Ulster Council GAA

In the first round of the SFC Qualifiers, Monaghan have been drawn at home to National League champions Derry.

The draw has also thrown up an All-Leinster clash between Longford and Laois, while Meath will play Limerick away from home.

Kieran McGeeney’s Kildare face Cavan at home in Newbridge, while Offaly have been handed a tough task against beaten Ulster semi-finalists Down.

In Round 2 of the Hurling Qualifiers, Galway have home advantage against Laois, with Antrim set to travel to Waterford.

Round 3 sees Cork play Dublin at home and Limerick facing Offaly on Shannonside.

- Saturday 5th July -

All-Ireland SHC Qualifiers Round 2:
Galway v Laois – Pearse Stadium, 3.30pm
Waterford v Antrim – Walsh Park, 2.00pm

- Saturday 12th July -

All-Ireland SHC Qualifiers Round 3:
Cork v Dublin – Paírc Uí Chaoimh, 5.00pm
Limerick v Offaly – Gaelic Grounds, 7.00pm

- Saturday 19th July -

All-Ireland SFC First-Round Qualifiers:
Limerick v Meath – Gaelic Grounds, 7.00pm
Longford v Laois – Pearse Park, 7.00pm
Kildare v Cavan – Newbridge, 7.00pm
Offaly v Down – Tullamore, 7.00pm
Louth v Tyrone – Drogheda, 7.00pm (All-Ticket Game)
Tipperary v Westmeath – Ardfinnan, 3.00pm
Donegal v Roscommon – Ballybofey, 5.00pm
Monaghan v Derry – Clones, 3.00pm

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Tommy Murphy Cup Draw

Wicklow have been handed a home tie against Waterford in the Tommy Murphy Cup Quarter-Final.

Clare will play Leitrim, while Antrim are at home to Paul Bealin’s Carlow in the two other quarter-final ties.

In the Preliminary Round, Kilkenny and London face face each other with the winner going on to play Sligo in the fourth quarter-final.

- Saturday 12th July -

Tommy Murphy 2008 Preliminary Round:
Kilkenny v London – TBC

- Saturday 19th July –

Tommy Murphy 2008 Quarter-Finals:
Antrim v Carlow – Casement Park, 7.00pm
Clare v Leitrim – Ennis, 7.00pm
Wicklow v Waterford – Aughrim, 7.00pm
Kilkenny/London v Sligo – TBC

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Ulster SFC Semi-Final:

Armagh 1-12 Down 0-11

Armagh roared out a message that they intend to be major All-Ireland contenders again this season when they swept aside Down’s challenge to qualify for the Ulster SFC final.

And they did it while playing with just 14 men for almost the entire second half, after Martin O’Rourke was sent off.

The Orchard men will meet Fermanagh in the decider on June 20, and on the evidence of this display, a process of rebuilding can go hand in hand with continued success for the Orchard county.

Ronan Clarke was the man who broke Mourne hearts with a sterling display at full forward, hitting three points and creating the openings for many more scores.

Armagh quickly got into their stride, opening up a 0-5 to 0-2 lead by the end of the opening quarter.

Ronan Clarke won virtually every high ball punted in his direction and clipped over two points.

Stephen Kernan, Brendan Donaghy and Stephen McDonenll, from a free, were also on target, with Danny Hughes and Ronan Murtagh responding for Down.

The Mourne men lost centre back Liam Doyle with a knee injury on 20 minutes, and fell further behind when Kernan ran on to an Aidan O’Rourke pass to drill home a 25th minute goal.

But Down responded positively to the double setback, and Ambrose Rodgers’ move to midfield helped them nullify Armagh’s influence.

Aidan Carr stroked over three long range frees, and at the break, just three points separated the sides, Armagh ahead by 1-5 to 0-5.

But the Orchard county lost a man after just two minutes of the second half when Martin O’Rourke, a vital link between defence and attack, was sent off for a high challenge on Damien Rafferty which earned him a second booking.

Carr continued to strike accurately from placed balls, bringing Down to within a point, but Armagh recovered their composure for Stephen Kernan to follow up a McDonnell score with a sublime point from distance.

Ciaran McKeever stood firm in his duel with Benny Coulter, holding the Down ace scoreless, and while Luke Howard also kept Stephen McDonnell scoreless from play, the former Allstar, along with Clarke and Kernan, formed a potent full forward line which shared a 1-8 total.

