Hurlers & Footballers – Qtr final action

Leitrim hurlers take part in the quarter finals of the Nicky Rackard cup in Parnell Park tomorrow afternoon at 3pm.  This is the teams first time to make it to this stage in the competition and they face very stiff competition against Fingal. Leitrim dual player James Glancy (St. Marys) will lineout with the hurlers. 

Meanwhile at the otherside of the country Leitrim footballers face Clare tomorrow in the Tommy Murphy Cup quarter final in Ennis at 7pm with a depleted squad.  The team travel to this game without the services of John McKeon, Michael McGuinness, Niall Murray  and David McHugh who are all out due to injury.  Gary McCloskey is working in London while Noel Gill, Stephen Feeney and David OConnor are also unavailable due to travel and holiday.  Gary Reynolds is coming back from injury and will be subject to a fitness test.  The team will not be announced until tomorrow evening. 

Best of luck to all concerned.

 

 

 

18-Jul-08 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Leitrim U16s win george OToole Shield final

Leitrim County U-16 Boys under the guidance of Martin McGowan won the Fr Manning Cup George OToole Shield final last night against neighbours Roscommon on a scoreline of 1-8 to 2-4.

The winning of this Shield is particularly poignant this year as the new name for the competition is in memory of George OToole, one of the great servents of Leitrim GAA. Leitrim went into this competition with one win under their belt having already beaten Longford in the first round of the  new blitz format.

Well done to all concerned !

In the other game Sligo won the Fr Manning Cup when they defeated Roscommon in the Final on a scoreline of Sligo 2-8 Roscommon 1-10.

The Fr Manning competition was first held in 1965 established by the Longford County Board in memory of Fr Sean Manning. He served as Chairman of both Longford County Board for 6yrs and Leitrim Co Board for 9yrs. He held many other positions within the association as well.

 

 

17-Jul-08 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Coaching News

Under 8 & 10 club blitz.

Some of the games in this round of games for our under 8 and 10 age groups took place on Saturday last 12th July. Some clubs rearranged their fixtures for this weekend so we have listed the full round of games again.
Sean O Heslins v Fenagh, Manorhamilton v St.Marys, Drumreilly v Carrigallen, Kiltubrid v Leitrim Gaels, Bornacoola v Annaduff v Cloone, Gortletteragh v Mohill, Dromahair v Drumkeerin v Glenfarne, Melvin Gaels v Allen Gaels v St.Osnats, Aughnasheelin v Aughavas. Please note first named club has home venue.

Vhi GAA Cul Camps 2008
Great feed back from our first six camps of 2008, Manorhamilton, Aughawillan, Ck-on-Shannon, Mohill, Kinlough & Drumshanbo. All attending were very pleased with the new kit and looked very well on my visits to the camps. We would like to thank the Manor Rangers club for the use of their pitch during the Manorhamilton camp which was our largest ever camp with 175 children attending. Well done to all clubs involved with the six camps as venues were in excellent condition.

Camps continue this week in Aughavas, Gortletteragh & Dromahair and will conclude next week with our camps in Drumkeerin, Fenagh & Leitrim Village. Please note that its still not too late to register for any of the up coming camps. If parents dont have an application form they can download one from the GAA website www.gaa.ie. Return all forms to Thomas Keenan, Pairc Sean, Ck – on – Shannon, Co.Leitrim.

U-16 Development Squad.
On Saturday last our under 16 squad took part in phase one of the Fr. Manning competition which was a blitz day in the Longford Slashers complex in Longford town. Leitrim beat Longford but lost out to both Roscommon and Sligo in two very close and exciting games. Roscommon and Sligo will contest the Fr. Manning cup final, with Leitrim and Longford contesting the shield final. Both games take place this evening Wednesday 16/07 in Longford Slashers, with the shield final commencing at 6pm and the cup final at 8pm.

Minor Hurling Blitz.
Our minor hurlers took part in a blitz on Saturday last in Tubbercurry. This is the first minor hurling squad to represent Leitrim in some time and they faired very well. They lost out to Sligo in their first game by 3 points but went on to beat both Donegal and Longford in their remaining games. Well done to all involved especially Olcan Conway for all his hard work with this squad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15-Jul-08 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Weekend County Fixtures just announced-

Youll need a helicopter to keep up with Leitrim teams this Saturday as Croke Park have announced the following fixtures:

Leitrim Hurlers play Fingal on Saturday at 3pm in Parnell Park in the Nicky Rackard Cup quarter finals.  A little later on at 7pm in Ennis the footballers play Clare in the Tommy Murphy Cup 1st round game with the winners progressing to the semi-final.

