Crossmaglen Rangers Club Notes 10/08/20
Senior team sponsored by Hanratty Oils
Armagh SFC Rd1; Cross V Silverbridge
A sultry Athletic Grounds was the setting for our first round clash of the Armagh senior football championship against neighbours, Silverbridge Harps. Before referee Ollie Hearty threw the ball in, a minutes silence was observed for the late Goretti Campbell, Silverbridge. It was the opposition who settled quickly, three points in as many minutes to give them an early lead. Cian converted a free in the seventh minute to get us off the mark. A number of missed opportunities for us followed in what was a very fast moving encounter. Two super strikes, one from Oisin and the other from his Brother, Rian sailed over the bar to level matters for a brief period before Silverbridge edged in front once more with a point, the result of a free. Just before the first water break, we moved the ball well down the field, a super pass from Oisin to Mel to Oisin who struck the ball into the Bridge net to give us our first goal of the afternoon. Seconds after play resumed following the water break, Silverbridge had a point registered to leave just the bare minimum between the sides. Again both sides had a number of wides, as the game entered the last ten minutes of the half, both sides traded points, Dara O’Callaghan our scorer. As the half drew to a close, two unanswered points, Rian and Cian (F) meant the goal was the difference at the break.
Cross 1-06 Silverbridge 0-06
A Rian point was the opening score of the second half, a half which we dominated. Two goals from the Kernan Brothers, Tony’s goal coming first, Mels shot was stopped by the Bridge goalie, the ball rebounded to Tony who struck it well to give us our second goal of the match. Less than a minute later, a fantastic pass from Oisin to Aaron who hit a rasper of a shot to register our third goal on the scoreboard and to put us in a commanding position. Both teams scored a point a piece . As we entered the final quarter of the match, Silverbridge were awarded a penalty which they scored to reduce the deficit. A point each from Kyle and Chris brought our scoring of the day to a close and as the game entered injury time, Silverbridge slotted over a point to leave the score at full time;
Cross 3-10 Silverbridge 1-08
Well done lads and management. We now play Mullaghbawn in the quarter final of the Armagh championship next Saturday at 5pm, venue tbc. Club members, please be aware, we will post details regarding tickets etc as soon as we receive the information.
Well done to Caitlín Lenaghan who sang Amhrán na bhFiann before today’s game.
Armagh junior football league Rd 4
Eire Óg V Cross
Saturday evening our seconds travelled to Craigavon for their round 4 game of the junior league. The opening minutes were an even enough affair, only one separated the sides with ten minutes gone. Two points a piece and as the game headed for half team, only the bare minimum was the difference. Two points from Eire Óg in the final minutes of the half extended their lead to leave the score at the break
Eire Óg 0-7 Cross 0-4
The second half was low scoring and evenly matched, three points for the home side and four for us but we had a number of missed opportunities in the final minutes of the game and it was Eire Óg who hung onto their lead to secure the points and win on a score line of;
Eire Óg 0-10 Cross 0-8
Hard luck lads and management.
Sponsor A Ball Armagh SFC QF
Pictured below; Eugene presents the ball to Dara
Sponsor A Ball Armagh JFC Rd1
Good luck to the entire squad and management.
Pitch Rota Wk 10/08/20
Crossmaglen LGFA Notes
DVD’s All Ireland victories, 07,11 & 12
We hope to have copies of the above victories for sale next weekend. There will be three discs, which contain the five games and will cost £15. No pre-ordering this time. I’ll post on our social media sites when they will be for sale. We will also be selling club badges and key rings costing £3.50 each or two for £6.
Lotto
Draw Date; 09/08/20
Numbers Drawn; 13 14 19 21
No jackpot winner
5 matched 3 numbers winning £20 each; Anna Duffy, Teer, John Hand, Marguerite Donaghy, Mags Short & Ryan McCudden-Carr
Jackpot; £1600/€2600
Casey’s Cash For Clubs
This week Casey’s Supermarket Crossmaglen are launching a loyalty scheme with all local GAA clubs. By joining the scheme and shopping local, you will not only earn points and get access to special offers but you will also be supporting Cross Rangers. Representatives from Casey’s will be in the Rangers Hall on Thursday 13th August from 4-8pm to discuss this new scheme and to distribute loyalty cards.
Condolence
Posted: August 9th, 2020 under Club News.
