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- IFC – Mac Dáibhéid 1-7 Gortnamona 0-9
While neither team could progress any further in the championship, this final group game of the Intermediate Football Championship took on more importance as the Division 2 league status of both teams was also dependant on the outcome and thankfully, we got over the line, in a cagey tight affair.
There was nothing between the sides in the first half and at the break were level 0-5 to 0-5. However, like most of these do or die games it takes a moment of brilliance to gain the upper hand, and it came from Deaglan Mooney who after taking possession of the ball went on a solo run through the Gortnamona defence before blasting the ball to the net to put us in front. From here we managed to see the game out as both teams traded point for point with the final whistle leaving us winners by the minimum margin and Division 2 football guaranteed next season.
- Div 3/4 Play Off – Mac Dáibhéid 1-15 Na Magha 0-21
The senior hurlers failed in their promotion/relegation play off against Na Magha at Dunsilly going down by a goal.
It was Na Magha who were on the scoreboard first, with a brace of points, one from play and the other a well executed free but a Don Whelan pointed free and a nicely worked point from Jay Maguire, following a nice lay off from Anthony Rowntree levelled the game after 4 mins. However 4 successive points, all from play, from the Derry men put them in a commanding position. We showed our resolve and worked our way back into the game, reeling off the next 5 points, courtesy of D Whelan (0-2, 0-1f and 0-1 65, Marcas Toner and Jay Maguire (0-2) to take the lead for the first time after 23 minutes. The sides were level again when Na Magha pointed from play but a Don Whelan long range pointed free on the half time whistle gave us the minimum advantage at the break 0-8 to 0-7.
We doubled our advantage straight from the throw in when Colm McKee gained possession and struck a crisp shot over the bar but Na Magha rallied scoring the next three points, the pick of them coming from a well worked delivery into the corner and when the sliotar was fed out to the 21 yard line the on-running forward took possession and executed a nice finish. Don Whelan responded with a point from 30 yards and both teams then went through a scoring phase when there was never more than 2 points between the sides and after 50 minutes Na Magha held that 2 point advantage (our scores coming from Stephen McGivern and Don Whelan (0-2, 1f). Na Magha reeled of the next 3 points to put them in a commanding position but a great effort from Marcas Toner from out on the left 4 in it. Both teams traded points from 65s with Don Whelan on target but two Na Magha points opened up a 2 goal advantage. With time running out we ushed to get back in the game and a Colm Mckee goal put things in the melting pot but depsite our best endevours the Derry held firm to see the game out and take the win 0-21 to 1-15.
Scorers: Don Whelan 0-8, Jay Maguire 0-3, Colm McKee 1-1, Marcas Toner 0-2 and Stephen McGivern 0-1
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- JHC – Group 2 (Rd 2) – Mac Dáibhéid 3-11 Ros Earcain 2-20
The senior hurlers were outgunned by the Dreen men in round 2 of the Junior Hurling Championship at Páirc Mhic Dháibhéid last Friday evening and despite a late push in the final 10 minutes, we had left ourselves with too much to claw back a 10 point differential.
We looked to have carved open an early goal chance but the referee spotted an infringement (three times in the hand) and correctly awarded a Ros Earcain free. From the resultant free the sliotar was delivered up field and when it arrived at Quigg, he cracked to the net to give Ros Earcain the perfect start. Chris Gallagher got us off the mark with a well executed point from a 65 and we followed up with a goal from Marcas Toner as he drove a 20 metre free high into the roof of the net. Ros Earcain added three points in a row from McKeever, McFerran and Quinn to restore their advantage but a blistering run and strike by Deaglan Mooney reduced the deficit to one.
We created many scoring opportunities at this stage but we failed to take advantage of a strong wind and chances went begging both from open play and frees. However, Ros Earcain were more economical with their shooting, tagging on further points from Quigg and McFerran. Goalkeeper, Gearoid Cosgrove then made a fine save from McKeever but the rebound was met by McKillop, who had the simple task of tapping to the net to leave us further in arrears. We responded with a fine point from Colm McKee, after great work from the defense and added two points from frees from Marcas Toner. As half time approached both teams traded further points with Ros Earcains McKeever adding to his tally and Stephen Thompson opening his account for the day. At the break we trailed by a goal 1-6 to 2-6.
Ros Earcain came out on the front foot on the restart, hitting 4 of the opening 6 points of the half with Hasson (0-2), McFerran and McKeever on target with a Marcas Toner point of his left and another from a free after Ros Earcain had been reduced to 14 men. This seemed to have little impact on Ros Earcain as they reeled off five points in a row from McKeever (0-4) and Quigg to double their lead to 10 with the clock ticking down.
