When it comes to Leitrim football championship semi-finals this year, more evidence was produced in Drumreilly on Sunday that Glencar/Manor seems to hold the Indian sign over St. Mary, as they Carrick men suffered a late defeat for a second time at the hands of their north Leitrim rivals.
JUNIOR B CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL
GLENCAR/MANORHAMILTON 2-7
ST MARYS KILTOGHERT 1-8
A late rally in the dying minutes of Sundays entertaining GWP Junior B semi-final in Carrickmakeegan secured a place for Glencar/Manor against Kiltubrid in the County Final at the expense of St. Marys, who had got on level terms in the 55th minute with a Ross McLoughlin free.
A goal in the first half by Niall Hickey gave Glencar/Manor a slight edge in the an evenly match opening 30 minutes. Another Hickey goal, in the final ten minutes, enabled Manor to pull off a come from behind win by the time the final whistle sounded.
Glencar/Manor will face Kiltubrid in the Final as they chase their second adult football crown of the year, highlighting once again the great reserves at the disposal of the Manorhamilton club.
Kiltubrid, who defeated a strong Aughawillan team, will take some beating in the final but Manor will be confident of adding another crown to their list of achievements for 2008.
St. Marys, on the other hand, are locked in a relegation battle that could yet see all their teams relegated down a Division if their Senior team fails to maintain its Division One status.
St. Marys controlled the proceedings for greater part of the of the second half after Shane Fitzpatrick put them three points ahead when he shot an unstoppable 36th minute goal. Glencar/Manor was forced to play second fiddle until Niall Hickeys late goal resurrected their drive for a place in the final.
Manor impressed in the opening exchanges and took a two points lead in the first three minutes after Niall Hickey put over a free and Declan Ryan added a point.
But St. Marys battled back to get on level terms by the 9th minute thanks to a Damien Butler free while his brother Barry hit over a well-taken point from play.
St. Marys grabbed the lead two minutes later when Damien Butler found the range with his second free. However, Glencar/Manor got their noses ahead again in the 14th minute when Niall Hickeys ground shot eluded the clutches of St. Marys keeper Colm Guckian after Hickey was put through with a pass from a quick thinking Damien McDermott.
The Carrick men cut Manors lead to the minimum some eight minutes later after Damien Butler found the target from his third free. But James Gilmartin put some more daylight between the sides when whipped over a 24th minute point.
St. Marys ended the half firing on all cylinders when they levelled matters by the break with points from play by Owen Tivnan and Shane Fitzpatrick. St. Marys finished the half strongly with 0-6 to their credit while Glencar/Manor had notched up 1-3 at this stage.
A Shane Fitzpatrick goal, six minutes after the restart, gave Marys what appeared to be a decisive grip on the proceedings. But Manor cut back the Carrick sides lead to a single point over the next eight minutes after Dermot McMorrow shot over and sub Seamus Leddy tapped over a free.
Neither side managed to register a score for a spell as the battle for supremacy continued unhindered.But Mary’s then edged back into a two point lead in the 49th minute after Fitzpatrick fired over from play.
It was four minutes later whenÓglencar/Manor breached the Mary’s defence decisively after sub Patrick McEneaney sent a long ball into the goalmouth and Niall Hickey was on hand, to finish to the St. Mary’s for a second time.
Hitting back with admirable resolve, St. Mary’s fought hard to grab a lifeline, which Ross McLoughlin provided, when he slotted over a 55th minute free, to level matters. But the Carrick men’s challenge lost its impetus to some degree following the score.
Glencar/Manor went on to stage a grandstand finish and Pauric Kerrigan led their charge for victory when he coolly shot over 57th minute point from play. Following that Niall Hickey made the win secure for his side, six minutes later, when he tapped over a 13 metre free.
Glencar/Manorhamilton
Sean Boylan, Colm Farrell, Kenneth McMorrow, Brian Kerrigan, Dermott McMorrow (0-1), Ian Feeney, Enda Healy, Pat Gilmartin, James Gilmartin (0-1),Pauric Kerrigan (0-1), Colin Ryan, Sean Watters, Declan Ryan (0-1), Niall Hickey (2-2), Damien McDermott. Subs Seamus Leddy for B. Kerrigan (28 mins), Patrick McEneaney for Gilmartin (39 mins).
