Alpha Lotto – Results for last Sunday nights draw were M,O,H,X. There was no winner. Lucky Dip Mae&Mary Breenan, Clontibret, Mary McCluskey, Drumully, Jock Leonard, Lisgall-MD, Mary Logue, c/o Clones Golf Club, Patricia Leonard, Carnowen, Geraldine Murphy c/o Hugh McGurk, Amy Johnston, Magherarney.Congratulations and thanks to all our supporters and sellers. Next Sunday jackpot will be €6,600. We would encourage all of you to participate in the Lotto and spread the word among your family and friends. If you are not in you can’t win.
Boys Under 12s’: The Under 12s’ had their penultimate game of the Spring League on Friday night last at home when Rockcorry provided the opposition. At the end of the first half Mike Hamill’s charges found themselves in arrears on an 0-8 to 0-3 scoreline. The second half was a totally different affair with the Eire Og lads upping their game. With some well taken points they soon got back on level terms and then proceeded to play their best football of the evening and ran out winners on a scoreline of 0-18 to 0-11. A Spring league Final awaits them on Saturday.
Boys Under 14s’: The Under 14s’ played two league game in the space of 5 days last week, the first of which was on Monday when Corduff visited the Smithborough venue. The old saying “goals win games” was again proven to be correct when despite giving as good as they got for the hour, the concession of some soft goals meant we ended up on the wrong end of a 6-14 to 2-18 scoreline. Despite this 8 point reversal this young team can take heart from some of their individual performances on the night. On Saturday last they travelled to Cremartin to play the table topping and undefeated Shamrocks. The first quarter was a closely fought affair and Eire Og just about deserved their 0-4 to 0-2 lead at this stage Despite conceding a goal early in the 2nd quarter our boys fought back and actually had a six point lead entering added-on time at the end of the quarter but then disaster struck with the concession of two soft goals before the half-time whistle sounded to leave it all square at the break, which really flattered the Cremartin boys. It was in the third quarter that the game slipped away from the Eire Og boys with Cremartin holding our lads scoreless,and tagging on 1-2 themselves. Try as they did in the final quarter Eire Og could not make inroads into the home team’s lead and it ended Cremartin 4-8 Eire Og 2-8. Even in defeat this was a much improved performance from our lads and they can look forward with confidence to their next game which is at home to Drumhowan on May 31st. Panel on duty was Michael Cadden, Ryan Corley,Darragh Hamill,Robert Haynes,Donal Leonard,Kian McAree,Leon McCabe,Kyle McAree,Nathan McCabe,Dillon McCaffrey,Stephen McCluskey,Jamie McMahon,AdamMurtagh,Brendan Reilly and Caine Toal.
Social Dance/Jiving: Tickets are now on sale from all Ladies Committee members and players for the Jiving/Social Dance event which will take place on this Friday May 23rd in Smithborough Hall at 9:30pm. Tickets are only €8 each. Music is by Midnight Cowboy with Supper being served and all proceeds go to the Eire Og Ladies. A great opportunity for all the local jiving experts to show off their moves and at the same time support our very successful Eire Og footballers of the fairer sex. See you all there.
Girls Under 12s’: Our Under 12s’ had their first outing of the season when they took part in the County Blitz in Cloghan on Saturday morning last. With five games to be played it was a busy but successful morning for the girls. The Eire Og panel was Shannen McMahon,Lisa Murtagh,Ciara McCaffrey,Lauren Brady,Hannah Hughes,Hannah Mealiff,Fearne Monahan,Aine Mohan,Eva Connolly,Una Boylan,Ciara Smith,Orna Connolly and Ruth Douglas.
Training continues for this group. Check with Mary or Siobhan for times.
Under 14s’: Eire Og Under 14s’ made the trip to Aughnamullen on Monday May 12th to try to continue on their unbeaten run in the 2014 league. With five of our team on the injured list we travelled with the bare minimum and when injury forced another of our team of the field of play it was always going to be an uphill battle as the opposition chose to continue with the extra player. With a couple of our players leg-weary from an earlier school game Aughnamullen pulled away in the latter stages and ended up comfortable winners. On Monday of this week we had neighbours Killeevan as visitors to Railway Park. After a keenly contested first half we found ourselves in arrears 1-5 to 1-3 at half-time. It was a totally different story in the second half as the Eire Og girls returned to something like their true form and ran out convincing winners on the score of 2-10 to 1-6. Overall a very impressive showing from our girls, especially in the second half when our defence held the Killeevan girls to a solitary point. With a number of our causalities due back shortly we would be hopeful that this squad will be in the shakeup come season’s end.
Under 16s’: We had Doohamlet as visitors on Thursday evening last. With the opposition being short a number of regulars, the game ended in a rather one-sided affair with Eire Og running out convincing winners.
Ladies Minors: The Eire Og girls had their third outing of the Minor League on Tuesday night last when Tyholland were the visitors to Railway Park. As Tyholland were short on numbers the Eire Og girls very sportingly agreed to play the fixture as a nine a side game. Tyholland made all the early running and led at half-time by 3-6 to 2-3. There was a spirited Eire Og fightback in the second half and half way through we had actually moved in front by 3 points. However from there until the end despite a 50% share of possession, our wayward shooting and poor use of passing let us down. At the same time Tyholland made use of every scoring opportunity and ran out comfortable winners on the scoreline of Eire Og 5-5 Tyholland 7-9. Hopefully this will only be a small blimp on the way to a successful season.
Ladies Reserves: Our Reserves had their latest game in the league on Sunday last when they made the short trip to Scotstown. Again our under-strength and youthful team suffered defeat at the hands of the locals. Brighter days are ahead for this group and the experience gained at this level will lead to success in the years ahead.. Our next Reserve outing is on Tuesday May 27th when Killanny are the visitors to Railway Park,with a 7;30pm start..
Injury Report: Glad to report that all of our girls who received serious injuries in the past couple of months are making good progress. So there is hope that we might see Rebecca,Chloe and Aoife all returning to the Eire Og jersey sometime later in the summer. The best wishes of all in the club are sent to all three of you.
Clothes Collection: The clothes collection is still ongoing and the club will gladly take any spare clothes you need to get rid of.
Congratulations to Donal Leonard on receiving the 2014 St Macartans Dalton Player of the Year. Also well done to Padraig McKenna who completed the Sam to the Summit climb to the peak of Carrantuohill on Friday last.
Sponsorship – Blue Dolphin Environmental and Clones Credit Union have kindly sponsored a set of jerseys for the boys U-14 and girl’s u-16 teams. We want to thank both businesses for coming on board. We would encourage all our members to please support both businesses and also would like to acknowledge all our other sponsors also and thank them for their sponsorship.
Seniors – Despite an indifferent first half our senior men’s team managed to do enough to record a 1 point win at home to Killeevan on Sunday last. A fortuitous goal in the first half helped us keep in touch with visitors but in the second half a marked improvement with our use of the ball helped us to go into a five point lead entering the home stretch only to be tagged back to 1 point at the final whistle. A special word of mention to 3 of the youngest members of the team Dermot Gleeson, Corey McAree and Michael Tierney who all acquitted themselves well and contributed handsomely to the victory. Next game is away to Blackhill on Saturday 31st May.
By Majella Boyd Wed 21st May
