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Senior Hurlers Win Thriller V Cloyne
On Monday last at
Ballinacurra our Senior hurlers qualified for their first ever Final in the
top grade. We came from behind late in injury time to win a great game. This
contest had everything, great hurling, twenty eight scores and plenty
excitement. Our opponents Cloyne had a great start with 1-1 on the board in
the first three minutes. Padraig Murphy had our first point. Five pointed
frees from Barry Hazelwood kept us in touch. Though Cloyne opened up a six
point lead at one stage we had it down to three by the break 2-4 to 0-7, our
final point again from Padraig. A Sean Ryan Goal set the scene for a
marvellous second half. We got on top but then Cloyne hit back. Diarmuid O
Sullivan goaled from a free to put Cloyne a point ahead. We hit back Pat
Cotter getting some vital scores from frees and Sean , Terry and Brian also
scoring points. With time almost up we were a point ahead as Niall Barrett
looked at his watch. Then a long delivery from Donal Og saw Cloyne get a
goal to go two ahead. It looked as though we were pipped at the post but
there was some injury time to play. Sean Ryan had a powerful shot which flew
over the bar. One point in it now and Donal Og was in no hurry pucking out.
We got possession and a free in. Barry Johnson sent in a long high ball
which landed in the very crowded square. A Cloyne hurley got a touch out on
it but there was Brian Murphy who first timed it to the net. Game over. A
great result from a team that refused to give up .Well done lads. We are now
in the final of this 9 team competition against Sars or Midleton who drew
the other semi-final
Bride Rovers 2-15 Cloyne
4-07
Team &
Scorers:
D.Fitzgerald,
A.Collins, N.Fitzgerald, P.Barry, B.Johnson, B.Murphy, J.Murphy, T.Broderick
(0-01), B.Murphy (1-01), D.Ryan, P.Murphy (0-02), B.Hazelwood (0-05, 5F),
C.O’Keeffe, P.Walsh (0-01), S.Ryan (1-03). Sub Used P.Cotter (0-03, 3F)
JHL Div 3:
Bride
Rovers 4-06 Erins Own 3-10
Bride Rovers 3rd hurling team travelled to Caherlag
last Sunday morning for round 2 of the East Cork Junior Hurling league,
Division 3. After a very exciting game with plenty of goals & goalmouth
action, the home side held out to defeat the Rovers by a single point. This
was a good performance as the Rovers were without some of U21 players who
are involved in Championship this week & it was also good to see some of the
“experienced” players back.
Team & Scorers:
G.Quill,
A.Collins, A.Broderick, R.Dorgan, M.Carey, C.Collins, N.Hogan, M.O’Driscoll,
S.Murphy (0-5), P.O’Dowd (1-0), G.Johnson (1-0), D.O’Brien, J.Hogan (1-0),
O.Casey, J.Bermingham (0-1). Subs Used: D.Barry, H.Kelleher (1-0), B.Arnold,
A.Dorgan.
JFL Div 3:
Bride
Rovers 2-07 Gortroe 2-08
Yet another one point defeat, the Rovers Div. 3
footballers travelled to Pilmore on Saturday last but were narrowly defeated
by Gortroe.
Team & Scorers:
L.Barry, A.Collins, K.Carey,
J.O’Connor, M.Carey, C.Collins, P.O’Brien, P.O’Driscoll, K.Collins,
H.Kelleher (1-05), O.O’Flynn, D.O’Keeffe, P.O’Dowd, A.O’Keeffe (0-1),
B.Lynch (1-01). Subs Used: G.Johnson, T.Kearney.
All
Ireland Scor Final.
The All Ireland Final Scor will be held in the National
Entertainment Centre Killarney on Sunday April 17th. Tickets must be
pre-booked through the club and if there is sufficient demand a bus will be
organized. All interested in traveling please contact Club Cultural officer
James Bermingham, Runaí Anne-Marie Maher Barry or Chairman Liam Barry before
next Sunday April 3rd. This is the first ever All Ireland final in Scor
that the club has reached so plenty vocal support would be very welcome.
Junior
Football Championship.
It’s only April but we are out in
defence of our
East Cork Football title this weekend. We are
down to play Cobh in the first round on this Saturday evening at Lisgoold at
6.15.
In the League we’ve had a win a draw and three narrow
defeats while
Cobh are on top of the League table. Our team
will show several changes from last years historic winning side. Because of
the recent Abernethy cup games we’ve not played a lot of football but
championship is championship and hopefully the lads will give a good
display.
Battling Tipp fail to halt Cork run
Tipperary 1-12 Cork 0-16
A TASTE of bigger days to come, that's what this was.
Indeed, that's all this was, as All-Ireland champions Cork maintained their
unbeaten run in this year's National Hurling League in Thurles yesterday,
but were pushed all the way to the wire by a fired-up home
side in a moderately-entertaining encounter.
