The Stabannon/John Mitchels U7's in Darver, front l/r: Conor Mathews, Patrick Reynolds, Fergus Clerkin, Shane Duffy, Daniel Clinton, Chris Dunne, Fionn McGuinness, Dylan Shevlin, Padraig Reynolds, Louis Goodman. Middle: Cormac Butterly, PJ Matthews, Ryan Shevlin, Andrew Wogan, Cillian Byrne, James Byrne, Jake Corrigan, Elizabeth Duff, Hallie Sands, Tiernan Smith. Back: Luke Dunne, Andrew Byrne, Mike Mathews, Molly Wheelan, Alan Reynolds, Connel Carney, Aine Byrne, Lorcan Butterly, Oisin Wheelan
five and we believed it was a realistic ambition to reach the play-offs. There were some strong teams in the league such as Hunterstown and Young Irelands so winning the title was always going to be a big ask, but we did feel that we had the ability to get into the top five,” he explained. However, it didn’t go according to plan for Stabannon and they failed to get into any real rhythm at any time during the season, and Eanna believes that there were ominous signs from the outset. “When we started back training we only had about 18 or 19 players due to lads at school, college or away working. We had some involved with the minors and hurlers and when you are a small rural club it makes it difficult to get a momentum going,” Eanna revealed. It was no real surprise that when the season started with the Kevin Mullen Shield, Stabannon were not at their best and they lost their opening two games to Hunterstown Rovers and St Kevins to leave them out of contention. However, their final group game saw them record a victory over Annaghminnon and that signalled the start of their best run of form during the season as Eanna recalls. “That gave us a lift going into the league and we won our
first three games against St Kevins, Wolfe Tones and Annaghminnon so for a couple of weeks we were on top of the division.” Unfortunately for the Parnells, they were unable to build on that morale-boosting start and after losing to Young Irelands in their next outing, they were unable to regain that early season form.
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