07/11/04 St John's U-16 & Minor
Leagues Round-Up (Sept/Oct/Nov)
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07/11/04 ULSTER MINOR HURLING LEAGUE
MICHAEL DAVITTS SWATRAGH DERRY 1:05
ST. JOHNS BELFAST ANTRIM 3:08
St. Johns continued their 100% record in the Ulster Minor
hurling league with a hard fought win over a committed
Swatragh on Sunday afternoon.
Simon McCrory opened the Antrim mens account in the first
minute and St. Johns maintained their lead through out
the game with their half back trio of Liam Knocker, Barry
McFall and Dermot Hartigan in commanding form. Swatragh
rallied early in the second half but despite the efforts
of their midfield ace Michael Kirkpatrick St. Johns maintained
control for the remainder of the fixture.
Swatragh :
1.D.McNicholl 2.C.McQuillan 3.N.McAtamney 4.F.O'Hagan
5.S.O'Kane 6.M.McKenna ©7.N.O'Doherty 8.M.Kirkpatrick
9.S.McAlary 10.P.McQuillan 11.P.McKay 12.S.McNicholl 13.S.Guckian
14.M.Friel 15.D.McNicholl
Substitutes:16 J.Warnock
for 13 S.McGuickian . 17.M.Dillon for 11.P.McKay 18.P.Dillon
for 15.D.McNicholl 19.Donal McKay for 10. P.McQuillan
Manager: Adrian Quinn, Mentor
: R.McQuillan
Swatragh Scorers: M.Kirkpatrick
):03(1f & 1 sideline cut),J.Warnock 1:00,P.McQuillan
0:01(1f), D.McNicholl 0:01.
St. Johns:
1.C.McCurdy 2.P.McGarrity 3.N.Rooney 4.C.Maskey 5.D.Hartigan
6.L.Knocker© 7.B.McFall 8.C.McFall 9.G.McCann 10.T.Ferran
11.S.McCrory 12.J.Peoples 13.E.Caldwell 14.C.McSteen 15.F.McKillop
Substitutes: 16.B.Homes
for 10.T.Ferran 17.A.Mulholland
Manager Joe McCallin Assistant
Manager: C. McFall . Mentors: P.Morgan R.McConnell
St.Johns Scorers: S.McCrory
1:03,F.McKillop 2:00, L.Knocker 0:01(1x45), C.McFall 0:01(1
sideline cut), T.Ferran 0:01, J.Peoples 0:01, C.McSteen
0:01.
Referee:
Roger McQuillan (Slaughtneil)
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10/10/2004 Ulster Minor Hurling
League Division 1
Keady 2:06
St. Johns 5:17
St. Johns maintained their undefeated competitive Minor
Hurling year with a comprehensive win over Keady in Armagh
on Sunday morning.
Given their exploits the day before against Ballycastle
it sounded out as another excellent performance. Paul
Gribbin found himself in the unusual position of corner
forward and notched up 2:01. His replacement in goal for
the day was Ciaran McCurdy making his first outfield appearance
since breaking his leg earlier in the year. ……….
Well done to ‘The Jackpot.’!!!!!
St.Johns: 1.Ciaran
McCurdy 2.Kevin Kennedy 3.Noel Rooney 4.Conal Maskey 5.Conor
McStein 6.John Meade 7.Colm McFall 8.Simon McCrory 9.Liam
Knocker 10.Tony Fearon 11.Liam Boyle 12.Jimmy Peoples
13.Fionntain McKillop 14.Adrian Oliver 15.Paul Gribbin
Substitute:
Paddy Boyle.
St.Johns Scorers:
Adrian Oliver 2:02, Paul Gribbin 2:01, Tony Fearon 0:04,
Paddy Boyle 1:00, Simon McCrory 0:02, Jimmy Peoples 0:02(1f),
John Meade 0:03, Liam Knocker 0:02, Colm McFall 0:01.
