12/4/16
Eurotech JFL Drumhowan 0-16 Corduff 2-6
Drumhowan secured their second win of the campaign in Páirc Mhic Eoin last Sunday the 10th of April, after a hard fought game with Corduff, only pulling away in the the last 15 minutes.
Kieran Mooney opened the scoring with a free after 3 minutes with Corduff replying almost immediately. Veteran Kieran Mc Elroy open his 2016 campaign with a score after 6 minutes. Drumhowan then raced into a 3 point lead after 20 minutes but Corduff came back with 7 minutes left in half scoring a goal. However Drumhowan ended the half with two pointed frees,one each from Kieran Mooney and Michéal Duffy to leave the half time score Drumhowan 0-8 Corduff 1-3
Corduff started the 2nd half with a bang scoring 1-1 in the first 2 minutes to leave Drumhowan on the back foot. Ciaran Deery opened the scoring for the home club after seven minutes with a point followed shortly by one from Michael Atkinson but Corduff hit back with two to leave them leading by two at the three quarters stage. That was as good as it got for them as Drumhowan finished out the game with 6 unanswered points, with 10 players getting on the scoreboard, the final one coming in injury time from David Millar. The full time score finished Drumhowan 0-16 Corduff 2-6
Team and Scorers Enda Duffy, Patrick Mulligan (c) 0-1, Aiden Quinn, James Mc Elearney, Conor Duffy, Dermot Mooney, Kevin Mooney 0-1, JP O’ Neill 0-1, Kieran Mc Elroy 0-1, Kieran Mooney 0-3 (3f), David Millar 0-1, Michael Atkinson 0- 2, Ciaran Deery 0-3, Liam Mc Guirk, Michéal Duffy 0-2 (2f)
Subs used – All 2nd half Niall Mooney for Liam Mc Guirk, Paddy Markey for James Mc Elearney, Darren Duffy 0-1 for Conor Duffy and Paul Mc Guirk for Michéal Duffy(inj)
Next game is away to early league pacesetters Seán Mc Dermotts next Sunday the 17th of April with a 2.30pm throw in.
Platinum Tanks RFL – The reserves next game is an away one to Blackhill on Wednesday the 20th of April with a throw in time of 7.15pm
Minor Football League Division 1 – The Minors started their league campaign on Tuesday the 5th of April with a defeat away to Aughnamullen. The full time score was St. Patrick’s 1-13 Aughnamullen 3-14 The 2nd round versus Scotstown was fixed for Ballybay last Tuesday the 12th of April. Please check social media for a result. Next Tuesday the 19th of April sees a trip to Magheracloone with a 7pm throw in.
Gerry’s Prepared Veg U16 Division 1 – Last Thursday the 7th of April the u16s had a narrow 1 point victory at home to Inniskeen with the full time score St. Patrick’s 2-6 Inniskeen 1-8 Tonight Thursday the 14th of April the long journey to Truagh has to be made for a 7pm throw in.
Gerry’s Prepared Veg U14 Division 3 Cremartin 8-5 Drumhowan 2-9 The U14s suffered a heavy defeat at home to Cremartin on Saturday last the 9th of April in the second round of the league. We competed well in the first half and deservedly led at half time. However the second period was a different affair as Cremartin stepped it up and the boys had no answer on the day. Its back to the training pitch to get some hard work and preparation done ahead on the next match in two weeks time with a home game to Clones.
Gerry’s Prepared Veg U12 Spring League – The U12s play Magheracloone in Drumhowan at the earlier time of 11am on Saturday next the 16th of April. All players should be at pitch for 10.30am sharp. We also intend to have a challenge match this Thursday(tonight) night at 7pm so check texts for details.
Go Games – We travelled to Sean Mc Dermotts on Saturday morning last for the first Go Games Blitz of the season. On the day we fielded an Under 10 side only as we had insufficient numbers to field on Saturday last at Under 8 level. The Under 10 side performed well in games against Ballybay, Rockcorry and Sean Mc Dermotts. You can see some action photos on the Rockcorry facebook page.
Training for Under 6 & 8 continues each Monday evening at 7pm. New players welcome. Can parents hand back in registration forms so you can be added to the text system for info re games and training. Also keep up to date with dates and times on the Drumhowan facebook page so please like and share it.
