Monaleen Juvenile GAA Club

Club Notes

October 23rd 2011

Senior Notes

LOTTO Numbers for last week were 14,15, 25,31 with no winner. Next week's jackpot will be €19,300. Lucky dip winners were R.Shanahan c/o Monaleen Stores, Shane Moynihan Bohercoyle, Ita Madden Killonan,A&M Barrett Monaleen Park.
Senior Football Celebrations of our win in the county football championship are now over with the team now in full training for their game V UCC in the 1st round of the Munster Championship in Cork on Nov 6th.
Golf Society held the annual Christy Murphy Cup in Ballykisteen,a large number of golfers played in the event with our popular chairman Tom Crosse winning on the day with a great score in very tough conditions. A great night followed in the clubhouse for the prize givings.

Juvenile Notes

U15 Hurling Final goes to a replay - Monaleen and Na Piarsaigh competed in trying conditions in the County U 15 Hurling final last weekend , and after a very close contest, which was level at half time and at full time , must now look forward to meeting each other all over again .
Monaleen started very brightly and went into an early lead when after an opening point by Ed Doyle , Colm O Kane followed up with a shot to the top corner for the games opening goal.

A fantastic stop from Monaleen goalie Shane Doyle kept Monaleen ahead ,after which the teams exchanged a number of points with a Na Piarsaigh goal shortly before half time leaving the score at 1.06 to 1.06 at the break.

Monaleen shaded most of the second half to lead by 2 points at the stroke of full time , when Na Piarsaigh struck for what looked like the winning goal. However , this Monaleen team are made of great character , and after some tenacious battling which led to a great solo run from John Nicholas and he offloaded to Ed Doyle who struck the equalising point , which was a fair result for two evenly balanced teams.Final score Monaleen 1.11 Na Piarsaigh 2.08.

Monaleen were well served by all on the day , with the defence well marshalled by Lorcan Lyons , Reiss Connolly and Cian O Brien , and scorers were Colm O Kane 1.00, Ed Doyle 0.06 , John Nicholas 0.03, Andrew La Touche Cosgrave 0.02, and Jamie Porter 0.01. Team Shane Doyle , Thomas Holmes, Lorcan Lyons, Reiss Connolly,Daniel Power, Cian O Brien,Leo Morrisson,Rory Cunningham, Andrew La Touche Cosgrave, Kevin Gleeson, John Nicholas, Jamie Porter, Colm O Kane, Edward Doyle, Conor Fleming, Domhnaill Dooley and Sean Gleeson.

U11 Camogie Champions
The camogie success continued for Monaleen with victory in the’ A’ U11 final played in Monaleen on Sunday. Patrickswell proved to be tough opposition but could not prevent Monaleen scoring 5-1 in the first half. Fantastic scores from Kerry O Donoghue & Emma Donohoe set the trend. With Patrickswell struggling to pass the Monaleen half back line where Katie Golden was dominant there was only going to be one winner. Ruth Heavey & Aisling Kennedy got the other scores in the first half but this was a team performance with Monaleen winning every line on the field.
With all the 20 member squad getting a run the second half was very competitive but the score didn’t change and Monaleen finished deserved winners. Aine Nelligan lifted the trophy on behalf of a jubilant Monaleen panel.
Panel: Tara Hogan; Fiona Fitzpatrick; Rachel Hinchy; Keelan Corcoran; Aine Nelligan (Capt.); Annie Russell; Taine Amodeo; Ellen Regan Magner; Aishling Kennedy (2-1); Aine Doyle; Ruth Heavey (1-0); Kerry O Donoghue (1-0); Meave Rea; Yvonne Sheehan; Emma Donohoe (1-0); Laura Hogan; Orlaith Burke; Sarah Costello; Aine Gleeson; Katie Golden; Lisa Shelley

U12 football against John Mitchells(Tralee) , Sat October 22nd
Monaleen 2-13 John Mitchells 0-2. Our U12 footballers entertained the visiting John Mitchells from Tralee last Saturday in an entertaining game played last Saturday morning in difficult conditions. Monaleen started strongly from the first whistle and some well taken points by Conor Nicholas, Paul Clancy, Eoin O’Shea, Philip Harty and Cathal Humphreys built up a commanding lead for the hosts in the first half. Solid defending by the excellent James Hallas , David Moloney, Cathal Quilter and Conor Bermingham ensured that the visitor’s chances were kept to a minimum. Monaleen started the second half brightly with a well taken goal from Alex O’Donoghue. Sam Burns impressed throughout and his efforts were rewarded with a fine individual score. Cian Mulcahy was dominant at the back and his selfless work gave Monaleen a strong platform to build successive attacks. Darragh McCrann goaled for the hosts shortly afterwards and further scores by Cathal Carew(2 pts) Sean Finucane and Patrick Griffin ensured Monaleen enjoyed a comfortable victory over determined visitors. Monaleen: Cathal Carew, David Moloney, Conor Bermingham, Cian Mulcahy, James Hallas, Sam Burns, Cathal Quilter, Conor Nicholas, Eoin O’Shea, Philip Harty, Paul Clancy, Alex O’Donogjue, Darragh McCrann, Sean Finucane, Patrick Griffin, Alex O’Donoghue, Cathal Humphreys,

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