Monaleen Juvenile GAA Club

Club Notes

October 2nd 2011

Senior Notes

Our Junior hurlers played Mungret in the city final in Cluaghaun on Sat evening,the game was very tight for the 1st 15 minutes with Mungret getting some great scores late in the half to lead by 10 pts at half time. Monaleen played some brilliant hurling in the 2nd half and brought the lead back to 4pts however we could not peg Mungret back any closer than that and eventually lost by 7pts,1-11 to 7pts. We had good performances from Noel Madden, Kieran Stack, Dermot Foley and also Pa Ryan who starred throughout the match. Well done to all concerned with the team who now qualilfy for the county 1/4 final V Bruff time and venue to be confirmed.
Lotto lucky dip winners Alan O Shaughnessy Superdine, Alan Hayes Murroe, Kieran O'Brien Bloomfield, Ken Ryan Monaleen Stores. Next week jackpot €18400.
Senior county football final Sun Oct 16th in the Gaelic Grounds at 3:30pm
Planned Training fundraiser for Senior footballers who have reached the county final which takes place in the Gaelic grounds on Sunday October 15th V Newcastlewest.
A Black Pudding nite takes place in the clunhouse this Saturday night October 8th commencing @ 9pm. Admission is just €10.00 with finger food and music included. All proceeds go directly towards training expenses so we would encourage all members and parishioners to attend. The players would really appreciate the support. If unable to attend and would like to support this event call to Paudi in the bar and he will gladly provide you with tickets.

Juvenile Notes

U.16 Compromise Rules.
Last Saturday and Sunday Monaleen hosted Australian tourists,Wanderers,representing all rural clubs who play rules football in the Australian N.F.L.They were unbeaten in their British and Irish tour so far but lost their unbeaten tag to Monaleen u.16s, in a most skillful and exciting game,played under compromise rules on a scoreline of 59 pts to 51.
The Monaleen panel was as follows: Cian O Dwyer,Conor Allen,Mark Dillon(capt.),Jack O Neill,Cian Malone,Pat O Kane,Stuart Hoare,John Sheahan,Jamie Porter,John Nicholas,Mark Mc.Carthy,Billy Cosgrave,Paul Butler,Sean Power,Daniel Power,Jack Cleary.
First class entertainment was enjoyed by our visitors young and old in the clubhouse on Sat.night, with music provided by our very talented local Castletroy Comhaltas group.
On Sun.morning they were treated to a guided tour of both Thomond Pk. and Lk.Gaelic Grds.
Many thanks to everybody who helped to make our visitors stay such a memorable one!

Under Fourteen Football County League Champions
On a dull and cloudy afternoon, which had a very real feel of Autumn our footballers took to the field to try to retain the title which we won last year. Newcastle west were favorites coming into this game as they had already beaten us in the Feile final. From the throw in our forwards worked very hard and put huge pressure on the Newcastle defense. Oisin Kelly at center forward created massive opportunity with his huge work rate throughout the game and our forwards took every opportunity with the chances created. Cian Hession showed us how to take advantage of good supply and scored two great goals in the first half. Further scores were added by Mark O'Dwyer which gave us a six point advantage at the break. From the beginning of the second half Newcastle West attacked with a vengeance and our back had to show some serious resilience to withstand the pressure. We finally conceded a goal mid way through the half but from there on we began to regain control through staunch defending, especially from Eoin Whittle and Niall O Shea. Our forwards retained some great ball to take the pressure off in the latter part of the game with the tireless running of Mark O'Dwyer ,Evan O'Connor and Conor Fleming. Many thanks must go to every player on the panel who contributed a huge amount throughout the season, as and we have two matches yet to play in the championship. The match finished 2.4 to 1.3 S Fitzpatrick, Eoin Whittle,C Nelson,D Enright,N O Shea,E Carew,D Goldin,D Power,C Fleming,M O Dwyer,K Gleeson,Cian Hession, O Kelly, A Nicholas, E O'Connor, . Coughlan,J.Power, D.Dooley,B.Tiernan, J. Daly, P.Humphreys, C.Carew.

Under 13 football County Champions
On Sunday the thirteenth of |Sept we took to the field in what was always going to be a hugely contested match between ourselves and Mungret. The first half was nip and tuck until Dara O Leary spotted an opportunity to place a sweet pass into the hands of D.Hession who finished neatly to the back of the net.
Immediately Mungret responded with increased pressure to close the gap which was equally matched with some superb football from Eoghan Carew and Niall Loughran Mungret scored on half time to leave the tightest of margins of one point at half time. The second half started with the same frantic pace as the first and we tagged on a point from Mark O'Dwyer to go two ahead, only for Mungret to reply with a good goal to see them lead for the first time. From a well placed kick out the ball was well worked up the field to D.O'Leary who fed the ball to the waiting Dara Nevillle, who was menacing throughout the game, slotted home to the back of the net to regain the lead.Our Backs continued to do heroic work marshaled by Daniel Enright to hold out for well deserved victory .
This panel of 25 players have to be complimented on the effort made by ever one of them and all players contributed hugely during a long season. Final score 2.5 to 2.4
S.Fitzpatrick, J.Kely, D.Enright, G.Clancy, N.Loughran,E.Carew, S.Malone, D.Goldin, M.O'Dwyer A Nicholas J Power D Coughlan D o leary D hessoin D Neville B Sheehan C Murphy S.Carmody S. Donegan M.Griffin. J.Hallas, D.Power, F.Russel, C.Doyle.

Camogie Autumn Leagues
The u11 & u13 camogie leagues continued with home matches against Cappamore on Sunday morning.
Annie Russell scored 3 goals as Monaleen won 4-1 to nil at u11 while Caoimhe Lyons scored an amazing 9-2 as the u13’s won 10-3 to 4-0 goals. Not to forget Aisling Kennedy who scored a goal for both Monaleen teams.
Both teams are in a great position now to progress to the semi-finals with the final group matches next weekend.

A fundraising night at the greyhounds
Monaleen Camogie have a night out at the greyhounds on Oct 14th. Adults €10 - children U16 are free. For tickets contact Valerie Holmes, Rosemary Lyons or any committee member.

Ladies Football Notes: We are delighted that our U13 players have been selected for the half time game In the All Ireland Ladies Final being played in Croke Park on Sunday 9th. Every player dreams of playing in Croke Park on All Ireland Sunday. Ten of our players will do so next Sunday. We have an u13 Blitz this Saturday with teams from Cork Kerry and Clare playing in Monaleen in the clubhouse pitch..
Well done to the u 12 girls who played so well in the St Patrick's Tournament last weekend.

We would appreciate your support with the used mobile phone used clean cloths collection on Saturday morning. We are not asking for your money we are asking for your cast off's.

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