Leitrim v London – Match Report

Leitrim 0-13
London 0-10

NFL Division 2A

Leitrim grabbed the all-important brace of points they urgently needed to further complicate the closing stages of Division 2A but they were put to the pin of their collar by London.

The game was level eight times as both sides tried might and main to pull away.

With the scores tied at 0-10 each and the game going into time added on Leitrims top scorer Ciaran Duigan took a huge hand in the outcome when he tapped over two meticulous points from play and one from a free during the four minutes that were added on to put Dessie Dolans men in the best possible position for their last game against Monaghan.

But before Leitrim made their winning move, they were given a severe test by London who played their best football of the season.

ScórERS – Leitrim: C Duignan 0-8 (5f), D Maxwell 0-3, C Regan, M Foley (f) 0-1 each. London: D Kinneavey, D Meehan 0-2 each, C Beirne, P Morgan, C Donnellan, N Clinton, P Hehir, S Hehir 0-1 each.

LEITRIM – nÓgill; D Reynolds, M McGuinness, A O Flynn; P Gilmartin, B McWeeney, S Foley; G McCloskey, S Canning; C Regan, B Prior, M Foley; D Brennan, D Maxwell, C Duignan. Subs: C Kennedy for O Flynn, F McBrian for D Brennan, B Brennan for Regan, M Duignan for Gilmartin, J Glancy for M. Foley.

LONDON – B McBrearty; S Campbell, C Beirne, S Boyle; P Morgan, P O Donaghue, M Kennedy; E Brennan, D Meehan; F Cleary, D Kinneavey, C Donnellan; N Clinton, P Hehir, S Hehir. Subs: R Walsh for Boyle (inj).

REF – R Doone (Antrim)

 

 

09-Apr-07 by Unison

Entries for Leo Kenny Cup 2007

Entries for the Leo Kenny Cup 2007 must be returned to Déaglán Ó Buacháin, Rúnaí by your Club Rúnaí by Thursday next, 12 Aibreán, at the latest.

The competition is set to commence on Tuesday, 24 Aibreán, and set to continue on each Tuesday following.

 

 

06-Apr-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Shield Competition lined up for 1415 April

As the Liatroim v Monaghan NFL Round 7 game will now be played on Sunday this weekend will see the commencement of the Shields A,B and C Round 1.

The fixtures are available via the shield Tables link on the left hand menu.

 

 

06-Apr-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Coaching News

April Workshops

[b]Friday April 7th. – Fundamentals Development Prog[/b]
The venue for this workshop will be the Sports Complex Ck on Shannon commencing at 8pm. Des Newton will conduct this workshop which will look at ways of developing in our children, the fundamentals of our games and is a workshop that should be attended by all those working with children from the age’s six to ten. We would encourage as many primary school teachers as possible to attend.

[b]Under 10 Blitz [/b]
The first series of under 10 Blitz will commence on Saturday next April 7th and continue on Saturday April 14th commencing at 10.30 am. Clubs please note date and venue where you are playing. We will include a go-games station at each venue to advise coaches on all aspects of go-games. The following are the groupings and dates.

April 7th

Venue Aughnasheelin Clubs, Aughnasheelin, Cloone, Aughavas, Kiltubrid and Bornacoola.

Venue – Aughawillan Clubs,Drumreilly/Aughawillan, Carrigallen, Sean O’Heslin’s, Fenagh and Gortletteragh.

April 14th
Venue Drumshanbo – Allen Gaels, Mohill, St. Marys, Annaduff and Leitrim Gaels.

Venue Manorhamilton Clubs, Melvin Gaels, Dromahair, Drumkeerin and Glenfarne Kilty.

Any club not listed above who have an under 10 team this year, please contact Thomas Keenan 087-6591049 and we will fit you in. Clubs are also reminded that they must register their under 10 team, on their club registration form submitted to the County secretary Declan Bohan for insurance purposes.

