Glenamaddy Junior 1 - 6; Oranmore Maree 2 - 8

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Glenamaddy face Oranmore-Maree on a fine afternoon at the Glenamaddy ground.

Both the weather and Oranmore outshone Glenamaddy this afternoon.  Glenamadddy opened the scoring early on, but a more efficient Oranmore side soon responded with four points on the board.  Glenamaddy seemed to be relying on speculative kicks and wasted a lot of possession through poor passing.  Oranmore used space much more wisely and their running off the ball saw them begin to dominate the game.  Glenamaddy were however able to just about keep in touch and after some determined goal mouth skirmishes turned aropund still in touch, just 3 points in arrears.

Some of the first half goal mouth action - Glenamaddy putting Oranmore under pressure.

The second half saw an unlikely comeback by Glenamaddy who clawed their way into a 1 - 5 to 0 - 6 lead at one point.  A scrappy game saw Oranmore put the ball in the net twice and score a further two points with Glenamaddy being only able to add a further point before the final whistle sounded their death knell with Oranmore eventually running out deserved winners; Glenamaddy 1 - 6, Oranmore 2 - 8.

 

Fixtures this coming weekend - amendment 27/3/10

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SATURDAY 27TH MARCH

Dunleavy Engineering North Junior league: Na Gleannta Glenamaddy Junior v. Oranmore-Maree at Glenamaddy at 4:30pm; referee - M Flaherty.

SUNDAY 28TH MARCH

Na Gleannta Minors v. Cortoon Shamrocks at Glenamaddy at 11:30am
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Na Gleannta Minors v. Caherlistrane - result

Last Saturday afternoon saw Na Gleannta minor team play their first competitive game in the North B Minor League against Caherlistrane. Na Gleannta's first score came from the boot of Cillian Raftery who went on to a final tally of 2-4.

Na Gleannta at times appeared a little sluggish but as the game progressed the team began to show their true colours.  Patrick and Luke Conneally gave fine individual displays in mid field with Cian Connolly, Anthony Comer and Edward Cuddy  forming a secure defence line. Dean O’ Rourke and Michael Fox  worked hard up front. 

The game ended with Na Gleannta comfortable winners - the score being Na Gleannta 2-10
Caherlistrane 1-5.

Well done to all concerned.
 
Team : Feargal Dowd, Jason Kelly, Cian Connolly, Edward Cuddy, Peter  Lohan, Anthony Comer, Michael Gibbons, Luke Conneally, Patrick Conneally, Cathal Davis, Keith Davis (0-4), Dean O’Rourke, Tommy Curley, Cillian Raftery (2-4), Donal Dowd. 
Subs used: Michael Fox (0-1), Cormac Raftery (0-1).  
Remainder of panel: Mark Conneally, Ben Conneally, Tomas Dillon , Ross Connolly and Nigel Fahy.
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Upcoming fixtures

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There are two matches scheduled for the coming weekend:-

1)    Na Gleannta Minors play Caherlistrane on Saturday 20th at 3:30pm in Caherlistrane.

2)    Glenamaddy Intermediates have a challenge game against St Croans on Saturday 20th at 7pm at the Glenamaddy ground.
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Notice of General Meeting - Thursday 18th March

Please be advised that there will be a:-

General Meeting

on Thursday March 18th at 8:30 pm in the Clubhouse.

Agenda

• Minutes of last meeting
• Matters arising
• Pitch development
• Team progress
• Finance
• Report from County Board meeting
• Lotto/membership
• AOB

Mary Davis

Secretary

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Glenamaddy Intermediates overcome Ballinasloe

Glenamaddy  0 - 18    Ballinasloe  - 7

Scoring an early goal Ballinasloe always looked to be a hard outfit to beat. The Ballinasloe boys always semed to have more time on the ball and at times played some skilfull fluent football; Glenamaddy were, however, not going to be lightly beaten and after some exciting goalmouth action at each end the sides closed the first half with Glenamaddy just one point adrift at 0 - 6 to 1 - 4.

Some of the first half goalmouth action.

The second half continued in the same vein with Glenamaddy now freely scoring points.  Ballinasloe though scored another goal to keep themselves ahead in this end-to-end battle.  This goal, though, only served to galvanise Glenamaddy and thereafter they rattled in a further nine points to only a two points response from Ballinasloe.  Glenamaddy, finally closing the victory in an exciting fast moving game by a comfortable margin of 5 points, were good value for their win.

