Club Notes... - 27/04/2024
Wins for Seniors & Juniors..
Our Division 4 (Junior C team) and Senior Hurling teams had league wins last week as the weather changed and we saw the first week of really long evenings. Our Juvenile teams are really busy with matches for all age-groups. History repeated itself once more in Waterford, shades of 1967 and 1974, a man sent off and Waterford winning. There’ll be a pressure-cooker atmosphere in Pairc Ui Chaoimh next Sunday when the wounded Banner come to town. Our Lotto Jackpot is at €17,400. We had a great Car Boot Sale last Sunday and a mini scrap collection during the week. So it’s all systems go on every front as the month of May is just around the corner.
Amarenco East Cork Junior H L Div 4.
Our second Junior Hurling team played their 3rd game of their league campaign last Tuesday evening in what was welcome sunshine in Pairc na Bride Rathcormac. Cobh were the visitors in their green and gold strip. Both teams started well but scores were hard to come by and after fifteen minutes it was just two points each. Two goals in a minute changed the game in our favour with Craig finishing both goals well after good work from Shane in the build-up. Not to be out done by his older brother Ryan then scored our 3rd goal and added another point before half time to leave us ahead by 3-3 to 2 points at the break.
We started the second half in good style and scored the first three points. Credit to Cobh who kept battling and scored six of the next 8 points to leave the score 3-8 to 0-8 before Shane got our fourth goal to leave the final score 4-8 to 0-8.
Our next Division 4 league game is against Sars with date still TBC. Team, R O’Riordan, C O’Dowd, B Collins, L Collins, J Kearney, M Liddane, Eldon O’Connor, L O’Flynn, R O’Callaghan, K Obi, F O’Flynn, J Buckley, C O’Callaghan, D Buckley, Shane O’Flynn Subs. N Kelleher, G Gubbins, O Kielty, C O’Sullivan, D Kelleher.
RED FM SHL
On Saturday evening in Ballinaspittle we played our fourth game in the 2024 RED FM Senior Hurling League against the home side, Courcey Rovers. Having lost our first three games this was a great and welcome victory. On a dry evening with good ground conditions our forwards notched some lovely points and we won by 1 19 to 1 16. League and championship hurling are far different propositions but ‘twas great to get the win on the night. Panel; Adam Hayes, Adam Walsh,, Conleith Ryan, Conor Barry, Conor Hazlewood, Daniel Dooley, David Bary, DJ Cahill, Edmond Cashman, Eldon O Connor, Fergus Collins, Jack Connor, Jamie Peters, Jason Mannix, John O Sullivan, Josh Ahern, Kieran Cotter, Louie Roche, Liam Collins, Paddy O Flynn, Shane OConnor, Tadhg O Sullivan, William Finnegan. Fixture; Sunday May 5th v Eire Og in Ovens at 11.3
UNDER 10’s BLITZ.
Our under 10s have being back training since the 24rd February. We have been training on Wednesdays and Saturdays with a great numbers turning up. We have 28 boys in the U10 group. We played our first hurling blitz at home on the 12th April against St. Catherine, with the team putting in a great effort.
Last Saturday we travelled to Aghada to play Aghada in football, the team demonstrated great scores and tackles Well done. The under10’s are always looking for extra players so parents if your son was born in 2014 do bring him along to try out Gaelic games.
UNDER 8’s IN TOWN.
Our under 8s played a football match on Saturday. Fermoy provided the opposition on Saturday morning. It was a great morning and really enjoyed by all the lads with brilliant effort by both sides.
WEEKLY LOTTO RESULTS.
The Lotto Results for Tuesday 16th of April 2024 were as follows Numbers drawn were 12, 24, 26, 28 - No Winner. Congrats to our lucky dip €30 cash winners: Kevin Murray, Knockadroleen, Aiden Dorgan, Shanowen, Patrick O’Driscoll, Fermoy, Marina Gould, Cobh and Kathleen O’Regan, Mondaniel. The Lotto Jackpot for Tuesday April 23rd was €17,400. Tickets which are just €2 each can also be purchased from Club members and in local business outlets. An Annual Lotto Ticket would make an ideal present for a friend or a family member at home or abroad at any time of the year.-contact Club Cisteoir Aiden Dorgan. Social Media can spread the message far and wide so please let everyone, everywhere know that Bride Rovers GAA Club is always appreciative of support from all corners of the world. Thank you again for all your ongoing efforts which are deeply appreciated.
