Junior Championship Semi Final

Our Championship journey continued on Saturday evening last in Ballynacargy against a youthful St Loman’s side in the second of the day’s Junior Championship semi-finals.

Bunbrosna opened the scoring with Daragh Lyons slotting over a fine point from a free .St. Loman’s replied with two points in quick succession. Bunbrosna’s next score came from a side-line ball collected by Finian Newman who passed it to Peter Tormey who in turn found Barry O Mara who promptly delivered it to the back of the St Loman’s net.

Minutes later Mark Donnelly was unlucky not to have scored Bun’s second goal as his shot rebounded off the goal post. At the first water break Bunbrosna led by 1-1 to 0-2

On resumption, St.Loman’s piled on the pressure, but Bunbrosna backs held firm and with some excellent goalkeeping from Tommy Murphy, St Loman’s had several wides and only one point in the remainder of the first half while Bunbrosna notched up a further three points courtesy of Daragh Lyons, a free from Peter Tormey and a point from play from Mark Donnelly. The half time score was Bun 1-04 St Loman’s 0-03.

The beginning of the second half saw St. Loman’s again pile on the pressure but Bunbrosna defence withstood attack after attack conceding only one point. Barry O Mara added a further two points for Bun before the second water break.

As the play moved from end to end, scores were scarce with each side adding two points to their tally before the end. Both Bunbrosna scores came from play with Aidan Finnan and Ronan Scally finding the target to leave the score Bunbrosna 1-08 to 0-06 for St Loman’s.

Panel for the game: Tommy Murphy, Conor Newman, Finian Newman, Shane Mc Govern, David Newman, Andrew Whitney, Noel Yourell, John Kiernan, Daragh Lyons (0-2) Barry O Mara (1-2) Ken Conroy, Mark Donnelly (0-1) Kevin Mitchell, Peter Tormey (0-1) Aidan Finnan (0-1) Ronan Scally (for Mark Donnelly injured 48 min) (0-1) Chris Cole (for Kevin Mitchell 59 min) Fintan Connaughton, Joe Tormey, Brian Maguire, Conor Lyons, Ger Brennan, Niall Spain, Liam Mitchell, Alan Maguire, Paul Connaughton, Gavin Lyons, Stephen Darby, Pauric Keenan.

Well done to everybody concerned in this great team effort and we look forward to the final in two weeks

As always, we are indebted to Eddie Newman for his match report and for his recording of the stats and team sheets for each and every match.

Colour the place Blue and White.

November is a busy month for Bunbrosna GAA club. Our footballers contest the County Final on November 13th and Bunbrosna Scór contest the All-Ireland final in Claremorris on November 20th. Let us all show our appreciation and delight by flying the Blue and White flags and bunting from our houses and our business premises.

To further encourage our decorating there will be a number of prizes for the best decorated properties in the area. It is also hoped to have a Poster and Window Display competition for our younger members.

So let your imagination run wild and join in the excitement as we prepare for these two finals.

All Ireland Scór Final Tickets

This year’s Scór All Ireland finals take place in Claremorris on November 20th. Our order for tickets for the final must be placed before Friday next Nov 5th. Contact Susan Eades for more details.

Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others Football Winter Training:

Training continues on Wednesdays at 8pm.

We are going to continue our Winter training sessions on the Astro for the next 5 weeks before we take a break until the new year. It’s never too late to start and it would be a great opportunity for anyone who is thinking about trying it out to come along and give it a go for the next few weeks.

Even if you’ve never kicked a ball before it’s a great way to keep the fitness up over the Winter and it’s also a great social outlet for all involved. Come along and give it a go. Contact bung4mo@gmail.com for more details or WhatsApp 0877672529

Our Mothers and Others group would like to say “well done” our men’s team on reaching the County Final following their semi- final win against St Loman’s on Saturday last. The final is due to take place in two weeks. We wish them the very best of luck and hope that everyone will get the blue and white flags out and show their support.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Emer Clarke and Ronan Scally on their recent engagement. We wish the happy couple all the very best for the future.

Wedding Bells

Congratulations to Gerard Moran & Siobhan Scally who celebrated their wedding on Saturday last. We wish you both a lifetime of health and happiness together.

Speedy Recovery

All at Bunbrosna send very best wishes for a speedy recovery to Larry Lyons who has been a bit under the weather recently. Hurry back Larry, we need you in the crowd supporting us in the final.

Westmeath Development Panel

Well done to all our players who attended U14 Westmeath Development Panel Trials and U15 / U16 Westmeath Football Academy Training Programme on Saturday last.

Club Lotto

Club Lotto will take place on Sunday next at 12:00pmJackpot is €8700. It can be played online by clicking on https://bunbrosnagaa.clubifyapp.com/products. Online entries must be in by 10:00am.

Tickets can also be left in Geerah's on Sunday before 11:00am.

Condolence

All at Bunbrosna GAA wish to offer our deepest sympathy to the Keane family, Ballinalack, on the sad passing of Kathleen R.I.P. We offer our sincere condolence to her sons, Oliver, Tony and Michael, her daughters Chris, Veronica, Liz, Caroline, Ann and Colette, her extended family, and her many friends.

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