But the clinching scores came from more unlikely sources, centre back Aidan O’Rourke and substitute Brian Mallon, who came off the bench for his first championship appearance since 2006.

Armagh: P Hearty, A Mallon, F Bellew, F Moriarty, B Donaghy (0-1), A O’Rourke (0-1), C McKeever, P McGrane, K Toner, C Vernon, P McKeever (0-1, f), M O’Rourke, S McDonnell (0-3, 3f), R Clarke (0-3), S Kernan (1-2).
Subs: A Kernan for Donaghy, B Mallon (0-1) for McKeever, T Kernan for Vernon, P Duffy for S Kernan

Down: B McVeigh, L Howard, D McCartan, D Rafferty, A Carr (0-6, 6 f), L Doyle, P Murphy, D Gordon (0-1), J Colgan (0-1), R Murtagh (0-1), A Rodgers, D Hughes (0-1), J Clarke, B Coulter, R Sexton.
Subs: K McKernan for Doyle, P McComiskey (0-1, f)for Clarke, J McGovern for Sexton, S Kearney for Murtagh.

Wides: Armagh 9, Down 10

Yellow cards:

Armagh: M O’Rourke (2), B Donaghy

Down: J Colgan, D McCartan, S Kearney

Red cards: M O’Rourke (Armagh)

Attendance: 31,064

Referee: J McQuillan (Cavan)

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All Ireland Senior Hurling Qualifier:
Antrim 1-10 Galway 6-21

As expected, Galway breezed through ‘phase one’ of the Liam McCarthy qualifiers against Antrim at Casement Park, coming away from Belfast with a 26-point win over the Ulster champions.

All eyes were on Joe Canning as hurling’s wonder-kid made his senior championship debut, and although the Portumna star knows tougher challenges lie ahead this summer he can be satisfied with his 2-6 contribution at a rain-lashed Casement.

Galway manager Ger Loughnane however will have learnt little as to how far his side are off the All-Ireland pace after Antrim all but gave up in a painfully one-sided second half.

Galway led by 2-13 to 1-8 at the break with Canning’s first senior Championship goal arriving on 29 minutes from a 21-yard free. The teenager added his second five minutes later when he took advantage of a slip by his marker to fire home from a tight angle.

Galway looked set to live up to their favourite tags from an early stage. After the home side opened the scoring through Donal McNaughton, the Tribesmen rattled off six points without reply, Alan Kerins and Cyril Donnellan putting Galway into the lead before Canning’s first Liam McCarthy Cup score on five minutes.

The reaction of the teenager afterwards suggested he was going for goal but his frustration didn’t last long and he added the next three scores to give Galway a 0-6 to 0-1 cushion.

They weren’t going to have it all their own way however and a Karl McKeegan point from play began an Antrim revival as the Saffrons outscored their visitors by 1-6 to 0-4 over the next 15 minutes to draw level.

Michael Herron, Karl Stewart and three McNaughton frees added to Michael Magill’s goal looked set to make a game of it. Magill’s major came in the 21st minute after a McKeegan run split the Galway defence. Eddie McCloskey and Paddy Richmond both had shots blocked but when the sliothar fell to Magill, the dual star fired past James Skehill between the Galway posts.

Antrim’s joy was to be short-lived however and within a minute of McNaughton’s levelling free, Canning had found the net to set the Galway back on track.

Iarla Tannion, Fergal Healy and Damien Joyce all added points to Canning’s second goal to put Galway eight points to the good at half-time.

If the game wasn’t already over as a contest, it certainly was after 15 seconds of the second half. Hayes was put through by a superbly timed handpass by Canning to stroke past Ryan McGarry for a 3-13 to 1-8 lead.

The Antrim heads dropped and by the time Alan Kerins had virtually walked the ball to the Antrim net for Galway’s fourth goal on 57 minutes, the visitors were playing exhibition stuff.

The introduction of a number of subs did little to disrupt the Galway flow and it was one of those subs, Kerri Wade, who grabbed Galway’s fifth and sixth goals in the space of three minutes.

As the game limped towards injury time, it was fitting that Canning added the last score of the day but there was little celebration as Galway know there will be bigger fish to fry later in the summer.

Next up however is Laois next Saturday, while for Antrim another huge challenge is in store when they face Waterford.

