Month / November 2017

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St. Louis through to Danske Bank MacLarnon Cup quarter finals

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The Danske Bank MacLarnon Cup league games have been completed and everything is set up for the knock-out stages beginning this week with the two Play-off games.

Our Lady’s and St Patrick’s Knock will be facing Virginia College from Cavan with a quarter-final against Group B winners St Louis Ballymena the prize for the team that picks up the win.

Scoileanna Inis Eoghain will be facing former winners St Pius X in their play-off with a more recent champion Our Lady’s Castleblayney awaiting in the quarter-finals.

The other two quarter-finals look pretty interesting with St Eunan’s Letterkenny paired with Loreto Coleraine and last March’s beaten finalists Holy Trinity Cookstown taking on St Patrick’s Downpatrick

 

Play off’s

OLSP’s Knock v Virginia College

Inis Eoghan v St Pius X

MacLarnon Cup Quarter Finals

Our Lady’s Castleblayney v B4/A5

Holy Trinity Cookstown v St Patrick’s Downpatrick

St Eunan’s Letterkenny v Loreto Coleraine

St Louis Ballymena v Our Lady’s & St. Patrick’s Knock/Virginia College, Cavan

 

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All Saints Juvenile Presentation evening

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All Saints U14 Footballers, South West Feile and league and All County league winners at the clubs annual presentation evening

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATE

All Saints held their annual juvenile presentation evening for boys and girls aged U12 to U16 at their Slemish Park club-rooms on Thursday night. A well-attended event saw awards handed out to the club’s boys and girls who have had considerable success on the playing field this season.

All Saints were winners of the North Antrim Divison 2 Airborne and Division 2 Championship, The South West U14 football league and feile and the All County football league, the South West U16 football shield and competed strongly over all codes in 2017

The following players received awards:

U12 Camogie

Most Improved: Aimelee Holmes/Kyree Brett

Sportswoman of the year: Leah McArdle

Camog of the year: Brianna Cushenan/Alex Spurgeon

U14 Camogie

Most Improved: Mary Kate O’Rawe

Sportswoman of the year: Aoibhinn Cosgrove

Camog of the year: Sian Zensque

U16 Camogie

Most Improved: Cora Magee

Sportswoman of the year: Catherine McBride

Camog of the year: Roisin Ward

Players Player of the year: Sinead McGarry

Overall camog of the year: Sinead Devine.

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All Saints U12 hurlers, winners of the North Antrim Division 2 Airborne and North Antrim Division 2 Championship

U12 Hurling

Most improved: Ciaran McQuillan/Pearse Martin

Sportsman of the year: Archie McGreevey

Hurler of the year: Aodhan Mcgarry

Player’s player of the year: Kevin O’Boyle

U14 Hurling

Most improved: Shaun O’Callahan

Sportsman of the year: Niall Devine

Hurler of the year: James O’Boyle

Player’s player of the year: James O’Boyle

Overall player of the year; James O’Boyle

U16 Hurling

Kevin Brady

U12 Girls Football

Most Improved: Bronagh Killough

Sportswoman of the year: Leah McArdle

Player’s player of the year: Cliodhna Metrustry

Player of the year: Tess Brady/Anita McMahon

U14 Girl’s Football

Sportswoman of the year: Ellie Tang

Player of the year: Aoibhinn Cosgrove

U16 Girls Football

Most improved: Niamh McMahon

Sportswoman of the year: Sinead Devine

Player’s player of the year: Molly Brady

Player of the year: Sianeese Maybin

U12 Boys Football

Most improved: Lewis White/Eunan Anderson

Sportsman of the year: Conan McConville/Carter Reid

Player’s player of the year: Ryan Thom

Player of the year: Kevin Boyle

U14 Boys Football

Most Improved: Jude Casey

Sportsman of the year: Paddy O’Brien

Player’s player of the year: Harry Wylie

Player of the year: Ronan McKillop/Ciaran Campbell

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All Saints U16 footballers, winners of the South West U16 Shield

U16 Boys Football

Most improved: Jason Givan

Sportsman of the year: Conor O’Rawe

Player of the year:Matthew Corr/Oisin Connolly

Overall Girl’s footballer of the year

Laura McAleese

Overall Juvenile footballer of the year

Oisin Connolly

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Overall Club Juvenile of the year

Sianeese Maybin / Conor O’Rawe

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Nine goal Tower win McGrath Shield

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St Killian’s Garron Tower 9-5 St Joseph’s Newry 3-12

St Killian’s have won the Oisin McGrath Shield for the first time. This competition is a province-wide Year 8 football competition with over 50 schools playing at different grades during the first term.

St Killian’s initially won through from a blitz competition in Queen’s played before Halloween when we topped our group, St Joseph’s Newry giving us a very close run game in the final match.

