Lámh Dhearg held their 40th annual Juvenile Evening Presentation in the Beechlawn Hotel kindly sponsored by MPL Catering Ltd.
Special guests were Fr Patrick Devlin PP, Declan Lynch Senior Football Captain, Paddy Mervyn Senior Hurling Captain , Aedin O’Neill Senior Camogie Captain and Ciara Larkin Senior LGFA Captain.
The evening was compered by Paul Buchanan and the big attendance saw the presentation of many individual and team awards as well as viewing video presentations of Lámhs on tour 2025 and Review of 2025.
In his chairman’s address, Chairman Brian Smyth warmly welcomed guests, parents and juveniles,
complimented the committtment of mentors for their valuable work in coaching and managing teams . Brian praised the achievements, efforts and development and progress of the juveniles and encouraged them to continue their interest in Gaelic games which bodes well for the future of the club.
Brian concluded by thanking the committee, sponsor’s and organisers of the successful event and congratulated the many award winners .
The club would like to acknowledge the Beechlawn Hotel for successfully facilitating the event and the big crowd and for its top-quality service and cuisine. The club are also very appreciative of MPL Catering Ltd for sponsoring the popular event and Karen Marie Event Studio for their beautiful balloon displays which enhanced the ambience .
Team Awards
U14 LGFA Panel
Glenavy Silver cup
U13 LGFA Panel
Diarmuid Frazer Plate&Errigal Ciaran Shield
U14 Hurlers
South Antrim Hurling Championship
U16 Hurling Panel
All county Div 2 championship
Individual Awards
U12 Most Improved Hurler
Aaron McClenaghan
U12 Hurler of the Year
Cody Agnew
U14 Hurler of the Year
Joint – Dylan Quinn &Orin Agnew
U16 Hurler of the Year
Joint – Matthew Murray & Dylan Fegan
U12 Most Improved Footballer
Jack Pepper & Dara Purcell
U12 Footballer of the Year
Dylan Matthews & Adam Gallagher Reid
U14 Footballer of the Year
Joint – Dylan Quinn & Patrick Glennon
U16 Most Improved Footballer
Darragh Quinn
U16 Footballer of the Year
Matthew Murray
U12 Most Improved Camog
Bronagh O’Donnell
U12 Camog of the Year
Rhea McCann
U14 Most Improved Camog
Remi Sanni
U14 Camog of the Year
Cady Brennan
U16 Most Improved Camog
Aoife Lynskey
U16 Camog of the Year
Sian McNama
U12 Girls Football Most Improved Player
Fiadh Hale
U12 Girls Football Player of the Year
Jane McAreevey
U14 Girls Football Most Improved Player
Cady Brennan
U14 Girls Football Player of the Year
Holly O’Reilly
U16 Girls Football Most Improved Player
Grace Kearney
U16 Girls Football Player of the Year
Katie Flynn
Most improved Hanballer
Conleth Fegan
John McPeake Cup Handballer of the Year
Maddie McDonnell
SPECIAL AWARDS
Diarmuid Frazer Memorial Cup
Rhea Mc Cann
Charlie Smyth Award – Most Overall Improved Player
Conal McGuinness
Sam McGarry Award – Outstanding commitment and desire
U16 Hurling Team
Coca Cola Féile Trophy
Cady Brennan
Davy McGarry Award for Youth Personality of the Year
After a pitch inspection this morning the referee has deemed the pitch at Sarsfields unplayable and the CCC have had a meeting this morning and moved the scheduled final between St Gall’s and St Brigid’s to next Sunday at the same venue .
The Under 21 B final between Gorts and Rossa still goes ahead at Woodlands at 12 noon.
AIB Ulster Club Senior Hurling Championship – Semi Final
St John’s 3-20 Setanta 0-12
Saturday 15 November
Brendan McTaggart reports from Owenbeg, Dungiven
It was ‘job done’ for St John’s on Saturday evening as they sealed their place in the Ulster final. The score line would suggest this was a comfortable evenings work for the Antrim champions, the reality is it was far from it. Setanta gave St John’s their fill of it and plenty more when it came to the physical side of the game with the Johnnies lacking any fluency for close to three-quarters of the game.
