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Boden Dublin Minors 2013

County Representation and Honours Martin Murphy and the Mentors of the U16 Football team for their
co-operation.
Represented on Dublin Minor football squad were:
Darragh Gogan, Collie Basquel, Shane Clayton, James Madden, Danny Griffin, for securing sponsorship for the team.
Warren Egan, Tom Hanifin, Sam Molony
Alan McAuley and Rita Cullen of Rathfarnham & District Credit
Also represented on the Dublin U16 Football Panel were: Union, for its valued sponsorship.
Barra McGarry, Liam Stafford and Jack Mahon.
David Bobbett for his generous sponsorship of the team.
Acknowledge and Thanks
The amount of work required to run a Minor A team is enormous and Noel Sheridan and Ciarán Maguire, for their work on the allocation
the effort put in by my fellow Mentors has been nothing short of of pitches during the year.
phenomenal. I would like to thank them for all their hard work
throughout the year. Their dedication to the team has been faultless Ger Flaherty and the football committee for their support.
and despite some challenging times during the year stayed positive
and focused on the task in hand. We would also wish to place on Conor Doolan for his assistance with the players’ injury claims.
record our thanks to the following:
The players, themselves, for their commitment in matches and Ned Slattery and the rest of the Bar Staff for their help, courtesy
training throughout the season. and patience during the year.

Liam Deane and Brian Gillespie and the Mentors and players of the Donie Kerins for his representations to the CCC.
Minor B’s and C’s for their co-operation and courtesy since the start
of the season. The parents of the players for their assistance on match days and
capturing some wonderful moments on camera.
Brendan Ryan and Declan O’Brien and the mentors of the Minor A
and B hurling teams for their help in managing the welfare of the Roddy McConnell and his associates in Tallaght physio.
dual players.
And special thanks to Niamh Buckingham & Helen Madden for
keeping the jerseys spotless!

Mentors:
Noel Madden, Neil Buckingham, Paul Shields, Bobby O’Sullivan.

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U21 Report 2013

Our U21 footballers began their Championship against a much
fancied Kilmacud Crokes side at home in PUM, Crokes took
control early on and were 6 points up at one stage before Boden
found their rhythm coming out eventual winners after extra time.

Next up were Lucan away in what was a one sided affair (5-20 to
1-09) with the Boden lads showing their class to set up a
semi-final tie against local rivals Balinteer St.Johns. The lads
delivered another great performance coming out on top by 4-13
to 1-04.

Championship Final report 15/12/13

There was huge disappointment in the U21 Championship Final
on Sunday as we lost out to Na Fianna who delivered a sucker
punch injury time goal to win the match.

We played against a very strong wind in the first half and within
minutes had lost Sam Molony and Ciaran Gibbons to injury, a big
blow to be sure, but the lads bravely battled on and went in at
half time only 4 points down (06-02).

With the wind at our backs in the second half we started to
dominate the play and began to claw back the lead with
substitute Carl Molony raising the green flag with a well taken
goal.

The game was nip and tuck now with both sides registering However, the resulting kick-out saw us fail to secure possession and
points and both keepers making telling saves. We finally got our Na Fianna broke through to snatch a goal to break Boden hearts.
noses in front with a Ryan Basquel free and with time running
out look to hang on for the last few moments. Injury time Great credit to the players, mentors and supporters who gave their all
beckoned and the game was paused with the excellent Dan on the day.
Buckingham receiving treatment for a knock.