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Templenoe G.A.A. Notes: 10/12/2001 Bord na nOg A.G.M. The Templenoe Bord na nOg A.G.M. will take place in on Wednesday December 12th at 7:30 p.m. in the Templenoe community centre. Medals Presentation: A large crowd of players and parents were present for the presentation of runners up medals to the u-10 and national school league sides. The medals were presented to the players by supreme all star award winner Pat Spillane. Social: The Templenoe G.A.A. social will take place on Saturday December 29th at 8:30 p.m. in the Riversdale House Hotel. The music will be by the Michael O' Sullivan band. Tickets at £16 each are available from Pat Spillane's Bar, The Blackwater Tavern, and through Timmy Clifford and Sean Finnegan. Templenoe G.A.A. Notes: 5/12/2001

Dunloe Shield Final: Pobal Scoil Inver Sceine Kenmare 0-12, St. Pats Castleisland 2-5. Well done to the Kenmare school who beat St. Pats in Glenflesk on Friday. The Templenoe players involved were Anthony Sheehan, John Doyle, Brian O' Neill, Mark O' Sullivan, Trevor O' Connor and mentor Tim Sheehan. Cumann na mBunscoil final: Kenmare 0-9, Ardfert 1-3. Congratulations to Kenmare boyes national school who came from behind to defeat Ardfert in the final of a keenly contested competition. Templenoe were represented on the panel by Patrick Palmer, Joseph Sheehan, Patrick O' Connell, Padraig Doyle, Kieran O' Sullivan, Aidan Breen, Danny O' Sullivan, Richard Downing, and Paul O' Sullivan, Medals Presenation: The runners up medals for the national school league team and the U-10 team that were defeated in the Connie McCarthy Cup will be presented in the Templenoe Community Centre on Saturday December 8th at 6:30 p.m. Bord na nOg : The Templenoe Bord na nOg A.G.M will take place in the Templenoe Centre on Wednesday December 12th at 7:30p.m.

