2012 Overview

Fé 21 Championship

Having missed out on the championship last year the club decided to field a team in this year’s 15 a side competition. The competition was run as a straight knockout championship this year and a good away match against Delvin/ St Pauls on a miserable day in Clonmellon saw us progress to the next stage where unfortunately we lost out, away to Athlone, by 3 points thus ending our involvement for 2012.

Underage

The club had a strong representation at all age levels again this year.

The Minors

The club fulfilled all fixtures this year and the team will need to build on the experiences of this season if they are to move forward in 2013. That said our lads finished 2nd in Division 3 and were narrowly beaten by Shandonagh in the Division 3 championship final

Under 16’s

The team continues to develop but as reported previously they are the one group where we do lack depth from the Ballymore end. Despite that we were only just beaten by Ballycomoyle in the second round of this year’s championship which is a match we could have won if we had a larger panel.

Under 14’s

Building on the success from previous seasons this year our under 14’s contested another final, this time the Division 1 shield against St Lomans in Ballynacargy. A great display saw the lads run out comfortable winners in the end and congratulations to all the players and mentors on another superb achievement.

A special thank you to Westmeath, Mullingar Shamrocks and Sigerson cup winning Captain Kieran Gavin who presented the medal at the special event for the lads earlier this month.

The Under 12’s, 10’s and Under 8’s

These remain strong sectors for the club with all age group competing in several tournaments around the county at Cusack Park and in the case of the under 8’s at Croke Park. Whilst at this level it is more about the enjoyment rather than winning (try telling the kids that) I would add that our under 8’s lost only once all year, the under 10, again lost only once all year a result they have more than made up for since and the under 12’s acquitted themselves very well in a tough league, long may this interest and success continue.

Thank you to all Mentors for their help and support throughout the year.

Is mise le meas

Dale Greenwood
Runaí (Ballymore GAA)

14th December 2012.

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