We then burst into life and began to play more open and flowing hurling with Stephen McGivern pointing a long range free. Ros Earcain pointed from out on the right sideline. A long ball was played into Anthony Rowntree who controlled the sliotar, swivelled and struck to the net to give us a glimmer of hope. McKeever pointed from inside his own half while Chris Gallagher replied. O’Boyle landed another Ros Earcain point but our final throw of the dice saw Colm McKee strike to the net to reduce the deficit to 4. We continued to press in the closing stages but Ros Earcain stood firm, and it was they who finished the half with two points from McKeever to take the win by six.
We now await the outcome of the Ros Earcain v Ard Eoin last group game to see how the placings stack up and this will ultimately determine who plays who in the next stages of the competition.
Up next is the division 3/4 playoff against Na Magha at Dunsilly on Sunday 18 August with a 2pm throw in.
Scorers: M Toner 1-4, C McKee 1-1 A Rowntree 1-0, C Gallagher 0-2, Stephen McGivern 0-2, D Mooeny 0-1 and S Thompson 0-1
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- IFC – Group 2 Rd 2 – Mac Dáibhéid 2-5 Naomh Seosamh 0-12
The senior footballers put in a much better performance at home to Naomh Seosamh than their previous championship outing against Pádraig Sairseil and will definitely be kicking themselves as they went down by the minimum. Failure to convert chances in the second half proved to be our downfall and when we finally registered in the 55th minute, despite finishing strong we just came up short.
Naomh Seosamh started the better and raced into a four point lead with their first two points culminating from quick breaks from defense into attack with Patrick Gallagher and Fergal Henry on target. The third was a nice finish by James Gallagher as he swung his shot over his shoulder as he was under pressure with the fourth coming from Liam Henry. We got off the mark in the14th minute when the ball was played into Anthony Rowntree, who took possession, swivelled and kicked over the bar. Fergal Henry replied for the visitors, but a curling free from Gerard Slane split the posts, before Nathan Maginn kicked a fine point of his right out near the left touchline to leave two between the sides. Another Finn Shannon point restored the Naomh Seosamh goal advantage but in the 28th minute a quick free found Gerard Slane and he calmly finished to the net to level the game. The final score came in injury time from Patrick Gallagher and we trailed by one at the break 1-3 to 0-7.
Naomh Seosamh opened the second half scoring with a Fergal Henry point, from a free in the 37th minute. They kept the score board ticking with further points from Henry (0-3) and by Dominic Gallagher and by the 53rd minute held a a six point advantage. It wasn’t that we failed to create scoring opportunities, we just seemed to lack a bit of composure in the final third and and convert the opportunities when they arose. A black card reduced us to fourteen men but this seemed to galvanise us, Paul McLaughlin converted a 45, which we quickly followed up with a goal from Anthony Rowntree and with two minutes of normal time remaining Gerard Slane pointed a free to leave one between the sides. It was a grandstand finish with Naomh Seosamh running the clock down with a spell of possession but despite our best efforts we could not muster that last opportunity to level or win the game and Naomh Seosamh hung on for the win 2-5 to 0-12.
Scorers: G Slane 1-2, A Rowntree 1-1, N Maginn 0-1 and P McLaughlin 0-1
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- IFC – Group 2 (Rd 1) – Pádraig Sairseil 1-13 Mac Dáibhéid 0-3
The senior footballers were totally outplayed in their first outing of the Intermediate Football Championship at the Bear Pit on Wednesday evening. It was a disappointing performance and one which we need to put behind us and prepare for our next game at home to Naomh Seosamh on Saturday evening.
Na Sairseil opened the scoring with an early point but a good ball into the forward line to Michael Connolly who side stepped his man resulted in the equalising point. In the eighth minute Na Sairseil had a great goal opportunity but Aaron Slane made a fine save to thwart the effort. We edged in front when Aaron Slane pointed a long range free but the sides were level again when Na Sairseil pointed from a 20 metre free. Scores were at a premium but Na Sairseil tagged on two points, one after a good spell of possession and the other an in swinging effort which just went inside the near post. The sending off of Aaron Slane in the 22 minute reduced us to fourteen but a rare forage forward, resulted in a nice point for Anto Hargan who kicked off his left foot from the right side. The final point of the half went to Na Sairseil to give them a half time lead in a low scoring affair 0-5 to 0-3.
