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YOUTH REPORTS 2005 - 2007
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fair play that young people experience when participating in Gaelic
Games, the more they will enjoy their involvement and strive to develop
their True Potential.”
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BORD na n’OG
YOUTH
REPORT OCTOBER 2007
An
Déardaoin 4ú Deireadh
Fómhair
U12’s
Remaining League fixtures.
Sat 13th Oct:
Newtownbutler v
St. Joseph
’s
Sat 20th Oct:
Playoffs / Finals
U16's WIN 'B' CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
Congratulations to our U16 Team who defeated
Devenish in the U16 B Championship Final. Thanks are extended to
the lads for the increased effort for the championship & especially
Stephen McGrath & Gerard McElhill who along with myself managed the
side.
Our u16s came back from a poor start to beat
Devenish St Mary's in Belleek on Thursday 13th September. Following an
impressive win over Teemore in the Semi Final, the boys struggled to get
a foot hold in the game at the start, conceding 4 straight points, 3 of
which were excellent Devenish scores from play. However, Dom Gillen
& Adam Kirkpatrick in defence started to tighten up and stemmed the
flow of Devenish attacks. Our midfield Gerard Britton & Michael
McAleer also found their form and began to penetrate the Devenish
backline. But two missed frees meant the deficit remained at 4pts after
15mins of play. Finally the Ederney pressure paid off, two further
converted frees got them back into the game. Another point from play
from the impressive Conor "Huskey" Walsh and a well worked
goal converted by Marty Bogle edged the Ederney team ahead. Devenish
however were not to be pushed over, Ederney goalkeeper James McHugh was
called upon to stop two power shots, but Devenish levelled the match
before the half time whistle scoring two additional points. (HT Devenish
0-06 Ederney 1-03)
The Second half started well balanced as
expected with both teams attacking but giving little away in scoreable
chances. However a gap opened in the Devenish defence as Michael
McAleer steered around a couple of defenders to blast home an excellent
goal. A further point edged Ederney into a 4 point lead, but Devenish
retaliated with a goal to narrow the game to a point. Devenish were
dealt a blow when
one of their players was sent off for a second yellow card offence.
Ederney capitalised and began to dominate the game. Another Michael
McAleer goal and a Barry McAleer free put us 5 points clear. But
Devenish kept fighting and came at our defence in search of another
goal. The Ederney defence stood strong and when a gap was found the safe
goalkeeping of James McHugh denied any goals, while another hit the side
netting. A minor infringement seen Michael McAleer & a Devenish
player sent off for second yellow cards but as space opened up it was
Ederney who benefited. An intercepted ball by sub James Maguire was
neatly passed to Niall Maguire in open space, who carried the ball
towards goal, then coolly slotted the ball past the Devenish goalkeeper
to seal the game.
Final Score St Josephs Ederney 5-06 St Marys
Devenish 1-08
Team (13-a-side): James McHugh, Conan Cullen,
Adam Kirkpatrick, Nathan Cassidy, Dom Gillen, George Scallon, Michael
McAleer, Gerard Britton, Aaron McNabb, Conor Walsh, Barry McAleer,
Martin Bogle & Niall Maguire.
Subs: Ryan McMenamin for George Scallon, John
Gallogley for Martin Bogle, James Maguire for Nathan Cassidy, Rory Lawn
for Aron McNabb and Pascal McKenna for Barry McAleer
Far Left: Captain Michael McAleer receives the
Plaque from Tom Cullen -
Right: Team Celebrations
SCHOOLS
The County Coaching & Games Development
committee have commenced their coaching sessions, football every week
& hurling every other week. Two players Ciaran McNabb & Eilsh
Walsh were selected to play at half time in the
County
Final
and a further girl is to play at Ulster Games Event in Ballybofey in
October. Name yet to be confirmed.
Kate McGee
our Schools Liaison Officer is hoping to run several GAA Quiz /
Quizsheets for the Primary School in preparation for the GAA Schools
Quiz in which we were placed 5th out of 40 last year.
YOUTH CONVENTION
The Youth Convention
will be held on Monday 12th November 2007 at the Enniskillen
Gaels Clubhouse. anyone interested in joining the County Youth Committee
should make their interests known to Justin Maguire or any Nominations
for the Bord nOg & Motions should be forwarded to Justin before
Thursday 25th
October. The club is entitled to 4 delegates to attend the Youth
Convention.
COACHING & GAMES DEVELOPMENT
Fermanagh
Coaching Games & Development are to organise Club Seminars
throughout the clubs of the County. A questionnaire has been provided to
the clubs and must be returned with preferred Seminars. (See Attached)
The
Ulster
Council have released a new Programme for forthcoming coaching courses.
The list can be found on the pages attached and on the Ulster GAA
website http://ulster.gaa.ie/coaching.html
Please note that from
January 2008, you will be required to pre-register for all our CDP
courses online. In order to do this you will need to Register
an Account. For further information contact Justin Maguire.
FERMANAGH
U14
SCHOOL
OF
EXCELLENCE
.
The U14 County Coaching commenced last weekend
Sat 29th Sept in Kinawley. The County provided a bus to
collect players last weekend. This weekend the Fermanagh U14s travel to
Tubbercurry, Co.