There was a reminder in the chilly breeze that we're not yet completely
clear of winter, yet we got a foretaste of summer in the dry pitch, the
bright and lengthening evening with the turning of the clock, as both sides
set about their task before a disappointing crowd of a few thousand.
Cork started with ten of the 16 who saw action in last September's
All-Ireland win; before the 70 minutes was up, Brian Murphy, Niall McCarthy,
Sean Óg Ó hAilpín and Ben O'Connor were added to the mix, leaving just late
flu-victim Jerry O'Connor and injury-hit Brian
Corcoran out of the action.
All 14 looked sharp, Diarmuid O'Sullivan and Ronan Curran down the centre of
defence particularly so, but what will have most pleased Cork manager John
Allen is the performance of those on the fringes, guys like defenders Cian
O'Connor and Graham Callinan, midfielder Kevin Hartnett, but most of all,
wing-forward Neil Ronan.
This is the first season that a Cork management team has finally shown faith
in Ronan. Allen and his fellow-selectors have recalled the Ballyhea-man and
given him his head in every game in this year's league, and that faith was
repaid with yet another man-of-the-match performance yesterday.
Seven points notched in a sizzling exhibition of wing-forward play, Ronan
was majestic and is surely forcing himself into the reckoning for the
championship 15, a point conceded by his manager. "I've already said
it. If fellas are good enough, and their form is good enough, then the
decision is taken out of our hands. That's the way we want it to be, that if
someone comes who wasn't there last year, and is playing like he has to be
on the team, well then that's the way it's going to be."
Other names will come into that frame, Callinan and Hartnett particularly.
"They played very well," Allen said. "Kevin Hartnett is with a junior club
(Russell Rovers), obviously would find it hard to get enough high-quality
games. I know he's playing college, but for him to get to this level is a
great credit to himself. I'm very happy with him, he
worked very hard for the 70 minutes, maybe ran out of steam a bit in the
end."
Despite defeat, Tipperary manager Ken Hogan also had reason to be pleased
yesterday. Right from the off, with corner-forward Eoin Kelly notching two
frees to open the scoring, they took the fight to Cork, and
never backed off. With Phillip Maher and David Kennedy anchoring a solid
defence in which Hugh Moloney and Eamonn Corcoran also shone, it was level
pegging at the break, 0-9 for Cork to 1-6 for Tipperary, but with
most of those Cork scores coming from placed balls.
Tipperary could count themselves unlucky not to be ahead and John Devane's
goal was a beauty.
The hurling was below full-bore championship intensity, below championship
touch levels also, but entertaining nevertheless.
Tit-for-tat it was through a hard-fought second half, never more than two
points between the teams, but ultimately, Ronan's accuracy was the
difference.
"We're very happy," John Allen said. "When you come down to the home of
hurling and beat Tipperary in a tight game, that's where it's at. There's no
point in us going away from games like Wexford yesterday, getting a huge
score but not learning anything. We had questions answered about players
today, and that's where we want to be. We want good quality games, we had a
good game today. I'd rather be in our shoes
now than Waterford's (Cork's championship opponents on May 22), guaranteed
three more quality games against three quality sides, where we'll learn
something else, and that's our plan."
Scorers Cork: N. Ronan 0-7 (0-2 frees 0-1 65); J.Deane 0-4 (all frees);T.
Kenny 0-2 (sideline); G.McCarthy, N. McCarthy, B. O'Connor, 0-1each.
Tipperary: E. Kelly 0-7 (0-5 frees); J. Devane 1-2; T. King, B. Dunne,T.
Dunne, 0-1 each.
CORK: D. Og Cusack; J. Browne, D. O'Sullivan, C. O'Connor; J. Gardiner,R.
Curran, G. Callinan; T. Kenny, K. Hartnett; G. McCarthy, T. McCarthy,N.
Ronan; J. O'Callaghan, K. Murphy, J. Deane. Subs: B. Murphy (Browne inj. 8);
N. McCarthy (T. McCarthy inj. 44); Sean Og O hAilpín (Gardiner yellow 46);
B. O'Connor (O'Callaghan 55); B. Barry (G. McCarthy 71).
TIPPERARY: B. Cummins; P. Curran, P. Maher, H. Moloney; D. Fanning,
D.Kennedy, E. Corcoran; B. Dunne, T. King; P. Morrissey, F. Devanney,
J.Devane; E. Kelly, M. Webster, P. O'Brien. Subs: C. O'Mahony (Curran
inj.37); T. Dunne (Devanney yellow 47); P. Kelly (Webster yellow 53);
T.Slevin (King inj. 58); E. Sweeney (Devane 64).
Referee: A. MacSuibhne (Dublin).
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