Slevins Coaches SHAC Final 

 

Lough Lene Gaels...........2.17 (23)

Castletown Geoghegan..1.27 (30)

 

Lough Lene Gaels contested the rescheduled final of the Westmeath Slevins Coaches SHAC final, Lough Lene Gaels v Castletown Geoghegan at Mullingar's TEG Cusack Park on Saturday November 2nd. 

A concession of a third minute goal to CTG, was not an ideal start for LLG. 

With 19 minutes of play elapsed, Aaron Kennedy scored a goal for LLG, leaving the match scoreline level at 1.05 to 1.05. 

For the first half match action that thereafter remained, CTG outscored LLG 0.06 to 0.04. The half time match scoreline was, Lough Lene Gaels 1.09 Castletown Geoghegan 1.11. 

Lough Lene Gaels were outscored 0.03 to 0.01 by CTG in the opening five minutes of second half play, falling further in arrears on a 1.14 to 1.10 scoreline as a consequence. David Williams (free) then pointed for LLG, keeping his team in contention. A further exchange of points followed thereafter, two per team! The match scoreline midway through the second half was, Lough Lene Gaels 1.14 Castletown Geoghegan 1.19, Lough Lene Gaels were now trailing by a margin of five points, and CTG were on course to win a 15th Westmeath SHAC/SHC title! 

Early in the closing quarter of play CTG moved 1.21 to 1.14 ahead, LLG in turn responding, hitting over two points in quick succession. The teams then each swapped further points, leaving the match scoreline at 1.22 to 1.17 with six minutes of normal playing time remaining. 

Lough Lene Gaels substitute Jason Malone then subsequently scored his team's second goal, in the last minute of normal playing time. 

Alas for Lough Lene Gaels though, it was a very impressive CTG team that thereafter hit over three unanswered points, winning this SHAC final by a margin of seven points. 

For the second year in succession, Lough Lene Gaels have scored an impressive total of 2.17 in a Slevins Coaches Westmeath SHAC final, and have ended on the wrong side of the match result.

Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club extends its sincere gratitude and thanks to its Senior 2024 magnificent panel of players and team management for their positive attitude to both the playing of, and preparing for, the playing of matches in the 2024 Slevins Coaches SHAC competition. 

Thank you, each and every one of you!

Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club also acknowledges with humble and sincere gratitude and appreciation, the magnificent support its Senior team received throughout its participation in the 2024 Slevins Coaches SHAC. 

Again, it is a case of, thank you each and every one of you.

Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club extends its sincere and warm congratulations to Castletown Geoghegan Hurling Club on the winning of the 2024 Slevins Coaches SHAC competition, a 15th Westmeath SHAC/SHC title for Castletown Geoghegan.

LOUGH LENE GAELS:

Noel Conaty, Daire Daly, Dan Higgins, Dan Reilly, Philip Reilly, Daragh Qamar, Shane Williams (0.02), Brendan Doyle, Micheal Daly, Thomas Doyle (0.03), David Williams (0.07, three frees, three 65m awards, one sideline award) Eoin Daly (0.03), Marcus Kennedy (0.01), Warren Williams, Aaron Kennedy (1.00)

Substitutes Used:

Derek McNicholas (0.01), Jason Malone (1.00)

Other Panel Members:

Paul Murtagh, John Egan, Thomas Kennedy, Jordan Williams, Johnny Dermody, Eric Fitzpatrick, Alex Little, Callum Burns, Jamie Nolan, Cian Reilly, Francis Kennedy, Padraig Fitzsimons, Eamonn Potter, Killian Hogan, Daniel Buckley, Fergal Tiernan.

Team Manager:

Joseph Williams

Selectors:

Brendan Williams, John Molloy, Allan Murray.

Physio:

Patsy Sheerin

Physical Trainer:

Eamonn Fitzsimons 

 

REFEREE 

Barry Kelly - St Oliver Plunketts Hurling Club Mullingar.

 

Just statistics 

 

Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club played its 300th completed fixture in the 2024 Westmeath SHAC/SHC, when playing Castletown Geoghegan in the 2024 Westmeath Slevins Coaches SHAC final on Saturday November 2nd. 

Of those 300 fixtures, Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club has won 168, drawn 22, lost 110. 

Of course the cliche that states that there are "lies, damned lies, and statistics" does come to mind!!!!

 

Lotto 

 

Decotek Park Clubhouse is where a lotto draw for a jackpot of €3200, took place on Monday night, October 29th. The four numbers drawn were, 5, 14, 17, 29. The jackpot was not won. Three Match 3 winners each won €35, namely Seamus McHale, Sharon Davis and John Fitzpatrick. Ticket Sellers were, Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club (2) and Doynes, Glenidan. The next lotto draw, for a jackpot of €3300, takes place at Decotek Park Clubhouse on Monday night, November 11th at 7pm.

 

Sincere Condolences 

 

Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club extends its sincere condolences to the respective families of Matt McKeogh, Raharney, a elegant left (Kitog) sided past player of Raharney Hurling Club over the course of many years, Conor Patrick McDermott, Fore, Michael Kincaid of Ballymore, who has served as a key and intelligent officer/administrator of Ballymore based Fr Daltons Hurling Club, recent winners of the 2024 Slevins Coaches SHBC competition.

 

Congratulations/Commiserations 

 

Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club extends its sincere congratulations to Brownstown Hurling Club on recently winning the 2024 Slevins Coaches Intermediate Hurling Championship competition.

Lough Lene Gaels Hurling Club extends its sincere commiserations to Delvin Hurling Club on a narrow one point defeat to Fr Daltons Hurling Club in the recently played 2024 Slevins Coaches SHBC final.

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