County Final

Now that the dust has settled on another fantastic week for our club, it is time to say thank you. To Castlerahan-Denn ladies for organising the Big Breakfast on county final morning. It built an atmosphere of hope and positivity and it was great to see young and old from all parts of the community coming together to enjoy the pre-match build up. Thank you to the organising committee and all the people who helped cook and serve the food. To the girls who provided face painting for the children for providing more colour and fun for our youngest players and supporters. To Melinda Gold Photography for documenting the happiness and enjoyment of the morning in St. Joseph's Hall. There are some wonderful family photos to treasure in her collection, which can be found on her Facebook page. To the County Board, the referee, match officials and everybody in Kingspan Breffni for organising an occasion befitting of the competition and county final day. To Sonja Smith Photography for documenting every facet of the day in Kingspan Breffni and our homecoming thereafter. Some excellent, candid photos in Sonja's collection which can be found on our Facebook page. To the people who helped prepare for the homecoming. From moving the trailer into position, erecting barriers, providing illumination, decoration and music on the stage to donning hi-viz jackets and acting as stewards...and tidying up afterwards. To our inimitable Master of Ceremonies Seamus O'Connell for keeping the event moving in the right direction, the whole while with good humour and fun. To Ian Branch, Michael Thomas McBreen and Andy Kane for an excellent and thoroughly enjoyable firework display to welcome our champions into town and bring proceedings on the street to a close. To all of our sponsors. Without your help we wouldn't have been able to make the great strides we have in recent years. We are eternally grateful. To our wonderful supporters who are behind us throughout the year and on days to be savoured such as county final Sunday - a massive thank you. The road hasn't always been paved in gold but you've all continuously rowed in behind. The sea of maroon around Kingspan Breffni - and Ballyjamesduff and Castlerahan before and since - bears testament to that. To the committee that worked hard in the lead up to the final and, indeed, throughout the year so far. Finally, to our players and the management team. We are all so proud of your achievements to date and trust that you can continue to give us more days such as county final Sunday going into the future. Castlerahan abú!

 

Ulster Quarter-Final

Our senior team will meet the Donegal champions in the Ulster club championship quarter-final on Sunday, 03 November at 2:30pm in Kingspan Breffni. The Donegal county final ended in a draw on Sunday afternoon last with reigning champions Gaoth Dobhair and Naomh Conall of Glenties being inseparable come the full-time whistle. 

 

O'Neills Club Shop

O'Neill's are offering a 20% reduction in club shop merchandise on their website next weekend (25-28 October inclusive). It is a good opportunity to avail of ahead of Christmas and will be the only time the reduction will be available. 

 

Health & Wellbeing Evening

Unfortunately, we have had to postpone our planned Health & Wellbeing evening which was due to take place on Wednesday evening. We will rearrange the event for an evening in the near future. 

 

Blotto

Results for 14 October. Numbers drawn: 4, 24, 31 & 32. No jackpot winner. Five prizes of €30 each to the following: Noeleen Smith (Derrylurgan), Martin Smith (Frael), Monica Brady (Killyfinla), Rosie Valentine (Rassan Road) and Fintan Tierney (Derrylea). Jackpot for 21 October stands at €2,350. We will have the blotto for one more week and would appreciate your help in both buying and selling. If you can offer an hour to help sell next Saturday, please contact Brian on (086) 1077471.

 

U20s

Our U20 team will compete in Division 2 of the championship which is a 15-a-side competition alongside teams from Laragh United, Kingscourt, Killygarry, Blackwater Gaels, St. Joseph's, Dernacrieve Gaels, Erne Gaels and Killann Gaels. The team will be managed by Fiachra Sweeney, Ferdia Sweeney, Ciaran Doherty and Fionan Callaghan. The team were defeated in the first round on Friday night last on the 3G at Kingspan Breffni. Full-time: Castlerahan 3-14 to 4-15 Killygarry. Fixture for round 2 to be confirmed.

 

U13s

Our U13 Division 2 team will contest the semi-final of the championship on Wednesday evening at 8pm on the 3G pitch at Kingspan Breffni. Opposition will be provided by Butlersbridge. Please support. Best of luck to the lads and their mentors. 

 

U9s and U11s

The footballing season wrapped up for our U9 and U11 players with a final training session in Fay Park on Saturday morning last. A special appearance was made by some of the senior footballers with the league and championship trophies. 

 

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