St. Mary’s Kiltoghert
Colm Guckian, Rory McLoughlin, Barry Crowe, Sean Clancy, Barry Guckian, Barry Butler (0-1), Brian Crowe, Francis Molloy, Brian O’Donnell, Damien Butler (0-3), Ross McLoughlin (0-1), Ashley Molloy, Owen Tivnan (0-1), Olcan Conway, Shane Fitzpatrick (1-2). Subs Alan Duffy for Conway (24 mins), David Keegan for Molloy (40 mins), Richie Doran for R. McLoughlin (48 mins), Paddy Guckian for D. Butler (56 min).
Referee: Gerry Spellman.
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Goals crucial as clinical Kiltubrid win out
Club FootballGreat credit is due to the Aughnasheelin club for the wonderful condition of their pitch as few other venues would have stood up as well to the conditions which saw sheets of driving rain assault the pitch just minutes ahead of the throw-in.
Aughawillan must be wondering exactly how they let this one get away as the dominated the first half and looked vastly superior but without ever making it really tell on the scoreboard.
Kiltubrid were having difficulty getting out of their own half, with full-back Barry McKiernan and centre-back David McCormack holding them together.
But when Kiltubrid did finally score, they changed the course of the game with a goal after a penalty was first saved. Within another two minutes, the ball was again nestling in the back of the Aughawillan net and that was that.
Kiltubrid were hugely buoyed by the two scores against the run of play and lifted their performance considerably while a shell-shocked Aughawillan were unable to reproduce the verve and style of their opening salvos.
Kiltubrid’s Paul McGirl took the Scóring honours as his knack of being in the right place at the right time saw him plunder three goals over the hour.
Aughawillan started brightly and two Peter Prior points, both from frees, in the first seven minutes gave them a solid opening despite misses from Prior (2) and RyanÓgavin.
Aughawillan also saw their keeper Ciaran McTague make a good save to deny Paul McGirl a goal but, 18 minutes into the game, the course of the contest took a major turn when a ball broke in the Aughawillan parallelogram.
Whether the ball was picked off the ground or a sliding tackle came in is hard to tell in the difficult conditions but referee Jimmy Stenson had no hesitation in awarding a penalty and booking corner-back Patrick Prior for dissent.
Conor Doherty’s shot was well saved by McTague but Paul McGirl rushed in to force the rebound home ahead of teammate Paddy Whitlow for a dramatic first score for Kiltubrid.
If Aughawillan were stunned to see their lead wiped out, it got worse for them two minutes later when a long range shot from Aidan McKiernan dipped at the last moment and ended up in the back of the net.
Keelan McKeon emphasised Kiltubrid’s new dominance with a monster 50-yard free but Aughawillan’s efforts to get back into contention were thwarted whenÓgerard Conlon’s shot cannoned off the post and was cleared.
RyanÓgavin scored a great point from a tight angle on 26 minutes but Paul McGirl scored a nice point on the turn two minutes later.
Aughawillan again started best in the second half but three missed chances were emphasised when StephenÓguckian fired over a sixth minute quick free.
Aughawillan, who introduced Gerry Flanagan and Jerome Quinn at halftime, took a double blow when Mickey Quinn was forced out of the game through injury and then Paul McGirl dribbled the ball soccer-style through the defence and round the keeper for an easy seventh minute goal.
Gary Maxwell pulled back a point for Aughawillan who were denied a goal thanks to a fine Adrian Lee save from Conlon on ten minutes. Peter Prior and Conor Doherty swapped points before Kiltubrid killed off the game after 19 minutes with their fourth goal.
Keelan McKeon did all the heavy work, soloing through the Aughawillan defence before presenting Paul McGirl with an easy finish. Conor Doherty added a point for the winners with a late Sean Prior the only remaining score of the game for Aughawillan.
Kiltubrid
Adrian Lee, RonanÓgeoghegan, Barry McKiernan, Neil Slevin, EamonÓgeoghegan, David McCormack, Michael McGirl, Richie Mahon, StephenÓguckian, Aidan McKiernan (1-0), Conor Doherty (0-2), Paddy Whitlow, Keelan McKeon (0-1), Paul McGirl (3-1), Gavin Kelly. Subs: Anthony Tighe for Kelly (38 mins), Michael Scollan for Slevin (39 mins), Alan McGovern & Michael Geoghegan for McGirl & Whitlow (45 mins), Brendan Meehan for Guckian (50 mins).
