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10 June 2024

Football
ADULT FOOTBALL
There was naturally disappointment that our senior and reserve footballers got no football last weekend, but having been awarded the points, they now turn their attention to this Saturday and the visit of Gaeil Fhánada. The reserves get the action under way at 5.30pm, and are followed by the seniors at 7pm.

UNDERAGE FOOTBALL UPDATES
Our under 14 Green squad were two wins from three before Wednesday evenings game, at home against Naomh Mhuire. Having won the toss, captain Senan Ward opted to play with the backing of the lively breeze in the first half. A strong first half performance put Aodh Ruadh in a commanding lead at half-time. Playing against the elements in the second half, Aodh Ruadh continued their dominance, and ran out easy winners, 11-11 to 1-12 the final scoreline. This Wednesday our Green squad face a much tougher test, away against Ardara. Our White squad are away to Kilcar on the same evening, in the penultimate matches of our Southern Regional Board campaign. Both games throw in at 7pm.

The under 12s had two games over the past week in a busy few days on the pitch. A young White squad played Bundoran on Wednesday evening, producing a good display and some attractive football, but were beat by a few points in the end. Three first half goals went a long way to getting the Seasiders the result in this one. Aodh Ruadh really rolled up their sleeves in the second half and gave a great account of themselves. Mattie McCadden in goals, while James McMurray and Eoin Blaney in the back line excelled. Michael McGuinness did a good job of linking play through the middle third, while up in the attack Joseph Keown and Conall McLoone landed some important scores.
Friday night saw the Green squad taking on Red Hugh's, albeit without Darragh Reynolds and Conor Cullen. Matters weren't helped by the conditions which were very poor. The Killygordon lads took full advantage and put in a strong performance to record a good win. Nevertheless, Aodh Ruadh stayed in the game for much of the first half, before a Red Hugh's pulled away over the course of the second half. Among the best performers on the night for Ballyshannon were full backs Ryan McGarrigle and Alex Gallagher who had a lot of work on their hands over the course of the 60 mintes. Elsewhere Dempsey Lynch, Liam O'Shea, Oisin O'Neill and Ben Menarry deserve great credit for giving it their all against very strong opposition.

The under 10s have two games this coming week. First up is a trip to Bundoran on Tuesday evening with a 6.30pm throw in. On Saturday the boys will welcome Killybegs to Father Tierney Park with an 11am throw in.

Our under 8s had a busy Saturday as they hosted the Aodh Ruadh Summer football festival. We welcomed teams from Enniskillen Gaels, Ardara, Kilcar, Naomh Bríd, Saint Naul's and Killybegs. In total, there were 13 teams in action on the day, with our own boys having three teams and 30 players taking to the field, in what was a very enjoyable days football. As always these days can’t happen with a lot of help. A big thank you to our referees: John Hughes, Barry Travers, Niall McCready, Matt Gillespie, Ray Gallagher, Aaron McLoone and Ethan Kerrigan for their time. Thanks as always to Brian Drummond for coming up to capture the day on camera. You can see his handiwork now on aodhruadh.org. A special mention to under 14 players Hugh Mealiffe, Pauric McGrath, Phelim Barron and Peter Mulligan and under 10s Patrick McGonagle, Charlie Roper, James McCready and Daire Larkin for umpiring and getting stray footballs for the goalkeepers. Thank you to our parents for the fabulous catering, our coaches for coming up so early to get everything set up. Finally, well done to the players who performed very well on the day, with some fantastic football played. Next week, training as usual on Friday, with a game away to Saint Naul's on Saturday at 10am. All details will be on the team WhatsApp group.

