A real mixed weekend for our Galway Clinic sponsored community based club Maree/Oranmore fc.

On Saturday in the big u14 Regional sfai semi final Maree/Oranmore fc conceeded a late late goal in Oranmore in front of a large attendance to go down 1-0 to Westport Utd. In fairness neither side deserved to loose in an excellent game well reffed by the man in the middle Howard Mc Carthy.Westport Utd play Castlebar Celtic in an all Mayo Regional Final. The club u14s under Kevin Costelloe and Trevor Quinn can still look forward to a last 32 tie away to Kilcullen(Co Kildare) in the sfai u14 Cup proper.
The u12 div 1 side had an excellent 3-2 win against a fine Corofin Utd side in Corofin to put them in second place in the table, with goals from Jack Leahy and a brace from Jack Raftery.

The u13 championship side had a tough assignment away to Tuam Celtic A and played very well, 1-1 through Maxsim Lukjanov with five minutes to go, they eventually went down 3-1 to their North Galway hosts.
On Sunday our youths first division side certainly put it up to premier side Galway Hibernians in the u18 Connacht Cup quarter final in Oranmore in tough weather conditions and eventually went down 2-1 to Hibernians. Niall Rooney got a brace for the visitors in the opening half but the Maree/Oranmore fc lads certainly upped their game in the second half and replied early in the second half with an excellent looping finish from Dean Mooney, indeed in the last few minutes Cian Costello Hynes in the Hibs goal had to be on his best to keep out good efforts from Kevin Byrnes,Ben Wright and Mooney. This was an overall excellent team performance by the Maree/Oranmore lads as they now strive to win their League and Cup.
The adult A Junior side will be very disappointed after exiting the Connacht Junior Cup 3-0 away to St Bernards. A closer game than the scoreline suggests, manager Emlyn Long will be anxious to get their Premier League season back on track when they host West Utd on Saturday next.
Our club would like to say well done to our Club members who were selected to play for the Galway and District League u12 and u13 sides against the Athlone Schoolboys League. The u12s played in Eamonn Deacy Park while the u13s played in Iona Park Athlone. Our u12 representatives were Conor Daly,Colm Whelan,Daragh Clery,Daniel Keady and Michael Burke while our u13 reps were Ryan O Donnell,Seamie Fallon,Max Hawksley,Cathal Penny and Ben Costelloe.
Maree/Oranmore fc are appealing to mothers of our girls sides and dads of our u6 to u10 sides to join our growing band of coaches. Through John Morris Burke of the FAI here in Co Galway we are hosting an fai kick start 1 coaching course for parents who would like to get involved on Sunday Jan 28th in the Maree Community Centre. For our club parents Maree/Oranmore fc will cover all costs. Register on fai.ie now and contact our club secretary Martin on 087 9806489 who will reimburse the £45 paid. Food will also be provided for our club new coaches. Please get involved to help your child and his team.
The St Columbas Credit Union Invitational Tournament resumes this Sunday Jan 21st for boys at u7 and u8 level and girls at u8 and u10 level. As part of our policy to maximise the number of girls playing the sport girls can now register at this stage of the seAson for just 40 euro! Register now by downloading the CLUBIFY app and proceeding.
Our next members draw to assist in building a new full size 4g for our community takes place on Saturday January 27th at 9.45pm in the Maree Community Centre. Join now for cash prizes monthly for less than a fiver weekly, contact David to join on 087 6744158.
For all club details do visit our club facebook page.