BACK IN THE DAY
Castlewellan celebrate a Markey Cup hat-trick
The Irish News - Wednesday March 17 2010: Ulster Bank Markey Cup final: St Malachy’s HS, Castlewellan (Down) 1-7 St Patrick’s College, Dungannon (Tyrone) 0-9
A POINT two minutes from time from St Malachy’s HS, Castlewellan attacking star Darragh O’Hanlon gave his side victory over a gallant St Patrick’s College, Dungannon, in this closely-fought Ulster Bank Vocational Schools Markey Cup (U18) final in St Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen.
It was a score that saw the winners retain the trophy for a three-in-a-row of wins.
The experience of St Malachy’s was evident, even when they were on the receiving end of the strong St Patrick’s attacks.
Taking the play to their opponents the Dungannon boys had points from Enda and Matthew McGahan and Shea Tennyson to lead by 0-4 to 0-1 at half time.
However, all that changed in the second period with O’Hanlon moving outfield creating space and taking some excellent scores.
Then with 10 minutes remaining came the move and score of the game.
The complete St Malachy’s attacking sextet combined in a brilliant passing move which set up Darragh O’Hanlon to shoot to the net to level the game.
Two minutes later Ciaran McClean shot the winners ahead with a point but three minutes from time Padraig McNulty squared the game with a long range point.
Just when extra-time looked evident up stepped Darragh O’Hanlon to send over a dramatic winning point.
St Malachy’s HS, Castlewellan: C Turley; A Dornan, C McCusker, M Grant; S O’Hanlon, C McClean (0-1), C Cunningham; C Maginn, R Laughlin; O McClean, S Tierney. N Smyth (0-2); M Devlin (0-1, free), P McKenny, D O’Hanlon (1-3, 0-1 free)
St Patrick’s College, Dungannon: N Brady; B Cassidy, J Toal, A Daly; P McCann, P Nixon (0-1), D Goodfellow; P McNulty (0-1), E McGahan (0-1); C Muldoon (0-1), D Donaghy, M McGahan (0-1); S Tennyson (0-3, 0-1 free), E McClintock, J Gartlan (0-1)
Subs: T Martin for D Donaghy
Referee: D Helferty (Monaghan)
BIRTHDAYS
Pat Rice (soccer) - former Northern Ireland and Arsenal defender, and ex-Gunners assistant manager, born 1949.
Lee Dixon (soccer) - former Arsenal and England full-back, born 1964.
Mia Hamm (soccer) - former United States international and 1999 Women's World Cup winner, capped 276 times with 158 goals, born 1972.
Aaron Baddeley (golf) - Australian player with four wins on the PGA Tour, born 1981
Steven Pienaar (soccer) - former Everton, Tottenham and South Africa midfielder, born 1982.
Raul Meireles (soccer) - former Chelsea and Liverpool midfielder, born 1983.
Edin Dzeko (soccer) - former Manchester City striker, now at Roma, born 1986.
Fraser Forster (soccer) - England and Southampton goalkeeper, on loan at Celtic, born 1988.
Katie Ledecky (swimming) - five-time Olympic gold medallist, born 1997.
ON THIS DAY
1897: Cornishman Bob Fitzsimmons beat 'Gentleman' Jim Corbett to win the world heavyweight title at Carson City, Nevada, six years after lifting the world middleweight crown.
1902: Bobby Jones, arguably the finest amateur golfer of all time, was born. Jones won the Open three times and the US Open four times. In 1930 he achieved the grand slam of major tournaments. He died on December 18, 1971.
1947: World heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano won the first of his 49 professional fights when he beat Lee Epperson.
1983: Trainer Michael Dickinson saddled the first five past the finishing post in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
2006: War Of Attrition, trained by Mouse Morris and ridden by Conor O'Dwyer, won the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the feature race on the final day of the 2006 festival.
2009: Olympic bronze medallist Jo Jackson set a new world record in the 400 metres freestyle at the British Swimming Championships in Sheffield.
2010: Portsmouth were hit with a nine-point deduction for entering administration, all but sealing their relegation from the Premier League.
2011: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was fined £30,000 and given a five-match touchline ban for comments made about referee Martin Atkinson following a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea.
2012: Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch during the first half of the FA Cup quarter-final at Tottenham. He remained in hospital until April 16 and retired from professional football in August.
2014: The Football Association's membership committee made a "unanimous recommendation" to its council to reject Hull City's request to change their playing name to Hull Tigers.
2016: Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he would take his appeal against a six-year ban from football-related activity to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. In December 2016, CAS rejected the appeal.
2018: Former England captain and batsman Kevin Pietersen announced on Twitter that he was retiring from professional cricket.
SPORT ON TV
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QUICK QUIZ
1. Players from Brazilian football team Gremio did what to protest having to play during the coronavirus pandemic?
2. In what year did Wayne Rooney make his first-team debut?
3. Who is the former Premier League manager nicknamed "The Engineer"?
4. Who won the 2019 World Snooker Championship?
5. Which Irish professional boxer is known as 'The Jackal'?
6. In what venue is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic boxing scheduled to take place?
7. Who did Dublin defeat to win the 2014 GAA National League Division One title?
8. Name the Scotland and British and Irish Lions back who JK Rowling said was a wizard.
9. Which Gallagher Premiership club played at Heywood Road until 2003?
10. Who defeated Meath to win the 1991 All-Ireland GAA Senior Football Championship?
(See quiz answers at bottom)
QUOTE, UNQUOTE
“I remember sitting and nobody there, thinking ‘what the f*** am I doing out here?’”
“The homesickness was shocking.”
Just weeks after arriving off the plane in Australia to begin a new sporting career, Derry GAA legend Dermot McNicholl found himself sitting alone in his bedroom celebrating his 23rd birthday, curtains drawn, lying on top of the bed, pondering. St Kilda was a bohemian paradise, but it wasn't home
ALSO IN THE NEWS ON MARCH 17: Saint Patrick's Day
1649: Oliver Cromwell abolished the office of King and declared England a Commonwealth.
1776: British troops were forced by George Washington to evacuate Boston.
1921: The first birth control clinic was set up in London by Dr Marie Stopes.
1945: The Americans defeated the Japanese at the Battle of Iwo Jima.
1978: The oil tanker Amoco Cadiz ran aground on the coast of Brittany, broke in half and spilled 220,000 tons of crude oil.
1983: Michael Dickinson, 33, achieved a unique record as trainer of the first five horses home in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR
An Austrian town claimed they'd burned the world's tallest bonfire, clocking in at 60.646 metres (198.97ft).
BIRTHDAYS: Jeff Banks, fashion designer, 77; Patrick Duffy, actor, 71; Kurt Russell, actor, 69; Lesley-Anne Down, actress, 66; Rory McGrath, writer/comedian, 64; Lee Dixon, former footballer, 56.
QUICK QUIZ answers: 1. Wore masks; 2. 2002; 3. Manuel Pellegrini 4. Judd Trump; 5. Carl Frampton; 6. Kokugikan Arena; 7. 9. Derry; 8. Stuart Hogg; 9. Sale; 10. Down
