YOUNG SCIENTIST ENTRIES Gallen C.S. is proud of its Young Scientists who are entered into the BT sponsored event in January 2016. Well done to the students concerned and to their teachers Mrs Catherine Hopkins and Mrs Alma Killian.
Project 1- Max Feehan , Cathal o Shea and Mark Dolan whose project is entitled ” Mucking Around with Manure – A Deeper Insight”
Project 2- Steve Anne Buckley whose project is entitled”Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder – A Link?”
Project 3 -Adam Henry and Josh Dunican whose project is called ” Farm Friendly Feeder”.
JOHN PAUL 11 AWARDS: Congratulations to all our students who received John Paul the Second Awards in a ceremony in St Mels Cathedral Longford. They were presented with their awards by Bishop Francis Duffy. Thanks to Sharon Spollen , Sinead McGuire, Evelyn Breen and Sr. Joseph for their work with our group
LEINSTER JUNIOR LADIES FOOTBALL- GALLEN CS 1-6 HEYWOOD CS 1-0
Gallen emerged victorious in this game played in wet and windy conditions in Moystown last week. Gallen got off to a good start with points from Shauna Heffernan and Kate Kenny.Maria Egan then scored a great goal before Heywood got a goal. Kate Kenny with 3 points and Shauna Heffernan with one point then left the half time score Gallen 1-6 Heywood 1-0. Incredibly there were no scores in the second half as the inclement weather dictated things. Gallen defended superbly and a win against Colaiste Iosagain Portarlington in their last group match will see the girls managed by Mrs .Derval Scully ,Ms Elaine Hough , KP Egan and Tom Fitzmaurice , through to the qualifiying round.Team and Scorers- Luz Corrigan , Aimee Kelly , Ava Flynn ,Sophie Gilson Tara Dunican , Grainne Kenny , Ella Hogan,Kate Kenny[0-4] Andrea Arnold, Ffion Boland, Sinead Egan , Maria Egan 1-0, Emma Bracken , Shauna Heffernan [0-2] Eimear Carroll, Laura Egan , Caoimhe Guinan and Elaine Bracken.
LEINSTER JUNIOR B CHAMPIONSHIP – Gallen CS 5-11 Boyne CS 3-7
Well done to our u 16 group who emerged victorious in their group game played in Shannonbridge. The teams were evenly matched in the first half. Gallen scored two goals through Cian Johnson and Cathal Flynn but missed a number of chances. Boyne led by 4 points at half time but Gallen upped their game in the second half and thanks to a hat trick of goals by Cian Johnson ran out comfortable winners. Gallen play Colaiste Choilm next .TEAM – Adam Nugent ,Kieran Guinan, Griffin Dunican , Michael Wren , Paul Devery , Jamie Kelly, Clive Keena , Lorcan Daly , David Nally[0-1] Tristan Buckley [0-2] Darragh Carroll, Sean Flynn [0-2] Cathal Flynn [1-0] Cian Johnson [4-4] Sean Flynn [0-1].
JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE – GALLEN CS 43 MOUNTBELLEW 12
Gallen won their 4th league match in a row to qualify for the League semi-final.Well done to Mr Mc Grath and his team.
PANEL AND SCORERS-Ruairi Carroll, Aaron mc Cabe , Cian Darcy, Ignacio Moratal , Griffin Dunican, Clive Keena , Conor Kenny, Marcus Keena, Sean Flynn [ 1 try]Paul Devery, Darragh Carroll [ 2 tries]Bernard Corcoran [ 1 try] Harry Balsiger [ 2 tries] , Jamie Kelly, Bill Egan, Cathal Flynn, Ronan mc Donagh, Adam Reams, Dawson Maher, Josh Dunican , Jack Buckley.
NAOMH CIARAN LADIES CLUB – at the conclusion of the season , this column wants to give special mention to Naomh Ciaran ladies The club completed a clean sweep of titles in Offaly this year, winning u 14 , 15 , 16 , minor , senior league and championship and Leinster Intermediate Finalists. A noteworthy achievement which in this columnist’s opinion makes them Offaly team of the year across all sports.
