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The Desert Tournament
in April 2000 really started the whole year for the Fianna, despite the
fact that it happened at the end of the previous season! The potential
in the club was recognised and it was decided to try our best to make
and make a concerted effort to train and expand...this eventually becoming
the cornerstone of the great season to come.
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It had been
a couple of years since Abu Dhabi had been able to field a women's team, so
it was with great pleasure that the intrepid bunch of girls, resplendently
decked out in their new Ulsterbank sponsored jerseys, stepped out to face
the mighty Dubai team...champions of the Gulf
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Back
Row: Johnny Rea, Marian McElligott, Ann Brady, Caroline McCormack, Bernie
Briody, Sandra Morton, Maire Ni Lyne, Pearl Lonergan, Anthony Carey (Coach)
Front
Row: Cindy Pittman, Maura Geoghegan, Mairead Rowan, Frankie.
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The girls
put up a great show in what for most of them was their first (and last!) game
of football, eventually losing by two points in a very close fought encounter.
Two great goals by Maire Ni Lyne were unfortunately not enough to peg back
the scores from Pearl, 'loaned' by Abu Dhabi to Dubai because of injury in
their ranks. She never told us that she was good...and henceforth is to be
known as 'Dubai Pearl'
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The men faired much better, finally
getting the better of Dubai...the first victory over the old foe since 1996.
A fantastic team performance saw us emerge victorious on a scoreline of
Abu Dhabi 4: 6 Dubai 2 : 5
Adrian Reen emerged, not for the
first time, as hero for the day, scoring 2:4 of the Fianna total
Half-time...and it could be any
field in Ireland as dusk approached. Tactics for the first great vicory are
expounded at length
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Back row (l to r): Joe
Somers, Des Reilly, Niall Hehir (and Aran), Tom Simpson, Colm McKenna, James
Terrett, Denis Crotty
Front row (l to r): Martin
Healy, Dixie Collins, Johnny Rea, Anthony Carey, Felim Bolster, Adrian Reen,
Des Cogan.
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Team Captain,
Anthony Carey, receives the first of many trophies to be taken by the Fianna
over the next twelve months...but this one was sweet!!
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