Seniors: The sages said that we’d be up against it, and that’s putting it mildly! But as they often do, the Toome Senior team dug in and produced when the odds were very much against us in our championship encounter v Seans last Sunday evening. With Colm and Damien’s words ringing in their ears, the lads started at a blistering pace, with points from Stephen McCooey 1 along with Gary, Gavin (2) and captain Mattie putting us 5-1 ahead after 20 minutes. The tide seemed to turn against us however when Stephen got sent off for a second yellow card with 18 gone, and Seans brought the score back to 5-4 in the next few minutes, leaving things looking ominous. 2 quickfire points from Colin Wilson and another from Gavin settled us down however, leaving it HT: Toome 0-8 Seans 0-5.
2 good points from Liam extended our lead, which Seans pegged back, then the sides swapped further points, ours from Gavin to leave it 11-8 with 12 to go. Seans were in all out attack mode at this stage, and a morale boosting score from young Frank Connolly relieved the pressure before a free from Gavin extended the lead to 13-8. A further free from Frank left us 5 up with 5 minutes to go, but even at that stage nothing seemed certain as the Seans pressure was relentless. Our defence held firm, and a brilliant interception from Ryan Murphy turned possession over, we attacked at pace and Frank Connolly finished superbly to the Seans net to leave it 1-14 to 10 at the finish. We go forward to meet our old friends from Oram on the weekend of 24th-26th July, we are in league action this Saturday evening, away to Killeevan at 7:30pm.
Minors: Well done to the minors who beat Inniskeen by 5-12 to 3-12 on Tuesday evening in the championship in a thrilling encounter. We host Aughnamullen in the league next Tuesday evening at 7:30pm.
Under 16s: Travel to Patrick Emmets (Aghabog) this Thursday evening at 7:30pm.
Under 14s: travel to Drumhowan this Saturday, throw in is 2pm.
Under 12s: are away to Drumhowan in the shield semi final, the game is likely to be on Monday 27th.
By Majella Boyd
Wed 15th Jul
We want your scrap!: in a couple of weeks, there will be a skip in Toome for scrap metal. If there’s something you’ve been meaning to get rid of, but haven’t gotten around to it, we’ll come and collect it from you. We want: Old Cars, Old Farm Machinery, Car and Tractor Batteries, Old Engines, Copper Cylinders, Car Radiators etc. Contact Raymond Byrne on 086-3824143 or Enda Quinn 086-1298360.
Astroturf: The Astroturf remains as busy as ever, Contact Kevin Tibby on 087-6503826 for bookings.
Go Games: The Go Games are in Blitz Season, and the youngsters are training away every Friday evening from 6:30pm to 7:30pm (under 6 – under 10). New members are always welcome!
Social Media: Keep up to date with match scores and other news on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Lotto: Numbers drawn – Lucky Dip- 14,17,20,24. Lucky Dip: Stephen Kelly, Drumcrew; Joe Duffy, Annalitten; Mark Adair, Dundalk Rd. Next week’s jackpot is €2500. Any young player who wishes to sell a few lotto tickets will make some pocket money for themselves in the process – this could turn into a nice little earner over the summer months ahead. Contact Dermot Reavy or your coaches for further details.
Deepest Sympathy: To the Daly and Gilsenan families on the death of Martin Daly. Ar dheis dé go raibh a anam dílis.
