Raheen GAA Club Notes
LOTTO
The numbers drawn in the Lotto draw which took place on Monday (19th August) were 03 08 11 30. There was no Jackpot winner of €3,400 and 1 Match 3 Winner [Ger McKenna C/O Geashill P/O] [€200]. Next week’s draw will take place in Murphy’s, Cloneygowan on Monday 02nd September.
JUNIOR B HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINAL
Raheen Hurlers cruised into the Final of the Junior B Championship for the second year in a row with a comfortable win over Kilcormac / Killoughey in the Semi Final last Sunday morning in Killurin on a scoreline of 1-15 to 0-05 and now await the other semi final between Gracefield and Belmont to see who the opponents in the final will be. Unlike their previous group meeting when Raheen got off to a flying start this time round it was a nervous start by Raheen as K/K were first off the mark with 2 points inside the first 2 minutes and it was the 7th min before Raheen opened their account with a point from Niall Dempsey. Over the next 15 mins Raheen got going edging clear with 5 points in row before K/K got their next point from a free. Raheen added 2 more points before the end of the half and so a the break Raheen led 0-08 to 0-03. Raheen tagged on another 2 points early in the second half before the game clincher came in the 10th min with Raheen’s goal when a 65m free by Brian Corcoran was kept in by Paddy Arnold who passed it to Eana Direen in the square who then turned and blasted it into the net. There was no way back from here for K/K and Raheen wrapped it up in the last 20 mins with their final 4 points as K/K could only manage to reply with 2 consolation points.
RAHEEN: Padraig Direen, Colm Pidgeon, Eoghan Bolton, Sean Martin Pierce, Brian Corcoran, Steve Coughlan, Kevin Beirne, Niall Dempsey (0-01), Eana Direen (1-00), Willie Stynes (0-01), Paddy Arnold (0-02), Ciaran Direen (0-06), Keith Quinn (0-06), Brian Kennedy (0-02), Craig O’Halloran (0-01).
SUBS: Fionan Direen (for Colm Pidgeon), Deran Pierce (for Eana Direen), Mikey Pender (for Willie Stynes), John McEvoy (for Brian Kennedy), Cathal Maher (0-01) (for Craig O’Halloran)
DIVISION 2 FOOTBALL LEAGUE SEMI FINAL
Raheen Intermediate Footballers will be looking to secure a place in another final for the club this year as they take on Clonbullogue in the Semi Final of the Div 2 Football League this Friday evening (30 Aug) @ 7pm in Gracefield. All Support would be appreciated.