Glenamaddy Intermediates v. Ballinasloe - 13th March

A challenge game has been arranged between Glenamaddy Intermediates and Ballinasloe for Saturday 13th March @ 6.00pm. 

The game will be played at the Glenamaddy ground, and the referee will be Gerry Daly.

Na Gleannta v. Oranmore - March 6th

Oranmore pip Na Gleannta

Na Gleannta 1 - 6        Oranmore 1 - 10

In the shadow of Dunmore Castle Na Gleannta were ultimately unable to withstand the onslaught of a powerful Oranmore side in this U21 North B Championship match.

Starting off brightly with 2 points quickly on the board na Gleannta weathered a sustained period of pressure from Oranmore.  Spending long periods in their own half Na Gleannta managed to break away to put a further point on the board.  Some good goalkeeping and the inability of Oranmore to covert pressure into points led a good sized crowd to think this could be Na Gleannta's day.

Deep into the first half though Oranmore finally broke through and were soon ahead 0 - 3 to 1 - 3 in spite of some impassioned Na Gleannta defending. The Glenamaddy/Glinsk lads were not going to lie down though and at the break the scores were Na Gleannta 1 - 3  Oranmore 1 - 5.

 

With all to play for coming out after the break, and a palpable air of expectation from the crowd the Na Gleannta bubble was soon burst as Oranmore immediately put another point on the board taking them now 3 points clear.  Oranmore continued to pile on the pressure and in spite of some spirited attacking from Na Gleannta with points being scored tit for tat Oranmore just pulled  away in the last few minutes to win by 4 points. Na Gleannta aquitted themselves well and for a team so recently formed have quickly jelled into a promising football side.  The game against a tough Oranmore side probably came a little too soon in their development. There were though a lot of positives in their performance this afternoon.  Heads didn't drop and a lot of determination and resilience were shown by everybody concerned.  Great effort lads!!

Some action from the game :-

Change of venue - Na Gleannta v Oranmore

Please note:-

Na Gleannta v. Oranmore due to be played at Menlough at 16:00 Saturday 6th March, will now be played at Dunmore at 15:30.

Na Gleannta U21 - 2nd Round, North U-21 B Championship

Na Gleannta are to play Oranmore in the next round of the North B Championship following their brilliant victory over Athenry.

The game will take place at Menlough on Saturday March 6th at 16:00.  Referee will be S Lawlor.

Good luck lads!

Glenamaddy Intermediates v. Williamstown - 27th February

Glenamaddy   2 - 8          Williamstown   1 - 10

A fast moving game saw Glenamaddy emerge winners by a single point in the local derby against Williamstown under lights at the Glenamaddy ground last evening.

Williamstown were unable to translate possession and territory into a win as they piled on the points in the second half as Glenamaddy seemed to lose their way.  Williamstown playing smooth slick football moved from a point down at halftime to six ahead at one point.  Glenamaddy seemed to have lost their sharpness and were in danger of being overawed by a fast moving, skilful Williamstown outfit.

 














Glenamaddy though eventually 'found their mojo' and playing with much greater purpose as the second half progressed began to claw their way back.  A dogged and increasingly confident last 15 minutes or so saw them leave the field with smiles all round as they secured a single point victory.

 

Next fixture at Glenamaddy :-

Na Gleannta v St Croans Wednesday 3rd March at 8pm 

Na Gleannta fixtures.

Upcoming fixtures 

• Na Gleannta minors play Williamstown on Sunday 28th February @ 12 noon at the Glenamaddy ground. Referee :-  P.J Rabbitte
• Na Gleannta play St.Croans on Wed 3rd March @ 8pm again at the Glenamaddy ground.  Referee:-  Noel Finnegan.

Good luck lads

Make sure you get along and support !!

NEW!! Slideshows

New feature on our Blog


You will notice a new feature down the left hand side of our postings.  I will try and upload as many photos as possible over the next few days of recent matches, etc.  The photos are of variable quality, but may be of interest nonetheless.  Click on the photo and you will be taken to a separate page (Picasa) where, if you click on the 'full page' symbol at the top left hand corner, you can view the photos as a full page slideshow.


Please feel free to copy any photos you wish.

Na Gleannta v Athenry

Looking smart in new strip before the Athenry fixture

This afternoon saw Na Gleannta's first official fixture against Athenry at the Mountbellew ground. The newly formed team from Glinsk and Glenamaddy did their respective towns and themselves credit as they emerged from an exiting, tense encounter worthy winners with the final score at Na Gleannta 1 - 12,  Athenry 0 - 8.

