DRUMGOON
2012 RESU LTS ACFL Divis ion 1 Drumalee 0 -9 0-7 Drum Drumgoon goon 0-14 3-11 C úchulainns Belturbet 0 -10 1-10 Dru mg Drumgoon 2-6 1-9 Bally oon haise Ballinagh 1 -14 1-9 Dru mgoon Drumgoon 0-12 1-14 R amor Drumgoon 2-9 1-10 La vey Lacken 2-7 1-11 Drumg oon Drumgoon 1-8 3-11 Kin gscourt Cavan Gae ls 1-13 3-10 Drumgoon Drumgoon 1-7 2-9 Cast lera Mullahoran 1-15 2-7 Dru han mgoon Killygarry 1 -6 2-14 Dru mgoon Drumgoon 5-16 3-10 R edhills Drumgoon 2-10 2-10 G owna
Conor Moynagh
A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH After capturing the intermediate championship crown in 2011, Drumgoon did their utmost to hold on to their senior status this year. However, that was easier said than done for so many clubs in the top tier over the past 12 months, as chairman Bernard McIntyre explained.
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t’s never easy at the top. But for Drumgoon GAA, 2012 will be viewed as a season which saw plenty of positives achieved in the ACFL Division One and senior championship. Crowned intermediate champions the previous October, Aidan Quigley’s team came into the new campaign with a sole objective of surviving the race for 2013 senior status. Wins over league-leaders Cavan Gaels, Redhills, Belturbet, Lacken,
SFC Drumgoon 2-11 0-15 R edh Drumgoon 0-16 0-12 R ills amor Drumgoon 1-7 2-12 Ca Kingscourt stlerahan 1-13 0-10 D rumgoon – QF
Lavey and Killygarry, along with draws against Ballyhaise and Gowna, saw the Eire Og men claim a 10th place finish in Division One, while their impressive form in the early rounds of the championship would carry them through to the quarterfinal stage against a Kingscourt side which seemed destined for big things at that stage of the season. In his second year as chairman of the club, Bernard McIntyre has saw the team make huge strides since
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taking over in 2011 and explained that this year was all about the team trying to consolidate their place alongside the county’s big guns. “The objective was to try and stay in the senior championship and in Division One of the league,” explained McIntyre. “Only for the league structure this year we wouldn’t have had to worry about relegation. It’s a good thing and a bad thing, because it leaves every game