NEW WEB SITE - AN APOLOGY

Just an apology!


Due to some technical problems (now resolved), if you tried to visit our new website (address on post below) over the weekend you may not have been able to view it properly.  Hopefully this is now sorted and the site should be able to be viewed OK now.


Don't forget your suggestions will be most welcomed.


Good luck!

New web site!!

Finally we have got our new website off the ground!!


This blog will continue with ongoing news and match reports, etc. with the website being used as a more permanent vehicle to promote GAA in Glenamaddy.

At present the website is a "work in progress," and any comments, suggestions or ideas for further development would be most appreciated.  There is a link to enable e-mail suggestions on the home page of the site which can be viewed at:-

 www.glenamaddygaa.ie

We hope you will enjoy our new site; please tell others if you do, and us if you don't, or there are any omissions/errors or ideas you would like to see incorporated!!

Happy Christmas

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Happy Christmas to all our readers worldwide from all the players and officials of Glenamaddy GAA Club, and we wish you and health, wealth and happiness in 2011.

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No play today!!

A couple of photos to show you the GAA pitch under a blanket of snow - seems a long time since those warm spring days!

Glenamaddy GAA goes to the dogs!!

Glenamaddy GAA and Glenamaddy/Williamstown Ladies Club joined forces for a fundraiser at the dogs on Friday 27th November.
A great night was enjoyed at The Sportsground, Galway for an evening of greyhound racing.  Well done to everybody who travelled despite the harsh weather conditions.

Giving a flavour of the evening in a very cosy stadium at The Sportsground, Galway.

Sincere thanks to all who sponsored advertisements for the booklet and congratulations to the winners of the €1000 prize - Kathleen and John Hegarty of Williamstown.  €100 prizes went to:- Padraic Keady, Parkroe; Mary trenay, Cashel; Bridie Dolan Comer, Boyounagh; John Madden,  Lerhin and Tom Quinn, Galway. 

November update

• North Board League Final U13 boys

Glenamaddy 1 - 10  Headford 2 - 3

Congratulations to our U13 boys who beat Headford at Monivea on Sunday 31st October to take the North Board League title. In a hard fought game the boys were leading 1 - 6 to 1 - 2 at half time with the goal coming from Ryan McHugh; Glan dominated the midfield with Colm Fallona and Michael Geary ensuring the forwards had a steady supply of ball.

At the beginning of the second half Glan scored the first two points to put them six points ahead. Headford then began to apply the pressure but thanks to the skill of goalkeeper Cormac Haslam they weren't able to overhaul the Glenamaddy side. Eventually Glenamaddy managed to close out the game to take the title. 

Zac Conneally, Mark Dolan, James Dillon and Jack Divilly worked hard throughout the game and Colm Fallon gave a Man of the Match performance.

An excellent team performance from a group of players who have a 100% record in this competition. Well done to the management team of Jerry Fallon and Padraic Glynn.

Thanks to the Oakland Hotel for providing food and refreshments to the team, and a specila thanks to all the parents and supporters who supported the team on Final Day.

Panel: Cormac Haslam, Zac Conneally, Mark Dolan, James Dillon, Sean Raftery, Jack Divilly, Aidan Keaveney, Colm Fallon 0 - 3, Michael Geary 0 - 2, Padraic Raftery, Stephen Glynn, Shay Connolly, Michael Heneghan 0 -1, Eddie Walsh(Capt) 0 - 3, Ryan McHugh 1 - 1, 

Subs: Declan Smith, Kellen Davis.

• Coiste Peile Na N-og Team award

Congratulations to the U12 team who won the Coiste Peile Na N-og taem award for 2010 in recognition of the success of the team.  Well done to the team managers, panel, and families involved.

• Father Paddy Mooney

Congratulations to Father Mooney on celebrating 40 years in the priesthood. A very enjoyable evening was held in the Community Centre on Friday 26th to mark this special occasion.  Thanks to all who worked so hard to put on a great evening.

U13s success

Well done to our U13 boys who qualified for the semi-final of the county league by beating St. Gabriels 1-9 to 0-5 in the 5^th game of the league.

Panel: Cormac Haslam, Zac Conneally, Mark Dolan, James Dillon, Damien Smith, Jack Divilly, Aidan Keaveney, Colm Fallon, Michael Geary, Padraic Geraghty, Stephen Glynn 0-1, Sean Raftery, Michael Heneghan, Eddie Walsh 1-2, Shay Connolly, Declan Smith, Ryan McHugh and Keelan Davis.

Their next game is against  Ballinasloe on Sunday next Oct 24^th @ 11.30 in Clonbern in the county league semi-final. Please try and support this great bunch of lads - the future of Glenamaddy football.

Na Gleannta minors final fixture v. Caherlistrane

Na Gleannta minors lost to a much stronger Caherlistrane team in the play off of the minor league on Sunday last. Thanks to the players and the management team of Paul Devlin and Stephen Neary.

