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Three great wins for
Carndonagh
16.10.08
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Damian Dowds, Inishowen Independent IT WAS a weekend that most clubs could only dream about. Carn won three championships in 24 hours, and while pride of place must go to the adult team who won the Donegal Junior Football Championship, the under-age section of the club can be pleased with their weekend’s work. First up, the under-12 hurlers defeated MacCumhaill’s in the final of the Donegal B hurling championship on Saturday morning. And then on Saturday afternoon the under-14 footballers had a goal to spare over Naomh Mhuire in the Donegal Division 2 final. Players from both squads were in attendance at MacCumhaill Park on Sunday to see the seniors win in the Donegal Junior Football Championship for the first time since 1952, and only the third time in all, with a comfortable five point win over Robert Emmet’s. |
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But happy though Carn
undoubtedly were with the Junior Championship win, their
focus remains on securing promotion from Division 3 of
the league. With two games remaining, they are tied at
the top of table with Robert Emmet’s and both sides are
vying for the automatic promotion spot. “We’ll treasure this win, but we can’t dine out on it,” manager Kieran Canny said afterwards. “We’ve worked hard for it, but we must aim for better. This team has a lot of improvement in it but we need to be in a higher division to improve.” Paying tribute to his players, Canny pointed out that the average age of his squad is just 22. “We have leaders all over the pitch and they stood up when they were needed in the second half,” he said. “Sometimes you have good players who go missing when the pressure comes on, but our boys stood up when it was needed. |
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Our workrate was excellent,
and that compensated for any mistakes we might have
made. We started out nervously, but improved
considerably in the second half.” For Mickey McLaughlin (Mooney), the sole survivor from Carn’s 1997 Intermediate Championship success, the win was particularly sweet. “This is a great bunch of lads and we’ve worked hard all year. If we can keep the squad together – and there’s no reason we can’t – we can go up and give the Intermediate a good rattle next year. But the main objective now is promotion from Division 3. If we go out and play as we know we can play, we’ll give ourselves every chance of getting into Division 2.” Club stalwart Elizabeth Doherty was elated after the final whistle. “This win means everything to the club, the boys all put their heads on the block today and gave their all and we’re very proud of them. And when you add this to the success of our under-14 footballers and under-12 hurlers, it’s been quite a weekend for everyone associated with the club.” In addition to their league ambitions, Carn now also face into the Ulster Junior Club Championship and will play the Monaghan champions on 2 November. “To be honest, we haven’t given it a moment’s thought,” Kieran Canny said. “Anything we get in it will be a bonus, but we won’t be taking it lightly either. We have a couple of Monaghan men involved with the management of this team so that will make it interesting for us.” For full coverage of all your weekend sport, read the Inishowen Independent. |
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