Templenoe G.A.A. Notes: --------27/11/2001 Cumann na mbunscoil: Good luck to Kenmare boys national school in the final of cumann na mbunscoil. They meet Ardfert in the final after defeating Listowel in the semi-final. The Templenoe players on the panel are Patrick O' Connell, Padraig Doyle, Patrick Palmer, Aidan Breen, Joseph Sheahan, Kieran O' Sullivan, Richard Downing and Danny O' Sullivan. Scor na nOg: Congratulations to Templenoe's novelty act on winning the Kenmare district board final. The victorious thesbians were the following.Teddy Doyle, Padraig Doyle, James O' Sullivan, Danny O' Sullivan, Avril Egan, Claire O' Sullivan, Kevin Granville and Niall O' Sullivan. Templenoe were well represented in other categories too; Figure Dancing: (1) Siobhan Cremin, Melanie Palmer, Kellyann Lee, Michaela Lee, Niall O' Sullivan, Kieran O' Sullivan,. (2) James O' Sullivan, Daniel o' Neill, John Morley, Tadhg Morley, Johanne Egan, Norma O' Sullivan. ----Solo Singing: Caroline O' Connor, Christina O' Shea. ----------- Instrumental Music: Geraldine Egan, Mariesa O' Neill, Niall O' Sullivan, James O' Sullivan, Daniel O' Neill.--------- Recitation. Joanne Egan.--------- Question Time: Brian O' Neill, Caroline O' Connor, Mark O' Sullivan. Well done To Ann O' Sullivan and all who prepared the contestants. Meeting: The clubs December meeting will take place on Wednesday 5th at 9:30 p.m. in the community centre. Templenoe G.A.A. Notes: --------22/11/2001 Cumann na mbunscoil Templenoe were well represented on the Kenmare boys team that beat Killorglin in Kenmare recently. Joseph Sheehan, Patrick Palmer, Padraig Doyle, Kieran O' Sullivan, Richard Downing, Daniel O' Sullivan, Aidan Breen and Patrick O' Connell, all p[layed their part in helping Kenmare qualify for the sem-finals. Templenoe G.A.A. Notes: --------15/11/2001 Connie McCarthy Cup Final: Kenmare 3-11, Templenoe 4-5. A better balanced and stonger Kenmare side overcame a gallant Templenoe team in this district board u-10 football final. Kenmare dictated play for most of the first half and were 2-2 to no score up approaching half time. However Templenoe rallied and a point by Sean Sheehan followed by a goal by Tadgh Morley left the half time score Templenoe 1-1, Kenmare 2-2. Early in the second half Templenoe leveled the game thanks to a goal and a point by Sean Sheehan. Sonn after they went ahead when Michael Hallisey found the net from close range. Kenmare rallied and scored a goal and three points before Templenoe got their next score from Sean Sheehan following a great pass from James O' Sullivan. Kenmare then got 4 more points before Templenoe got the final 2 points of the game through Sean Sheehan and Mike Hallisey. Templenoe: Colm Breen, John Morley, Kevin Granville, Danny Quinn, Kieran O' Neill, James O' Sullivan, Tommy Spillane, Sean Sheehan, A.J. Christian, Daniel O' Neill, Teddy Doyle, Martin Reilly, John Spillane, Michael Hallissey, Tadgh Morley, Subs: Adrian Spillane, Brian Hand, Niall O' Sullivan, John Moriarty, Denis O' Neill, Hugh Guideon, Kieran Hallissey, Killian Spillane, Michell O' Connor. Templenoe G.A.A. Notes: --------31/10/2001 The November meeting in on Monday 5th at 9:30 p.m. in the Blackwater Tavern. Templenoe G.A.A. Notes: --------23/10/2001 Finnegan Cup Final Result: Templenoe 1-8, Tousist 1-12. Tousist emerged victorious in the final of the Kenmare district board championship. It was a tightly contested match with only a point separating the sided with five minutes remaining. Both sides had hit a few wides before Timmy Clifford opened the scoring with a point from a free after mike Crowley was fouled. Tousist hit back through Johnny O' Shea. Soon Templenoe struck for a goal. Shane Cremin's long delivery was broken down by Goeff Mahony to Mike Crowley who drilled a low shot to the net. The next scores were tit fox tat wit Padraig O' Sullivan and Mike Crowley scoring for Templenoe and Johnny O' Shea for Tousist. Before half time John Joe Brosnan and Teddy Harrington put over points for Tousist to leave it Templenoe 1-3, Tousist 0-4 points at the break. Tousist scored first in the second half through a close range effort by Johnny O' Shea. Templenoe responded well with points from Padraig O' Sullivan and Timmy Clifford from a free after he was fouled. However Tousist then took control of midfield through Flor O' Sullivan and after a fortuitous goal won by four points despite two more points from Mike Crowley and a goal chance trickling wide of the post. The Templenoe team was; P. O' Mahoney, D. O' Connor, E. O' Sullivan, B. Harrington, M. Jones, J. K. O' Sullivan, J. Foley, S. Cremin, D. Clifford, Brian O' Connor, N. O' Sullivan, P. O' Sullivan (0-2), T. Clifford (0-3), G. O' Mahoney, M. Crowley (1-3). National School League final: Kenmare 3-7, Templenoe 3-5. On Sunday last in Fr. Breen Park gave an outstanding display of football that the crowd really enjoyed. Templenoe were the favourites but did not show their superiority early on.From th throw in Kenmare had full control early on and scored some excellent points. After that Templenoe settled down an the score at half time was Templenoe 1-1, Kenmare 0-4. In the second half Templenoe got on top but they missed some excellent point scoring opertunities. Kenmare's goals came more easily and they won out by two points at the finish.   