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38 COUNTY FOCUS August 3, 2007 | Gaelic Life DerryView » THE COUNTY LINE Steelstown cause upset WITH only two games in men’s football going ahead at the weekend it was the turn of the minor football championship to take centre stage last week. Last year’s beaten finalists, Steelstown pulled off the shock of the quarter-finals with a 2-8 to 2-6 win over a well fancied Foreglen side. Two goals from county minor star Stephen Cleary proved the key scores for the city lads while although the result was rough justice on Foreglen’s James Bradley who rattled up a tally of 2-1 for the losers. Another member of the county panel was outstanding midfield for the Ballyarnott side as they inflicted a surprise loss on the O’Brien’s who have been undefeated on their run to the minor league final. Steelstown will meet Slaughtneil in the last four after they overcame reigning champions Dungiven by 1-13 to 0-8 with Kevin O’Neill playing a starting role by kicking 10 points. Slaughtneil led 0-8 to 0-4 at half time but took control in the second half, with Peter Convery grabbing a goal to seal victory. Kilrea easily accounted for Swatragh in their quarter-final on a 3-17 to 0-3 scoreline. Again this weekend there will be a strictly limited programme of action, there are no games down for decision in the county football leagues with two Junior Championship first round ties between Magilligan and Lissan and Doire Colmcille and Sean Dolan’s the only big ball games down for decision. Those games take place on Sunday evening at 5.00 p.m. DEFENSIVE GRIT...Mickey McKinney had a solid game at full-back as Steelstown minors defeated Foreglen at Celtic Park at Desertmartin and Celtic Park respectively. In hurling the senior league is nearing it’s conclusion with the final two rounds of games taking place tonight and on Sunday. Lavey, who are already guaranteed a top two spot and the automatic Championship semi-final berth, need three points from their last two games to be sure of winning the league title and they play Slaughtneil at Emmett Park tonight. If Kevin Lynch’s can claim four points from their two games against Swatragh the first of which takes place tonight at Davitt Park then they will join Lavey in the Championship semi-finals, indeed were Lavey to beat Banagher in the final game then two points would be enough for the Dungiven side. However, if Kevin Lynch’s slip up in their remaining games the Banagher can still force a play-off for the remaining automatic semi-final spot. » MAIN GAME KEVIN LYNCH’S V SWATRAGH Kevin Lynch’s can forego the early round of the Senior Hurling Championship if they can manage to beat Swatragh home and away in the league this weekend. The first game takes place this evening at Davitt Park where the Dungiven men will look to the likes of county captain Kevin Hinphey and still potent scoring machine Geoffrey McGonigle. Swatragh’s prospects for the summer have been severely dented by the fact that their most prolific forward Ruairi Convery is currently on the other side of the Atlantic however the Lynch’s will also have a notable absentee in the form of Liam Hinphey who part of Paddy Crozier’s county football panel which is preparing the forthcoming All-Ireland quarter-final clash with Dublin. MOSS TILE & BATHROOM CENTRE 36 MOSS ROAD, MAGHERAFELT TEL. 028 7941 8978 OPEN LATE TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY TILL 8PM ON THE ROAD FROM TOOMEBRIDGE TO BALLYRONAN Club Derry summer camps a great success DERRY Football Development manager Chris Collins has hailed the recent Club Derry Gaelic games summer camps as a great success. Last week saw the Under 13 boys summer camp take place with boys from almost every club in the county taking part and being given expert coaching and advice on a range of issues. “The camp went brilliantly and I think the boys all took a lot out of it. Myself and Ronan Gallagher, the former Fermanagh player co-ordinated it over the week and the boys were given advice on all aspects of the game. On Monday Andrew McAlynn put them through a fitness test which they were given the results of later in the week. On Tuesday Armagh Under 21 coach and Cavan midfielder Nicholas Walsh gave them a session on core strength and defensive play. On Wednesday Tyrone’s Paul Rouse took seminar on atttacking play. On Thursday Ryan Mellon gave them a talk on his experiences of winning an All-Ireland while Derry minor manager Killian Conlan and minor full-forward Gavin McGeechan had a question and answer session with them.” And Collins believes that the event will prove very beneficial to the players who SUMMER CAMP SUCCESS..Chris Collins took part. “Throughout the week you see skill levels and confidence levels improving. I think the boys took a lot out of it they after the core strength session a lot of the boys went out and bought the Swiss ball that they had been using which shows that they were taking it all on board.” The football camp was only one of a series of such events with a camogie camp and hurling camp having taken place in previous weeks.
