play-off in Division 3 and were drawn against Young Irelands, but again we didn’t play as well as we know we can and after finishing second on the league we were disappointed to lose at the first hurdle. “The Kevin Mullen Shield Final gave us a chance to get something from the season and we were optimistic going into the game. This time we played reasonably well but we just couldn’t take our chances in the first half when we were on top. “Lannleire got ahead with two goals and although we managed to hit back in the second half, once again we left it too late,” explained the captain. It was a disappointing end to the season that has to be viewed as relatively successful given that Sean admits they went into it unsure of what to expect. The Sean McDermotts U9's, front l/r: Cian Finlay, Mia Duffy, Leah Halpenny, Logan McConnon, “The end of the 2011 season was a bit of John McGuiness, Alice Hughes, Shaney McConnon. Back: Sean Martin, Mark Hughes, Ciaran Baylon, AJ Finlay, Liam Mohan, Harry Geraghty. Missing from picture: Sean Vicreggie, Lee a downer for us particularly as we felt that McCormack, Leon Myles, Oisin Englishby, Seldi Hyseni we still had a lot of quality in the team, with the majority of players who had reached the 2010 Championship Final. “We had Ciaran Quinn in as manager and he proved to be very good and we were determined to show the ability we have. I suppose like every other team at the start of a season we look at the three trophies there to be won and aim to get our hands on at least one, but naturally the championship is the main on. “Although we had lost a number of players to emigration, we still had the belief that there was strength in the team to compete at this level, so we were in a positive frame of mind at the outset,” he revealed. That optimism appeared to be well founded as the Seans got the start to the The U7's, front l/r: Ronny Ruikij, Jack Melia, Adam McMullen-Murtagh, Daniel Commins, Shane season that they needed, going through Finlay, Tomas Devlin, Alan Martin. Back: Jamie McCourt, Shaney McConnon, Charlotte McElroy, Ronan Kerley, Cathal McCourt, Nathan Commins, Donnacha McCourt, Mia the Kevin Mullen Shield group stages Halpenny. Missing from picture: Alice Hughes, Aoibheann Murray, Cian Finlay unbeaten and qualifying for the semi-final. Although sometimes a team can see their good early form evaporate when it comes to the league, the McDermotts managed to maintain that momentum as they went through a Division 3 campaign losing only two games.
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