PRO- Michael Costello    County Delegates- Bridget Byrne, Sinéad Lagan

Saturday mornings- starting 14th January.Indoors.

under 8`s -10 o'clock to 11.00am

Under 10's- 11.00 am to 12.00pm

under 12 'S/ 14's-12.00pm to 1.30pm

Seniors/u16-Monday night 6.45pm in club sports hall starting Monday 16th January.

N.B. NEW PLAYERS ARE WELCOME. JUST ASK ANY OF OUR MENTORS OR RING CAMOGIE CHAIRPERSON ANN JACKSON 07936524863

 

 

 

p.s.Tickets for the big fundraiser are available for £10 from Mary Herald, Michael Costello ,or Anne Jackson

U16 A League trophy

Aishling Jackson-Senior player of the year

Joanne McConnell- County Club Person of the year.

Maédhbh Laverty- Most promising young player of the year.

Ulster senior  championship medals were picked up by Rhona Torney and Aishling Jackson and  Ulster Minor Championship medals were collected by Maédhbh Laverty,Niamh Adams and Aoife Rooney. Congratulations to all our girls on a successful awards night in 2011.

 

Words cannot express the desire and hunger you feel when the team bus passes a chippy!

Well done Aishling & Rhona !

 

Naomh Eoin’s first visit to the camogie Féile finals was a great success in reality despite the fact that we didn’t get past the section stage of the tournament. From the start of the season we knew that 2010 would be a struggle with only 13 under 14 players available. We had lost nine of our under 14 league winning squad from last season and knew we would be relying on a relatively untried under 12 squad, with very few games behind them last season, for new players. Gone are the days when half a dozen new girls would transfer in from other clubs during the spring. We were written off by most people even within our own club before the season started and the girls proved everybody wrong by becoming county Féile champions for the first time in our camogie section’s history. The squad of 24 camógs we sent to Féile actually contained 10 of this season’s under12 team.

In our first game against host team Craughwell of Galway Naomh Eoin raced into an early lead with Niamh Adams on fire. This lead however was gradually frittered away due to defensive errors largely caused by inexperience and possibly `coach lag`, from the previous day’s long journey and major highs of excitement. We eventually rallied to make a serious game of it but lost by two goals 4-4 to 6-4 in a game we could have won. Niamh Adams with three goals and Fionnghuala Rocks with 1-4 were our scorers.

Our second game against Galway champions Sarsfields was a tight affair. We went a point down but captain Eimhear Costello levelling the scores in what developed into an exciting game. Goals from Sarah Vaughan and Niamh Adams and a point from Roxy gave us a well deserved draw against a strong local team.

Within a short time the girls were in against Kilkenny champions Danesfort who scored two fortunate goals but failed to take even one point against an inspired Naomh Eoin side .Four points from frees from Roxy and two from the consistent Niamh Adams earned us a draw against a team which was expected to wipe the floor with us. Kilkenny shirts however don’t frighten our brave camógs as we see them every day in O’Neill’s windows! Two points didn’t earn us a place in the semi-final but our performances did earn the respect of everyone at Féile including the Danesfort manager who told our mentors we had some of the best players he had seen in Féile.

This great festival of Gaelic games was all about development for Naomh Eoin. Our girls can be proud of what they have achieved during the experience of a lifetime in Galway and Clare. Congratulations also to u14 manager Rhona Torney, her sister –in –arms Aishling Jackson and all our mentors. Naomh Eoin Abú!

 

ÁDH MÓR ORT A AISLÍN !

80 year old Johnny says, " Anyone can walk into O'Neills on the Andersonstown Road and buy a St.Johns shirt, a hurley and a helmet- but that doesn't make them a Johnny..What it takes is skill, guts , committment and a heart that tells them that they are never beaten. I would ask every girl who puts on a blue shirt to remember this and ask yourself if your performances have fallen below your abilities.Whether you are a senior camóg ,an u16 ,an u14 or a tiny u12 camóg please wear the shirt with pride and never give less than 100%.Anything less is beneath your dignity as a child of Naomh Eoin..