SAINT GABRIELS 2010 SEASON MATCH REPORTS

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ST GABRIELS WIN U13 SHIELD FINAL
St Gabriels U13 team won the shield final in Duggan Park last Sunday 31/10/10 when they defeated the home side Ballinasloe. St Gabriels were on top from the start of the game. With great goals from Darragh Collins and Darren Kenny and great performances all over the field St Gabriels had a good lead at half time. In the second half Ballinasloe fought back and came more into the game but St Gabriels ran out convincing winners. Final Score: St Gabriels 6g & 13 pts to Ballinasloe's 3g & 3pts. Referee was M. Gavin. After the game amid scenes of jubilation P.J. Rabbite of Coiste peil na nog presented the shield to the Captain of St Gabriels u13 team Michael O' Rourke. Well done to the Manager Mike Malone and his mentors Albert Duane, Brian Collins and Gerard Donnellan for their great work with this team over the past year. Afterwards the team were treated to a meal in the Auld Shillelagh in Aughrim and went on a tour of the parish where bonfires greeted them. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the team and well done U13's on a fantastic performance. U13 ST GABRIELS TEAM Ethan Molloy, Stephen Delaney, Rory Barrett, Niall Martin, Michael O' Rourke, (Captain), Jason Daly, Aaron Duane, Bryan Coughlan, Aidan Grenham, Aaron Dunne, David Dunne, David Malone, Daniel Reddan, Darren Kenny,  Darragh Collins, Jason Kenny, Eamon Quinn,  Luke O' Connor,Ryan Malone, Liam Brogan, Calum Hennigan, Michael Jennings,  Darragh Burke, Cormac Coffey, Sean Blehene.

ST GABRIELS U13 LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL AND REPLAY 
ST Gabriels U13's had a busy week in which they played three football matches. They played Headford in Clonberne on Tuesday evening 26th of October in the U13 league semi-final and on friday evening St Gabriels U13's met Headford in Brownsgrove pitch to play the replay of the semi-final that had ended in a draw. In terrible conditions yet again! both teams gave their best. Headford proved the stronger team and won the match. Well done to Headfords U13 team on reaching the league final. Well done to St Gabriels u13 team and management for their commitment after a busy week for the U13's and its not over yet as St Gabriels u13 team qualified for a shield final in Ballinasloe on Sunday 31/10/10 in Duggan park.

U13's IN STALEMATE IN CLONBERNE
ST GABRIELS U13's played Headford in the league semi-final in Clonberne on Tuesday 26th of October at 6p.m. in the evening. In terrible wet and windy conditions both teams played a great game of attacking football despite the conditions and they were both evenly matched in the first half. The half time score was St Gabriels 2g 1pt to Headfords 2 goals. In the second half St Gabriels upped their performance and went 7pts upto lead convincingly. But then Headford responded and upped their own game and came back and levelled to end the match in a draw with Headford getting the upper hand in the last ten minutes. 

The Referee was Mary Kenny. Well done to both teams on playing some good football in such awful weather conditions. The replay is set for 5p.m. in Glenamaddy pitch on Friday 29th of October. Come and support your local team.

U16 COUNTY FINAL MATCH REPORT 2010

ST GABRIELS 4g & 6pts - 1g & 5pts KILCONLY      

St Gabriels U16's played Kilconly in the league final in Monivea on Sunday last 17/10/10. Having trailed Kilconly who were 1g 4pts ahead to St Gabriels 2pts. St Gabriels rallied and with Sean Garveys goal and a well-taken penalty from Liam Maguire we had a one point lead at half time. Half time score St Gabriels 2g 2pts to Kilconly 1g 4pts. In the second half St Gabriels played the better football and strtched ahead with great goals from Sean Collins and Liam Maguire and points from David Glennon. Kilconly fought back but with our backs standing firm St Gabriels had a great win. Amid scenes of jubilation afterwards Bobby Mullins Secretary of Coiste Peil na nOg presented Ronan Kelly (captain) with the cup. Thanks to all who lit bonfires galore throughout the villages of Aughrim, Cappataggle & Kilconnell to welcome home the victorious team. Congratulations to the full panel of players. Congratulations to Seamus Coughlan, the Manager, Roy Maguire, Larry Lohan, Gerard Donnellan Mentors. Full panel of players; D. Shaughnessy, A. Connelly, C. Dolphin, R. Kelly, L. Maguire. D. Curley, D. Farrell, David Glennon, Dale Glennon B. Quinn, S. Garvey. J. Mitchell. C.  Keighrey,  S.Collins. M. L'estrange, C. Lyons, A. Smyth, G. Connelly. A. Leonard. N. Coen. D. Dunne. T. Hynes, J. Mannion, S. Loughnane. M. Maguire.

