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THE Wolfe Tones’ under 14 foot- ballers had a marvellous campaign in the Feile Peil na nGael in Cavan last weekend in reaching the final in their division in the cradle of Ulster football that 1s Breffni Park.
The team can be very proud of their achievements as they to a man played to their full potential and only lost in the final to a very strong North Lon- don team that comprised of 16 dif- OKs Me Ll ahe
Based for the weekend in Ballyma- chugh, they played the host club on the Friday afternoon despite the long journey north. It took them a while to find their feet and the host club Bal- lymachugh put up a good perform- ance before goals from Jack Carrig and William Flynn gave the side some breathing space in winning 3-9 to 1-4.
In what was a hectic schedule for all teams, they then went on to Cavan town for the Feile parade in- volved at least 4000 participants.
Saturday morning came and next up were Denn, another Cavan side and again their better footballing skills and teamwork told in the second half with Wolfe Tones racked up their second on a scoreline of 1-9 to 1-1.
Then after a break of less than two hours later the Tones put champions of the last two years, Lancashire, to the sword on a scoreline of 4-11 to O- 1 to advance to a semi-final meeting against Tourlistrane of Sligo.
Under no illusions, Wolfe Tones tore into their opponents in the open- ing half and with a great goal from danien brennan gave the Shannon side a fighting chance at the break, leading 1-2 to 0-2.
A Trojan display by Tino Nzvaura and Dylan Birchall and great points from Jason McNally gave Wolfe Tones a brilliant victory by 1-10 to Q-3 to advance to a final meeting against North London. This was by far their best performance given by the team over the past two years they’ve been together.
It brought the Shannon bandwagon
to Kingspan Breffni Park for the fi- nal. North London went into an early 1-1 to O-O lead before then Daniel Brennan hit 1-1 in two minutes to put the Tones back in contention. At the break, they only trailed by a point but they were playing well.
In the second half the sheer physical presence of the North London team told as they retained possession and gave the Shannon side little oppor- tunity. William Flynn excellent with his athletic ability and helped out the defence no end. Damien Casey in the goals pulled off three excellent saves to keep his side involved, however at the end of the day, the large Wolfe Tones contingent acknowledge that the better team had won.
In all, the Shannon boys performed excellently and to the best of their ability.
Their football was of the highest standard and they were well coached by Mick Riordan and his team of mentors. They were worthy ambas- sasdors for Shannon and Clare in exo ieeel B