Oak Leaf School of Excellence

There will be two Under 14 Schools of Excellence in Owenbeg over the next couple of weeks for Under 14 footballers to attend: Wednesday 21^st July – Owenbeg 4pm – 5.30pm and Wednesday 28^th July – Owenbeg 4pm – 5.30pm

Players who attend three or more Oak Leaf School’s of excellence throughout the year can purchase the new Club Derry Jersey for £20. If you can let me know roughly how many of your Under 14’s are attending that’ll help me plan the sessions

Remember these are open to any Under 14 out of Under 12 football who wish to develop

Club Derry Under 14 7's Competition

As part of the build up to Féile Dhoire 2010 Club Derry sponsored an Under 14 7 aside football blitz on Tuesday night. 70 teams took part in what was a wonderful night of football. Aoghan Farrell (Ulster President), Pat McKaugie (Club Derry Chairman) and John Keenan (Derry Chairman) made the presentations. Each member of the winning teams were presented with a Club Derry T Shirt and the runners up got Club Derry Water Bottles.

A Winners: Glen Runners Up: Dungiven

B Winners: Greenlough Runners Up: Banagher

C Winners: Castledawson Runners Up: Drumsurn

A sincere thank you to Club Derry for sponsoring the event, to everyone who took part and to the coaches, referee’s, caterers and Seamus Mullan for contributing in what was a great night

Derry City Under 14 7's Football Blitz

On Saturday we held our annual Derry City Under 14 7 aside Football Blitz in Celtic Park. 6 Teams took part in the blitz held in Celtic Park.
The score lines were as follows:
Doire Colmcille 1-3 Doire Trasna 0-6
Steelstown 0-2 Sean Dolans 1-2
Slaughtmanus 3-1 Claudy 1-4
Doire Colmcille 2-5 Steelstown 1-1
Doire Trasna 2-4 Claudy 1-4
Sean Dolans 3-6 Slaughtmanus 3-1
Doire Colmcille 4-4 Sean Dolans 0-4
Doire Trasna 5-5 Slaughtmanus 2-1
Claudy 2-8 Steelstown 1-2
Doire Colmcille 5-4 Slaughtmanus 2-0
Sean Dolans 1-6 Claudy 3-3
Doire Trasna 2-9 Steelstown 0-1
Doire Colmcille 3-2 Claudy 3-8
Doire Trasna 3-5 Sean Dolans 0-2

Doire Colmcille and Doire Trasna qualified for the final.
The game was played in great spirit and with no shortage of endeavour. It was Doire Colmcille who won the competition beating Doire Trasna by two points, although with Doire Trasna hitting the post in the last kick of the game, this one really could have went either way. A word of thanks to all the teams that took part, to Emmett Stewart who coordinated the event on the day, to our two referee's father and son combination Michael McGill senior and junior and to Club Derry for supporting the competition. Some pictures attached:

Club Derry Under 14 Hurling 7's Competition

On Saturday we held the Club Derry Under 14 Hurling 7 aside competition at Owenbeg. 7 clubs took part in what was a good mornings hurling.
The A Final was contested by Na Magha and Banagher. With the City side picking up a well deserved victory.

The B Final drew up Donegal Men, St. Eunan's Letterkenny against the men from Coleraine, Eoghan Rua and it was to be the visitors who travelled home with the cup after a closely fought final.

A special word of thanks should go the referee's who ensured the smooth running of the event and to Kevin Hinphey who coordinated the competition.

Oak Leaf School of Excellence Visits Celtic Park

Following the success of the 1st School of Excellence earlier in the month our second date has been confirmed for Saturday 4th July in Celtic Park at 11.00am. Head Coach is Derry Minor Manager Richard Ferris and the topic will be Kicking.

Oak Leaf School of Excellence

Following the success of the 1st School of Excellence earlier in the month our second date has been confirmed for Saturday 4th July in Celtic Park at 11.00am. Head Coach is Richard Ferris and the topic will be Kicking.

Club Derry Hurling Under 14 Development Squad

The Club Derry Under 14 Hurlers took part in their first Ulster Blitz of the year in Owenbeg. Derry had two teams taking part. They competed against Armagh, Antrim, Down, Donegal and Fermanagh.

Oak Leaf School of Excellence

This week we have advertsied our first Oak Leaf School of Excellence to be held in Owenbeg on Saturday 6th June at 2pm. The hope is that players who would like to gain that little extra bit of coaching can do so. Each session will have a key focus. I am delighted that Tony Scullion will lead the first ever Oak Leaf School of Excellence and it's pretty obvious his session will concentrate on Tackling (wouldn't be much point bringing Tony into do shooting! Can't mind ever seeing him score, I'm sure Tony will correct me).

The Oak Leaf School of Excellence is only for Under 14's, if a player is still Under 12 he is too young. The sessions are free of charge, however people have to register with me via email at chris.collins.gm.derry@gaa.ie

The maximum we will take will be close to 100. I expect places to go on this pretty sharp so please make sure and register early to avoid disappointment.

Depending on the success of the first session we would hope to have at least four more School's of Excellence before the end of the summer and vary the locations.

Lynco Go Games Update and Under 16 7 aside Football

Please find the revised Go Games Fixtures and 7 aside competitions for May 2009.

Under 8 Football – Friday 15th May Owenbeg 7pm start
The Under 8’s footballers will get underway on Friday 15th May in Owenbeg. Under 8 football is 7 aside and all P.4 children are eligible to play. Can clubs please register how many teams they would like to enter with me via email or phone. The closing date is Monday 11th May.

