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NA FIANNA GAA FOOTBALL CLUB
G.A.A CLUB NOTES 2024
11th March:
U15 OFFALY FEILE 2024
U15 OFFALY FEILE
2024
Na Fianna U15 Footballers had the honour of
getting the 2024 playing campaign underway for the club as they took part in
the Offaly Feile Blitz last Saturday for which the prize for overall winner on
the day is to go on to represent Offaly in the National Feile in June.and Na
Fianna showed that they will be a force to be reckoned with for the rest of the
year as they reached the Final just losing out to the reigning champions
Tullamore after a very tough day’s competition. The blitz was played on a
straight knockout format with Na Fianna drawn against the 2022 U13 A
Championship winners St Vincents in the Quarter Final in Geashill with Na
Fianna opting to play against the breeze in the first half and this proved to
be the correct call as Na Fianna trailed by just 0-02 to 0-01 at the break and
striking for a goal in the 5th minute of the second half scored by Bill
Culleton followed by 4 points without reply before St Vincents struck for a
goal deep in stoppage time but Na Fianna held on to claim the win on a scoreline
of 1-05 to 1-02. Like last year this put Na Fianna on the road for the Semi
Final where they again faced Kilcormac / Killoughey in Kilcormac where like the
first game scores were at a premium in the first half as Na Fianna again
trailed at half time by 1-01 to 0-02 but hit 3 points in a row in the second
half all from the boot of Cillian Hogan to take the lead but K/K were not
giving up and struck a late point in injury time to draw level and force extra
time where Na Fianna scored 1-01 without reply in the first half of with the
goal scored by Cillian Hogan which saw Na Fianna go on to claim the win on a
scoreline of 1-06 to 1-02 and in doing so overturn the result in last year’s
corresponding fixture. Na Fianna’s reward was a place in the final in Ferbane
against Tullamore who also had to negotiate extra time in their Semi Final
against Cloghan in Cloghan. Unfortunately 2 tough games took it’s toll as Na
Fianna played the Final with a number of players battling cramp with their semi
final chief scorer Cillian Hogan forced off injured early in the first half as
Tullamore started in lighting fashion scoring 2-03 to Na Fianna’s 1 point at
the break. In the second half Na Fianna steadied the ship with both sides
adding 2 points apiece with Na Fianna scores from Kajus Ramanauskas so their
first half tally saw Tullamore claim the win and title on a scoreline of 2-05
to 0-03 and we would like to wish them the Best of Luck as they go on to
represent Offaly in the national Feile.
NA FIANNA Squad: Adam Harte, Darragh Staunton,
Cathal Shiel, Callum Grehan, Sennan Farrell, Cormac Staunton, Liam Jones, Eoin
Gorman, Kajus Ramanauskas, Donal Connolly, Cillian Hogan, Bill Culliton, Fionan
Connolly, Eoghan Fox, Rory Kehoe, Sean Dempsey, Ben McLoughlin, Ciaran
Hannigan, Thomas Lynch, Adam Kehoe.
END OF YEAR REVIEW MEETING
There was a good turnout at the End of Year Review Meeting of Na Fianna Minor GAA Football Club which took place last Friday 19th Jan in the CYMS Hall, Cloneygowan. The following officers were elected subject to ratification by the adult clubs: Chairman: Brian Kehoe; Secretary: Sean Gorman; Treasurer: Matthew O’Byrne; PRO: Ray Garry; Coaches Co-Ordinator: Brian Kehoe, Child Welfare Officer: Brian Kehoe (Raheen) & Gary Martin (Ballinagar). The following Committee were also selected: Niall Carthy, Jimmy Dolan, Stephen Byrne, John Hackett, Ciaran Darcy, Brendan Connolly, Paul Garry, Sean McFadden, Sean Gorman, Adam Kinahan, Joe Gallagher, Tom Keogh, Dean Monaghan, Ken Concannon, Kieran Conroy & Matthew O’Byrne.
The meeting also approved the Managers for the following Na Fianna Football teams for the forthcoming 12 months as follows:
U20: TBC
U17: Pat Cooney
U15: Tom Keogh
U13: Jimmy Dolan
U12: Paul Garry
U11: Sean McFadden
U10: Sean Gorman
U8: Matthew O'Byrne
U6: Kieran Conroy
Remaining Management Teams for each of the Age Groups will be finalised in due course.