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St John Bosco Seniors
No game for the seniors this week. The next 2 games for the seniors are away to Dundrum on Thursday 9th May at 7.30 and home to Glenn on Sunday 12th May.
St John Bosco GAC U16’s
U16 Boys Division 2 All County Football League
2nd May 2013 Round 5 Mayobridge v St. John Bosco
This was always going to be a tough encounter for the Bosco away to the Bridge and despite making a promising start with a point from Martin Keenan it was the home side that capitalised best.
Some poor passing from the Bosco allowed Mayobridge to rattle the Bosco net after 10 minutes. Indeed it was careless mistakes and a lack of accuracy from Bosco that were to be their downfall this night.
Matthew McKevitt was unlucky not to find the net when his excellent shot skimmed the crossbar for a point. Micheal Dillon also only had the keeper to beat but opted for the point and in fairness Oisin Carnegie who was excellent, was unlucky not to have been awarded a penalty after a heavy two man tackle in the large rectangle.
The Bosco lads deserve real credit for their commitment and work rate and there are significant positives that they can draw from this bruising encounter, to tag 1:08 against Mayobridge is a significant statement of future intent.
The large Bosco squad will be working hard to hone their skills and deliver more polished performances in the weeks ahead.
Final score:
Mayobridge 5:10St. John Bosco1:08
Next game is home to Saval scheduled for Saturday 11th May. This is under review and may be switched to mid-week commencing 6th May.
St John Bosco GAC U12 Girls
BOSCO V BURREN
The Bosco under 12 girls followed up their opening victory with a hard fought win against Burren on Wednesday Night. The full squad of 24 players all played their part in this success. The match was watched by a large number of parents from both teams.
In the first half Nicola Downey continued her excellent form with some brilliant movement and scores. She was well supported by Katie Grant and Kerry Lavery.
The midfield of Aine McCabe and Nicole Cunningham combined well with Aoibheann Quinn and Aime O’Hanlon to set up Nicola for 2 of her 3 goals.
The full back line of Sarah Gorman, Eden Casey and Niamh Burns demonstrated the benefits of also playing camogie with some hard tackling and affective blocking.
In the second half there were great contributions from Chloe Quinn, Aoife Murtagh, Aimee Murtagh and Megan Preece with a great individual point from Sinead Quinn.
The team remains unbeaten and now looks forward to the next league match against Saval on 22nd May
Scorers Nicola Downey (3: 01); Sinead Quinn (0: 01)
FINAL SCORE Bosco 3: 02 Burren 1: 02
Bosco U12 Girls to attend Ulster Blitz in Cookstown 11th May
The U12 girls will attend the Ulster Blitz event in Cookstown on 11th May with two teams entered. This will be our fourth year attending and in previous years we have been the sole representatives from County Down. The event is an opportunity to play teams from throughout Ulster.
Bosco U12 Girls to host Fingallians GAA U12s from Swords Dublin 25th May
Following a request to the Club, the u12 Girls will play a challenge match in Newry against the u12 girls from Fingallians GAA club in Swords on Saturday 25th May at 11.30am and will also provide refreshments for the visiting team and parent afterwards in the Social Club.
It is hoped that our visitors may also return again in August to attend our annual Girls u12 Blitz Competition.
St John Bosco GAC U10’s
The U10’s travelled to Warrenpoint on Sunday 5th May to face St Peters. A beautiful Sunday morning and with the Milltown Crossroads pitches in great shape it all helped to ensure a perfect setting for some fantastic football.
With both clubs having sufficient numbers to field two teams there was a feast of football for the spectators and parents who travelled to see the games.
The St John Bosco Gaels were in top form and went ahead by 5 points early on in their game. Wing back Matthew Monroe rampaged along the line and fisted 2 great points early in the game. Joshua Madigan was wonderfully accurate with his left foot and floated over several long range scores. Johnny O’Hanlon was back in the Bosco colours after a lengthy lay off with a broken arm and settled straight back into the forward line beside Paul Flannigan.
The St John Bosco Ógs had a tougher fight on their hands and battled manfully against a stronger St Peters. Ciaran McAlinden, Cillian Quinn, Rory McAleavy and Calim Grey were best for the Bosco side and helped pull the young and a wee bit inexperienced side back into the match and were unlucky to end up losing by three points.
Next week’s game away to Drumintee on Sunday 12th May, meet at St Patrick’s P.S. at 10:30
Mentors Meeting Sunday 12th May at 7:30 p.m.
Youth Officer Paul O’Connor has scheduled a mentors meeting for next Sunday 12th May at 7:30 in the club. If you have any items for the agenda please call Paul on 07734109171. All mentors are asked to attend.
Newry Marathon Marshals
Folks if you’re not running in the Bosco team in the marathon then we need you to help marshal at the event. We benefit greatly from this event through PR, the underage taking part in the fun run and importantly financially also. Let me know ASAP if you can spare 2 or 3 hours for this please?
2013 Golden Jubilee Golf Classic
Help is badly needed to organise this year’s Golf Classic – Paul Hughes is the facilitator so please contact him if you can add your support to this Jubilee event
