Eight years ago the club collected
their first County title in almost
70 years when the U16’s beat
Ballyholland in Burren. I wonder
how many of the supporters arriving
at the U12 match on Saturday, again
in Burren, would have dreamed that
the club would have gone on to win
all county titles up to and including
the U21’s.
• The U12’s performance
on Saturday showed that the club
is still one of the leading clubs
in the county at underage level.
This team has swept aside everything
in their way. However against Glenn
in the County Final they were up
against their biggest challenge
to date. Both teams put in a tremendous
effort but in the end it was the
extra pace and skill of the magpies
forward line that did the damage.
The game was hard hitting one and
both defences where outstanding
in the first half with Ryan Johnston
getting the only goal of the half
to lead 1-3 to 0-2. In the second
half both defences continued to
hold strong but as the game went
on Kilcoos forward line began to
find more space and the score line
began to rise. On the rare occasions
that Glenn was able to find away
through the tight magpies defence
Niall Kane was there to pull of
some superb stops. The club should
like to congratulate the players
and mentors for a fantastic achievement.
Winning a County title is always
fantastic but winning two in three
years makes this one much sweeter.
But this wasn’t achieved with
ease in fact it was achieved with
hard work, dedication, lots of hours
spent in the park training and skilful
football. The club is proud of both
players and mentors in the way they
conducted themselves throughout
the competition and also thank our
supporters for turning out to support
the young lads on the day.
• The club should like to
wish Colleen Grant the very best
of luck for Sundays All Ireland
Junior Camogie final. No doubt she
will do her club proud.
• The Semi Finals of this
year Scor na nOg takes place in
early November and the club would
like to have entries in as many
competitions as possible. Therefore
anyone wishing to help organise
or participate in this year’s
event should contact Brendan Gribben
ASAP. The club has a proud tradition
in Scor na nOg and would like to
see this develop.
Brendan Gribben (PRO)
Kilcoo GFC
028 – 437 - 71672
