1982

The officers elected for 1982 were as follows:

Chairman: Francis Bradley
Vice-Chairman: Peter Tracey
Secretary: P.J. McDermott
Assistant Secretary: Colum Devlin
Treasurer: Sean Meenan
Assistant Treasurer: Eamon Potter
Committee: Gerald Coyle, Francis Ward, Peter McDermott, Gerald Kirk and Eugene McKenna.
Team Captain and Trainer: Laurence McBride
Vice-Captain: Michael McDermott
Manager: John Brennan
Reserve Managers: Eugene McKenna and Francis Bradley

The league commenced with a good winning 8 games in a row before suffering their first defeat against Rock, incidentally the Rock team, which went on to win the Junior Championship. The Championship came to an abrupt end when Drumquin surprisingly defeated Greencastle on a scoreline of 4-05 to 1-08.

Greencastle continued on their great league run. However, the club was pipped at the post once more when they finished just one point behind Drumquin and Dregish, having lost just 2 matches and drawn 1. The draw being with Dregish and 1 defeat being against Drumquin by 2 points. To win 14 games and draw 1 game out of 17 and finish out of the honours is rather heart-breaking.

The reserve team also put up a very good showing, winning 6 out of 9 league matches played.

1983

The Annual General Meeting was held on the 19th December 1982 in the Hall. The Committee elected was as follows:

President: Rev Fr Seamus Shields PP
Chairman: Francis Bradley
Vice-Chairman: Peter Tracey
Secretary: Sean Clarke
Assistant Secretary: Colum Devlin
Treasurer: Francis Ward
Assistant Treasurer: Eugene McKenna
Committee: Peter McDermott, Gerald Coyle, Eamon Potter, Peter Teague and Laurence McBride
Team Trainers: Laurence McBride and Jim McCrory
Reserve Managers: Francis Bradley and Eugene McKenna

The Jim Devlin Cup was played on a league basis at that time and in 1983 it involved 7 games at the beginning of the year. Greencastle finished up in second place to Glenelly in their section, losing just one game and drawing one. In the league in the early part of the season, Greencastle led the league with 7 victories out of 9 games.

The 1983 Championship saw the meeting of close rivals and neighbours Glenelly and Greencastle at Beragh. Victory went to Glenelly after a very close hard-fought game on a score of 1-08 to 1-06. Thus the poor run in the Championship continued. Still the league continued to be a close run affair. After a spirited showing on the field and with the benefit of 2 points gained in the Activities Boardroom at the hands of Newtownstewart. Greencastle finished in joint second place with Glenelly, thus forcing a play-off to decide the runner-up position.

The lead-up to that play-off resembled a County Final and a huge crowd assembled in Carrickmore on the 4th December. However, on this occasion, Glenelly triumphed on a score of 2-03 to 0-03.