Domhnach 11 Bealtaine, 2014

Wavertree Park,

Liverpool

St. Lawrences

Manchester

St.Brendans

Manchester

2014 Lancashire Sinsearach

Craobhchomórtais Cruinn 1

V

John Mitchells

Liverpool

Oisins

Manchester

Réiteoir: Shane Walsh

(Brendans)

1.00pm

V Réiteoir: Paul Brady

(Oisins)

2.30pm

PROGRAM COMPILED BY CATHAL HARKIN

Liverpool

Wolfe Tones Are proudly sponsored this year by the following

companies , who with their help should together form a

successful partnership in 2014

The Lancashire Senior Championship this

year are greatly honoured to have...

as our sponsor. They have been the voice

of the Irish in Britain since 1970 and our

greatly supportive of the GAA here.

Failte

Today marks the beginning of the Senior Championship in Lancashire for

2014. Although it is much earlier in the year than normal, this should not

detract from what should be a great days football in Liverpool. This year for

the senior championship games are to be played as double-headers to raise

the profile of gaelic games in the county. Liverpool Wolfe Tones are the

great beneficiary of this and will no doubt cater brilliantly for the four clubs

today. Thanks for all the clubs forwarding teams for this program. Greatly

appreciated.

Oráid Cathaoirleach

Ba mhaith liom fior chaoin fáilte a chur romhaibh go leir dtí Pairc

Wavertree inniu.

This is a historic day as we (the Liverpool Wolfetones) prepare to

host our first ever championship double header.

On behalf of the club I would like to wish all the teams and officials

the very best of luck and look forward to two mouth-watering ties.

I would also like to extend my thanks to the county board for selecting

Wavertree as the venue for one of the highlights in Lancashire season.

Finally it takes much time and preparation to prepare the venue for an

occasion like today thank you to all involved.

May the most deserving teams win!!

Go raibh maith agaibh

Próifíl Peileadóir

Name: J immy Wray (St.Lawrences)

DOB: 28/11/80

Club (s): Steelstown Br ian Ogs (Derry) St Lawrences (Manchester )

Occupation: Teacher

First arrived in Britain: 2004

Your role in the club: Chairman, Senior Manager

Best thing about your club: St Lawrences is a true family Club with

traditional values that epitomises all that is good about the GAA. The

club very quickly becomes a surrogate family for all exiles and home

grown players. It is glue that binds our lifelong friendships together.

Hopes for the future: That we continue to grow and develop as a club

and never forget the values of our founding members and the ethos of the

GAA. I hope we will be able to provide our men's, ladies and youth teams

with the facilities that their talents, hard work and determination deserves.

__________________________________________________________

Name: Michael Mooney (John Mitchells)

DOB: 9/7/1990

Previous Club (s): Enniskillen Gaels, Liverpool Wolfe Tones

Position: Goalkeeper

Occupation: Student

What do you think makes the GAA in Britain special: It's very un-

derrated the standard is far higher than given credit for back home and the

effort put in behind the scenes too.

Who’s the best/worst trainer in your squad: Best trainer has to be

Paraic McGuirk, hes a bigger less talented lad so its good to see he’s first

there and last to leave. Worst trainer Id have to say meself or Paddy Mur-

phy, I hear hes changed since he made county

Hopes for the club this year: To match and build on the success of the

club's great season last year and hopefully progress that extra step or two

further

Pennine League Division 2

P Team Pld Pts

1. Wolfe Tones 3 6

2. Hugh O’Neills 4 5

3. St.Lawerences 3 4

4. JFK 3 3

5. Bros Pearse 4 0

League tables are correct as of

07/05/2014

Wolfe Tone Cup Final 15/3/14

St.Brendans Manchester 0-07 v 1-07 Wolfe Tones Liverpool

The Wolfe Tones of Liverpool created history when they beat St.Brendans by a

goal in a tight encounter to claim their first ever piece of silverware for the club.