ST GABRIELS U13's Panel
Saint Gabriels U13 team played Ballinasloe in their league game on Monday 18th of October in Kilconnell pitch. A very close match with both teams evenly matched. St Gabriels defeated Ballinasloe by one point the narrowest of margins. This puts this U13 team into a final which will be played this weekend more details later. Well done to the panel of players and their Manager Mike Malone and Mentors.

ST GABRIELS U11's Panel
St Gabriels U11 team played Monivea in Kilconnell pitch on Tuesday 19th of October .
A great game of football with both the teams evenly matched. The half time score was St Gabriels 4pts  to Monivea 5pts. Great credit to the two teams for a very sporting game of football. The game ended with  St Gabriels winning by a point. Final score St Gabriels 10pts to Monivea 1g -6pts. This earns St Gabriels a place in the semi-finals next week.

SECOND HALF PERFORMANCE SEES U16s THROUGH
ST GABRIELS G.A.A. CLUB
St Gabriels U16's team defeated St Brendans in the league semi-final in Ballygar on sunday 9th of October. A great game of football with St Brendans the better team in the first half with a lead of 1g & 4pts to no score. St Gabriels scored two points and a goal to get back into the game and bring the two teams closer with the score at St Gabriels 1g 2pts to St Brendans 1g 4pts.  St Gabriels upped their performance as the second half progressed and grew in stature and took a five point lead scoring a goal and four points, but St Brendans pulled it back to two points to make for a compelling end to the game. Full time score St Gabriels 2g 8pts to St Brendans 2g 6pts. St Gabriels now play Kilconly in the U16 final next week. Best of luck to the panel of players and Manager Seamus Coughlan, Manager Roy Maguire, Larry Lohan, Gerard Donnellan & mentors in the final next weekend. We would urge all parents, friends etc to come out for the final in st gabriels colours and support your home team in the final. Details later.
PIERCE'S CHARGES PERFORM WELL IN MONIVEA
St Gabriels u10 team under the tutelage of Pierce Mullery travelled to Monivea on Saturday 18th of September to take part in the annual Pa Jordan memorial tournament. St Gabriels got to play a very good Monivea team in the first match of the day and Monivea proved too strong in this particular match and were the better team and won that match. Next up was Menlough and another tough game awaited. With a renewed vigour after a stirring team talk from their Bainisteoir Pierce Mullery St Gabriels set about their business with gusto and won the match at a canter. St Gabriels then played Dunmore then for their third game and after an extremely tight and exciting game won it by 2 points. Well Done to all the panel of players on a great performance with some exceptional individual efforts put in on the pitch for all to see. Monivea eventually won the tournament with St Gabriels coming a very credible second. Well Done to Pierce Mullery and his mentors he was rightly delighted with the performance of the team. Interviewed after the tournament Pierce said "we were like Kildare slow to get started, but really improved once we got going". Congratulations to an excellent Monivea on winning the tournament and thanks to the club for their terrific hospitality to our club on the day. Thanks to Monivea for the invitation to the tournament and we look forward to next season.

