Fossa U14 Football

U14 Football 2010

Co-League Div. 5: We reached the final for the first time in many years this year, having defeated Finuge, Ballymac, Annascaul and Ardfert along the way we met our near rivals Listry in the final. On the night Listry were just the better team pipping us on a score line of 4-5 to 1-11. The players were disappointed with themselves as they knew that they hadn’t done themselves justice. We had played a very physical and tough semi-final away to Ardfert and this could have contributed to the defeat.

East Kerry:  We played in Div. 2 of the East Kerry League, we had wins over Spa B, Scart/ Cordal drew with Currow and were defeated by Glenflesk, Listry and Gneeveguilla. We had to play four of these games without Paudie Clifford due to Kennedy Cup (soccer) commitments. This is something the GAA in the county will have to look into. We then qualified for the Div. 3 championship, having disposed of Scart/ Cordal in the quarter final and Currow in the semi-final we were pitted against Gneeveguilla in the final in Farranfore on the August bank holiday Monday. In the first half we played some of the best football seen by a Fossa team for many a year. We lead 2-13 to 1-1 at the break, in fairness to Gneeveguilla they came back strong in the 2nd half but we held on to win on a score line of 3-14 to 4-5. Colm Walsh accepted the shield amidst great celebrations.

Overall we had a great year at this level; the lads were very committed and trained very hard. A big thank you to the parents as we carried no buses to any game this year and this is a great reflection on the support we received throughout the season. Keep up the good work.

Mentors; Willie Buckley, Dermot Clifford, Mike O’ Donoghue and Padraig Burke.

Panel; Maurice Prendiville, Cathal Talbot, Matt Rennie, Conor Kissane, Oisin Sheehan, Johnny Coffey, Killian Bellew, Shane Cronin, Stevie O’ Connor, Michael O’ Keeffe, Colm Walsh, Daniel O’ Connell, Diarmaid Burke, Brian Myers, Paudie Devane, Andrew Cronin, David Clifford, Paudie Clifford, Austin Trant, Peter McEnery, Conor Murphy, Padraig Burke, Ronan O’ Shea, Adrian Cronin and Kevin Brooks.

U14 Football 2011