taking part and its only €30 for first child with concessions also. Parents can come along and encourage all. This is a wonderful opportunity for youngsters to learn hurling skills. Starts at 10.00am on Monday next.
23-Jul-13 by Colette Fox – PRO
For Leitrim it is good bye to the All Ireland Championship and back to the more mundane matters of our own club activity
County FootballBACK to BASICS
For Leitrim it is good bye to the All Ireland Championship and back to the more mundane matters of our own club activity.
Saturday was a chastening day for us, a complete contrast to the evening in Markievicz Park, when we captured our first FBD title and eagerly looked forward to the Connacht Championship game in gaelic Park, with another visit to the Big Apple guaranteed for later in the year. On that evening we cheered, applauded, hugged and kissed in euphoric joy. The best, we felt, was yet to come. A spot in the Connacht Final looked within our grasp, but feet were kept on the ground.
Emotions were very different on Saturday in Páirc Seán MacDiarmada when the relief of the final whistle came. There was no back-slapping or eyes on the next day out, but it was good to see so many, kids especially, run on to the pitch to meet the players in the green and gold, because they are still our heroes. Armagh supporters did likewise, but they could bask in their success and wonder who the next qualifier draw would throw up.
The visitors did not go easy on, even when victory was long beyond doubt, they still wanted to rattle the net. But they were playing with a full hand, absences or injuries had not taken a toll like it had with Leitrim. Both sets of players had trained in the same manner, made the same sacrifices and wore their county jersey with pride. Everyone involved with the teams had played their part too. The only difference was on the scoreboard. We should remember that.
Our club championship now looms and the Leitrim players go back into training, no easy task. They gave of their all on Saturday, every last man on the panel. No doubt they will do likewise for their club jersey.
14-Jul-13 by Tommy Moran
Match Postponed
County FootballPlease Note: Todays Fr. Manning match between Leitrim and Kildare scheduled for Páirc Seán has been postponed and will be refixed for a date yet to be arranged.
13-Jul-13 by Colette Fox – PRO
U16 Connacht Finals
Ladies11-Jul-13 by Colette Fox – PRO
Leitrim GAA Shield Final
Club Football11-Jul-13 by Colette Fox – PRO
Connacht Club Title for Fenagh Handballers
Handball08-Jul-13 by Handball
Leitrim v Armagh
County FootballPlay your part for Leitrim
We all know the chorus of The Boys from the County Armagh and probably most Armagh followers could manÓge a line or two from Lovely Leitrim, so there will be little between us if the singing starts on the stand and terraces on Saturday.
But it is not a song contest, of course. It’s serious stuff. The winners take another step in the Championship, while the losers return to domestic competition.
The men from the North will be raging hot favourites following on from their annihilation of Wicklow in the last Qualifier round, together with having been All Ireland winners just over a decade ago and also having part of the all-conquering Crossmaglen club in their line-up. Add to that big-time experience and what have you, so little wonder that the pundits will have this game down as a sure thing for the visitors.
All that could be a valuable plus for Leitrim. And if the men in the green and gold perform as they did in the second half of the replay against London, then Armagh might have a little more trouble than everybody is bargaining for. Those last thirty seven minutes or so in Hyde Park showed what passion, pride, determination and an abundance of skill can do.
There will be great pre-match focus of what a footballing genius like Jamie Clarke can do to the Leitrim backline. But Jamie can only dazzle with his brilliance when he is in possession of the ball, so whoever is detailed to be his marker has a very specific job to do, just don’t allow him possession. Easy to say, a lot harder to do, but that is what every man in a Leitrim jersey must achieve. Just get the better of your opposite number and what more can be expected of you. We need everybody playing to their full potential and working as a team.
If the game were in Crossmaglen or Lurgan or Armagh, the home support would boost their players. Surely we can rise to the same level in Carrick on Shannon? All of us can play a valuable part, more valuable than we might think. Nothing can lift the men in the green and gold more than the Lei-trim Lei-trim chant from every corner of Páirc Seán.
Be there.
08-Jul-13 by Leitrim GAA