U13's BEAT WILLIAMSTOWN
St Gabriels Under 13's had a well earned and hard fought win over Williamstown in the U13 County League. Darragh Collins was on fire scoring three goals. Overall it was a good team performance with the squad gelling well on the pitch. Our next game is at home next friday. Well Done on the performance on the pitch. Team was as follows -
Ethan Molloy, David Malone, cormac Coffey, Niall Martin, Darren Kenny, Stephen Delaney, Bryan Coughlan, Michael O'Rourke, Luke O'Connor, Aaron Dunne, Daniel Reddan, Jason Daly, Eamon Quinn, Jason Kenny, Liam Brogan, Ryan Malone & Michael Jennings.
Well Done to all.   
EASY FIX FINALS & GERTIE KELLY CUP SUMMARY

St Gabriels GAA club hosted their annual Gertie Kelly and Easy Fix Blitz matches in
Kilconnell pitch on Friday 25th of june and Saturday 26th of june in Kilconnell pitch.
In glorious sunshine over 30 games of football took place with over 300 children  
participating   over the two day event.   The Gertie Kelly blitz was held on Friday 
evening with teams Ballinasloe, St Gabriels, Caltra, Monivea, Kilkerrin/Clonberne,
Loughrea and Menlough taking part. St Gabriels and Loughrea played the B final on 
Friday evening. With a great crowd watching and a great match St Gabriels were
the stronger team and played with great determination and had a great win. Well
done lads it was a terrific perfomance. On Saturday St Gabriels and Kilkerrin/Clonberne
played the Gertie Kelly A final and Kilkerrin/Clonberene were the better team and had
a great win. Well done to them. Our Easy-fix blitz matches are sponsored by Easy-fix
(Michael Earls) Thanks to Easyfix for their sponsorship for the past few years. It is
greatly appreciated. The Easy-fix c final was between St Brigids and Corofin with St
Brigids defeating Corofin. In the B final St Brendans defeated Monivea-Abbey, and in
the A final Mountbellew/Moylough defeated St Gabriels. Well done to all the teams that
took part and their mentors for their participation and co-operation with the blitz's.
Thanks to our referees for doing a great job on the two days Paul Quinn, Frank Coyne,
Davy Larkin and Larry Lohan. All the children and mentors were treated to Barbeque
and refreshments afterwards. Thanks to everyone who helped make the event an
enjoyable time for all the children and a great success for the club.

JUNIOR A MAKE PROGRESS IN NORTH BOARD

St Gabriels were victorious over Killererin in the second round of the North Board Junior
A championship played in menlough last Saturday evening. From the start St GABRIELS
got the better of the exchanges and with some great early points from James Dillon St
Gabriels lead at half time by 7pts to 1pt. In the second half as expected Killererin
fought back and closed the gap on St Gabriels but St Gabriels held on for a great
victory.  TEAM-  Davy Larkin, Gary McLoughlin, Noel Kelly, Pauric Larkin, David Kenny
Ronan Quinn, Lorcan Mitchell, James Dillon, Sean Whyte, Gerard Donnellan, Patrick Finn,
Thomas Callanan, Kevin McDonagh, Barry Shea,ommy Shea, Subs- Cathal Cormican,
Ciaran Mannion, Referee Tony Melia. Scorers;  James Dillon  4pts, B. Shea 1pt,
K. McDonagh 1pt,  S. Whyte 3pts. Well done lads keep up the good work. St GABRIELS
junior a team play Annaghdown in the next round of junior a championship next weekend.
Final Score St Gabriels 9pts to KiLLERERIN 6pts. 

St Gabriels Junior A Championship 
St Gabriels played Tuam Stars on sunday 30th of May in Mountbellew. From the start
Tuam stars had the upper hand and were 1g and 3pts before we registered a point on
the board. The half time score was Tuam Stars 1g and 8pts to St Gabriels 1pt.
The second half was more fruitful for us but to little to late as Tuam edged on and won
on a scoreline of St Gabriels 6pts to Tuam Stars 1g and 13pts.  Hard luck lads and
 Onwards and upwards as St Gabriels have two more bites at the cherry. They have
yet to play Kilererin and Annaghdown in this Championship group . 

U16 SEASON SUMMARY SO FAR

We started of our campaign with a home game against Milltown on the 13th april in
Kilconnell and we proved too strong for the visitors and ran out easy winners. The
match referee was martin gavin. For our next game we travelled to Annaghdown and
a close even match it was too with the visitors winning in the end but the result was
somewhat soured by a serious wrist injury to Thomas Hynes who was taken to hospital
as a result and we all wish him a steady and strong recovery from this injury. Many
thanx to Martina of Annaghdown and parents on the night for their valuable help.
Referee was Tom Flaherty for this match.