Antrim scorers: K McKeegan (0-2, 1f), K Stewart (0-2), M Magill (1-0), M Herron (0-2), D McNaughton (0-4f)

Galway scorers: J Canning (2-6, 1-2f), D Joyce (0-1), A Cullinane (0-2), F Healy (0-2), A Kerins (1-1), C Donnellan (0-3), I Tannian (0-3), D Hayes (1-2), E Cloonan (0-1), K Wade (2-0)

Antrim: R McGarry; A Graffin, J McKeague, M Kettle; C Herron, K McKeegan, J Campbell; K Stewart, M Magill; M Herron, E McCloskey, D McNaughton; P Richmond, C Donnelly, P Shiels

Subs: M McCanbridge for M Kettle, PJ O’Connell for D McNaughton, S McNaughton for K Stewart, S McCrory for M Magill

Galway: J Skehill; D Joyce, F Moore, O Canning; S Kavanagh, J Lee, D Forde; A Cullinane, F Healy; A Kerins, C Donnellan, I Tannion; D Hayes, E Cloonan, J Canning

Subs: N Healy for D Forde, A Callanan for I Tannion, K Wade for E Cloonan, C Callanan for J Skehill, M Kerins for C Donnellan

Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

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- Sunday 29th June -
- St Tiernach’s Park, Clones –

Ulster GAA MFC Semi Final:
Cavan v Tyrone (2.15pm)
Ref: C Brannigan (Down)

Ulster GAA SFC Semi Final:
Armagh v Down (4.00pm)
Ref: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

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Ticketing

This is an All-Ticket Event – Valid Tickets will be Required for Entry.
No Tickets will be on sale on the day of the Match.

There are a limited number of Stand Tickets available through TicketMaster and the Ulster Council.

Ulster Council Offices: (028) 3752 1900.

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A Scottish under 16 Shinty select travelled to Stormont to play the Belfast based cross-community Hurling Team the Belfast Cúchulainns in a challenge match on Thursday 26^th June at 4pm.The Belfast Cúchulainns are a post-primary cross-community inter-school hurling team of 20 all of whom are under the age of 16, with the players being drawn from the following schools:

• Corpus Christi College
• St. Patrick’s College Bearnageeha
• Belfast Boys’ Model School
• Ashfield Boys’ School.

The team has been in existence for just over two years and has participated in a range of events, which included travelling to Scotland in 2007 to play an international Shinty Match. The children in the team represent both the Catholic and Protestant traditions and live in North, West and East Belfast.

The Belfast Cúchulainns will also tour the USA, leaving on the 18^th July for twelve days and will hosted by the British and Irish Consulates in New York before travelling to Washington for a tour of Capital Hill and a challenge match against the Washington Gaels. The Cúchulainns will complete the tour in Philadelphia by competing in the GAA Continental Youth Championship representing the city of Belfast and the province of Ulster.

GAA President Nickey Brennan is enthusiastic about the tour:

“To see the Cúchulainns taking part in the CYC games in Philadelphia is particularly satisfying and I wish them a most enjoyable trip. I have no doubt that they will make new friends during the period of the games, and that they will have a lifetime of memories when they return home.”

Tom Daly, President of Ulster GAA said:

“I am delighted that Ulster GAA is involved in developing this flagship project which merges the two main cultural traditions of Ulster together embracing both respect and diversity. We in the GAA see great value in strengthening our links with the Scottish Shinty Association, which has an important east west dimension that will benefit Ulster GAA in the development of Hurling.”

Danny Murphy, Director of Ulster GAA highlighted that the Cúchulainns are the first of several cross-community hurling teams, which the Ulster GAA plan to establish over the next year.

“Hurling is the indigenous game of Ireland and we can trace its roots back into iniquity, it is directly linked into some of the great stories of Cúchulainn. Already we have had great interest from other schools in urban areas that are willing to establish teams similar to the Cúchulainns and we envisage our first cross-community Hurling competition taking place in 2009. Additionally we hope to select an Ulster All-Star U-16 Hurling Team from this competition to play an international match against a Scottish Shinty select on an annual basis”.

Thursday’s match will highlight the unique nature of the team, which represents both the Irish and Ulster Scots cultures. A range of guests from both the educational and political world will be present at the event, which will be followed by a drinks reception and buffet at the Stormont Pavilion.