[b]Vhi Cul Camps Application Forms[/b]
Due to a delay in printing, parents and children should note that application forms for this years camp’s will be distributed in the Schools the week after the Easter break. Thankfully this years forms are Family forms, therefore one form will be sufficient for each household and the dates and venues for all Leitrim Vhi Cul camps will be listed on the forms, this I am sure will be welcomed by all parents.

[b]U15 Development Squad[/b]
Our under 15 development squad will commence over the Easter holidays. Players will be notified by management.

[b]Hurling Training Camps[/b]
New Hurling Coach, Kevin Brisco will conduct a series of training workshops for our hurling clubs over the Easter holidays. These camps will be for under 12 and under 14 players. Venues and dates as follows. All players should check with their school or club coach for more details.
Tuesday 10/04 Manorhamilton – 11am to 1pm
Annaduff – 2.30pm to 4.30pm
Wednesday 11/04 St.Marys – 11am to 1pm
Mohill – TBC
Thursday 12/04 Ballinamore – 11am to 1pm

 

 

03-Apr-07 by Thomas Keenan

Ladies News

Trip to Tipp for Leitrim Ladies:
An early start on Easter Sunday for the Leitrim ladies as they travel to Templemore on Sunday for the league quarter final against Tipperary at 1.00pm. The team will be hoping to rediscover last year’s form as the business end of the seasonÓgets underway. They have found the going very tough in the league to date with just a single win over Limerick but this win retained Division 2 status for another year the first goal of the season. Tipperary enjoyed a much better campaign with three wins against Wexford, Down and Roscommon and a draw against Longford to top Division 2B. Tipperary have been progressing steadily in recent years and were crowned Division 3 champions in addition to securing the Munster Championship title two years ago. The teams last met in competitive action in Division 3 of the National League seven years ago where Leitrim enjoyed a 1.18 to 1.03 victory in Annaduff and indeed went on to win the title defeating Galway in the final. Sunday’s game will be a difficult test for a Leitrim team who will need to improve on previous performances if they are to progress in the competition.

Annaduff Credit Union Under 14 Championship:
A total of 16 teams have entered the 2007 championship with two competitions at 11 and 7 a side. The competitions get underway on Saturday morning next.

Under 14 and Under 16 County teams:
Trials for the county under 16 team will take place on Saturday at 12.00pm in Drumkeerin. All clubs have been notified to send players. Trials will also take place for the under 14 team next weekend with details to be confirmed. Clubs will be notified during the week.

All Ireland Final:
Congratulations to the Ballinamore PPS Junior team who won the Connacht Schools ‘C’ Title on Monday last and followed that up on Friday with a wonderful semi final win over Callan of Kilkenny to qualify for the All Ireland Final. Featuring players from Sean O’Heslins, Aughnasheelin, Aughawillan, Fenagh and St Josephs clubs this is a great achievement for the school and Leitrim. Congratulations to all of the players and management and best of luck in the final.

All Ireland Final 2:
Congratulations to all the Leitrim clubs that swept the boards at the Connacht final on Saturday evening last in Ballinamore. Well done in particular to county players Amanda Sweeney from Glencar Manor and Anna Conlan from Dromahair who achieved success in the figure dancing and instrumental music.

 

 

03-Apr-07 by Patricia Bohan – Ladies PRO

Photo Gallery

James was busy catching all the action yesterday and he has uploaded several pages of photos into the photo Gallery.

[link= “www.leitrimgaa.ie/gallery2/ “]Click here for a quick link[/link]

Thanks James !

 

 

02-Apr-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Roscommon v Leitrim

Leitrim 2-8
Roscommon 0-11

Leitrim produced a magnificent comeback to rock Roscommons promotion ambitions, putting themselves in the battle for second spot.

Roscommon, having led 0-6 to 0-3 at the break, and only needing a draw to go up, led by 0-9 to 0-3 after 47 minutes, but Leitrim then ran riot, firing home goals from Gary McClusky and James Glancy. They edged 2-6 to 0-11 in front and closed out with points by Barry McWeeney and Colin Regan.

