At 21 years of age Shane Lynch already has three SFC medals and still a blossoming football career ahead of him.

After last season’s memorable Ulster Club Semi-final run before Roslea were finally defeated by a strong Glenswilly side the energetic forward decided to take a break from the game.

Fast forward eight months and Lynch was back coming on as a substitute in a 2-13 to 3-02 Reserve Championship quarter final win over Derrygonnelly Harps.

And having returned to the senior side he is hungry for another SFC title.

“The break helped me, it gave me a rest from football and I enjoyed the break from the game. I love playing Gaelic but sometimes a rest is as good as training. The Roslea squad are a great bunch of lads and its great playing with the likes of Seamus Quigley – I’m still learning and I’m really enjoying being back this year.” The Roslea side had a tight first half with Ederney on Saturday evening, going in at half time leading 0-05 to 0-04, but Lynch stresses they never panicked and remained patient.

“We decided at half time to just be patient and we would finally settle in front of goal. It started to come together in the second half and the two goals was the winning of the game, Ederney gave us plenty of headaches though.” The Roslea side are now under the new management team of Mark Harte and Adrian O’Donnell who took over form long serving Peter McGinnity, although Lynch states there is not a lot has changed about Roslea.

“We still play to our strengths and every man knows what his job is. We work hard in training and have different game plans – it works well and every man just goes out to perform his individual role for the team.” The Teemore Engineering worker knows that Teemore will be a tough side to break down come October 5.

“They’re a good side, they always gear themselves up for the championship and I’m sure there weren’t too many people tipping them to beat Derrygonnelly or Devenish this year and they are now in a Championship final – we won’t be underestimating them,” he said.

Looking to secure his first senior championship medal will be Teemore’s Eoin McManus. At only 19 years of age McManus has already became a main stay of the Teemore side for the past couple of years and this season in particular his talents have been well documented with some top class performances, hitting a superb 1-11 in three Championship games to date.

On the win over Devenish on Sunday McManus was grateful to his team mates hard work. “Everyone across the pitch worked superbly hard and we knew we wanted it more, at half time we said we really have a chance here and thankfully we went out and really played out of our skin to qualify for a first final since 2010.” The talented McManus, who last season picked up an Ulster Colleges All-star award at full forward, knows that his side will once again go into the next Championship outing as huge underdogs.

“We know that everyone is going to be tipping Roslea but just like the semi-final when Devenish were well fancied, we won’t read too much into that at all. To be honest, I feel the less that is expected of us then the easier it is to perform. We know Roslea are a really strong side but we will go into the game with plenty of confidence and if we play to our strengths then we will have a chance.” The St Michael’s student, who plays on the Teemore side with his brother Patrick and his cousin Cian, is looking forward to the build up to the final and is keen to bridge a nine year gap since Teemore last got their hands on the New York Cup.

“I was only 10 years of age when we last won the Fermanagh SFC title back in 2005 so we are long overdue one in this club.

“It’s a busy time with training and I’ve just started back at school while I also try to help out as much as I can on the farm at home, whenever Dad needs a hand I’m always around to help out. But, with a Championship final to prepare for I’m sure he will know that it’s a busy time.”