Sligo
, to play in a four county, double-game tournament on Saturday 6th Oct.
The competition has been organised by Liam Óg Gormley, Sligo’s
Football Development Officer, and the participating counties are
Fermanagh, Roscommon, Leitrim and the hosts,
Sligo
.
St. Joseph
’s Players include: Aaron McNabb, Nathan Cassidy, Ryan McMenamin, John
Gallogley
YOUTH REPORT SEPTEMBER
2007
U12’s
The u12 season has commenced. To date they have
played their first two games against Enniskillen & Kinawley.
Unfortunately they have experienced two heavy defeats, however playing
and competing well in periods.
League fixtures.
Sat 25th Aug:
Enniskillen A v
St. Joseph
’s (Away)
Sat 1st Sept:
St. Joseph
’s v Kinawley
Wed 12th Sept:
Lisnaskea v
St. Joseph
’s
Sat 15th Sept:
bye
Wed 19th Sept:
St. Joseph
’s v Newtownbutler
Sat 22nd Sept:
St. Joseph
’s v Enniskillen A
Wed 26th Sept: Kinawley
v
St. Joseph
’s
Sat 29th Sept:
St. Joseph
’s v Lisnaskea
Sat 6th Oct:
bye
Sat 13th Oct:
Newtownbutler v
St. Joseph
’s
Sat 20th Oct:
Playoffs / Finals
 Congratulations
to Mark Kelly who won the Fermanagh U12's skills competition. The top 3
players from each club had to display their prowess in the Pick
up, Target Poles and Accuracy Square for kicking, Hand Passing, Punt
Kick and Free Taking. After an hour of enjoyable competition the players
had completed all the skills and the results were as follows: 1st Mark
Kelly, St. Joseph’s, 2nd Johnny Courtney, Newtownbutler, 3rd Garvan
Jones, Derrygonnelly, Joint 4th, Gary McKenna, Derrygonnelly, Ryan
Murphy, Kinawley and James Allen, Kinawley. These players will now
travel to Killyclogher, Co. Tyrone, at 12.00 noon on Saturday 8th
September, to compete against representatives from the other
Ulster
counties in the O’Neill’s sponsored Ulster Finals. The winner will
bring home a set of O’Neill’s jerseys for his club’s U12 team!
U16’s
The u16s played their championship tie and had a
comprehensive win over Teemore. The lads played exceptionally well and
have showed great progress over the season. They have now reached their
second successive “b” Championship final. The date and venue is too
be confirmed. I hope to have a challenge match organised for next week
incase the final is not on next week. Training has been going very well
over the last 3 weeks and currently we are getting almost full turnouts.
 COMOGIE
Congratulations to Briege Walsh & Michelle
Corry who both represented our club, primary school & County at half
time in the All Ireland Hurling Semi Final. Both girls received kits,
including comogie sticks and thoroughly enjoyed the day.
SCHOOLS
The Schools have
commenced this week. The
County
Coaching
& Games Development committee have issued the schedule for the
forthcoming Primary Schools Coaching Sessions.
YOUTH
REPORT AUGUST 2007
An Déardaoin 9ú Lúnasa
U10’s
The
under 10’s have completed their season with 1 round of GO GAMES with
Irvinestown
on Sat 7th July,
the fixtures with Coa & Enniskillen did not take place. But the two
Summer Camps kept all the u10’s busy.
Thanks
to Adrian, Kate, Claire Terry & Laurence for their work with this
age group.
U12’s
Training
continues every sat morning at 11.00am with Laurence, Alice Walsh &
Pauline Kelly. Laurence has introduced the new policy (point system) to
players to reward commitment (attendance) and it has had an immediate
improvement with 22 attending the GO GAMES fixture with Irvinestown,
which took the form of a conditioned game rather than the GO GAMES
format. Coa are not participating in the GO GAMES series and Laurence is
awaiting word back from Enniskillen. Trillick are lined up for a
challenge match and the league will commence on Saturday 25th
August.
League
fixtures.
Sat
25th Aug:
Enniskillen A v
St. Joseph
’s (Away)
Sat
1st Sept:
St. Joseph
’s v Kinawley
Wed
12th Sept:
Lisnaskea v
St. Joseph
’s
Sat
15th Sept:
bye
Wed
19th Sept:
St. Joseph
’s v Newtownbutler
Sat
22nd Sept:
St. Joseph
’s v Enniskillen A
Wed
26th Sept:
Kinawley v
St. Joseph
’s
Sat
29th Sept:
St. Joseph
’s v Lisnaskea
Sat
6th Oct:
bye
Sat
13th Oct:
Newtwonbutler v
St. Joseph
’s
Sat
20th Oct:
Playoffs / Finals
Last
Saturday Laurence & the other coaches ran the U12 skills
competition. The winners were mark McCauley, Liam Maguire & Mark
Kelly . They now go on to the County Final U12 Skills Competition next
Monday 13th Aug at 7.30pm in Brookeborough. The winners of that will
then go to Ulster Finals in Killyclogher on Saturday 8th September
starting at 11am.
