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latest news from the St Declans Sports Desk last updated Dec 5th 2011 County
Final Disappointment for Footballers
[Dec 1st
2011] This afternoon in a cold but dry Fraher
Field, in Dungarvan our U13 Gaelic Football
Team competed in the County Final of the Waterford
Primary Schools U13 Gaelic Football League against Abbeyside.
A lot of effort had been made by this team in training and their sights were
certainly on nothing else but a victory. We got off to a great start but
unfortunately sent two good shots wide of the post. However as the half wore
on, Abbeyside began to grow into the match. Their
size, pace, strength and agility were all now beginning to tell and we were
finding it hard to get hold off and keep the ball. By half time we behind 1-1
to 3-3. We rose our game considerably in the second half and everyone gave of
their all but despite our best efforts we were unable to contain Abbeyside’s superiority and in the end we lost by 10points.
David on goal was excellent today as was Peter, Luke and Alex Kennedy. Well done to Dylan Finn, who probably had
his best game of the year and to Matthew who had a fantastic second half. Thanks
to Mr Doran and to Mr Fitzgerald who looked after this team this year. Final Score: St Declans
2-3 Abbeyside
5-4 Panel:
Lee Coady, Jack Troy, Kevin Hennessy, Daniel Casey,
David O’Hare, Alex Kennedy, Colm Maher, Peter
Grogan, Matthew O’Connor, Ciarán Corrigan, David
Burke, Luke Flynn, Joshua Campus, Lee O’Connor, Eamonn Brosnan,
Aidan Gannon, Cormac Power, Alex Casey, Dylan Finn Super Display
by Senior Team
[Nov 15th ‘11] This
afternoon in Walsh Park our school U13 Gaelic Football
Team appeared
in the final of the Waterford Primary Schools U13 Gaelic Football League
against Holy Cross Tramore. Our lads had prepared
very well and today they were eager to bring the cup home to St Declans. This turned out to be a very tight game with the
score at half time only a point a piece. Holy Cross were
defending compactly and we found it very difficult to create clear scoring
chances. Within a minute though of the restart Holy Cross created a chance of their own and went a goal ahead. Our response though
was built on true Dt Declans
spirit and determination and in a four minute spell we scored 3 points,
before Cormac Power put us a goal ahead.
Alex Casey then got the score of the match put us clear by four. Holy
Cross now threw everything into attack and with only five minutes remaining
had narrowed the gap to point. With some last gasp defending by Jack and
Peter and a match winning save by David O Hare on goal, we held out for the
tightest of victories in a final these boys will never forget. Well done to the
whole team. A County Final now awaits. Final Score: St Declans
1 - 5 Holy Cross 2 -1 Panel:
Lee Coady, Jack Troy, Kevin Hennessy, Daniel Casey,
David O’Hare, Alex Kennedy, Colm Maher, Peter
Grogan, Matthew O’Connor, Ciarán Corrigan, David
Burke, Luke Flynn, Joshua Campus, Lee O’Connor, Eamonn Brosnan,
Aidan Gannon, Cormac Power, Alex Casey, Dylan Finn First Round Exit for 7 a Side Footballers [Nov 9th ‘11] This afternoon in Ballygunner,
our 7 a side football team took part in the first round blitz of the Waterford Primary Schools 7 A Side Gaelic Football Competition. The other teams
involved today were Waterpark and Scoil Lorcain. In our opening game against Waterpark we ran out
comfortable winners and as Scoil Locain too had won their first game, our final game
against them would decide who would progress to the next round. Within 2
minutes Lee put us ahead with a great goal but slowly Scoil
Lorcain came into the game and edged into the lead.
Half way through the second half Colm scored an
opportunistic goal which meant we were now only a goal down. However, no
matter how hard we tried we were unable to bridge the gap and Scoil Lorcain were clear winners in the end. Final score 3-7 to
3-1. We wish them the best of luck in the next round. Well done to our lads
who gave their all. Thanks to Mr Doran and Mr Fitzgerald who looked after the team today. Panel:
Jack Troy, Kevin Hennessy, Daniel Casey, Colm
Maher, Lee O Connor, Eamonn Brosnan, Aidan Gannon,
Cormac Power, Niall O Keeffe and Dylan Finn. |
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