Full round of fixtures for both competitions will be uploaded later today.

 

 

14-Jul-08 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Leitrim Hurlers make the Quarter Finals

Leitrim Hurlers have made the Nicky Rackard Quarterfinals after coming runners up in the division 3B table.  Fermanagh lost to South Down in Enniskillen which paved the way for Leitrims participation in the quarters.

 

Brief report from GAA.ie

Fermanagh 2-12 Non Ards 4-15

A massive shock arrived in Enniskillen when it was the visitors who were declared winners following this heated Group 3B encounter.

Jason McManus stood out as the magic of the Nicky Rackard Cup was brought to life with some sublime hurling that would have delighted neutral fans of the sport.

The deciding factor in this match was Non Ards approach to the second-half, which was fearsome yet measured – they figured out how to get in behind Fermanaghs defence and they kept exploiting that route.

 

 

13-Jul-08 by GAA.ie

Drink drugs and the GAA

As the countrys largest community organisation, the GAA have taken an active role in preventing the abuse of alcohol and other drugs.

In 2005 the GAA launched the Alcohol & Substance Abuse Prevention Programme, the aim of which is to reduce the harm that is being caused by alcohol and other drugs.
The goal of the ASAP Programme is to have 4 Provincial Officers, 32 County Officers and an ASAP Club Officer in every club in the country. Since we began over 900 officers have been appointed to implement the Programme.

The ASAP Programme is a joint venture by the GAA and the Health Service Executive and is helping clubs prevent problems from arising in the first instance and respond effectively when they do.

To show clubs what can be done to respond to problems at local level we have produced the ‘GAA Club Manual for Dealing with Drug and Alcohol Related Issues and more recently the DVD ‘Club Matters and a very informative website at www.gaa.ie/asap

Were not looking for people to become experts overnight in dealing with drug and alcohol problems but we are looking for people who are interested in doing something positive to prevent these problems from spreading through our clubs.

We believe it is important for every club to develop a Club Drug and Alcohol Policy as a roadmap for what can be done in their local area. The steps and all the information necessary to do this are in the ASAP Manual.

Education is another crucial factor. A lot of people dont know that much about illegal drugs and if you are one of them its easy to find out all about them from the ASAP website. There are also a myriad of professionals from drug and alcohol agencies who are only too willing to help by providing drug/alcohol education events for clubs.

Research shows us that involvement in sport is a preventative factor when it comes to young people taking drugs and through the GAA we provide a huge range of activities that keep young people safe from these harms. The ASAP Programme will help us build on that fact and provide a safer and healthier environment for everyone in the GAA.

Brendan Murphy,
National Coordinator ASAP Programme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10-Jul-08 by Brendan Murphy

Nicky Rackard – Leitrim v Fermanagh

Leitrim 2-13 Fermanagh 1-11

Monday July 07 2008

Leitrim secured their first victory in this competition by beating a strong Fermanagh side in a high-intensity game at Carrick-on-Shannon.

Fermanagh led briefly by the 10th minute but two first-half goals by Leitrims Colm Hayes in the 12th minute and Liam Burns in the 23rd minute rocked Fermanagh.

However, the visitors finished the half strongly when Jason McManus netted in the 32nd minute quickly followed by a Declan McGarry 65 and a Ryan Bogue point to leave Leitrim ahead 2-6 to 1-11.

Fermanagh lost their first-half momentum as Leitrim took control, hitting five points without reply to be well ahead with 10 minutes left.

Bogue and McManus reduced the arrears but Clement Cunniffe steadied the Leitrim ship with a pointed free seven minutes from time.

ScórERS — Leitrim: C Cunniffe 0-8 (6f), L Burns 1-2, C Hayes 1-0, B Carroll 0-2, M Burns 0-1. Fermanagh: J McManus 1-1, R Bogue 0-5 (3f),K Kehoe 0-2, D McGarry (1 65), O McShea, J Duffy 0-1 each.

