Seniors – The senior’s fortunes improved last Wednesday night when they played out a thrilling 1-11 to 2-08 draw with Truagh. Blayney started very slowly and when they conceded a goal midway through the half they fell 5 in arrears. But with Ciaran hughes driving them forward from midfield a flurry of scores including a fine Gerry Brady goal saw Blayney lead by a point at the interval. The omens looked good for Blayney when they got the first score of the second half, a Ciaran Hanratty point but that was to be the last score for quite a while as Traugh added a goal and two to take a three point lead into the last quarter. Blayney refused to panic and 4 unanswered points the best a Keith Hill 45 had Blayney in front before a Truagh free levelled the game again. In a frantic finale both teams had chances to win but a draw was probably a fair result. Next Wednesday night the seniors play Inniskeen in a re-arranged game in Inniskeen at 8.00PM.

Junior B – An understrength junior B team battled hard to defeat Latton 1-14 to 2-07 on Sunday evening. They were behind for a good period of the game but finished very strongly to secure the points. The scores came from Ryan Treacy 1-3, Gerry Brady 0-4, Ray McArdle, Paddy Finnegan, Ciaran McGinn 0-2 each and Niall Duffy 0-1. Last night (Wednesday) they played Clontibret in the O’Duffy Cup, result and report next week.

Junior C – The Cs gave a good account of themselves last Friday night before bowing out of the Crawley Cup to Scotstown on a score of 1-12 to 1-07. Playing against a team a division above them was always going to be difficult but they never gave up and fought right to the end with the highlight from a Blayney perspective an excellent goal from Gerry Brady.

Cul Camp – This year’s Cul camp visits Blayney from the 11-15th of July and will cater for boys and girls between the ages of 5-13, costs are 55 euro for 1st child, 50 euro for 2nd child, 45 euro for 3rd child. Camp times are from 10am to 2:30pm daily. You can register online at www.gaa.ie or contact Games development officer Paul O Connor on 0868374827.

Muckno Mania – It is almost Muckno Mania Festival time again with this year’s festival on from July 15-17. The Faughs are hosting a kids sports day on Saturday, also on Saturday we are putting together some relay teams for the Muckno Mania Triathlon and anyone interest in taking part in any of the disciplines - swimming, running or cycling - can contact Jason Hughes on 086 8194157 to express their interest. A number of people have already signed up to do one of the legs of relay and we are looking for others, particularly swimmers, to fill out another couple of teams. On Sunday as part of the family funday at Lough Muckno several of our players/mentors will be doing a sponsored bungee jump to raise funds for our juveniles, so if you see them with their cards please give generously.

U21 – the U21 league begins on Monday night with a home fixture against Monaghan Harps in Toome at 8.00PM.

Minor – The Minor league returns on Tuesday night with a trip to Emyvale at 8.00PM.

U16 – the U16s play Clontibret this evening (Thursday) at Concra hurling pitch with a 6.30 throw-in.

U14 – The hard work being done by Paddy Conlon and his coaches at U14 level started to pay dividends last Tuesday night when they put in an excellent performance in defeating Truagh. On Saturday they are away to Magheracloone at 12.00.

U12 – The U12s had two titanic tussles with Doohamlet and Magheracloone, unfortunately going down by a couple of points on both occasions.

Circuit Training – Marc Loughman is running a sculpt class on Saturday mornings in the Scout Hall (8.30-9.15AM). The class is open to men and women; cost is €5. Marc can be contacted at 0879489207.

Lotto - Lotto numbers for the week ending 14th June 2011 were 17, 18, 23 and 28. There was no Jackpot winner; two people matched 3 numbers to win €75 each; Chaola McGuigan, Castlebellingham and Colm Keenan, Muckno Street. Next week’s jackpot is €11,000.

Notes - Anyone wishing to be added to the club email list or have something included in the notes drop a line to info@castleblayneyfaughs.com or contact Club PRO Bob O Donnell on 087-6025027.