Na Gleannta certainly upped their game after lapses in concentration, and occasionally lack of awareness in recent fixtures.  It was easy to forget that this afternoon was only their 5th game playing together - and they certainly played together today.  

Athenry took an early lead, but Na Gleannta showed great spirit to come straight back with 5 unanswered points  before giving their travelling supporters some concerns as they began to show worrying signs of letting things slip again.  Athenry began to claw their way back, and at half time the score stood at Na Gleannta 0 - 6 Athenry 0 - 5.

As the teams took the field for the second half it was anybody's game for the taking and things began to swing Athenry's way as they determinedly took the game to Na Gleannta and soon the scores stood equal at 7 points apiece.

The Na Gleannta team though showed great resolution and stuck doggedly to the task showing new found determination.  Na Gleannta began to pull away, although the result was still in the balance as the scores stood at Na Gleannta 0 - 10  Athenry 0 - 8. 

With a tense last 10 minutes in prospect the game finally turned Na Gleannta's way as "man-of-the-match" Keith Davis scored the goal that enabled his team to make the game theirs.  Na Gleannta adding two more points before the final whistle saw them run out comfortable winners in the end.

All smiles after a successful first outing for Na Gleannta.

Scorers for Na Gleannta:

Barry Conneally, Sean Conneally, Alan Kelly, Sam McCall, Kevin Morgan - 1 point each.

Keith Davis 1 - 7

After the game the lads were hosted to refreshments at Mannion's Lounge when surely the smiles of victory continued.  Many thanks to Mannion's for their generosity.

North U-21 'B' Championship

DON'T FORGET!!

Na Gleannta U-21 have their first official game on Saturday 20^th February when they play Athenry in the first round of the North U-21 'B' Championship. The game will be played in Mountbellew at 3pm.


Please try to get along and support the lads in their first official competitive fixture.

Glenamaddy Intermediate Team - Diary date

Advance date for your diary:-

Our Intermediate team will play Monivea/Abbey in the 1st round of the championship on the weekend of 22nd/23rd May.

Make sure you're not going to be double booked by putting this fixture in your diary!!

Na Gleannta - first official fixture

Na Gleannta U-21 have their first official game on Saturday 20^th February when they play Athenry in the first round of the North U-21 'B' Championship. The game will be played in Mountbellew at 3pm. (Mountbellew GAA grounds are situated just outside Mountbellew town on the Tuam Road)

Best of luck to the players  and the management team of Paul Devlin, Stephen Neary, Sean Dowd and Aidan Geraghty. We would like to thank Trevor Dolan for his help and no doubt he sends his best wishes to all concerned.

Please come and support this panel of young players who have put in a huge effort preparing for this competition. 

Update on Team Managers/Selectors

Further to post dated February 4th  ...


The following were agreed as team managers/coaches:-


Intermediate Team
Manager :  Pat Connolly
Selectors :  Paul Devlin, Aidan Burke and A.N. Other


Juniors
Manager:   Tommy Ward
Selectors:  To be appointed


U-16
Paddy Conneally and Mickie Fox


U-14
Padraig Glynn, Michael Curtin, Brendan Burke and Gerry Fallon


U-12
Pat Geraghty and Alphy O'Brien


U-8/U-10
Pat Collins, Kevin Duffy and Alphy O'Brien




Minor and U-21 Teams
Combined with Glinsk under the new name Na Gleannta would be managed by : Paul Devlin, Aidan Geraghty, Stephen Neary and Sean Dowd.

BEST WISHES TO ALL MANAGERS, PLAYERS AND SELECTORS IN 2010

Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory!!

Na Gleannta U - 21s 0 - 8      Kilkerrin/Clonberne  2 - 4


After completing their first victory on Friday evening against Menlough, Na Gleannta opened in a much more confident vein. They steadily scored points during the first half and turned around leading by 6 unanswered points.  The second half however was a different story!

The second half saw the two teams matching each other in the early stages, but Kilkerrin/Clonberne were slowly building in confidence as Na Gleannta gradually seemed to lose their way a little. A few missed opportunities cost Na Gleannta dear as they were unable to convert possession and territory into points.  Kilkerrin/Clonberne were, however, slowly racking up their score and in the last 10 minutes or so were the dominant team eventually putting the ball in the net twice to emerge from the jaws of defeat by 2 points.

Not a bad weekend for the Na Gleannta lads again though.  Notching up their first win, and losing a game they were well on track to win after only playing together 4 times, shows a lot of promise for the future. 
    
