Kilmeena U-12 boys played their fourth and final round of the league away to Kiltimagh on Monday evening the 30th of May. Kilmeena travelled with a panel of 25 players. The captain of the Kilmeena team for this encounter was Evan O Donnell. Evan put in a sterling performance at corner forward and was top scorer with a goal and point from play.
Kilmeena got off to a great start leading by 0  -  04 to 0  -  00 at the end of the first quarter. Conal Gill registered the first score of the game followed by points from Odhran Tieran, Evan O Donnell and the attacking halfback Jack Mulchrone. Kiltimagh came back into the game in the second quarter outscoring Kilmeena by 1  -  02 to 0  -  02.  Finley Gibbons and Conal Gibbons scoring the two points for Kilmeena. Half time score was 0  -  06 to 1  -  01 in favour of the Kilmeena lads.
The third quarter was always going to be critical and Kilmeena increased the intensity outscoring Kiltimagh by 1  -  04 to 0  -  03. The points coming this time from Colin Hastings, Ciaran Kilcoyne, Conal Gill and Jack O Grady while Evan O Donnell scored Kilmeena’s only goal where he pounced on an opportunity during a goal mouth scramble to put the ball into the back of the net. During the final quarter Ciaran Kilcoyne finished off the game scoring two points to leave the final score line of  1  -  12 to  

1  - 07 in favour of Kilmeena.
Harry Sherdian is worthy of special mention in goal where his long and accurate kicks were crucial to Kilmeena wining the majority of possession from their own kick outs.  The statistics for the game show that the top defenders were Gavin Mulchrone, Adam O Grady, Liam Moore and Rian Kilcoyne between them they had a massive number of 18 turnovers of possession which prevented definite scores and provided quality ball to the attacking forwards. Brian Durkan put in a mighty shift at midfield alongside Finley Gibbons. All in all this was a great performance by the entire panel of 25 players who all got game time this evening. Those lads were, Evan O Donnell Capt., Brian Durkan, Conor Feehan, Cormac Feehan, Conal Gill, Conor Gibbons, Finley Gibbons, Colin Hastings, Donal Hastings, Matthew Hogan, Daniel Kelly, Ciarán Kilcoyne, Rían Kilcoyne, Liam Moore, Brian Mulchrone, Gavin Mulchrone, Jack Mulchrone, Louis O Donnell, Jack O Grady, Stephen O Grady, Adam O Grady, Odhran Tieran, Harry Sherdian, Keelan Corcoran, Peadar O Toole.
Well done to Kiltimagh for a good competitive game and thanks to those who travelled to support the Kilmeena team.

Next training is Thursday evening from 7 to 8pm.
Match Report by Ollie Mulchrone.

Kilmeena      1   -   12            1   -   07      Kiltimagh

Former Kilmeena Club footballer, Danny Ryan, now teaching in London, will line out with London’s squad tomorrow in Ruislip. Danny has played all his matches with London at centre half back during this year’s National League campaign. He was also part of the 2011 and 2013 teams that faced Mayo.
Danny donned the black and white for Kilmeena at all underage levels. He displayed a tremendous pace, tenacity and strength which developed through a natural progression throughout the years with the Club. He was also a member of the team that won County and Provincial titles in 2003. He played College football with Rice College and Mayo Minor League football.
History in the Ryan family will be rewritten tomorrow because Danny’s Dad, Jimmy and his cousin Vincent Ryan Snr. also played on the London teams during the 1970’s.
Should be an interesting day in all Ryan households ! Will divided loyalties be an issue or will the cheers echo for the Red and Green?
Best Wishes are extended to Danny and to former Burrishoole midfielder, James Moran who will also tog out for London tomorrow.

Danny in action for his adopted London Club

Kilmeena and Breaffy produced an excellent game of football in the first round of the Under 17 League Division 1B yesterday evening at St. Brendan's Park. The home side started brightly and led by 0  -  5 to 0  -  3 mid way through the first half, but Breaffy hit a purple patch scoring 4  -  3 leaving Kilmeena with a mountain to climb in the second half.
To their immense credit, the home team dug deep and put in a powerful second half display raising three green flags and making a real contest of it right to the final whistle . Breaffy proved to be too strong on the day but Kilmeena can look forward to their next outing against Ballintubber next Friday, with confidence.
Match report

Match report Brian Lennon

Kilmeena      3   -  11      5   -   10      Breaffy

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Mid-West Furniture proprietors, Rory and Dean Smyth, presenting a set of jerseys to the Kilmeena Senior team and management, at their furniture premises on the Newport-Westport road Kilmeena.

Kilmeena GAA Club is very grateful to Mid-West Furniture for their continued sponsorship and support to the club and would wish to extend their appreciation to the Smyth family for their generosity and commitment over the years.

Nothing vintage about the jerseys - just the Volkswagen Beetle. Kindly supplied by the proud second owner, Pat Mulchrone, for the photo-shoot. The car was bought for the princely sum of 400 Irish Pounds in 1963.

(By-the-way, the initial purchase wasn't by Pat, as he didn't have a driving licence at the time)

 Rory Smyth, Mid-West Furniture, presenting his nephew, Ross Mullin, with his jersey, new debutante on the Kilmeena Senior team.