Aughawillan
Ciaran McTague, Patrick Prior, Olly Plunkett, Barry McBrien, Declan McGovern, Kevin McTague, Sean Prior (0-1), Mickey Quinn, Sean Flanagan (0-1), Niall Doonan, Gerard Conlon, Damien McGovern, Gary Maxwell (0-1), RyanÓgavin (0-1), Peter Prior (0-3). Subs: Gerry Flanagan & Jerome Quinn for S. Prior & D. McGovern (HT), John Prior for M. Quinn (36 mins).
Referee: Jimmy Stenson.
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14-Nov-08 by Leitrim Observer.ie
Junior B Championship Semi-Final – report
Club FootballWhen it comes to Leitrim football championship semi-finals this year, more evidence was produced in Drumreilly on Sunday that Glencar/Manor seems to hold the Indian sign over St. Mary, as they Carrick men suffered a late defeat for a second time at the hands of their north Leitrim rivals.
JUNIOR B CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL
GLENCAR/MANORHAMILTON 2-7
ST MARYS KILTOGHERT 1-8
A late rally in the dying minutes of Sundays entertaining GWP Junior B semi-final in Carrickmakeegan secured a place for Glencar/Manor against Kiltubrid in the County Final at the expense of St. Marys, who had got on level terms in the 55th minute with a Ross McLoughlin free.
A goal in the first half by Niall Hickey gave Glencar/Manor a slight edge in the an evenly match opening 30 minutes. Another Hickey goal, in the final ten minutes, enabled Manor to pull off a come from behind win by the time the final whistle sounded.
Glencar/Manor will face Kiltubrid in the Final as they chase their second adult football crown of the year, highlighting once again the great reserves at the disposal of the Manorhamilton club.
Kiltubrid, who defeated a strong Aughawillan team, will take some beating in the final but Manor will be confident of adding another crown to their list of achievements for 2008.
St. Marys, on the other hand, are locked in a relegation battle that could yet see all their teams relegated down a Division if their Senior team fails to maintain its Division One status.
St. Marys controlled the proceedings for greater part of the of the second half after Shane Fitzpatrick put them three points ahead when he shot an unstoppable 36th minute goal. Glencar/Manor was forced to play second fiddle until Niall Hickeys late goal resurrected their drive for a place in the final.
Manor impressed in the opening exchanges and took a two points lead in the first three minutes after Niall Hickey put over a free and Declan Ryan added a point.
But St. Marys battled back to get on level terms by the 9th minute thanks to a Damien Butler free while his brother Barry hit over a well-taken point from play.
St. Marys grabbed the lead two minutes later when Damien Butler found the range with his second free. However, Glencar/Manor got their noses ahead again in the 14th minute when Niall Hickeys ground shot eluded the clutches of St. Marys keeper Colm Guckian after Hickey was put through with a pass from a quick thinking Damien McDermott.
The Carrick men cut Manors lead to the minimum some eight minutes later after Damien Butler found the target from his third free. But James Gilmartin put some more daylight between the sides when whipped over a 24th minute point.
St. Marys ended the half firing on all cylinders when they levelled matters by the break with points from play by Owen Tivnan and Shane Fitzpatrick. St. Marys finished the half strongly with 0-6 to their credit while Glencar/Manor had notched up 1-3 at this stage.
A Shane Fitzpatrick goal, six minutes after the restart, gave Marys what appeared to be a decisive grip on the proceedings. But Manor cut back the Carrick sides lead to a single point over the next eight minutes after Dermot McMorrow shot over and sub Seamus Leddy tapped over a free.
Neither side managed to register a score for a spell as the battle for supremacy continued unhindered.But Mary’s then edged back into a two point lead in the 49th minute after Fitzpatrick fired over from play.
It was four minutes later whenÓglencar/Manor breached the Mary’s defence decisively after sub Patrick McEneaney sent a long ball into the goalmouth and Niall Hickey was on hand, to finish to the St. Mary’s for a second time.
Hitting back with admirable resolve, St. Mary’s fought hard to grab a lifeline, which Ross McLoughlin provided, when he slotted over a 55th minute free, to level matters. But the Carrick men’s challenge lost its impetus to some degree following the score.