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10/10/04 Kevin Sullivan Memorial
Cup
McCrory Park 2:00pm ‘Football’
O’Donnells 8:06
St. Johns 2:07
St.Johns U-16’s after their exertions at Gort na
Mona then travelled to McCrory Park to play O’Donnells
in a 12 aside football game in the Kevin Sullivan Memorial
Cup.
Tiredness was very evident with those Johnnies that had
played the hurling game and O’Donnells ran out comfortable
winners. Peter McGarrity was obviously man of the match,
his performance in goal was one of the best ever seen
on a football pitch in Ireland……..ever.
St. Johns: 1.
Peter McGarrity 2.Aodhan Mulholland 3.Eoghan Caldwell
4.Brian Holmes 5.Ciaran Lavery 6.Gary Stone 7.Brian Neeson
8.Daniel McIlkearney 9.Christopher Jones 10.Ciaran McKissock
11.Colm McCrudden 12.Michael Flannery.
St. Johns Scorers: Michael
Flannery 1:00,Colm McCrudden 1:01, Brian Neeson 0:03 Gary
Stone 0:02.Ciaran McKissock 0:01.
O’Donnells:
1.Paul McIlroy 2.Caomhin Doherty 3.Michael O’Neill
4.Declan Campbell 5.Gerard McLaughlin 6.Brian Mallon 7.Thomas
Loughran 8.Chris Nolan 9.Paul O’Donnell 10.James
Lenzi 11.Gerard McLaughlin 12.Brian Fox
Substitute: Jim Ramsay
O’Donnells Scorers: Paul
O’Donnell 3:01, Gerard McLaughlin 2:03, Chris Nolan
2:01, Jim Ramsay 1:01.
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10/10/04 South Antrim U-16 Hurling
League
Gort na Mona 3:07
St. Johns 0:10
St. Johns U-16’s played an excellent game at Gort
na Mona on Sunday morning and were unfortunate to lose
in the end in an entertaining excellent game of hurling.
With the score 1:03 to 0:05 at half-time the Johnnies
couldn’t capitalise on the slant and wind advantage
as the Gorts pulled out the all important goals.
St. Johns: 1.Ciaran
McKissock 2.Marty Elliott 3.James Darragh 4.Brendan McGibbon
5.Aodh Hamilton 6.Barry McFall (Captain) 7.Gary Stone.
8.Aodhan Mulholland 9.Peter McGarrity 10.Michael Flannery
11.Eoghan Caldwell 12.Brian Holmes 13.Tomas Shannon 14.Colm
McCrudden 15.Aaron McKenna
Substitutes: 16.David
McGarrity 25mins.17 Gerard Carberry 29mins 18 Colin Fegan
19. Adrian Downey.
St Johns Scorers:
Eoghan Caldwell 0:05(3f),Tomas Shannon 0:02, Peter McGarrity
0:01,Barry McFall 0:01, Brian Holmes 0:01.
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03/10/04 South Antrim U-16 Hurling
League Division 1
Milltown 12:00pm
St.Galls (did not field)
St. Johns
St. Johns U-16s travelled to St.Galls on Sunday morning
and played a training match on St.Galls pitch as the home
team failed to materialise. The St.Galls Senior footballers
however did , as they made their match day preparations
before going on to win the SFC for the 4th consecutive
year.
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03/10/04 Ulster Minor Winter Hurling
League Division 1.
Shaws Road 11:30am
St. Pauls 0:08
St. Johns 6:17
St.Johns Minor Hurlers continued their good progress
in the Ulster Minor League with a comprehensive win over
St.Pauls on Sunday morning.
Fionntain McKillop, Noel Rooney, John Meade, Tony Fearon
were in great form for St.Johns as they go into final
preparations for their MHC semi-final against Ballycastle
this Saturday 09/10/2004 in Casement Park.
