The Go Games hurling programme is up and running. This week we had our first club based blitzes which went very well. The fixtures were:
| Kevin Lynchs |
| Ballinascreen |
| Banagher |
| Slaughtneil |
| Swatragh |
| Lavey |
| O Cahans |
| Na Magha |
| Coleraine |
Well done to all the clubs who took part, in particular the host clubs for looking after the blitzes.
On Sunday 20th March the annual under-16 hurling 7s was held in Claudy. The games were played on Claudys excellent new 3G pitch facility which proved to be the perfect venue for the competition. 7 clubs in all took part, there were two groups with the top 2 teams from each section going into forward to the semi finals. The groups finished up as below:
Group 1:
| Team | played | won | lost | draws | points |
| Lavey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Na Magha | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Slaughtneil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Coleraine | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Group 2:
| Team | played | won | lost | draws | points |
| Banagher | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Swatragh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Kevin Lynchs | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Na Magha have recently started a new initiative to attract more kids to the club. The parish league invites ten pupils from each parish in the town i.e 10 from Bunscoil Cholmcille (Steelstown), 10 from St Annes (Rosemount).
On Wednesday the 2nd of March the Primary 6/7 pupils of St Canices Feeny and St Marys Altinure participated in a hurling and camogie day at Claudys fabulous new 3G pitch. Aided by the glorious sunshine the pupils took part in various games. A special thanks to all the teaching staff from both schools. To the children who went home very tired but they really enjoyable this event. Thanks also to Richard Ferris and Emmett Stewart for organising the event.
Over 60 kids took part in the last go games hurling tournament of 2010 in Derry city. Pupils from St Brigids, Hollybush ps and St Therese's came together to take part in the games. Each school played very well and showed how much they have learned over the past term. Great day had by all the pupils! Thanks to Derry GPO Shauna McCallion for organising the event
See attached Roe Valley O Cahans in their new set of jerseys. More progress for the o'cahans, if anyone in the Roe Valley area would like to get involved and play hurling they are more than welcome to do so. Just contact Kevin Hinphey.
For the past four weeks 15 teams, from 3 counties competed over two divisions in the Barrett Electrical under 13 competition. 7 teams competed in the A section and 8 in the B section.. The league sections finished up as below:
Primary 5 children from St.Canices Primary school Dungiven participated in a mini National Hurling league competition over the past few weeks. The P.5 classes were divided up into 8 teams and played 3 games every week for 5 weeks. A league table was updated each week and put up on the school notice board. At the end of the mini league the top 2 teams played off in the final. This was an excellent programme for a large school as it maximised number participation and gave all the children a taste of hurling/camogie. Hopefully the children will now have got a taste for the games and will join with their local clubs over the next few weeks when the indoor programmes begin. The eventual winners of the competition were Cork, led by captain Darragh McGilligan, who defeated Derry in the final. Well done to everyone who took part
This year we had a new hurling team competing in the County at under 8 and under 10 level. The Roe Valley O Cahans, are an amalgamation team taking in players from Limavady, Magilligan, Glack, Ballerin and Faughanvale. The lads began training in the Spring of this year and numbers participating have steadily increased as the season has progressed. The boys have played in 5 Go Games blitzes held in Owenbeg throughout the summer and have competed against established hurling clubs from Derry and beyond. The O’Cahans also held their own summer camp this summer which was attended by over 20 boys under from ages from 7 to 10. The finale for the season was a blitz held on Saturday 2nd October at Limavady Wolfhounds GAA grounds, where the O’Cahans hosted under 8 and 10 teams from Kevin Lynchs, Banagher, Na Magha and Eoghan Rua, Coleraine. The Roe Valley O’Cahans had 30 players on the day of the blitz.
The new club is being driven forward by Gaels from the various target clubs who deserve great credit for the progress that has been made this year especially considering the fact that many of them are very involved with underage football in their respective clubs. They are Brendan McMahon (Magilligan) Sean Kelly (Magilligan) Brian McNicholl (Limvaday/Kevin Lynchs) Michelle Doherty (Ballerin) and Bosco McDermott (Limavady). A special thanks must go to all the parents who have been very supportive throughout the season. The Roe Valley O Cahans are indebted to the local clubs who have been most generous in providing their facilities to allow the boys to practice and allow the club to develop.
The Roe Valley O Cahans will take a well earned break for a few weeks but will begin their indoor coaching programme in mid November. All new comers will be welcome as the club hopes to build on the success from this season. It is vital for the development of hurling in Derry that we can get more clubs playing the game in the County, so we hope to see the O Cahans going from strength to strength over the coming years.
The Derry Under 16 and Under 14 Development squads were in action last weekend (Sat 28thAug) at the National blitzes.
The under 16 squad were in Mullingar where they had a promising start beating Wicklow by a goal in their opening game. They lost their remaining two league games to a very strong Wexford side and then by a single point to Meath. This left the lads in the ‘shield’ semi-final where they were due to play Roscommon. Again the lads put up a very good show but lost out by just 3 points. The squad were missing a few key players on the day, for a variety of reasons, but overall the management team of Paddy McEldowney, John O’Dwyer and Kieran Stevenson were very pleased with the effort the lads put in.
The under 14 squad were in Port Laoise on the same day. They lost their first two group matches against Kildare and Carlow respectively. This left the lads in the ‘shield’ section where they were in a group with Meath, Wicklow, Roscommon and Mayo. The lads won their semi final match against Mayo by ten points to set up a final appearance against a very strong Wicklow side. Going into injury time of what had been an excellent game of hurling, the sides were level, when team captain Fergal Irwin ran half the length of the field to score a winning goal with the final puck of the game. The lads thoroughly enjoyed their days hurling and all the lads deserve a lot of praise for the way the preformed on the day. A special word of thanks to the parents who travelled the long distance to give their support and to Gerard Finnegan and Darragh McCloskey who were part of the management team for the day.
Today 4 hurling teams took part in an Ulster vocational schools hurling qualifier at Owenbeg to determine who competes in the Ulster Under 14 finals. Schools from Kilrea, Dungiven, Ballymoney and Buncrana all took part in the day of hurling. 
Today, Wednesday 28th April, the Ulster Council hosted its annual cross community hurling competition at the Mid Ulster Sports Arena in Cookstown. Teams were made of an amalgamation of year 11 pupils from maintained and controlled Secondary schools in Urban areas. 8 teams in total took part in the competition, 2 of which were from County Derry. The teams came from the Derry city and the Limavady areas respectively. Well done to all the lads who took part, many of whom were playing hurling competitively for the very first time.
