Championship Defeats!

Senior Football Championship
Annaghdown 1-10 Cortoon Shamrocks 1-12
Not a good start to the championship campaign this year when Cortoon who had the better set of forwards on display were lucky to hold out for victory. Annaghdown got of to a brutal start when a misplaced pass ended up in the Annaghdown net after 5mins of play. Cortoon got great confidence from this and lead @ half time 1-5 to 4pts. The second half started like the first and Cortoon added to 2 more points. Midway through the second half Cortoon lead by 7pts but a Wesley Fallon goal got the Annaghdown fire and passion going and they pulled it back to a 1pt game but just couldn't get the equaliser instead Cortoon got the all important point to end the game as victors.
Team was: Declan Walsh, Shane Collier, Adrian Fitzpatrick, Benny Newell, Fergal Doherty, Paul Creaven, Anthony Pender, Niall Coleman(1pt), Alan Kavanagh(Capt.), Brian Qualter, Wesley Fallon(1 goal), Daniel Denegan(2pts), Damien Burke(1pt), Ger Rafftrey(4pts 3 frees) & Frankie Burke(2pts). Subs used: Mathias Coleman(1pt) & Enda Mullarkey.

Intermediate Football Championship
Annaghdown 1-10 Oughteryard 2-09
A great performance from the Annaghdown second team gave a good scare to the most fancied Oughterard. A few lucky breaks went Oughterards way which was the difference between these 2 sides today in Monivea. Oughterard played with the big wind and found it hard to get going against a tigerish Annaghdown side. A few goal chances didn't come of for Annaghdown and a mishit free which broke kindly for Ougherard ended up in the Annaghdown net to give them a vital lead. Oughterard lead @ half time 1-5 to 3pts. Annaghdown had alot of poccession in the second half but alot of wides were costly and again Oughterard got a vital goal against the run of play. Annaghdown like the evening before kept plugging away and a late goal left a point between the sides. There was only time for one more play and Oughterard won poccession and scored the vital score to leave them victors.
Team was: TJ Forde, Patrick Burke, Alan Curry, Paul Scully, Christy Burke, Cathal Gaffney(1pt), Ian O'Dowd, Alan Newell, Raymond Newell(1-2), Aidan Burke(1pt), Padjoe Fahy(4pts 2 frees), Johnny Murphy, Michael Melia(2pts 1 free), Morgan Duggan(Capt.) & Carl Leonard. Sub used: Darren Newell.