ScórERS – Leitrim: K Duignan 0-4; G McClusky, J Glancy 1-0 each; C Regan 0-2; B McWeeny, S Foley 0-1 each. Roscommon: G HenÓghan 0-3; E Kenny, G Cox, S Daly 0-2 each; J Tiernan, C Cregg 0-1 each.

LEITRIM – nÓgill; D Reynolds, M McGuinness, A O Flynn; C Kennedy, B McWeeney, S Foley; G McClusky, M Duignan; C Regan, D Maxwell, B Prior; J Glancy, D Brennan, C Guinan. Subs: P Gilmartin for S Canning, D McHugh for F McBrian.

ROSCOMMON – G Classey; R Kelly, A McDermott, S McDermott; S Daly, P O Connor, R Dooner; S O Neill, M Finneran; G Cox, K Mannion, J Tiernan; E Kenny, G HenÓghan, C Cregg. Subs: D Keenan for Tiernan.

REF – C Reilly (Meath).

 

 

02-Apr-07 by Unison

Five Connacht Titles for Leitrim in Scór

Five Connacht Titles for Leitrim in Scór

Leitrim’s dominance in Scór came to the fore once again when Leitrim won an amazing five Connacht titles out of the eight competitions at the finals in Ballinamore on Saturday night last.

Rince Foirne

Glencar/Manorhamilton won the Rince Foirne Connacht title for the fifteenth time since 1983. They are undoubtedly the Figure Dance specialists in Connacht and this was also their fifth year in a row to win in Connacht. They will now be hoping to win a third All Ireland title in Killarney. Unfortunately the number of entries was at its lowest ever in Connacht as only Leitrim and Roscommon competed but that would not have stopped Glencar/Manorhamilton in any case.

Amhránaíocht

There was a full line up of all Connacht counties in the Solo Singing and Aughnasheelin’s Sinéad Egan did extremely well to win this title. Last year Sinéad was a member of the Aughnasheelin Ballad Group that won the All Ireland and she will keep the club’s interest alive in this year’s finals. Sinéad was previously in the All Ireland Finals in Solo Singing in 2000 and she will be hoping to go that final step this year.

Ceol Uirlise

Dromahair’s instrumental music group of Stephen McInerney, Noel McMahon, Sean Conlan, Brid Donaghue and Ann Conlan reached the All Ireland Finals two years ago and now they are back in the final again when they won ahead of Roscommon and Sligo

Trath na gCeist

There was stiff competition in the Question Time with all counties taking part including former All Ireland winners Clann na nGael. Bornacoola scored 52 out of a possible 60 and were well clear of everyone else. This will be Bornacoola’s third time in the All Ireland Final in Question Time and Aidan Dockery, Liam Rabitte and Fergal MacGiolla will be hoping it will be third time lucky.

Nuachleas

Well the Novelty Act is certainly Leitrim’s specialty and Fenagh have kept that tradition strong. They were worthy winners on Saturday and they will be hoping to repeat their win of two years ago in Killarney. Their actors this year are: T P McLoughlin, Eileen, Martin, Betty, and Kevin Doonan, Séamus Mollaghan, Shane O’Rourke and Maureen McLoughlin.

Leitrim’s competitors in Recitation, Ballad Group and Rince Seit were also very much in the running but just didn’t make it. Now it is on to Killarney on 28 April and Leitrim will have a huge contingent going with representation in five events from five different clubs. This is Leitrim’s best representation ever in an All Ireland Scór Sinsear finals apart from the memorable year of 1984 when Leitrim won no less than seven of the eight events.

 

 

02-Apr-07 by S O S

Londain v Liatroim

We can confirm that the Final Round of Roinn 2A of the Allianz Football League has been postponed.

The Allianz Football Round 3 postponed fixture Londain v. Liatroim will be played in next Sunday (08.04.2007) in Ruislip.

Throw-in time to be confirmed.