Credit should be given where it’s due though, the Donegal men came with a game plan and brought a serious intensity to the game. They hit every ruck and breakdown with everything they had and looked to out-muscle St John’s. Playing with no fear and nothing to lose.
St John’s showed signs of rust, unsurprising given its four weeks since they last had a competitive fixture and with how Setanta rattled into them, it took longer than expected for them to find any sort of fluency. They had plenty of moments of magic throughout the hour that they were never going to be in trouble and their final quarter performance was more akin to what we have come to expect from the Corrigan Park side.
Oisin MacManus finished top scorer with five of his 12 points coming from play while Conor Johnston had a brace of majors and Donal Carson with the other. Domhnall Nugent had an excellent game between the sticks while Enda McGurk and Sean Wilson also impressed.
Gerard Gilmore was mightily impressive for the Donegal men, recording nine points (all from frees) but his overall contribution was excellent. He had plenty of support from Ruairi Gilmore, Ryan Coyle and Mark Callaghan. The effort from Setanta could never be faulted but the class of the Antrim champions saw them through.
The Donegal side made a great start to the game with Bernard Lafferty and Gilmore (free) putting them two clear inside the opening three minutes. It was a feisty start to the game with plenty happening off the ball, referee Barry Winters was letting the game flow as best he could as both looked to settle.
The opening St John’s goal came from a piece of brilliance from Conor Johnston. Collecting the sliotar in the right hand corner and despite being under pressure, Johnston got clear and found the bottom corner. A brilliant finish and the settler the Johnnies needed. Further scores followed from MacManus, Conal Bohill and Shea Shannon as St John’s showed their quality.
Gilmore’s second free of the night got Setanta’s scoreboard ticking again but three scores in as many minutes from Shannon (free), Michail Dudley and a massive free from Domhnall Nugent put six between the sides after the first quarter. Setanta retaliated with points from Gilmore (free) and a brilliant score from Danny Cullen to cut the lead to four.
MacManus landed his second of the night before St John’s were awarded a penalty. Ruairi McLaughlin bringing down Conor Johnston inside the square and while Nugent left his goal keeping position to come and take the resulting penalty, he drilled the sliotar over the bar.
Setanta finished the half on top with another Gilmore free and points from Coyle and Cullen with a brace of frees from MacManus the response from the Johnnies to leave the half time score 1-10 to 0-8 in favour of the Antrim champions.
It was a rude awakening of sorts for St John’s in that opening 30 minutes. Setanta were relentless, tigerish and hit every breakdown with savage intensity – making it impossible for St John’s to settle into any rhythm. They went on to halve the St John’s lead to two points inside the opening three minutes of the half but St John’s were much better after the restart and went on to hit 1-4 without reply in a little over five minutes. Points from MacManus (three) and Shannon came either side of Conor Johnston’s second goal. Shannon at the heart of the build-up and Johnston showing his speed, agility and awareness to strike the sliotar to the back of the net in such a way that he was never going to be hooked.
Setanta were struggling with discipline and the frees against them began to mount as St John’s turned the screw. Gilmore landed another free to cut the St John’s lead to nine but he and his side would only add another point as St John’s played with an element of control amongst the physicality brought by the Donegal champions.
With MacManus leading the way from placed ball and open play, the next three white flags coming from his hurl put more daylight between the sides. The third Johnnies goal came in the 53rd minute and while it may seem fortuitous, it showed the work rate of St John’s. MacManus effort from range dropped short and while goal keeper Kevin Campbell dealt with the sliotar well, Donal Carson blocked his attempted clearance into the back of the net.
MacManus (two) and Enda McGurk added further gloss to the score line for the Johnnies as they played with much more fluency in the closing stages.
It was all about getting through this game with no more injuries as far as St John’s were concerned. The bookies had the handicap betting at -15 anything less would have been looked upon as a poor result and performance. They dusted any cobwebs off and got back into championship mode as this game went on. The Johnnies roll on with and 60 minutes away from Ulster glory and getting their hands on the Four Seasons Cup.