It
is hoped that each county will have 5 players representing their county
(5 football & 5 hurling).
O'Neill's are sponsoring the event and the 2 overall winners will
receive a set of U-12 jerseys for their club
U14’s
The U14’s have now completed their season. Training was increased to
twice a week with good numbers in attendance. The team carried their
good form at the end of the league into the championship when they
defeated Newtownbutler (twice!!). The game was forced to a replay,
played before the Seniors Intermediate Semi Final with Coa. The lads
played outstandingly well and demolished a
Newtown
team they had lost to in the league. Unfortunately the lads were unable
to reach the same form last night as they were defeated by Division 1
side Kinawley. Congratulations to all the players & a special thanks
to Kevin McAleer,
Stephen McGrath
& PJ McGlone
U16’s
Training for the
championship has been going for 2 weeks now with very poor attendances.
Next session is on Friday at 5.45pm. It is hoped that all players will
be present this week now that the U14 season has finished. Championship
date is 22nd August.
MINORS
In
the championship Quarter Final- the minor’s failed to reach the same
standard of play from the Irvinestown game for the match against a very
slick Belcoo side. After a tight opening quarter, the scores eluded our
minors. Belcoo picked off a couple of scores & a goal towards the
end of the 1st half. With confidence lifted Belcoo went on to
a comfortable victory. That completed the minor season. Thanks to
Raymond McFarland & Martin Monaghan who put in a lot of effort &
quality training with the team.
SUMMER
CAMPS
The
under 14 Development Camp was held between Mon
16th July –
Thur 19th July at Lissan. Kevin Walsh, Aaron McNabb,
Christopher McKervey, Conan Cullen, Nathan Cassidy, Ryan McMenamin,
Callan McMenamin, Colin Dolan, Niall Aiken & Niall Maguire all
attended.
Club
Camp 2007 (picture above) was held between 9th & 13th
July and yet again was a great success with 76 attending. The weather
was fine for most of the week. The usual BBQ was held on the Thursday.
Thanks are extended to Kate & Adrian who did most of the organising
& thanks to the coaches Ciaran Carey, Adrian McGee, Roisin Maguire
& Adrian O’Donnell for a well organised week packed with quality
coaching, ice lollies, & burgers!
The
County run VHI Cul Camp (pictured below) was held between 30th
August – 3rd September. 68 attended. This was very big
numbers considering that it did not include year 1 students as was the
case in previous years.
This
was a much better organised Summer Camp than last year, coaches were on
time each morning & the coaching commenced promptly. Feed back has
be positive this time around. The coaching was very good standard and
the kids thoroughly enjoyed the week. The kits were a good fit and
included jersey, socks, shorts, bag & water bottle. Again thanks to
Kate & Adrian who did most of the organising for this event &
thanks to the coaches & especially the kids who were very well
behaved.
HURLING
Fabian Burns has hosted 2 hurling coaching sessions so
far this last month & stayed on 2 hours extra after the Thursday of
the Cul Camp. He hopes to have an additional 3 sessions over the next
month & hopes to have 5 players forwarded to the U12’s Skills
competition.
Dromore are hosting a hurling Camp next week, running
from Monday to Thursday
COMOGIE
In
June two of our girls were picked out to play at half time in one of the
hurling All
Ireland
Semi Finals when at the Ulster Primary Schools Comogie match. The too
named were Laura McFarland & Briege Walsh. Unfortunately Laura is on
holidays. So the school have nominated Michelle Corry as a replacement.
This will take place this Sunday. We would like to wish them the best of
luck & hope they enjoy the day.
YOUTH
REPORT JULY 2007
An Déardaoin 5ú Iúil.
U10’s
Since
last month the U10's Played Kinawley in Kinawley and played well but
were beaten 14 scores to 11.
The Derrygonnelly tournament was held on 30th June. In
their group they played Derrygonnelly which ended in a draw. Then they
played Enniskillen and were beaten by last kick of the game. Finally
they played Devenish in the last game which we won.
Adrian
has moved forward the Go Games date with Irvinestown to this Saturday 7th
at 11:00am in Irvinestown.
It is unlikely that Coa will participate but the week
prior to this is our Club Camp. Enniskillen fixture to be confirmed
The County are
running a series of GO GAMES fixtures.
Now Sat 7th July:
Irvinestown with
St. Joseph
’s.
Sat 21st July:
St. Joseph
’s with Coa.
Sat 28th July:
St. Joseph
’s with Enniskillen
Games will be
refereed by the coaches or it may be an opportunity to use young
referees!
U12’s
Training commenced
on Saturday June 9th under Laurence Maguire and training
continues every sat morning at 11.00am. Attendance was poor 2 out of 4
weeks due to other activities. Laurence is to introduce a new
policy (point system) to players this Saturday in order to reward
commitment (attendance). Hoping they will agree to it, this will give
them 2 weeks to digest it before system actually starts. If attendance
improves after club camp I hope to get a couple of challenge games
before league starts.
Under 12 season is
to commence on Saturday 4th August with 3 weeks of Go Games followed by
full league programme with conditioned rules.
GO GAMES fixtures.
