Saul GAC Club Notes
for week of November 2nd 2008
Saul successful in East Down Scor-na-nog
semi-final – Saul had a successful
first cultural outing for the 2009
season when all of the Scor na nog
representatives successfully qualified
for the East Down final. Superb
performances handed 1st places to
the club in the Ballad Group (Grainne
Laverty, Roisin Sloan, Cristina
Holland, Orla Holland and Sarah
McVeigh), Instrumental Music (Cristina
Holland, Sarah McVeigh, Michael
McMullan, Paul Riordan, Brian Riordan)
and Novelty Act (Niall Laverty,
Owen McVeigh, Grainne Laverty, Roisin
Sloan, Cristina Holland, Orla Holland
and Sarah McVeigh) with Roisin Sloan
in Recitation and Grainne Laverty
in Solo Singing also grabbing a
place in the final. As usual, the
teams were well supported and will
hopefully build on Sunday’s
success in the East Down Scor-na-nog
final which takes place at 3pm on
Sunday, November 16th in Dromara.
Well done to all involved and good
luck for the final.
U13s suffer narrow defeat in opener
– Saul 2-8 Bryansford 3-6:
Saul U-13 boys entertained Bryansford
on Sunday and were pipped by just
a point at the end of a close encounter.
The lads started the strongest and
quickly established the lead with
superb points from Cathal Sloan
and Ciaran Harney. However, Bryansford
settled and began to dominate around
all sectors of the field and points
quickly followed to put the visitors
ahead at the half way stage of the
first half. Saul kept in touch with
points from Tony Molyneaux and Ciaran
Harney but almost immediately the
Saul defence was breached and Bryansford
were gifted two soft goals. Eoghan
Sands had a brilliant debut in the
Blue and Gold shirt and lobbed over
a wonderful point to leave the half-time
score - Saul 0-5 -v- Bryansford
2-4.
Saul looked a more determined team
in the second-half and began to
dominate around mid-field with Paul
McMullan and Cathal Sloan winning
a lot of possession and this created
the opportunity for the gutsy Ciaran
Harney to drill the ball low into
the Bryansford net. Joshua Murray
at full forward was proving difficult
to contain and Saul doubled its
goal tally with a great strike by
Martin Holland to put the lads ahead.
Bryansford however had an impressive
five minute spell with some excellent
points and a comedy of errors in
the Saul full back line resulted
in a third goal for Bryansford despite
the best efforts of goalkeeper Sam
McKee. Ciaran Harney had a blatant
penalty appeal turned down when
he was fouled within the Bryansford
square and it looked that it was
not going to be Saul’s day.
Cathal Sloan and Joshua Murray fired
over consolation points in the final
minutes but the Bryansford ran out
one point winners. The final score
was Saul 2-8 -v- Bryansford 3-6.
Training continues on Thursday (5.45
- 7.15pm) with another league match
on Sunday.
U10s have an international finish
to the season - The under 10s completed
their playing season on a high at
the weekend with Saul's own International
Rules Test match. Much like last
Friday's Ireland v Australia contest,
this was a rivetting clash between
two evenly matched teams. The catching
and kicking skills on display were
exceptional with some superb "marks"
by the likes of Darren McMullan,
Mark Curran and Peter Hamilton.
Lorcán Harney and Peter Lennon's
goalscoring touch was just like
Benny Coulter's, while Pierce Laverty
and Sé McComiskey had a real
ding-dong battle in the middle of
the field. The younger lads such
as Shane O'Hare, Jack Fitzsimons
and Aodhán Harney showed
up brilliantly and Conor Magee,
Sé Molloy and Daniel Napier
have had tremendous seasons at this
level and adapted quickly to these
new rules. The Primary 4 kids -
Ruairi Quinn, Niall Laverty, Peter
Ataliotis, Conor Buick and Ruairi
O'Hare - were real stars on the
day. The 2008 playing season was
then rounded off with snacks and
Drinks - kindly provided by Gary
and Karen Laverty.
The under 10 management would like
to thank all players and their parents
for their contribution in making
2008 such an enjoyable and successful
season. Well done to all involved!
Parents are asked to keep an eye
out on the website for our club
presentation/registration day which
is planned for early December.
Club Dinner Dance – the club
presentation and dinner dance takes
place on Friday week, November 14th
at the Burrendale Hotel, Newcastle
when the members will enjoy recapping
the 2008 season and dancing the
night away to the music of ‘The
Wingnuts’. Tickets are now
available from the clubrooms so
get your orders in quickly.
Saul-News? - All results, match
reports or snippets on club activity,
including photos can be supplied
to the club PRO by txt or calling
to 07779351405 or by email to pro@saul-gac.com.
All latest news is on the club website
and includes photo’s from
various club activities in the photos
section. Why not go along to saul-gac.com,
register on the guestbook and leave
a comment on what you think of the
revised website along with any suggestions
for improvements. All feedback welcomed.