 

Na Gleannta U-21s v. Menlough

Na Gleannta 1 - 10          Menlough 2 - 6

Na Gleannta U-21s notched up their first victory by the narrowest of margins this evening at the Glenamaddy ground against Menlough.  In what was a real game of 2 halves Na Gleannta emerged victors by a single point after a spirited second half display.


Turning round trailing by 7 points Na Gleannta must have had an inspiring half time lecture from their coaches as they looked much the sharper side in what turned out to be a niggly second half.  As Na Gleannta turned the screw Menlough became increasingly frustrated at their inability to build on their first half superiority and Na Gleannta pressurised the Menlough goal for long periods

Some of the second half action around the Menlough goal.

Lots of pressure here, on this occasion Na Gleannta failed to capitalise.










Increasingly the pressure told on Menlough as they continue to 'leak' points and eventually towards the end of the game  had a man sent off to bring their evening to an ignominious end.


Well done Na Gleannta on notching up your first victory.

   

Na Gleannta's next game is on Sunday 7th again at the Glenamaddy ground against Kilkerrin/Clonberne at 12 noon.

Glenamaddy Community School - Girls

C O N G RA T U L A T I O N S  !!


Congratulations to the Community School's Girls Football team for a fine win, in their Connacht Semi-final,  over Mountbellew/ Moylough on Tuesday.


Well done,  from Glenamaddy GAA

Weekly Lottery draw - WINNER!!

Congratulations to Ann McHugh who scooped this week's jackpot of €5400.


There were 9 'match 3' winners.  Numbers drawn were 2, 11, 18, 19.


Next week's jackpot starts afresh at €5000.

Na Gleannta U-21s- fixtures

Na Gleannta U-21s have a busy weekend ahead again with fixtures against:


Menlough on Friday 5th at 8pm at the Glenamaddy ground


and


Kilkerrin/Clonberne on Sunday 7th at 12 noon again at the Glenamaddy ground. 


Try and get along - the lads deserve your support.

General Meeting - Monday 1st Feb

Following Monday's meeting - see posting dated 25th January - it was agreed

• that the cost of renting space for advertising hoardings would be €60 per year.  This is an amazing offer - try advertising in your local paper for a year and compare the cost!!
• Team managers for the forthcoming season were agreed - full list to follow .
• The Community Lottery; being a major source of income it was agreed to make a real push to sell more tickets than last year, and members now have available annual tickets for sale at €90 - this represents a substantial saving over buying a €2 weekly ticket. Please make an effort to contact a committee member to buy your tickets now. Also we are investigating ways of being able to buy tickets on-line.
• also discussed was the GAA's new Respect Campaign which has been piloted among under-12s in Armagh, Sligo, Waterford and Kilkenny, and will be extended nationally to under-12 level in the coming months. Over the next few years it will extend across the age ranges.

Na Gleannta U21 results.

Na Gleannta 1 - 8     Caltra 2 - 6


Friday evening (Jan 29th) saw Na Gleannta's first game, against Caltra under lights at Glenamaddy's ground.

A close fought game lost only when Na Gleannta seemed to lose concentration in the middle third of the game.   Changing round at 5 points down Caltra soon extended their lead in the opening minutes of the second half. This led to a spirited fight back which saw Na Gleannta come so close to winning their first game.  A very encouraging beginning for Na Gleannta saw them lose, by a single point, a game they could so easily have won.

Na Gleannta happy to see the Caltra goalkeeper beaten and the ball hit the back of the net at last.

Caltra under pressure again during the second half.

Na Gleannta 0 - 8   Cortoon Shamrocks 1 - 8



Sunday (Jan 31st)  saw Na Gleannta's second game in the space of less than 48 hours as they took on Cortoon Shamrocks, this time at Glinsk's ground.  
A good, tough game ensued with a tiring Na Gleannta side missing out by just 3 points.  
A busy weekend then for the Na Gleannta boys, but they can go about their business tomorrow with pride having seen a successful start underway to the Na Gleannta trial.


The next game should be on Friday evening - opposition/ venue to be announced.   

Na Gleannta U21 v Caltra

Na Gleannta U21s payed their first game this evening kicking off soon after 8 pm.  A cold, rainy evening ended with Caltra just shading it by 1 point.


The photo shows Na Gleannta's first ever competitive point being scored.  Full report to follow.