Sat 4th Aug:
Irvinestown with
St. Joseph
’s
Sat 11th Aug:
St. Joseph
’s with Coa.
Sat 18th Aug:
Enniskillen with
St. Joseph
’s
U14’s
The U14’s won their two remaining games in the league against Belcoo
& Maguiresbridge and are now are currently training for the
championship on Wednesday August 8th and awaiting
confirmation on challenge matches. Training will be increased to twice a
week and good numbers have been attending.
U15
Og Sport U15 Blitz
is to held on Thursday 12th & 19th July (We
normally host this but this is still to be confirmed)
U16’s
Training for the
championship will recommence in July. Championship date is 22nd
August.
MINORS
 The
minor league division 2 finished with Derrygonnelly beating Irvinestown
in the final. Our last fixture v Irvinestown was initially postponed due
to a death, then unplayed due to injuries and
as Derrygonnelly had beaten Maguiresbridge our game was irrelevant.
However in the first round of the Minor championship, the lads
put in an outstanding team performance against Irvinestown in Belleek on
Wedneday evening 27th June to progress to the quarter finals
of the Minor Football Championship. A screamer left footed goal by
Francis Carron topped a first half were the Ederney side dominated but
failed to capitalise on the scoreboard. Ederney dominated midfield with
Chris Snow & Manus Maguire playing well. The second half saw a more
spirited display from Irvinestown but with time against them, Peter
Cassidy buried a second goal to secure the victory. The next game is
against Division 1 finalists Belcoo on Wed 11th July.
PRIMARY
SCHOOLS
 The
Primary school year ended on yet another high when
St Joseph
’s Primary School primary five boys and girls won the Fermanagh Cumann
na mBunscoil Primary 5 Division Two Blitz on Tuesday 19th
June at St. Michael’s College. Having produced winning displays over
Mullanaskea, Garrison and Roslea in the earlier rounds of the
competition,
St. Joseph
’s met
St. Martin
’s P.S., Garrison again in the final and recorded another noteworthy
victory for their school and community. The team panel included: Paul
Maguire, Conal Mc Aleer, Michael Maguire, Curtis Timlin, Enda Cassidy,
Megan Cassidy, Sarah Britton, Conor Mc Gee, Ryan Morris, Jordan Beacom, Roisin Corry, Norah
Monaghan and Caoimhe Walsh. Congratulations to them and to their
teacher, Mrs.O’Hagan.
The club hosted a Cumann na mBunscoil competition for primary school
girls at
St. Joseph
’s Park on Friday 8th June
but despite the excellent weather only three schools (
St. Joseph
’s, St Naile’s, Kinawley and St. Pauls, Irvinestown) participated.
Mr. Kirke and Mrs. Siofra Gallagher from
St. Joseph
’s P.S. thanked club chairman, Brian Hegarty who, at the very shortest
notice, agreed to referee the games. Congratulations to
St. Paul
’s who won the competition on score difference after three very
competitive games.
Tyrone County
Players Davy Harte and John Devine came to Ederney school to collect a
cheque for £400 raised by children having a jersey day. The money was
donated to "
Kenya
make a difference" project to build a new school, in which both
Davy & John are participating. Congratulations to all the children
who raised the money.
SUMMER
CAMPS
The under 14
Development Camp will be held between Mon
16th July –
Thur 19th July at Lissan. Transport will be provided.
The Club Summer
Camp will be held between 9th & 13th July.
The County VHI
Summer Camp will be held between 30th August – 3rd
September.
YOUTH
REPORT JUNE 2007
An Déardaoin 7ú Meitheamh .
U10’s
Coaching has been ongoing every Saturday morning with
good attendance(last Saturday was cancelled due to bad weather). There
are a few children who are opting for soccer training in Kesh instead.
The U10’s have competed in 2 games to date in the Derrygonnelly
league. They have drawn against Enniskillen Gaels and been beaten by St
Patricks with games against Kinawley & Tempo yet to be played. The
Derrygonnelly tournament will be held on 30th June.
The
County are running a series of GO GAMES fixtures.
Sat
14th July: Irvinestown
V St. Joseph
’s.
Sat
21st July:
St. Joseph
’s V Coa.
Sat
28th July:
St. Joseph
’s V Enniskillen
Games
will be refereed by the coaches or it may be an opportunity to use young
referees!
U12’s
 An u12 selection played their part in an historic fund
raising event when they played their St. Molaise counterparts in
Irvinestown at 9.30am on Saturday morning 2nd June in a game
which is one of a series of nine fixtures (one in each of the Ulster
counties) which was played across the province on the same day and all
refereed by the same official, Cyril Hargan from the Ardmore club in
Derry. Cyril was fundraising for the children’s heart disease charity,
“Heartbeat”.
Under
12 season is to commence on Saturday 4th August with 3 weeks of Go Games
followed by full league programme with conditioned rules. Training
will commence this Saturday under Lawrence Maguire
GO
GAMES fixtures.
Sat
4th Aug: Irvinestown
V St. Joseph
’s
Sat
11th Aug:
St. Joseph
’s V Coa.
