Report on County Final 2016

Report on County Final 2016

On the 9^th of June 2016 we played our 11 a-side schools county final in Loughgeorge. We were to play Renmore NS. We left the school at 10:30am on Eamon Hansberry’s bus. We arrived at 11:20am to play our match at 12:00 noon. We got togged in the dressing room and then acted as spectators while Ballyglass NS fought out their match, which they won. 

Then we warmed up on the astro-turf pitch. Next we lined out on the pitch in our positions:

Liam Collins in goals, Padraic Dooley and Ailbhe Flannery in the full back line then Gary kennedy and Jamie Hoey in the half back line, Evan Brady and Ben Mulcair in midfield, then Declan Fitzgerald and TJ Prendergast in the half forward line and Shauna Dooley-Glynn and Darren Farrell in the full forward line. 

We started the first half very well with two early goals from Shauna and a long-range goal from midfield by Jamie Hoey. The score at half time was 5-2 to 0-2 to Peterswell NS. We dominated the second half with scores from TJ, Shauna, Ben, Darren and Declan. The final score was 9-5 to 1-4 to Peterswell NS. 

The chairman of the Galway Co. board, Noel Treacy presented our captain Liam Collins with the cup. Liam then provided a stellar speech, thanking both supporters and mentors. Finally he thanked Renmore for a hard fought game. Next there was a presentation of medals to the players by Conor Cooney.

We went back to Supermacs in Gort for a feast of high calorie food .Then we went back to school as county champions. To cap off the day we met again at 7pm for a tour of the parish. It was a great day all around and we were very proud of our accomplishment.

By Liam Collins, TJ Prendergast and Ben Mulcair