Emyvale Notes
Emyvale GAA Club Notes for Thursday 27th September:
Universal Graphics Junior Championship Final: All Roads lead to Scotstown this Sunday for our highly anticipated game against Drumhowan. Best of luck to players and management team.
Deepest sympathy: On behalf of entire club is expressed to the family and friends of the late Kathleen Keenan,. The Keenan family are deeply involved in the club and we offer them our support and prayers at this difficult time. Ar dheis de go raibh a hanam.
Minors: Emyvale Minors won the GRM Minor League Division 2 Title when they defeated Magheracloone on Saturday last on a scoreline 3:11 – 1:13. It was a very entertaining, exciting match with the lead changing hands on a few occasions but it was marred at the end with an ugly incident that left Daithi Colton hospitalised with a head injury. We are glad to relate that Daithi has since recovered and is back to full health. The game was played in Blackhill in ideal conditions and Emyvale started very brightly and Man of the Match, Ryan Mc Anespie got his first point of the day but Magheracloone hit back with three points. Ryan converted a free after he was fouled and once again Magheracloone were on target and again Ryan tapped over. Then came disaster for Emyvale when a high ball wasn’t dealt with and David Kirk got on the end of it and drove it to the back of Emyvale net. Ryan pulled three points back one from play after good work by Daithi Colton and the other two from frees to leave the half time score: Magheracloone 1:4 Emyvale 0:6. Emyvale got off to the perfect start when straight from the throw-in, Ryan Mc Anespie took a pass and drove forward, jinked his way past the defence and found the back of the net to put Emyvale back in front. Magheracloone responded with three points to level scores and Rory Sherry put Emyvale back in front with a well taken point. Magheracloone added another three points and Rory Sherry scored another before Ryan Mc Anespie rattled the back of the net for the second time after a great individual run. Magerheracloone scored another point and Emyvale were awarded a free around the middle of the field. Ryan took the free, hit it to Rory who gave it back to Ryan and he blasted it to the corner of the net to get his hat trick. Alan Mc Cahey scored two more points before Paudie Hayes brought off a magnificent save to keep Emyvale’s hopes alive. Ryan added another point and Dylan Mc Kenna made a surging run, bad knee ‘n all, to score a great point to put Emyvale four ahead in injury time. It was then that Daithi got injured and after he was stretchered off, there was a short passage of play of play before the final whistle sounded to declare Emyvale County Minor Champions. Joint captains Colin Hughes and Dylan Mc Kenna accepted the cup on behalf of their team. There were good performances from Paudie Hayes who brought off a great save at a vital time, Enda Callery who was very strong in defence, Nathan Keenan who made some great runs forward, Mervyn Browne who defended well and got good support from Conor Mc Quillan James Mc Kenna and Aaron Loughran, Colin Hughes who made great catches in mid-field, Ryan Nestor who worked tirelessly, Dylan Mc Kenna for his never say die attitude, Rory Sherry who was strong in attack and Daithi Colton, Anthony O’Brien, Darren Doherty, Christopher Treanor, and Jack Kelly who all played their part in this great victory. Ryan Mc Anespie was the difference between the teams. His work rate, distribution, accuracy, and skills were a delight to behold. Great praise must go to the manager John Mc Aleer, selectors Macartan Mc Elroy, Vincent Mc Anespie, Genie Mc Kenna and coach Sean Mc Meel for their work with the team all year. Emyvale team & scorers: Paudie Hayes, James Mc Kenna, Dylan Mc Kenna 0:1, Conor Mc Quillan, Enda Callery, Aaron Loughran, Mervyn Browne, Nathan Keenan, Colin Hughes, Ryan Nestor, Rory Sherry 0:2, Daithi Colton, Ryan Mc Anespie 3:8, Darren Doherty, Anthony O’Brien. Subs. Christopher Treanor, Jack Kelly.
JFL Emyvale 0-12 Killanny 1-08: Our table-topping senior team warmed up for this Sunday’s championship final against Drumhowan by beating Éire Óg last Saturday. This game saw some great performances coupled with fine scoring. The Eurotech Junior Football League semi-final pairings are Emyvale v Aghabog and Clones v Drumhowan (due to be played on October 13).
Upcoming Fixtures:
Sunday 30th September at 2.00pm JFC Final Emyvale V Drumhowan in Scotstown
Sunday 7th October at 1.00pm RFL Division 3 Final Emyvale V Scotstown in Smithborough
Saturday 13th October at 4.00pm JFL Semi Final Emyvale V Aghabog in Emyvale
Juvenile Results: Emyvale U14’s had a very busy day last Saturday as both teams were in action. In our first game against Aghabog, Emyvale played well however they were defeated by Aghabog in the end. Final Score Aghabog 7-17 Emyvale 7-11.
U14 Shield Final: In the Shield Final of Division 1 which was played after the first game and our lads came up against a strong Donaghmoyne side that won well in the end. Well done to the players and team management on getting to the final.
Bingo: Tonight Thursday in the Emyvale Leisure Centre at 9.00pm. Jackpot € 5,000 on 45 calls or less and Mini Jackpot € 500 on 49 calls. Cleaning Rota: Enda Mc Quillan & Alice Mc Carron
Emylott: Nos. drawn 23rd Sept.:- 7, 12, 17, 20. Two ‘Match 3’ winners:- Barry Colton, Emyvale; Kathleen Keenan, Scotstown. Promoter’s Prize:- Eugene O’Brien & Damien McDonald. Next week’s Jackpot:- €1,200.
Twitter: The Club is now on twitter @EmyvaleGAA and will be using it during most games for instant updates of all the action.
Club Juvenile Notes: All Juvenile Notes to be sent by Email or phone to Paudie Donohue 086 8417993 or donohues07@hotmail.com
