Last Wednesday our seniors traveled to Tubber, Co. Offaly, to play St. Mary’s of Carrick-on-Shannon in the Leitrim-Longford Hurling League semi-final and came away with an impressive victory. Fair play to all who traveled and played despite being cruelly denied of our aim of reaching this year’s County Hurling Final. The league final is now […]
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Ladies Club Notes 6th October 2014
Minor Our minor team were out in the final league game of the championship on Sunday morning against Mostrim in Edgeworthstown. After a slow start we finally got to grips with the game and scored a very good win in the end. We had a number of good individual performances on the day but it […]
Read more ...Curtain falls on Seniors year V Granard
Slashers bow out The Senior team ended the 2014 competitive year on 4 Oct in Ml Fay Park when they lost to St Mary’s Granard 1-11 to 3-6. Slashers played some good football on the night with 12 scores against St Mary’s 9 scores but for all the possession the team did not penetrate sufficiently […]
Read more ...Flipeadóirí Longfort support St Christophers
Solidarity with St Christophers – 3 Oct 2014 Slashers banner was prominently on show during a march through Longford in support of St Christophers school and service. The march assembled outside St Christophers and proceeded through the town to the Market Sq. Many Slashers officials and club members marched behind the club colours in solidarity […]
Read more ...Hurling Club Notes October 1st 2014
Last Wednesday week our U11s defeated Clonguish in a close-fought encounter to qualify for the U11 County Final in Pearse Park the following Sunday. Unfortunately things didn’t go our way and we were well beaten by a stronger & older Wolfe Tones outfit. Most of this team is underage at this level next year and some […]
Read more ...Ladies Club Notes 28th September 2014
Minor Our minors are in action again next Sunday when they are away to Edgeworthstown at 11am. This should be the last league match before the semi finals so it is important that all players attend training and for the match. All Ireland Ladies Finals The club organised a bus to the All Ireland ladies football finals […]
Read more ...Flipeadeóirí Longfort junior champions 2014 – Gaisce mór
Team performance An exceptional team performance from a mix of youth and experience saw the Slashers junior team carry off the cup at Pearse Park on 28 Sep against a Killoe team that were up for the game. Gaisce mór ag Flipeadóirí Longfort an lá seo. The Slashers mid-field of Andrew Lyons and Shane Campbell […]
Read more ...Underage victories at u12 and u14 – 27 Sep 2014
Championship wins Well done to u12 team who defeated Shannon Gaels in the Div 1 Final by 2 pts today and this was followed by another important win at u14 level when the team defeated Killoe Óg by 1pt in the championship final. Bua leis an láidir……..wins at this level augur well for Slashers. Winning […]
Read more ...Minor club – bua leis an láidir
Minors victory V Killoe Flipadeóirí Longford minor team are through to the championship semi final by virtue of a 3-10 to 2-10 win over Killoe. Two first half goals from Rory O’Brien and a third goal midway through the second half from the boot of Liam Barry saw us home by 3 points. There were […]
Read more ...Flipadeóirí Longfort at Kilmacud 7s
Kilmacud Sevens Our seniors took part in the Kilmacud 7s on 20 Sept in Dublin and joined clubs from around the country in a real festival of football. Slashers won their opening games against St. Patricks – Fermanagh 3-8 to 3-2 and Caherlistrane – Galway, 9-5 to 4-1 with Slashers players finding the net at will. […]
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