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AN RIOCHT / KINGDOM Club Notes 11th July 2016
Monday 11th July 2016
AN RIOCHT / KINGDOM Club Notes 11th July 2016
Upcoming Events
Monday 11 July
11am Men’s Shed Breakfast; 11am KYC Summer Scheme Tops Activities; 7pm U14 Football Atticall v An Riocht; 7.30pm Senior Camogie An Riocht v Kilcoo; 7.30pm Senior Football practice; 9pm Lotto
Tuesday 12 July
10.30am KYC Summer Scheme Trip to Slieve Gullion Adventure Park; 7pm U12 Football practice; 7pm U16 Camogie Liatroim v An Riocht.
Wednesday 13 July
11am Men’s Shed; 11am KYC Summer Scheme Cookery for Kids; 6pm Ladies keep-fit; 6.30pm U14 Football practice; 6.15pm U6/U8 Camogie; 7.15pm U10/U12 Camogie; 7pm Senior Camogie practice; 7.30pm Senior Football practice; 8pm Youth Club meeting.
Thursday 14 July
10am Car Boot Sale; 11am KYC Summer Scheme visit by National Reptile Zoo; 7pm U16 Camogie Shield; 8pm Basketball.
Friday 15 July
11am KYC Summer Scheme Picnic @ Kilbroney Park; 7pm Senior and Minor Camogie practices; 7.30pm Senior Football practice; 9pm Senior Activities (13+)
Saturday 16 July
No Football today; U12 Camogie An Riocht v Drumaness; 2pm Birthday Party
Sunday 17 July
10am Breakfast at Dunavil; 2pm Reserve Football An Riocht v Tullylish; 8pm Bingo at Dunavil.
Monday 18 July
11am Men’s Shed; 11am KYC Summer Scheme visit by Jumping Clay; 7.30pm Senior Football practice; 9pm Lotto
Tuesday 19 July
10am Ladies keep-fit; 11am KYC Summer Scheme visit to the Butterfly House; 7pm U12 Football practice; U18 Camogie An Riocht v Clonduff; 7pm U14 Camogie An Riocht v Shamrocks
The Senior Footballers played well in Clann Na Banna on Friday and could have won by more than the 5-14 to 1-4 score line.
Early frees from Ronan McAlinden and Johnny Burns had the scores tied at one all after ten minutes but even at this early stage, An Riocht were tearing the Bann defence to shreds though their finishing left something to desire.
Bann dropped off their men and allowed An Riocht build from the back and the visitors injected serious pace to break tackles and run through and could have scored three first half goals.
Six of An Riocht’s nine first half points came from frees as the home side tried all they could to hold up the visitor’s pacy attackers. Mal Magee ended a solo with Bann’s second point to leave them 0-4 to 0-2 in arrears but An Riocht shot the next five points to go seven clear before Darren Brooker pointed Bann’s third with the last kick of the half.
The pick of the winners first half scores was a Noel McArdle effort on the turn after good play from Liam McVeigh.
Rory Cunningham and Noel McArdle opened the second half scoring with points apiece before the first inevitable An Riocht goal arrived in the fortieth minute when Conor Cole coolly picked his spot after good approach play from Liam McVeigh and Kory Colgan.
Though Bann replied with a Mathew Mallon forty-five, An Riocht were getting stronger and Martin Clarke replied with a point before combining with Noel McArdle to set up Declan Morgan for a bullet of a goal at the three quarter stage.
Bann hit back when Mal Magee’s low drive deflected off a defender past Brendan McVeigh for a goal but An Riocht hit the next two points, one an unbelievably audacious effort from an impossible angle from Martin Clarke, before Martin Clarke fired home two goals in a three minute spell; his first came from sheer perseverance chasing down a defender, forcing the error and then punishing it by squeezing the ball home and his second was of the highest quality, fending off tackles before threading the ball to the top corner with radar like accuracy past a bemused Michael McAllister.
And there was still time for substitute Michael O’Rourke to finish a fifth goal to the net at the far post off a Martin Clarke cross.
An Riocht: Brendan McVeigh, Liam McVeigh, John O’Rourke, Michael Clarke, James Cunningham 0-1, Paul Allen, Conor Doyle, Declan Doyle, Ronan McAlinden 0-1 (f), Conor Cole 1-0, Martin Clarke 2-4 (2f), Sean Clarke, Rory Cunningham 0-2, Deaglan Morgan 1-1, Noel McArdle 0-5 (5f).
Subs: Brian Rodgers, Kory Colgan, Aidan Sloan, Darren Doyle, Michael O’Rourke 1-0, Liam Rodgers.