Since the club’s inception in 2010, they have failed to see out a final on a winning

score-line; however this all changed on Saturday. A gutsy second-half performance

against a hellish breeze, seen the boys in green, white and gold across the line.

The Wolfe Tones won the toss and decided to play with the strong wind at their

back. Through wayward shooting, poor passing and failure to retain possession

however, they didn't capitalise on this advantage. It took 10 minutes before they

raised the green flag, when a Nigel Grennan free opened their account. St.Brendans

quickly replied however before the Wolfe Tones went ahead through a Darragh

McCullough effort. This was cancelled out yet again, as the Brendans got on the

scoresheet from a free. Down at the other end the Wolfe Tones were still making

hard work of their chances. Two super runs from Caomhan Scanlan and captain

Conor Lamph failed to produce scores and long-range efforts from McCullough,

Peter Cosgrove and Cristy Harkin harmlessly went wide. With 8 minutes to go,

Scanlon came out to the middle with Grennan going the opposite way; this had the

desired effect. Consequently, the latter managed to get onto long balls, while the

former fetched a few balls in midfield to put the Brendans under pressure as the

half came to a close.

As the half-time whistle went the score read Wolfe Tones 0-04 v 0-02 Brendans.

No doubt the Manchester men the happier bunch of with the wind to come on the

second half.

The Wolfe Tones had it all to do in the second half but a classy effort on the

restart from Grennan settled the nerves, but on came the expected onslaught

from Brendans to add a flurry of scores.

The Wolfe Tones defence managed to get their act together however and

started to keep the scoring to a minimum after the initial wave-and-wave of

maroon attack. Richie Barry’s clever kickouts helped negate the threat of a

wind-assisted Brendans and in turn mounted attacks for the Tones. Then

came a decisive moment in the game when a Tone’s goal was harshly ruled

out for a square ball, to still leave the Brendans two points ahead. Instead of

this deflating the Liverpool men, they rose to the challenge and strong run-

ning from Harkin, Scanlon and Lamph, who also hit the bar; paid dividends.

The former two also hit classy efforts from long range to show their new-

found belief on the scoreboard to leave the Tones one point up. The Wolfe

Tones resurgence then came in the form of a goal when a Grennan effort

broke to the onrushing substitute Damien Murphy who simply tapped it into

the empty net. This left the Tones four points up. A late siege at the goal of

Barry and Co only yielded one point, as the Wolfe Tones deservedly won

their first ever trophy.

Anyone wishing to join the Wolfe Tones for football (men and ladies) or

hurling for the upcoming season, contact Cathal on 07593923421.

Wolfe Tones: Richie Barry (Cork); Gabriel Clerkin (Louth), John Eustace

(Wicklow); Johnny Cleary (Tipperary), Peter Cosgrove (Monaghan), Mickey

Gallagher (Donegal); Nigel Grennan

(Offaly, 0-03 (1f)), Cristy Harkin (0-

01) (Donegal); Conor Lamph

(Armagh, (c)), Darragh McCullough

(Tyrone, 0-02), Ryan Power (Derry);

Caomhin Scanlon (Dublin, 0-02),

Adam O’Hare

(Antrim). Subs: Damien Murphy

(Tyrone, 1-00), Jim Devlin (Tyrone),

Kevin Moran (Kerry), Darren Corr

(Tyrone), Conor Harpur (Tyrone)

An tséasúir go dti seo

Pennine League Division 1

P Team Pld Pts 1. John Mitchells 4 8

2. St.Brendans 5 8

3. St.Peters 3 4

4. Oisins 5 3

5. Cuchulains 5 3

6. St.Bendedicts 4 0

League tables are correct as of 08/05/2014

An tséasúir go dti seo

Lancashire GAA Senior Football League Final

Oisin Manchester 2-11

St. Peter's Manchester 2-8

Despite a gallant St. Peter's second half fight back Oisin Manchester were

crowned the Lancashire GAA Senior Football League winners on Sunday last

after an entertaining and exciting decider played in front of a large crowd at the

Old Bedian's grounds in East Didsbury, Manchester.

