Castlemitchell girls u.14 Feile Saturday 7th March

Round Towers hosted the group stage for the Feile on Saturday morning in very blustery conditions. Castlemitchell won the throw in and from the first attack Courtney Brennan finished to the net. The girls in green never let up and Towers found it difficult to win their kick outs with pressure from Emma Harris and Casey McConville in midfield. The forwards linked well with the pressing half back line and this led to 3 unanswered points by Amy O’Shea and Zoe Harris. Casey McConville pointed a free near the end of the half and from the kick out, Shelbianne Delaney found Zoe Harris on the 14 and she kept the ball low past the keeper. Half time Castlemitchell 2-4 Round Towers 0. With the conditions playing havoc with the high ball, Round Towers pressed from the throw in and a swirling wind carried the ball passed Chloe Hickey’s fingertips for a goal for the home side. Chloe quickly found Kerri McConville on the wing and an excellent solo run led to another pointed free from Casey. Captain Amy Byrne was playing the sweeper role to great effect and combining with Ella Rowan they worked the ball into Molly Kelly whose left foot shot rattled the net. Towers rallied again and made several attacks but Sarah Ryan and Iona Fennin stood strong and Alisha Lawler cleared the lines to great effect. The final scoreline read Castlemitchell 3-6 Round Towers 1-1 seeing the girls progress to the next stage on the 21st March. Well done to all involved, a real team performance from everyone, with Leanne and Amy to return for the next stage an exciting year awaits.

Castlemitchell 12-19 Abbey Rangers 2-4

Castlemitchell u/14's got back to wining ways with an excellent performance against the Ballykelly/Kildangan combination in Castlemitchell on Sunday morning last. This was a fine team performance from the start taking some fine goals and good points in a display that pleased the home support. Abbey Rangers in fairness tried hard in the second half but the Young Mitchells continued the pressure to finish off a very creditable performance to ensure their continuation in this years Feile competition.

The Mitchells team on the day was Cian Byrne, Kyle Byrne, Jack Nolan, Eamon Kelly, Chris Chanders, Fallou Sangre, Stephen Flynn, Cillian Roycroft (Capt.) Joshua Folawewo, Jordan Hickey, Jamie Griffin , Ja Kelly Devereux, Cathal Wall, Eddie Roycroft, Adam Fanning ,Stephen Nolan, Lorcan Ward, Larry Adisa, Harrison Okee

Our Minor team recorded their second win in a row as a second half comeback saw them defeat Newtown Gaels on a scoreline of 4-06 to 0-13.

With a strong wind at Newtown Gaels backs in the first half, the lads had to work their socks off to keep the scores to a minimum, and they did so with superb defending from Aaron Buckley,Dale Leonard, Captain David Moore and some excellent saves from Corey Brennan with Dylan Brennan chipping in with an unstoppable shot to leave the halftime score 0-08 to 1-0.

In the second half we started to press for scores and eventually they started to come with scores from Dylan Brennan again, Darragh Moore, Fuad Adise, Oisín Holland Doyle, Conor Curtis and Robert Lovett. Again some heroic defending in the final moments meant the lads came away with a deserved victory and two more valuable league points.

They will be away to Ellistown next Sunday morning at 11:45 in Rd 5.

Our minor team recorded their first win of the league away to Nurney on Sunday morning. It was a match where goals seem to come easier than points as the bad weather conditions forced both team to carry the ball close to goal. Final score was Castlemitchell 5-03 Nurney 4-01.

The panel was Dylan Brennan, Dale Leonard, Darrgh Moore, Shane Maher, David Moore, Fuad Adisa, Oisín Boylan, Conor Curtis, Aaron Buckley, Robert Lovett, Lukasz Bielaszewski, Oisín Holland Doyle, Corey Brennan, Joe Brennan and Aaron Moriarty.

Next up Newtown Gaels will be the visitors to Castlemitchell in Sunday Morning at 11:45.