Na Sarseil scored a point directly from the restart which gave them the impetus to push on. We found ourselves camped in our own 45 and struggled to get out and create any scoring opportunities. Na Sairseil kicked a further 1-7, while we failed to register a second half score and at the whistle Na Sairseil were deserved winners 1-13 to 0-3.
Scorers: M Connolly 0-1, Aaron Slane 0-1 and Anto Hargan 0-1.
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- JHC – Group 1 (Rd 1) Ard Eoin 0-10 Mac Dáibhéid 3-16
The senior hurlers opened their championship campaign with a dominant display away to Ard Eoin at Fennell Park last Friday evening as they ran out comprehensive winners.
We opened the scoring in the first minute when Stephen McGivern took a high catch, from a puck out, and clinically split the posts. Peter Carleton struck a nice point from out on the right side of the pitch and Chris Gallagher finished with a point after taking possession from a sideline cut. Ard Eoin got on the score board with a pointed free from Patrick McGreevy but Marcas Toner won the sliotar on the right wing, turned inside his man and slotted over the bar to give us a 0-4 to 0-1 lead. Matt McKillen responded for Ard Eoin, after flicking the sliotar past his man he showed good composure to strike an excellent point. Pointed frees followed from Marcas Toner, from out on the right touch line and Chris Gallagher from inside his own half to extend our lead to four. Ard Eoin hit a brace of points through another McGreevy free and Patrick Heaney while Colm McKee pointed to leave three between the sides.
We had a bit of good fortune in the 20th minute when a goal bound Ard Eoin shot came off the post and from the ensuing attack we were awarded a free, which was quickly taken and sent to Stephen Thompson who dispatched the sliotar to the Ard Eoin net. Patrick Heaney pointed for Ard Eoin and from the subsequent puck out to Marcas Toner, his long range ball into the square somehow found its way past a packed Ard Eoin goal line. Colm McKee then won possession in his own back line and fed the sliotar to Marcas Toner who struck the final point of the half to leave us 2-8 to 0-5 in front at the break.
Ard Eoin opened the second half scoring with Heaney pointing but Deaglan Mooney responded with a high catch and powerful solo before a long range strike sailed over the bar. Two further Ard Eoin points from Daniel Moore and McGreevy were cancelled out with two fine points from Colm McKee with both shots from well out on the right side of the pitch. McGreevy struck another point for Ard Eoin while a Stephen McGivern shot over his shoulder kept the scoreboard ticking.
Both teams traded points from frees with Marcas Toner adding to his personal tally and we finished the game strongly, tagging on points from Stephen Thompson, Colm McKee and Stephen McGivern with the icing on the cake coming from Stephen Thompson hitting his second goal of the game. The final whistle left us winners 3-16 to 0-10.
Scorers: S Thompson 2-1, M Toner 1-4, S McGivern 0-3, C McKee 0-4, C Gallagher 0-2, P Carleton 0-1 and D Mooney 0-1
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- ACHL Div 4 – Mac Dáibhéid 2-18 Ard Eoin 2-16
The senior hurlers concluded their league campaign with a hard fought 2 point victory at home over Ard Eoin.
We started strongly and within the opening 13 minutes had knocked over 5 points, courtesy of Donn Whelan (0-2, 1f), Stephen Thompson (0-2) and Marcas Toner to take the early initiative. Ard Eoin settled into the game and got off the mark with a brace of points, however within a ten minute period we struck 1-5 to Ard Eoins 0-3 to extend our advantage with Marcas Toner, Donn Whelan (1-3, all frees), and Stephen McGivern on target. Ard Eoin kept themselves in the game with an injury time goal, going in at the break trailing 1-10 to 1-5.
We hit the opening two points on the restart through Dealgan Mooney and Marcas Toner but again Ard Eoin struck back with four consecutive points to eat into our lead , however we steadied things with points from Marcas Toner and Stephen Thompson. Ard Eoin responded again with a goal and a point but Marcas Toner cancelled this with 1-1 of his own and Cormac Maguire (0-2) and Donn Whelan chipped in with minors.
Despite Ard Eoin striking three points in injury time we had done enough to earn a deserved win. Next up will be a rematch with Ard Eoin as both teams meet in the Junior Hurling Championship on 26 July at Fennell Park with a 7.15pm throw in.
Scorers: D Whelan 1-6, S Thompson 0-3, M Toner 1-5, S McGivern 0-1, D Mooney 0-1 and C Maguire 0-2
We can also look forward to a promotion play off with Na Magha on 18 August at Dunsilly with a 2pm throw in and we will be hoping that we can push on and secure a place in division 3 for the 2025 campaign.
