An Riocht club notes - 22 May 2017

Monday 22nd May 2017

Tuesday 23 May

6pm Irish Dancing; P5/P6 Football in Longstone, cars leave Dunavil 6.15pm; 6.30pm P1/P2 and P3/P4 Camogie practice; 7.15pm Boot Camp; 7.30pm P5/P6 and U12 Camogie practice; 7.30pm U16 Camogie Shamrocks v An Riocht; Spanish Lessons.

Wednesday 24 May

11am Men’s Shed; 2.45pm Coaching at Grange PS; 6pm Ladies Circuits; 6.30pm U14 Football practice; 7.30pm Junior Camogie An Riocht v Aghaderg; 7.30pm Senior/Minor Camogie practice; 7.30pm Senior/Reserve football; 8.30pm short meeting to progress the ‘Walking Club’ immediately after the Junior Camogie match, anyone interested should attend; 8.30pm KYC summer programme - May to September - meeting.

Thursday 25 May

6.30pm P5/P6 Football practice; 6.45pm U12 Football practice; 7.30pm P3/P4 Football v Longstone at Dunavil; 6.30pm Kids Activities for aged 4 to 7 with Jennifer; 7pm Girls Activities aged 8 to 11 with Aedin; 7pm Boot Camp; 6.45pm U14 Camogie practice; 7.30pm U16 Camogie practice; 8pm Camogie monthly meeting; 8pm Basketball

Friday 26 May

11am Men’s Shed; 7pm Kids Cinema; 7.30pm Senior Football Castlewellan v An Riocht; 7.30pm Senior/Junior Camogie practice.

Saturday 27 May

10am P5/P6 Football Blitz; 11am P1/P2 Football; 12pm P3/P4 Football; 12pm U12 Camogie Aghaderg v An Riocht; P1/P2, P3/P4 & P5/P6 Camogie Blitzes in Darragh Cross

Sunday 28 May

10.30am Breakfast @ Dunavil; 11am U12 Football An Riocht v Warrenpoint; 2pm Reserve Football Burren v An Riocht; 8pm Bingo

Monday 29 May

11am Men’s Shed; 7.30pm Senior Camogie An Riocht v Ballyholland; 9pm Lotto

Tuesday 30 May

6pm Irish Dancing; 6.30pm P1/P2 and P3/P4 Camogie practice; Spanish Lessons; 7.15pm Boot Camp; 7.30pm P5/P6 and U12 Camogie practice; 7.30pm U18 Camogie An Riocht v Ballyholland; U14 Camogie Longstone v An Riocht.

Cowpat squares are available from the club or committee members, have you seen the video yet? They can now be purchased on line from our facebook page through Klubfunder. All sellers are asked to check in so we can see how sales are going. There will be a short meeting on Wednesday 31st May after the Junior Camogie match.

The P5/P6 and U12 Footballers are away wet bouldering on Saturday 10th June, make sure your consent form is returned.

The P3/P4 Footballers are off to Belfast on Saturday 17th June to take part in the McAuley Metals Blitz on the Sarsfields 4G grass pitch from 12.30pm to 2.30pm. The blitz involves eight teams and each player will be presented with a medal and snack.

Keep Saturday 10th June free for an Irish Language day at Dunavil.

There will be another Club Clean-up Day on Saturday 17th June.

Also on Saturday 17th June there will be a Coffee Morning in aid of Habitat for Humanity.

Anyone with suggestions for the Summer Scheme should let a Youth Support Worker know asap.

The Jim Mulholland Cup, Shield & Plate 11-a-side P5/P6 Football Tournament took place at Dunavil on Saturday. 45 teams from 9 counties played 132 games before Bellaghy retained the Cup, St Brigids Belfast (with An Riocht’s Colm McGurk in charge) beat Buncrana in the Shield and Keady beat An Riocht in the Pate Final. Thanks to all the teams for their co-operation at the tournament; also thanks to the An Riocht volunteers who manned the car parks, kept the road clear, staffed the kitchen, took over 200 photographs, who refereed on the nine pitches and who gathered scores and co-ordinated the games, not forgetting everyone who helped with the tidy-up.

