Galway Advertiser 1983/1983_11_10/GA_10111983_E1_010.pdf 

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Galvoay^Advertiser,

lOtk. November,

1983

Farm Collect Both Points
Galway United 1 Home Farm 2 Galway United, one of the best paid sides in the country suffered the humiliation of another league defeat, this time against Home Farm who collectively were not in receipt of one shilling for their endeavours before a handfull of supporters at Terryland Park on Sunday. A solitary point from three home games is not the kind of form that will entice back the 'lost' fans. There was nothing 'negative' about this Home Farm display as they were not content to rest on their laurels in the second half as they led 2-1 but came f o r w a r d s e e k i n g the insurance goal. Galway fans will be expecting many changes in the weeks that lie ahead now that United have played their first game in the Connacht Senior League with a 2-0 nil win over Tuam Celtic on Saturday. Some of United's highly paid 'stars' are not producing the goods. 'Keeper Thomas seems 'glued' to his line and with Bonner must take full blame for the second Home Farm score. Gardiner, lacking somewhat in pace, was cast in a midfield role and started the game on the right, switched places with Mannion and eventually Tinished at left back when Sherlock came in for Jimmy Nolan in the 60th minute. Duff produced the inspiration which led to United's solitary score but his overall displays are suffering from t h e l a c k of p r o p e r distribution from midfield. Craig, in whom I have faith for the future has a very bad habit in wanting to beat a defender before parting with the ball, on a number of occasions on Sunday he was caught in - possession and promising moves were broken up. If he persists in this style of play then some hard tackling full-backs will put him out of the game in a hurry, and there are a number of them in the league, Bonner has yet to recapture his form of last season. Murphy up front is the only player who gives 100% in all his games. But on Sunday after scoring he was not seen to any great effect in the second half as Cassidy and Bonner moved i n t o a t t a c k to a d d penetration. Before dealing with the play I feel its my duty to refer to the handling of the game by referee Michael Caulfield (Dublin). On a number of occasions he called play back for minor offences and some of the players booked were harshly treated. Acting by a number of Home Farm players with so-called injuries also left a lot to be desired. THE PLAY After 6 minutes of play Home Farm opened the s c o r i n g when Colm McGonigle scored from close in. United equalised after 15 minutes. Duff made ground down the left wing his centre was finished to the net as Murphy dived low to head into the comer. Duff after 18 minutes was unlucky not to put his side in front after 18 minutes when he hooked the ball over 'keeper Finnerty's head but O'Reilly got back to clear. Home Farm went ahead again in the 30th minute when Bonner was slow to clear out on the left as the ball reached full-back O'Reilly who scored from close in. Although the second half was void of a score Home Farm's Paul O'Neill headed wide from close in with Thomas 'glued' to his line following a corner kick by Murphy out on the right after 73 minutes. Cassidy's header was well held by keeper Finnerty following a corner-kick from out on the right by Mannion after 84 minutes. United pushed forward prior to the final whistle seeking that elusive equaliser which did not materialise. Williams and Tate for Home Farm and Miko Nolan for United were booked by referee Michael Caulfield. Galway United: Thomas, Daly, Nolan, Cassidy, Bonner, Nolan, Craig, Mannion, Duff, Murphy, Gardiner. Subs: Sherlock (for J. Nolan) Matthews (not used). Home Farm: Finnerty, Tate, O'Reilly, Duff, Power, Brady, Murphy, Williams, McGonigle, O'Neill, Duffy. Subs: Crowe and Burke (not used). Referee: Mr. M. Caulfield (Dublin).

