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Roy undergoes medical today
Roy Carroll will today, Thursday, enter the
Theatre of Dreams, Old Trafford where he
will undergo a medical after which he hopes
to sign a contract with the biggest club in the
world. 23 year old Carroll, from Tamlaght
outside Enniskillen has been linked with
Manchester United for much of the summer
as well as Leicester City and Everton where
proposed moves broke down at the last
minute.
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Thrilling draw for U16’s
FOOTBALL: Milk Cup 2001 - Fermanagh
U16 1; Grasshoppers Zurich 1 - The
Fermanagh U16 team produced an
outstanding performance at Castlerock on
Tuesday night when they earned a well
deserved draw against Grasshoppers in a
match that had a little bit of everything in
front of a 300 strong Fermanagh support.
Fermanaghís Michael Kerr scored a goal to
befit any game with a swerving 35 yard shot
from wide on the left, Christopher Breen
turned in a man of the match performance
making numerous top class saves and for
the second game running, Donal O’Reilly
was a rock at the back. It was, however, a
fine team performance with the tactical
switch of moving Phillip Keenan to the right
wing and pushing Donal McNulty up front on
his own working well as the Fermanagh U16
team turned in a much better display than
the previous night against Blackburn Rovers.
The only blemishes were Grasshopper’s
equaliser six minutes from time and the
dismissal of James McKenna for a second
yellow card after being provoked by his
opposite number.
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U14’s push Crewe to the limit
Football: Milk Cup 2001 - Fermanagh U14 1;
Crewe Alexandra 2 - The Fermanagh U14
team in the Northern Ireland Milk Cup turned
in a second impressive display when they
lost out to Crewe Alexandra in rather
controversial circumstances in the midday
sun at Rugby Avenue on Tuesday. A throw
in and corner were awarded to the English
club, both of which the Fermanagh team
thought should have gone their way. They
did not and Crewe scored from the two
separate incidents, as they won a close
encounter. To dwell on these incidents
would, however, take away from a sterling
performance by the Fermanagh boys during
which they more than held their own and the
general consensus was that a draw would
have been a more than fair result.
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U14’s top County team
FOOTBALL: Milk Cup 2001 - Fermanagh
U14 2 Antrim U14 2 (Fermanagh won 4-3 on
penalties) - After drawing with Tiger Star and
losing narrowly to Crewe Alexander, the
Fermanagh under U14 team deservedly
qualified for the quarter finals of the Northern
Bank Trophy on Wednesday afternoon
where they were drawn against County
Antrim, the only other County side to make it
into this group. This was no mean
achievement for the young Fermanagh lads
and fairly reflected their excellent
performances thus far.
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Raymond Dunlop wins by closest of margins
CYCLING: Last week it was David Dunlop
who had the glory in the Irish Underage
Championship and then followed this up
later in the week when he was told that he
was selected for the Irish Under 16 squad for
the International Youth Tour in Kerry.
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Jenning’s championship hopes still alive
after Swansea rally
RALLYING: Gary Jennings and Martin
McGarrity continued their bid to win the
Peugeot Super 106 Cup at the weekend
with a solid points scoring finish at the
Swansea Bay Festival Rally. Fresh from his
stunning victory in the previous round,
where the pair defied their lack of rallying
experience to defeat their much more
experienced counterparts, Gary travelled to
the Welsh forests in a positive frame of
mind. While another victory would have
made the Kesh man favourite for the title,
Gary was well aware that a safe points
scoring finish was important for his title
aspirations, and going at ten tenths from the
off could well have proved disastrous.
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Alison wins bronze with Irish hockey team
HOCKEY: Alison Lappin, from Bodarra,
Enniskillen,has just returned from the
European U18 Hockey Championship
where she starred for the Irish team that won
the bronze medal in the finals which were
held in the searing heat of Padova, Italy.
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Shamrocks edge past resilient Rosslea
GAA: Harp Lager Fermanagh Championship
2001 - Rosslea 0-11 Teemore 1-10 -
Teemore progressed to the quarter final
stage of this year’s Harp Lager Senior
Football Championship after they narrowly
defeated Rosslea in Lisnaskea on Sunday.
The win sees Teemore top section B ahead
of Newtownbutler and sets them up a with a
quarter final clash against Erne Gaels.
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Late, late show by St. Pat’s
GAA: Harp Lager Fermanagh Championship
2001 - St Pat’s 1-11 St Joseph’s 1-09 -
Some would say that the Fermanagh Senior
Championship lacked a little cut and thrust
during the round robin series of matches but
that certainly was not the case in Brewster
Park, Enniskillen where St Pat’s and St
Joseph’s fought out a thrilling encounter as
the game finished in rapidly fading light as
over ten minutes of injury time was played.
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Fintona Pro-Am hugely successful
GOLF: The extremely successful Pro-Am
played at Fintona last Saturday brought
back memories of the eighties when thirty
teams vied against each other in the Pro-Am
sponsored by local solicitor Andrew
Montague and Irvinestown car dealer
Claude Maguire. The day was overseen by
the PGA but a lot of work had gone into the
domestic planning of it. It was a dream come
through for Captain John Kelly and all of his
hardworking assistants when the day was
such a success. When I spoke to John
earlier he recounted the Pro-Ams which had
taken place in the eighties and on reflection
said that for a Club a Pro-Am was not for a
day but would implant memories that would
last for a lifetime – really a day to remember.
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