Na Fianna GAA Football Club

MINOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Na Fianna Minor Footballers chalked up their 2nd win in a row with an easy win over St Rynaghs in the penultimate Round of the Championship last Thursday evening in Cloghan on a scoreline of 3-12 to 1-03 which keeps them in the hunt for a place in the Quarter Final going into the final round against Ferbane/ Belmont.Na Fianna were first off the mark with a point on 5 mins and within a minute strucjk for their first goal when Declan Byrne lobbed the ball in from midfield whci was caught by Shane Dolan on the edge of the square who ran in and shot to the right corner of the net. The next 15 mins saw Na Fianna add 4 points with St Rynaghs opening their account with 2 points before Na Fianna struck for their 2nd goal 5 mins from the end of the half when Shane Dolan’s high shot from the edge of the square dipped into the top corner of the net and this is how it remained at half time as Na Fianna led by 2-05 to 0-02. Both sides added a point inside the first min of the second half before Na Fianna got in for goal no 3 in the 4th min when Shane Dolan’s shot from the corner was won by Declan Byrne in a crowded square who forced his way through before blasting the ball into the net. In the 6th min St Rynaghs got a consolation goal when they scrambled the ball over the line at the third attempt. The remaining 25 mins were one way traffic as na Fianna created chance after chance adding 6 more points and missing at least 12 to 15 more chances but in the end did not have any bearing on the result.

NA FIANNA: Fintan Pierce, Niall Lynch, Mikey Keogh, Colm Corcoran, Kevin Beirne (0-01), James Lalor, Fergus Flood, Declan Byrne (1-01), Jason Dunne, Mark Garry (0-02), Shane Dolan (2-05), Aaron Pierce (0-01), Colm McDermott (0-02), Mark McNally, Ciaran Casey.

SUBS: James Boland, Colin Keogh

U14 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER FINAL

Na Fianna U14 Footballers Championship aspirations for this year were ended last Friday evening with defeat to St Broughans in the Quarter Final in Walsh Island on a scoreline of 8-15 to 3-07. St Broughans opened the scoring with a point straight from the throw in and Na Fianna replied immediately with their first point. The remainder of the half was one way traffic as St Broughans got going and took over adding scores at will which meant at the break St Broughans led 5-07 to 0-01. Na Fianna were determined not to throw in the towel and came out fighting at the start of the second half and were rewarded as they pointed a free straight from the throw in followed immediately by their first goal punched to the net by Craig Strong. Within a minute Na Fianna had goal no 2 when Craig Strong’s shot from out on the wing went all the the way into the top corner of the net and this was followed by another pointed free. Unfortunately this would be as close as it would get as St Broughans got back going again and for the next 20 mins added a further 2-07 to Na Fianna’s 2 points. Na Fianna got a third goal in the 24th min when Kaelyn Thompson’s free from about 30m out went all the way into the net and he pointed 2 more frees before the end side of St Broughans final goal.

NA FIANNA: Cathal Brady, Aidan Pierce, Conor Brophill, Ross Colton, Eoin Corcoran, Brian Keogh, Caomhlan Flanagan, Joey Kinahan, Conor Langton (0-01), Jamie Ballesty, Reese Seery (0-01), Mark Milner, Craig Strong (2-01), Kaelyn Thompson (2-04), Ger Plunkett.

SUBS: Sonor McGuinness (for Aidan Pierce), Ryan Kinahan (for Ross Colton), Adam Cuddy (for Caomhlan Flanagan), Shane O’Rourke (for Ger Plunkett)    

MINOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Na Fianna Minor Footballers will be looking to qualify for the Championship Quarter Final as they take on Ferbane / Belmont in Ferbane this Wednesday (28 Aug) @ 7:00pm in Ferbane in the Final Round of the group stage. All Support would be appreciated.

BEST OF LUCK

Na Fianna Football Club would like to wish the Best of Luck to our representatives along with the rest of the Offaly U16 Football panel in their replay of the Fr Manning Cup Final against Westmeath this Friday evening.

BEST OF LUCK

Na Fianna Football Club would like to wish the best of luck to Gavin Kelly who takes part in the Mini-Games at half time of the All Ireland Football Semi Final between Dublin and Kerry this Sunday in Croke Park.