For further information contact:
Ryan Feeney
(Community Development and Public Affairs Manager)
e-mail: rfeeney@ulster.gaa.ie

Related:

Cúchulainns Challenge Match v Scottish Shinty Select Gallery

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- Saturday 28th June -
All-Ireland SHC Round One Qualifier:
Antrim v Galway
Casement Park, 3.30pm

Ger Loughnane’s Galway go into Saturday’s All-Ireland SHC Round One qualifier at Casement Park having not played a competitive game since their Allianz NHL final defeat to Tipperary in April.

Antrim, on the other hand, go into the match as Ulster hurling champions but have a poor record against the Tribesmen in the qualifiers having lost to them in both 2005 and 2007.

Loughnane has handed championship debuts to three players but seems to have balanced this out by recalling the experienced duo of Ollie Canning, who will captain the side from corner-back, and Eugene Cloonan, who will form the focal point of the Galway attack.

James Skehill, Cyril Donnellan and Joe Canning will all get a taste of championship fare for the first time on Saturday and it will be the latter of the trio that most of the attention will be drawn to.

Canning will be making his much-anticipated championship debut but it should come easily to him as he has been in sublime form already for Galway during the league and for LIT during their Fitzgibbon Cup campaign.

Loughnane can afford to leave players such as Cathal Dervan, Tony Óg Regan, Kevin Hynes, Richie Murray, Ger Farragher and Niall Healy on the bench for the clash with the Saffrons which indicates the strength of his panel.

Antrim are hoping that influential captain Paddy Richmond will recover from a dead leg in time to face Galway, while Paddy McGill of Cushendall has been ruled out of the Casement Park showdown due to injury.

If the home side are within five or six points of Galway at the break they stand a chance of causing a shock but, ultimately, the men from the West should have way too much guile, experience and fire-power and should win pulling away.

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Following Saturday night’s Ulster GAA Senior Football Championship Semi Final between Derry and Fermanagh, Comhairle Uladh CCC met to discuss the venue for the 2008 Ulster Football Finals.

It was agreed that the venue for the Ulster GAA Minor & Senior Football Championship Finals would be St Tiernach’s Park, Clones on Sunday 20^th July 2008.

It will be an All Ticket event and tickets will be available through the usual outlets, including County Boards.  The Minor Football Final will be at 12.00pm, followed by the Senior Football Final at 2.00pm.

The Ulster Senior Football Champions of twenty five years ago in 1983, Donegal, will be honoured on Ulster Final day.

This entry was posted on Monday, June 23rd, 2008 at 12:17 pm and is filed under Homepage News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Ulster SFC Semi-Final:
Fermanagh 1-11 Derry 1-09

Fermanagh will contest their first Ulster football final since 1982 following their sensational comeback win over Derry at Omagh.

The Erne Men are the only Ulster county without a single provincial title to their name, but all that could change on July 20 when they take on either Armagh or Down in the Anglo-Celt Cup decider.

It was fairytale stuff at Healy Park, where former All-Star full-back Barry Owens made his return from heart surgery with a match-winning goal. He came off the bench after 53 minutes to slot in at full forward, and within seconds he punched home what was to be the match-winning goal.

Derry led by 1-5 to 0-6 at half-time, after Eoin Bradley’s goal on 12 minutes had given them the early impetus, but they had spurned an opportunity to go eight points clear when Ronan Gallagher saved a Conleith Gilligan penalty.

After an uneventful opening, which saw Michael McIver and Eoin Bradley hit Derry points in response to Ryan Keenan’s early free, Eoin Bradley illuminated the contest with a superb individual goal, taking a pass to acclerate away before driving an unstoppable shot past Ronan Gallagher.

The Oak Leafers should have had another goal in the 15th minute, when they were awarded a penalty for a foul on Niall McCusker, but Gallagher superbly saved Gilligan’s kick.

Fermanagh responded with Damien Kelly, Tommy McElroy, Liam McBarron and Keenan clipping over points, and they were back to within two points of the hot favourites.

The underdogs also had a goal chance when Keenan and Mark Little took advantage of slack defending by Francis McEldowney to send Eamonn Maguire clear, but his shot was brilliantly saved by Barry Gillis in the Derry goal.

Paddy Bradley swung over a point from wide on the right, but poor handling cost the All-Star full forward what should have been a shot at goal when he failed to gather a pass from his brother, Eoin.

