Monaghan Electrical IFL – last Saturday the 17th of October we played Tyholland in a 4 pointer game. Drumhowan started brightly and after 19 minutes were up 1 -5 to 0-4 with the goal from soon to be married Kieran Mooney. However Tyholland scored 1-4 without reply in the closing 11 minutes of the half to leave the half time score Drumhowan 1-5 Tyholland 1-8. Within 10 minutes of the restart Tyholland had raced into a 9 point lead scoring 1-4 to Drumhowan’s solitary point by Kevin Mooney. Drumhowan then had a brilliant 6 minute spell in which they scored an unanswered 1-4 the goal coming from Kieran Mc Elroy. However instead of things getting better in the last 15 minutes they could only manage another pointed free by Mark Mc Cabe while Tyholland notched up another 2-4 to leave the full time score Drumhowan 2-11 Tyholland 4-16
Team and Scorers Enda Duffy 0-1 (1f) Paddy Mulligan, Dermot Mooney, Ciarán Duffy, Aidan Quinn, Darren Duffy, Niall Mooney, John Paul O’ Neill, Anthony Mulligan, Kevin Mooney 0-1. Kieran Mc Elroy 1-1, Colm Lambe 0-3 (3f), Michael Atkinson, David Millar, Kieran Mooney 1-2 Subs used – Owen Quinn, Mark Mc Cabe 0- 3 (3f) and Aidan Duffy
Best wishes to David Millar who suffered a shoulder injury in the last few minutes of the game.
This Sunday at 2pm in Emyvale it is do or die. A victory must be secured and hope that Doohamlet beat Tyholland. Stranger things have happened.
U13 Blitz – We took part in a blitz in Cloghan on Thursday night last under lights. We had games against Inniskeen, Rockcorry and Toome with the boys winning one game on the night in an overall disappointing performance with a good number of players not near their best.
Juveniles – Our outdoor juvenile season ended on Saturday morning last with an internal blitz played in glorious Autumn sunshine- Over 30 children took part split in 4 teams Mayo, Dublin, Kerry and Monaghan. After each team played 3 group matches we ended up with 2 finals – First up in the Shield Final was Kerry v Monaghan and after a very exciting game it finished level at 7 points each – The Cup final had the Dubs against the men from the West – Mayo. Again after a close tight affair it ended level at 6pts each with Mayo scoring a point with the last kick of the ball. Well done to all players and coaches on another enjoyable season and remember to keep practising the skills at home and stay active over the Winter months. We will be running an Indoor program on Saturday evenings in November so watch this space. We will be looking some additional help to run this program. You can see some photos of the day on the Drumhowan facebook page.
Monaghan Coaching Conference – This takes place on Saturday November 7th in Our Ladys Secondary School Castleblayney commencing at 9am. With a host of excellent speakers and some practical sessions this is an event all coaches should try and attend. See the Monaghan GAA Website for more details. Also on there is information regarding upcoming Level One and Foundation Coaching Courses.
Club Draw Tickets – should now at this stage have been distributed. Remember to sell, sell, sell. It’s the only fundraiser we have had this year so please be generous. Details of prizes in the coming weeks. If anyone wants a book to sell please contact treasurer John Reilly.
Congratulations to Ciarán Keenan who was part of the winning Lisdoonan NS Squad who won the Cumann na mBunscol Division 2 title last Saturday in Blayney. Hughie Duffy’s grandson Hugh Murnaghan was the captain of the same team.
CPR and Defibrillator Training – will take place in the Community Centre this Thursday 22nd of October from 8pm. Please note the time . We urge at least one person from each household to attend. You could save someone’s life. Contact Tommy Mc Ardle for further information.
