8th June, 2000
Weekly
Sports
DOUGLAS HALL AFC
Seniors Win Pop Keller Cup!!
The Seniors rounded off a memorable season for Douglas Hall with
the club's first trophy at Senior level, when they convincingly
defeated Carrigaline Utd. in the Pop Keller Cup Final. In truth,
following the first 20 minutes, the 'Hall completely dominated
the match, eventually running out 6-0 winners.
The 'Hall took the lead when John Healy finished Ray O'Connell's
fine pass. This followed a spell where the two sides seemed
evenly matched. However, following the opener, the 'Hall took
complete control and before half-time, they added goals from
Healy, again, Derrick Bowen and Stephen O'Connell. Leading 4-0 at
the interval, the 'Hall eased through the remainder of the match,
with 'keeper Gerry McGreevy rarely troubled. The final goals came
from an own goal and, following terrific passing and work, John
Healy, who duly completed his hat trick.
There were scenes of great delight - after three failures in the
Pop Keller Cup Final, the 'Hall finally secured the trophy. Their
form since mid-season has been really good, and no-one will
dispute that they deserved the cup. Congratulations to Kevin O'Sullivan
and all of the squad on making this big breakthrough.
IIBA SHORT MAT INDOOR BOWLS
Munster Region Umpires Trophy Competition:
Semi-finals: B Jennings (Wilton) beat M Bracken (ICICYMA) and P
Mc Carthy (Wilton) beat D Twohig (Ballincollig Community).
Final: B Jennings (Wilton) beat P Mc Carthy (Wilton)
Congratulations to Bob Jennings on winning the title for the
second year in succession The above Trophy was presented to the
Umpires Association by the Hon Sec Michael Murray The games were
Umpired by M O'Regan, T. Burke and J Curran and the Markers were
P Barry, B Mc Carthy and V Caplice
Trustee Savings Bank Inter Club League Section Play-offs:
Mitchelstown (Red) beat Conna (Blue), Kinsale beat Grange
Frankfield (Blue), Nemo (Blue) beat Carrigaline GAA (Red), Grange
Frankfield (Red) beat Ballincollig GAA (Blue), Nemo (Red) beat
Wilton (Blue), Douglas Community (White) beat Douglas GAA (Blue),
Brookfield (Red) beat Sylvan, plus the winners of ICICYMA (Red)
versus St Anthony's (Red).
The above teams have qualified to play in the concluding stages
of the league at St Anthony's Hall on Sunday 11th 2000 at 1.15pm
Cork Zone Inter Club Championship for the Frances Cody Memorial
Trophy:
Quarter-finals: Ballincollig Community beat Douglas Community,
Grange Frankfield beat Nemo, Mitchelstown beat Douglas GAA and
Iona beat Wilton
Semi-finals: Ballincollig Community beat Grange Frankfield and
Iona beat Mitchelstown.
Final: Ballincollig Community beat Iona by 12/4pts
Congratulations to the Cork Zone Committee on the successful
conclusion of their Inaugural Inter Club Championship.
The final was umpired by P Moynihan and G Quinn.
Fixtures: Trustee Savings Bank Inter Club League (Last 8): The
Quarter-finals, Semi-finals and Final will take place in St
Anthony's Hall on Sunday 11th June 2000 at 1-15pm
DOUGLAS HALL LADIES
Douglas Hall Ladies Cup Match
Douglas Hall 0 V. CSO 2
The Douglas girls fought very hard in this game but CSO proved
too strong with the advantage of being in a higher division. CSO
scored their two goals in the first half. In the second half the
Douglas girls did an outstanding job and put a lot of pressure on
CSO andwere unlucky not to score a few goals. This squad of
players have a lot of heart for the game and hopefully we will
start to get some good results again in the coming weeks."
Girl of the match"; Gemma Crowley. Others to play well were
Colette Dunne, Catherine McCarthy, Eileen Collins, Ciara Twomey
and Ann Collins.
DOUGLAS HALL GIRLS U14
Douglas hall 3 V. Cobh 0
The Douglas girls are on top of the world with another great win
this week. Goals coming from Naomi O'Leary, Aoife Hynes and
Jessica Hayes. We could have had a lot more with some good
strikes from Donna O'Leary and super-sub Louise Martin, who hit
the bar on a few occasions. "Girl of the match";
Duireann Murray who was excellent from start to finish. Others to
do well were Caroline Hawks and Karen Lynch who dominated the
midfield. Also Laura Healy, Clodagh Ryan, Naomi O'Leary and super-sub
Louise Martin.