TEAMS
ST JOHN’S: Domhnall Nugent; Ryan McNulty, Ronan Donnelly, Jack Bohill; Conal Morgan, Peter McCallin, Enda McGurk; Sean Wilson, Aaron Bradley; Michail Dudley, Conor Johnston, Conall Bohill; Donal Carson, Shea Shannon, Oisin MacManus
Subs: Michael Bradley for R Donnelly (19); Danaan McKeogh for P McCallin (50); Lorcan Heenan for D Carson (51); James Wilson for S Shannon (55)
Scorers: O MacManus 0-12 (7fs); C Johnston 2-00; S Shannon 0-3 (1f); D Carson 1-00; D Nugent 0-2 (1f, 1pen); E McGurk 0-1; M Dudley 0-1; C Bohill 0-1
SETANTA: Kevin Campbell; Ruairi McLaughlin, Steven McBride, Mark Callaghan; Dean Harvey, Bernard Lafferty, Declan Coulter; Conor McGettigan, Gerard Gilmore; Danny Gillen, Fionn Farren, Ruairi Campbell; Sean Ward, Josh Connolly-McGee, Ryan Coyle
Subs: Oisin Marley for F Farren (43); Niall Cleary for S Ward (51); Ryan Callaghan for M Callaghan (57); Jason Patton for B Lafferty (57)
Scorers: G Gilmore 0-9 (9f); D Gillen 0-2; B Lafferty 0-1; R Coyle 0-1
Referee: Barry Winters (Tyrone)
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AIB GAA Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship semi-final:
Eire Og, Carrickmore 3-16 Oisins, Glenariffe 2-18
Going in at half time of Saturday’s Ulster Intermediate semi-final against Tyrone champions Carrickmore there must have been many among the Glenariffe fans whose thoughts turned towards a final in two weeks’ time. The Oisins led by five, and thought they had goalkeeper Paul McMullan to thank for the gap being that wide, they still appeared to be in a good place.
Thhe Oisins team stand for a minutes silence before the game in memory of Marie O’Hagan who died recently
What followed left us wondering what had happened as Carrickmore came out of the changing room a different team. Everything they did was positive and their constant running at the Oisins defence caused major problems throughout that second period and the five point lead soon disappeared, despite Glenariffe adding to their tally when Seanie McIntosh and Orrin O’Connor sent over.
A goal from right half forward Aidan Woods in the 37th minute really set the comeback alight as it closed the gap to the minimum, and though Glenariffe responded with two points at the other end, one from Alex O’Boyle and the other from his brother Michael that, could well have been a goal.
Fifty minutes in the Tyrone champions went ahead again when right half back Dean Rafferty smashed a penalty high into the corner, despite a brilliant effort from Oisins keeper Paul McMullan who got his stick to it, but couldn’t prevent it from entering the net. A minute later the Tyrone men were four to the good when corner forward Shea Munroe found acres of space before firing over, but three minutes later Glenariffe were thrown a lifeline when Seanie McIntosh got through for his team’s first goal. When he went past the full-back and the goalkeeper a minute later the Oisins fans were on their feet, but his shot from the narrowest of angles hit the side netting and instead of being two clear they were still a point adrift.
It was like the air beings sucked out of their challenges and in the final minutes Carrickmore pushed on with three points on the trot from Woods, Munroe and the excellent Kelly, his eighth of the game.
With the one minute of scheduled extra time almost up the Oisin gave their fans a glimmer of hope when an Orrin O’Connor pass from virtually on the endline was fired home by Colla Ward, leaving just a point between them, but the referee blew for time on the puc-out and Carrickmore celebrated a great comeback win.
