Raheen GAA Club Notes
LOTTO
The numbers drawn in the Lotto draw which took place on Monday 13th May were 05 07 13 18. There was no Jackpot winner of €13,800 and 8 Match 3 Winners [Lena Casey C/O Doyle’s; Mark Cleary C/O Ger Cleary; Paddy Bracken C/O John Garry; Doreen Kelly C/O Hamilton’s ; Charley Palmer C/O The Kabin; Lena Casey C/O Killeigh P/O; Aoife & Fionn C/O Mick O’Rourke; Dolores Sheeran C/O Killeigh P/O] [€25 Each]. Next week’s draw will take place in Hamilton’s, Geashill on Monday 27th May.
DIVISION 3 FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Raheen Junior Footballers suffered their first defeat of the year against Tullamore last Monday week in Geashill in the Div 3 League on a scoreline of 2-09 to 2-05. The first half was a tight affair and at the break Tullamore were just shading it by 0-05 to 0-03. Raheen made a fine start to the second half first with a pointed free followed on 4 mins by their opening goal sent directly to the net from a free just inside the 45m line by Liam Gorman. Tullamore opened their second half account with a pointed free before Raheen struck for their second goal on 10 mins when Willie Stynes was on the goal line to jump and meet a high ball in to punch it to the net. This put Raheen 4 points up but the remainder of the game belonged to Tullamore as they turned it round scoring 2-03 without reply including a penalty to go in front. Raheen put over a free in stoppage time but it was too little too late.
RAHEEN: Nigel Gorman, Ciaran Coughlan, Stephen Byrne, Eana Direen, Shane Carroll, Niall Leavy, Chris Floody, Liam Gorman, Damien Arnold, Johny Byrne, Willie Stynes, Paddy Arnold, Eoghan Bolton, Garrett Garry, Darren Monagher.
SUBS: Karol O’Byrne (for Eana Direen), Mick McMenamin (for Chris Floody), Noel Gorman (for Willie Stynes), Sean Gorman (for Eoghan Bolton),
JUNIOR B FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1
Raheen Junior Footballers opened their 2013 Junior B Championship campaign with a defeat to Tubber in Tubber last Saturday evening on a scoreline of 2-09 to 0-09. Tubber started the brighter and were 4 points to 2 up midway through the first half before they struck for their first goal on 20 mins. Raheen clawed their way back with the next 4 points in a row from Darren Monagher, Liam Gorman, Karol O’Byrne and Garrett Garry to leave just the minimum in it at the break 1-04 to 0-06. Tubber increased their lead early in the second half adding 2 points to 1. Then on 12 mins came the turning point of the game when Tubber were awarded a penalty as Eana Direen had no choice but to bring down his man who was about to shoot for a goal and the penalty was struck to the corner of the net for their 2nd goal. Tubber added 2 more points before Raheen were dealt another blow when Garrett Garry was unluckly sent off after picking up a second yellow. Both sides added just 1 more point apiece in the remaining minutes.
RAHEEN: Nigel Gorman, Ciaran Coughlan, Stephen Byrne, Ian O’Halloran, Shane Carroll, Niall Leavy, Chris Floody, Damien Arnold, Liam Gorman (0-03), Karol O’Byrne (0-01), Jack Keogh (0-01), Donal O’Brien, Eoghan Bolton, Garrett Garry (0-01), Darren Monagher (0-03).
SUBS: Eanna Direen (for Ian O’Halloran), Sean Gorman (for Donal O’Brien).
JUNIOR B HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP
After been beaten in the Final last year Raheen Hurlers will be looking to go 1 step further this year and they begin this quest when they take on Kinnitty in Round 1 of the Junior B Championship on next Thursday (23 May) in Kinnitty @ 7:30pm. Best of Luck to Players & Management. All Support would be appreciated.
DIVISION 2 FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Raheen Intermediate Footballers continue their Div 2 League campaign against Cappincur in Cappincur this Saturday (25th May) @ 6:30pm. All support would be appreciated.
DIVISION 3 FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Raheen Junior Footballers continue their Div 3 League campaign this Sunday morning @ 12 Noon in Geashill when they take on Ferbane. All Support would be appreciated.
