Ballinascreen GAC

St Colm's Ballinascreen GAC (Irish: 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.[1]

St Colm's Ballinascreen GAC
CLG Naomh Colm Baile na Scrine
Founded:1933
County:Derry
Nickname:The 'Screen
Colours:Maroon and White
Grounds:Dean McGlinchey Park
(Páirc Mhig Loingsigh)
Coordinates:54°46′57.45″N 6°48′17.97″W
Playing kits
Home Kit
Change Kit
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Ulster
champions		 Derry
champions
Football: - - 4
Hurling: - - 3

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


History

St. Colm's GAC Ballinascreen was founded in 1933. The founders were Seán Mac Diarmada, James Conway, Barney Rodgers and Eddie O'Neill and Michael Kelly. St. Colm's started off impressively by winning their 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.[2]

Ballinascreen 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, beating Bellaghy in the final.

St. Colm's have won eight Ulster Scór titles and one All-Ireland title, the best performance of any club in the county.[2]

In the centenary year for Derry (1984), St. Colm's won the Og Sport award and the AIB Club of the Year award.[2]

Football

Ballinascreen have played senior football for the majority of their existence in Derry. In 2007 the club was relegated to Division Two, though they still played in the senior championship. In the following season, the club won promotion back to Division One by winning the Division Two league title. The club have won four Derry Senior Football Championships, with their last title coming in 1973. For a number of years Ballinascreen also competed in the pre-season Ulster League competition, winning the cup in 2009. Ballinascreen have won 9 Minor titles (second on the list behind Bellaghy), with the last coming in 2017. That year they also made it to the Ulster Minor Club Final.

2020 Championship Football
Championship Football – Ballinascreen – 2019
Senior Football Championship
Round Date Referee Venue Opposition Result
Group 1 August M McAleese Ballinascreen Claudy Won
1-11 - 1-05
Group 8 August B Cassidy Dungiven Dungiven Won
4-15 - 2-12
Group 23rd August A Campbell Magherafelt Swatragh Lost
0-15 - 0-07
First Round 5th Sept D Harkin Celtic Park Bellaghy Won
1-12 - 0-09
Quarter Final 19th Sept A Nash Celtic Park Ballinderry Lost
2-12 - 2-09

2019 Championship Football
Championship Football – Ballinascreen – 2019
Senior Football Championship
Round Date Referee Venue Opposition Result
First Round 8th Sept R Donoghue Owenbeg Kilrea Won
2-14 - 0-09
Quarter Final 22nd Sept B Cassidy Owenbeg Magherafelt Lost
1-15 - 2-06

2018 Championship Football
Championship Football – Ballinascreen – 2018
Senior Football Championship
Round Date Referee Venue Opposition Result
First 8th Sept M McGeehan Owenbeg Bellaghy Won
2-10 - 0-14
Quarter Final 22 September Damien Harkin Dungiven Greenlough Won
0-13 - 1-09
SemiFinal 7 October Damien Harkin Owenbeg Coleraine Lost
1-11 - 0-09

2017 Championship Football
Championship Football – Ballinascreen – 2017
Senior Football Championship
Round Date Referee Venue Opposition Result
First 12 August Alan Nash Glen Bellaghy Won
2-15 - 2-08
Quarter Final 28 August D Harkin Owenbeg Coleraine Won
3-07 - 0-10
Semi Final 9th Sept B Cassidy Owenbeg Greenlough Won
3-07 - 0-10
Final 24th Sept D Mullan Celtic Park Slaughtneil Lost
4-12 - 1-11


2017 Championship Football
Championship Football – Ballinascreen – 2017
Minor Football Championship
Round Date Opposition Result
Derry
QF		 1 October Steelstown Won
5-12 - 3-04
Derry
SF		 8 October Swatragh Won
3-09 - 3-04
Derry
Final		 14 October Bellaghy Won
0-11 - 0-09
Ulster
QF		 17 December Errigal Ciaran
Tyrone		 Won
1-10 - 1-08
Ulster
SF		 26 December O'Donovan Rossa
Antrim		 Won
2-05 - 0-08
Ulster
Final		 1 Jan 2018 Enniskillen Gaels
Fermanagh		 Lost
1-06 - 0-06

Hurling

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

Ballinascreen have won the hurling league in 2005 and played in a county hurling final in 2003.

