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NA FIANNA GAA FOOTBALL CLUB
G.A.A CLUB NOTES:- 21st October 2024
U15 FOOTBALL A CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
Na Fianna U15 Football 1st Team are the 2024 A Championship
Runners Up as Tullamore lived up to their favorites tag claiming the win in the
Final to be crowned the Champions last Wednesday evening in the Faithful Fields
in Kilcormac on a scoreline 5-05 to 0-02. With the game only just started still
within the first minute Tullamore lost the services of their corner forward
Scott Halloran through injury. Na Fianna opened the scoring in the 5th minute
with the first point from Cillian Hogan. Na Fianna held this early lead until
Tullamore got off the mark in the 13th minute, opening their account with their
first goal when their full forward Adam Martin was put through on the edge of
the square to blast to the top left corner of the net. Tullamore then had to
wait until the 21st minute to raise their first white flag. Na Fianna keeper
Adam Harte kept his side in it in the 23rd minute diving full length to pull
off a great save. The first point from play went Tullamore’s way in the 27th
minute which proved to be the final score of the half so at the break it was
still game on with Tullamore leading 1-02 to 0-01. Like the first half it was
Na Fianna who got the second half scoring underway with a point again from
Cillian Hogan inside the first minute with Tullamore replying immediately with
their first point of the second half. Na Fianna’s hopes of getting back into it
were quashed in a 5 minute spell between the 8th & 13th minutes as
Tullamore struck for 3 goals. The next 10 minutes remained scoreless before
Tullamore added their next point followed by goal no 5 in the 26th minute
before completing their tally with the final point in the 27th minute.
Following the final whistle Tullamore captain Darragh Stewart was presented
with the cup from GPO and Offaly Senior Footballer Nigel Dunne.
NA FIANNA: Adam Harte, Darragh Staunton, Cathal Sheil, Thomas
Lynch, Senan Farrell, Callum Grehan, Cormac Staunton, Eoin Gorman, Michael
McAndrew, Liam Jones, Kajus Ramanuskas, Mark Dunne, Fionan Connolly, Cillian
Hogan (0-02), Sean Dempsey.
SUBS: Harry Fleming (for Cathal Sheil), Donal Connolly (for Sean
Dempsey), Rory Kehoe (for Fionan Connolly), Eoin Fox, Bill Culliton, Adam Kehoe,
Aaron Meacle, Ciaran Hannigan, Ethan Henry, Oisin Whelan, Ben McLachlan, Cormac
Ryan, Rory Gill, Jamie Lynam, Conor Condron, Liam O’Connell, Tomas
McFadden.