That put both St Killian’s and St Joseph’s through to the semi-finals where they easily defeated St Joseph’s Coalisland and St Aidan’s Derrylin respectively in mid-November to set up this week’s final at the Valley Leisure Centre.

St Killian’s made the perfect start to the decider with Eamon Ward driving through the middle to open the scoring with a fine individual point and Cormac McConnell and Aran McCloskey quickly added goals.

St Joseph’s hit back with a few points but 1-1 from Cormac McConnell and a goal from captain Eamon Ward stretched St Killian’s lead although four points in a row, three from the excellent Calum Bradley pulled St Joseph’s back a little by half-time when the score stood at 4-3 to 0-6.

St Killian’s hit further goals from Kieran McRandal and Orrin O’Connor at the start of the second half, but the Newry side, led by Bradley exerted a lot of pressure on the Tower defence where the Glenravel quartet of goalie John Mitchell and strong full back line Niall Dickson, Niall Hynds and Fiontainn Hodgson denied St Joseph’s search for a goal time after time.

Niall Magee, Austin Birt and Cahan Graham were very impressive in half back easing the pressure on the full backs with constant ball carrying linking up with the forwards.

Midway through the half St Joseph’s hit their best period with goals from Bradley and Daire Saul, but St Killian’s came back strongly with goals from Cormac McKeown and Kieran McRandal to kill off the Newry side who kept battling to the end when Tiarnan Burns fired in a third goal for them.

In defeat Calum Bradley with 1-8 was a star man, while centre-half back Aaron McGuinness stood out as did Joe McKay up front.

At the end Ulster Schools’ co-ordinator Sean Fleming spoke highly of the skill levels of both teams before presenting the Shield to St Killian’s captain Eamon Ward.

St Killian’s: John Mitchell, Fionntan Hodgson, Niall Hynds, Niall Dickson, Austin Birt, Cathan Graham, Niall Magee, Orrin O’Connor 1-1, Cormac McKeown 2-1, Peadar O’Donnell, Eamon Ward capt. 1-1, Ben Rodgers, Aran McCloskey 1-0, Phelim Ward, Cormac McConnell, Kieran McRandal 2-0, James McKeegan, Thomas Glanville, Niall Okasha, Luca Bruxelles, Luke McIlroy, Joseph McLaughlinSt Killians football 5

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Glenariffe Oisins juvenile awards night

LEFT – Tipperary hurling star Noel McGrath, who was guest of honour at the Glenariffe Oisins juvenile awards night in the Larragh Lodge Restaurant is seen here with Caolan Devlin, Ronan Leech and Brogan O’Connor who collected the three trophies won by the club’s all conquering Under 12 team this season. RIGHT – Noel McGrath presents the Under 14 Most Improved Player award to Ben O’Boyle.

LEFT – Noel McGrath presents the Under 16 Hurler of the Year award to Caolan O’Connor RIGHT – Noel McGrath presents the Under 16 Most Improved Hurler award to Ciaran Black U12 championship winnersThe Oisins Under 12 team who the North Antrim League, North Antrim A Championship, The Shane Mulholland Memorial Tournament and North Antrim and All County Primary Schools Championships are seen here with guest of honour Noel McGrath.

LEFT – Cathan Graham and Eamon Ward who received the Under Most Improved awards RIGHT – Under 12 Hurler of the Year Patrick McIlwaine with Noel McGrath. U14 Special Ach. Shea McDonnell. Seanie mcintoshShea McDonnell and Seanie McIntosh receive Special Achievement awards from Noel McGrath

Lara McAleeseLara McAleese with her hurl which was signed by Tipperary star Noel McGrath at the Oisin juvenile awards night

 

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McQuillan’s GAC juvenile awards evening

LEFT – Jimmy Joe Burns receives the Under 14 Hurler of the Year award from team mentor Chris McAuley RIGHT – U12 Captain Orann Donnelly, winners of James O’Kane Tournament in Dungiven with Team Coach Barry Kelly.

Most Improved Frank McCaughan & Patrick McAllister with U14 Hurler of the Year Jimmy Joe Burns (centre). RIGHT – Most improved U16 HurlersEoin Maybin with joint Hurlers of the Year Ronan Laverty and Seamus McAuley

LEFT – Eoin Maybin receiving U16 Most Improved Award from Anthony McAuley and Sean McCormick.  RIGHT – U16 Joint Players of the Year: Seamus McAuley receives from Sean McCormick & Ronan Laverty received from Anthony McAuley.

aUnder 6 Hurlers with the cup they won the Naomh Padraig Invitational Tournament.

eUnder 8 hurlers at the Ballycastle juvenile awards day

fBallycastle Under 10 hurlers with their awards