It was a super Sunday for our women’s intermediate footballers who lifted the Sligo Division 2 league title in style at Connolly Park in Collooney after an enthralling final against Owenmore Gaels saw them win by 6-6 to 2-12. It was a superb display by the team in what was an absorbing, tough and entertaining league decider. Goals win games and this proved to be the case last Sunday. For DRP ladies, it’s their first league title for eight years. Our developing team had mixture of survivors from that side of 2011 along with several of our younger up and coming players. The mix was just right. Congrats to all the players and the management team, led by Mike Healy. It provides a fitting finish to the 2019 season.
The new Sligo LGFA Division 2 league champions
The county titles continue to flow for DRP. Benbulben Gaels under 16 hurlers lifted the county under 16 championship last Monday night in Scarden with an emphatic 9-8 to 2-4 win against Western Gaels. Heartiest congrats to the players and management team led by John O’Callaghan.
Benbulben Gaels under 16 hurlers – county champions 2019
We had a lovely finish to our Saturday morning nursery, under 8 & 10 coaching season in Oxfield at the weekend when our young players and their parents/guardians gathered for an end-of-season party. Thank you to all the players for dedication over the past year – and a special word of appreciation to the parents and guardians for all their support, encouraging and taxi-ing. We’ll be back again in March 2020.
Rían, Dara & Harvey were delighted with their medals last Saturday. Well done to all our young nursery players this year
We are running a three-day mid-term camp in Oxfield this Tues to Thurs (Oct 29th-31t) for secondary school girls and boys (1st, 2nd and 3rd years) from 10am to 2:30pm each day. The theme of this fully supervised camp is ‘wellness through sport’ and will include a variety of talks, interactive sessions ranging from injury prevention, strength and conditioning and nutrition to drug awareness. For more info on what the course will cover, see below. To book a place, contact Declan Carroll on 0879480114.
The club is planning to hold our end of year Juvenile awards before Christmas this year. Our provisional date is Friday, November 22nd. Further details on this special event will be announced soon.
The DRP boys under 13 footballers will their Féile ‘A’ semi-final against St Mary’s in Oxfield next Sunday morning (Nov 3rd) at 11:30am. The winners will represent Sligo at next year’s All-Ireland under 14 Féile. The players would appreciate big club support for this game.
A reminder that Drumcliffe handball club will be holding another registration morning for the 2019/2020 season this Saturday (Nov 2nd) in Oxfield from 9:30 to 11:30am. New players of all ages are very welcome to come along and give handball a try.