WALSH PARK WOES ONCE MORE.
Isn’t hurling amazing? Last Sunday morning Cork and Clare were the hot tips to win the first two games in this years Munster Senior Hurling Championship. Clare, the League Champions were expected to beat the All Ireland champions Limerick in ‘fortress Cusack park’, yes they should have won -but they didn’t! It was really history repeating itself in Walsh Park as echoes of 1967 and 1974 came back to haunt the Rebels. Ok, it wasn’t just the sending off cost us the game but the fact that Waterford simply played a brand of hurling that we had no answer to. What now for Sunday next? Stick with last Sunday’s starting XV or throw caution to the winds and introduce 5 or 6 different players/ A tough call -that’s why I’d never make a good selector! Hopefully Cork can get their campaign back on track and then get a result or two against Limerick and Tipperary!
TAKE 5 KATIE!
In the National League earlier this year our own Katie Quirke was a big loss to Cork after suffering a serious injury. Thankfully Katie has recovered . She lined out last Sunday with Cork and her fie points from frees helped the Cork girls to a Munster semi final win over Waterford. Well done Katie and to Leah Hallihan also who came on for Cork.
CORK BUSY AT UNDER 20 UNDER 17.
The Cork u 20 hurlers are at home this Friday night to Limerick at 7pm in Pairc Ui Chaoimh with two good wins v Waterford and Clare. They then play Tipperary in Tom Semple’s Field on May 3rd. The Minors have a vital game in Fraher Field Dungarvan on tonight Thursday against Waterford. Good luck to Denis, Cillian, Roan and Cormac
UNDER 12’s Busy.
On Saturday the under12 A team hosted Lisgoold at home in our first league game of hurling . After a great game the final score was Bride Rovers 3-4 Lisgoold 0-04 The Referee was Peter Cotter Denis Skillington captained our side in a very competitive game .J. Fitzgerald opened the scoring with a point for Rovers within the first 2 min . A. Hackett was in great form and got a point for Rovers before a very impressive save from goalie N.Collins . Lisgoold had equalised before J. Fitzgerald secured a goal just before halftime.
The 2nd half saw an early point for Lisgoold before Fitzgerald hit back with another 1-2 . H.O’Keeffe found the back of the net again for Rovers with a great goal . Many thanks to Denis Ahern for having the juvenile pitch lined & ready .
Panel :N. Collins,J. Roddis ,J.O’Leary E.Croke T.
UNDER 13 FOOTBALL v Douglas ‘2’. The Bride Rovers under13 boys had a fantastic win against Douglas in their first football league game. Going in at halftime down two points having played against the wind they played some brilliant football in the second half and held Douglas scoreless to run out convincing winners on a scoreline Bride Rovers 4.12 Douglas 2.4
UNDER 14 HURLING.
The under14s had a hurling challenge on Friday evening against Inniscarra. With the championship kicking off this weekend it was our last game before the serious stuff starts. Inniscarra were very dominant in the first half and led at half-time by 0-11 to 1-1. Our lads upped the effort in the second half and played some lovely hurling. Finishing down by 2 points but creating a good few goal chances which hopefully we will take in championship. Inniscarra 1-17 Bride Rovers 3-9.. We start the football championships on Friday evening away to Carrigtwohill at 7.
UNDER 15 FOOTBALL.
Our U15 footballers played their second league game of the season hosting Eire Og. This was a marked improvement on our previous game v Kiltha Og. Missing Mícháel, Mark, Callum, Dylan, Darren, Evan and Conn we still put out a competitive team with 19 in total togged.
Unfortunately during the game we lost Sebastian to a hand injury and Finn with a leg injury which cost us in the last 10 minutes as we conceded 3 late points. Final score 2-10 to 3-4. Training continues every Tuesday night with our next game v Bishopstown on Wednesday March 1st. We are hosting Feile on May 6th with Houghal, Kiltha Og and Inniscarra so it will be all hands on deck for parking, catering etc.
UNDER 16 FOOTBALL.