Playing with a strong wind to their advantage in the first half, Oisin's built up a

commanding ten points lead (1-10 to 0-3) at the half time break with the particu-

larly impressive Gerard McCaughey notching an outstanding 1-7 during the first

thirty minutes, some wonderfully struck long range frees while his goal was also

from free out towards the centre of the field with the strong wind helping it on its

way to the back of the net.

Oisin's opened the scoring after less than thirty seconds when Paul Noone pointed

from play which was followed less than a minute later with a well struck effort

from play from Gerard McCaughey. Peter's opened their account on five minutes

when Dessie O'Malley pointed from free.

Oisin's went on to record the next seven scores of the game with points apiece

from Paul Noone and Mick Conmey while McCaughey added a further 1-4 to his

tally, with the goal and three of the points coming from well taken long range

frees.

St. Peter's notched their second score of the decider on twenty nine minutes when

Jack O'Doherty slotted over from play while moments later Dessie O'Malley fired

the ball over the bar. Oisin's added two further points from McCaughey before

the break; leaving the score reading 1-10 to 0-3 at half time in Oisin's favour.

Peter's opened the scoring on the changeover when Robert O'Donnell fired the

ball to the back of the net while the next score didn't come for a further ten

minutes when Mark Boyle pointed from play for Oisin's, which turned out to

be their last point of the contest.

With fifteen minutes left on the clock; the St. Peter's fight back commenced

with fours points on the trot coming from Dessie O'Malley, Gary Morris, Rob-

ert O'Donnell (free) and a good effort from play from substitution Cathal Col-

lins.

On fifty nine minutes St. Peter's brought it back to a one point contest and ex-

tra time looked very likely when Robert O'Donnell made no mistake when

slotting the ball to the roof of the net for a well taken goal from play.

However just as it looked as extra time was on the cards; Oisin's managed to

get in behind the St. Peter's defence when McCaughey was on the mark once

again with a rocket of a goal from play.

St. Peter's did manage one more point coming from Ross Nolan. However it

was Oisin's day as they held out for a three points victory when capturing the

2014 Lancashire GAA Senior Football League title. Team captain Rory

McLoughlin as presented the cup by Lancashire GAA Chairman Sean Hop-

kins.

OISIN: Patr ick Mulhern, Johnny Garr ihy, Pedtra Raffer ty, Rory

McLoughlin, Mick Conmey (0-1), John McDonald, Damien Fitzpatrick,

Gerard McCaughey (2-7, 6f), Niall Donnelly, Fergus Reilly, Mark Boyle (0-1),

Gavin McCarthy, Paul Noone (0-2), Ciaran

Harper,

Richie

Coss.

ST.PETER'S: Donnacha Mur-

phy, Paul Campion, James Quinn,

Jason Hurst, Danny Keenan, Sean

Ryder, Gary Morris (0-1), Robert

O'Donnell (2-1, 1f), Ronan Gal-

lagher, Jack O'Doherty (0-1), Ste-

phen Hughes, Kevin Swift, Stew-

art Cherry, Ross Nolan (0-1), Des-

sie O'Malley (0-3, 2f).

Subs: Liam Coyne, Timmy

McGinn, Cathal Collins (0-1).

REFEREE: Paul Tolan.

Subs: Gerry Martin, Ste-

phen McRory, Niall Mellon.

Craobhchomórtais

Réamhamharc

Oisins v John Mitchells

Oisins on their day can beat anyone and have a trophy already in the

cabinet this year, the Lancashire Senior League. This however is cham-

pionship and they are up against the masters, John Mitchells. The

Mitchells after a slow start in the Lancashire Senior league, have blast-

ed all before them in the Pennine League and sit on top of the pile.

