1999 - 2000                 Cabra Gaels               (Captain: Jerry Gregg)

2000 - 2001                 Gabriels                     (Captain: Tom Dolan)

2001 - 2002                 Gabriels                     (Captain: Tom Dolan)

2002 - 2003                 Cabra Gaels               (Captain: Howard Byrne / Brian Lally)

2003 - 2004                 Wolfe Tones             (Captain: Eamon Brady)

2004 - 2005                 Western Gaels           (Captain: Jason Cronin)

2005 - 2006                 Cabra Gaels               (Captain: Stephen Bernard)

Most Championship wins by player:               Paul Deegan (17 allegedly!)

Past CIGFC League Champions (Ladies)

2001 - 2002                 Buffers Alley             (Captain: Lorna Campbell)

2002 - 2003                 Na Piarsaigh             (Captain: Lisa Kehoe)

2003 - 2004                 Na Piarsaigh             (Captain: Emma Ward)

2004 - 2005                 Oliver Plunketts        (Captain: Christine Rigby)

2005 - 2006                 Na Piarsaigh              (Captain: Linda Colgan)

2005 - 2006 CIGFC end of season League Awards;

Men:

Best Newcomer:       James Corner (Aus)

Most Improved:         Derek Mendez (US)

Best Player:               Paul Foxton ( Dublin )

Ladies:

Best Newcomer:       Sarah Parr (RSA)

Most Improved:         Derek Mendez (US)

Best Player:               Emma Ward (Cayman Isl / Antrim)

Inaugural Pete O’Neill Memorial October Mixed 10s tournament

October 2007 Winners:                    The H-MEN & WOMEN

Blue Bison 2004 Gaelic League: Wolfe Tones Capture Ollie Murray Memorial Cup

In one of the best and most exciting finals played to date in Cayman GAA, Wolfe tones, inspired by the shooting display of captain Eamon Brady, captured the 2004 Blue Bison Gaelic Football League title against a gallant and brave Brian Lally led Cabra Gaels.

The Ladies title was captured by the Emma Ward led Na Piarsaigh who defeated Imelda McCann’s Buffers Alley in another close affair.

Blue Bison Ladies Final: Na Piarsaigh 0-5 Buffers Alley 0-3

The ladies final produced an exciting and well-contested affair in the sunshine at the rugby club on Saturday afternoon.

Na Piarsaigh started the stronger and attempted to over power Buffers Alley through the strong running of Emma Ward, Jodie Sie and Shevaun O’ Keefe. However, they encountered strong resistance from the Buffers Alley rearguard led by Laura Scanlon and Wendy Dittman, and aided by the ubiquitous Christine Rigby.

In fact, strong defence was a feature of this low scoring game with Martina Nelson, Debbie Strasbourg and Maura Henry maintaining a solid last line of defence for Na Piarsaigh.

When Buffers Alley did put points on the board it was from their noted attacking pair Emma Newball and Imelda McCann who both worked tirelessly throughout.

However, on the day the better-balanced Na Piarsaigh team annexed the title thanks to the scoring prowess of Ward, Sie and Nelson.

Na Piarsaigh: Emma Ward 0-2, Martina Nelson 0-2, and Jodie Sie 0-1.
Buffers Alley: Emma Newball 0-2, Imelda McCann 0-1.

Blue Bison Men’s Final: Wolfe Tones 0-14 Cabra Gaels 0-13

For a long time at the Rugby Club on Saturday last it seemed as though it would not be possible to separate these two sides in a match that was ultimately decided after an unprecedented second period of extra time.

Wolfe tones started the stronger and raced in to a four-point lead with scores from Brady, Barry Fitzgerald and Tom Elliot. The Gaels replied with two points from Roger Casey and Gavin McMaster to leave the scores 0-4 to 0-2 at the end of the first half.

Cabra Gaels started to put their passing game in to effect and soon took the lead in what was now developing in to a compelling match and points from Casey and Lally and an opportunist goal from Lally after good work further out the field put Cabra in to an 0-8 to 0-7 lead as the game entered injury time only for the Tones to comeback as Brady pointed a difficult free from distance to level the match at 0-8 points each at the end of normal time.

This led to five minutes a side extra time to try and decide this Blue Bison sponsored final. Wolfe Tones started with a show of fire power and points from Paul Deegan, Shane Young, Fitzgerald and Brady aided by good work from Dan Cummings led to them establishing a 0-13 to 0-8 point lead at half time in extra time. Cabra were kept scoreless during this period by a defiant Tones rearguard led by Viv Morahan who was ably assisted by Aussie Craig McCallum, John Power, Steve Henshaw and Rich Frewin.

At this point Cabra Gaels redoubled their efforts and so began the much-needed fight back. A magnificent save from goalkeeper Tony Elliot epitomized the Gaels refusal to go down without a considerable fight and the tenacious defending of Gavin McMaster, Ian Comins and Peter Harman along with the efforts of Jeff Arkley and Paul Morris laid the foundation for this Gaels comeback with the impressive energy of McMaster being a significant feature of this game throughout.

The Tones net was then rattled after a move started by Alan Geraghty and Tim Fitzgerald allowed Casey to put Lally through for a vital goal. The Gaels were now buoyant and Casey and Lally added further points to make it 0-13 to 0-12 with Rich Stewart and Danny Santiago continuing to fight valiantly for the Cabra Gaels cause.

In what was now a wonderful atmosphere, contributed to by the packed and noisy bleachers and with time running out, referee Alan Kelly awarded Cabra a free which Casey duly dispatched from distance over the bar to tie the game at 0-13 points each as the final whistle went on the second half of extra time.

While ‘nobody deserved to lose the final’ was a recurring observation after the game, there could only be one winner on the day, one name etched on the Ollie Murray Cup for the 2004 season, and this was evident as the final period of five minutes extra time got underway.

It was very much nip and tuck with chances at a premium but following a move started by Brady, Tom Elliot put over what was to prove the winning point for Wolfe Tones. Cabra did have some last gasp chances to bring the game level but the blocking and harassing of the Morahan marshaled Tones defence managed to keep the Cabra Gaels out to the final whistle which signaled the end of forty five minutes of enthralling action.

Wolfe Tones: Eamon Brady 0-7, B Fitzgerald 0-3, Tom Elliot 0-2, Shane Young 0-1, and Paul Deegan 0-1.
Cabra Gaels: Brian Lally 2-2, Roger Casey 0-4 and G McMaster 0-1.