CORDUFF:
Juveniles: After a busy 2013 season the Juvenile Committee will hold their Annual Presentation/Registration evening on Friday March 7th in The Community Centre @ 7pm sharp. In recognition of their achievements in 2013 medals will be presented to the U16 Div 2 Championship Finalists, U15 Blitz winners and U14 League Finalists. Registration of all boys and girls from U6-U12 and boys to U16 will take place. Coaches and Mentors from all teams will be present on the evening giving everybody an opportunity to meet them. Monaghan’s successful Ulster winning teams will be represented by All-Star Colin Walshe, Captain Owen Lennon and by our club members Padraic Keenan and Laura McEnaney so have your camera with you as the cups will also be there. Hope to see you all on the 7th.
Senior League: On Sat March 22nd the Senior men take the road to Emyvale for the 1st round of the League. More details to follow.
Well done to Club Referee Martin McNally on being the man in the middle last Wednesday in The Athletic Grounds for the McKenna Cup Final between Tyrone and Cavan with Tyrone getting the silverware . After his recent appearance in Croke Park this is another high profile final to add to his CV.
GAA National Club Draw/Crannchar Naisiunta na gClubanna CLG: The closing date for this draw is rapidly approaching. The response has been very positive with all monies from tickets sold by Corduff members going directly to the Corduff Club. All tickets and money has to be returned to Bernice by tomorrow Friday.
GAA President Elect / Uachtaran Tofa CLG :Cogratulations to Aogan O’ Fearghail from the Drumgoon Club over the border in Cavan on his election as GAA President Elect at Congress last Friday night. As Aogan becomes the 38th President of the GAA Association next year he will go down in history as being the 1st Cavan President of the Association. The bonfires burned, the piper played and the Gaels of Cavan and beyond were out in force to welcome him home to Drumgoon on Sunday night. We wish him good luck, go neiri go geal leat!
Patrician High School: Well done to the High School on reaching the Semi-Final of The Mac Larnon Cup on Sunday. Unfortunately they were narrowly defeated on the day. The club was represented by Daniel McDonald who played his part on the day so well done!
Allianz National Football League action resumes next Sunday with Monaghan away to Donegal in Letterkenny. If going buy your ticket in advance in Super Valu or online for a special rate of €10.
Ladies:
Training: Minor and Senior training began last Sunday morning. It continues tomorrow evening Friday at 6pm sharp on the pitch and on Sunday morning at 10am on the pitch. There was a good turnout last Sunday morning so we hope to see everybody out again on Friday.
Awards Night:The County Awards Night is tomorrow night , Friday at 8pm in St. Brigid’s Complex, Ballybay. Club members Eva Woods and Hannah Finegan will be presented with medals on being on the Monaghan U16 Ulster Final team.
Congratulations to former player Fiona Meegan and her husband Paul on the birth of their baby boy Jack.
Monaghan Ladies had a tricky encounter when they played Dublin in the Division 1 League in Inniskeen on Sunday. With both teams sharing top positition on the league table it was all to play for and ended in a draw.
Handball:
There has always been a strong tradition of handball in Corduff and this year the club is going from strength to strength competing in various competitions at the highest level.
On Tuesday The County Novice 3 final takes place in Bawn, between clubmen Brendan mc Nally and Ciaran Brennan. The two Corduff lads have battled their way through to meet in the final. This is set to be a thrilling final as both players are playing great handball at the moment.
The Novice 2 final is set for next weekend where we have Niall Reilly from Corduff facing Colm Donnolly from Emyvale. This is a very tough match for Niall but if he plays like he did in the semi final then he should be victorious. Then on Sunday we have James Fealy and Peter Brennan hoping to claim an ulster tital when they play in the Emerald Masters Ulster Final in Beragh Co. Tyrone. They face tough opposition Willie Woods and P Mc Givern from Antrim. This will be a tough ask but the Corduff lads are playing great handball as a team and will be there or there abouts at the end.
The GAA team of Ciaran Brennan, Brendan Mc Nally, NialL Reilly and Aidan Marron are top of their league with two games to go so best of luck in their semi final.
Next week Tim Oliver plays in the semi final of the Novice 1. We wish Tim the best of luck and hope he makes to the final.
As you can see handball is going from strength to strength in Corduff and we congratulate all players on reaching the final stages of their respective and wish them well.
By Majella Boyd
Tue 25th Feb
