The John Ryan Cup
Name of school: Presentation College Athenry
Coaches: Joe Kelly, Finian Coone, Colm Larkin
Captain: Jack Fitzpatrick
How school performed in last year's championship: They won the Connacht title by beating St Brigid's Loughrea in the final by three points, before losing to eventual champions St. Kierans Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi final by two points.
Squad(with an * beside who played last year): R O' Shaughnessy, E Hickey, D Daly, M Cullina, B Callanan, I O 'Shea, A Greaney*, J Fitzpatrick*, E Niland*, B Callanan, C Salmon, A Martyn, L O' Grady, H Lane, B Concannon*, M Kennedy, F Garvey, S Parr, S Bannon*, U McGlynn, R Hardiman*, O Connolly, W Corcaran, P Donoghue, P Foley, D Loftus, M Fahy, S Loftus*, C McDaid*, L Heneghan, R Higgins, P Holland, L Forde, C Walsh, E Caulfield, K Conneely, S Coleman, E O'Donnell.
Prospects/county players: Evan Niland, Sean Loftus, Brian Concannon, Shane Bannon, Cillian McDaid, Jack Fitzpatrick, Cian Salmon, Patrick Foley, Liam Forde and Andrew Greaney were all part of Galways All Ireland winning minor panel last year.
Name of school: Gort Community School
Coaches: Michael Healy, David Moloney and Sean Hehir
Captain: Cathal Noonan and Jamie Prendergast
How school performed in last year’s championship: Gort reached last year’s semi-final where they were beaten by St Bridgid’s Loughrea.
Squad(with an * beside who played last year): L Byrne, D Fahy, S Cosgrove*, B Burke*, S Fahey, C Fahy*, S Murtagh, J Prendergast*, J Cronin Rodgers*, E Fahey*, M Lynskey, B Mullins*, E Egan, C Noonan*, M Caulfield*, M Smyth*, C Kelly, E Kelly, C O’Shea, N Fahey*, J O’Connor, J Taaffe, D Massey, K O’Rourke, D O’Brien*, C Neilan, P Gallagher, B Furey, D Keehan, E Hunt, C Finnegan, B McDonagh.
Prospects/county players: Cianan Fahy was a Galway minor last year, while Cathal Noonan was with the Clare minors.
Remaining Fixtures
Final - Sunday 20th February
Gort CS v Pres College Athenry
