Club Notes 9th April 2017

Bring
your unwanted bags of clothes, footwear, bags, belts, towels and sheets
to the clubhouse dressing room 6 any evening after 7pm. 

Final collection on Good Friday 14th April 6-8pm in the clubhouse. 

Contact Brenda: 086-819 9001. 

St. Brigid’s U12 Boys.

The U12 boys got the 2017 season off to the best possible start with two great wins at the weekend. 

The
Division 1 side defeated Roscommon Gaels in Lisnamult on Saturday.
Team: C. Benton, R. Keenan, C. Meeley, A. Sheffield, J. O’ Rourke, N.
Derwin, B. Murphy, E. Joyce, S. Minnock, L. O’ Connell, B. McDermott, C.
O’ Carroll, C. Curley, O. Tiernan.

Earlier
the Division 5 team finished strongly in Kiltoom to overcome a gallant
St. Barry’s team.  Team: M. Henehan, J. Fox, F. Kilcommins, R. Lawless,
J. O’ Rourke, J. Tully, L. Tully, O. Feeley, B. McDermott, C. Curley, J.
Kinahan, K. Mulligan.

St.Brigids U14’s Boys

Our u14’s had a very busy week with both teams in action Thursday and on Saturday.

The Div 4 team had a narrow win over Roscommon Gaels in Kiltoom, winning by 4 points after a tight game. Paddy Higgins, James O’Rourke and Liam Hennelly were outstanding in this game. 

The Div 1
team had a comprehensive win over Roscommon Gaels and registered their
first league points of the season. Thomas O’Brien and Daniel Keenan lead
the way, as a gallant young Gaels  team made our lads fight all the way for the victory.

On Saturday 25 players travelled to Doora Barefiled near Ennis for a 4 team tournament with Doora– Barefield, Austin Stacks (Tralee) and St.James (Mervue).  We played 4 games and all players got
plenty of opportunity to play against teams from other counties. The
lads showed great heart and spirit in all four games and played some
wonderful football, despite some very tired limbs, particularly in the
latter games.  This was a great opportunity for some of our younger
players to play with the Div 1
team and Daniel Skene, Luke Whelan (with a brilliant goal) and Eoin
Reid can be very proud of their performances.  There were also great
performance throughout the day from Martin O’Grady, Michael Sugrue, Bobby Nugent, Daniel Meeley and Davy Dolan. 

Squad for both days:

K.Derwin, S.Daly, A.Donovan,D.Dolan,D.Meeley,B.Nestor,M.Sugrue,T.O’Brien,M.O’Grady 0,R.Doyle, C.Hand , P.Higgins,D.Keenan, B.Nugent1-1, J.Curley , O.Canny, P.Higgins, M.Sammuals, L.Hennelly, H.Griselan, O.Benton, B.Gonley, L.Murphy,B.Armstron, D.Skehan, S.Trundle, J.O’Rourke, P.Higgins, E.McDonnell, E.Reid , A.O’Donoghue, L.Whelan, H.Cunniffe, J.Goose.

St.Brigids U14 Boys Div 1:

St.Brigids 3-11, Padraig Pearses 5-6

Our Div 1 team lost narrowly to Pearses in an exciting game in Kiltoom on Monday evening. Brigids were very sluggish at the start and allowed  Pearses to get off to a great start and andfound themselves 10 points down after only 15 minutes.  Some positional switches and inspirational play by Adam O’Donovan and Oisin Canny
awoke our lads and they played some great football for the remainder of
the half to reduce the deficit to just 2 points at the break.  Brigids commenced the 2ndhalf in the same style and raced into the lead for the first time in the game.  However, some slack defending allowed Pearsesin for two soft goals. Two further points followed to establish a 4 point lead going into the last 10 minutes. Brigids rallied again and reduced the deficit to two points, but despite some brave attacking play, Pearses  managed to hold on the the lead
until the final whistle and just about deserved their victory.  While
our lads were disappointed to lose this game, they can take great heart
from the football they played and the determination they showed to come
from 10 points down, but will need to ensure that they play for a full
60 minutes in future. Team and scorers:

K.Derwin, S.Daly, A.Donovan,D.Dolan,D.Meeley,B.Nestor,M.Sugrue,T.O’Brien1-1,M.O’Grady 0-1,R.Doyle, C.Hand 0-2, P.Higgins,D.Keenan1-1, B.Nugent1-1, J.Curley 0-1. Subs O.Canny 0-4 for P.Higgins.

 

 

St.Brigids U14 Boys Div 4:

St.Brigids 4-8, Padraig Pearses 1:2

Our Division 4 team got their Spring league campaign off to a great start with a fine win in Woodmount on Saturday evening.. From the start of the game, Liam, Harry and Oran were solid in defence and Daniel and Sol dominated midfield and provided a plentiful supply of good ball into the forwards. Despite some great movement and passing combinations by Alex, Eoin and Luke, some poor finishing and decision making, ensured that Brigids only had 2 scores to show for their efforts at half time. 

Some early scores by Pearses in the second half ensured that the game  remained in
the balance, but the Brigids forwards then found their scoring touch
and reeled off some great scores to finally put daylight between the
teams.  Paddy, James and Eanna’s hard work eventually paid off  in the half forward line and they contributed 2-6 between them.  In addition to the above mentioned, Matthew’s kickouts set up numerous attacks, and Brian G, Luke and Bryan A were outstanding throughout the game in the half back line. 

Team:M.Sammuals, L.Hennelly, H.Griselan, O.Benton, B.Gonley, L.Murphy,B.Armstron, D.Skehan, S.Trundle 0-1, J.O’Rourke 0-3, P.Higgins 1-2, E.McDonnell 1-1, E.Reid 1-0, A.O’Donoghue1-0, L.Whelan 0-1.