Carna Cashel v Glenamaddy - result

Carna Cashel 1 - 12    Glenamaddy 2 - 8

Our Intermediate team played their last competitive game for 2010 on Saturday last when they played Carna Cashel  in Carna. The game ended on a  final score of Carna 1-12 to Glenamaddy 2-8 which resulted in us being relegated to Intermediate B. 

We led 1-4 to 0-3 at half time with the goal coming from the boot of Thomas Curtin.  Early in the second half Carna scored a point and then a goal to level the game but Glenamaddy came back to force their way into the lead again. Carna then scored another  three points but  Glenamaddy kept focused and were rewarded with a second goal from Shane Mannion. 

Try as they might though Glenamaddy couldn't hold on to the lead and at the final whistle Carna were ahead by 1 point. This was not the first game that had escaped Glenamaddy by one point, it being the third time the Glenamaddy lads had found themselves in this position during the course of the season. This was though one of the better fought games by the team and they should be proud of the effort they put in throughout the year and especially in this final game.

We wish Liam Conneally our vice-captain all the best as he heads to Australia and look forward to his return again to our club in the near future. Thanks to Pat Connolly, Paul Devlin and Aidan Burke for their commitment to this team throughout the championship and league campaign.

Panel: Barry Curtin, Noel Fahy, John Keaveney, Luke Conneally, Aaron Hynes, Aidan Geraghty 0-1, Patrick Conneally, Shane Mannion 1-0, Barry Conneally, Liam Conneally, Aidan Hanley, Sean Conneally, Stephen Joyce, James McHugh, Thomas Curtin 1-6.

Subs used: Fionan Keady 0-1, Kenneth Keaveney, Keith Davis, Anthony Divilly and Michael Geraghty.

Intermediate team fixture

Our Intermediate Team play Carna Caisheal on Saturday next at 4pm in Carna please support. Best of luck to all involved as we try to finish the season on a high.

U12 BOYS VICTORIOUS

U12 Boys proudly displaying their trophy at Tuam Stadium last Sunday - 10th October

Pride of place this week goes to our U12 boys who beat St. Brendans 2-10 to 3-5 in the North Board Final last Sunday in Tuam Stadium.  St. Brendans led 1-4 to 0-3 at half time  after dominating for most of the first half, but in the first 5 minutes of the second half Glenamaddy put their stamp on the game scoring a goal and 2 points which put them in the lead for the first time. Bravely our boys fought hard to keep this lead at all times. Although St.Brendans hit the back of the net on two more occasions they were denied more scores due to the excellent work of goalkeeper Ciaran Feirne. 

Glenamaddy had some fine individual displays, and an excellent overall panel display, with names like Mark Dolan, Patrick Raftery, Jack Divilly, Michael Heneghan, Padraic Geraghty and Cormac Haslam making for a bright future for Glenamaddy underage football. Several of this panel are U12 again next year and we wish the panel members involved in the U13 team the best of luck in their competition. A special thanks to Pat Geraghty, Alphy O’Brien, Pat Collins and Michael Heneghan for training this team and also to the parents and supporters  for their continued involvement and support throughout the year. The team travelled home to a warm welcome en-route from proud supporters who had lit fires to mark this great win. The panel and supporters continued their celebrations in the Oakland hotel where hot food was served. Thanks again to all concerned.

Panel: Ciaran Feirne, Danny O’Rourke, Cormac Haslam 0 -1, Niall Conneally, Patrick Raftery, Mark Dolan 1-3, Conor Raftery, Sean Raftery, Padraic Geraghty 1-1, MacDara Geraghty, Jack Divilly, Damien Smith 0-1, Darragh Keaveney, Michael Heneghan 0 - 4, Joseph Hegarthy, Thomas O'Brien, Darragh Feirne, Oisin Burke and Eoin Collins. 

Update - recent events

1. Well done to our U13 boys who had a double victory last week.  They played Williamstown  on Wednesday evening finishing on a score of Glenamaddy 2-10 Williamstown 0-8, and then on Friday evening they won against Headford  with the final score  Glenamaddy 4-7 Headford 3-4.
2. Our U12s play St.Brendans on Sunday next in the U12 county final in Tuam Stadium at 2.30pm. Please support this panel of young players. Best of luck to all concerned.

Congratulations to Williamstown minors on winning the county B minor final on Sunday last and to Gary Kelly who was the Galway Bay Man of the Match.

General Meeting - Thursday 7th Oct

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Please note there will be  a:-

General Meeting at the clubhouse at 21:00 on Thursday 7th October

Agenda

1. Minutes of last meeting
2. Matters arising
3. Finance/fundraising
4. Pitch development
5. Correspondence
6. Team reports
7. Reports from County Board
8. AOB

U12 and U13 Boys League results - weekend of 11/12 Sept 2010

• Well done to our U13 boys who had a 3-8 to 4-3 win over Caherlistrane in the league.