At The Jim Mulholland Tournament on Saturday, An Riocht had two teams in action and enjoyed matches with Shane O’Neills (Armagh), Clann Eireann (Armagh), St Johns (Belfast), Bryansford, Carrickcruppen (Armagh), Bellaghy Wolfe Tones (Derry), Fintona Pearses (Tyrone), Buncrana (Donegal), Skyrne (Meath) and Keady Dwyers (Armagh) reaching the Plate Final.

The Senior Camogie An Riocht v Castlewellan finished a draw 0-9 to 2-3 at Dunavil. An Riocht had ample chances to win comfortably but were misfiring in attack and each time we got in front the visitors replied with a goal leaving us needing the last two scores to share the spoils. Team J Sloan, Clara Killen, L Rodgers, N Cunningham, N Kelly, N Fearon, M Trainor, O McAlinden, A Fearon 0-3 (2f), M Higgins 0-1, C Fearon 0-1, T Rooney 0-1, A McDowell 0-2, Carrie Killen 0-1, T Donnan. Subs: S Bowater, P Matthews.

The U18 Football match An Riocht v Clann Na Banna produced another goal glut with Bann edging it 9-3 to 4-16, that’s 54 goals served up in 4 matches! An Riocht dominated the first half and should have been much more than 2-10 to 0-2 ahead at half time. Three black cards in the third quarter and no reserves to replace them eventually cost us the match with Bann outscoring us 5-0 to 1-1 in the final ten minutes. Team: P Kearney 1-0 (pen), T Murnion, JJ Eakins, P Curran, R Campbell 1-3 (2f), Cormac Clarke 0-1, Conor Clarke 0-3, C Flanagan 1-3, J Cunningham, C Campbell 0-2, D Nugent 0-1, P McComiskey, J Rodgers 1-3.

The U14 Camogs lost to Clonduff on Tuesday night by 10-7 to 1-3.

The Junior Camogs beat Kilclief after a great game by two points, 3-4 to 2-5.

The U12 Camogs lost narrowly in Liatroim and then at home to Portaferry. They were away to Liatroim in their first game of the league on Tuesday, Liatroim opened the score with a point followed quickly by a goal. An Riocht's back line were up against strong forwards and worked really hard with Lauren Marsh sweeping in for every ball and some great play from sisters Alicia and Summer Clare, Lauren Cunningham and Niamh Maginn. With Kelcie Curran and Caitlin Harper working together to get the ball up to the forwards, An Riocht took their first score with a lovely hand pass into the net from Anna Quinn at full forward. Cerys Finnegan went on to score another goal and had great support on the forward line from Annalise White and Alexx Mulligan. Annie Mc Aleenan came under pressure again in goals with Leitrim scoring their third goal despite the strong efforts of the An Riocht's backs. An Riocht fought hard throughout and after scoring their third goal and final goal just lost out to Liatroim by one point. Niamh Hardy in her first game of Camogie gave a great effort. Team: Annie Mc Aleenan, Niamh Maginn, Lauren Cunningham, Lauren Marsh, Alicia Clare, Summer Clare, Caitlin Harper, Kelcie Curran, Cerys Finnegan, Annalise White, Anna Quinn, Alex Mulligan and Niamh Hardy. Then on Sunday An Riocht U12 played Portaferry. Portaferry were the stronger team on the day and defeated An Riocht who came under serious pressure in the back line. We saw a fantastic display of camogie from Lauren Marsh in full back and some great saves from Alicia Clare who went into nets in the second half.  An Riocht worked hard in mid field trying their best to get the ball up to the forward line but the Portaferry team were winning most of the balls making it very difficult. All the girls got to play on the day and gave great effort to the last whistle. Team: Cerys Finnegan, Alicia Clare, Bobbi Jo Campbell, Kelcie Curran, Alexx Mulligan, Caitlin Harper, Shannon Marie Morgan, Anna Quinn, Lauren Cunningham, Lauren Marsh, Ella Small, Zoe Gannon, Summer Clare, Mya Cousins, Niamh Hardy and Mya Campbell.

