Castleisland Desmonds
Castleisland Desmonds Ladies added the Rhyno Mills Quality Feeds Trophy to their impressive list of wins on sunday
when they defeated southern Gaels in The Div i co senior league played
in Keel.Desmonds have all ready won the Senior Co Championship ,The
Intrermediate Kerry and All Ireland Championship to their trophy
cabinet this year.
Southern Gaels had wind advantage in the
first half but both teams had a number of wides before Linda Cronin
bagged the first goal and score for southern Gaels after 9 mns of play
.In 3 minutes Desmonds were level with a point each from Steffi Murphy
,Leanne Mangan and Cait Lynch after 12 mns of play .clodagh Quinlan put
Southern gaels in front two minutes later with a well earned point from
20 mts out Back came desmond with an andrea murphy point .Good Defending
by Both teams kept the scoring down ,Desmonds leanne Mangan Got lucky
in the 29th minute after her shot at goal was saved saidbh Fitzjerald
but she didnt miss on the rebound and chrashed the ball to the net for
Demons Firt goal of the game this was the last score of the half as
Desmonds went in at the bral 1-4 to 1-1 ahead
Second half
The
second half started much brighter for Southern Gales as leanne Curran
made it 1-2 after 5 minutes .Again scores were hard to come by as
Desmonds were stubborn in defence Cait Lynch and Leanne Mangan each
pointed to put Desmonds 4 in front after 16 mns of play .Goal no 2 came
in the 20 th minute for Desmond s when Rachel Cronin raced in and made
no mistake fron 15mtrs .Leanne Mangan added another as linda Cronin
Goaled at the other end For Southern Gaels , Desmonds were In Controle
Now with captain Lorraine Scanlon dominating The Mid field area Desmond
pushed on as Tina Mangan made it 2-8 to 2-2 Leanne Mangan was awarded a
penalty in the 28th minute and she shot the ball over the bar ,the
same player added two more points as Desmonds won by 2 -11 to 2-2
Captain Lorraine Scanlon Was Presented with the Rhyno mills Quality
feeds Division 1 cup by newly elected vice chairperson of the co bord
Nora Fealey..It Ended A fantastic year for Desmonds and Congratulations
to the managment Team of Billy Mangan Steve murphy Dan Kearney Pa White
And Aileen Lynch
Desmonds lotto
No winner of the lotto for a jackpot of 2100 on sunday Last Numbers drawn were 2 13 17 and 19
AGM
The annual General meeting of Desmonds Gaa club will be held inthe clubhouse on Saturday next the 20th at 8 pm
all nominations must be with the secetary by Thursday 18 at 5 pm .
Raffle
The
annual Christmas /new year raffle promoted and funded by Croke park is
up and running at the moment .A total of Fifteen Fabulous prizes are on
offer.Tickets cost 10 euros each and while the prizes are sponsored by
Croke Park the Money stays with the club .These tickets which would make
ideal Christmas presents can be got from any club member and must be
returned by mid january .