Roscommon name squad for upcoming Celtic Challenge competition
The Roscommon u17 team will be captained by Jason Carty Padraig Mac Phiarsaigh and the Vice-Captain is Aaron Delaney from Four Roads.
Adrian Tully and his management team have named their squad for the upcoming Celtic Challenge competition.
The Electric Ireland Celtic Challenge was established in 2016 and has been hugely successful since its inception. The ethos is a developmental one with teams initially competing at group stages. Depending then on results, teams are graded for the knockout stages giving all an opportunity to compete at their own level.
The inclusion of second and even third teams from Tier 1 counties has proven very successful as it can result in teams from for example, Christy Ring counties playing teams from Liam MacCarthy counties in a final. These are opportunities that players otherwise would not experience.
Roscommon will start their competition at home against Westmeath on April 4th in King & Moffatt Dr Hyde Park at 12pm. Their next two matches are away games: they face Mayo on April 11th and Donegal on April 25th. The quarter finals are scheduled for May 9th, followed by the semi finals on May 23rd and the final on June 6th.
The Roscommon u17 team will be captained by Jason Carty Padraig Mac Phiarsaigh and the Vice-Captain is Aaron Delaney from Four Roads.
Panel members by Club:
Padraig Pearses : Joe Johnson, Jason Carty (Captain), Evan Sweeney, Aaron o Connell, Rian Sweeney.
Four Roads Hurling Club : Jack McDonnell, Aaron Delaney (Vice Captain), Cillian Donohue, Conor Flynn, Naomh Dominic Thomas Hanley, Nathan Quinn, Conor Cash, Eabhan Kilcline.
Oran Hurling GAA Club : Conor Muldoon Athleague/Tremane Hurling Club : Fionn Healy, Cian Connaughton, Luke Whyte, Joseph Melia, Tom Og Reddington, John O’ Beirne, Daniel Connolly, Conor Lynch, Patrick Murray, Eoin Kelly.
Roscommon Gaels : A J Tully, Sean Nugent, Will Connaughton, Luke Hayse, Ryan Halligan, Michael O Brien, Andrej Anic, Darragh Kileen.
Management team:
Bainisteoir: Adrian Tully – Roscommon Gaels Coach: Frank Carr – Athleague/Tremane Coach: Matthew Comerford – Padraig Mac Phiarsaigh Coach: Ronan O’Meara – Roscommon Gaels Selector: Mark Delaney – Four Roads Selector: Ollie Hanley – St. Dominics Physio / S & C: Oonagh Kelly – Four Roads Stats: Molly Tully – Roscommon Gaels Stats: Jason Connaughton – Roscommon Gaels.
The team have their opening game at 12.00 in King & Moffatt Dr Hyde Park on Saturday.