Sat
18th Aug: Enniskillen
V St. Joseph
’s
U14’s
Due
to disciplinary reasons it was decided to withdraw the U14’s from the
Ulster Feile n’Og competition.
The U14’s won
their first competitive fixture last week over Teemore but were narrowly
defeated by Newtownbutler and beaten well last night by Lisnaskea. There
are two remaining games in the league against Belcoo &
Maguiresbridge.
U15
Og
Sport U15 Blitz is to held on Thursday 12th & 19th
July (We normally host this but this is to be confirmed)
U16’s
Derrgonnelly
won the Division 3 league final over Devenish. Two teams that we were
narrowly defeated by. Training for the championship will recommence in
July.
MINORS
The
minor league is drawing to a close. Roslea did not travel. Since last
month they have beaten Maguiresbridge and lost to Derrygonnelly and
Newtownbutler. They need to beat Irvinestown & need Maguiresbridge
to beat Derrygonnelly to force a playoff. Your support would be greatly
appreciate for this game to be played in
St Joseph
’s Park next Tuesday at 7.30pm.
PRIMARY
SCHOOLS
Coaching
is ongoing with the
County
Coaches
attending every week and
Eugene
every Wednesday.
Congratulations to the Primary School’s boys who played and won
five games in the Cumann na mBunscoil Division Two league which took
place last Friday in Belcoo. Good luck to the boys in the Final against
St. Mary’s P.S., Maguiresbridge which will be played at St.
Michael’s College next Tuesday.
The
St Joseph
Primary School
boys were defeated in the Final of County Hurling Blitz by Tattygar.
The
Primary school girls went to Ballinascreen and played in the Ulster
Primary Schools match where all the players where mixed into teams. Two
of our girls were picked out to play at half time in one of the hurling
All Ireland Semi Finals. Names are yet to be confirmed.
Tomorrow
the Primary Schools Girls Football Blitz competition will be held in
St Joseph
’s park. Thanks is extended to Adrian & Kate McGee in their
preparations for tomorrow. Only four teams (originally 9) are now
attending.
SUMMER
CAMPS
The
under 14 Development Camp will be held between Mon
16th July –
Thur 19th July at Lissan. Transport will be provided.
The
club Summer Camp will be held between 9th & 13th
July. Forms will be handed out this Saturday morning.
The
county summer camp will be held between 30th August – 3rd
September. Forms should be here at the start of next week.
YOUTH
REPORT MAY 2007
An Déardaoin 10ú Bealtaine.
U10’s
Adrian McGee, along with Lawrence Maguire, Terry Maguire,
Kate McGee
,
Claire Morris
& Ursula McFarland commenced on Saturday 14th April at
11am. To date they have had 4
coaching sessions with approx 50 attending each week. The first game is
at home to Enniskillen on Friday 18th.
U
14’s
Under 14’s have
played 1 other challenge and their first league game to date. They
suffered a heavy defeat to a very strong Belcoo team. Tonight they
played their second against Aughdrumsee which they competed well but
were beaten. Unfortunately they have been hit by a few injuries They
have been selected to participate in the 1 day Ulster Feile in Cavan on
the first weekend of June. Assistance will be required on the day. Club
Officials will be asked to participate in the parade.
U16’s
U16’s have
completed their league outings with 2 victories over Teemore & Coa
and 2 narrow defeats to Derrygonnelly & Devenish. We were awarded
the points for the Brookeborough game. Championship will commence in the
middle of August. Training will recommence in July.
MINORS
The league
commenced on Tuesday 17th April against Kinawley which they
won well, followed by another victory over Belnaleck playing impressive
football. They came unstuck with a defeat to Newtownbutler after a poor
second half performance. They are on a two week break from games as the
County minors prepare for Ulster Championship. Ray & Marty would
like to point out that no officials travel to away games leaving them
problems providing linesman, umpires etc asking young lads to do jobs.
Ray also had to line the field one evening before a home before match
and had to leave work early to do it.
COUNTY
MINORS
Chris Snow, Manus Maguire & Declan McCusker
are preparing for the Ulster Championship match against Tyrone on Sunday
week.
SCHOOLS & GAMES DEVELOPMENT
See attached report from Games Development officer report for County
Coaching & Games Development Sub Committee
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
The P7 girls won
the camogie competition last Wednesday at Lissan and now go on to
represent Fermanagh Primary Schools in the
Ulster
competition in
Derry
. The P7 boys played in the football on the same day but after beating
Kinawley they were defeated yet again by eventual winners Holy Trinity.
This Friday the P7
Girls play in the football and the P7 Boys play in the hurling.
YOUTH
REPORT
- APRIL 2007
An
Déardaoin 5ú Aibreán
2007.
For
the first time in a few years we have each age group managed by
different personnel. However we still have many qualified coaches who
are not involved in coaching of any kind.
U14’s
Under
14’s are managed by Kevin McAleer, PJ McAlone and
Stephen McGrath
. Coaching commenced on Monday 26th March and had been
postponed due to bad weather. They were thrown right into the fire on
the following Saturday and played their first competitive game.