Glencar/Manor went on to stage a grandstand finish and Pauric Kerrigan led their charge for victory when he coolly shot over 57th minute point from play. Following that Niall Hickey made the win secure for his side, six minutes later, when he tapped over a 13 metre free.
Glencar/Manorhamilton
Sean Boylan, Colm Farrell, Kenneth McMorrow, Brian Kerrigan, Dermott McMorrow (0-1), Ian Feeney, Enda Healy, Pat Gilmartin, James Gilmartin (0-1),Pauric Kerrigan (0-1), Colin Ryan, Sean Watters, Declan Ryan (0-1), Niall Hickey (2-2), Damien McDermott. Subs Seamus Leddy for B. Kerrigan (28 mins), Patrick McEneaney for Gilmartin (39 mins).
St. Mary’s Kiltoghert
Colm Guckian, Rory McLoughlin, Barry Crowe, Sean Clancy, Barry Guckian, Barry Butler (0-1), Brian Crowe, Francis Molloy, Brian O’Donnell, Damien Butler (0-3), Ross McLoughlin (0-1), Ashley Molloy, Owen Tivnan (0-1), Olcan Conway, Shane Fitzpatrick (1-2). Subs Alan Duffy for Conway (24 mins), David Keegan for Molloy (40 mins), Richie Doran for R. McLoughlin (48 mins), Paddy Guckian for D. Butler (56 min).
Referee: Gerry Spellman.
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13-Nov-08 by Leitrim Observer.ie
Leitrim Ladies GAA News
LadiesLast Friday night was a great night of celebration for the Under age teams in Cumann Peil Geal na mBan Liatroma.
The Under 16 girls receiving there Connacht runners up medals and the Under 14 team receiving their All-Ireland medals.
2007 Ladies All-Star Sarah McLoughlin and Leitrim Senior footballer Emlyn Mulligan were warmly received as special guests to present the medals as well as entertainer Catherine Lynch from Mohill.
The Ladies County Board and the organising committee would like to thank the Ramada Hotel in Drumshanbo for their kind sponsorship of a weekend for two at the hotel, which was raffled on the night. Also the good value they gave us for the meal. It was an excellent venue and a great night had by all.
Thank you also to all other sponsors who gave spot prizes, parents and others who supported the event and all who worked to have this an awesome night for the young stars of our county. Go raibh mile maith agat.
13-Nov-08 by Ladies
Frank Quinn Cloone RIP
GeneralThe Leitrim community in Dublin lost one of the proudest sons when Frank Quinn (Cloone) passed away on Thursday 6th November 2008.
Frank resided with his wife Bridie and family in Rathfarnham Dublin. Frank never forgot his Leitrim roots and passed on a great love of the county to his sons and daughters. In the Leitrim tradition, Franks remains reposed at his home on Friday night where a large circle of friends paid their respects. The Quinn family were especially welcoming to members of the Leitrim Peoples Association and the Leitrim GAA .
Pride of place alongside his remains were pictures of the teams on which he played, Cloone and the 1958 Leitrim team.
Frank played on the great Leitrim team of the fifties and was also honoured by been selected on the winning Connacht Railway Cup panel in 1957 with Packy McGarty, Noel Blessing & Columba Cryan. Over his Leitrim playing career Frank played at full back, centre field & full forward and his favourite position of right corner back. The no 2 Leitrim jersey & a jersey from his home club Cloone draped his coffin.
Frank also played in the famous 1958 Connacht Final against Galway when Leitrim lost on a score line of 2-10 to 1-11. Peadar O Brien of the Irish Press wrote in his match report ‘ Oh what a wonderful hour of football glory for 15 gallant Leitrim men . The Longford Leader match report by ‘Breffni stated ‘never have I seen a defeated side leave the field of play with so much glory as did this gallant Leitrim team which contributed to one of the most thrilling Connacht final ever witnessed.
Frank Quinn was one of the greats of Leitrim football. May he rest in peace.
12-Nov-08 by Eamonn Duignan
Coaching news
CoachingCoach education Workshops
The games approach to skill development
1. 21/11/08 – Building the future
2. 22/11/08 – The global skills, part to whole – "Head – Hands – Feet"
3. 06/12/08 – Group management of delivery of skills in match related games 1v1, 2v2 etc.