LEITRIM — F McKiernan; K McGrath,J Keane,nÓglancy; V McDermott, S Feeney, D Tiernan; J Glancy, C Cunniffe; D Poinaird, L Burns, C Hayes; M Poinaird, B Carroll, M Burns. Subs: M McKeon for D Tiernan.P McWeeney for D Poinaird, K OConnor for M McKeon.

Fermanagh — P McEvoy; M Beagan, F Bannon, M Teague; D Slevin, J McManus, F McBrien; B Smyth, D McGarry; O McShea, K Kehoe, J Duffy; D Curran, M Slevin, R Bogue. Subs: C Rice for D Slevin, S Corrigan for O McShea.

REF — C Groome (Offaly)

 

 

09-Jul-08 by Irish Independant.ie

Leitrim teams head to Feile Péil na nÓg

Best of luck to all 3 Leitrim competitors who are heading to Cavan today for the Feile Péil na nÓg competition that starts this afternoon. Leitrim with co-hosts Roscommon and Sligo has fond memories of this wonderful event which was hosted last July and wishes the Cavan committee the very best in what is a huge undertaking.

Last years Feile divisional winners Drumreilly compete in the 15 aside while Annaduff are in the 12 aside this weekend. Drumreilly will be hosted by Drumlane and their first game is today (Friday) at 3pm

Annaduff are being hosted by Killinkere and their first game is at 3pm today. Meanwhile in the Ladies St. Josephs are being hosted by Killinkere and their 1st game is also today at 2.15pm.

Best of luck to all competitors and mentors.

You can keep track of the event by clicking on this years official Feile Péil na nÓg website

 

 

04-Jul-08 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Coaching News

Under 14 school of excellence trials.

The second trial for the under 14 football school of excellence will be held in Drumkeerin, tomorrow evening Thursday 03/07 commencing at 7.30pm. Cormac Flynn from the St.Marys club will be in charge of this year’s school and can be contacted on 087-6787716.

Under 8 & 10 blitz club blitz.

The next series of games were not scheduled to take place till September but at the request of clubs we have organised a round of games for Saturday 12th July. The following is the list of games.

Sean O’ Heslins v Fenagh, Manorhamilton v St.Marys, Drumreilly v Carrigallen, Kiltubrid v Leitrim Gaels, Bornacoola v Annaduff v Cloone, Gortletteragh v Mohill, Dromahair v Drumkeerin v Glenfarne, Melvin Gaels v Allen Gaels v St.Osnats, Aughnasheelin v Aughavas. Please note first named club has home venue.

Vhi GAA Cul Camps 2008

Our Vhi GAA cul camps kicked off in Manorhamilton, Ck-on-Shannon and Aughawillan on Monday last, with a large attendances at all three venues. Please note that it’s still not too late to register for any of the up coming camps. If parents don’t have an application form they can download one from the GAA website www.gaa.ie. Return all forms to Thomas Keenan, Pairc Sean, Ck – on – Shannon, Co.Leitrim. List of camps for 2008 are as follows.

Monday 30/06/2008 – Manorhamilton, Ck-on-Shannon, Aughawillan.

Monday 07/07/2008 – Kinlough, Drumshanbo, Mohill.(Bornacoola GAA grounds)

Monday 14/07/2008 – Aughavas, Gortletteragh, Dromahair.

Monday 21/07/2008 – Fenagh, Drumkeerin, Leitrim.

 

 

02-Jul-08 by Thomas Keenan

Intermediate 9 Aside Final

Intermediate 9 Aside Shield Final

St Josephs 6-10 Dromahair 3-03

St Josephs captured the first Adult silverware of the season when they proved too strong for Dromahair in the Intermediate 9 Aside final. The final scoreline was in stark contrast to the score of the previous meeting when St Josephs escaped with a one point victory.While St Josephs were a full strength Dromahair missed the very influential Anna Conlon. Once St Josephs got going, they dominated in most areas of the field and moved the ball swiftly and Dromahair could not contain their lighting strikes. St Josephs created openings early on but had a number of wides.

The opening score fell to Dromahair where Erin Farrell finished of a lovely move with a cool finish to the net. A minute later the Fowley sisters linked up and Róisin fired over from close range. Vanessa Gallogly then came to St Josephs aid when she blocked a goal bound shot. Dromahair for whom Leonie Conlon and Eimear McDermott in the backline were outstanding resisted St Josephs attacks until the 12 minute. Sharon Kerrigan fed Michelle Heslin and she soloed through to goal. Dromhair were dealt another body blow when Leonie Conlon went of injured. Michelle Heslin added another goal a minute later and St Josephs were in front for the first time.

