News roundup for October

W/E 8th October

U15  Boys

Well done to our U15 boys who had a big victory over Monivea/Abbey in the U15 'A' league. Glan led 3-6 to 2-1 at half time and in the 2^nd half added a further 5 goals to their tally to run out easy winners.

U10 Boys - Cup Winners

Congratulations to our U10 boys who won the Waldron Cup on Saturday 8th October in a blitz that took place in Glinsk. They beat Mountbellew/Moylough in the 1^st round and went on to defeat Oran in the final. 

Thanks to Kevin Duffy, Alphy O’Brien, Pat Collins and Pat Geraghty for looking after the team and to Glinsk for their hospitality. 

Panel: Ryan Keaveney, Thomas O’Brien, Luke Divilly, Eoin Collins, Evan Duffy, Ryan Duffy, Conor Raftery, Odhran Geraghty, Gerard Smith, Thomas Collins, Mark Fox, Jack Kelly, Jack Comer King, Cillin Geraghty and Adrian Divilly. Well done to all concerned.

W/E 15th October

Intermediate Team

Hard luck to our intermediate Footballers who lost to Athenry on Thursday 13th:  Athenry 0-6 Glenamaddy 0-5, in the last round of the Intermediate League. We led 0-4 to 0-3 at half time and hopes were high! In the 2^nd half although leading for most of the game  two late frees won the game for Athenry. 

Thanks to team manager Aidan Geraghty, and selectors Tommy Ward, Tomas Giblin and Cathal Ryan for their hard work and commitment throughout the year.

Team: Martin Donegan, Luke Conneally, John Keaveney, Noel Fahy, Patrick Conneally, Keith Cunniffe,  Aidan Divilly, Aidan Geraghty, 0-1, Aidan Hanley 0-1, Sean Conneally, Tomas Curtin, Barry Curtin 0-1, Paul Dolan, Michael Molloy 0-1, Robert Molloy. 

Subs Used Sean Molloy and Tomas Giblin.

U15 Boys

Our U15 lost to Tuam Stars on Thursday evening last by a margin of Tuam Stars 2-11 Glenamaddy 0-11 and to Mountbellew 5-4 to 3-5 Sunday in the U15 'A' league.

U13 Boys

Our U13’s lost out to a much stronger St. Gaberiels  in the U1 league semi final.

Training

Our U8’s, U10’s, and U12’s boys finished up training on Monday evening. Thanks to Pat Collins, Pat Geraghty, Alphy O’Brien, and Kevin Duffy for looking after these young players throughout the season. 

Kilconly gain Senior Status

Congratulations to Kilconly on winning the Intermediate Championship and gaining promotion to senior grade.

W/E 22nd October

Congratulations to our U10 boys and their management team who won the blitz hosted by Killererin last weekend. The excellent display of football and score-taking from this panel of young players is encouraging for the club. Well done to all concerned and thanks to Killererin for their hospitality.

News w/e 25th September

U16 Boys - County League Final

Our U16 boys played Fr. Griffin / Eire Og  in the County League Final  in Pearse Stadium.   An exciting game to the end kept the  spectators kept on the edge of their seats as extra time was needed to decide the winner. Fr. Griffin / Eire Og led 1-9 to 1-4 at half time.  Liam Glynn was unable to play due to illness and we suffered a further blow when both Cormac Raftery and Cathal Hynes had to go off with injuries.  Our lads fought hard and thanks to two late goals from Colm Fallon the game ended  at normal time on a score of Glan 4-7 Fr. Griffin / Eire Og 1-16. 

In extra time the opposition scored 1-5 and we scored 0-2 but our lads can hold their heads high with their overall team performance. Final score Fr. Griffin / Eire Og  2-21 to  Glenamaddy 4-9.

There were excellent individual performances from  Colm Fallon who scored 3 out of the 4 goals,  Michael Fox, Michael Geary , Cormac Haslam and James Burke. A special thanks to the management team of Padraic Glynn, Brendan Burke and Paddy Joyce and to the parents and families of the panel for their support throughout the season.

Team:  Cormac Haslam, Mark Dolan, Ross Connolly, James Burke, Eugene Morgan, Daniel Smith, Jonathan Mannion, Cormac Raftery 0-2, Michael Fox 1-3, Michael Geary 0-1, Peter T Keaveney 0-1, Cathal Hynes, Stephen Fox, Chris Collins, Colm Fallon 3-1.

Subs Used: Mikie Conneally, Lewis Mullherin 0-1, Conor Ryan, and Eddie Walsh. 

Remainder of panel: Seamus Comer, Stephen Glynn, Stephen Joyce, Liam Burke, Shea Connolly and James Dilllon.