4. 13/12/08 – Game sense – where skills are seen to play a part in tactics and game plans eg. Cross field, quarter, half and full field games.
As part of our continuing coach education programme, we are delighted to announce that as promised on their appointment, the new Leitrim senior team management of Mickey Moran and John Morrison will conduct a series of coaching workshops for Leitrim based clubs under the title "The games approach to skill development".
This over all title will be broken into four workshops, which will bring club coaches from the initial teaching of skills, to how skills play a part in tactics and game plans.
The first of the workshops will take the form of a presentation entitled, building the future, which will focus on all aspects of player development with particular emphasis onÓgetting the foundations correct.
This presentation will take place in the Bush hotel on Friday night 21/11/08 commencing at 7.30pm.
The first of the practical workshops, which will concentrate on the teaching of skills will take place the following morning Saturday 22/11 in Drumshanbo GAA grounds commencing at 11.00am.
The two remaining workshops will be practical coaching sessions, and will look at use of games to improve and develop skills. This is an opportunity for all club coaches in Leitrim to gain a wealth of knowledge, from the very best coaches in the Country with out having to leave their County. No coach, no matter what age bracket they are coaching, should miss these four workshops. Due to the expected numbers in attendance this series of four workshops is restricted to Coaches of Leitrim clubs only.
Hurling Workshop.
A coaching workshop for all those involved in the coaching of hurling in the County will take place on Friday evening 14/11/08 in the Sports complex Ck-on-Shannon, commencing at 7pm. Paudi Butler will conduct the session and as we know Paudis sessions are always very inspirational and enjoyable, so we would appeal to all coaches, teachers, parents and children interested in hurling/camogie to turn up in large numbers on the night.
Coaching Tips.
All coaches through out the County should log on to the Leitrim GAA website www.leitrimgaa.ie and read the coaching tips articles written by John Morrison. Each week new articles are added, some which were written by John over the past year and some which are current but all the articles are intended to encourage coaches to be open minded and to look at all aspects of coaching and player management in a new light. These articles should be a must read for all coaches.
11-Nov-08 by Thomas Keenan
Scór na mBunscoileanna
ScórThere were two big nights of Scór na mBunscoileanna in Carrick on Shannon and Ballinamore last Thursday and Friday night. Fourteen schools took part between the two nights and there is a further night in Manorhamilton on this coming Friday night starting at 6.30pm.
There were 50 different items on stage on the Thursday night in Carrick and 49 in Ballinamore and the winners in each event on both nights were presented with medals. On the two nights the halls were packed to capacity and some wonderful entertainment was provided.
The winners on Thursday night were
Trath na gCeisteanna: Fenagh
Rince Foirne: Bornacoola
Amhranaíocht Aonair: Elisa Bruen, Leitrim
Grúpa Ceoil: Leitrim
Rince Aonair: Clara Reid. Bornacoola
Aithriseoireacht: Sive Sweeney, Leitrim
Nuachleas: Aughavas
Ceol Aonair: Cian Wrynn, Fenagh
Bailéid Ghrúpa: Mohill
Rince Seit: Aughnasheelin
On the Friday night the standard was equally good and both events were a credit to the teachers who prepared their students for the various events. The winners in Ballinamore were as follows:
Trath na gCeisteanna: Drumlea
Rince Foirne: Drumlea
Amhranaíocht Aonair: Paula Kiernan, Carrigallen
Grúpa Ceoil: Carrigallen
Rince Aonair: Julie Reynolds, Aughnasheelin
Aithriseoireacht: Aaron ODonnell, Aughnasheelin
Nuachleas: Aughnasheelin
Ceol Aonair: John FinnÓgan, Carrigallen
Bailéid Ghrúpa: Ballinamore Girls N.S
Rince Seit: Ballinamore Girls N.S.
Bhronnadh Sciath Chormaic Mhic Ghiolla ar Scoil Charraig Álainn mar an Scoil ab fhearr ins na comórtais.
09-Nov-08 by Sean O Suilleabhain
FBD & Connacht Champ Dates announced
County FootballThe general format for the FBD Connacht League remains unchanged which results in Leitrim playing 3 away games this year. There will be two trips to Tuam to play the Galway based teams and then to Coola for Round 3.