“They
were unlucky to be defeated by Aughadrumsee in the opening round of the
"Feile" in an evenly contested match, lost in the last kick of
extra time. Aughadrumsee took an early lead but a goal from Niall
Maguire helped St Joseph ’s back
into the match followed by points from Barry Mc Aleer , Aaron Mc Nabb
and John Gallogly, giving
St Joseph
’s the lead at half time. John Doran scored an early goal in the
second half followed by further points from Barry Mc Aleer , Aaron Mc
Nabb and Niall Maguire. Aughadrumsee had a good spell which left St
Joseph ’s three points behind towards the end of normal time until
Mark McCauley scored a goal to level the scores 3-06 to 3-06 at full
time. A tense 20 minutes of extra time followed. Nathan Cassidy’s goal
gave St Joseph’s an early lead but Aughadrumsee replied with a
succession of points. In the final minute Ederney were leading by a
point when Aughadrumsee’s Eddie Courtney
scored the match winning goal. An all round impressive
performance from Ederney with Ryan Mc Menamin, Conan Cullen and Darragh
Mc Alone working hard in defence. Final score 4-09- to 4-08.”
They
played a challenge match against a weaker Irvinestown team last night.
Kevin started some of the players who didn’t get a run out on
Saturday. Kevin has a good problem in the fact he has a large squad of
27 players (all boys) however a large number of these are still under
12. It will be necessary for Kevin to cut the panel for away matches.
Training
will continue every Monday & Wednesday or Thursday.
Their first league game in Division 2 is on Wednesday 2nd May
when they play St Patrick’s Donagh away. They will play 7 games in
total in the league.
U16’s
U16’s
are managed by Justin Maguire, Gerard McElhill and
Stephen McGrath
. Coaching commenced on Saturday 3rd march. There is only a
squad of 19 players. Most sessions have averaged 12 or so players. To
date they have had 8 training sessions & played 1 challenge match
against Division 2 team St Patrick’s Donagh. It was a good run out and
important to get a game together, however we were well beaten but
improved a lot in the second half. It has been difficult to get
challenge matches and other challenge matches were called off due to bad
weather.
The
league commenced on Sunday 25th March, however Brookeborough
failed to show with our team already taken the field. The result shall
be decided at the next Youth Board Meeting. Our second game against Coa
has been refixed by agreement between of both teams and is provisionally
fixed for next Thursday (12th April).
Our
first league game was last Tuesday when we played Teemore away. The
first half was a tight affair 2-03 to 0-06 but we were the stronger in
the second half and ran out eventual winners 3-09 to 1-08.
As
there are only 6 teams in Division 3, there are only 3 games left to
play.
MINORS
Managed
by Raymond & Martin Monaghan, the minor team have been training
twice a week since Monday 19th February (approx 11 training
sessions & 1 challenge match). Like the U16’s there is a small
squad numbers wise. Due to a few injuries Raymond & Martin are only
working with around 15-16 players.
The
only game played to date was against Trillick, who they beat. Our minors
played well in the second half when they showed a good level of fitness.
The
league commences on Tuesday 17th April against Kinawley and
there is a total of 7 games.
COUNTY
MINORS
   Chris
Snow, Manus Maguire & Declan McCusker (Pictured Left to Right) have
all made the
County
Minor
Panel. All three showed well in trials and have made the cut for the
League Campaign. Under the Management Team led by Kinawley man Cathal Murphy, the County
minors got off to a dream start, beating a highly fancied Donegal Team
in Kinawley on Saturday 10th March. Both Chris & Manus started the
game, Chris at Full Back & Manus along side him at Corner Back.
Driving forward, Manus scored a point to help secure two points. The
following game was a draw against Antrim in Casement, followed by defeat
to Co. Louth. This Saturday they play Tyrone in Tempo.
U10’s
Adrian McGee, along with Lawrence Maguire, Terry Maguire,
Kate McGee
,
Claire Morris
& Ursula McFarland are hoping to commence coaching on Saturday 14th
April at 11am, with the idea to commence U12’s within a couple of
months.
SCHOOLS
St Mary’s College have completed all vocational schools
competitions. Conal
Sheridan
will commence additional after school coaching for Years 1-3 (U-14) and
Years 4 & 5 (U-16) will begin after Easter. Additional Year 2
coaching taken by Peter McGinnity will take place in June. There will be
County 1st Year & 2nd year blitz also after
Easter.
St Michaels College are still competing in both The Dalton
& The Brock Cups. Naill Maguire plays on the
Dalton
& they beat Omagh CBS today to finish top of their group and qualify
for the Quarter Finals. That will be played in 3 weeks time.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
County
Coach
Declan Maguire attend the school every
Wednesday for football coaching. Sean McGee attends every fortnight for
hurling/camogie coaching.
Eugene & Kate will commence additional after school coaching on the
Wednesday after Easter. They still have to confirm the years to take.
The
Boys
Primary School
team were beaten by the eventual winners Holy Trinity (Enniskillen) in
the Quarter Finals of the School blitz (24 schools participated)
Upcoming
events include 7-a-side camogie & 11-a-side football for boys. Exact
details to be confirmed.
HURLING
U12
Indoor hurling is still ongoing every Tuesdays at 6pm, however numbers
have been low as of late.
