The first round of the senior county championship was played at Boherbue on Tuesday evening July 22^nd and the Rovers repeated their league final win over the same opposition on a scoreline of 7-12 to 3-7. Well done to everyone involved.

 

Bride Rovers Seniors got their championship campaign off to a great start with a very convincing win over Boherbue on Tuesday 22^nd of July.  The final score finished 7.12 to 3.7 but the match was much tougher than the scoreline suggests as with 8 minutes to go Bride Rovers were only ahead by 5 points.  The game was a physical encounter as expected and with some injuries going into the game we were depending on an all panel performance and that we got.  Boherbue had home advantage and settled better into the game as a result.  When the Bride Rovers forwards got into their groove however there was a few green and white flags raised which steadied the ship.  Boherbue were still raw from the earlier defeat in the County final and were not going down without a serious challenge.  The game was tightly marshalled by the referee who used the sin bin 4 times during the game with both sides playing with 14 for two 10 minute periods.  The tempo of the game was a credit to both teams on a very warm evening and was a great game for the Rovers girls to get before their second round clash with Rosscarbery on Tuesday 29^th July in Rathcormac.  With a very busy schedule for the next number of weeks for all players with Camogie, Junior Football and Minor competitions in full swing it was of the utmost importance to secure the two points in the first outing.  A busy few weeks leading up to the game on the fixtures front meant there was no practice game for this group of players since the county final victory three weeks previous, but there were no cobwebs present on the night and some excellent passages of play showed why the Rathcormac side were deserving winners. 

Panel and Scorers: Caitriona Vaughan, Arlene O’ Callaghan Walsh, Shelly McAteer, Aoife Riordan, Emma O’ Keffee, Rachel O’ Callaghan, Niamh Barry, Jennifer Cahill (0-1), Jennifer Barrry (1-1), Katie Kelleher (0-1), Eleanor Ahern, Sinead Walsh (0-5), Bridget Forde, Grace Kearney (4-1), Grace Culloty (2-2), Madison Parle, Aine Cashman, Katie Connor, Trish O’ Sullivan, Karen Sheehan, Imelda Dorgan, Meg Kelleher, Elaine Culloty, Evelyn Collins, Laura Pratt, Erin O’ Keeffe, Mary Hazelwood, Claire Murphy, Caroline Broderick, Maria Barry.

 

The second round was at home to Rosscarbery on Tuesday, July 29^th. Details next week.

 

Our next junior 13-a-side championship fixture will be against Midleton B on Thursday, July 31^st   , Rovers main pitch at 7:30pm.

 

 Our minors defeated Midleton by 8-10 to 3-9 on Friday, July 25^th.

 

Team ; Sarah O Flynn, Aine Cashman ,Claire Murphy,Niamh Murphy, Laura Quirke, Aoife O' Reardan, Trish O' Sullivan , Emma Roche, Meg Kelleher, Grace Culloty,Karen Sheehan, Elaine O' Culloty, katie Connor, Laura pratt, Andrea Quinn, Jessica Howard, Grainne Noonan, Aisling Finnegan , Emma Barry ,Emma Hazelwood ,Cait McCarthy, Aisling Nolan, Michelle Lane ,Maria O’ Sullivan,

 

Scorers:  Emma Roche 1- 1 , Meg Kelleher 2-1 Claire Murphy 2 -1, Elaine Culloty 0-2 , Grace Culloty 2- 2, Karen Sheehan 1- 1, Laura Pratt 0-2 

 

Upcoming minor football fixtures are now confirmed : away to Aghada on Tuesday, August 5th and away to Fermoy on Friday, August 8th.

 

 The first round of the junior county championship was against Cloughduv on Monday, July 28^th and our girls enjoyed a comprehensive 4-14 to 1-4 win.

 

 Our U15s faced Aghada in Rostellan on Wednesday, July 23^rd and were defeated 3-6 to 0-4. The final round of the Imokilly league is against Dungourney on August 7^th.

 

 

Imokilly league Bride Rovers 2-5 Sars 5-9

Cork County league Bride Rovers 6-2 Castlemartyr 3-1

 

 

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