U12 Ulster Provincial Blitz
Venue: Magherafelt
Date: 9th January 2016
Brid Og’s U12s started the 2016 season with the Ulster Provincial blitz played at the Meadowbank Arena in Magherafelt.
There was a real Ulster feel to the blitz as our opponents on the day were Tyrone side Saint Enda’s Omagh, Belnaleck from Fermanagh, Antrim side Loch Mor dal gCais , Dungloe from Donegal and Derry City side Na Magha.
The games were 9 a side, played under full rules with only goals counting.
As the sliotar is in play at all times this allowed for fast hurling . The Og’s got off to a flyer with a high scoring victory against Omagh.
In the second game against Belnaleck it was agreed by both teams to field 11 players and although this give all our players game time, the space for quality hurling was limited but the Og’s did manage to scrape a 2-0 victory.
Our third game was against fellow county Antrim side Loch Mor. These games are normally tight affairs and some late scores give us our third victory on the day.
Our fourth game was against Na Magha from Derry. This was a cracking game against two evenly matched teams and had everything including 2 missed penalties . The Og’s started slowly in this game and were 2-0 down, however, they then clicked into action and got 3 goals of their own. A late Na Magha score resulted in a 3-3 draw which was probably a fair result as both teams came off the pitch happy with their performances.
Our final game was against Donegal side Dungloe who had travelled over 2 hours to get to the venue. Dungloe only had 8 players so we had 3 subs in this game. The Og’s again dominated the match although they had to come behind when our opponents took an early lead but at the final whistle the Og’s had recorded a fine record of 4 wins and a draw.
Thanks
We would like to thank Kevin for organising this well run blitz. Thanks also to our parental support who travelled to Magherafelt on the day. Hopefully they can see the improvements within the team. Finally well done to the players who hurled brilliantly . All the players positions were rotated and it is great to see how well the players adapted to the different roles they were given. The Og’s also had a lot of scorers on the day including some great strikes from midfield but special mention has to go to Jaime who returned as top scorer for the team. It must also be remembered that today’s team was young and included U10s and with several of our squad absent as well, hopefully 2016 is going to be a successful year for the Og’s.
Brid Og Panel:-
Brian
Conlan
Conor
David
Eoghan
Finlay
Fintan
Jaime
James
Matthew
Pearse
[Thanks to Darren for managing the squad and compiling this report]