Joe
has requested
assistance for Child Protection issues and will commence outdoor hurling
soon.
BORD na n’OG
ANNUAL
YOUTH REPORT 2006
EVENTS -
YOUTH NIGHT
 As in previous years, the Club organised several
events during the “off season”. At the Annual Dinner Dance in
February the Youth Player of the year was selected and presented with
the Michael Connelly Memorial Trophy. Enda Ferris edged the award over
some fine contenders for his performance for the club & county
minors & indeed club & county seniors.
Following the Senior night, and the success
of the previous years event, the Youth Night was held in March in
St Joseph
’s Parish Hall. Special Guest was former inter county referee, Martin
McBrien, who gave a presentation on the role of the referee and how
players and spectators can assist the role of the “loneliest” job in
the game.
 
Following Martin, the Senior Team Manger Michael
Cassidy, Captain Sean McCaffrey & Ciaran Aiken with the Intermediate
Championship Trophy were presented to the crowd. They then presented all
the Youth players with a certificate for their commitment throughout the
year. Then everyone was treated to great food provided by Kate and her
helpers and entertainment from the Youth Groups of the Parish, that
included Irish dancing under the guidance of Stephanie McGrath and
singing and music under the guidance of Carmel Gillen. The night was
complete with a presentation of framed DJ Carey polo shirt, sliothar
& hurl from the Kilkenny County Team to Dee Maguire. Yet again it
was a great success and a big thankyou to all involved and made the
night possible.
CAN’T
COOK, WON’T COOK
 To
raise funds for the Youth expenditure, Kate McGee organised a “Can’t
Cook, Won’t Cook” night when celebrity chef Neven Maguire
demonstrated his array of culinary skills to all present, followed by
Donal “Gordon Ramsey” Gormley & Gerard “Gary Rhodes”
Mulligan in a hilarious cooking competition. The night was thoroughly
entertaining and the Ederney’s Masterchefs’ delights were
surprisingly edible. You could literally eat
Mino’s off the floor. Once again thankyou to all who supported the night,
those provided food for the tea break and those who helped organise the
event especially Kate, Regina Shallow, Anthony & FloGas. A special word of thanks to
Neven who agreed to do the night for a much reduced fee.
SCHOOLS
The County Games & Coaching Development
committee have now 4 full time paid officers. Two of these coaches now
attend our Primary School providing hurling & football coaching.
Declan Maguire comes to the school every Wednesday and takes two
sessions with P4 & P6 classes. Every other Friday morning Sean McGee provides hurling coaching to P5 & P6
classes. From Easter to the end of term this year again, Eugene McDonagh
provided additional after school coaching for the P6 class. Hopefully Eugene
will continue to provide this invaluable work next year. At schools
level, we have seen our teams compete very well. The good work done by
the County Coaches & Eugene at school, the Summer Camp sessions and
the coaching at u10 sessions has made an amazing improvement to our
young players.
  
In competitions, under Adrian McGee our P5 boys reached their section
final in the blitz held at St Michaels College, the P7 boys under Mr
Kirk, reached the semi final and pride of place went to the P6/P7 girls
who reached the final, only to be beaten by Garrison. Thanks to Kate
& Pauline who looked after them. Another highlight for the kids was
a visit from some of the Senior Team on the Friday before the senior
championship final. The players & management were given great
support from the Primary School. Primary School Teacher, Margret Maguire
has taken the FUNdamentals coaching courses this year. This should be a
great help to sports in the school. On behalf of the club I would like
to thank the School and our School Liaison Officer, Kate McGee who works
very hard, making sure that the future of the club are well looked
after.
SUMMER CAMPS
Last Year, we had two camps and this year over the
months of July & August we hosted three summer camps. From July 5th
to 7th was a three day camp with Ryan Keenan & Niall McVeigh for
years 9, 10 & 11 (those too old for the other summer camps). This
was organised by Dessie and Kate. Priced at £5. While the numbers were
low and some of the older lads didn’t participate, it was a great
extension from last years two summer camps. The coaching was excellent
and the club would like to thank Ryan & Niall and the lads who
attended. Hopefully this can be built upon next year.
Between July 10th to 15th was our own club run
Summer Camp, organised by Kate, Dessie and Adrian . The coaches were
once again Ciaran Carey (Aughdrumsee), Adrian O’Donnell (Errigal
Ciaran) and Louise Slevin (Lisnaskea). The camp was a great success with
74 kids attending. The coaching & games, like the weather was great
and as usual the kids were treated to a BBQ
and plenty of exercise.
Left: Ederney Run Summer Camp
During the festival week July 31st to August 4th the club organised to
host the VHI Cul Camp. The coaches were Raymond & Paul Johnston (Newtownbutler),
Aine McBrien, Catherine Murphy (Kinawley) and Anita Rasdale (Derrygonnelly).
An amazing 88 boys & girls attended making this a great event. All
kids received
Jerseys
and kit bags. The week was a success, however it is felt that it could
have run more promptly and that the 1hr lunch break was too long crating
problems for supervising 88 kids with no activities. A more concise day
would be better. Most importantly all of our camps were enjoyed by the
boys and girls.