They have been scoring for fun and have added to their ranks, Ruairi

McGuirk who will add strength through the middle. With Paddy Mulli-

gan and Edward Jackson around there also, the diamond looks extreme-

ly strong. Oisins however are not to be found wanting in this sector ,

with Tyrone duo Niall Donnelly and Gerard McGaughey. The latter

who is a f ormer Tyrone u-21, who scored an impressive 2-07 from

midfield in the Senior League final. His free-taking being particularly

impressive, John Mitchells should take note. Oisins have not carried on

from their trophy success and have only registered 3 points from 5

games and are the lowest of the Lancashire teams competing in the di-

vision. Oisins will hope that Mitchells are not familiar with the early

championship start and are caught cold and that the dangerous trio up

front are off their game. Messers Mickey Molloy, who adds his cute-

ness; Michael Murphy, who brings brute strength and Kiearan Lynham

who brings extreme speed to the table form the most dangerous forward

line in the county. Oisins trust their Derry duo, the speedy Chrissy

O’Connor (Drumsurn) and club captain Rory McLaughlin

(Slaughtmanus) can have an impact on proceedings; but this may not be

enough. The Mitchells have so much class from numbers 1-15 that they

should win, but not by too much.

St.Lawrences v St.Brendans

This has a real David v Goliath feel about it. St.Brendans, Sen-

ior League champions who currently sit joint top in Pennine

League Division; against St.Lawerences who are mid-table in

Division 2.Brendans who haveone of the smallest squads oper-

ating at senior level; have class players throughout the squad in

the form of Nathan Plant, John Gibney and the Connolly broth-

ers to name but a few. Indeed the siblings are key men for the

maroons, with Niall’s searing runs punching many holes

through opposition defences over the years. This is something

that St. Lawrences can just not match. Shane Goldrick will

bring experience and strength for the yellowbellies as will the

evergreen Trevor O’Grady around midfield; while ‘newcomer’

Martin Geraghty will add a bit of pace up front. The latter ini-

tially played for St.Lawrences underage, until moving back to

Sligo; he since returned quite recently and will be a welcome

addition to the forward line. Paul Duffy will hope to be on form

from the frees also. Team manager James Wray will no doubt

have his team geared up for an upset, but it looks long odds.

Brendans have the superior fitness as well as a host of match-

winners, they should be top of the group when they leave Wa-

vertree at 4:00pm.

Craobhchomórtais

Réamhamharc

John Mitchells

1.Michael Mooney

2.Niall McShane 3. Alan Browne 4. Chris Feeney

5. Sean Rice 6. Pauiric McGuirk 7. Craig Owen

8. Denis O’Neill 9. Paddy Mulligan (c)

17. Kevin Kane 11. Edward Jackson 12. Lorcan McGonagle

13. Kieran Lynam 14. Paddy Murphy 18. Mickey Molly

V

1.Liam Jennings

2.Liam O’Connor 28. John Fitzpatrick 4. Dermot Costello

5. Tom Fox 6. Paul Duffy 7. Liam Johnston

8. AN Other 9. Trevor O’Grady

10. Shane Goldrick 11. Brian O’Connor 12. Conal Maskey

13. Callum Murphy 14. Martin Geraghty 15. Eoin Watts

Subs: 16.Mikey Gears 17.Rory O’Donoghue 18. Chris Noone 19. James Kearny 20.

Connor Dean 21. Mike Durkan 22. James Beirne 23. Conal Nicholson 24. John Rooney 25.

Niall Melarkey 26. Adrian Nash 27. Micah Dyos 28. John Sweeney 29. Dave Martin

Manager: James Wray

1.Declan Alder

2.Nathan Plant 3.. Stephen Rafferty 4. Sean Monaghan

5. Ciaran Connolly 6. Lee Gavin 7. Conrad Tierney

8. Stephen Sands (c) 9. Niall Connolly

10. Sean McMahon 11. John Gibney 12. Greg Jacob

13. Colm Conway 14. Paul Kavanagh 15. Aaron Murtagh

Subs: Liam Kelly, Br ian Johnston, Patr ick Murphy, Ryan Sweeney, Mi-

chael Collins, Conor Beard, Killian O Meara, Manager: Jonny Plant

V

Oisins

1.Daithi McArdle

2.John Garrity 3. Pedra Rafferty 4. Damien Fitzpatrick

5. Mick Comney 6. John McDonald 7. Rory McLaughlin

8. Niall Donnelly 9. Gerard McGaughey

10. Fergus Riley 11. Christopher O’Connor 12. Ciaran Harper

13. Cathal Murphy 14. Paul Noone 15. PJ McGee

Subs: Paddy O Donnell, Seamus Ker lin, Tom Hanvey, Pat Mulhern, Niall Mellon, Conor