Fermanagh also had a goal chance in stoppage time when Keenan and Little took advantage of slack defending by Francis McEldowney to send Eamonn Maguire clear, but his shot was brilliantly saved by Barry Gillis.

Derry led by 1-5 to 0-6 at the break, but their slender lead was cut back to a single point early in the second half by Little.

The Oak Leafers were looking nervous, and extremely shaky at the back, some poor Erne finishing was keeping them ahead at this stage, with Little sending an effort against a post.

The workrate of Maguire and Little, and the tenacity of Kelly and Ryan McCluskey at the back made life difficult for a struggling Derry attack, and it took Paddy Crozier’s men 16 minutes to get their first score of the second half, a Paddy Bradley free.

That was after he had missed an easy effort, and Eoin Bradley had poked a tame effort straight at goalkeeper Gallagher.

Fermanagh were hanging in there, and in the 54th minute they struck gold. Former All-Star full back Owens, out of action since January, was sprung from the bench and within seconds made a magical impact, punching to the net from Ciaran McElroy’s delivery.

A Marty McGrath point eased the Lakelanders into a two points lead, and suddenly they began to dream that a major upset was possible.

Derry needed to dig deep, but they found it impossible to stem the green tide, and there were further scores from Maguire and Keenan as the gap grew to four.

Goalkeeper Gallagher had more heroics to offer with a superlative save from James Conway.

They did get two late scores from substitute Raymond Wilkinson, but Fermanagh held on for their place in the dreamland Ulster final showpiece.

Derry: B Gillis, K McGuckin, K McCloy, F McEldowney, G O’Kane, N McCusker, M McIver (0-1), J Conway, J Diver, M Lynch, P Murphy, E Muldoon, C Gilligan (0-2, 1f 1 ’45′), P Bradley (0-3, 1f), E Bradley (1-1).

Subs: B McGoldrick for Muldoon (blood, 7 mins), M McGoldrick for McEldowney (h-t), Patsy Bradley for Murphy (54), P Carton for McIver (58), C Devlin for Lynch (65), R Wilkinson (0-2) for Diver (66)

Fermanagh: R Gallagher, S Goan, S McDermott, P Sherry, D Kelly (0-1), R McCluskey, T McElroy (0-1), M McGrath (0-1), M Murphy, C McElroy, J Sherry, R Keenan (0-4, 3f), E Maguire (0-2), L McBarron (0-1), M Little (0-1).

Subs: S McCabe for Maguire (blood, 8 mins), McCabe for McBarron (50), B Owens (1-0) for J Sherry (53), S Lyons for McElroy (69)

Referee: S Doyle (Wexford).

Wides: Derry 6, Fermanagh 7

Yellow Cards
Derry: F McEldowney
Fermanagh: R Keenan, L McBarron, R McCluskey, P Sherry (2), B Owens

Red Cards: P Sherry (Fermanagh)

Attendance: 14,173

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Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, today met with school children taking part in the Primary Sports Programme at St Malachy’s High School in Castlewellan.The programme sees both Gaelic Athletic Coaches (GAA) and Irish Football Association (IFA) coaches working with schools to teach basic ball skills and encourage children to get involved in sport.

During the visit the Minister met children and coaches taking part in the GAA programme and was on hand to present plaques and T-shirts to some of the participating schools.

Ms Ruane said “I am delighted today to meet some of the children benefiting from the Primary Sports Programme which I launched back in November 2007. To date nearly 300 schools have taken part in the GAA coaching sessions. I am a strong believer that being active and getting involved in sport are important for both our health and well being.  Programmes such as this can help children to enjoy sport and encourage a life long interest.

“Some 640 teachers have been working closely with the coaches to ensure that the programme complements the new revised curriculum. After coaching sessions schools have used follow up class teaching, including homework, healthy break times and after schools clubs to promote a healthier lifestyle.

“I would like to thank both the GAA and IFA for supporting this programme and all the work they have put in to make it a reality. It is due to their effort in recruiting good coaches to work alongside teachers that we are able to deliver a fun and exciting way for children to be more active and participate in sport.  I would also like to thank the teachers and staff here at St Malachy’s High School in Castlewellan for hosting the event”.

