The Seniors had a 9-point victory over St Michael’s on Friday night at Ardtole 0-15 to 0-6, in a game that was frequently interrupted by the visitors over-eager physical approach, which largely went unpunished by the referee in terms of cards writes Michelle Taggart.
The home side however maintained their composure and continued to impose their dominance on the scoreboard to secure their second home win of the season. Best wishes to Philip Curran who had to leave the field with a broken finger.
Team – M Cahir, D Kearney, C O’Shea, C Taggart, M Magennis, E McEvoy, P Curran, S Rooney, C Armstrong, C O’Connor, J Polley, D Smyth, C Conlon, N Taggart, O Curran. Subs – M Crangle, A O’Shea, N Cahir, T Kearney, C Smyth, L McEvoy, P O’Shea.
The RESERVES lost away to Drumaness on Sunday afternoon. With the minimum amount of players available, Ardglass faced an experienced Drumaness panel. The opening exchanges of the game were quite balanced however two quickfire goals from the blues changed the complexity of the game and Ardglass were unable to recover. Mark Magennis made several fine stops in goal while Mark Cahir, Ronan Crangle and Lee McEvoy performed admirably throughout the hour.
The U-16s lost away to Dundrum on Thursday, travelling to the bayside with mainly an U14 squad, the team showed heart throughout and saw an improved display from the previous week.
The U-14’s game was cancelled as Darragh Cross were unable to field while we ourselves were unable to field at Minor level on Tuesday.
The U-12’s lost to Darragh Cross at home on Sunday afternoon, a physically stronger Darragh side over powered the home side, although there were strong performances from Dara O’Shea, Oisin Dunn and Rachel Rooney.
On Saturday morning Ardtole hosted the first joint U-8 & U-10 East Down Blitz of the season and a great morning of football was had by all competing teams. The Ardglass U-8’s saw John Connor, Zara Brown and Cillian Fitzsimmons making their debut at this age group and the were ably assisted by the more experienced trio of Callum Rogan, Ruairi Byrne and Oran Denvir, while the livewire pair of Jack McConkey and Eoin Rooney must have covered every blade of grass against Dromara and Ballykinlar. The U-10’s also showed high levels of skill and determination against Darragh Cross and Ballykinlar, with Patrick Dunlop and a returning Caolan Deegan showing a wide range of skills in attack and defence.
ACTION CANCER will be at Ardtole next Tuesday, 3rd May from 11am – 7pm providing FREE HEALTH CHECKS FOR MEN – we have limited spaces available at this stage. To book your slot please contact Ruth Curran on: 07468627798.
CLUB DAY: La na gClubanna is natioanl club day for all involved in GAA and on Sunday 8th May, Ardglass GAC welcomes all our members, past members, supporters, schools, friends & local businesses to help us celebrate La na gClubanna 2016. Games on the Day: U-8’s, U-10’s, U-12’s, U-16’s & Minors, LADIES Game AND our Over 30’s v Current Senior Team. Anyone interested in taking part in the ladies game, please contact Mickey Curran or Michelle Teggart. For the Over 30’s game, anyone wanting to get involved please see Ryan Kelly or Paul O’Shea.
We will also have a BBQ and refreshments available on the day. So why not come along and support your club @ Ardtole on Sunday 8th May – 1pm-6pm?
TRAINING: Senior & Reserve training continues at Ardtole every Monday and Wednesday night @ 7pm. For the U-8, U-10 & U-12 teams, Thursdays in Ardtole starting at 6.30pm. Training times for the U-14, U-16 & Minor teams have yet to be confirmed by management teams.
MEMBERSHIP: All memberships should be paid at this stage. For anyone who has not yet paid, please contact our Club Registrar ASAP.
CLUB GEAR: Anyone wanting to order club socks or shorts, please contact Donna O’Connor directly.
SCHOOLS COACHING: We are currently rolling out a 6 week Schools coaching programme in both local primary schools in the parish – St Mary’s, Dunsford & St Nicholas, Ardglass. Weekly sessions are being delivered by members of our senior squad. Thanks to Mr Burns, Mr Magee & Staff of both schools who are actively promoting Gaelic Games within both Schools.
THIS COMING WEEK: This Thursday the U16s are at home to Carryduff @ 7.3opm. On Friday night the Senior squad are away to Dundrum @ 7.15pm. Then on Sunday night our Reserves are at home to Teconnaught @ 6pm. Bank Holiday Monday sees our U14s travel to Bright for their game – throw-in @ 7.30pm. Then on Tuesday the Minors are away to St John’s @ 7.30pm and to finish off the week of fixtures, our U-12’s travel to Ballykinlar on Wednesday night, 4th May (time TBC).
BINGO: Continues every Sunday at the clubrooms in Ardtole – Doors open, 7pm, with the first game starting @ 7.30pm…. Everyone welcome!
Last week’s lotto numbers were: 2, 18, 22 & 25
£10 winner last week: Ben Carvill (Junior)
Next week’s jackpot is: £1900.
