Strule United Reserves celebrate a successful year and promotion
Marty McKenna presents Gary McConnell with a bottle of champagne for his role as team captain.
Man of the Match Russell STRULE United’s reserves were celebrating at the weekend after a 6-0 victory Roberts gets a bottle of over Fermanagh side Derrychara that has won them promotion to Reserve Division Two. The impressive scoreline belied a tough match and manager bubbly from his manager. Marty McKenna paid tribute to his side’s gritty performance, which saw a hattrick from front man Ciaran McCaffrey and a further two from striker Micky Allen – bringing the pair’s tally for the season to more than 30 goals. Super sub Ricky Chisholm came from the bench around the 70th minute and scored a screamer just minutes later to seal the deal and secure division two football for the side next season. Manager McKenna paid tribute to his players and support staff in what was his first season as a football manager and only his second in local soccer. The Omagh man came to Strule United as a player just last season, having previously been heavily involved in both GAA and boxing locally. “It’s been a great performance all season and especially on Saturday, the scoreline didn’t reflect how tough that game was for the first 60 minutes. Hopefully our promotion will give the whole club a wee bit of a boost for next season. I would like to personally thank Niall McAleer for all his help and support with training and coaching this season and wish him well in all his future endeavours,” he said.
Drumquin lose out in a spirited battle with Spamount
Drumquin United looked as if they might edge a victory over Spamount at the weekend, with two goals in the first 10 minutes of the game. The scores were level agin by half time but a plucky performance by United swayed the odds in their favour until a late strike from ace marksman Thomas Mcmenamin clinched it for the Swifts - boosting the Derg side's hopes of survival in Division 2.
Harte eyes county league for player fitness As Tyrone build up to the championship game manager Mickey Harte is keeping a close watch on the highly competitive all county league. Three rounds have been played and the news on the county players is mixed. Harte will have been delighted to learn that on Sunday Omagh's Justin McMahon completed his third full game with any problems, the big man playing great football for St Enda's. He will also be happy to note that Stephen O’Neill returned to competitive action on Sunday afternoon. Having not played since last year’s All Ireland semi-final defeat at the hands of Mayo he came on for his club Clann na nGael and scored two points to help
them secure a narrow win over Aghaloo. It's not all good news though, as last Sunday, Joe McMahon, Colm Cavanagh and Conan Grugan were all unable to play because of injury issues. Fingers crossed for next Sunday’s final round! Ulster GAA Senior Football Championship 2014 Ticket Prices: Terrace - Adult £13, Student/Senior Citizen £9, U16's (all-ticket games) £5, U16's (non all-ticket games) FREE. Stand -(covered/ uncovered) Adult £20, Senior Citizen, £13, Juvenile (all-ticket games) £5 Juvenile (non all-ticket games) FREE. omaghtoday | 49