News 11 - 04 - 06

Division 3
The Division 3 team maintained their excellent start in the league with a hard fought victory over Gortletteragh in Dromod on Saturday evening last. A goal from Declan Shanley early in the second half gave us a six point cushion, but two late Gortletteragh three pointers left us hanging on at the end for a nervous victory on a scoreline of 1-8 to 2-3.
Team and Scorers was: Gerry Gearty, Gerald Moffat, Seamus Mallon, Conor McCauley, Niall McGowan, Richie Bohan, Danny Canning, Pat Farrell (0-2), Morgan Shanley, Feargal Howard, Brian Mallon, Bobby Shanley (0-1), Declan Shanley (1-0), Phillip Howard (0-5), Aidan Reilly. Subs used: John Reynolds, Jackie Conboy, Ollie Vaughan and Brendan Duignan.

Golf Classic
The Bornacoola GAA club Golf classic will take place in Carrick-on-Shannon Golf club on May 20th. Details can be obtained from Micheal Mc Gowan at 086 2561023 and all teams are welcome.

Leinster Colleges
Our congratulations to Bornacoola men Niall O Connor and Paul Hackett who starred for St Mel’s in their recent Leinster Junior Championship victory. Paul scored a vital goal, while Niall contributed a point in the Longford College’s victory.

Division 5
Glenfarne/Kilty were the visitors to Dromod on Sunday and proved much too strong for a young Bornacoola side. Aidan Reilly did find the net for the home team, but the visitors ultimately enjoyed a comfortable victory on a scoreline of 2-15 to 1-3.
Bornacoola team was: Kevin Mallon, Eddie Moffat, Brian Reilly, Gerald Moffat, Paul Derwin, John Bohan, Jackie Conboy, Brendan Duignan, Conor McCauley, Ollie Vaughan, Fergal Howard, Nigel Derwin, Declan Shanley, Aidan Reilly, Gerry Gearty. Sub: Ray Hanley.

Ladies
The Ladies have a League game in Dromod on Friday evening at 5pm against Ballinaglera. Thus far numbers at training have been disappointing and the management are looking for a much better effort in the coming weeks.

Senior
Our second game in the League has been fixed for Saturday evening next in Dromod against St Marys. A note to all players that training on Friday night this week will be at 8pm and not 8.30 as in previous weeks.

U-16 League Final
The U-16 team have been enjoying a rich vein of form of late and have qualified for the league final this Thursday against Drumreilly/Aughawillan at 7pm in Cloone. As always, your support would be greatly appreciated as the lads aim to capture the first piece of silverware for the club in 2006.

Minor
We are due to have a Minor league game this Friday. No details at the time of going to Press, so we’d ask you to check the fixtures section in this paper for details.