St Dominics GAA 50-50 Draw
The Club congratulates Mary McLoughlin c/o Dept. of Education. Seller: Noel Joyce who won €1,016 in the Club’s weekly draw on Saturday 4th June. 50/50 draw next week, Saturday 11th June will be in Coffeys, Lecarrow. You can sign up for the next 52 weeks (Cost €100) or 26 weeks (Cost €50) at any time, please contact 087 3552383 for details and online Club website at www.naomhdominic.com. Envelopes, for entry into each individual draw on each Saturday, are also available in the Shops/Post Office and Bars in the locality, as well as from John Corcoran’s Menswear and Roscommon Leisure Zone in Roscommon – only €2 per draw. Team 11 – Liam Murphy’s on selling duty. Many thanks for your support.
Examinations
The Club wish the best of luck to all who are doing examinations at this time of the year.
St Dominics Summer Camp
Our Camp for members will be held this year from the 8th – 12th August. Cost €50 for the first child in a family and €40 for each sibling. More details will be circulated in the coming weeks and a registration morning will be held.
O’Gara Cup: St Dominics 0-12; St Croans 1-11
St Dominics lost out by two points in this keenly contested affair against a strong St. Croans side in Knockcroghery on Thursday evening last. The Ballintubber men started well and scored two early points before Dominics found their feet. Then, points from Conor Fallon (2) and Ultan Kelly had St Dominics ahead by the 15th minute. St. Croans got through for a well worked goal and added two further points before Conor Fallon raised a white flag from a free for the home side. St. Croans held the upper hand until the break adding three further points to which Dominics replied with points from C. Fallon and Tom Gately to leave it 1-6 to 0-6 at the break. St Dominics played some great football early in the second half and points from Ollie Milton (2), Ultan Kelly and Conor Fallon (2) edged Dominics ahead 0-11 to 1-7 after 40 minutes. St Dominics lost their shape at this stage despite having an extra man and Croans added four unanswered points to lead by three. A late C. Fallon free was too little too late to rescue a game that could have been won.
St Dominics Team: – M. Miley, P. Carney, A. Naughton, R. Byrne, M. Grady, P. Fallon, T. Gately (0-1), S. Farrell, M. Finneran, U. Kelly (0-2, 1 free), C. Fallon (0-7, 6 frees), E McCormack, O. Milton (0-2), N. Connaughton, T. Hurley.
Subs – D. Corcoran for M. Grady, T. Doyle for P. Carney, R. O’Beirne for M. Finneran.
Camogie
Our Hodson Bay sponsored Senior team continue training at the usual times, please keep an eye on text messages. Championship commences later this month.
U16: Our U16 team have started training under the guidance of Noel and Caoilfhionn on Monday evenings between 7pm and 8pm. All players new and old are more than welcome. Best of luck for the season ahead.
U14: On Tuesday, 31st May, our U14 girls took on Athleague in Round 4 of the league in Athleague. In what was a lovely sunny evening the girls played out a very competitive and exciting match in perfect conditions. Both teams were missing players due to illness and exams which meant that the game was 13 a side which in many ways added to the openness and quality of play. St. Dominic’s started the game very well and dominated the opening half for long periods. We went ahead after five minutes through an excellently hand passed goal from Evelyn Kilcline. This was followed up a few minutes later with a second goal which was well taken through a ground stroke from Kate O’Brien who did very well to recognise the brief opportunity she had. We continued to dominate the half as our midfield and half forwards continued to win ball and let it in long and early to our full forward line who were well on top of their opponents. During this period Evelyn Kilcline again got behind their full back before being denied a second goal by Athleague’s goalkeeper who saved excellently by deflecting the shot over the bar for a point. Athleague rallied towards the end of the half and were rewarded with a well taken point from play leaving the half time score at St Dominics 2-1 Athleague 0-1.
