Monaleen GAA Club

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Last updated 20th November, 2011

Senior Notes
The Weekly Lotto numbers were 2,5,23,24 with no winner. Next weeks Lotto will be 20,000 euro. The Quick Pick Winners of 50euro each were, B Hyland Hazelhall, E.O'Shea Monaleen Road, I.Henry, Greenview Drive,B.O'Donoghue Oakfield's, J.Kennedy c/o Leo's and E.Burke Louvain Milford.
Our U21 Footballers were narrowly beaten by Na Piarsigh in UL on Saturday night by 3 points.
The AGM of the Juvenile board takes place on Wednesday next the 30th November @8pm in the clubhouse. The AGM of the Senior board takes place on Tuesday the 6th of December in the clubhouse @8pm. All are welcome to attend.

Juvenile Notes

The U15 hurling County final replay Vs Na Piarsaigh is scheduled for friday 25th November. All support welcome.

The under 10 girls took part in St Patrick’s GAA Club season end blitz last Saturday. They won all of their games, against Mungret A , St Patricks and Mungret B. There were strong performances from all who played, with excellent contribution from Eimer Morgan, Rachel O’Dell and Grace Clohessy. Well done to all who participated.

More photos from the boys and girls here.

Under 14 Girls Feile County Football Champions 2011

U11 Community Games Hurling

St. Kierans 1-0 Monaleen 4-3

4th May 2011

The Monaleen Under 11 Community Games Hurlers gave a very impressive display to overcome a hard working St Kierans side to successfully come through the group stages and book a semi-final place.

During hard fought early stages, space and scoring opportunities were hard to find as both sides were determined to win possession.
Caolan Madden and Niall McGrath both sent dangerous balls into the St Kierans goal area, with goalmouth scrambles resulting, where Charles Kiljur and Jack Considine nearly forced the ball over the line, but the St Kierans defence held firm.

Midway through the first half St. Kierans took the lead from a free which their big centre forward lobbed perfectly into the goal, just under the crossbar - a very difficult ball for Muiris Bowler in goals to deal with, who played excellently thoughout, with accurate puckouts being a platform for attacks. He was aided thorughout by a super full back line, with Micheál O Hanrahan at full back quickly and efficiently stamping out danger,
aided by Conor Deegan, James Flannery and David Crampton, who all upped their games and were committed throughout, making life very difficult for the attacking team.

After some Monaleen pressure Caolan Madden scored a nice long range point to leave Monaleen trailing at half time 1-0 to 0-1.

The opening 10 minutes of the second half was a period of sustained Monaleen pressure which yielded three goals and two points. Every Monaleen player on the pitch refused to yield an inch to their opponent and the scores came quickly, with Caolan Madden netting, quickly followed by Caolan Dignam surging from midfield to drive home a ball provided by Mark Harty who showed determination by knocking back a ball that appeared to be going wide.

Brian O'Donnell was running the show from midfield and added some scores while Jason Aylward, Morgan Connolly and Cillian Toland were solid at half-back smothering any attacks and sending the sliotar back down to the forwards.
Mark Harty and Daire Ryan were proving a handful for the St Kierans defence at full forward while David McMahon and Niall McGrath at wing forward were fighting for that all important possession to keep the momentum going Monaleen's way.

The game's standout performance was from Caolan Madden at centre forward who tortured the opposition all evening with mazy runs and a natural ability with the sliotar and hurl.

However, this was primarily a fantastic team performace with all players fighting their corners throughout and working hard for each other. It was this total commitment from 15 players on the pitch that swung the game Monaleen's way.

Team : Muiris Bowler, David Crampton, Micheál O Hanrahan, Conor Deegan, Morgan Connolly, Jason Aylward, Cillian Toland, Brian O Donnell, Caolan Dignam, Niall McGrath, Caolan Madden, David McMahon, Charles Kiljur, Daire Ryan, Jack Considine, James Flannery, Mark Harty.

Juveniles Training

Involvement in Monaleen GAA is fantastic fun and a great opportunity for young people to play team sports. Beginners are welcome throughout all the age groups.

Training Times from February 2011:

Hurling

Visit the Teams section for contact information.

Nov 23rd 2010

The Bórd na nÓg AGM 2010 was held on 23rd November 2010. The secretary's report is available here, and contains a summary of the 2010 sporting year. Minutes of the 2009 AGM, held on 24/01/2010 are here.

Registrations

All new and current players must be registered with Monaleen Juvenile GAA club. If not registered you are not qualified to train or play games with the club, and are not insured. The registration form can be downloaded here

For more information please contact: Louise Mullen 087 1222249 or Kevin Mc Grath 086 8380667.