Schools interested in finding out more information about the programme can phone the Ulster Council GAA on (028) 3752 1900 or the IFA on (028) 9066 9458

NOTES

1. The Primary Sports Programme works with children in schools between the ages of four and eight and is aimed at developing physical literacy and encouraging participation in sport.
2. Schools attending the awards ceremony were:
   o        Clea Primary School, Keady
   o        St Mary’s Primary School, Derrytrasna
   o        Cloughue Primary School, Newry
   o        Bunscoil Mhic Reachtain, Belfast
   o        Oakwood Integrated Primary School, Belfast
   o        St Patrick’s Primary School, Aghagallon
   o        St Patrick’s Primary School, Moneymore
   o        St Columba’s Primary School, Kilrea
   o        Edendork Primary School, Edendork
   o        St Matthew’s Primary School, Magheramayo
   o        St Malachy’s Kilclief
   o        St Finian’s Primary School, Newtownards
   o        St Colman’s Primary School, Saval

3. Media queries, contact the Department of Education Press Office on (028) 9127 9755
4. Outside office hours, please contact the Duty Press Officer via pager number 07699 715 440 and your call will be returned.

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- Sunday 29th June -
- St Tiernach’s Park, Clones –

Ulster GAA MFC Semi Final:
Cavan v Tyrone (2.15pm)
Ref: C Brannigan (Down)

Ulster GAA SFC Semi Final:
Armagh v Down (4.00pm)
Ref: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

- Gates will be open from 12.45pm

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Ticketing

This is an All-Ticket Event – Valid Tickets will be Required for Entry.
No Tickets will be on sale on the day of the Match.

Tickets are available through County Boards and TicketMaster.
Family Tickets are Available through all County Boards.

Armagh Co Board: (028) 3752 7278
Down Co Board: (028) 4377 0880

Travel and Parking

- Supporters are asked to arrive at the venue no later than 3.15pm
- There will be car parking available at Town Car Parks, Felt House, Mackles, Texaco Site, Starlight Car Park and other local open ground areas operated by private persons.

Be a Good Supporter!

Supporters are asked to:
- Drive safely and do not drive under the influence of alcohol or any other substances.
- Respect the property and residents in the area around the ground.
- Use the Car Parks identified around the town for match day parking, ensure to lock their vehicles and not leave valuables in sight.
- Adhere to the Ground Regulations, which are printed in the Match Programme.

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 19th, 2008 at 12:15 pm and is filed under Homepage News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Venue: Carryduff GAA Club

Info: This course is free of charge and open to all coaches who will be coaching at the Ulster Cul Camps or who wish to complete the course.  Carryduff has been selected as the venue as they are running the first inclusive camp of the summer.

Tips on station work and fun adapted games will be provided for all abilites.

Contact: Una McKay 07920528793

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- Saturday 21st June -
- Healy Park, Omagh –

Ulster Ladies GAA SFC Semi Final:
Donegal v Monaghan (4.15pm)
Ref: J Gallagher (Tyrone)

Ulster GAA SFC Semi Final:
Derry v Fermanagh (6.00pm)
Ref: S Doyle (Wexford)

- Gates will be open from 3.00pm

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Ticketing

This is an All-Ticket Event – Valid Tickets will be Required for Entry

Tickets are available through County Boards and TicketMaster.
Group Tickets are Available through County Boards.

Derry Co Board: (028) 7774 2990
Fermanagh Co Board: (028) 6632 0500

Travel and Parking

- Patrons should aim to arrive in Omagh between 4.30pm and 5.00pm on Saturday evening and we would remind them that the town centre is likely to be busy with shoppers.
- There will be parking available in the town centre, however patrons should note that Pay and Display car parks will be operational until 6.00pm.
- Fermanagh supporters are asked to park in the town centre and walk the short distance to Healy Park.
- Derry supporters are asked to park in the Killyclogher and Gortin side of Healy Park and walk the short distance to the venue.
- There will be car parking available at Johnstons Car Park, Foundry Lane Car Park, New Brighton Terrace, the Rear of SuperValu, Library Area & Dunnes Stores, Drumragh Avenue, St Patricks Park, Omagh Leisure Centre and The Grange Car Park.

Be a Good Supporter!

Supporters are asked to:
- Drive safely and do not drive under the influence of alcohol or any other substances.
- Respect the property and residents in the area around the ground.
- Use the Car Parks identified around the town for match day parking, ensure to lock their vehicles and not leave valuables in sight.
- Adhere to the Ground Regulations, which are printed in the Match Programme.