  

Weekly Lottery results - Wednesday 27th January

Again no winner of the jackpot this week.  Numbers drawn were 7, 12, 15, 19.  Five people matched 3 numbers. Jackpot carries over to next week when it will be €5400.


A reminder:-


Lottery reps for February are, Gerry Haslam, Pat Connolly and Alphy O'Brien.

Sponsorship hoardings

Much hard work has been going on to erect sponsors' hoardings ready for the new season.

Could your hoarding fill the gap??

Why not consider a hoarding yourself??  Contact any committee member or post a comment by clicking on the "comment" box at the bottom of this article and we will contact you with options for sponsorship.

Help Glenamaddy GAA grow  and help your business grow.

General Meeting - Monday 1st Feb

Dear Member,

A general meeting of the club will take place at the clubhouse on Monday 1st February at 8:30 pm.

Agenda:-

1. Minutes of last meeting
2. Matters arising
3. Ratification of team managers
4. Hoardings
5. Lotto
6. Membership
7. AOB

Everybody welcome - your support is appreciated,

Regards

Mary Davis

Secretary

History in the making!!

Against a background of concern over lack of opportunities for under-age players it was agreed that an approach be made to a neighbouring club with a view to combining under age groups i.e. minor and U-21s.  As a result of these discussions Glinsk was approached and after several meetings involving committees of both Glenamaddy and Glinsk clubs it was resolved that Galway County Board would be consulted. Approval was given for a trial merger of the two clubs at U-21 and Minors only.  Further meetings between the two clubs led to an agreement that these teams would compete under the name of Na Gleannta and would wear the colours of orange and white. 

Acting Chairperson for Na Gleannta is Martin Hurley and Secretary Mary Davis. Paul Devlin,Trevor Dolan, Stephen Neary and Sean Dowd are the management team for both age group teams. 


The pictures show Na Gleannta at one of their very first training sessions this morning in Glinsk.  It was very encouraging to see over 20 lads turn up on a cold (-1.5c) foggy morning and show such enthusiasm.  Well done to everybody for getting this historic merger to the point of fruition.

The next training session takes place on Tuesday evening at Glenamaddy at 8 p.m. 


Two games have been arranged :-

• Friday evening January 29th at 8 pm v. Caltra

• Sunday morning January 31st. v. Kilkerrin/Clonberne

Get along if you can to support the lads and witness this exciting development in the club's history. 

Weekly Lottery Draw

Last night's draw, for €5000, was not won - numbers drawn were :- 1, 7, 25, and 28.  Quite a few matched 3 numbers so the jackpot carries over to next week when it will be €5200.  That's nearly enough for a new car with the scrappage scheme!!

Don't forget - BE IN IT TO WIN IT - buy your envelope now from shops in the town or committee members.

GOOD LUCK

Glenamaddy GAA in the sun

I've just spent an enjoyable couple of hours up at the GAA ground this morning - and what a beautiful morning it is.  Bright and warm - the grounds look great - everything neat and tidy and a credit to Glenamaddy.


What a contrast to the snow and cold of only 10 days ago - perhaps it signals an optimistic future for our teams this season!!

WEEKLY LOTTERY DRAW WINNER

Last week (Wednesday 13th January) finally saw the lottery jackpot won.  Congratulations to Coman Keaveny who scooped €16600 - what a great way to start 2010!!

The new jackpot kicks off with €5000 up for grabs tonight, so support your community clubs "Be in it to win it!!"

Contact any committee member for details.

Support Your GAA Club - by simply topping up your phone

To all our readers, 


We wanted you to know about a fantastic way  to help raise money for Glenamaddy GAA without it costing you anything!!  Vodafone are operating a Support Your GAA Club Programme which if you join will pay 5% of your pay monthly bill (or any top up) and donate it directly to us.


If you are already a Vodafone Ireland customer you can sign up by following the link at the foot of this information.  It's quick, hassle-free and you'll be helping Glenamaddy GAA everytime you you talk or text.  


Remember the more people who join this programme the more Vodafone will donate to Glenamaddy GAA.  (If 100 people joined and each had an annual bill of €100 that would result in donations totalling €500 at no cost - and how many of us wish our annual mobile phone bill was only €100!!)  If you are not a Vodafone customer you can still help by considering switching then simply freetext GAA to 50308 to get details.


Please consider doing this - it literally takes only about 30 seconds to register online at www.supportyourgaaclub.ie  What an easy way to support your club financially!!


Thanks for your support - let's see if we can get well in excess of that hypothetical €500 mentioned above.