Templenoe G.A.A. Notes: --------9/10/2001 Finnegan Cup Final: Templenoe v Tousist in Kenmare on Sunday October 21st at 3:15 p.m. National School League: Templenoe have reached the final of the National school league by defeating Cahir/Bonane/Kilgarvan inthe 3rd round of this competition. The final is on in Kenmare on this Sunday Oct. 21st at 2 p.m. Cumann na mbunscoil: There were 6 Templenoe players on the Kenmare school team that beat Castleisland recently. These were Joseph Sheehan, Patrick Palmer, Patrick O' Connell, Richard Downing, Padraig Doyle and Kieran O' Sullivan. Templenoe G.A.A. Notes: --------9/10/2001 Results: Finnegan Cup Semi-Final: Templenoe 1-12 ; Kilgarvan 0-10. Templenoe defeated Kilgarvan in the Finnegan cup semi-final to advance to the final on Sunday October 21st. The first half was dominated by Templenoe and they led by 1-8 to 0-5 at half time following a goal by Padraig O' Sullivan The second half was a very different story and for most of the half Kilgarvan dominated possession as Templenoe's lack of match fitness began to show. Over twenty minutes of the first half had elapsed before Templenoe got a score and by then Kilgarvan had come within two points of Templenoe. Over the next 7 minutes Templenoe continued to hang on grimley and conceeded just one other point due to stout defending and a great save from the goalie. Then in the final 3 minutes Templenoe broke out to score three unanswered points including a penalty that was tapped over the bar. The Templenoe team was; P. O' Mahoney, D. O' Connor, E. O' Sullivan, B. Harrington, D. O' Shea, J. K. O' Sullivan, J. Foley, S. Cremin, D. Clifford, N. O' Sullivan, T. Clifford, P. O' Sullivan, J.J. O' Sullivan, G. O' Mahoney, M. Crowley. The Finnegan Cup Final in on Sunday October 21st. National School League Result: Templenoe 6-13, Tousist 5-4. Templenoe G.A.A. Notes: --------3/10/2001 Finnegan Cup Semi-Final: Templenoe v Kilgarvan, Sunday October 7th 3:15 p.m. in Kenmare National School League Result: Templenoe 4-5, Kenmare 2-6. Fixtures: Templenoe play Tousist on Friday October 5th at 6 p.m. in Kenmare. ...............Templenoe play Cahir/ Bonane/ Kilgarvan on Sunday October 7th in Kenmare at 1 p.m. The u 10's beat Legion in Dromore last Sunday Templenoe G.A.A. Notes: --------25/09/2001   Teddy O' Sullivan-Casey Cup Final 2001 Templenoe/Kilgarvan 5-10, Kenmare 1-3. Despite a nervous start Templenoe/Kilgarvan u-12's recorded a very comprehensive victory to win their first ever Teddy O' Sullivan cup final. After 15 minutes Kenmare were 1-2 to 0-3 ahead and the T/K forwards were finding it very difficult to score against resolute defending by Kenmare backs. However T/K then woke up and the scores flowed for the from then until the final whistle. For T/K Patrick O' Connell showed his usual brilliance at full back with great support from Sean O' Shea. Half back line were in full control with outstanding displays from Daniel O' Connor and Joseph Sheehan who gave a man of the match performance at centre back. When Kevin O' Connor and Patrick Palmer settled at midfield they really showed their strength and skill. In the forwards Ciaran O' Sullivan (K) won and passed great ball although Padraig Doyle was the goal poacher of the evening. Daniel Cahalane, a very pacey skilful player was a constant threat to the Kenmare defence. The Templenoe/kilgarvan team and scorers were; Simon Cullinane, Sean O' Shea, Patrick O' Connell, D. O' Sullivan, D. O' Connor, J. Sheehan, K. O' Sullivan, K. O' Connor (0-3), P. Palmer (0-3), A. Breen, K. O' Sullivan, G. Egan (0-1), P. Doyle (3-1), S. Godfrey, D. Cahalane (2-2). Subs: P. O' Sullivan, P. Godfrey, T. Doyle, S. Sheehan, K. Granville, J. O' Sullivan, D. Hallisey, M. Hallisey, C. Breen, A.J. Christian, R. Hand, M. Sheehan. Monthly meeting: Tuesday October 2nd at 9:30 p.m. in the Templenoe Community centre Templenoe seniors play Derrynane in a challange match at Dromore on ~Saturday evening at 6 p.m. The Templenoe U-10's and U-12's travelled to Castletownbere to play challange games against the locals. The under 10's won but the older lads were beaten. The Teddy o' Sullivan cup final between Templenoe and Kenmare was postponed on Friday last as a mark of respect to the victims of the tragedy in New York. It has been refixed for Friday September 21st in Dromore at 6:30 p.m. Templenoe beat Kilgarvan by 2-7 to 10 points .in Dromore. The next game is against Brosna in Brosna .