GALWAY SUB-AQUA CLUB
The Galway Sub-Aqua Club at the moment is one of the cheajjest and best value for money clubs in Galway. That was one of the views expressed last Friday at the d u b ' s Annual General Meeting. This year sees the.21st Birthday for G.S.A.C. and will coincide with Galway City's 500th. Despite the fact that there will be many extra expenses incurred because of these celebrations the members decided not to increase the fees this year and to also introduce family membership. This would, it was felt, encourage exmembers to rejoin and entice many new members for the Club's 21st year. T h e Club's boats, it was stated, are in very bad condition and will either have to be replaced in the very near future or else expensive investments will have to be made into repairs. One boat and engine is presently up for sale to try and offset these costs. The clubhouse in Cross Street has recently been given a facelift due mainly to the efforts of Mr. Owen C u n n i n g h a m , who painted the premises in his own spare time. The Club was very appreciative of Owen's ti^e club spirit. Twenty-five members of the seventy-five turned up for the A G M . This was a smaller turn-out than for previous years, but there was still lots of enthusiasm and participation in the meeting. There was a motion to try and change the method of voting-in a new committee, but this was defeated and the foUowing committee members were elected, using the standard club format. President: George Ryder. Diving Officer: Michael Bnien. Secretary: Jacquk Fitzgerald. Treasurer: Colm Moriany. Public Relations Officer: Aodfa Dalton. Training Officer: Ivor Gleeson. Equipments Officer: Martin O'Halloran. Competitions Officer: Tom Mulvecn. Committee Members: Ray Raftery and Steven Curran.

Galway Sports Advisory Council AGM
The Galway City Sports Advisory Council was established by the Town of Galway Vocational Educational Committee in 1981, at the request of COSPOIR (National Sports Council) in association with the sporting bodies in Galway and the P.E. Teachers' Association. Since then, the Council has met at regular intervals and discussed various aspects of sport in general and sport in Galway City in particular. They have advised COSPOIR on various i m p o r t a n t matters in conjunction with sport and have helped the National Council in organising major, sporting events under their jurisdiction such as 'Sport For All Day'; N a t i o n a l Water Day; National Camogie Day and other major events. In addition, the City Advisory Council has been well represented at all of the conferences and seminars organised by COSPOIR in conjunction with the V.E.C. and other major National bodies. They have also had special discussions with the C.E.O. of COSPOIR, Mr. Barra O hUallachain and Mr. Joe Connolly, National Secretary of the Community Games Council. MET MINISTER FOR SPORT Perhaps the most important meeting of all arranged by the Galway City Sports Council was that with the then Minister for Sport Mrs.. Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, T.D. Various aspects of sport - particularly those concerning lack of facilities in the city - were discussed in a very frank and general attitude to the various points made and promised they would be noted and brought to the notice of the people who mattered most. Although Fianna Fail is no longer in power, and the new Minister for Sport is Fine Gael's Donal Creed, T.D., it can be assumed that all of Maire Geoghegan-Quinn's views taken from the Galway meeting are still with the relevant Government Department. But the fire of enthusiasm lit by the Sports Advisory body will need a bellows to blow it into a real potent flame if the needs of Galway's many sporting bodies are to be fully satisfied. But what are those needs and what do Galway sports bodies intend to do on their own behalf to achieve them. TAKING CONCRETE STEPS The Galway Sports Advisory Council is taking concrete steps in an effort to have these needs put together. Then as an Advisory body, they will be in the position to advise the Government -- through COSPOIR -- of Galway's priorities in this very important matter of sports amenities. For example -- it is a crying shame that in this day and age that there is not a single tartan track in the entire province of Connacht not to speak of Galway city. Vet there is a splendid track in Tullamore and two tracks of International standard in Cork city to mention just two areas. In the immediate future, each sports association in the city will receive a circular letter from the Galway Sports Advisory Council, which will include a questionnaire. It is in their own best interests that this circular is treated as a very important document and acted upon accordingly. A sub-committee of the Advisory Council, Chaired by Galway COSPOIR representative Jim Lydon, will examine the replies and submit a suggested 'Action Plan' for the November meeting of the full Advisory Council.