Dean McGlinchey Park

The club's home ground is Dean McGlinchey Park. It has also hosted Derry inter-county games since the 1950s.[3] Since the 1990s Celtic Park in Derry City has become officially recognised as Derry's main county ground,[3] but Dean McGlinchey Park has still hosted a number of National League and Dr. McKenna Cup games in recent years.

In the last 30years many improvements have been made to the club grounds, including: a club house, full sized floodlit pitch (named after former Chairman, James McNally) and most recently a fully equipped gym.

Honours

Amongst Ballinascreen's honours, they have won the Derry Senior Club Football Championship four times (1934, 1935, 1941 and 1973). They won their first provincial title by capturing the Ulster League title in 2009. They have claimed the Derry Senior Club Hurling Championship on three occasions (1887, 1938 and 1939). U-16 Derry County Champions 2006 Minor Derry football County Champions 2005 Minor County hurling champions 1989, 1995, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Ulster Minor Hurling Champions 2008 and 2009 All Ireland Feile Na nGael Winners 1996,2003, 2004,

Senior
  • Ulster League: 1
    • 2009
  • Derry Senior Football Championships: 4
    • 1934, 1935, 1941, 1973
  • Derry Senior Football League Div 1: 3
    • 1972, 1994, 2011
  • Derry Senior Football League Div 2: 1
    • 2008
  • 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
  • Derry Minor Football Championships: 9
    • 1958, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1978, 2005, 2017

Under-16
  • Derry Under-16 Football Championships: 5
    • 1968, 1976, 1985, 1995, 2006.
  • Derry Under-16 Football Leagues: 4
    • 1967,1968,1985, 1995.
  • South Derry Under-16 Football Championships: 6
    • 1967,1968, 1976, 1985, 1995, 2006.

Under-14
  • Derry Under-14 Football Championships: 2
    • 1983, 2020
  • South Derry Under-14 Football Championships: 1
    • 2004.

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

Senior

Reserves
  • Derry Reserve Hurling Championship 4
    • 2004, 2005, 2009, 2018
  • Derry Senior Hurling League Div 1 Winners 1
    • 2014
  • Derry Senior Hurling League Div 2 Winners 3
    • 2003, 2005, 2008

Minor
  • Ulster Minor Club Hurling Championships, 2
    • 2008, 2009
  • Derry County Championships: 7
    • 1986, 1987, 1989, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2009,
  • Derry Minor Hurling league 11
    • 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • South Derry Championship 10
    • 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1995 1998

Under-16
  • Derry Under-16 Hurling Championships: 12
    • 1982, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2006 2015,2017, 2018, 2019
  • Derry Under-16 Hurling League 13
    • 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007

Under-14
  • Derry County Feile na gaels: 12,
    • 1994, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Derry Under-14 Hurling Championships: 12,
    • 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005,2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Derry Under-14 Hurling Leagues: 10,
    • 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005,2015
  • Ulster Div 1 Champions: 2,
    • 2003, 2004
  • All Ireland Div 3 Champions: 2,
    • 1996, 2003,
  • All Ireland Div 2 Champions: 1,
    • 2004

Under-14
  • U14 Camogie All Ireland Feile na nGael: 2
    • 2003, 2007. Runners up 2006
  • Division 1 Cup Semi finalists
    • 2011

Well known Players
  • Tony Scullion - 1 1993 All-Ireland Championship, 2 Ulster Senior Football Championships, 3 National Football Leagues, 7 Railway cups, 4 All-stars.
  • Éamonn Burns - 1 1993 All-Ireland Championship, 2 Ulster Senior Football Championship, 1 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, 4 National Football Leagues.
  • Carlus McWilliams - Current Derry footballer
  • Benny Heron - Current Derry footballer
  • Conor Murray- Captain, Derry Senior Hurling Team that won Ulster Championship in 2000 also played for Ulster in Railway cup

See also

References
  1. "Welcome - A Letter From Our Chairman". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  2. "History of St. Colm's". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  3. Scott, Ronan (13 February 2009). "'Screen to win back hearts of Derry fans". Gaelic Life. p. 3.
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