Guth & Tuairim, Meán Fómhair 1980

Anseo1 Ansiud 10 Doreen wants to know wnere R. was on Fridq night· 9th. One of the first skiffs to appear in Donegal was built in Sligo and remodelled by Joe Doherty of Cruit Island, who •,.rns famous for racing-curragh building. Fr<,>m this skiff the mould for present day fibre-glass models WllS made. In an area from Gaoth D obhair to Sligo there are sixteen clubs and some have 5 skiffs which are valued at £1,500 each. - The Roa~es :J."'d C'111oth Dt'l);1air parishes were always famous for rowing. We had·the Gola and ·Inis Meain teams, the C'Donnells of Ballymanus and the Owey Island team which won the Junior All-Ireland title. But, nowadays trends seem to have changed with teams from Ardara, Tullycleave and Killybegs dominating the races. The Kincasslagh Ladies are the only tea'Tl to keep the flag flying by winning the Co. Donegal League this year. What's happening to teams like Gaoth Dobhair, Arainn Mor, Traigheanna, Burtonport and Dungloe? Abmtt 3 years ago a Co. Donegal Rowing & Regatta Committee was ·formed to control activities and to select . regatta·dates, bu~. their 2 meetings a year were inadequate so this year a new committee was elected and they seem to be more aware of what spectators want. The committee were offered sponsorship b,y Flood Motors of Donegal Town and were presented with a beautiful cup which was contested by the men's senior skiffs. The committee then had to find §ponsorship for the ~dies and Under 18 League and they got a great response with Western Marine, Erne Plastics, .Anthony NcGinley Coaches, Highland H 0 tel aiid Allied. Irish Mobil~ Banks offering beautiful Perpetual Trophies and Cups. It was also proposed to hold . a presentation dance in the Abbey Hotel in Donegal on the 26th September. Next season it is also hoped to have two. new clubs in the Rosses. Anagaire/Mullaghduf'f have already started fund-raising activities and Loch an Iuir are holding a meeting in the near future to t~ and form a club. The League Co. Championship is also being held this year - at Teelin, on the 14th.September. Club League Table (after Donegal Regatta 24th August) • Tullycleave Ardara ••• 47 ••• 45 Killybegs Kincasslagh ••• Bruckless Donegal Town Burtonport Inver ••• Dungloe ••• ••• Hazlegrove Gaoth Dobhair ••• Teelin •••••• Traigheanna ••• Arainn Hor ••• Haghery •• • ••• 36 31 8 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hen 1 s Senior Skiffs AT THE FIRST GYlEEDORE REGATTA-. SAND'S .OISC.O :NIGHT CI.UB ·.f\l . ·SEA VIEW HOTE_L,.Bunbeg.·. ~- . J,·, friday saturday sunday Coming Attractions * **** ***** -' ' " .· · .... Teddy Palmer DI'SCO Brendan Quinn Davy Jone• and the Ptttor;lc~Ja. ~"2.:'.9=. Ardara (B) .••• 24 points Killybegs (A) ••• 12 11 Tullycleave ••• u· 11 Donegal.. • • • • • • 5 " Bruckless 4 11 Kincasslagh 2 n. Inver • •• 2 11 Ladies Skiffs Kincasslagh Killybegs Tullycleave Ardara ••• Killybegs (:a} Bruckless Hazlt!grove 23 points 19 " Na Rossa·, who won the Donegal League Divis.ion 4 Championship on Sunday, 24th August, when they beat Ballintra in Ballintra. It is over 10 years since a Senior G.A.A •. Trophy came to the Rosses and there were scenes of Jubilation as a large motorcade crossed the Gweebarra Bridge and toured the Upper Rosses. This was the climax of a hard campai~n in which this ymtthful team won every game in the league convincingly. Cul (6 chle J. Brian Cannon (Team Hanager), Brendan Ward, Patsy Hanlori, Peter Molloy, Declan Banner, .Martin HcShane, Frank HcElaney, Pat Boyle, Jamesie Melly, ·Michael Banner, Eamonn Boyle, Patrick J. Boyle. Tosach (o ch1e) Tony McKelvey, Jamesie ~rne, Jerry Ward, Brian Cannon, Jerry McHugh, Eamonn Melly {Captaen) Denis Sweeney, 6 n 5 " 5 n 1 n 1 " Junior U/18 Skiffs Tullycleave 30 points Ardara • •• • •• 16 " Kincasslagh 6 " Bruckless ••• 3 " l3urtonport • • • 2 11 Dung1oe 1 ~ 2 points were withdrawn from Bruckless for an overage competitor. guth.rtuairim SUMMER CUP Sean Bonner, ~~lea Sweeney. After some difficulties, not least the atrocious weather conditions, the Final of the 1980 ":Juth 7 Tuairim 11 7-a-side Soc,;er Competition took place in l!achaire Gethlan on Sunday 8th September. Gwe12dore Celtic A and l1ullaghduff faced each other in the Final. Celtic, captained by John Hor O'Donnell reached that stage of the competition by getting a bye into the 2nd round ~nd then.defeating local rivals Gweedore Utd. 1-0 and Loughanure Celtic by the same scorelin8. l1ullaghduff overcame the challenge of Arduns 1-0, disposed of Gweedore Celtic B 3-0 and then got a bye into the _Final. The Final was slightly marred by a strong breeze which made play difficult, but in a very hard-fowght match Gweedore Celtic finally triumphed with an extra-time winner from John Barr. Patrick Doherty TROPHIES MEDALS CUFS FROM £).50 to £200 HEDALS FROM 38p to £3.50 11 Guth 7 'i'uairim 11 PLAQUES CUPS GREAT SE!.EPTION OF TROPHIEI) FROM £1 to £60 , All Sports Catered For Engraving done McGarvey's · FurnitureCentre Dore