A first half hat trick from corner forward Ruairi McGuinness powered Roslea to a commanding victory over St Patricks in this Erne Cup Division one decider which was the curtain raiser at Brewster Park on Sunday.
Latest: Rory Gallagher named as new Donegal manager
BELLEEK native Rory Gallagher has this evening been named as the new manager of the Donegal senior gaelic football team.
Breen save vital as Gaels secure title
As the cliche goes, goals win games and in this instance that was certainly true with Enniskillen Gaels finding the net three times to secure a six point win over an Aghadrumsee side who perhaps deserved little better.
Manager McGrath set to work with rookie squad
Erne boss Pete McGrath has described the imposed ‘closed season’ on county county teams as having ‘no merit at all’, while also revealing his regret that some of the best performers in the Fermanagh club championships this season are players who ‘for one reason or another’ are not available to the county.
St Michael’s pointless after two Rannafast games
It has been a disappointing start for St Michael’s in the opening games of their Rannafast Cup campaign, the college slipping to successive defeats in their first two fixtures.
Bad case of the Monday blues for Hamilton
By Colm Bradley
For Shauna Hamilton the overriding feeling on Monday evening was one of disbelief. The Devenish player simply could not put her finger on what had went wrong just over 24 hours earlier at Croke Park when she was part of a Fermanagh team that fell to a 21 point loss at the hands of Down in the All-Ireland Intermediate final.
“I just don’t know what to say. Just don’t know where it went wrong and why absolutely nothing happened for us. We just did not turn up and it is very hard to figure out why that happened.”
The Mourne girls set off at a breakneck speed and Hamilton revealed that this did not come as any surprise to the Erne ladies.
“We knew that they liked to start very fast and in their last few games they have done that so we knew what to expect but we were just not able to stop them and worse than that we were not able to get anything going ourselves.”
Just before the half time whistle Fermanagh conceded a penalty which Down dispatched to put nine between the teams and effectively kill the tie.
“Their penalty was a real killer blow. We had been on the attack and had a chance to create a real good goal chance but we did not take it and they came back down the field and got the penalty and it was a real turning point in the game,” Hamilton explained, although she was quick to point out that regardless of that penalty Fermanagh were beaten by much the better team.
“They were far superior to us on the day. All over the pitch they were better and they deserved the win. We just had a day where one to 15 we did not turn up.”
Hamilton is one of an experienced group of players on this Fermanagh team and although Sunday was the second All-Ireland final defeat that she has suffered she spoke of her hope that the core group of players would pick themselves up again.
“It is very difficult to think about the future now. What we are feeling now is hurt and disappointment. But we have a young panel and a lot of good young players coming through and I don’t think we would want to leave our last performance in a green jersey to be that game against Down.
“We have show a lot of heart and determination this year to come back from a poor league campaign and hopefully we can pick things up and get going again.”
GAA- The big ‘Little’ interview
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Fermanagh players and whistlers get the Croker experience
Niamh McAloon and Oisin O’Loughlin from Belcoo had the honour of refereeing the Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Go Games Exhibition match in Croke Park.
GAA man hits back at criticism of Donegal’s Lough Erne retreat
A WELL-KNOWN GAA figure in Fermanagh and south Donegal has accused a Labour party senator of being “partitionist”, after the politician criticised the Donegal management for of a “splash out” on a five-day training session at the Lough Erne Hotel Fermanagh, before the All-Ireland final.
GAA coach jailed for VAT fraud
A PROMINENT Fermanagh GAA figure who has been jailed for 16 months after admitting to a £1.3m VAT fraud, has claimed he was under the influence of loyalist paramilitaries.