Gaelic Life | August 3, 2007 COUNTY FOCUS 39 DonegalView » THE COUNTY LINE McAuley hits out over changing room farce DONEGAL ladies manager Eamon McAuley has angrily blasted those in charge of the arrangements for last Saturday evening’s TG4 Ladies Senior Championship clash between his girls and Tyrone at Healy Park. McAuley has hit out after there were no changing facilities provided for the Ladies teams at the Omagh venue and the fact that his girls were forced to change on the bus in the middle of the Healy Park carpark. The game was the curtain raiser for the All Ireland Qualifier between Donegal and Monaghan and there were thousands of followers making their way into the ground as the ladies game was concluding. The ladies game had been delayed due to a serious injury picked up by one of the Tyrone players while the throw-in for the men’s game was put back by fifteen minutes. AT Monday night’s meeting in Ballybofey, referee’s administrator Frankie Doherty said that the type of incident that saw a local referee ‘hounded’ some weeks back is simply ‘not good enough’ while County Board Chairman Sean Kelly assured that the matter is being dealt with. “There was a serious incident a few weeks back where two referees came under severe pressure and I don’t like to see anyone come under that type of pressure,” Mr Doherty explained. “The referee gave a report on a game and right up to 12 o’clock on the Thursday night he was being hounded. “That is not good enough because no man should be This week, McAuley was not a happy camper at the events that unfolded: “We had to change out in Killyclougher before the match and we had to do our warm up there as well,” he commented. “There are four changing rooms in Healy Park, but I heard afterwards that there were people in drinking tea in one of them and there were other people in another - but they weren’t being used. “After the match the girls had to make their way out through the carpark where there were thousands of people coming in. They were being taunted as they came out and it was a complete disaster. “We were told that we would be given some sort of an arrangement, but whoever was in charge had let busses and that into the carpark and the girls were left in a position where they had ON THE ATTACK...Nora Stapelton bursts through to set up a Donegal score hounded like that.” Sean Kelly blasted those responsible for the incident saying, “Referees should not be intimidated in anyway and whoever does that to a referee will have to answer for their actions because that type of carry on won’t be tolerated. “I am aware of the incident and we are dealing with it.We need to be able to ensure that referees progress and those people will be taken to task. We cannot tolerate that kind of behaviour.” Meanwhile, Mr Doherty mentioned that there is, at present, a ‘serious problem’ with hurling referees in the county. “The fact is that we have had problems with hurling clubs that I don’t think a football club would get away with,” he said. “There are some hurling clubs that won’t play under certain referees. “There was a situation yesterday (Sunday) where I tried to change in the middle of the street with thousands walking through.” He added: “The treatment that the two teams received was a shambles. It was just discrimination and it is an absolute disgrace. “Both teams were not happy about it at all and it just put a dampener on the whole thing. “No-one had time to chat to us and we were just herded away like cows. There was no reason given for it at all.” This weekend, the Donegal girls play Laois in Roscommon (Sunday, 3.30pm) with their fate now resting in the play-offs to determine who stays in the senior championship and who will drop to the Intermediate grade for 2008. The bottom side in each of the four groups will play off against each other and, heading into Sunday’s game Doherty highlights crisis facing refereeing STAR PERFORMER KEVIN CASSIDY Almost single handedly hauled Donegal back to life in last week’s defeat to Monaghan. The Farney County were on top in the first half, but Cassidy stood tall in the closing stages to ensure that his men were within three at the break - chipping in with a point himself. four different referees to cover a game and I couldn’t get anyone. There were only two hurling games to be played - one in Burt and one in O’Donnell Park but I had to cancel at the last minute. against the O’Moore County, Donegal are propping up Group 3 and will be fighting for their senior lives in the coming weeks. Laois have already secured a place in the quarterfinals having won each of their opening two games, their weekend win over Sligo adding to their opening day victory over Tyrone and they are one of the sides tipped to be contesting for honours in the latter stages. “It is a massive order for us. They beat Sligo well last weekend and it is a very tight level up there at the moment,” said the Donegal boss. For Sunday’s game, McAuley will once again be without the services of St Michael’s clubwoman Bridget Gallagher while Nora Stapleton is also a doubt with the Donegal boss set to run the girls through their paces on Wednesday evening. “Hurling clubs, I feel, are not putting enough effort in because there are clubs out there with no referees. They have names, but they are not available to me and that is something that needs to be looked at.” On a dreadful night for Donegal football, Cassidy was one of thefew shining lights and, along with Rory Kavanagh and Karl Lacey, the only ones who can be satisfied with their performance. News Briefs MacCumhaill Park incident being investigated THE County Board is currently in the process of investigating an incident that occurred at MacCumhaill Park at a recent league game between Sean MacCumhaills and Fanad Gaels. The incident led to Fanad manager Bernard McGettigan being taken from the ground in an ambulance and the game was subsequently abandoned. The Fanad club submitted a written complaint to the County Board in relation to the incident and Sean Kelly said that it was being looked into. “We received correspondence on Thursday and we are investigating. The report is in from the referee and the incident is being investigated by the Board.” Clubs to discuss structures DONEGAL clubs will get the chance to air their views on the structure of the Leagues and Championships in the county with a discussion document circulated to the clubs earlier this week. The document, which was prepared by GAA Player Welfare Manager Pauric Duffy, contains 19 discussion points that clubs will mull over in the coming two weeks before submitting their views back to County Secretary Crona Regan within the next fortnight. Delegates were asked to form a sub committee and John Travers (Aodh Ruadh), Paddy Mullen (St Eunans), Sean Dunnion (Four Masters) and John Martin Byrne (Ardara) will now join representatives from the County Board on that committee. “The present structures are not working. We can move things forward now, but we will still be in the same position next June and still having the same problems,” said Co.Board Chairman Sean Kelly. Banquet refixed The county banquet, which was postponed earlier in the year has been refixed for Friday 26 October and on that night there will be a draw for a new car taking place. For winning the National League, a car was presented for the players fund and this will be raffled off on the night of the banquet with tickets to go on sale at €20. The car is a 2007 Toyota Corolla. Club Championship The First Round playoffs in the RTE Raidio na Gaeltachta Senior Football Championship will take place on Sunday week, 12 August. The ties see Kilcar taking on Buncrana and Naomh Conaill squaring up to St Eunans. August 3 also sees the fourth game in the Intermediate Championship between Muff and Downings take place. Two of the senior championship quarter finals will take place on Saturday 18 August on the same day as the Junior B quarter-finals. The remaining two senior championship quarter finals will be down for decision on Sunday 19 August with the Junior A semi finals also being played on that day. The quarterfinals of the Intermediate Championship will be played on the weekend of August 24/25.
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