MENS HOCKEY
Galway I defeated Waterford Glass by 3-1 in the 1st round of the Irish Junior Cup played on grass in Waterford on Sunday. Galway's discipline and coolness throughout the match showed them defy all the odds against a strong home side. Donal Dempsey struck the net following a short corner after 10 minutes which was to be followed by a nice move from their captain Dave Hennessy which saw winger Michael Swan put away first time. Waterford replied shortly afterwards to leave the score 2-1 at the interval. Galway dominated most of the play in the second half which saw Dave Hennessy being taken down in the area and a penalty awarded which he converted himself. Galway I now play Carlow in the second round away. Galway: S. Hogan, T. Hargroves, D. Lalor, P. Sandys, D. Walsh, A. Dobson, D. Hennessy (Capt).; D. Dempsey, T_ Hyde, G. Small, M. Swan, Subs: T. Doyle for M. Swan,

and K. Chambers for C, Small. Galway H went down 4-0 to the Cork side Ashton at Dangan on Sat. Ashton who are presently sharing the top of Div II with Bandon rendered an all round fine display of hockey at a fast pace which showed much of the home side lacking in fitness although at midfield they held much of the possession but failed to coordinate with their forwards who never really posed a threat to Ashton'sa defence. Ashton opened the scoring with a goal five minutes after the start but Galway quickly settled down and the score remained unchanged. After the interval Ashton showed their superior team skills by putting 3 past the Galway defence. Galway: P. Bradley, D Walsh, J. Holliday, C. Forde, I. Willis, A. Dobson, K. Chambers, W. Sandys (Capt), T. Doyle, N. Hyde, V. Brady, Subs: M. Brennan for J. Holliday and P. Sandys for V. Brady. Galway away to Waterford next Saturday. Disco at Galway Lawn Tennis club Thursday, tickets available at door.

GOLF
Sunday Nov. 6 Hamper c o m p e t i t i o n 14 holes stableford. Class A (0-13) M. O'Higgins (10) 33 pts. (on last 6). D. O'Shaughnessy(7)38. A. Carney(13)32. B (14-28) P. Kelly (15) 35. Fr. D. Geraghty (22) 32. G. Comer (14) 32. Special prize: J. McGlennon & G. Rafferty. Saturday Nov. 5 4 ball V par. Winners W. Wade (17) & L. Gardiner (ll)9up. Second: J. Kilkelly (13) & J. Browne (21) 7 up. Third: B. Callagy (13) & S. Morris (15) 6 up. Special prizes: A. Taheny & B. O'Meara. Sunday next (13/11) Turkey competition 4 ball v par. Ladies: Sunday next 9 holes singles stableford. Tuesday (15/11) Scotch foursomes stableford. Sunday (Nov. 20) Mixed foursomes hampers. Connacht West Senior Alliance - next outing on Sunday (Nov. 13) at Westport - sponsored by Allied Irish Banks. The ladies captain's (P. Comer) Dinner will be held in clubhouse on Friday Nov. 18.

RESULTS OF CLAY SHOOT
There was a very high standard of shooting at the Barna/Bushy Park Open Shoot at Teach F u r b o last M o n d a y , where many shooters scored 100, resulting in shoot-offs for places in all events. Results--D.T.L. 1) B. Bradley. 2) S. Hession. 3) P. Martin. Driven Grouse. 1) P . Ciu'ran. 2) J. J. Fahy. 3) P. O'Gorman. Springing Teal. 1) J. J. Fahy. 2) S. Dunne. 3) M . O'Halloran. There was a tie for High Gentleman between Gerry McCotniskey, Pat Curran and J. J. Fahy, which due to failing light could not be decided.

Ladies Hockey
Last Saturday UCGI played Galway I in the Ladies senior league. With both teams anxious to gain the valuable two points the scene was set for a tough and fast paced match. Galway once again got the better o College when Paula Madden slipped one past the College defence in the closing minutes of the game. College were faced with a second league match on Sunday at home in Dangan -- they played Greenfields in what proved to be a high scoring match. College winning 4-2 with Anne Kilfeather scoring 1 and Sheelagh Holland scoring a hat-trick from open play. Sue Langton and Anne Daly scored for Greenfields. Galway and Sligo now remain the only two senior teams who have yet to face defeat, the two teams drew 0-0 when they met 2 weeks ago. Galway II had a good win over Athlone II in the second round of the Intermediate cup they won 3-0. Deirdre Fotrell scoring 2 and Norah Burke scoring 1 they now meet UCG A in the semi finals. Qreenfields II travelled to Sligo where they had a convincing 3-0 win over the Sligo RTC in the intermediate league with Mary Greally, Colette Joyce and Loma Duffy scoring.

