Club Notes August 11th

Writech Intermediate Championship 2019

Bunbrosna 0-7 Multyfarnham 0-6.

TEG Cusack Park was the venue for Friday night’s eagerly awaited local derby. It was a historic occasion in that this was the first time ever that Bunbrosna had played Multyfarnham in an Intermediate Championship fixture .Expectations therefore were naturally high on both sides .The pitch was, as always, in excellent condition despite the deluge of Thursday night and the indifferent weather conditions on Friday. The poor weather did not dampen the enthusiasm of the large cohort of supporters from both sides who made their way to see history unfold on the hallowed turf of GAA headquarters.

Bunbrosna opened the scoring after five minutes with a fine Andrew Whitney pass slotted over by Barry O Mara. In the tenth minute Conor Lyons sustained an injury and was substituted by Joe Tormey Two minutes later Garvan Dolan was at the end of a well placed Ronan Scally pass and he accurately dissected the posts with his first point of the game..This score was followed by a fine point from Mark Donnelly leaving two points between the sides.

With five minutes of the first half remaining Bunbrosna lost its centre field player when Aidan Finnan was forced to retire through injury. Noel Yourell replaced Aidan in the centre. Two minutes later Barry O Mara slotted over his second point Niall Spain was replaced by Fintan Finnan. Multyfarnham scored a point in injury time and the sides went in with just the bare minimum between them Bunbrosna 0-4 Multyfarnham 0-3

Multyfarnham started the second half with two points without reply and went in to the lead for the first time in the eighth minute of the half. Over the next six minutes both sides traded wides with Multyfarnham ahead by one point. Alan Maguire sustained an injury while clearing a ball from his line and was replaced by Tommy Murphy while Fintan Connaughton replaced Kenny Conroy. In the thirteenth minute Ronan Scally fired over an excellent point which levelled the match Daragh Lyons came in for Mark Donnelly in the twentieth minute . Scally was unlucky minutes later when his long range effort curled narrowly wide. .Multyfarnham responded with a point edging them into the lead again.Garvan Dolan again found the target with an excellent point to leave us all square again. As the clock ticked down to 30 all remained equaI. In the first minute of injury Garvan again found target and Bunbrosna edged ahead. Heartstopping stuff indeed!! The final whistle blew to the loud cheers of the Bunbrosna supporters. We had won the day.

Team and panel of players Alan Maguire, Conor Newman ,Conor Lyons, John Kiernan, Shane Mc Govern, Finian Newman ,Ronan Scally, Aidan Finnan, Garvan Dolan Peter Tormey, Niall Spain ,Barry O Mara, Kenny Conroy, Andrew Whitney, Mark Donnelly Tommy Murphy, Joe Tormey Fintan Finnan Daragh Lyons, Noel Yourell, Fintan Connaughton, Gavin Lyons ,Kevin Mitchell, Ger Brennan, David Newman ,Brian Maguire, Liam Mitchell ,Paul Connaughton,Paddy Fitzgerald , Conor Maguire.

Well done everybody

Next up is Kilbeggan Shamrocks in Bal on Saturday at 5-30pm Looking forward to seeing a large crowd of supporters to encourage the lads on in this,the final qualifier match of 2019

We wish a speedy recovery to Conor, Aidan and Alan who were injured during the game

Lotto

There was no winner of the jackpot of €3200 on Wednesday night last Numbers drawn were13,16,20 and 26. .James Finnan won the Match 3prize and Michael Mc Cormack won the sellers prize Next drawis on August 21st and the jackpot is €3300 Tickets available on Clubzap ,online and from the regular sellers

Rathowen Festival

Well done to our Under 8 team who played superbly on Sunday evening at the festival. There will be a full report of the very busy UnderAge schedule in next week’s notes.

Well done also to everybody involved with the festival .It was a hugely enjoyable few days despite the weather!!

Congratulations

Everybody at Bunbrosna GAA would like to send our very warmest congratulations to Brian and Fiona Maguire on the birth of their baby daughter and to James Newman and Laura Mc Aulliffe who also had a baby daughter recently.

Good Luck

Best wishes to all the Leaving Cert students of 2019 who will collect their results this week and will receive their offers of college places .While this can be an anxious time ,it is also an exciting time when a whole new chapter of your life opens up for you. Keep safe during the celebrations !