Bride Rovers under 16s played their second football league match of the campaign with a humdinger against Lisgoold with whom they'd drawn and lost narrowly in two fantastic games in 2023. The match started brightly for the boys and they sprinted into an early lead with the breeze at their backs. They built on score after score with Donagh Hurley, Garry Quirke, Shane O'Dowd, Éanna Lyons and Eoghan Buckley among the scorers in that first half and by halftime had amassed a substantial lead 5-6 to 0-2. The aforementioned scorers were supported by a resolute defence with James Larkin, Cathal Barry and Darragh O'Farrell making forays in support of the midfield, with Jamie Walsh, Jack Lynch and Robert Sweeney holding tight behind them. Denis Fitzgerald worked hard throughout in midfield, with Con McCormack and Matthew Kenny doing the same from the half forward line. Fresh legs came in at halftime in the form of Calum Somers and Tadgh Cronin. With the history between these two teams the boys knew, despite the score, that the match wasn't over. And so it transpired. Despite having dominated possession in the first half, Lisgoold eased into the game in the second half and an early goal and a point had their tails up and the match was in full swing. The boys still maintained a lot of possession in the second half but just couldn't score, playing against what was a substantial breeze; this despite some excellent kickouts and some brave interceptions from Adam Kelleher. Lisgoold crept back into the match and with five minutes left there were five points between the teams - then Lisgoold scored a rocket of a goal and it was down to two, followed by another point; down to one. The boys worked it up the field and finally, with four minutes left, Éanna Lyons scored the boys first (and only) point of the second half and it steadied the nerves. Lisgoold scored again but the boys held out for a one point win. Some great performances from the boys who really dug in to win a cracker of a match. Final Score: Bride Rovers 5-7 Lisgoold 4-9. Panel: Adam Kelleher, Jamie Walsh, Jack Lynch, Robert Sweeney, James Larkin, Cathal Barry, Darragh O'Farrell, Éanna Lyons, Denis Fitzgerald, Con McCormack, Shane O'Dowd, Matthew Kenny, Donagh Hurley, Garry Quirke, Eoghan Buckley, Calum Somer & Tadhg Cronin.
UNDER 12 SECOND TEAM IN ACTION.
Our Team 2 faced off against Carrigtwohill's second team, echoing their previous football encounter just days ago. Carrigtwohill stormed ahead, leading 3-3 to no score within the first 10 minutes. However, our team rallied, holding Carrigtwohill to just one more point for the remainder of the game. The final scoreline stood at 3-4 to 1-1, with our team's remarkable resilience fuelled by outstanding teamwork, particularly evident in the second half.
Team: Oisin Dorgan, Liam Harrington, Scott Lynch, Cameron Hoare, Luke Fitzgerald, James O'Leary, Ryan Hogan, Jack Barry, Seán O'Dowd, Cian Barry (1-0), Jack Gubbins, Aidee Carr, Harry Fitzgerald, Theo Byrd (0-1), Jack O'Donovan, Conor Dorgan, Darragh Feeney, Dara Murphy, Eoin Burke.
Matches this week: Friday April 26th - Team 1 football v St.Colman’s on the main pitch at 6.30pm. Team 2 football v St.Finbarrs 2 on Saturday April 27th in St.Finbarrs at 5pm. Football training on Wednesday evening at 5.45pm in Pynes
56 YEARS AGO;
Courceys beat us in the first round of the Junior County on SundayOctober 6th 1968 in the Old Athletic Grounds. Team that day was ; J. Gettings, T. Walsh, John Ryan, W. Sheehan, P. Murphy, S. Murphy, B. Hogan, J. Meade, T O Riordan, P. Sheehan, S. Barry, P. Hoskins, F. Meade, J. Barry, T O Brien, Subs D. Shelley, D. Murphy. Courceys won by 5 8 to 2 6.
CAR BOOT SALE.
Thanks to all who helped out with the Car Boot Sale last Sunday. A beautiful day and a bumper crowd so thanks to all for your cooperation.
SCRAP.
Thanks to those who helped with the mini scrap collection last week. Another collection will take place in a few weeks time. If you have any scrap metal items or old batteries just ring 087 9538077 to make arrangements for collection.
BRIDE ROVERS CLUB SPONSORS are; Rathcormac Tyres, Fermoy Print & Design, Gerard Gubbins Construction and Veolia
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