The second half was a very even affair with the game ebbing and flowing throughout. Our midfield continued to be on top but Athleague grew in confidence by going long and carrying the ball effectively in equal measure. They were finally rewarded through two goals from placed balls. This left the game level with about five minutes still remaining. Our girls rallied at this point and went on the attack. We got the score we needed through a well taken point from play by half forward Niamh Cuttle. There was still time on the clock though and our girls showed great commitment and determination to see out the game and secure the well-deserved win. Everyone played well on the night but special mention must go to captain Ciara Roddy, the tireless Laois Mahon and Anna Campbell in midfield and the energetic Niamh Fitzgerald at centre forward who looks to be returning to her best after injury. Well done to all on the night.
Training continues on Thursday at 6pm and our selection policy remains in place. The team lines out as follows. 1. Ellen Cafferkey, 2. Katie Lohan, 3. Tara Murphy, 4. Natasha Keenan, 5. Ali Campbell, 6. Ciara Roddy, 7. Anna Campbell, 8. Laoise Mahon, 9. Ina Van Opstal, 10. Niamh Fitzgerald, 11. Niamh Cuttle, 12. Kate O Brien, 13. Evelyn Kilcline.
U12: Our U12 girls will have their first outing of the season on Monday 6th June in Pearse Stadium, Galway. This is the Caman to Connacht blitz. On the day they will play Sylane and Castlegar of Galway and Westport of Mayo. If the girls are lucky enough they may get the chance to go to Croke park later in the year and play there. Best of luck to Edelle, Joanne and Kevin on the day and for the season ahead.
U8/U10: Our U8 and U10 girls played in the first round robin blitz on Thursday evening against Athleague. We had two team at U10 level and three teams at U8 level. Each team had three 12 minute games. All girls displayed huge commitment, hard work and lots of skill. If the rate of development and improvement continues, the future will be very bright for the club. Special thanks to all the parents for bringing the girls and to Athleague for hosting. Training will continue on Wednesday evenings at 6pm on the main pitch.
Ladies Football
Congratulations to our ‘Roscommon Leisure Zone’ sponsored Junior Ladies and their manager Padraig Corcoran, on being crowned League Champions. This is the first Ladies Football ‘Adult Title’ for St. Dominic’s, onwards and upwards for the Championship. The panel members are – A.Byrne, S.Casey, L.Conroy, C.Corcoran, C.Cox, N.Dolan, R.Dolan, C.Dowling, A.Grehan, J.Healy, C.Joyce, T.Kenny, C.McIntyre, Ciara McIntyre, M.McLaughlin (capt), A.McNally, E.McNally, C.Miley, S.Morris, A.O’Meara, S.Spillane, N.Walsh, N.Watson.Well done girls!
St.Dominic’s U6/U8/U10 combined ladies football continues next Saturday from 10am to 11am at the pitch. Please remember your mouthguards and a drink, thank you. This evening the 8th of June the U14 girls take on Elphin/Kilmore, away, at 7pm. Good luck to all our underage teams.
St Dominic’s Ladies Gaelic Football Club has entered the “Lidl , Earn Cash for your Club Competition” in the Roscommon Lidl store. Lidl is one of the main sponsors of Ladies Gaelic Football and with this promotion we are in with a chance to win €1,000. By using the nomination card offered at the till with every purchase, you can vote for St. Dominic’s from the list of Clubs. Please help St. Dominic’s win this very welcome cash. Thank you.
Minor Hurling
Well done to our U8 and U10 boys who took part in the latest round of hurling blitzes on Saturday last at Padraig Pearses. Great hurling on display for all to enjoy.
U8/U10 boys training continues at St Dominics on Wednesday from 6.30pm to 7.30pm, all are welcome.
Our combined U12/U14 boys training took place on Saturday last and we wish them well as they prepare for the Connacht Feile. Training continues with texts to be sent out as usual.
The U16 hurlers will take a short break due to the number of players that have exams, best of luck to all.
St Dominics Minor Hurling Committee is helping out with St Dominic’s 50-50 lotto for the month of June. Next week’s draw will be in Coffey’s.
St Dominics Golf Society
Contacts for golf are Marina Dolan 0872254695 Eddie Miley 0862561563 and Tommy Fallon 0868115424.
Social Initiative
Roscommon GAA Social initiative are organising a trip to Collins barracks and Glasnevin Cemetery on Saturday June 11th next. All in cost including lunch €40. For more details contact Sean Mannion 086-8388756.