The U16 Football Saval v An Riocht was off again and won’t now be played until after the exam break.

The U18 Camogs beat Mayobridge on Friday

The U12 Footballers brought Bosco’s unbeaten record to an end after an exciting contest in Newry on a 3-11 to 1-12 score line.

The Reserve Footballers lost to Liatroim 2-9 to 1-15. An Riocht had a strong wind on their backs in the first half and a 2-8 to 0-4 interval lead did not look enough. Aidan O’Hanlon’s opening point of the second half proved to be our only score and by the fiftieth minute Liatroim with wind advantage kicked nine points and had cut the deficit to two before a fifty-third minute goal put them in front. Conor McVeigh took another Liatroim chance off the line and at the finish we almost managed a draw but Ryan Clarke’s shot was blocked on the line. In the first half, direct play brought scores but we were too extravagant on the ball going the scenic route to the Liatroim goals rather than the direct route and eventually that cost us in the end. Conor McVeigh, Joe McCartan and Aidan O’Hanlon had strong first halves while Brian Sloan was prominent in midfield throughout. Team: T Sloan, R Clarke, C McVeigh, J McCartan, L Rodgers, S Corr, A O’Hanlon 0-1, B Sloan, C Cole 0-3, P McComiskey, R Spiers, J Reilly, A White 0-2, D Morgan 2-3, A McVeigh. Subs: D Matthews, S Cunningham, R Doran.

An Riocht Irish and Culural Officer Dianna attended the Joe McDonagh Information Night in Newry.

There is an opportunity for the ‘Cardiac Screening Programme for Club’s to attend Dunavil if we meet minimum require of 30 registrations to visit any club. In Italy, Cardiac Screening is mandatory for people involved in sport and they have reduced the incidents of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome by 89% over the past 20 years. This programme is suitable for anyone age 12+. If interested contact An Riocht Health & Wellbeing Officer Barney McCartan on 07871511369 before Monday 5th June.

Men’s Health Week from Monday 12th to Sunday 18th June will be marked at Dunavil by various activities including at Kingdom Men’s Shed.

The Kingdom/An Riocht annual volunteer recognition event will take place in June.

The Adrian McAlinden Cup & Shield P3/P4 Football 11-a-side will take place at An Riocht on Saturday 3rd June; O’Donovan Rossa Magherafelt (Derry) Cup holders, Skyrne (Meath) Shield holders. The first games throw in at 10.30am, the knock out stages begin at 1.15pm with the Finals at 3pm. This tournament is sanctioned by Croke Park. The emphasis will be on playing against new teams, making new friends and enjoying the occasion. Tea, coffee, burgers and chips will be on sale all day.

Group A: Kilcoo, Redmond O’Hanlons Armagh, St Johns Belfast, Kilmacud Crokes ‘A’ Dublin

Group B: Aughlisnafin, Carrickcruppen Armagh, Kilmacud Crokes Dublin, St Johns Belfast ‘A’

Group C: An Riocht, Silverbridge Armagh, Sarsfields Belfast, Naomh Colmcille ‘A’ Meath

Group D: Bellaghy Derry, St Brigids Belfast, Silverbridge ‘A’ Armagh, Kilmacud Crokes ‘B’ Dublin

Group E: O’Donovan Rossa Magherafelt Derry, St Peters Lurgan, Celbridge Kildare, An Other

Group F: Naomh Colmcille Meath, Pearse Og Armagh, An Other, Bellaghy ‘A’ Derry

Group G: Keady Dwyers Armagh, Greenlough Derry, Skryne Meath, Pearse Og ‘A’ Armagh

Group H: Trillick Tyrone, Culloville Blues Armagh, Celbridge ‘A’ Kildare, Pearse Og ‘B’ Armagh