Our next match was also away to Kilconly this time at the Kilbannon GAA pitch and
with the drizzly damp weather it took St Gabriels the entire first half to find their
feet indeed it took a half time talk by manager Seamus Coughlan to get the lads up
and running for the second half, with the score 1-4 to 1-3 in St Gabriels favour at
the resumption the players knew what was expected from the management team.
And step up to the plate they did restricting the home side to a single point all half
and winning the game at a canter with another 3 goals and 5 points.referee for this
match was Gerry Keating. Then so to our next match which was at home against our
neighbours and great rivals St Kerrills. On the evening we proved too strong and had
a convincing win despite missing players. This match was followed by the return game
on tuesday 18th may were in atrocious weather conditions the lads lost narrowly by a
single point despite never really finding their rythm. At the end the St Kerrills team
celebrations told its own story with St Gabriels not performing on the night and with
this match now comes a break until june where more academic pursuits will keep them
occupied for a while! 

Junior A Match Summary 
St Gabriels played annaghdown on sunday 2nd may in kilconnell pitch in their league
match. ST Gabriels were the better team in the first half and with the wind in our
favour  were unfortunate not to have put more scores on the scoreboard by half time.
Score at half time st gabriels 4pts to annaghdown 1g 2pts.  In the second half
annaghdown upped their game took some great points. St Gabriels james dillon scored
a goal but time ran out and annaghdown won on a scoreline of st gabriels 1g 6pts to
Annaghdown 1g 10pts. 

MALONES CHARGES KEEP CHARGING!!! 
The u14 team travelled to annaghdown on friday evening for
the third round of the league. Gabriels started slowly and
were behind by four points ten minutes into the first half
before Ja Mannion scored the first of his goals, this was
quickly followed by a well taken goal by Aidan Grenham, at
this stage Declan Cronin and Sean Collins started to get on
top in the middle of the field while Darren Kenny and Aaron
Duane started to come very strong into the game. At half time
gabriels were up by two points, Gabriels started the second half
very strong with Ja Mannion getting a cracker of a goal.The half
back line of Daniel Nevin, Daniel Dunne and Darren Kenny were well on top at this stage
which meant more ball going into the gabriels forwards with Pakie Garvey, Luke O'Connor
and Niall Coen all getting on the score sheet. St gabriels went on to win by eleven points,
a very good performance by all. The st gabriels team lined out as follows. Ethan Molloy,
Aaron Duane, Michael O'Rourke, Daniel Dunne, Darren Kenny, Aaron Dunne, Sean Collins,
Declan Cronin, David Maher, Shane Regan, Ja Mannion, Luke O'Conor, Gary Connelly,
Aidan Grenham, Daniel Nevin, Pakie Garvey Colin Lyons, Niall Coen & Eamon quinn.

ST GABRIELS G.A.A U14's AT THE FEILE 
St Gabriels U14's panel with Manager Mike Malone and
Mentor Jimmy Connelly travelled to Williamstown to take
part in the feile last Saturday. They were accompanied
by Glenamanddy, Cortoon and Williamstown. They had
fantastic wins over the other three sides Glenamaddy,
Cortoon and Williamstown. They had played Williamstown
first and won on a scoreline of St Gabriels 1g 5pts to 3pts.
 St Gabriels then went on to play Cortoon and had a good
win against them and this culminated in St Gabriels playing
Glenamaddy and the winners of this qualify would be
semi-final bound. A great game of football with St Gabriels
2pts down with two minutes to go and going onto score two
last minute goals winning on a scoreline of St Gabriels 2g 5pts
to Glenamaddy 6pts. St Gabriels qualified for the semi-final.
The club would like to thank co-ordinator Oliver Lennon and his club for their hospitality,
Referees: Aidan Potter, Noel Finnegan and Larry Lohan, and to the ladies who provided
refreshments for all during the day. St Gabriels then travelled to Tuam for the semi-final
where they were beaten by a stronger Craughwell side, which we congratulate on winning
the final on Sunday. Well done to the U14 panel who are a credit to the club. Thanks to
Charlie Warde for Refereeing the Semi-final. Thanks to all the supporters who came along
to cheer our boys on. They had a very enjoyable day, which ended with a treat in Supermacs.
 