Saturday 16th May – Lynco Under 12 Go Games Club Football Blitz’s (Clubs need to rearrange date)
Can the host club of each of the following blitz please contact the clubs due to visit them to rearrange the blitz as many of the Under 12’s will be taking part in the Ulster Feile. If the clubs aren’t dual clubs I would suggest rearranging them for Sunday 17th May:

Ballerin
Drum
Magilligan
Ardmore

Castledawson
Ballymaguigan
Ogramore
Greenlough

Loup
Drumsurn
Desertmartin

Foreglen
Glack
Lissan

Craigbane
Claudy
Banagher
Steelstown

Slaughtmanus
Sean Dolans
Doire Colmcille
Doire Trasna

Ballinascreen
Ballinderry
Bellaghy

Coleraine
Faughanvale
Limavady

Glenullin
Kilrea
Swatragh

Glen
Dungiven
Lavey

Slaughtneil
Newbridge
Magherafelt

Sunday 17th May – Lynco Under 12 and under 10 Go Games Club Hurling Blitz’s
Can the host club of each of the following blitz please contact the clubs due to visit them to arrange their Go Games blitz for Under 10’s and 12’s?

Banagher
Kevin Lynch's
Slaughtneil

Lavey
Swatragh
Ballinascreen

Coleraine
Na Magha
Guest Club

Saturday 23rd May – Lynco Under 10 Go Games Football Owenbeg 10.30am
Instead of playing Round 2 on the 23rd May we will put the club based fixtures proposed to Round 6 (19/07/09) and play the postponed Owenbeg blitz on Saturday 23rd May at Owenbeg instead. If you couldn’t attend the first time around and you can now make sure and let me know how many teams you will have.

Saturday 23rd May – Club Derry Under 16’s 7 aside Football Competition 4pm start
For the past two years Derry have held a 7’s competition for Under 14, Under 15 (Óg Sport – 20th June this year) and Under 16 football.
We have already had our Under 14 Football this year on Easter Tuesday (14th April). Glen won the A section, Lavey won the B section and Lissan won the C section.
For the Under 16’s this year we will have three sections A, B and C you can enter as many panels of 10 players as you wish. Please register you teams with me before Monday 18th April and let me know what section they are entering. Hopefully the slightly later start will help lads who have part time jobs etc.

Saturday 30th May – Lynco Under 12 Go Games Football Round 3:
Can the host club of each of the following blitz please contact the clubs to make sure everyone is taking part and do fixtures for the day to run smoothly. Please check where you are from the main fixture list

Derry Under 14 7's Football

The Under 14 7's football held on Easter Tuesday proved to be a huge success. Over 450 players took part in the day of football at Owenbeg.

The Following teams contested the A Section:

Ballinascreen A, Bellaghy A, Dungiven A, Limavady A, Swatragh A, Slaughtneil A, Magherafelt A, Glen A.

The Semi Finals paired Dungiven A against Glen A and Slaughtneil A vs Ballinascreen A. Glen and Slaughtneil came out on top and played a keenly contested final that Glen won 2-04 to 0-07.

Congratulations to Glen and well done to everyone that took part. Some of the football played in Section A throughout was first class.

The B section had 21 teams competing for honours:

Castledawson A, Claudy A, Banagher A, Drumsurn A, Ballinascreen B, Glen B, Bellaghy B, Dungiven B, Glenullin A, Steelstown A, Desertmartin A, Doire Colmcille A, Doire Trasna A, Foreglen A, Greenlough A, Sean Dolans A, Lavey A, Kilrea A, Craigbane A, Slaughtneil B, Magherafelt B.


After some good sporting group games the semi finals were:

Castledawson A 1-02 vs Banagher A 0-01
Lavey A 9-03 vs Doire Trasna A 0-03

Castledawson and Lavey came head to head in the final however it was Lavey who just had too much for the dawson winning on a scoreline of 3-06 to 0-02.

Well done to Lavey and Castledawson for the remainder of the year and a word of thanks to all the teams who took part in the B section, it was very competitive.

The C Section included the following:

Claudy B, Bellaghy C, Drum A, Banagher B, Glack A, Limavady B, Ardmore A, Magherafelt C, Kilrea B, Glen C, Ballinascreen C, Swatragh B, Lissan A.

The semi finals had the following games:
Limavady B 2-00 vs Bellaghy C 4-05
Swatragh B 0-00 vs Lissan A 4-07

So it was a strong Lissan team against a youthful Bellaghy team in the final. Lissan proved just too strong for the Wolftones winning on a scoreline of 3-03 to 2-01. Fair play to Bellaghy C team for making it through to the final, it shows their strength and depth. Congratulations to Lissan on a cup i'm sure they will enjoy.

A special word of thanks to Diarmuid O'Kane for having the grounds in great shape, Ashlene McCaul, Shauna McCallion, Emmett Stewart and Kevin Hinphey for doing a lot of the behind the scenes work to ensure the smooth running of the competition and finally to the six referee's who handle things very well.

Team photo's will be included on the Derry Website and in the local press.

Seven aside Football for Easter

This year Derry will hold the Under 14 7 aside competition on Tuesday 14th April at Owenbeg. Hopefully it will be a great family day out. Clubs must register with me via email ccollins@derry.gaa.ie or by phone 07843232208. There are three sections; A, B or C. Clubs can enter as many panels of 10 as they wish.