Playing in Section B:
Round 1 – 4 Jan 09
GMIT v Leitrim in Tuam at 2pm
Sligo v Galway in Tourlestrane at 2pm,
Round 2 – 11 Jan 09
Galway v Leitrim in Tuam at 2pm
GMIT v Sligo in Dunmore at 2pm,
Round 3 – 18 Jan 09
Sligo v Leitrim in Coola at 2pm
GMIT v Galway in Pearse Stadium at 2pm
Home final: 25/01/09
Final: 19/10/09
Connacht Championship Dates:
Pre-Lim Rounds – Extra Time.
Sunday 10th May.
New York v Mayo – Gaelic Park.
Sunday 17th May
Leitrim v Roscommon – Carrick-on-Shannon.
Sunday 24th May
London v Galway – Ruislip
Semi- Finals.
Sunday 14th June. (Replay 20th June)
Sligo v London / Galway – Markieviez Park.
Sunday 21st June (Replay 27th June)
New York v Mayo v Leitrim / Roscommon
Final Sunday 12th July (Replay Saturday 18th July)
06-Nov-08 by Brendan Doyle – PRO
Fenagh win Matthew Dolan Cup
HandballOn Sunday the 2nd Nov the 60×30 handball season came to a end with the Finale of the Matthew Dolan Memorial Cup competition taking place in Fenaghs new handball court.
The finale of this Doubles competition was between Fenagh and Drumkeerin, and is held in the memory of the late Matthew Dolan R.I.P.
All matches are Doubles and features Boys Under 14, Boys Under 16 , Juveniles, Girls, and Senior mens.
It is played 2 games to 15 and each game won takes a point!
The Under14 match, was between Cathal McCauley and Paul Hazlette, Drumkeerin, Sean Doonan and Cillian O Rourke, Fenagh. This ended all square with each team getting a game.
Next was the Under 16 and Fenagh was represented by Andrew Wrynn and Michael Doonan, and Drumkeerin by the McHugh brothers Patrick and Felim. The Drumkeerin lads won this game 2-0
The Juvelines were next on Court with the impressive Donal Wrynn and Enda McLoughlin (F), and James Hazlette and Michael Gallagher (D) facing each other! The Fenagh pair were very strong in this grade and ran out comfortable winners!
The match now stood at 3 all,as the Girls took to the court with Michelle McNama and Shauna Clancy (D) taking on the Fenagh pairing of Ciara McLoughlin and Michelle Gaffney. A good entertaining game saw the teams share the points, leaving the teams level, as the heavyweights took to the court, the Seniour mens finale!
Fenagh represented by their Captain Jamie Murray and Ed Lee, facing Joel Smyth (Cap) and Junior Hazlette and what a exciting and entralling game it was with some great rallies, kills and had the crowd getting behind their team vocally and made a very exciting finale!
The Fenagh lads proved to strong in the end winning on a score of 15-11, and 15-13 but it was a lot closer that the scoreline suggests,with the Drumkeerin lads serving at 13 -11 for the game but Feneagh showed great character to get back in and take the match.
A special word for Junior Hazlette, who relatively knew nothing about handball until very recently,and really put in a great performance,and one would not figure this fact watching him on Sunday.
A great days handball was enjoyed by a large crowd of young and old and the Matthew Dolan Memorial Cup was presented to the Fenagh Captain, Jamie Murray by the Dolan family.
See pictures of the day in the Gallery.
06-Nov-08 by Brendan Christy – Handball
Update on Club Fixtures
Club FootballThe U21 championship fixtures are now online and available via the Championship Tables link on the left hand menu.
In response to enquiries to the website CCC Liatroma have responded with the following info.:
In relation to this weekends games, it should be noted that St Marys play Div 2 on Sat and JFC B on Sunday. St Marys v Allen Gaels is scheduled to be played on Nov 15 in addition to the remaining two fixtures outstanding in advance of the last round . The last round is scheduled for Nov 22. Clubs playing their last Div 1 game this weekend requested said fixtures to be played on this weekend.
The remaining fixtures are now provided on this site and have been approved. Please note the following statement as issued to the Club Secretaries in relation to the remaining games: "Fixtures not played, due to unforeseen circumstances, may impact negatively on the timelines for fixtures as outlined.It should be borne in mind that possible replays in certain competitions may have negative impact also. Weekly fixture lists will issue as normal, in which any amendments necessary will be incorporated."