St.Johns :1.Ciaran McCurdy 2.Dermot Hartigan 3.Noel Rooney
4.Conal Maskey 5.Kevin Kennedy 6.Liam Boyle 7.Gerard McCann
8.Colm McFall 9.John Meade 10.Tony Fearon 11.Simon McCrory
12.Liam Boyle 13.Conor McStein 14.Adrian Oliver 15 Fionntain
McKillop
Substitutes: 16.Kevin Kennedy 17.Peter McGarrity 18 Barry
McFall 19.Brian Holmes 20.Eoghan Caldwell
St.Johns Scorers: Fionntain McKillop 4:00, Simon McCrory
1:03 Colm McFall 0:05
(5 frees), Tony Fearon 0:03, Liam Boyle 1:01, Liam Boyle
0:01, Conor McStein 0:01, Kevin McGuinness 0:01, Barry
McFall 0:01, Eoghan Caldwell 0:01.
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25/09/04 Ulster Minor Hurling League
Division 1
St.Johns 2:13
Ballycran 2:10
Played in bright conditions with a strong crosswind blowing
from the stand side both teams served up on the whole
an excellent competitive game and should be commended
on their play.
Paul Keith opened opened the ‘Crans account on two
minutes with a goal from a goal mouth melee before St.Johns,
somewhat against the run off play replied with three points
from Jimmy Peoples(2f) and one from Adrian Oliver before
Colm McManus replied for the Ards men with a point from
a free and then one from play to give them the lead. Further
points were traded with St.Johns John Meade and corner
forward Conor McStein registering points before McManus
again replied with a free for the ‘Cran. Eugene Gilmore
added a further point before some excellent work from
Sean Ennis fed Conor Woods who pointed to give the Ards
men the lead 1:05 to 0:06 after 20 minutes of play.
Simon McCrory then broke through on the right and released
a great shot which was expertly stopped by ‘Cran
keeper Declan Ennis. Colm McFall then pointed the resulting
45. Tony Fearon shortly afterwards sharply collected a
breaking ball and crashed the sliotar to Ballycrans net
to give the Johnnies a two point lead of 1:07 to 1:05.
Peoples then followed up with a free before McManus replied
with his own free to leave the half-time scores St.Johns
1:08(11) Ballycran 1:06(9).
Upon resumption Simon McCrory opened his account in the
very 1st minute with an excellent point from 30m on the
right wing. McManus again replied with another swerving
free , this time from the right against a very strong
cross wind before Peoples popped over yet another 20m
free.( Blessed are the FreeTakers).
Eugene Gilmore then came out foraging and collected a
long ball some 30m out and hoisted the sliotar high above
the posts to leave the scores Ballycran 1:08 St Johns
1:10.
Then a period of severe Ballycran pressure ensued with
Paul Keith hitting a rasping shot which came back off
the Johnnies crossbar. This was followed by a disallowed
goal for square ball and three missed frees from the normally
reliable McManus to leave the Johnnies reeling but still
in the lead.
Eoghan Caldwell then pointed sharply for St.Johns from
20m before Brendan Ennis replied for the ‘Cran. Jimmy
Peoples further increased the Johnnies lead with another
point .
Ballycran then took the game to the heart of St.Johns
with Eugene Gilmore going close before Colm McManus broke
through from the right on a 35m solo run to crash the
sliotar to the Johnnies net to level the scores 2:09 to
1:12.
Brendan Ennis then picked off a superb point for the
‘Cran to give them the lead with only four minutes
remaining before Conor McStein rallied his team mates
when he collected a blocked down ball to point from 20m
and level the scores yet again 2:10 to 1:13.
With two minutes remaining Liam Knocker won possession
in his half back line, soloed up field and released a
40m pass for corner forward Caldwell to collect clean
and then move into the path of John Meade who drove to
the net to score the winning and final score of the game
much to the relief of the St.Johns support.
An enjoyable game of hurling enjoyed by spectators and
players alike. St.Johns could have lost this one but managed
to grind out another good win again. Ballycran were good
enough to win it and if they had registered a lot of their
missed scores in the 2nd half the result undoubtedly would
have been in their favour.
Colm McManus, Eugene Gilmore, Paul Keith, Brendan Ennis
and Sean Ennis all had good games for Ballycran.
St.Johns main performers were Liam Boyle, John Meade
and Jimmy Peoples They were supported in varying degrees
by Colm McFall, Simon McCrory, Dermot Hartigan and Liam
Knocker who shone in the last quarter.
