Senior League. Our Seniors made it 4 wins out of 4 in div. 2 league with victory over Sean Connolly’s on a scoreline of 0-7 to 0-2 at the weekend.
Team : Paddy Collum, Derek McCormack, Aaron Quinn, JP Farley, Nigel Kiernan, Dylan Quinn, Mark Duffy, David Collum, Pauric Gill 0-2, Emmett Noonan, David Cassidy, Darren Farley 0-1, Petie Collum 0-1 F, Martin Cassidy 0-2 1F, Sean Whelan, Mickey Kelly,Eoin Keane 0-1 and Cairán Cooney                                                                                        

Annual Mass:  The club would like to thank everyone who attended the Annual Mass for deceased  family members, and friends of Fr. Manning Gaels, St. Vincent’s Minor Club and St. Helens Ladies Club on Sunday May 8th. It was great to see such a large attendance. Thanks especially to Fr. Bernard Hogan and Fr. Jim Sorohan who celebrated the Mass, also to those people who took an active part, including the choir.

Meetings: The club will hold an executive meeting on Thursday night at 8.30 followed by a general meeting at 9.30 in the club rooms. All please attend.

Club Lotto: Check website later this week for results of Monday night’s lotto draw. Results in next weeks notes and also check fixture list for details of up-coming matches.

Fr. Manning Gaels 0-07

Sean Connollys 0-02

In a game where both defences came out on top, Fr. Manning Gaels made it 4 wins out of 4 as they struggled to beat a dogged Seán Connolly’s outfit on Sunday afternoon last in Monaduff. The Gaels hit 12 wides in total, in a game where they dominated possession but were unable to reflect that dominance on the scoreboard. The home side started off brightly with two quick points from midfielder Pauric Gill inside the first ten minutes. Connolly’s then responded with their solitary score of the first half with a 30 yard free in front of the goals by Dessie Reynolds. Martin Cassidy then clipped over a 14 yard free after he was fouled bearing down on goals. This left the Half Time score: Fr. Manning Gaels 0-3 Seán Connolly’s 0-1. The Ballinalee outfit made it a one point game when Dessie Reynolds fired over their final point of the match and this was a nervous period for the Gaels. However, they responded to what could have been a disastrous result with some excellent scores from Martin Cassidy, Petie Collum, Darren Farley and influential substitute Eoin Keane to leave the final score 0-7 to 0-2.
Team & Scorers:
Paddy Collum, Derek McCormack, Aaron Quinn, JP Farley, Nigel Kiernan, Dylan Quinn, Mark Duffy, David Collum, Pauric Gill (0-2), Emmett Noonan, David Cassidy, Darren Farley (0-1), Petie Collum (0-1, (f)), Martin Cassidy (0-2, (1f)), Seán Whelan.
Substitutes: Mickey Kelly, Eoin Keane (0-1), Ciarán Cooney

Killoe 4-16

St. Helen’s 4-10

St. Helen’s lost out to Killoe by 6 points in the Division 1 semi-final in Clonee on Sunday morning. For the majority of the match Helen’s looked as if they would reach the final however in the final 15 minutes Killoe kicked on to emerge comfortable winners. Helen’s got the perfect start when Laura Burke scored a goal with the first chance of the game after 40 seconds. Aisling O’Hara converted a penalty shortly after that after Zoe Connell was pulled back. Killoe then woke up and countered with a goal of their own to leave the Half Time score: 2-5 to 1-7 in favour of St. Helen’s.

Killoe hit the first 3 points of the second half before the outstanding Laura Burke put St. Helen’s back in front with a brilliant goal. Killoe started to take control of game after that and in final quarter found the net twice. Aisling O’Hara buried a consolation goal with last kick of game to leave the final score 4-16 to 4-10.

Team & Scorers:

Sinead Corrigan, Amanda O’Hara, Louise Quinn, Sarah Murphy, Kerri Donnelly, Catriona O’Hara, Rachel Murphy, Leah Donnelly, Orla Noonan (0-1), Sinead Hughes (0-1), Aisling O’Hara (2-2), Patrica O’Hara, Zoe Connell, Laura Burke (2-06 (1f)), Ellie Columb

There was no jackpot winner in our club lotto draw on Monday night. The following

won prizes of €30.00 each: Kevin Higgins Cloone, Ciarán Cooney Drumlish, JP Murphy

Cloonmacart, Laura McManus Dromard and Lisa Reilly Ballinagh Co. Cavan. Sellers prizes:

Packie Duffy and Sales team A. Next draw in Quinn’s Bar Drumlish on the Monday 23 May with

a jackpot of €8,000.00. Thanks for your support.

Reserve League: Hard luck to our reserve team who were defeated by Longford Slashers 1-9

to 0-06 in the League. Team:  Aiden Gray, Derek McCormack, Cian Brady, Stephen Cosgrove,

Mickey Kelly. JP Farley, Nigel Kiernan, David Collum, Sean Whelan, Ciarán Cooney, Kevin

Whelan, Anthony Kane, Petie Collum 0-2 1F, Eoin Keane 0-3 2F, Stephan Donnelly, James

Breslin, Scott Howe 0-1, Mike Mulleady, Anthony McKeon.

Senior Team: Our senior team were well defeated by Killoe in the Michael Kiernan cup. Our

thanks to Killoe for the invitation and game.

Bon Voyage: The club wishes good luck to players Fergal Reilly who is going on overseas duty to

Lebanon with the army and to Gary Connell who is going to work in America.

Club Lotto: There was no jackpot winner in our club lotto draw on Monday night. The following

won prizes of €30.00 each: Kevin Higgins Cloone, Ciarán Cooney Drumlish, JP Murphy

Cloonmacart, Laura McManus Dromard and Lisa Reilly Ballinagh Co. Cavan. Sellers prizes:

Packie Duffy and Sales team A. Next draw in Quinn’s Bar Drumlish on the Monday 23 May with

a jackpot of €8,000.00. Thanks for your support.