The junior As are playing Carraroe this coming Friday at 8pm in Carraroe in the league.

The club would like to wish the best of luck to James Keane and Caomhin O'Cualain who are part of this years City and West Ted Webb Panel. The group stages of the Ted Web cup are taking place this weekend.

The Barna Under 11 football panel won the City League B Final in Pearse Stadium on last Friday night.

The final which was played in a strong breeze was played against Oughterard. Barna played against the wind in the first half and reached half time 1:5 to 1:2 behind.

However after a marvelous effort early in the second half the match was turned on it's head and Barna ran out convincing winners on a scoreline of 4:8 to 1:7.

This was the culmination of a great effort from each and every member of the panel.

Our thanks to the committee of Coiste Peil Cathair na Gaillimhe for their work in arranging the tournament and in particular affording the young panels the opportunity to play at Pearse Stadium for such a wonderful occasion.

Over 120 children from the parish aged from 7-14 enjoyed a great week of football coaching as Gaeilge under the Roinn Na Gaeltacht last week, with the great help of Collette Butler, Sarah Ann McDonagh, Maura Folan, and Tommy Burke all supervised under the watchfull eye of Paddy Friel.
The kids enjoyed excellent coaching sessions with glorious weather, our special thanks to Coiste Pairc Na Forbacha for having the pitches and dressing rooms in great condition with a special mention to Padraic Concannon for all his work and Padraic Conroy Galway coaching and games

The U11s will be contesting the final of the City League this Friday evening (18th) at Pearse Stadium. Throw in is at 7pm and the opposition will be Oughterard. The juniors As are playing Carraroe at five pm on Saturday evening in the quarter final of the west board championship.

Barna Ladies traveled to Monivea on Wednesday evening to play Ballygar in the Championship semi-final. Barna started with the wind and opened brightly with some great sores from their forward line. At half time Barna ladies went in with a lead of 2-8 to 1-2 which didnt seem enough because of the very strong wind. In the opening ten minutes of the second half Ballygar went on the attack and reduced the deficit to 5 points. Barna playing with both skill and passion lifted the siege and scored 2-1 into the breeze which dashed the hopes of Ballygar. This was a great display from goalie to corner forward and Barna ladies now move on to play St. Michael's in the county final.

This club have decided to take part in the Marbella GAA tournament, this will be the clubs second time entering the competition, having entered and won the competition in 2004 beating the home side in the final. The tournament is an eleven side competition. The tournament takes place this year from the 23rd to 26th October. A strong contingent of players and supporters of already booked their places on this trip, for more information please contact Henry Geraghty.091 519305

Itinerary for weekend

23rd October
Fly to Malaga, transfer by bus to hotel entertainment in local bars/ beach/sight seeing.

24th October
Golf tournament for those who wish to participate. 11.30am starting.

Official opening of tournament - 8.00pm

25th October
11.30 first match of tournament.

26th October
Final of Marbella cup and shield (ladies and mens)

Prize giving banquet followed by music and craic

27th October
transfer to airport for those who wish to travel on this day.

Hotel
EUR35.00 per person per night, airport transfer from Malaga to Marbella is included in price of hotel.

Flight Details (Ryanair) Currently 162.67 EUR
From Shannon (SNN) to Malaga (AGP)
Thu, 23Oct08 Flight FR2848 Depart SNN at 16:20 and arrive AGP at 20:20
COMING BACK
From Malaga (AGP) to Shannon (SNN)
Mon, 27Oct08 Flight FR2849 Depart AGP at 20:00 and arrive SNN at 22:00

Barna: 4-6
Oranmore Maree: 1-6

Barna Ladies travelled to Oranmore Maree on Sunday the 6th of July for the first round of the championship. In well contested match, Barna won out on a scoreline of Barna 4-6 Oranmore Maree 1-6. This match was much closer than the score suggests and thanks to a few well taken goals by Barna in the second half that saw them just across the winning line. All 15 Barna players from goalie to corner forward played very well and with great pride and passion. Barna Ladies play St Brendans Ballygar in the next round of championship.