Latton GFC Notes – Week Beginning 11th June 2012
* Lotto.
On Sunday 10th of June in Liam Smiths bar numbers drawn were: 2-6-13-27 Bonus No ( 7 ) No winner. €20 winners: Clint Duffy, Ballybay. Radek Reznicek, c/o Martin Brady. Brid Rutledge, Ballybay. Patrick Garraghan, Ballybay. Ailbhe, Liam and Dairey Quinn, Latton. THIS WEEKS JACKPOT: € 17,900.Draw will take place in C D Bar Ballybay.
* Senior Football
We played Blayney in Oram on Sunday 10th. In a low scoring first half Latton struggled at times with the pace of the Blayney forwards. A P Shannon goal after a mistake by the Blayney goalkeeper kept Latton in touch at half time. Half time score Blayney 1-4 Latton 1-2. Blayney had a player sent off after receiving a second yellow card 5 min into the second half. Latton used the extra man well and a H Mc Elory goal after a great pass from S Coyle give latton a lead that they worked hard to hold on to until the end. Blayney 1-13 Latton 2-11.Best for Latton E Lennon, A Farmer, O Lennon, H Mc Elory. Team & Scorers: S.Farmer, J Nixon, E.Lennon, O Coyle (1pt), S.Fitzpatrick (1pt), K.Duffy, D O’ Brian, A Farmer. O Lennon, P.Shannon (1-0), P Fitzpatrick.T Connolly (2pts) S.McElroy, H Mc Elory(1-4) S Coyle(2pts). Subs: O Duffy(1pt) for J.Nixon, D.McElroy for E Lennon.
Reserve League.
We play away to Scotstown on Tuesday 19th June.
Committee Meeting
A meeting of the Executive Committee will take place Thursday 21st at 9 0’ clock.
Minor football
We have a break in football because of the leaving cert exams our next game is away to Rock Sarsfields on Tue 26th June, training continues as normal.
U-14 Championship
Our U-14 team are saving their best football for championship time. They travelled to Killeevan last Tuesday evening to play the semi-final. Killeeven got the better of the first two quarters and were leading by 5pts at half time. Latton held Killeeven scoreless in the third quarter but could only reduce the margin by one point to leave them down by 4pts going into the last quarter. Latton played their best football in the last quarter, with S West hitting 2 goals in a good all-around team performance that saw them win by 5pts. Latton 3-12 Killeevan 2-09 . Team: D Quinn. L Quinn. C Lennon. D Hughes . C Mc Cabe . N Mc Guire . K Lennon . S Duffy .S West. C Corrigan. B Morris. D Mc Cabe. L Mullen. D Quinn.
U-12 V-Ballybay
It doesn’t matter what the age group when we play Ballybay there is always great rivalry and Saturday’s game was no exception, with both teams providing great entertainment in a fast high scoring game. Latton had a great first half and were leading by 10pts at half time. Ballybay worked hard and hit some great scores in the second half but Latton held on win by 3pts at the end. Latton 4-11 Ballybay 2-14 Best for Latton D Dempsey, A Mulligan.
Team: K, Duffy. O, Duffy. E mc Philps. S, Duffy. P, Hughes. T, mc Philps. S, West. N, mc Guire. C, mc Cabe. D, Demspey. J, Roe. S, Slevin. S, Black. J, mc Cabe. A, mc Philps. K, Hughes. J, Morris. A, Mulligan. C, Corrigan. Our next game is away to Eire Og on 23th of June, Training on Tuesday evenings at 6-30.
Pitch bookings
All pitch and dressing room bookings to be made with Kathleen Lynch. Phone no 087- 7904579. All team mentors please note.
Official club website
The club website is now up and running. You can keep up to date with all club fixtures and results. www.lattongaa.com
Presentation night
In recognition of all his work in the community there will be a presentation to Gerry Naughton in Latton GAA social centre on Friday 29th June. Live music and supper served. Tickets available in Mc Elroys shop and Paddy Lynchs. For further information contact Bernie at 086-1714265.
U-16
Our next game is away to Carrick 7th July, training continues as normal.
Social centre
All bookings for centre to be made through Brendan Fitzpatrick phone o86-8297666.
S F C –Down
Anyone wanting tickets for this game contact club secretary Francis Ward on or before 17th June.
Grant Application
The committee would like to thank everyone that was involved in preparing and submitting our application for the 2012 sports capital programme grant, especially Ronan O’ Brian, Sean Og Flood and Owenie Sulliven.
U-8 & U-10
The U-8 were in Emyvale last Sat morning for the second blitz of the year, we were lucky got a good morning and the standard of football was very high. Thank you to Emyvale for organising the blitz and to all the parents who drove and came to support the kids. The U-10 travel to Emyvale this weekend for their blitz. Training Friday evenings from 6 to 7. Any parents who are not getting text messages about training contact juvenile management.
U-21 Football
The year kicks off for our U-21 footballers on Wednesday 20th away to Emerald Sarsfields, time and venue to be decided.
By michael Mon 11th Jun