This entry was posted on Monday, June 16th, 2008 at 5:01 pm and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Ulster SHC Final:
Antrim 3-19 Down 2-15

Antrim claimed their seventh Ulster title in a row thanks to a brilliant second-half display against Down at Casement Park on Sunday.

Down held the lead at the interval but were outdone by three second-half Antrim goals in an entertaining contest.

The Mourne men were dealt a serious blow ahead of the tie when Gareth Johnson was ruled out through injury and his attacking prowess was sorely missed in the second half when the Saffrons eased through the gears to run out comfortable seven point winners.

However, Johnson was not missed in the opening exchanges as Stephen Clarke bagged a goal after just seven minutes.

Down edged further ahead when Conor Woods grabbed a second 12 minutes later after he pulled on a Brendan McGourty sideline and rifled the ball to the back of the net.

Down went in at the break with a 2-5 to 0-10 lead after a superb first half display but Antrim hit back after the resumption thanks in the main to a Liam Watson goal after 39 minutes.

Watson stepped up to a 21-yard free and blasted the ball home, with Karl Stewart finding a second soon after following some great work by his Antrim teammates.

The killer blow came on 54 minutes when Paddy Richmond found a third after Stewart fed him with a clever ball.

Down went in search of goals in the closing minutes as they sought to salvage something from a great game but ultimately they came up short in the end as Antrim went on to claim the Ulster crown.

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Ulster SFC quarter-final:
Cavan 0-13 Armagh 0-17

The old guard came to Armagh’s rescue, helping them to a first ever Breffni Park win over Cavan on a 0-17 to 0-13 scoreline.

Paul McGrane, with a man-of-the-match performance at midfield, rejuvenated full- back Francie Bellew and deadly twin attackers Stevie McDonnell and Ronan Clarke were simply irresistible as the Orchard set up an Ulster SFC semi-final clash with Ross Carr’s Down.

Armagh led by four points at the break, and despite a spirited challenge from the home side in the second half, the sides were still separated by four at the final whistle.

Armagh built upon the solid midfield platform provided by McGrane and Kieran Toner, with Martin O’Rourke winning an enormous amount of breaking ball, and eased into a three points lead through Stephen and Aaron Kernan, Ronan Clarke and Paul McGrane.

Cavan dangerman Seanie Johnston was blotted out of the game by Andy Mallon, while Dermot McCabe’s deployment at full-forward failed to have the desired effect.

In a bid to reverse the Orchard midfield dominance, Breffni boss Donal Keoghan introduced Lorcan Mulvey and brought McCabe out to the central area.

Cian Mackey, Martin Reilly and Mark McKeever had all hit the target from play by that stage, but the switches failed to turn the tide, and Armagh’s dominance continued through the second quarter, with Stephen McDonnell landing three points, one of them from a ’45′.

A Johnston free and another Mackey effort kept Cavan in touch, but at the half-way stage they trailed by 0-9 to 0-5.

Armagh continued to call the shots after the restart, and a golden goal chance was spurned by Stephen Kernan, who somehow managed to strike a post with the net at his mercy, after exchanging passes with Clarke.

But Johnston finally managed to get the space to fist his first score from play, and with 10 minutes played in the second half, just three points separated the sides

Cavan goalkeeper James Reilly, who had already denied Clarke, produced another superb stop to thwart McDonnell and keep the Breffni men very much in the game as the contest entered its final quarter.

But Armagh were able to break away for important scores from Kieran Toner, Aaron Kernan, and McDonnell, with his sixth.

Cavan: J Reilly, M Hannon, R Dunne, P O’Reilly, B Watters, A Forde, M Cahill, M McDonald, D McCabe (0-3, 2f), M Reilly (0-1), M McKeever (0-1), C Mackey (0-2), S Johnston (0-6, 3f), R Flanagan, J O Reilly.
Subs: L Mulvey for McDonald, S Brady for J O’Reilly, E O’Reilly for M Reilly, McDonald for Mulvey.

Armagh: P Hearty, A Mallon, F Bellew, F Moriarty, C Vernon (0-1), A O’Rourke, C McKeever, P McGrane (0-1), K Toner (0-1), A Kernan (0-2, 1f), S Kernan (0-3), M O’Rourke, S McDonnell (0-6, 1f, 1 ’45′), R Clarke (0-2), P McKeever (0-1).
Subs: T Kernan for S Kernan,B Mallon for M O’Rourke.