Ladies
AODH RUADH PIPPED AT THE POST
The Division 1 ladies made the trip to Glenties on Sunday morning for their latest league outing. The Shamettes played some really good stuff in the first half and went in with a 1-8 to 1-4 lead, Eva McNamara finding the back of the net. However in the second half the wind got up and Ballyshannon had their work cut out as they played into it. Aodh Ruadh could only add one point to their tally, but with the defence putting in a truly fantastic performance and the visitors leading 1-9 to 1-5 going into the final ten minutes it looked like they would pick up a valuable away win. Unfortunately Glenties picked off 1-2 in the closing stages to snatch a 2-7 to 1-9 win.
It was good to get long term injuries, Anna Rafferty and Caitlin McGarrigle back on the pitch, while around the middle of the pitch Aoibhinn McGarrigle did a great job one of Naomh Conaill's main threats. The attack was very effective with Ciara Larkin, Gillian Dufficy, Rachel Gillespie and Terri Gallagher all doing good work up front.
The Aodh Ruadh team and scorers were as follows: Roisin Maguire; Roisin McGloin, Niamh Barrett, Anna Rafferty; Fiona McGonigle, Rebecca McLaughlin, Cadhla Gillespie; Anna Lisa Rabbitte, Aoibhinn McGarrigle; Rachel Gillespie (0-1), Eva McNamara (1-2), Ciara Larkin (0-1); Caoimhe Devine (0-2), Gillian Dufficy (0-3), Terri Gallagher. Sub: Caitlin McGarrigle.

MUFF JUSTICE
The Division 3 ladies put in a solid display against Muff in Father Tierney Park on Sunday morning, but the visitors had too much for the Ernesiders on the day.
Muff played the first half with the aid of a lively following breeze and made full use of it.
The Inishowen women opened the scoring, but Aodh Ruadh came back with a good move, with Sarah Drummond finding Niamh Hoey who then sent Caitlin Gallagher through. Gallagher worked her opening well before sending over the leveller.
From there though it was tough going for the Shamettes into the wind and although Kate McGrath, Caitlin McGuinness and Sophia Mulligan put in a great shift, Muff were 4-4 to 0-1 by the 26th minute.
Ballyshannon did have a rally before the break as their patient passing through the hands finally started to yield results. Cadhla Dolan was the beneficiary, hitting two good points into the wind. The final say of the half went the way of the Naomh Padraig ladies though, so the sides turned around Muff leading 4-5 to 0-3.
Although they had the wind at their back now, Aodh Ruadh struggled to find their rhythm in the new half. Meanwhile Muff continued to keep the score board ticking over and were 5-7 to 0-3 ahead after 37 minutes. That was to be their last score of the game though, and Ballyshannon started to build their confidence.
It finally bore fruit in the 49th minute when sub Fodhla Sheerin started a move from the defence which ended with Caitlyn Gallagher connecting with a clever shot which dropped back across the face of goal into the net. Gallagher was on the mark again moments later after Aodh Ruadh the kick out to take her side up to 1-4.
Not long after Niamh Hoey opened her account, winning a long ball in first time, racing toward the posts under pressure and doing well to fire over.
With five minutes left Caitlyn Gallagher extended her tally with another precise effort, but time had well and truly caught up on the homesters at this stage and Muff saw out the win as it finished Aodh Ruadh 1-6 Muff 5-7.
Tara Gallagher pulled off two great stops and did a good job of getting her kick outs away. The defence did really well with Kate Cunningham marshalling her forces well and Megan Murphy doing a lot of hard work. Aodhbha O'Donnell covered a lot of ground, while in the attack Caitlyn Gallagher made great use of any ball that came her way, while Niamh Hoey, Sarah Drummond and Cadhla Dolan all did their best to create chances.
The Aodh Ruadh team and scorers were as follows: Tara Gallagher; Evie McGrath, Kate Cunningham, Aine Gillespie; Caitlin McGuinness, Megan Murphy, Sophia Mulligan; Aodhbha O'Donnell, Cadhla Dolan (0-2); Aoife Bromley, Sarah Daly, Meabh McCloskey; Caitlyn Gallagher (1-3), Niamh Hoey (0-1), Amanda Mahon. Subs: Hannah McGuinness for Amanda Mahon 40 minutes; Fodhla Sheerin for Aoife Bromley 42 minutes; Hannah Downey for Meabh McCloskey 50 minutes.

This coming Sunday both our adult ladies teams will be in action. The Division 1 team are at home against Gaeil Fhánada for an 11am throw-in, while the Division 3 are away to Convoy, with that one getting under way at 10.30am.

