It was a week to remember for two of our U12 football teams. The boys Division 1 side lifted the shield title in style on Friday evening at Scarden with a 0-18 to 0-9 win over Ballymote/Bunninadden in the final. It was a terrific team display, particularly in the closing quarter, which secured the win. Congrats to all the players and management members involved.
Players: Brian Gilmartin, Donnchadh O’Brien, Fionn McNulty, Dylan McGee, Joe Campbell, Rían O’Callaghan, Conor Gillen, Patrick Phelan (Capt), Matthew Percy, Sean Fehrmann, Mark McDermott, Diarmuid Dunleavy, Michael Carroll, Jake Chambers, Sean McCabe, Darragh O’Flaherty. Management team: Rowan O’Callaghan, Declan Carroll, Des McGee, Declan O’Brien and Paul McDonagh.
The U12 girls are through to the ‘A’ championship final after a comprehensive win over Tourlestrane at Oxfield the same evening. CT Gaels will be our opponents in the county final which is scheduled for September 9th. Again, this was another impressive team performance. Our thanks to Jimmy Smith and Des Henry for their help and assistance last Friday. We wish the team, which is managed by Trevor Ferguson and Frank Moylan, every success in next month’s decider.
Our junior footballers shrugged off any ‘effects’ of last Saturday’s Warriors Run and subsequent late night/early morning ‘Mayweather-McGregor’ TV viewing to record an emphatic 3-15 to 1-8 success over Coolera/Strandhill in the championship on Sunday at Oxfield. Eoin Gaughan scored 1-12 of the DRP total and the win ensures that we top Group 2 and qualify for the county semi-finals.
Good luck to Rachel Monaghan, Michelle McNamara, Sinéad Regan, Aisling Ewing and the Sligo ladies team who play Tyrone this Saturday afternoon in the All-Ireland intermediate semi-final at Kingspan Breffni Park. Throw-in is at 3pm and the match is live on TG4.
A reminder too that our ladies intermediate team play St Mary’s in the 2017 Connacht Gold Intermediate Championship final on Saturday, September 16th in Markievicz Park at 2pm. Save the date as we want as much club support as possible for the girls that day.
The club’s monthly meeting for August is on this Monday evening (Aug 28th) in Oxfield at 9pm.
The girls U14 footballers play St Mary’s at Oxfield in the championship this Monday evening at 7pm.
Our boys U12 division 3 team play St Mary’s at Markievicz Park on Tuesday evening at 7pm in a cup play-off at 7:15pm. Oxfield holds a girls U10 football blitz the same evening, starting at 7pm. Players are asked to assemble by 6:45pm
The girls U16 footballers host Calry-St Joseph’s at Oxfield in the championship this Thursday evening at 6:30pm. We need to win this match to keep our play-off hopes alive.
Our boys minor footballers have amalgamated with Calry/St Joseph’s for the championship this year. The team plays its opening championship match on Monday, Sept 4th against Curry (away) at 7 o’clock.
On the hurling front, There were five Benbulben Gaels players on the Sligo Under 14 County Hurling squad whichtook part in the All-Ireland U14 blitz at the GAA National Games Development Centre in Abbotstown at the weekend. Sligo played three games against Tyrone, Meath and Roscommon and while they didn’t win on the day, it was a very enjoyable learning experience. The Benbulben Gaels ‘famous five’ were: Ciarán O’Reilly, Evan Ballintine, Nathan McArdle, Eoin Kerrigan, Conor Donnaghy and Paul O’Brien.
The Sligo county U14 hurling squad which took part in the All-Ireland U14 blitz in Dublin last weekend.
Well done to the Benbulben Gaels U14 hurlers who continued their winning run with a comprehensive victory over Castleconnor – a result which means they have now qualified for the ‘A’ championship final.
GAA nursery coaching for our young footballers aged 6-10 has resumed on Saturday mornings at Oxfield. U6 coaching starts at 9:45am sharp. U8 & U10 at 10:30am. New players are always very welcome.
An U9 fun league will take place across Sligo at various venues during the months of September and October. Club players born in 2009 will represent DRP in this fun competition. The first series of games will take place on September 6th in Scarden. More details next week.
Please return outstanding tickets for the club’s Monthly Lotto Draw asap to the club finance committee or any club officer
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