ST GABRIELS JR C RUN IT CLOSE   
St Gabriels junior c team played ballinasloe in kilconnell on sunday 18/4/10. A good and
entertaining game of football for all who were there to watch it. St Gabriels and
Ballinasloe battled it out with the sides level at half time which was turning out to be a
hard fought and close game to call. St Gabriels were 1g 3pts to 6pts for ballinasloe at
half time. At the resumption Ballinasloe were the better team in the second half and
were able to pull away from the home side and won on a scoreline of st gabriels 2g 5pts
to 2g 10pts to Ballinasloe.
Scoring for St Gabriels were S. Golderick 2pts, J. Dillon1g 1pt, N. Coughlan 1g, 1pt,
C. Donnellan 1pt

 
JUNIOR A UNLUCKY AGAINST SHAMROCKS

ST GABRIELS junior a team played Cortoon Shamrocks on saturday evening 17/4/10 in
Cortoon at 6 30 p.m. St Gabriels got off to a great flying start scoring the first goal
of the match with Patrick Finn who scored it. At half time st gabriels were 1g 4pts to
Cortoon Shamrocks 1g 7pts with only a goal seperating the teams. Cortoon shamrocks
picked up a gear and played well in the second half and the game moved away from
st gabriels. Niall Coughlan scored a great goal for st gabriels in the second half which
really was the high point of the evening and gave a glimmer of hope to the visitors on
the night but Cortoon went on and won the match on a scoreline of St Gabriels 2g 7pts
to Cortoon Shamrocks 2G 11pts.

JUNIOR C V GLINSK kilconnell 11/04/10

St gabriels junior c team played glinsk
in a league match in kilconnell on Sunday
11th of April at 1.30 p.m. Saint Gabriels
started the better team and were up two
points to no score in the first five minutes
but this was undone when Glinsk scored a
goal but St Gabriels came roaring back
with some excellent performances and
scored a goal and were up 2g 6pts to
1g-4pts Glinsk at half time. At the change
around Saint Gabriels took the game to
Glinsk and were rewarded for a powerful
running and passing game and scored 1g and
7pts in the second half with some great
free taking by Pierce Dillon. Glinsk fought back but were beaten on a scoreline of St Gabriels
3g 13pts to Glinsk 1g 6pts. 

JUNIOR A & C UPDATES

JUNIOR A LEAGUE 
The first outing for the junior a team was in milltown on saturday the 27th of march
at 4.30 p.m.  While st gabriels had a lot of possession milltown were the better team
and won the game on a scoreline of Milltown 3g 6pts to St Gabriels 9pts. 

JUNIOR C LEAGUE 
The first outing for the junior c team was in williamstown on sunday morning the 28th of
march in williamstown. Williamstown proved just too strong on the day for st gabriels and
won on a scoreline of st gabriels 4pts to williamstown 4g 6pts. 

ST GABRIELS V DUNMORE MCHALES U21 CHAMPIONSHIP 
Pat Finn's U21 ST GABRIELS squad went up against Dunmore
McHales in the u21 Championship on Sunday last 7th of march
in a re-arranged fixture that took place on Glenamaddy pitch.
On a lovely sunny day that was well suited for free flowing
football the two teams were evenly matched against each
other in the early stages of the match with Dunmore leading
at half time. St Gabriels had been very unlucky not to have
scored two goals in the first half with one hitting the cross
bar. Half time score was Dunmore 8pts to St Gabriels 1g and 2pts. In the second half
McHales got the rub of the green and were lucky to score a goal from a penalty in the first
five minutes after having one disallowed just after half time. As the game progressed they
took the game to a hard pressed St Gabriels and started to pull away and won the game
well in the end with the final score being St Gabriels 1g 4pts, Dunmore 3g 12pts.
Scoring for St Gabriels were S. Whyte, 2pts, E. Malone 1g, N. Coughlan 1pt, S. Kenny 1pt,