Bunbrosna GAA notes   Sept 13th 2020

Football  

On Friday night last we made our exit from the Intermediate Championship when we lost out to Milltown in the relegation playoff. We play in the Junior Championship in 2021.While this is naturally a disappointing development for us we must now regroup and resolve to be a force to be reckoned with at the business end of next year’s championship.

Two early goals set Milltown on their road to victory  andwere the difference between the sides on the night. A Ronan Scally goal in the last quarter gave us great  impetus but the gap proved too much and Milltown who had led by 6 points at the break went on to win by the same margin   2-11 to 1-08  for Bunbrosna.

Squad for the night

Caolán Fulham, Conor Newman ,John Kiernan, David Newman, Ronan Scally (1-0) Finian Newman (0-1)  , Shane Mc Govern, Aidan Finnan (0-1), Garvan Dolan (0-3), Barry O Mara, Andrew Whitney ,Noel Yourel, Kenny Conroy, Peter Tormey (0-3)  Mark Donnelly, Gavin Lyons( for Mark Donnelly 38 mins) Fintan Finnan for Noel Yourell  (38 mins)  Brian Maguire for Shane McGovern (38 mins) Padraig Walsh  for Kenny Conroy (41 mins)  Colm Mc Cormack for Andrew Whitney  (50 mins) Tommy Murphy, Joe Tormey, Kevin Mitchell, Darragh Mc Laughlin,  Liam Mitchell , Niall Spain , Gerard Brennan, Fintan Connaughton.

Rounders

Saturday evening saw our mixed intermediate team play Athenry, an experienced team who have in recent years featured in the finals. Peter Maguire captained on the day and won the toss, Batting first Athenry, it was Eoin Clarke who made the first out with an early catch, with Damien Mc Cormack getting the 2nd and 3rd outs, holding Athenry to 6 runs, as Bunbrosna begun batting, the experience of Athenry showed with 3 quick outs as Damien Quinn and Liam McGrath caught the high balls. Paul Bardon getting the first run for us. Going into the 2nd inning Roisin Foy, Laura Molloy and Kevin McGowan worked well to tag the bases but Athenry had a good lead of 12 runs, we worked hard to make ground, with Kevin Mc Gowan and Roisin Foy adding 2 runs. The 3rd inning saw Damien Mc Cormack and Eoin Clarke make great catches, and Athenry got 5 runs, it was Damien, Kenneth Dunleavy and Eoin Clarke who got 3 runs. The 4th inning saw out field catches from Orla Foy and Eoin Clarke, with pitcher Paul Bardon throwing fast balls for an easy out. It was Damien McCormack who got the only run in this inning, leaving Bunbrosna with a large lead to close, but the fifth inning saw Athenry get 9 runs of which 2 were made by Sarah Goughan making a total of 6 runs for her that evening, with pitcher Paul Bardon catching a high ball and Liam Mc Grathpulling the ball into outfield, the final out was by Eoin Clarke making his 5th catch of the day, a new record for Bunbrosna and speaking to coaches across the country, an impressive achievement. As Bunbrosna batted for the last time, it was Orla Foy, Peter Maguire and Niall Sheridan won put 3 runs on the sheet, with Niall catching Athenry by surprise with good batting and smart running. Well done all. Player of the match: Eoin Clarke. Further challenge matches to be finalised. Sadly it seems that our underage team will not get another challenge game this year, unless it is within the county, if any other club is interested in giving rounders a go, please contact Valerie or Eddie who will gladly arrange a fun practice session for any age group.

Underage football

U13 QUARTER FINAL;

We wish our U 13 all the best in their quarter final which has been fixed for next Tuesday evening at 6.30pm in Ballynacargy v Millmore Gaels.  They have an exceptionally good season winning three out of four of their matches so far this year.

Under 9

Well done to our wonderful group of U9’s against Rochfortbridge at home today. We fielded two teams and everyone played every minute on a fine day for football. Many thanks to Rochfortbridge for travelling.

Under 17

Well done to the Inny Shamrocks U17s who had a good win over Kilbeggan in the championship this morning.

Confirmation

Best wishes to all our players celebrating their Confirmation over the coming weeks.

Lotto

Lotto draw on Wednesday next . Tickets available online and on Clubzap and from the usual sellers  Jackpot is now  €5700

Well done

Well done  to Brian Crum who completed the Mullingar Virtual Half Marathon this Saturday.

Brian raised over €8000 in aid of St. Cremin’s National School back in April when the Half Marathon was due to take place but was cancelled due to Covid 19.

His efforts are an inspiration to us all and everyone in the club is extremely proud of him.

Congratulations

All at Bunbrosna GAA wish to offer our heartfelt congratulations to Martin & Aisling Tormey on the recent birth of their daughter, Charlotte,

We wish, Martin, Aisling, Grace & Charlotte all the very best for the future

Wedding bells

Everybody at  Bunbrosna GAA would like to wish Kate O Brien and Mark Donnelly all the very best. We wish them  health, happiness and good fortune as they begin their married life together.

Níl aon leigheas ar an ngrá ach pósadh.