Wilkinson, Stephen McRory, Jason McGale, Martin Murphy, Shane McGahan Eunan

McCosker Ritchie Coss

Manager: Dessie Donnelly

St.Lawrences St.Brendans

Subs: 19.Conall McGlade 20. Colly Murphy 22. Joe Gervin 23. M Dolan

24. Francis Boyle 25. Anton Kelly 26. Phillip Duddy 27. Paul Melanaphy

28. Ben Mc Quaid 29. Ronan Kennedy 30. John O Hagan

31. Mark McSweeney 32. Daryl Mc Connell 33. Alan Murray

34.JJ Clarke 35. Matty Deaney 36. Sean Carty Manager: Barry Morris

Próifíl Peileadóir

Name: Ciaran Harper (Oisins)

DOB: 31/10/1991

Club (s): Castlederg (Tyrone) , Kevin Barry’s Philadelpha

Occupation: Student

Position: Midfield/Full Forward What do you think makes the GAA in Britain special: Clubs are made up

with people from all parts of Ireland and for me that's what makes it unique

experience. Who’s the best/worst trainer in your squad: best - apart from myself haha I

would say Johnny garrity, always gives 100%. Worst I would say would be

Niall Donnelly, always giving out and going for the Hollywood 60yd pass.

Them Fintona men vary.

Hopes for the club this year: To improve our per formance on the pitch as

the year goes on hopefully pick up a senior championship along the way! __________________________________________________________ Name: Sean Mc Mahon (St.Brendans)

DOB: 26/02/85

Club (s) :Omagh ST Endna’s (Tyrone) St. Benedict’s Harps (Yorkshire)

Occupation: Pharmaceutical Analyst

First arrived in Britain: 2006

Role in Club: Player

Best Thing about your club: The Underage System that has brought

through local lad who now play for the senior team

Hopes for the Future: Win Senior trophies

The GAA in Lancashire has been one of the most progressive and suc-

cessful GAA counties in Britain for a number of years. It currently boasts the

All-Britain Junior Football Champions, John Mitchells and the previous

year’s winners, St.Peters. It is renowned for its tough championship, where

the winners are fully prepared for their assault on the British Championship.

This year’s championship is different from previous years are there are only 5

teams competing in the senior championship. These teams are John Mitch-

ells, St.Lawerences, Oisins, St.Brendans and St.Peters.The groups are broken

down into the following format:

Group 1

John Mitchells

St.Peters

St.Brendans

Fixtures

11/05/14 John Mitchells v Oisins

25/05/14 Oisins v St.Peters

20/07/14 John Mitchells v St.Peters

Group 2

St.Lawerences

St.Peters

Fixtures

11/05/14 St.Lawerences v St.Brendans

Junior Championship

Draw has yet to be made, however the first round fixtures are set for

23/07/2013

Knockout Fixtures

Playoff: 27/07/14— Last in Group 1 v Last in Group 2

Semi-Final: 14/09/14— Winner of Group 1 v Playoff winner

Semi-Final: 14/09/14— Winner of Group 2 v Runner-up of Group 2

Final: 28/09/14—Winners of two semi-finals

Comhghairdeas St.Marys

Congratulations to St.Mary’s GAC who recorded their first victory

at adult level on Tuesday night. A lot of hard work has been put in

at the underage ranks there and hopefully this will spur the club

onto greater things. All the clubs in Lancashire hope you well.