Templenoe lost to Derrynane and drew with Tousist.

Templenoe play Derrynane in Sneem on Saturday May 12th at 7:30 p.m.

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Templenoe held out for a good win over Ardfert in Dromore.The game was close and exciting all through and in the balance right up to the end.

Templnoe took the lead with points from Noel O' Sullivan annd Mike Crowley but Ardfert leveled the score.Timmy Clifford and Ardferts No. 9 exchanged points before Brian O' Connor and Padraig O' Sullivan scored to give Templenoe a 0-5 to 0-3 lead after 20 minutes.

Ardfert then scored 1-2 within two minutes to rock Templenoe back on their heals. However Templenoe scored the last point of the half through Padraig O' Sullivan to leave the scores 1-5 to 0-6 at the break.

Ardfert opened the second half well with a long range point but a point from Fergus and two from Timmy Clifford leveled the play. Then Ardfert struck with a goal, but Templenoe did not lie down. They upped the tempo of their game and in the fifteenth of the second half Damian Clifford was dragged down in the small parallelogram for a penalty that Shane blasted to the back of the net. Mike Jones and Timmy Clifford put Templenoe further ahead. Ardfert pointed a free in the 24th minute but two minutes later Fergus goaled after being put through by Noel O' Sullivan.

Ardfert pointed to leave just a goal between the sides with a minute remaining. They tried hard to equalise but tremendous blocking by the Templenoe backs kept them at bay.

Templenoe Team:Pat Mahoney, Bobby Harrington, Shane Cremin (1-0), Dan O' Connor, Donal O' Connell, John Kieran O' Sullivan, Mike Jones (0-1), Mike Crowley (0-1), Damian Clifford (0-1), Jerry Foley, Noel O' Sullivan (0-1), Timmy Clifford (0-4), Padraig O' Sullivan (0-2), Brian O' Connor (0-1), Fergus O' Sullivan (1-1).

U12 County league result: Templenoe 2-8, Kenmare 1-9.

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Resukt : Templenoe 2-11 ; Ardfert 2-8.

Templenoe play Ardfert in Dromore at 5:30 p. m. on Sunday May 6th in th third round of the county league.

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Novice Championship Result: Templenoe 1-8 Derrynane 0-9. This was quite an exciting game all through. It was the first senior football game played in Dromore in a long time and a wholehearted team effort made it a victorious one.

Playing against the wind in the first half Templenoe defended and attacked in packs. Timmy Clifford opened the scoring in the first half with a free. Mike Crowley burst through and kicked Templenoes point number two in the fifth minute. Derrynane replied with a point from thir centre forward. Templenoes Noel O' Sullivan cut in from the corner and saw his shot at goal well saved. Minutes later Templenoe had the green flag raised when Timmy clifford finished off a well worked move with a bullet of a shot.Derrynane's Joe Corridan pointed a free before Brian O' Connor restored Templenoe's four point advantage.

Derrynanes wing forward exchanged scores before Joe Corridan put over a point to leave the half time score Templenoe 1-4, Derrynane 0-4.

Templenoe started the second half well after Derrynane scored a point, with scores from Noel O' Sullivan and Brian O' Connor. However in the 18th minute of the second half Joe Corridan again pointed to leave only one point between the sides.Once again Templenoe lifted their game with Bian O' Connor and Damian Clifford scoring important points. Derrynane tried hard to get a goal but Templenoes defence held out despite a late derrynane point.

Templenoe Team:Pat Mahoney, Bobby Harrington, Shane Cremin, Dan O' Connor, Tommy Granville, John Kieran O' Sullivan, Mike Jones, Pat Clifford (0-1), Damian Clifford (0-1), Noel O' Sullivan (0-1), Mike Crowley (0-1), Timmy Clifford (1-1), Padraig O' Sullivan, Brian O' Connor (0-3), Fergus O' Sullivan. Subs; G. O' Mahony

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Templenoe play Derrynane in the first round of the novice championship at two o' clock on Sunday April 29th in Dromore.

Result ; South Kerry League: Templenoe 1-9, Sneem 0-12; Waterville 3-12, Templenoe 0-8.

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County League Result: Templenoe 1-9, Kerins O' Rahilly's 0-11.

Templenoe got their first points in the county league with a one point win over Kerins O' Rahillys last Sunday.Templenoe made good use of a strong wind in the first half and built up a strong lead. Points from Timmy Clifford and Damian Clifford were followed by a goal from Noel O' Sullivan. Templenoe added further points from Pat Clifford and Shane Cremin before O' Rahilly's fought back with a couple of points.Timmy Clifford and two points from Brian O' Connor gave Templenoe a 1-7 to 0-4 half time lead.

In the second half O' Rahillys piled on the pressure and got scores mainly from frees. Templenoe introduced Mike Crowley in the second half and he helped to strengthen the side.In the closing minutes Timmy Clifford and Gary Sheehan scored two great points for Templenoe and the backs rebuffed fierce pressure for Templenoe to emerge victorious.

Team: Pat Mahoney, Bobby Harrington, John Kieran O' Sullivan, Dan O' Connor, Donal O' Connell, Eddie O' Sullivan, Tommy Granville, Shane Cremin (0-1), Damian Clifford, Pat Clifford (0-1), Gary Sheehan (0-1), Brian O' Connor (0-2), Mike Jones, Noel O' Sullivan (1-0), Timmy Clifford (0-3), Fergus O' Sullivan. Subs; M. Crowley, T. Granville.

