Teams turn attention to national finals

Gormanstown and Kilcullen, County Meath, are the host areas for the second round of the Community Games national finals next weekend.

Gormanstown will host the basketball, cross-country mixed distance relays and marathon on Saturday, May 27th. It will also host the indoor Futsal, handball, table-tennis, badminton and cycling-on-grass competitions on Sunday, May 28th. Kilcullen Community Centre will be the venue for the indoor soccer events.

Roscommon will be represented in team events in basketball, mixed distance relays, Futsal, badminton and indoor soccer, alongside the cross-country mixed distance relay competitions.

Roscommon teams that won their Connacht finals include the Castlerea U-16 boys’ basketball team, Ballaghaderrenn in both the U-13 and U-15 girls’ Futsal, Taughmaconnell U-10 girls’ indoor soccer team, Strokestown U-13 boys’ indoor soccer team, FBD Roads U-15 girls’ badminton team.

The cross country mixed relay teams did not have a provincial final, so they will be competing with all the other counties at the national finals. The Roscommon teams will be Drum/Clonown U-12 girls, Kiltoom/Cam U-12 boys and Roscommon/Kilteevan U-14 girls.

In individual events, the Tarmonbarry/Scramogue area will represent the county in the U-13 girls’ and boys’ handball with Eoin Grehan and Caoimhe O’Gara. Castlerea girls, Sarah Neary and Jessica Finan, will be the cycle-on-grass competitors in the U-12 and U-14 events.

The Roscommon teams alongside all other teams from Connaucht will meet teams from Ulster in their semi-finals, while Leinster teams will meet Munster in the other semi-finals.

All the competitors are wished the very best of luck in their events. Roscommon Community Games hope that they will bring home a fair share of the silverware. A big thank you to managers, coaches, and parents for getting their competitors to the national finals.

TEAM FINALISTS 

Castlerea U-16 boys’ basketball team: Yani Chifor, Darragh Curran, Kaylum Curran, Jack Dolan, Jamie Dowd, James Hawkshaw, Kevin Hester, Michael Keaveney, Sean Vaughan. Manager: Joe Henry.

Taughmaconnell U-10 girls’ indoor soccer team: Robyn Brooks, Roisin Cleary, Aoibheann Daly, Meabh Finneran, Kayla Galvin, Amy Grehan, Ella Grehan, Laura Lyons. Manager: Nigel Moore.

Strokestown U-13 boys’ indoor soccer team: Cian Conroy, Jamie Cox, Noah Crowe, Ryan Dolan, Tyler Gibbons, Tadgh Havlin, Daniel Lavin, James Shiel. Managers: Seán Cox and Paul Gibbons.

Ballaghaderreen U-13 girls’ Futsal team: Jennifer Connor, Sadhbh Dillon, Holly Flynn, Emily Horan, Abbie Madden, Ceola McDonagh, Ruby McDonagh, Kaylan McHugh. Managers: Laura Dillon and Adrian Connor.

Ballaghaderreen U-15 girls’ Futsal team: Aoibhinn Conway, Saerlaith Dillon, Ava Dooney, Gracie Finnerty, Serena Hanley, Grace Henry, Zoe McDonagh, Ruby Rushe. Managers: Laura Dillon and Sharon Conway.

FBD Roads U-15 girls’ badminton team: Aoife Concannon, Ruth Cummins, Moya Kelly, Ciara Mannion, Orna Mulry, Madeleine Rogerson. Managers: Timmy Clogher and Noelle Rogerson.

CROSS COUNTRY MIXED DISTANCE RELAYS 

Drum/Clonown U-12 girls: Eva Erasmus, Eabha Gilhooly, Kiersten Keegan and Maeve Kelly.

Kiltoom/Cam U-12 boys: Ciarán Collins, Senan Conlon, Cian Kilcommons, Oisín Kilcommons, Robbie Norton and Conor Rowan.

Roscommon/Kilteevan U-14 girls: Niamh DeBurca, Juliette Fallon, Emily Gately, Roiro Gately, Saoirse McNamara and Muireann Mulry.

HANDBALL 

U-13 boys: Eoin Grehan (Tarmonbarry/Scramogue).

U-13 girls: Caoimhe O’Gara (Tarmonbarry/Scramogue).

COUNTY CALENDAR OF EVENTS 

Talent and Choin in Kilbride Community Centre on May 26th at 6.30 p.m..

Draughts in Elphin Community Centre on May 27th at 10 a.m..

Chess in Elphin Community Centre on May 27th at 2 p.m.

County athletics finals in St. Faithleach’s GAA grounds, Ballyleague, on June 4th.

Table quiz in Ballymoe Community Centre on June 9th at 7 p.m..

Handwriting in Kilbride Community Centre on June 14th at 7 p.m..

Art and model-making in Ballymoe Community Centre on June 17th between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m..

Field events in Castlerea on June 22nd at 6.30 p.m..