05-Nov-08 by Brendan Doyle – PRO
Scór na mBunscoileanna starts this week
ScórScór na mBunscoileanna
Scór na mBunscoileanna takes place this coming week with rounds in St Marys Hall, Carrick on Shannon on Thursday night and in Ballinamore on Friday night. Both evenings start at 6.00 with Tráth na gCeisteanna. Schools are reminded that dancing groups are to perform in their school uniforms and not in dancing costumes. The schools taking part are as follows:
Thursday in Carrick: Aughavas, Gortletteragh, Mohill, Leitrim, Bornacoola
Drumcong and Fenagh
Friday in Ballinamore: Ballinamore Boys, Ballinamore Girls, Drumlea,
Drumeela, Aughawillan, Aughnasheelin and Carrigallen.
Next week there will be a further North Leitrim event for schools in North Leitrim. Venue and date will be confirmed next week.
Scór na nÓg
Entry forms have now been circulated to all club Scór officers and entries should be in by 21 November. Clubs are reminded that the age limit for Scór na nÓg is under 17 on the 1st January 2009. Participants must be from the parish or club area.
04-Nov-08 by Sean O Suilleabhain
Coaching news
CoachingCoach education Workshops
The games approach to skill development
1. 21/11/08 – Building the future
2. 22/11/08 – The global skills, part to whole – "Head – Hands – Feet"
3. 06/12/08 – Group management of delivery of skills in match related games 1v1, 2v2 etc.
4. 13/12/08 – Game sense – where skills are seen to play a part in tactics and game plans eg. Cross field, quarter, half and full field games.
As part of our continuing coach education programme, we are delighted to announce that as promised on their appointment, the new Leitrim senior team management of Mickey Moran and John Morrison will conduct a series of coaching workshops under the title "The games approach to skill development".
This over all title will be broken into four workshops, which will bring club coaches from the initial teaching of skills, to how skills play a part in tactics and game plans.
The first of the workshops will take the form of a presentation entitled, building the future, which will focus on all aspects of player development with particular emphasis onÓgetting the foundations correct.
This presentation will take place in the Bush hotel on Friday night 21/11/08 commencing at 7.30pm.The first of the practical workshops, which will concentrate on the teaching of skills will take place the following morning Saturday 22/11 in Drumshanbo GAA grounds commencing at 11.00am.
The two remaining workshops will be practical coaching sessions, and will look at use of games to improve and develop skills. This is an opportunity for all club coaches in Leitrim to gain a wealth of knowledge, from the very best coaches in the Country with out having to leave their County. No coach, no matter what age bracket they are coaching, should miss these four workshops.
Coaching Tips.
All coaches through out the County should log on to the Leitrim GAA website www.leitrimgaa.ie and read the coaching tips articles written by John Morrison. Each week new articles are added, some which were written by John over the past year and some which are current but all the articles are intended to encourage coaches to be open
03-Nov-08 by Thomas Keenan
Young Handballers impress in New Competition
HandballOn Sunday October 19, eleven Juvenile Handballers from Leitrim took part in a newly introduced competition introduced by Connacht Council and spearheaded by Juvenile Chairman Francis McCann,and Senior Chairman Hugh McGarry.
The Boys and Girls seeded Doubles 60×30 Under 14 competition saw all five Connacht Counties represented in a unique competition where a player was drawn to partner a player from another county.
The promoting of this type of competition is the development of the young handballers game,but also to develop the
player in communicating and forming friendships,and to this end it was a huge success as players from different counties paired together could be seen chatting and laughing on the practise courts together.
The importance of this type of competition,and format was illustrated by the presence of Handball President Tony Hannon,as well as Hugh McGarry and Francis McCann.
They were rewarded with great matches on the day,with the eventual winners Conal Walsh of Roscommon and Kennan Brennan of Mayo,defeating Paul Hazlette of Leitrim and Enda Connelly of Roscommon.
The Plate finale also had Leitrim representatives with the winners,Shane Doonan of Leitrim and Gary Kelly of Mayo defeating Adrian Forde of Leitrim and Conor Forde of Galway.
The Girls competition had Leitrim success with Michelle McNama, Deirdre Davitt, and Michaelaigh Nolan all having success representing the County.
A big word of thanks to the sponsors of this event:: Envirogreen and Mr Hugh McGarry.
01-Nov-08 by Brendan Christy – Handball