Áine Heslin finished of another move that started from their goal line. Sinead Fowley was brought down in front of the St Josephs goal and the free was easily scored. With two minutes to go to half time Dromahair trailed 1-02 to 2-01. However two late goals by the Heslins twins left an uphill struggle for Dromahair playing against the wind in the second half. From the first whistle St Josephs controlled the second half. Two points in the first minute by Clare Owens and Michelle Heslin were signs of what was to come. Sandra Brady played a long ball in Michelle Heslin latched on to it and goaled easily to give St Josephs a 13 point lead. Erin Farrell responded with a cracking goal. But St Josephs continued to dominate around the middle where Sharon Kerrigan and Alana Bohan were superb.

Points from Aisling Cooke, Sandra Brady Michelle Heslin and Brady again added to the St Josephs tally before Michelle Dolan interrupted the St Josephs run. However with good ball going into the St Josephs forward line the points continued from Louise Mollahgan, Edel McLoughlin, and Mary McBrien. Erin Farrell showed great strength and skill to goal but St Josephs finished the Scóring through Lisa McDermott

Starting Teams:

St Josephs
Lisa O Rourke, Sharon Kerrigan, Phillipa Maguire Finnula Bohan, Clare Owens, Alana Bohan, Áine Heslin, Catriona Brennan, Aisling Cooke.

Dromahair
Michelle Dolan, Eimear McDermott, Leonie Conlon, Edel Fowley, Sinead Fowley, Deirdre McDermott, Róisín Fowley, Róisín Curneen, Erin Farrell

 

 

01-Jul-08 by Kieran Moran – Ladies – Acting PRO

Leitrim turned over by Non Ards

Non Ards 3-16

Leitrim 2-16

A spirited second-half comeback saw Non Ards overturn Leitrims seven-point half-time lead in this Nicky Rackard first-round tie on Saturday.

Non Ards took complete control of the proceedings in the first 20 minutes of the second half when they wiped out a Leitrim lead of six points and then went two points ahead.

In this spell, John OKane put over three Non Ards frees while Daniel Morgan and Liam Morgan shot two points apiece from play with Martin Duggan also whipping over a point.

Afterwards, an Eoin McGuinness goal in the 61st minute made victory secure for the Mourne men.

Meanwhile, Leitrims top scorer, Clement Cunniffe hit a spectacular first-half goal from a 120-yard free, which dipped under the Non Ards crossbar at the last second.

scorers — Non Ards: L Morgan 1-5; E McGuinness 2-0; J OKane 0-5 (3f); D Morgan 0- 3; K Maxwell, A McGuinness, M Duggan 0-1 each. Leitrim: C Cunniffe 1-10 (9f); L Burns 1-4; V McDermott 0-1(f); M Poniard 0-1each.

Non Ards — G McMullan; L Deegan, B McAleenan, P McCusker; D McGovern, D McCusker, A Higgins; K Maxwell, R Mathews; A McGuinness, D Morgan, M Duggan; J OKane, E McGuinness, L Morgan. Subs: T Jennings for Duggan (47), M McCartan for Mathews (inj 59).

Leitrim — F McKiernan; K McGrath, M Poniard, nÓglancy; V McDermott, S Feeney, D Tiernan; J Glancy, C Cunniffe; B Carroll, L Burns, D Poniard; K OConnor, C Hayes, M Burns. Subs: P McWeeney for Hayes (57).

Ref–T McIntyre (Antrim).

 

 

30-Jun-08 by Irish Independant.ie

Leitrim to travel to Clare in Tommy Murphy Cup

Leitrim must travel to the Banner county to meet Clare in the 1st round of the Tommy Murphy Cup on July 19th. The draw was made this evening in Croke Park and was aired live on TV3 with the preliminary pairings of Kilkenny & London drawn first. First drawn teams get home advantage and the full lineup of games is as follows:

 

Prelim: Kilkenny v London

 

Round 1 –

Kilkenny / London v Sligo

Antrim v Carlow

Clare v Leitrim

Wicklow v Waterford

 

 

 

29-Jun-08 by Brendan Doyle – PRO