Senior/Junior Football
Following the reschedule from last Sunday and the subsequent reschedule of the eagerly awaited local derby against Galway, the Senior team got off to their first win of the year against an evenly matched Cork. Right from the get go, the game was entertaining, following a few early scores from each team, Cork pierced the Armagh Notre Dame defense and scored a fine goal against Armagh keeper Ciaran Malloy. However this only seemed to boost Armagh, who responded well with some great scores from Darren Gilsenan, Gavin Gilsenan, along with Damien Burke. Not to be outdone additional scores came from Kildare man, Neil Jordan, with a well executed free kick off the ground from about 40 yards out. With Armagh on the ascendency, Darren Gilsenan made a great run only to be pulled down in the Cork square. Neil Jordan placed the ball to the bottom left hand corner, only to be denied by a great save from the Cork goalkeeper, following the rebound, Cork moved the ball up the field and scored the last point of the half. Half time score Armagh Notre Dame 0-9, Cork 1-8. On the restart Armagh continued with their strong running, scooping up breaking ball from the dominant Brian Boylan and Gavin Gilsenan. Not to be outdone with the new arrivals, Fermanagh’s own Darren Maguire, scored 2 well take goals to put Armagh ahead on the board. More points from Darren Gilsenan appeared to seal the victory. However as the 2nd half progressed, Cork had a man sent off after striking Martin Tiffney. As is typical with many matches in the modern game, Cork rallied to create 2 goal scoring changes only to be denied by Glenswilly net minder Ciaran Malloy. Cork continued to push on and their hard work was rewarded with 2 well taken goals, leaving the Armagh Keeper with little chance. Armagh eventually held out for a well deserved win, on a scoreline of Armagh Notre Dame 3-13, Cork 3-10. All the players can be very proud of their performances, they did the club proud.
Armagh: Ciaran Malloy, Adrian Doyle, Niall Lennon, Rory McClelland, Damien Burke, Francis Meehan, Brian Boylan, Fergal McClelland, Neil Jordan, Dominic MaGill, Gavin Gilsenan, Darren Gilsenen, Darren Maguire. Subs, Aidan Blake for Dominic Magill, Martin Tiffney for Damien Burke, Sean McCorry for Fergal McClelland.
The win provided a much needed boost for the club, next up South Bostons Wolfe Tones, on Saturday July 11th at 415pm in the Irish Cultural Centre.
The Juniors competed against Galway at 230PM and following a great start went in at half time 1-6 to 1-3 ahead. However as the 2nd half progressed Galway bolstered with some new blood from Ireland ran away with the game. Final Score Armagh Notre Dame 1-8 Galway 6-12. Best for Armagh were Shane McKenna and Gavin Hall. With the holidays, Armagh were very short handed, however the Juniors showed some good moves, and took some good scores.
Armagh: Cathal Brady, Tom McElwain, Shane McKenna, Seamus Murphy, Cathal Moore, Alan Mcloughlin, Sean Butler, Gavin Hall, Paul Grace, Sean Butler, Sean Kelly, Brian McGrath and Patrick McKenna.
The Next Junior Game is on Sunday July 19th at 145pm in Canton.
Photos from todays game will be uploaded to the club Facebook account during the week. Just go to
http://www.armagh-notredame.com/ and click on the Facebook logo
Membership
Membership is due for the current year at $40 and can be paid to Hugh Meehan ( Treasurer) or Bernard McDaid (Ast Treasurer). It is important that all club members are paid up as membership fee is to cover the Cost of player registration and insurance for the incoming year.
Golf Tournament
This years Golf Tournament is Scheduled to take place on Saturday July 18th at Newton commonwealth, first tee 11AM, cost is $100Per player $400 for Foursome, Hole Sponsor is $100. Complete details will follow shortly. If anyone wants to reserve a Foursome please contact
Hugh Meehan 617-312-6713.
Next Club Meeting
The Next Club meeting will be held in the Green Briar on Friday July 10th at 630PM, all committee members are expected to attend. If any member is unable to attend please contact Brian McGrath (Secretary) 857-544-6898. Items to discuss include, Weekly Championship Squares ,Golf tournament, Club trip and Work for summer players and Club merchandise As always all paid up club members are welcome to attend, if anyone has collected any money owed to the club please bring along and give to the Treasurer.
Registration
Final club registration took place on Wednesday night last, with all our players signed up for the current year. In total the Club had 16 regular Sanctions and 2 J1 Sanctions. Only American born players can register after this deadline up until August 15th. If any player is intending to regrade from Senior to Junior Status, they need to complete a Regrade form. Forms can be collected at the treasurers booth at the entrance to Canton, or by going online to
www.bostongaa.org/documentation/html . If anyone has any questions on registration please contact Sean Butler at 617-645-7905
http://www.bostongaa.org/ /
http://www.tharantrasnan.blogspot.com/Full match reports from this weekends games can be found on the North East Divisional Boards website
http://www.bostongaa.org/. Out very own Ciaran Malloy has been reporting the last few weeks. As Always you can or for an alternative view check out Rory O’Donnells GAA blog at
http://www.tharantrasnan.blogspot.com/ .
Sponsorship/Merchandise
As previously mentioned we are interested in any businesses / individuals sponsoring the Senior and Junior teams, they can contact Cathal Brady 617-645-9585, we are currently ordering Club Polo shirts from Azzurri and we are looking for 1 or 2 Sponsors. Shorts and Socks have now arrived from Ireland and will be available for any players to purchase from Bernard McDaid, Cost is $35 for Club shorts and Socks.
Boston College – Oral Project
As many of you are aware 2009 represents the 125th anniversary of the Gaelic Athletic Association, as part of the celebrations, Boston College has undertaken a retrospective look at the history of the GAA, its origins, cultural, Social and sporting impact that the association has had both in Ireland and throughout the world. If anyone is interested they can get additional information on the study by going to
http://www.bc.edu/centers/irish/gaahistory/ they can read many interesting stories about the Association.
Notes
If anyone would like their name added to the list of people receiving club notes via e-mail please contact Brian McGrath at 857-544-6898 or at
secretary@armagh-notredame.com. Don’t forget to check out the club website for club updates and news as well as daily GAA articles from many of the media outlets in Ireland,
http://www.armagh-notredame.com/