St.Johns: 1.Paul
Gribbin 2.Conal Maskey 3.Noel Rooney 4.Kevin McGuinness
5.Dermot Hartigan 6.Liam Knocker 7.Fintan McKillop 8.Colm
McFall 9.John Meade 10.Simon McCrory 11.Tony Fearon 12.Liam
Boyle 13.Jimmy Peoples 14.Adrian Oliver 15.Conor McStein
Substiutes: 16.Peter
McGarrity 35mins for Tony Fearon, 17.Eoghan Caldwell 41
mins for Fionntain McKillop. 18.Barry McFall
St.Johns Scorers:
Jimmy Peoples 0:06(4f), John Meade 1:01, Tony Fearon
1:00, Conor McStein 0:02, Adrian Oliver 0:01, Simon McCrory
0:01, Colm McFall 0:01(1x45), Eoghan Caldwell 0:01.
Ballycran:
1. Declan Ennis 2.John Hughes 3.Michael Gilmore 4.Niall
Fowler 5.James McGrattan 6.Sean Ennis 7.Brian Bell 8.Stephen
Keith 9.Danny Fowler 10.Brendan Ennis 11.Colm McManus
12.Conor Woods 13.Paul Keith 14.Eugene Gilmore 15.Michael
O’Prey
Ballycran Scorers:
Colm McManus 1:05(4f), Paul Keith 1:00, Brendan Ennis
0:02, Eugene Gilmore 0:02,Conor Woods 0:01.
Referee: Pat
McCaffrey (St.Galls)
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26/08/04 St John's U-16 Round-Up
St.Johns U-16 footballers were to play their last competitive
match of the year on Thursday only to find that their
opponents couldn’t field.
Likewise the U-16 Hurlers found themselves standing fully
rigged out in Corrigan on Sunday 22/08/2004 awaiting Ballycran
who failed to show up. Our Thursday night opponents rang
the club to let us know this.
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29/08/04 South Antrim U-16 Hurling
League Division 1
Corrigan 12:00pm
St.Johns 7:11
Sarsfields 0:01
St Johns U-16 Hurlers overcame an under strength Sarsfields
challenge on Sunday.
Played in blustery rainy conditions St.John’s Barry
McFall and influential Peter McGarrity had excellent games.
Aodhan Mulholland, Aodh Hamilton and Tomas Shannon also
shone in flashes. For Sarsfields Caillin Caldwell and
goal keeper Paul McStravick were the star performers.
Eamon Kelly and Stephen Bolton also had good games for
Sarsfields.
St. Johns:
1.Ciaran McKissock 2.Sean McDaniel 3.Colm McCrudden 4.Aodh
Hamilton 5.Pat Gregory 6.Anthony Moore 7.Aodhan Mulholland
8.Eoghan Caldwell 9.Peter McGarrity 10.Jamesey McGibbon
11.Brian Holmes 12.Michael Flannery 13.Tomas Shannon 14.Aaron
McKenna 15.Barry McFall (Captain)
Substitutes:
16.Gerard Carberry 20 mins, 17.Gary Stone 25 mins 18.David
McGarrity 35 mins. 19.Adrian Downey 41 mins.
St. Johns Scorers:
Barry McFall 2:05(1f),Brian Holmes 2:00, Tomas Shannon
1:02,Eoghan Caldwell 1:01, Peter McGarrity 1:00, Michael
Flannery 0:01, Aaron McKenna 0:01,Colm McCrudden 0:01.
Sarsfields: 1.Paul
McStravick 2.John Walker 3.Mark Rea 4.Ruiaithi Deeds,
5. Stephen Bolton 6.Eamon Kelly (Captain) 7.Stephen Maguire
8.Dermot Mulvenna 9.Matthew McVeigh 10.Stephen Hill 11.Caillin
Caldwell 12.Conor Donnelly(0:01) 13.Perry Early 14.Brendan
Lockhart 15 Ciaran Carson
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