Extended Clubnotes - Apr 15th 2008

Latest Fixtures and results for all Adult teams can be found on the following webpage  - http://www.clontarfgaa.com/Matches/CompleteAdultFix_Res2008/tabid/1329/language/en-US/Default.aspx
 
There were no fixtures for Senior, Junior A, Junior B or Junior C Football.

Minors – In league Div 2, Minor A’s lost away to Fingallians, while in div 5 the B team lost to Peregrines. Minor B's continue to perform well despite recent losses to stronger  St Pats (D) and St Peregrines teams  - excellent performance  from  young  S Reynolds in goal, M Farrelly in defence , N O Brien in midfileld   and from P  Mohan  up front  an exciting and promising young talent

Adult Hurling – Clontarf defeated St. Kevins in the league (1-14,1-6), best were John Devine and Eoin O’Grady.

Under 16 Football  -
U16's had a fine 2-15 to 3-3 win against Castleknock in the first round of the football championship. Conditions at Porterstownn deteriorated very quickly after 10 minutes of the start and all 4 seasons were experienced before the end of the game. Clontarf started explosively and despite missing a number of good early chances led by 7 points to no score after 20 minutes. Castleknock fought back bravely and added 1-2 to trail by 2 points at the break. Immediately after the restart Castleknock pointed from a close in free before Clontarf added two points at the other end. Castleknock again forced their way back into the game with a goal to level matters 10 minutes into the half. From here on in Clontarf stepped up a gear and had 6 unanswered points followed by a well taken Craig McConnell goal to lead by 9 points going into the last 5 minutes. Castleknock got a late consolation goal which Clontarf responded to immediately with a goal of their own. This was a fantastic never say die team performance led by inspirational captain Daragh Golden with Stephen Reynolds, Conor Cronin, Keith Talbot, Jack McCaffrey and Aidan O'Donohoe also excelling.

Team; Ross O'Hanlon, Brian Forde, Patrick Nolan, Barry Mullins, Aidan O'Donohoe, Jack McCaffrey, Stephen Reynolds, Conor Cronin, Keith Talbot, Patrick Breen, Daragh Golden, Patrick Mohan, David Woolfson, Craig McConnell, Dylan Rushe.
Subs: Conor Headon for Dylan Rushe, Ross Fitzpatrick for David Woolfson, Cillian O'Breachain for Patrick Breen, Mark Plunkett for Patrick Mohan. Harry Connolly failed a pre match fitness test.

Under 15 Football – A team had a good league win over Cuala. B team lost away to Castleknock, despite several strong performances in defence, especially Ferdia.

Under 14 Football – A team was beaten by a strong Fingallians side. Maitias McDonagh starred for Clontarf at midfield.

Under 13 Footballers – In div 1, the A team lost in atrocious weather conditions to a very strong Lucan Sarsfields team (2-5,3-11). There were great performances from James Doyle in midfield and in defence from  Paddy Foley, Sean McCullagh, Mark white and goalie Garry Power. Ross McCullagh was the best of the forwards.

U13B team lost away to Ballyboden (2-3,6-7) in a very competitive match in terrible weather conditions.

Under 12 Hurlers – A team had an excellent away win over St. Brigids (3-4,1-2), with great performances from Jack Clarke and Sean Giles. B hurlers play on tue. Night.U12 A footballers were beaten in a challenge match with Ballyboden. This was a very competitive game with fine performances from Aaron Casey and Niall Gahan.

Under 11 – Hurlers lost to Naomh Barrog.

Under 10 Hurlers had a narrow win away to Cuala. Paddy Smith, Harry Opperman, Jack Polion, Nathan Doran, Barry Heneghan and Gavin Jackson were all outstanding for Clontarf.

Under 9 –  no info

Ladies Football – Homepages for all Ladies and Girls teams are now setup and include season fixtures, click here - http://www.clontarfgaa.com/Teams/Ladies/tabid/1115/language/en-GB/Default.aspx

Ladies Intermediate –
Clontarf ladies' recorded a win in their first league game against Kilmacud Crokes (1-8,1-5) on Wednesday 9th April 2008. It was a great team performance, marred only by losing Noeleen Fortune with a dislocated thumb. We wish her a speedy return to action.
Scorers:- H Cliff 1-1, Ciara O'Connor, F Ward, C Doyle 0-2, Carrie O'Connor 0-1
Next league game Garda v Clontarf, Westmanstown Wednesday April 16th 2008

Ladies Junior –
The Junior Ladies opened their league campaign with a loss to neighbours Raheny.  The seeds for this failure were sown in a first half in which Clontarf failed to score while allowing Raheny to score 2-6.  The second half saw Clontarf apply consistent pressure which yielded two early points from Julie Warnock and Ruth McGinn.  These were followed by a Sarah Murphy goal and three points which left the Raheny lead down to 1-1with ten minutes to play.  At this stage Raheny rallied and were able to score four unanswered points to secure their victory.

U16 Girls drew with Naomh Mearnog in a thriller (5-8,6-5). Many thanks to Maeve Shannon.

U14 Girls – no info

U13 Girls – Match was postponed and is due to be played on Tue.

U12 Girls – had an excellent win over Scoil Ui Chonaill in the league, scoring 1-8 in the 2nd half to win by a mere point. Eva Kelly gave an outstanding performance for Clontarf.

U11 Girls – had a great league win over Skerries (1-11,3-2)

U10 Girls – no info

It was party time at the club as Junior B stalwart Stephen Moore celebrated his 30th birthday with a gangster bash. The fireman’s calendar made over 150,000 for charity, well done to all club members who supported.