Referee: D Coldrick (Meath)

Wides: Cavan 9, Armagh 9

Yellow cards:
Cavan: L Mulvey, M McDonald, S Johnston
Armagh: None

Red cards: None

Attendance: 22,657

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Ulster Football Championship Q-Final Replay:
Down 1-19 Tyrone 0-21 (AET)

Down beat Tyrone 1-19 to 0-21 in extra-time at Páirc Esler in Newry in their Ulster Football Championship quarter-final replay.

The Mourne men led by 0-16 to 0-12 with ten minutes to go, Liam Doyle having scored five points, but Tommy McGuigan came off the substitutes’ bench and helped Tyrone to level in stoppage time.

Tyrone kicked on to build a four-point lead early in extra-time, but Down’s Benny Coulter scored a goal that condemned the Ulster Champions to the qualifiers.

Down will face either Cavan or Armagh in the semi-finals, after their first win over Tyrone since 1999.

The attendance of 18,272 certainly got full value for their money, and a 15 minute delay due to traffic congestion just added to the drama and when referee Pat McEnaney eventually got the game underway at 7:15pm, it was sizzling football from the off.

The hosts began this game with vigour and Ambrose Rodgers set the tone with a fisted point after just 28 seconds.

But Tyrone weren’t lying down and responded with three points on the trot, as brothers Colm and Sean Cavanagh shared a trio of scores, and helped Tyrone led by 0-3 to 0-1 after six minutes.

Aidan Carr then kicked a Down score, but this was a firm purple patch by Mickey Harte’s charges with the Cavanaghs, Ryan Mellon and Colm McCullough on song.

The sides were level on two occasions during that opening half, but it was Sean Cavanagh’s second point which gave his side an 0-8 to 0-7 cushion at the interval.

Both sides had missed opportunities in the opening stages of the second-half before Martin Penrose took his only score of the contest, to give Tyrone a two point lead in as many minutes, after the restart.

The sides were level on three occasions inside the middle third but a Liam Doyle effort saw Down break clear as the game entered the fourth quarter.

Down certainly had the momentum at this stage and when Coulter sent over his second point, with a fisted effort with ten minutes remaining, it sent the large home support into raptures as they broke into a 0-14 to 0-11 lead.

But this game was far from over and the man who orchestrated the comeback was 57th minute substitute Tommy McGuigan, who miraculously scored five points in the closing 13 minutes, including four unanswered points, with the all important extra-time clinching one in the third minute of injury-time.

Down had been reduced to 14-men at this stage, following the dismissal of half-back Damien Rafferty, who added a second yellow card to his 24th minute one on the stroke of the 70th minute, as the hosts were down a man.

But they were back to a full complement of players for extra-time with Kevin McGuigan replacing the dismissed Rafferty.

However it was Tyrone who burst out of the blocks in extra-time with four points on the trot inside six minutes, with McGuigan, Sean Cavanagh, Philip Jordan and McCullagh all on target.

Down: B McVeigh; L Howard, D McCartan, P Murphy (0-1); A Carr (0-4, 3f, 1 45), L Doyle (0-5, 5f), D Rafferty; D Gordon (0-1), J Lynch; A Rodgers (0-1), R Murtagh, D Hughes; J Clarke (0-1), R Sexton, B Coulter (1-3). Subs: P McCumiskey for Lynch (46); K McKernan (0-1) for Clarke (52); S Kearney for Murtagh (69); K McGuigan starts in place of sent off Rafferty for ET; J Colgan for McCartan (HTET); J Clarke for Murphy (90)

Tyrone: J Devine; R McMenamin, Justin McMahon, PJ Quinn; D Harte, C Gourley, P Jordan (0-1); C Gormley, Joe McMahon; B Dooher, R Mellon (0-1), C Cavanagh (0-4, 4f); M Penrose (0-1), S Cavanagh (0-4, 1f), C McCullagh (0-4, 1f). Subs: K Hughes for C Cavanagh (inj) (31); P Donnelly for Hughes (46); T McGuigan (0-6, 5f)for Mellon (57); M McGee for Quinn (81); C Holmes for Gourley (82).

Referee: Pat McEnaney (Monaghan).

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