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Ladies win while men lose form

2 June 2003 - Shamrocks ladies posted a strong win over the weekend, while the Shamrocks senior mens continued their form slide on the eve of their Brisbane Shield final appearance.

Shamrocks seniors suffered their third loss in four matches � beaten by Sarsfields by two points � just days before facing Easts Celts in the final of the 2003 Brisbane Shield this Friday night.

In contrast, Easts beat Souths to snap a five game losing streak, and that was despite most of the Easts senior team also playing a full game in the reserves against Shamrocks that same day.

In the ladies match (pictured), the young Shamrocks beat Sarsfields by 20 points for their second strong win of the year. It is their fourth straight win over Sarsfields, against whom they now hold a 28-1 all-time win-loss record.

Patty Preece led the scoring with 2 goals 2 points to be best on ground, followed by Joann O�Neill with 1-2, and Bronwyn Bassett who kicked 1-3.

The Shamrocks senior mens loss to Sarsfields, 1-9-12 to 1-11-14, was their second consecutive loss and their third loss in four matches.

The good news for Shamrocks is that one win came against Easts Celts � their opponents in the Brisbane Shield final this week.

In fact, Easts are the only team in the Queensland Gaelic Football League enduring worse form than Shamrocks at the moment, having won only one of their last six games.

Against Sarsfields, fullback Scott Ingram suffered a knee injury which puts him in doubt for this Friday's Brisbane Shield final.

The game on Sunday was in the balance all day with Sarsfields snatching the game late in the day.

Shamrocks were led by Brendan Scandrett who worked tirelessly all day, ably supported in midfield by Paul Rice who is finding form after an early season injury, and David Duguid who deputised at Full back.

Leading scorers were Martin Henry and Brad Kennedy who kicked four points apiece.

In the reserves match, Shamrocks lost to close to the full Easts senior team 4-3-15 to 4-11-23.

Harold Peacock led the scoring with 1 goal 2 points, and best again was Darren McDonnell in goals.

Ageless midfielder Mick Joyce kicked perhaps the longest left-foot goal of his life from outside the 45 metre line.

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Mitchels ruin preparation

26 May 2003 - Last year�s Brisbane Shield winners handed this year�s finalists Shamrocks a loss over the weekend to ruin preparation for the Shield final next week.

John Mitchels 0-11-11 defeated Shamrocks 0-9-9 despite a good finish by the western suburbs team.

�Another slow start and a strong finish, but we missed a few chances and left it a little too late unfortunately,� Shamrocks defender David Duguid surmised after the match.

Harvey Evans and Martin Henry led the Shamrocks scoring with 3 points apiece, while Brendan Scandrett, Tom O�Neill and Matt Walsh were the best players.

Shamrocks play Easts in the Brisbane Shield final on Friday 6th June.

Seniors in Shield Final countdown

19 May 2003 - Shamrocks play John Mitchels in the Queensland Gaelic Football League senior mens match this Sunday, and will try to find form for the upcoming Brisbane Shield final.

Brisbane�s western suburbs Shamrocks were undefeated after the first round of Gaelic football competition, and now play in their fifth Brisbane Shield final in six years, against Easts Celts under lights at Gaelic Park, Willawong, at 9:15pm Friday 6th June.

Over the weekend, the Shamrocks mens reserves were beaten by Souths despite a second-half revival, and outstanding saves by goalkeeper Darren McDonnell (pictured).

McDonnell � Camp Hill�s favourite goal keeper � last year was named Shamrocks reserves most improved player, and may already be firming as favourite to taken an unprecedented second consecutive award.

Easts held in the second half

12 May 2003 - Shamrocks returned to winning ways in the Queensland Gaelic Football League after a remarkable game against Easts Celts at Willawong over the weekend.

Brisbane�s western suburbs team kept Easts Celts entirely scoreless in the second half, after Easts had kicked two goals to start the game.

Thanks to renewed defensive pressure after the break, Shamrocks recovered from the big deficit to win 1-9-12 to 2-2-8 for their sixth straight win over Easts dating back to June 2001.

Leading scorers for Shamrocks were Matt Walsh with 1 goal 1 point, and Brad Kennedy 0-4.

Best for Shamrocks were Joe O�Neill, Kennedy and Jed Williams.

�After keeping Easts scoreless in the second half, we managed to overtake them after good display all round,� Shamrocks defender David Duguid, sharing the praise amongst the entire senior mens squad.

In the ladies game, O'Reillys beat Shamrocks, whose scorers were Renee Moynihan wiyj 1-1, and Joann O'Neill 1-0.

Meath making it big Downunder

10 May 2003 - Meath football is making it big Downunder with the Shamrocks club in Brisbane, Australia, boasting half-a-dozen players from across the Irish county.

Martin Henry and Enda Loughran � both from Cortown, Co. Meath � are playing Gaelic football with the Shamrocks club.

While David O�Malley, from Enfield, is player-coach of the team that has already secured a place in the senior final of the Brisbane Shield next month.

Then there is Billy Rockett � a former lotto winner at Kilmainham, Kells � and Matt Walsh, who has played with Kilmainham.

Glenn Carpenter � he won a Junior C Championship with Rathkenny, and is a former secretary of the Meath Ladies Football County Board � is also playing, and coaching the ladies team.

Henry is making a particularly big impact, topping the scoring for the leading team in sunny Queensland with 6 goals 21 points after just five matches.

Meath people traveling to Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, are always welcome to contact the Shamrocks club via its website www.come.to/shamrocks

Photograph attached: Meath footballers David O�Malley, Martin Henry, Glenn Carpenter, and Billy Rockett, are among the half dozen exports at the Australian club.

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