Left: VHI Cul
Camp
I would like to thank all the boys and girls for
attending and supporting these events, and once again pay particular
thanks to Kate who attended every day helped things to run along
smoothly doing whatever was required.
YOUTH TEAMS
This year, yet again, we competed in all age groups
at club level. Under 10’s, 12’s, 14’s, 16’s and Minors
(U-18’s). We catered for over 150 children / youth members both boys
and girls and provided activities on 5 out of every 7 days of the year
(including girls football & hurling), that’s over 250 coaching
sessions or games.
UNDER 10’s
The
under 10’s, under the guidance of Adrian McGee, Terry Maguire, Claire
Morris, Kate McGee, Ursula McFarland & Lawrence Maguire, commenced
Fundamentals Coaching the week after Easter with training sessions held
in the field on Saturday mornings and continued until the end of August.
They played 4 League games in the Derrygonnelly League, winning all
their games against Kinawley, Enniskillen, Tempo & St Patricks
Donagh. This qualified them for the final at the Derrygonnelly Blitz
against Enniskillen Gaels in the final in Derrgonnelly. Playing
all the football, they outscored there opponents 7 scores to 4 but
unfortunately 3 of Enniskillen’s scores where goals. It was
disappointing to loose the final but the quality of football all year
was excellent. Congratulations to the coaches &
all the children who played their hearts out.
UNDER 12’s
Mentored
by Adrian McGee and Kevin McAleer & assisted by Lawrence Maguire,
our under 12’s also had an amazing season. While the majority had
already been in football with the u10 & u14 squads, they first got
together in August, training after the u10’s on a Saturday morning.
The season started off with 3 weeks of GO GAMES with Irvinestown,
Coa & Enniskillen. Unfortunately Coa & Enniskillen did not
travel to Ederney & the only session was when we travelled to
Irvinestown. The league commenced in September when they competed in a
very competitive Division 2 with home and away games against
Newtownbutler, Roslea, Derrylin & Belnaleck. Two matches were not
played Belnaleck home & Roslea away, however the team went unbeaten
and reached the final against Roslea. The final was a gripping affair,
thoroughly contested and of high quality football. Unfortunately the
team were defeated 2-06 to 2-03. An extended thank you to Adrian McGee,
Kevin McAleer, Lawrence Maguire and their helpers who have given high
quality coaching to this age group. The under 12 season does have some
problems with it’s time in the season, with no evening light, coaching
midweek is a problem and during this time of year it with clashes with
preparations for the 11 plus exam.
GO GAMES
It is likely that the U10 Derrygonnelly league
& the U12 league will be played under the GO GAMES rules next year.
For
more information on GO GAMES click here
UNDER 14’s
Managed
by Gerard McElhill and Justin Maguire, this is the most intense age group and
with 3 competitions there is a lot of football for this group and
requires a lot of commitment from coaches and players alike. Competing
in Division 3, the U14 team had a disappointing season in results terms,
failing to register a win, a narrow defeat by Coa was the closest to a
victory. The team suffer from having few lads at the 13/14 age and are
physically small. However their attitude to the games and commitment to
training is as good, if not better than any team in the club. They
thoroughly enjoy the football and approach every game hungry to get that
win. The real success for this team was the vast improvement in skills
and team play made through the year, however fitness levels will need to
be improved for u16 level in the future. I would like to thank all the
boys who played throughout the year and feel they should be a stronger
outfit next year competing against players of similar age. I would
particularly like to thank Gerard McElhill for his assistance and
commitment throughout the year.
UNDER 16’s
Our
under 16’s were the first team (including seniors) in action this year
commencing on the 12th of March and finishing on the 22nd of
September had the longest season of all our youth teams (27 weeks).
Unfortunately there was no-one else willing to manage the side and it
was left to Justin Maguire to take the team. Competing in Division 3 they started
the season with a bomb demolishing Brookeborough and playing outstanding
football. While the other games were tighter affairs they reached the
league final to play Maguiresbridege the only team to have beaten us in
the league. The League final was a similar tale, with Maguiresbridge
storming away in the first half, leaving us with too much to do in the
second, when we only started to play. After a long break in the season,
the team played challenge matches and prepared for the championship
again reaching the final against Maguiresbridge. However our lads where
well prepared for Maguiresbridge’s physical presence and main scoring
threats. Unfortunately we conceded 2 slippery goals in the first half
and this was all that separated them at the interval, as we failed to
make our mark during the opening 20mins when we dominated. Too many
shots fell short into the goalkeeper’s hands. The second half was to
see the Maguiresbridge dominate, but with 10mins to go Michael
McAleer scored a fine goal to leave us behind by 3points. Unfortunately
we conceded another soft goal. This effectively killed off any chance of
a shock victory. I would like to thank Raymond McFarland and Kevin
McAleer for their assistance this year.The U16 squad have been very
committed this year and most importantly have improved a lot. They are a
good bunch of players and have a good attitude. I would like to thank
them and Martin Monaghan (Monaghan Contacts) who sponsored a new set of
jerseys.
MINORS
Once
again, our minors had an exciting year. Playing some excellent football
and thrilling all those who watched them with drama until the end. Under
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