Drumhowan Notes

Mc Elvaney’s Waste and Recycling IFC- Last Saturday evening 15th August the seniors took on the southern town of Carrick. Things started well with a Kieran Mooney point  However Carrick soon scored with their first goal of the night. Despite getting quite a lot of ball at midfield Drumhowan were unable to stop the quick Carrick forwards  from getting a further two goals with just a little over 20 minutes gone on the clock. Drumhowan rallied before half time  with further points from Mark Mc Cabe  and David Millar to leave the half time score Drumhowan 0 – 7 Carrick 3 – 4.  Drumhowan started the 2nd half brightly with 2 further points before the killer blow came 6 minutes in with Aaron Jones scoring his hat trick. Point were exchanged until Carrick scored their 5th goal 8 minutes from the end  and their 6th 3 minutes later. Carrick scored further points until David Millar scored his 5th point to finish the game. The full time score finished Drumhowan 0-11  Carrickmacross 6-15. Hopefully there will be a big improvement come the weekend

Team and Scorers:

Enda Duffy, Paddy Mulligan, Dermot Mooney, Barry Mc Guirk, Darren Duffy, Liam Mc Guirk, Aiden Quinn, John Paul O’ Neill 0-1, Anthony Mulligan, Kevin Mooney 0-1, David Millar 0-5 (2f) Niall Mooney (c) Kieran Mooney 0-1, Ciarán Duffy, Mark Mc Cabe 0 -3 (2f)

Subs used Owen Quinn(11mins) for Barry Mc Guirk  Kieran Mc Elroy (41mins) for Ciarán Duffy, Rónán Duffy (43 mins) for Mark Mc Cabe

Drumhowan will now play Tyholland this Friday night21st August in the back door in Inniskeen underlights at 8.15 Come out and support your team.

Maguire International MFC Semi Final – last Tuesday 11th August St. Patrick’s took on Donaghmoyne in the championship semi final in Carrick. St. Patrick’s started brightly with a Patrick O Neill goal but only scored another 2 point in the 1st half a free by Michéal Duffy and one from play by Shane Monaghan. However there was still only 4 points in it at half time with the score at 1 -2 to 1-6. However throughout the 2nd half they were always playing catch up mainly due to the free taking skills of David Garland and Donaghmoyne pulled away but St. Patrick’s made the score a little more respectable with Cian Hand and Michéal Duffy scoring the last point and goal respectively to leave the full time score St.Patrick’s 3 – 6 Donaghmoyne 2-14. Scores Michéal Duffy 2-2 (2f) Patrick O Neill 1 -2 (2f) Shane Monaghan 0-1  Cian Hand 0-1

MFL DIv 1 Cup  The minors took on Magheracloone away last Tuesday 18th of August. A win would have secured a final place against Donaghmoyne. If so this will take place next Tuesday 25th of August. Check social media to see.

Gerry’s Prepared Veg U16 Div 1 Shield Final v Inniskeen will take place on Saturday 29th August.Time and venue still to be confirmed.

Gerry’s Prepared Veg U14 Div 2 – Drumhowan  play Truagh in the final game of the league on this Saturday in Drumhowan at noon. All players should be at the pitch for 11.20am. The boys had a useful run out against Eire Og on Monday evening.

U10– We hope to have a challenge game organised this Saturday morning in Drumhowan. More info at training later in the week. We go to a tournament in Armagh on 6th Sept and then onto Gowna on Sept 13th. Keep these dates free.

U8 – The U8s travelled to Tyholland on Wednesday night last for a challenge game. On the night both clubs had two teams so everyone got playing. Both games were of an excellent quality with good catching, kicking , blocking and quality scores by both sides. Team coaches Brendan Treanor and Catherine O Neill were both very pleased with the performance of the children and their coaching is clearly paying off as this group continue to improve. Remember to keep practising the skills of catching and kicking at home. Training continues on Monday and Thursday evenings. Next Blitz is in Clones on Saturday 29th August. We may have another game early next week before school recommences.

Croke Park – Well done to Mark Tomany and Daire Sheridan who both played in Croke Park on Monday in games ran by Monaghan Coaching and Games. The two boys were selected after a draw at training a few weeks back between all the twelve year olds. The boys enjoyed the experience and hopefully we will have some more club players wearing the county colours in years to come on the hallowed turf.

All Ireland Fleadh – congratulations to all  the local  winners  in Sligo last weekend. Well done to Orlaith Brennan who came 1st in the u12 Piano Accordion. Also to George Mc Adam who came 1st in the Over 18 in the Banjo and the Mandolin. Colm Mc Mahon finished  2nd in the 15 -18 category in both the Flute and Piano Accordion Well done also to Conor Quinn who took 2nd in the 12-15 Bódhran and finally Stephen Mc Mahon who was part of the Emyvale CCE Céilí Dancers who took 1st place in their category. Finally to Tomasina Mc Ginnity whose group came 2nd in their category of céilí dancing.

Rose of Tralee – last Monday night when Monaghan Rose Michelle Caulfield was on stage with Daithí she was wearing a dress made by local lady Elaine Sheridan owner of Lady’s Day. Well Done Elaine.