UNDERAGE LADIES UPDATES
Across Tuesday and Thursday last week 35 girls represented the club at under 14 level in both the division 2 team and the Development team. First up on Tuesday evening, the Division 2 team took on Ardara in Father Tierney Park looking to kick start their campaign following an opening day loss away to Termon. After suffering a 21 point loss to this Ardara team in the under 13 league last year, the girls knew they had to be at their very best to get anything from the game.
Playing with a strong wind in the first half, Aodh Ruadh showed their intention to go for goals, and found the back of the net six times in the opening half. Emily Gallagher’s soccer style finish was the first score of the game, but Ardara immediately hit back with a goal of their own. The Aodh Ruadh girls showed some lovely interchanges as they looked to break through the Ardara defence and a brilliant Tiah Kane goal was again quickly cancelled out by Ardara. The home team, already missing the injured Emer McGarrigle in defence, suffered a set-back just 15 minutes when influential half-back Louise Browne suffered an unfortunate injury, leading to a slight re-shuffle on the right hand side of the pitch with Ava Garvey slotting back into the half backs and Emma O’Neill coming on at right half forward. Shortly after, the Shamettes took control adding goals from Halle McGowan, Jenna Britton, and two from Kayla McDermott. Jenna Britton and Emily Gallagher added points, but an Ardara goal right on the stroke of half time, took the wind slightly out of Aodh Ruadh’s sails, leaving the half time score 6-2 to 3-1, but facing the strong wind in the second half.
Ardara set their stall out immediately with a three pointer in the first minute of the second half, but influential midfielder Jenna Britton replied immediately with a superb solo goal to restore the ten point gap. Ardara playing with the wind were increasingly taking territorial control and exhibited some brilliant point scoring to eat into the Ballyshannon lead. Jenna Britton completed her hattrick to keep a gap for the home side, but Ardara were piling on the pressure and with Tiah Kane dropping back to brilliantly help out in midfield, the Aodh Ruadh defence stood firm protecting the goal while Ardara kept tagging on points. A converted Ardara penalty with just six minutes remaining left just a point between the teams, and against the wind it looked liked a fabulous effort might just come up short. But the home team kept driving forward and worked an opportunity for Emily Gallagher who escaped her marker and blasted an unstoppable shot to the back of the net to give her side a cushion again, this was followed by a free kick calmly converted by Emma O’Neill. Ardara kept pushing and, following a brilliant save by their keeper from a Leah O’Malley-Malone shot, they got the gap back to the minimum again, before Pat Walsh’s final whistle sounded and was greeted with elation by the home team sealing a 9-3 to 6-11 victory.
A brilliant team performance by the Aodh Ruadh girls. Eabha Hegarty in goals made some key saves behind a full back line of Bethany McNamee, Amy McNeeley and Saoirse O’Donnell (Mia Duffy 50 mins) who all put their bodies on the line time and again for the team, captain Leia Roper was influential throughout at centre half back flanked by the tireless Nicole McGrath and Louise Browne (inj, Emma O’Neill (0-1) 15 mins, (Catherine Garvey 57 mins)). Player of the match Jenna Britton (3-1) drove the team on from start to finish ably assisted by the hard working Niamh Patton, the half forwards of Ava Garvey, Tiah Kane (1-0) and Halle McGowan (1-0) (Leah O’Malley Malone 42 mins), attacked and defended as a unit, providing the platform for many of the first half scores, and supplied extra steel in defence in the second half. The full forward line of Emily Gallagher (2-1), Kayla McDermott (2-0) and Katie McLoughlin provided non-stop movement and battling and were the first line of defence, while making crucial attacking contributions. Subs not used on the day were Holly O’Neill, Emily Kane and Aoife McGee. A brilliant win and one this team will look to kick on from when they host Malin this Tuesday at 7pm.
On Thursday night it was the turn of the under 14 Development team as they hosted Glenswilly at Father Tierney's Park. The visitors playing with the wind, took a commanding early lead, but the hosts battled well and a soccer style run and finish to the net from Ella Dorrian kick-started a revival. Muireann Gallagher finished neatly for a second goal, while a really well worked move starting with Ella Dorrian saw Lauren Kane kick a precise pass to Aoife McGee who turned and blasted to the roof of the net. Ella Dorrian added a point and a second goal to go along with a well taken Lauren Kane point to keep Ballyshannon in touch at half-time although they were down by 2-13 to 4-2.
The conditions conspired against Aodh Ruadh as the wind died down considerably over the half-time interval and the benefit of playing with the breeze was dramatically reduced. The girls started the second half with intent, but Glenswilly defended resolutely, Ella Dorrian continued to pull all the strings, ably assisted by Muireann Gallagher and Aoibhinn McGarrigle around the middle third, and inspired Aodh Ruadh to claw back the lead with goals from Leah O’Malley-Malone, and substitute Emma O’Neill. Two Ella Dorrian points were supplemented by well taken points from Lauren Kane, Muireann Gallagher and substitute Aisling Britton, before Ella Dorrian sealed her hat-trick with a penalty buried into the top corner. Glenswilly responded well though, adding four second half goals to maintain a good cushion. When the final whistle blew, the scoreline slightly flattered the visitors in what was a much tighter game than the final scoreline of 7-7 to 6-16 might suggest.
The Aodh Ruadh team and scorers were as follows: Eabha Hegarty, Sienna Doran (Amelia Coyle HT), Mia Duffy (Saoirse O’Donnell 51 mins), Shiloh Killalea (Larissa Lawless 47 mins), Sophia Hughes (Ava McCaffrey 45 mins), Emily Kane, Catherine Garvey, Muireann Gallagher, Aoibhinn McGarrigle (Emma O’Neill 40 mins (1-0)), Holly O’Neill (Robyn McNamee 51 mins), Ella Dorrian (3-3), Lauren Kane (0-2), Anna Meehan (Aisling Britton 35 mins (0-1)), Aoife McGee (1-0), Leah O’Malley-Malone (1-0)(Emily Gallagher 47 mins).