• Our U12 boys had a comfortable victory over Kilconly also in the league and play Killererin in the next round this coming Sunday (Sept. 19th) @ 11.00 in Glenamaddy.

Update for August

10th August 2010

Our U16 team lost to Craughwell in the Shield final in what could only be described as a very intense game of football.  The teams were level at half time 2-3 each and with the lead swinging first in favour of one side and then the other, it was Craughwell who managed to shade it in the end. 

Well done to the management team and the panel and thanks to all who supported the team. 

Panel Daniel Smith, Stephen Fox, Ben Conneally, Paddy Kelly, Peter T Keaveney, Ross Connolly 2-0, Eugene Morgan, Cormac Raftery 1-1, Feargal Dowd, Jonathan Mannion, Michael Fox 0-2, Mark Conneally, Cathal Hynes 0-1, Conor Ryan 0-2, John Nolan 1-0, Subs used Liam Glynn 1-0, Michael Conneally, Padraic Dillon

14th August 2010

Hard luck to our intermediate team who bowed out of the championship when they were beaten by Oughterard; the game finishing on a scoreline of 1-8 to 0-10. Oughterard led 1-6 to 0-6 at half time and while they only added two more points to this in the second half Glenamaddy were unable to capitalise on this.  Our backs put in a tremendous effort at all times throughout the game and when Glan decided to play the football that they are capable of and with the dangerous combination of James McHugh and Tomas Curtin up front, at times it looked like we could win this game. 

Thanks to all the panel and the management team for their efforts and to all who travelled to Pearse Stadium to support the team.

Panel : Dereck Miskell, Aaron Hynes, John Keaveney, Patrick Conneally, Sean Conneally, Aidan Hanley, Keith Cunniffe, Aidan Geraghty (capt), Fionan Keady, Lam Conneally, James McHugh 0-1,Barry Conneely 0-1, Stephen Joyce, Barry Curtin 0-3, Thomas Curtin 0-5. Subs used Noel Fahy & Luke Conneally. Robert Molloy, Keith Davis, Kenneth Keaveney Eamon Gannon

U12 Boys

The U12 boys had a 0-7 to 0-5 victory over Menlough in the 1^st round of the league. 

Well done to our U12 boys who had a comfortable win over Milltown in the 3^rd round of the league. 

Panel : Ciaran Feirne, Darragh Feirne, Patrick Raftery, Sean Raftery, Mark Dolan, Padraic Geraghty, MacDara Geraghty, Jack Divilly, Niall Finnegan, Cormac Haslam, Joseph Hegarty, Michael Heneghan, Gerard Duane, Niall Conneally, Danny O’Rourke, Darragh Keaveney, Thomas O’ Brien, Conor Raftery, Damien Smith, Eoin Collins.

Meeting - 15/7/10

Please note, there will be a GAA club meeting on Thursday July 15th @ 9.30 in the Clubhouse - all are welcome.

Thanks!

1. Thanks to Cortoon and Kilconly GAA clubs for taking part in the U8/U10 blitz that was held in our club last Saturday and a special word of thanks to the parents who did the catering on the day.
2. Thanks to Creggs and Kilkerrin / Clonbern for the challenge games against our Intermediate team last weekend.

Great escape!!

Glenamaddy 1 - 11   Killererin 0 - 14

Glenamaddy emerged from this close fought encounter with a creditable draw after never really looking to be in contention.  Killererin started brightly, but were thwarted by the Glan goalkeeper in the first minute when a goal seemed certain.  They also missed a further two easy points and should have been 5 points up with only minutes gone. The luck was with Glenamaddy though, as although Killererin soon found themselves 3 points clear they were never really able to dominate the scoring, although they always looked the most dangerous side.

If determination could win the game!!

By half time the score stood at Glenamaddy 0 - 4  Killererin 0 - 5 so all to play for.

Great skills

Could the managers weave their magic though? What do they say at half time? Does this picture give us a clue?

It all looks very relaxed!!

As the second half wore on it looked increasingly likely that Killererin were going to steal the honours as they gradually racked up a 5 point lead as Glenamaddy looked increasingly uncompetitive!

Killererin player able to take ball unopposed!!

Again though Glenamaddy dug deep and found strength and inspiration from somewhere as they gradually clawed their way back into the game to close out a nervous draw almost on the final whistle.

Focus and determination see Glenamaddy through to a draw

Next game:  v. Kilconly on Saturday - see post dated 15th June

Galway v. Sligo

Tickets for the Galway v Sligo game can be booked from Mary Davis. Closing date Mon June 21st

All-Ireland medal winner

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Congratulations to Meagan Heneghan on winning an All Ireland medal with the County U14 girls.
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