COMHBHRON It came as a shock to all in Eire Og to hear that club stalwart and former Cathaoirleach, John Glynn, had died. John had been very ill since October and died in the Sligo Hospice at the end of last week. The club extends its sincerest sympathies to his family and to his friends of whom he had very many. Go raibh leaba ag a anam geanuil, meidhreach i measc na naomh.
FUNDRAISING The Lotto numbers drawnon Monday16thwere 4, 8, 15, 22 and the jackpot forMonday23rdis 8000euro.
Becky Loftus Dore, a participant in the Eire Og Strictly which is less than a month away is holding a JUNIOR DISCO in the clubhouseon Saturday29th3-5 p.m.Entrance 3 euro. There will be face painting and a sweet shop.
PEIL The Greystones representatives on the Cill Mantain team which played Laois in the 1stround of the Leinster Championship in Portlaoiseon Saturdaydid Eire Og proud. Darren Hayden, vice-captain, seemed to be in perpetual motion with his No.10 appearing now in the backs, now in the forwards throughout the game. The extent to which his ball carrying skills were seen as a threat by the opposition was attested to in the number of times he was fouled in possession. His colleague Chester Kelly was as cool and unhurried as is his wont to be in club matches but his agility in thought and deed was such that he was as equally effective in the higher inter-county game. One never worried that he would not be able to handle any tricky situation which might come his way. His performance was rewarded by his having been chosen as corner back on theG.A.A.iechampionship team of the week. Daniel Woods and Sam Thompson came on in the 2ndhalf and more than held their own.
The Kilbride juniors made the journey across the Sally Gapon Fridaynight to play Eire Og in Division 3 of the league. The match ended in a draw. Spectators at the game would have deemed the visitors’ journey worthwhile for the entertainment which came of it while the visitors might be somewhat disappointed at not having taken both league points. That they didn’t, was largely due to the excellent goalkeeping of Billy Norman and some heroic defending by the full-back line. Billy made some spectacular saves but one in particular drew all-round admiration. The Kilbride full-forward, from 8 metres out, sent a viciously-struck ball to the right of an advancing Billy who to everyone’s surprise managed to interrupt it passage to the net. Credit is due to both sides for having served up a closely fought and enjoyable contest with many goalmouth incidents and some brilliant passages of combined end-to-end play.
U-16 CAILINI The contrast between the u-16 cailini’s game in Greystones against St Pats B and the climatic conditions in which it was played could not have been more stark. The heavy rain which arrived just before the girls took to the field relented not one iota over the match’s duration and this together with the heavily laden sky which was its source contrived to depress but their intent was offset by the lively and brightly exciting game served up by the girls.
The Eire Og cailini were very much on the backfoot in the 1sthalf and could be counted as somewhat fortunate to be only 4 points, 2-3 to 4-1, behind at the break. However the girls upped their performance in the 2ndhalf and roles were very much reversed. Yet the result remained in doubt right to the last few minutes. This 5-7 to 4-4 victory over a quality B side is a testament to the growing maturity of the squad. Scorers: Katie Lawless (3-4), Eva Moore (1-1), Eva McTague, Ashling Lawrence and Andrea Hanlon (0-1 each).
The back division which was especially solid after the interval was particularly well served by Katie O’Reilly, Eva Roche and Claudia Randles.
The u-14 girls play a home league gamethis Thursdayat7.30 p.m.
CAMAN WIELDING: Camogaiocht:on Mondaylast the u-14s played Kilcoole in Kilcoole. This was an exciting contest spiced by local rivalry in which the Norton sisters soldiered together for the 1sttime and in which we witnessed super defending from Eva Skerritt and Alva Coughlan. The game was won by Kilcoole.
Keela Keogh became the first ever Eire Og camogie player to represent the county. She played in the inter-county u-14 blitz in which the other teams were Kildare, Louth and Longford.
IOMAINT A logistical miracle – last Wednesday evening Eire Og fielded two adult hurling teams. The earlier game was against St Feargals, Bray which Eire Og won and the later one was a practice match against Parnells of Dublin which officially but inexplicably ended in a draw. The mentors were pleased with the quality of the hurling produced by the juniors and were delighted to welcome back Karl Devlin who after a number of years in the wilderness showed that he had much to contribute. Bren Donohoe and Mark Barry were prominent in defence and Shane Mulford claimed that his performance was worthy of note. The team was happy to avail of the services of the holidaying, from the Netherlands, James Kelly. Martin Joyce was his usual accurate self from placed balls.
The senior’s recent league game against Carnew was a comedy of minor misfortunes, a number of players were exam-tied, Shane Nolan had to cry off because of a sudden bout of illness and Billy Cuddihy was forced to make an early departure because of a leg injury (which we hope is not too serious). The subsequent inevitability ensued and while the team greatly upped its performance in the 2ndperiod it was not able to compensate for its 1sthalf shortcomings. This was an excellent game of hurling with both sides enjoying periods of superiority but generally evenly matched. It was refereed by Derek Oman.
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