On August 8th, 2022 the Under 11 Footballers travelled to Croke Park, in the Club Rossie bus, to play in the Connacht Go Games Day. The Connacht GAA Go Games days provided selected clubs from all over Connacht the experience of Croke Park. Roscommon Gaels were able to bring two teams giving all the group an opportunity to play in Croke Park. Prior to the games, the group were brought on a tour of the grounds and dressing room areas and got to see where the top teams in the country prepare for big match days. They were also given an insight into how Croke park is maintained on a daily basis by a friendly Croke Park tour guide. For the games competition, the two teams had three games each to play (Ardmoy, Swinford 1 & 2, Kinvara, Craughwell and Louisburgh. When it came to game time, the boys channelled all their excitment and nerves onto the pitch and played some lovely football, showing off what they have learnt at training all year. On the homeward bound journery the group stopped for refreshments at the Kinnegad Plaza compliments of McNulty Furniture. The Go Games initiative, which was spearheaded by former Connacht GAA Games Manager, John Tobin, first took place fourteen years ago and has continued giving opportunities to many clubs in the region. Many thanks to Cahal Cregg, Event Co-Ordinator for enabling this opportunity to this young group. Thanks to lead coach Mick Byrne, Seamus O'Neill, Football Coaching Officer, Robbie, Ronan, Ciaran and Gerry for the taking the boys on the trip for the day. Memories have been made forever.
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St Dominic’s 3-04 Roscommon Gaels 2-10 Back Row: L to R: Thomas Connolly, Ciaran O'Reilly, Liam Og Corcoran, Cian Reagan, Michael Corcoran, Joshua Lemos, Conor Grogan, Eoghan Carthy, Eoghan Keaveney, Rory Carthy, Thomas King Front Row: L to R: Jun Jie Lin, Jack Raftery, Michael Gillooly, Zawyal Khan, John McGuinness, Tommy Naughton, Jack Donnelly, Liam Naughton, Ben Donnellan, Aaron McAteer, Nathan Halligan. Our U-17 footballers got their championship off to a great start with a hard-earned win over a fancied St Dominic’s on Sat last. This was a very entertaining game with both sides having periods of dominance, but to their credit the Gaels lads held firm to come away with a deserved victory. The Gaels lads started the brighter with excellent passing and movement that saw the them run into an early 1-02 to 0-00 lead with scores from Rory Carthy and an excellently worked goal from John McGuinness. However, Dominic’s raced forward to goal themselves to give life to the game. From the resulting kick out their full forward received a well-placed ball to drill to the net for a second goal in 60 seconds and set the game up as a contest with just 10 minutes gone. The Gaels then responded with 4 more unanswered points (Eoghan Carty with 2 of them), John McGuinness and Jack Raftery one each, before the Dom’s responded with a point of their own to leave the half time score at 1-06 to 2-01 in our favour. We started the 2nd half well with two points to extend our lead, but the Dominic’s lads then managed to get a hold on the game and reduce the deficit to just one point with another well taken goal. With 15 mins to go the score line stood at 1-09 to 3-02. The one strength the Gaels showed in this game was their ability to respond to conceding a goal and this was evident again when a swift move led to a penalty for our lads which Liam Naughten dispatched to the net to restore a 4-point lead. St. Dominics did cut the lead again to 2 points with 2 quick scores and almost snatched the lead but for an excellent save from Cian Regan. A pivotal moment in this game as points from Rory Carthy frees seen us close out the game by 2-10 to 3-04. Credit to both teams for an entertaining game and no doubt these teams will have a say in the business end of the championship. Well done, Lads |
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