Castleisland Desmonds Notes   14/12/2014

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 .




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