After a shaky start when they fell 0-03 to 0-01 behind in the third minute the Oisins began to find their form and well taken points from Calum McIlwaine, Michael O’Boyle, Orrin O’Connor (2) and Colla Ward got their team going. Kelly levelled for Carrickmore on twelve minutes but five points without reply from O’Connor, Alex O’Boyle, Michael O’Boyle and a a great score from midfielder Oliver Kearney pulled the Antrim champions five clear and hopes were high going in at the break with a five point cushion.
All was to change though in the second half as the rejuvenated Tyrone men turned the game on its head and deservedly secured a place in the final in two weeks, time. It will take some time for this Oisins team to get over the dissapointment of this defeat but in time they will look back with pride on a great season which brought them the Division 2 League title and county Intermediate crown
Eire Og: C McElhatton; C Kerr, O Mc Kee, C Mc Kee; D Begley 1-0, C Munroe D Rafferty 1-0; F Hurson, B Mc Gurk; C Grogan, A Kelly 0-8, A Woods 1-2; O Daly 0-1, A Crossan, S Munroe 0-5
Subs: C Sweeney For Hurson, S Grogan For Daly, J Kelly For Kerr, M Coyle For McGurk, S Sweeney For Crossan
Oisins: P Mc Mullan, D Kearney, M Haughey, C Devlin, D Kearney, N Magee, C McIlwaine 0-1, O Gillan, O Kearney 0-1, O O’Connor 0-3, D Kearney, M O’Boyle 0-6, A O’Boyle 0-2, S Mc Intosh 1-2, C Ward 1-2
Subs: P Ward For Kearney
Referee: P Owens
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Another great night at the Devenish Antrim Club All Star awards where guests of honour, Kilkenny legend Richie Power and new Antrim Football manager Mark Doran presented the awards to the top fifteen footballers and hurlers at a Gala Dinner in the popular west Belfast venue.
MC for the evening, BBC’s Mark Sidebottom chatted with both guests and did a in depth interview with Richie Power about his sparkling career with the Cats which brough him eight All Ireland medals
The top awards winners Seaan Elliott of Dunloy who was Football of the Year award from Antrim senior football manager Mark Doran and Conor Johnston of St John’s who received the Hurler of the Year award from Richie Power
Footballer of the Year Seaan Elliott receives his award from new Antrim Football manager Mark DoranHurler of the Year Conor Johnston receives his award from Guest of Honour Richie Power
The 2025 Devenish Antrim Club Hurling All Stars
Domnhal Nugent, St John’sRyan McNulty, St John’sCiaran Johnston, St John’sDavid Kearney, OisinsDeclan McCloskey, LoughgielPeter McCallin, St John’sEnda McGurk, St John’sRyan McKee, LoughgielAaron Bradley, St Johhn’sConor Johnston, St John’sJames McNaughton, LoughgielConal Bohill, St John’sFiontan Bradley, CushendallShea Shannon, St John’sOisin McManus, St John’s
The top scorer awards in hurling and football went to James McNaughton of Loughgiel (who shared the award with Alex O’Boyle of Oisins of Glenariffe (who was unable to attend) and
Antrim county chairman Seamus McMullan welcomes the guests to the All Stars Awards dinner at the DevenishDarren McKeown, who refereed the Senior Football final between Dunloy and Cargin, receives the Eamon Trainor Memorial Award from Eamon’s brother Alex, Eamon’s wife Mary and daughterPat Hughes (right), presents the Paul Hughes Memoria Shield to Head of Referees Brendan Totten who acccepted it on behalf of Conal Cunning, who refereed the Senior Hurling finalAntrim Master football manager Frankie Delargy presents the Masters Player of the Year to Stephen O’Connell of Ahoghill.Frankie Delargy presents the Masters Hall of Fame award to Sean McGreevyCounty treasurer Angela Callen presents the Young Footballer of the Year award to Tiernan McCormack of MoneyglassAngela Canning presents the Young Hurler of the Year award to Fiontan Bradley of Ruairi Og, CushendallAngela Canning presents the Top Scorer award to James McNaughton of Loughgiel who shared the award with Alex O’Boyle of Oisins, Glenariffe who was unable to attend.Mark Sidebottom interviews guest of honour Richie Power
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