 

 

01-Apr-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Leitrim Team Announcement

The following is the Leitrim team to play Roscommon on Sunday:

1. Noel Gill
2. Dermot Reynolds
3. John McKeon
4. Michael McGuinness
5. Ciaran Kennedy
6. Barry McWeeney
7. Shane Foley
8. Gary McCloskey
9. Michael Duignan
10. Colin Regan
11. Declan Maxwell
12. Barry Prior
13. James Glancy
14. Donal Brennan
15. Ciaran Duignan

 

 

30-Mar-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Winners of the Leitrim Supporters Members Draw 07

Last night (Saturday), 31st March, the draw was held for the Leitrim Supporters Members 2007 in Coxs Steakhouse, Dromod. The Draw was a huge success with €96,000 raised.

The 10 winners, in reverse order, are:

10th Prize:
[b]Johnny Haran[/b] (Chicago) won [b]€300 [/b]sponsored by [b]Sean Clarke, Rynn Valley Lodge Hotel, Mohill[/b]

9th Prize:
[b]Oliver Kellegher[/b] (Castlebar) won [b]€300 [/b]sponsored by [b]Commercial Hotel, Ballinamore[/b]

8th Prize:
[b]Austin Power[/b] (c/o Ascon) won [b]€300 [/b]sponsored by [b]Gerry O Rourke, Longford[/b]

7th Prize:
[b]Tina & Aoife Reynolds[/b] (Westport) won [b]€300 [/b]sponsored by [b] Gerry Murray, Foodstore, Sligo [/b]

6th Prize:
[b]Sean Reilly[/b] (Carrigallen) won [b]€300 [/b]sponsored by [b] Aoife Gorman, Longford [/b]

5th Prize:
[b]Michael Lenehan[/b] (Castlebar) won [b]Sony DVD Recorder[/b] sponsored by [b] Berney Crossan Electrical, Longford [/b]

4th Prize:
[b]Fife Fashola[/b] (c/o Ciaran Mahon) won [b]28 ” TV[/b] sponsored by [b]Mohill Hardware[/b]

3rd Prize:
[b]Gerry Kelly[/b] (Dromahaire) won [b]€1,000[/b]

2nd Prize:
[b]Gerry McLoughlin[/b] (Mohill) won [b]€1,500[/b] sponsored by [b]Kevin Quinn, Embassy Rooms, Sligo[/b]

1st Prize:
[b]Eamon Daly[/b] (Drumshanbo) won [b]€5,000[/b] sponsored by [b]Coxs Steakhouse, Dromod.[/b]

Many thanks to all our supporters, our sponsors and to the fundraising committee.

Congratulations to the 10 lucky winners !

 

 

30-Mar-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO

Shield Competition for 2007

Following a recent CCC meeting the makeup of the new Shield Competition for 2007 was announced. The Competition will see 22 clubs participate in 3 different shield competitions and each competition will be played on a round robin basis. The teams in each Shield were chosen by open draw.

The Shield is part of the restructuring of the Club competitions for 2007. County players will not participate as they will be involved in intercounty competitions. The Shields are divided into 3 with all 1st Teams from Div 1,2 & 3 being divided up and playing in 2 of the Shields with remaining 2nd Teams from 2007 Division 2 & 3 making up the 3rd Shield.

The rounds are now available on the new shield Table menu on the left hand side. The details of League & Shield fixtures from WE 14/15 Aibreán 2007, forward, should be issued early next week.

[b]Shield A[/b]
– Group 1:
Bornacoola
Aughnasheelin
Allen Gaels
Glenfarne/Kilty
Eslin
Kiltubrid

– Group 2:
Drumreilly
Drumkeerin
Aughawillan
Annaduff
Melvin Gaels
Mohill

[b]Shield B[/b]
– Group 1:
Fenagh-St. Caillins
Ballinaglera
Aughavas
Sean O Heslins
St. Marys

– Group 2:
Dromahaire
Gortletteragh
Cloone
CarrigallenÓglencar/Manorhamilton

[b]Shield C[/b]
– Group 1:
Mohill
Bornacoola
Annaduff
Sean O Heslins

– Group 2:
Allen Gaels
Glencar/ManorhamiltonÓgortletteragh
St. Marys

 

 

30-Mar-07 by Brendan Doyle – PRO