The under 10s were in action against Melvin Gaels on Saturday with three teams from each club taking part. The girls got plenty of football and there were some great skills on show. Training continues every Monday.

Under 8 training continues this week on Tuesday at 6pm at Coláiste Cholmcille.

Hurling
Our under 10s are in action this Sunday morning at the all-county blitz in Convoy. To facilitate travel to Roscommon for those travelling, it will be on at the earlier time of 10am. All details will be in the team WhatsApp group.

Our under 8 hurlers finished out a busy weekend of under 8 action at the all-county blitz in Convoy. We had two teams entered, and they played very well. Training continues this Sunday at 11.45am.

Our under 6s are coming to the end of their season, with three more training sessions remaining. Anyone who wants to come up and join the fun before the season ends can contact Kevin Loughlin on 086-3062209.

On Sunday morning all ages continue to train at 11.45am, with the under 12s having their mid-week slot at 5.45pm on Tuesday. Contact details for each age bracket are as follows:
Under 12 - John Larkin – 086-1076883
Under 10 - Martin Larkin – 086-8033596
Under 8 – Stephen Sheerin – 086-8616927

Plans are afoot for our 2025 Summer camp. Anyone who is not a part of one of our panels who would like some more information, is asked to please contact John Larkin on 086-1076883.

Schools activity
There is a lot of schools action in Páirc Aoidh Ruaidh this week. On Tuesday morning Gaelscoil Éirne's sports day takes place, while on Thursday at 4pm the finals of the Creevy National School football League are due to be staged.

Park security and safety
The officers of the committee in charge or relevant team manager are asked to ensure that the club's property is secure and that all doors and gates are closed when their meeting, training or game is finished.

Ballyshannon Bingo Snowball on the climb!
With last week's Ballyshannon Bingo €1,000 Summer Snowball going unclaimed, this week's Snowball increases to €1,100 on 51 numbers as part of a mighty €3,000 prize fund! Well done to all our winners last week. Caroline Finnerty took home the Jackpot game. The €100 house was won by Marie Ward, who also took a line. The other house winners were Sharon Brogan (twice!), Oscar Mohan, Tina Gannon, Georgina Devlin, Leanne Patterson and Antoinette McKinney shared game seven, Marie Gormley and Teresa Campbell. The €50 line winners were Ann Patterson and Marina Kerrigan. The other line winners were Molly Ferguson, Dylan Withers, Leanne Patterson, Breda Gallagher, Frances Brennan (twice!), Catherine McGroary, Mary Travers, Carina Halliday, Packie Johnston and Sonia Kelly. The free books were won by Gerard Cullen and Bill McGonigle. We do it all again this Tuesday night at 8.30pm at the Abbey Centre, with doors open from 7.45pm. Books great value at just €10 for that super prize fund of including €1100 Snowball, €500 50/50 Jackpot and €330 Lucky Numbers game. Come along and spread the word!

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