HOCKEY
U.C.G 0 Galway I An exciting duel has fought between these two Galway teams with the winning goal being scored against the run of play. U.C.G. Seniors 4 (S. Holland 3 c a p t . , E. Patterson). Greenfields Seniors 2. (G. Magliocco, A. Daly). A blistering matching was played in Dangan on Sunday with UCG running home easy winners at a score of 4-2 having had 3 goals disallowed. Upcoming: UCG Seniors womens hockey team travel to Dublin on Mon. 14 Nov. for their intervarsities.

Wayside Lectures
The Winter series of lectures at the Wayside. Inn, on the Tuam Ro^d in Castlegar, got off to a fine start on Monday night, 8.30 p.m. Willie Bermingham, the Dublin fireman, founder of A.L.O.N.E. spoke about his association's work in the past six years since its beginning. Unbelieveable living c o n d i t i o n s are unearthed by fireman Bermingham and the 3,000 v o l u n t e e r s who now constitute A.L.O.N.E. The Berminghan Brigade fight apathy and red tape in sharing Christ's (pvc with the lonely, the poor, the frightened and discarded. Lecture II on Monday Nov. 14 at the Wayside Inn will focus attention on our homes. The talk entitled "Home kas its problems too" win be given by Mr' Peter Dorai-Ra], senior psychologist, Woodlands, Galway.

Top Winner in Advertising Competition
Oughterard Thatched Cottages, Ltd., is a Bronze winner in the American Land Development Association's (ALDA) first Advertising and Promotion Awards Competition. The top winners in the c o m p e t i t i o n will b e honoured with awards at the ALDA International CtHiference and Exhibition at the Century P k z a Hotel in Los Angeles. Peter Dodds is the managing director of the very successful Property Time Sharing scheme at Oughterard. Mr. Dodds launched the ccmcept in Ireland some years ago and the Thatched Cottages Ltd. have received almost world wide publicity.

GALWAY LAWN TENNIS CLUB

SQUASH SECTION
The final of Fallers Tournament took place in the club on Saturday night last with the presentation of prizes in the bar after. Mr. Paul Faller representing the sponsors, presented the successful competitors with their prizes. This was organised especially for those who do not play ladder competition and from the comments of those who took part, it wont be so long before we will be running another. Everyone enjoyed their games, the overall results were: Grade A: A. O'Byrne (winner) N. Whyte (r-up). B: G. Brennan (w), M. Fitzgerald (r-up). C: P. O'Gorman (w), S. Mooney (r-up). D: F. Colgan (w), M. Fahy (r-up). E: L. McNally (w), D. O'Doherty (r-up). F: P. Maye (w), R. McMahon (rup).

Water Safety
Tralee Sports Centre was packed to capacity for the finals of the National Senior Lifesaving Championships (Hganised by the Irish Water Safety Association on Sunday, 30th O a o b e r . A total of twenty-five teams from sixteen counties qualified t o compete, following elimination roiands at County and Regional levels. T h e final pladngs in the Ladies' Section were: 1st; Galway (656.5 points). 2nd: Wexford (643.5). 3rd: Dublin (640).

Squash
The squash season at Glenina is now well underway with the second competition of the year for men, the Heaslip trophy in full swing. The ladies competition for the Eyre Square Dry Cleaners trophy, has also commenced and the finals for both trophys are scheduled for Friday the 18th November. After three weeks of the mens ladder competition Sean Staunton has emerged as the new No. I. Members have shown a great interest in this particular event and there have been some excellent matches to date.

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