Corofin 4 - 11 Glenamaddy 1 - 5

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Both the weather and Corofin comprehensively outshone Glenamaddy this afternoon at the Belclare GAA ground in this Sweeney Oil League Group 3 clash.  In spite of the fine weather Glenamaddy were frustrated at a much delayed start after a late change of venue, but were however able to snatch the lead early on before relinquishing almost total control to a clever Corofin side who played out the first half almost entirely in the Glenamaddy half taking the half-time whistle holding an easy 0 - 1 to 3 - 7 advantage.

 

Facing a seemingly insurmountable hurdle Glenamaddy took to the field for the second half, on this hottest day of the year, with a positive attitude.  Although soon falling a further two points behind, a couple of tactical changes and player substitutions saw Glenamaddy begin to claw their way back.

They enjoyed a 'purple patch' scoring a goal and a further three points unanswered before Corofin again regained their composure and saw out the rest of the game with no real further threat to their dominance from a tiring Glenamaddy side.

Although the final result was never in doubt and Corofin were worthy and deserved winners how different might the result have been if the Glenamaddy side had not had such a huge first half deficit to over come?  After all the second half scoreline was Corofin 1 - 4 to Glenamaddy  1 - 4 !!

 A much improved second half sees Glenamaddy do themselves justice.

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Na Gleannta 1 - 14 Headford 3 - 7

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Having missed the first half due to a combination of losing my glasses and some confusion over the starting time it was a pleasure to arrive with the second half about to start and the scoreline reading Na Gleannta 0 - 9  to Headford's 1 - 2.

Apparently the start time had been changed by 30 minutes to allow for a quick getaway to watch the Man Utd v. Bayern Munich game.  But if it was excitement, tension and 'edge-of-the-seat' sport you were after, forget Man Utd, you couldn't have beaten last night's second half for the best sports viewing of the evening!

Plotting Headford's downfall ?

A nail-biting second half saw Na Gleannta slowly lose their advantage, and at one point Headford had established a 3 point lead and things were beginning to look ominous for the Glenamaddy/Glinsk lads.

Tension was high as the two teams exchanged scores in a riveting half and the lead changed repeatedly as the game wore on.  The Na Gleannta supporters were chewing their nails to the quick as the final whistle drew near and this tension spilled over on to the pitch as players from both sides realised this was a game that was going to be decided by the closest of margins.

Na Gleannta, though, stuck to the task, and showing great self control kept themselves in touch and with only a few seconds left the scores were equal.

Some of the second half action as Na Gleannta go on the attack
















With the last kick of the game Na Gleannta were able to secure a first rate victory that brought smiles and relief all round the Glenamaddy ground.  If Alex Ferguson was looking for superlatives he could have done no better than to have seen the Na Gleannta side last night.  Through tenacity, doggedness, determination and a desire to win and not give up until the final whistle was blown they pulled off a famous victory.  All credit to them and the management team - well done lads! 

All smiles from Club Secretary Mary Davis as she applauds off the Na Gleannta lads after a great victory over Headford.

1.       Feargal Dowd
2.       Jason ~Kelly
3.       Cian Connolly
4.       Edward Cuddy
5.       Peter Lohan
6.       Anthony Comer
7.       Michael Gibbons
8.       Luke Conneally
9.       Patrick Conneally
10.     Dean O’ Rourke
11.     Keith Davis
12.     Donal Dowd
13.     Michael Fox
14.     Cillian Raftery
15.     Tommy Curley
Sub Used:  Cormac Raftery

Remainder of Panel: Tomas Dillon, Ross Connolly, Ben Conneally, Cathal Davis, John Nolan, Gerard Nolan, Nigel Fahy.

Mentors: Paul Devlin,  Stephen Neary, Aidan Geraghty.

Upcoming fixtures - PLEASE SUPPORT

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• Na Gleannta minors play Headford in the North Minor B League Group 2  on Wednesday evening (7th April) at 7pm at the Glenamaddy GAA ground.

• U14 team play Kilkerrin/Clonbern in the 1st round of the league at Glenamaddy GAA ground on Friday evening (9th April) at 7pm.

Well done to Kilkerrin/Clonbern on winning the U21 North Board competition recently.
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Glenamaddy 0 - 11 Caherlistrane 0 - 9

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Well done to our Intermediate team who had a good victory over Caherlistrane in the 1st round of the Sweeney Oil Group C on Friday evening last.  Glenamaddy led 0-7 to 0-2 at half time and the game finished on a score line of 0-11 to Glenamaddy, 0-9 to Caherlistrane. This was a very good overall team performance and definitely marks a positive start for the management team and their panel of players. Well done to all concerned. Our next outing should be away to Corofin - in the Sweeney Oil Group C - this Saturday (k.o. 17:00) Referee G. Daly

Team :-  Dereck Miskell, Aidan Hanley, John Keaveney, Patrick Conneally, Aaron Hynes, Tomas Giblin, Damien Miskell, Aidan Geraghty, Tiernan Walsh, Fionan Keady, Barry Conneely 0-1, Liam Conneally, Stieve Joyce, Michael Geraghty 0-1, Tomas Curtin 0-9, 

Subs:-  Keith Cunniffe, Sean Conneally, Luke Conneally Niall Miskell Keith Davis

Remainder of panel:- Kieran Smith, Eamonn Gannon.
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Glenamaddy U16 fixture - 1st April

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Please note the following fixture:-

Glenamaddy U16 v. Williamstown U16 - Challenge game

Thursday 1st April  @ 7pm 

Glenamaddy GAA ground

Referee: Eamonn Flately

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Na Gleannta v Cortoon Shamrocks 28th March

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Na Gleannta 0 - 5   Cortoon Shamrocks 1 - 10

Na Gleannta were outclassed in every department this morning at the Glenamaddy ground.  

They started brightly but quickly became frayed as they succumbed to a 3 point deficit. Goalmouth action was almost non existent as the Cortoon defence and keeper were barely tested during the first half.  

Some rare action in the Cortoon goalmouth during the first half. 







Na Gleannta fought tigerishly but some wayward kicking out of hand too frequently handed possession back to Cortoon, and the scoreboard showed a not insurmountable position for Na Gleannta if they could make their trademark second half assault on the opposition.

The second half saw Na Gleannta open much more purposefully and soon they had cut the arrears to just 3 points as they played with much greater fluency and determination.  Unfortunately the improvement was not to last and some slick plays by Cortoon soon saw them dominating the game with Na Gleannta missing a hatful of chances to trim the deficit both from frees and from open play.

 

Na Gleannta pressurising the Cortoon defence in the second half.

Although Na Gleannta probably had the lion's share of possession and territory in the second half they too often handed that hard won possession to Cortoon and were consequently unable to turn their hard work into points.

 

A Cortoon defender clears after another fruitless Na Gleannta attack.

Panel: Donal Dowd, Jason Kelly, Cathal Davis, Dean O'Rourke, Cillian Raftery, Keith Davis, Peter Lohan, Tommy Curley, Patrick Conneally, Luke Conneally, Thoams Dillon, Cian Connolly, Fergal Dowd, Edward Cuddy, Anthony Comer, John Nolan, Michael Fox, Mark Conneally, Cormac Raftery, Ben Conneally, Nigel Fahy. 

Final score Na Gleannta 0 - 5,  Cortoon Shamrocks 1 - 10

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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.