Subway An Riocht Player of the Match: Deaglan Morgan
The Reserve Footballers were in Downpatrick on Sunday and lost by two points 0-9 to 1-4 in horrible wind and rain to a strong home fifteen. Downpatrick began better and had plenty of early chances but the An Riocht defence put in a heavy shift to limit them to just three points before Deaglan Morgan opened our account in the twentieth minute and signalled a purple patch with Brian Sloan forcing in the only goal of the game under tremendous pressure and Michael O’Rourke and Deaglan Morgan adding points apiece.
The home side had the breeze on the restart and soon pulled a point back before in a classic counter attacking move Lee Campbell had a ground shot whizz off the greasy surface with Michael O’Rourke sliding in at the back post just failing to deflect the ball to the open net.
Though Brian Sloan shot a good fortieth minute point, thereafter it was a rear guard action for An Riocht as Hoops piled on the pressure and again our defence did brilliantly, Joe McCartan pulling off a great block, but with the last twenty minutes played out in the An Riocht half as the An Riocht players faded dramatically , Downpatrick eventually found their range and were level by the fifty-fifth minute with wing back Conor Doherty advancing to point twice and veteran Kevin Gracey landed the winning scores as the game moved into added time.
An Riocht now need a point from the visit of Tullylish to Dunavil on Sunday to wrap up the league title
An Riocht: Stephen Doran, Steven McVeigh, Christopher Mulligan, Joe McCartan, Aidan Sloan, Liam Rodgers, Dane Matthews, Deaglan Morgan 0-2 (1f), Brian Rodgers, Aidan O’Hanlon, Michael O’Rourke 0-1 (f), Lee Campbell, Patrick Gartland, Brian Sloan 1-1, Darragh Campbell.
Subs: Aidan McVeigh for A Sloan (BC), Sean McArdle for D Campbell, Marc Rooney for Dane Matthews, Michael Harper for L Campbell, Stephen Corr, Conor Morgan, Brendan Allen.
Hoops: Matthew McNabb, Ciaran Hampton, Conall McNabb, Tim Collins, Conor Doherty 0-2, Damian Braniff, Michael McGarrity, Johnny Collins, Kevin Gracey 0-1, Eoin McEvoy, Peter Telford 0-2, Andrew Telford 0-2 (2f), Ruairi Quinn 0-1, Garrett Trainor 0-1, Frank Starkey.
Subs: Gerard Deegan, Jonathan Deeny, John Shields.
Subway An Riocht Player of the Match: Aidan O’Hanlon
The Minor Footballers had a walkover Eire Og. Their next game is on 26th July in Drumgath, and they are grouped with Drumgath and Saval in the Championship.
The U16 Footballers lost to Eire Og 3-15 to 5-11, the next match is in Burren on 28th July with the Championship starting in August.
The U14 Footballers are grouped with Clann Na Banna, Warrenpoint and Tullylish in the Championship.
The U12 Camogs match in Clonduff on Saturday was rained off.
The U14 Camogs had two games scheduled. We won v Castlewellan 9-5 to 2-0 in the league. Everyone played brilliant especially the wee U12s who came - Ellie, Teagan and Kelcie. The Subway An Riocht player of match was Sinead Morgan for an exceptional goal!!
Team: Ellie Morgan, Sinead Morgan, Nanette Campbell, Caitlin Small, Cerys Clarke, Mollie Ireland, Amy Clarke, Shannagh Campbell, Caoimhe Donnan, Darcie Speirs, Kelcie Curran, Teagan Bolton.
In the U14 Camogie Shield in Shamrocks, An Riocht travelled to Newry but the home team did not turn out. An Riocht now play Clonduff at Dunavil on Thursday 28th July in the semi-final.
The U18 Camogs had a walkover Ballycran in Ballycran and with Clonduff pulling out of the league, the next match is in Liatroim on 2nd August.
In the Senior Camogie Longstone beat An Riocht.
Over 90 children took part in the Cul Camp Gaelic Games Coaching at Dunavil last week. Thanks to the coaches who delivered the week long programme.
There will be no Tuesday morning Ladies Keep-fit until September, however the 6pm Wednesday slot continues.
An Riocht Down Draw June winners £50 each James J Cunningham & Patricia Clarke
There was a big turnout for the summer scheme registration; anyone who did not make it can pick up summer scheme registration forms from the office, a form must be completed for each young person before they can participate in the summer scheme.
Jennifer has drawn up a short questionnaire for young people to complete telling us what you like or dislike about the club and what activities you want the club to provide; forms are available from the office.
The U12 boys are off on a residential to Glebe House on Monday 18th July and the U12 girls go to Carlingford Adventure Centre at the end of the month.
