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Kiltegan 0-9 Annacurra 0-9 5/6/09

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Things are going from bad to worse
for Kiltegan! In any sort of normal circumstances they would have been
expected to get a win over the Annacurra Intermediate team in the
league at Kiltegan.

However emigration has taken at least a third
of their championship winning team and now another one third are on the
injured list. They were only able to call on four of the team that
started in the county final for this match.

Injury-time points by Frank Clune and Mick O’Brien earned Annacurra
a draw with Kiltegan in Division 1 of the Senior Football League at
Kiltegan on Friday evening.

Kiltegan started well but veteran Ciarán Shannon got Annacurra’s
first point and they stayed in contention right through. The home side
led by two points – 0-6 to 0-4 – at half-time and were still clinging
to that slender lead at the end of the hour.

However, Annacurra never gave up the chase and reaped the reward for their persistence with a valuable point in the end.

Pádraig Keogh was Kiltegan’s top scorer with four points; James
Doyle got 0-2 with Keith Furlong, James Whelan and Blaine Harmon scoing
0-1 each.

Annacurra were also a bit below full strength, missing among others
county player Alan Byrne. Their scorers were Frank Clune ( 0-5), Mick
O’Brien, Clive Horan, Willie Codd and Ciarán Shannon (0-1 each).

Annacurra 0-14 An Tochar 1-7 2/6/09

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Annacurra are through to the 1/4 finals of the 125 Centenary Competition after an impressive win over An Tochar last night in Annacurra. With an All-Ireland senior winner in Mike Hassett playing at full back for the Roundwood men, Annacurra’s forwards created havoc throughout the game and thuroughly deserved their win.

An even start saw the two teams trade scores up until it was three points a piece when Annacurra pulled away. 6 unanswered points up until the half time break saw Annacurra open a handsome lead. Pierce O’Brien and John Thompson were dominating midfield and the half forwards and backs cleaned up many of the breaks that these two knocked down. The full back line were also in good shape for the first half as Ciaran Byrne was aided by his corner backs in extinguishing every An Tochar attack. Stephen Doyle who was covering in goal for his relation Michael made 3 crucial saves over the duration of the game.

The second half saw Annacurra pick up where they left off. The home team stretched their 6 point lead to a 10 point lead at 14 points to 4. Clive Horan was brought on as a sub and during this time the sharpshooter made a welcome return to play with a fine point. An Tochar pushed until the final whistle to reduce the deficit and their efforts were rewarded when they sneaked a goal after the hard efforts of Stephen Doyle and his defence to keep them out. With 5 points between the teams a solo effort by the An Tochar centre forward seen the referee bring the game to an end with Annacurra running out winners 14 points to 1-7.

Team- S.Doyle, Martin O’Brien, C.Byrne, S.MacAllister, S.O’Neill, Michael O’Brien, D.Thompson, P.O’Brien, J.Thompson, William Codd, A.Horan, M.Healy, P.Moules, F.Clune, S.O’Keefe.

Subs- Mark O’Neill, Clive Horan, Colm Maher, Tom Doyle

GAA 125th anniversary celebrations

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Senior 7s winners

Last sunday the 125th anniversary of the GAA was celebrated in Annacurra.

It began with a march from the church to the pitch involving all club members young and old.

A fantastic effort was put into the celebrations which involved 7 a side games involving under 8s all the way up to the seniors. In the hall was an interesting mix of old newpaper articles documenting the roots of the GAA in wicklow, medals of victories past and numerous photos of Annacurra team down through the years.

A special shout out is deserved to all those who worked away serving sandwiches and snacks in the hall, they went down a treat.

Click on the picture above of the winning senior 7 a side team for a handful of photos from the day.

7 a side photo thanks to Collette Barry. Gallery photos by Brian Mc Donald