24th May 2010

The annual Golf Classic takes place in two weeks on Sunday June 6th in Castle Dargan Golf Club. This is the day after Sligo take on Mayo in the Championship and is an ideal opportunity to meet up with friends and acquaintances after the big game. First prize is a weekend away sponsored by FBD Insurances while second prize is a round of Golf and Dinner at the prestigious Glasson GC sponsored by Flancare. Places are now filling up fast - to reserve your tee time please contact Eugene Carroll at 087 2216477 or email pro@shamrockgaels.com.

Tickets for the Sligo V Mayo game will be available at the clubhouse between 7-8PM on Tuesday June 1st.

The U16 team were well beaten by St Mary's in the 'A' League final last Monday evening. The Gaels put up a great first half performance matching St Marys all the way. St Marys opened the scoring with two quick points while Ciarain O'Connor got the Gaels of the mark on five minutes with a point from a free. The Gaels got a great boost on ten minutes with a great Johnny Quinn goal after a clever pass from Dylan Edwards. Adrian McCann and Edwards added two more points on thirteen and twenty six minutes. The Gaels had two clear goal chances in the closing stages of the first half and it was a case of what might have been as both efforts were off target and the Gaels went in two points down at half time on a scoreline of 1-3 to 0-8. The Gaels stayed with Marys for the opening ten minutes of the second half, however when they got in for the first goal on ten minutes, the floodgates opened and the Gaels could not contain the Marys forward line as they went on to a deserved win on a scoreline of 3-18 to 1-4. The team was: Kevin Broderick, John Óg Conlon, Calvin Flynn, Conor Merrick, Peter Lavin, Declan Willis, Gavin McMorrow, Jack Gethins, Adrian McCann (Capt), Kieran Cawley, Ciarain O'Connor, Eoin Carroll, Ronan McTiernan, Dylan Edwards (0-1), Jonathan Quinn (0-1). Subs: Liam Tuohy for John Óg Conlon, Brian Candon for Conor Merrick, Aaron Cawley for Dylan Edwards, Stephen Scanlon. Well done to the team, who despite being disappointed with the final result had a great league campaign reaching the final having only lost one game.

The Seniors returned to winning ways with a merited seven point home win over Castleconnor last Sunday. Frank Quinn opened the scoring for the Gaels after three minutes when he rounded off a good Gaels move from a kickout to send the ball over the bar. Castleconnor responded with two points in quick succession, one from a free before Eoin Mc Dermott pointed on nine minutes for the Gaels following a period of sustained pressure from the Gaels attack. Frank Quinn followed this up with an excellently pointed free to restore the Gaels' advantage, however Castleconnor continued to battle hard and scored two points in quick succession. Eoin Mc Dermott then scored the first goal of the afternoon on seventeen minutes, rounding off good interchange play by the Gaels attack. John Paul Henry followed this up five minutes later with a nicely taken point and both sides then exchanged points before half time - the Gaels point being a fine individual effort from Frank Quinn - leaving the half-time score 1-5 to 0-5 in favour of the Gaels.

The Gaels dominated the early exchanges of the second half, with Frank Quinn again on the mark on four minutes with a pointed free. Joe Quinn fired over an excellent point from out on the left on eight minutes while full forward, Damien Lyons pointed a minute later to extend the Gaels' lead. The Gaels were moving into top gear at this stage and Lyons followed up two minutes later by coolly finishing off a slick Gaels attack with a well taken goal on eleven minutes. Joe Quinn was again on target three minutes later with another point before Castleconnor capitalised on a Gaels defensive mistake on eighteen minutes to open their scoring for the second half with a goal against the run of play. This started a bit of a revival from the visitors and they added on two more points over the next five minutes to reduce the deficit to five points. The Gaels were not to be denied however and Damien Lyons added to his tally for the afternoon by firing over two excellent long range points within two minutes of each other to effectively seal the contest. Castleconnor pointed a free on the stroke of full time before Damien Lyons capped off his scoring for the afternoon deep into injury time with another well taken point from out on the left.

Final score; Shamrock Gaels 2-12, Castleconner 1-8. The team was; Mark Tuohy, Liam O'Connell, James Lyons, Keith Mc Morrow, Paul Brennan, Paul Higgins, Johnny Burke, Conor Mullen, Eoin Mc Dermott (1-1), John Paul Henry (0-1), Jarlath Lyons, Frank Quinn (0-4), Joe Quinn (0-2), Damien Lyons (1-4), Derrick Davey. Subs; Paddy O'Grady for Derrick Davey, Niall Craig for J Lyons (inj).

The Seniors are away next Saturday evening to Tubbercurry at 7.30PM in Round 10 of the league.

The Junior team let a five point lead slip against Easkey last Saturday evening and ended up sharing the spoils in a scrappy league encounter. The Gaels were bombarded in the opening quarter with Easkey notching up five points without reply before Mark Boyd opened the Gaels account on fourteen minutes. Brian McDermott added another from a free on nineteen minutes as the Gaels came more into the game. Kevin Barry added two good points while Vinny Boyd added another to leave two points between the sides at halftime. The Gaels had a great start to the second half and scored four points without reply in the opening ten minutes to go into a two point lead. Easkey gained their composure and scored two quick points to level the game on seventeen minutes. Kevin Barry scored a great goal on eighteen minutes and this was followed up by points from Enda Foley and Vinny Boyd to put the Gaels five points up with ten minutes remaining. The Gaels lost their discipline in the closing stages and Easkey scored five points without reply - four of them frees to level the game on a scoreline of 1-11 to 0-14. The team and scorers were: Donal Tuohy, Sean McHugh, Raymond Murrin, Christopher McMorrow, Niall Brennan, Noel Jinks, John Craig, Niall Henry, Vinny Boyd (0-2), Brian McDermott (0-2), Kevin Barry (1-4), Mark Boyd (0-2), Enda Foley (0-1), Duncan Ryan, Diarmuid Jinks. Subs: Eoin McDermott for Niall Brennan, Sean O'Connell for Duncan Ryan, Conor McDonagh for Niall Henry, David Quinn for Vinny Boyd.

The juniors are away to Coolaney/Mullinabrenna this Sunday at 2.30PM.

The two U12 teams had great wins over St Marys on Tuesday evening last in difficult conditions. The Div1a team won on a scoreline of 0-16 to 0-7. The team was: Conal McCormack, Paul Harrington, Conor McGreavy, Alan Kelly, Andrew Flynn, Mark Keegan, Daragh Hailstones (0-3), Cian McDermott (0-6), Daire Kearns (0-5), Cathal McNulty, Luke Flynn (0-2), William Healy. The Div 2b tea won on a scoreline of 0-10 to 0-4. The team was: Conor Heffernan, Niall Higgins, James Carroll, Stephen Willis, Karl McKenna, Ben Tuohy, Conor Mullen, Darragh Kelly, Jack Healy, Tomas Little, Niall Whelan, Seamus Hailstones, Dylan McDermott. They play Coolera this Tuesday at home.

The U12 Girls lost to Drumcliffe/Rosses Point last Friday evening. The team was: Aine Burns, Sheona Leyden, Eilis O'Connor, Mairead Tuohy, Sarah Markham, Chloe Merrick, Joanne Johnston, Ailish Benson, Roisin Kearns, Sarah Walsh, Rachel Boyd, Aoife Morrisroe, Sinead McGovern, Imogen Garvey, Meave McDermott. They take on Calry away next Friday.