Ballinascreen GAC

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club gaa = St Colm's Ballinascreen GAC
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founded = 1933
province= Ulster
county = Derry
nickname = Screen
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St Colm's Ballinascreen GAC ( _ga. CLG Naomh Colm Baile na Scrine) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballinascreen, which includes the town of Draperstown, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA. They currently cater for Gaelic football, Hurling, Camogie and Ladies' Gaelic football and have 25 teams across the four sports.cite web |url= http://www.ballinascreengac.net|title= Welcome - A Letter From Our Chairman|accessdate=2007-08-31 |format= |work= ]

Underage teams up to U-12's play in South Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions.

Football

Ballinascreen have been a mainstay of Senior football in Derry, and despite having not won the Senior Championship since 1973, last year was their 20th year in succession in the top division in Derry. Unfortunately in 2007 the club was relegated to Division Two, though they will still be playing in the Senior Championship. The club have won four Derry Senior Football Championships.

Well known players

*Éamonn Burns - 1993 All-Ireland Championship winning Derry footballer.
*Michael McBride - Current Derry player

Hurling

Ballinascreen have claimed the Derry Senior Hurling Championship on two/three occasions (1887?, 1938 and 1939).

History

St. Colm's GAC Ballinascreen, was founded in 1933. The founders were Sean Mac Diarmada, James Conway, Barney Rodgers and Eddie O'Neill and Michael Kelly. St. Colm's started off impressively by winning the first two Derry Senior Football Championships in 1934 and 1935. They followed this with two Derry Senior Hurling Championships in 1938 and 1939. They added a third football championship in 1941. Matt Regan played in all five championship successes. He was a regular on the Derry county team and was the first Derry man to play for Ulster in the Railway Cup.cite web |url= http://www.ballinascreengac.net/history.aspx|title= History of St. Colm's|accessdate=2007-08-31 |format= |work= ]

'Screen opened Dean McGlinchey Park in 1954. A covered stand was added in 1970. They won the 1954 Derry Junior Football Championship. The club won a further Senior Football Championship in 1973.

St. Colm's have won eight Ulster Scór titles and one All-Ireland title, the best performance of any club in the county.

In the centenary year for Derry (1984), St. Colm's won the Og Sport award and the AIB Club of the Year award."'Hurling"'Ballinascreen are one of the top senior sides in the county. However, they have failed to secure the championship since the 1930s. They have won the league as recently as 2005 and played in a county final in 2003. Why the huge underage success that the club has experienced over the last twenty years has yet to translate into a championship winning side is a question which puzzles many in Derry GAA.

Honours

Amongst Ballinascreen's honours, they have won the Derry Senior Club Football Championship four times (1934, 1935, 1941 and 1973). They have claimed the Derry Senior Club Hurling Championship on three occasions (1887, 1938 and 1939).U-16 Derry County Champions 2006Minor Derry County Champions 2005All Ireland Feile Na nGael Winners 1995,2004

Gaelic football

enior

*Derry Senior Football Championships: 4
**1934, 1935, 1941, 1973.

*Derry Senior Football Leagues: 1*
**1972.

*Derry Intermediate Football Championships: 1
**1973 (won by Ballinascreen Thirds).

*Derry Junior Football Championships: 3
**1954, 1984, 1989.

*Derry Junior Football Leagues: 3
**1977, 1979 (Ballinascreen B), 1991 (won by Ballinascreen Thirds).

*McGlinchey Cup 1
**2005.

Reserves

*Derry Reserve Football Championships: 1
**2000.

Minor

*Championships: 8
**1958, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1978, 2005.

U-16

*Derry U-16 Football Championships: 5
**1968, 1976, 1985, 1995, 2006.

*Derry U-16 Football Leagues: 2
**1985, 1995.

*South Derry U-16 Football Championships: 5
**1968, 1976, 1985, 1995, 2006.

*U14 Camogie All Ireland Feile na nGael: 2
**2003, 2007. Runners up 2006

U-14

*Derry U-14 Football Championships: 1
**1983.

*South Derry U-14 Football Championships: 1
**2004.

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

Hurling

Minor

*Derry County Championships: 3
**1995, 2007

U16

*Derry County Championships: 4
**1994, 1995, 1996, 1997We won one in 1989! Mickey McGeehan was captain. Not listed here

U14

*Derry County Championships: 4
**1994, 1996, 2003, 2004
*All Ireland Champions: 3
**1995, 2003, 2004
*Ulster Champions: 2
**2003, 2004

ee also

*Derry Senior Football Championship
*Derry Senior Hurling Championship
*List of Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in DerryU16 Hurling Champions 1993

External links

* [http://www.ballinascreengac.net St Colm's GAC Ballinascreen Website]

References