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Result: Murphy Cup; Kenmare 1-9, Templenoe 1-6. Templenoe were defeated by Kenmare in the second round of the Murphy cup. Templenoe were first to score when Alan Sheehan pointed from close range. Sean O' Shea scored two points for Kenmare before Timmy Clifford equalised. Two more points for Kenmare gave them a 4 to 2 lead before a great Templenoe move ended with Brian O' Connor scoring a goal. However Kenmare hit back with Sean O' Regan getting a goal after a mistake in the Templenoe defence. Half time score Kenmare 1-7 Templenoe 1-2.

Templenoe had the wind in the second half but kicked too many wides. Tommy Granville now playing in the forwards had a goal disallowed as the referee had already blown for a free in for Templenoe. Templenoe reduced the difference to three points but failed to get another goal despite several chances.

Team: Pat Mahoney, Bobby Harrington, John Kieran O' Sullivan, Dan O' Connor, Tom O' Sullivan, Eddie O' Sullivan, Tommy Granville, Alan Sheehan (0-1), Shane Cremin, Gary Sheehan, Brian O' Connor (1-4), Mike Jones, Noel O' Sullivan, Timmy Clifford (0-1), Fergus O' Sullivan. Subs; J.J. O' Sullivan, G. O' Mahony

Fixtures: Murphy Cup v Tousist in Templenoe on Saturday April 7th at 6:30 p.m. and South Kerry League; v Sneem on Sunday April 8th in Templenoe have been cancelled.

Senior Training will be on Sunday at 11 a.m. in Dromore.

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Templenoe play Kenmare in Kenmare in the Murphy cup at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Templenoe were beaten by Renard in the first round of the county league.

Templenoe beat Kilgarvan in the Murphy cup by 2-7 to 2-5.

A last minute goal gave Templenoe victory over Kilgarvan in heavy conditions that ment that scores were hard to come by.

Kilgarvan wer first to score but points bt Timmy and Damian Clifford gave Templenoe a 2 points to 1 lead.Templenoe lost Donal O' Connell through injuryand Kilgarvan came back into the game with two points. Befor half time Fergus O' Sullivan hammered home a great goal to give Templenoe a 1-2 to 3 points lead at the break.

Damian Clifford opened the scoring in the second half with a point from play.Kilgarvan replied with points from Flor O' Donoghue. Briab O' Connor scored a free for Templenoe. Then Kilgarvan grabbed two goals in the space of 5 minutes to give them a 2-5 to 1-4 lead. Templenoe kept the pressue on and further points from Brian O' Connor put a single point between the sides. In the last attack of the game Timmy Clifford floated a high ball into the Kilgarvan square and Damian Clifford rose highest to punch the ball to the Kilgarvan net.

The Templenoe team was Pat Mahoney, Bobby Harrington, John Kieran O' Sullivan, Dan O' Connor, Donal O' Connell, Eddie O' Sullivan, Tommy Granville, Alan Sheehan, Damian Clifford (1-2), Mike Jones, Fergus O' Sullivan (1-0), Timmy Clifford (0-1), Gary Sheehan, Brian O' Connor (0-4), Padraig O' Sullivan. Subs; Shane Cremin, Pat Clifford.

Fixture: Templenoe v Renard in Templenoe on Sunday March 24th at 2 p.m.

South Kerry League Result: Templenoe 2-8, Renard 2-11.

Despite a late Templenoe rally Templenoe went under to Renard in an entertaining game last Sunday. Renard got the first score of the match. Mike Jones equalised straight away for Templenoe. Renard then scored 1-3 without reply. Their goal came from a free that dropped short and was finished to the net by their full forward. Mike Jones, John James and Brien O' Connor all pointed for Templenoe. Half time score Templenoe 0-5 Renard 1-7.

In the second half an early goal for Renard appeared to have finished the game as a contest. Templenoe fought back with a point from Brian O' Connor and a superb goal from Noel O' Sullivan. Scores were exchanged before Shane Cremin buried Templenoe's second goal.

Scores; Brian O' Connor 0-3, Shane Cremin 1-2, Noel O' Sullivan 1-0, Mike Jones 0-2, John James O' Sullivan 0-1.

Team: Mike John O' Sullivan, Bobby Harrington, Eddie O' Sullivan, Tom O' Sullivan, Donal O' Connell, John Kieran O' Sullivan, Tommy Granville, Shane Cremin, Pat Coifford, Mike Jones, Noel O' Sullivan, Timmy Clifford, John James O' Sullivan, Brian O' Connor, Fergus O' Sullivan. Subs; Dan O' Connor, Goeffery O' Mahony, Padraig O' Sullivan, Brian O' Neill.