DOUGLAS HALL GIRLS U16
Douglas Hall 5 V. Ballincollig 3
This was an experimental game for us taking players from, under
12, under 14 and young players from the senior team, which turned
out to be an excellent team. We were up against a very
experienced Ballincollig, who won their league last season, so
this was an outstanding performance from a team who have not
played till together till now. There is great talent in Douglas
Hall, we hope it will shine more in the seasons to come. It was
possible to pick a girl of the match, as the whole team was
brilliant. Well done Girls! Goal scorers were Catronia Kelly
", Naomi O'Leary 1, and Riona Hegarty 2
DOUGLAS GAA UNDER-AGE
U 12 Douglas and Ballinhassig produced a very entertaining
game of Hurling in the SouthEast U12 League. This game was a very
high standard - there were some excellent block downs, good
hooking and long distance striking from both the hand and off the
ground. The game was a very close affair at all times. The
highlight of the first half was the commanding display of Richard
Kingston at full back for Douglas. The Southeast lads led 1 -2 to
1 - 1 at the break. The second half was equally competitive with
the lead changing hands on four different occasions. The goal
scorer's for Douglas after half time were Brian Collins and,
Dayne O'Leary with a fine overhead flick. Ballinhassig were two
points in arrears with ten minutes to go and applied a lot of
pressure on the Douglas goal but the Douglas defence coped very
well in particular Osin McGrath (goalkeeper) and Eoin Cotter.
Final score Douglas 3 - 2 Ballinhassig 2 - 4. Congratulations to
both sides for a great game of hurling.
U14A Douglas and Blackrock played on this highly entertaining
game of Hurling. The side were level at the break, Brian O'Connor
was the goal scorer for Douglas. The second half was also very
close. The scorer's for Douglas were David Hacket 0-3, Barry
Firzgerald 0-3. The Rockies held out for victory on a scoreline
of 2-8 to 1-8.
U12C This game was between Ballinhassig and Douglas in the under
12 League. A point separated the teams at half time - with
Douglas leading 1-2 to 1-1. Douglas took control after the break
and won on a scoreline of 4-5 to 1-1. Colm Lucey, Eoin Hickey and
Mark Wright showed some fine touches on the night.
U13 A Hurling; Douglas and Bishopstown met in this encounter.
Douglas played against the wind in the opening half and played
very well. The score at the break was 2-0 to 0-3. Stephen
Hannohan got one of the Douglas goals. The Douglas boys took
control in the second half and scored six unanswered points.
Stephen Moylan and Michael O'Donoghue also had a fine game in
goal. Final score Douglas 2-6 Bishopstown 0-3.
DOUGLAS PITCH & PUTT
Saturday 3rd
S Gregson, E Ryan & D Dennehy - 36 5/6
B Hartnett, M Kelleher & M O' Riordan - 41
PLATE FINAL
K O' Callaghan beat B Downey 2 & 1
Sunday 4th
L Quirke & D Gregson - 44
G Neiland & D Dennehy - +14
B Hartnett, L O' Donovan & D Ahern - 36
T Hartnett, G Brohan & B Downey - 40
Monday 5th
L Quirke & B Downey - 45
M Quirke & N Kelleher - 38
Weekly Lotto Results
Numbers Drawn: 4, 9, 17
NO WINNER
CAB Sponsored Winners
Jamie Fahy c/o The Club
Des Quinn c/o The Grange
Bryan Hill c/o Liam O' Brien
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NEMO RANGERS UNDERAGE
Nemo's under 12 football team continued their unbeaten record
last weekend against Rathpeacon in a highly impressive fashion.
Nemo started much the better with the midfield and half back line
allowing Rathpeacon little or no possession and the forwards, led
by Ciaran O'Donovan, putting in an exhibition of scoring. With
the weather causing few problems Kinsale Road tore into an early
lead and the backs marked their men tightly, keeping the
opportunities that arose to the opposition very difficult to turn
into scores. Nemo went in at half time with their heads up and
they continued in the same mode in the second half with Emmett
Long playing the proverbial blinder at midfield, covering acres
of ground, constantly chasing Rathpeacon whenever the had the
ball, and always supplying his forwards with excellent possession,
which they accepted with aplomb. Shane Martin also contributed to
the midfield dominance with his high workrate and outstanding
distribution. However man of the match must go to centre forward
Ciaran O'Dovovan who had an absolute stormer, dragging the
Rathpeacon defence all over the pitch and scoring 6 points all
from play. Others to catch the eye for Nemo were Stephen Good and
Shaun Walsh, who would be a handful for any defender. At the
final whistle Nemo came away with a 2-12 to 1-1 win.
Congratulations to all involved as this result almost guarantees
the team qualification to knockout stages of the league.
This Sunday sees the Kepak Street Leagues come to their eagerly
awaited final. All players are asked to meet up at Scoil Chriost
Ri at 1 O'Clock for the parade up through Turners Cross and
arriving at Nemos' main ground on the South Douglas Road at
approx. 2:00pm. In addition to the playing off of the finals
their will also be a long puck competition open to all youngsters
who got involved in this years competition. The management of the
Kepak Street Leagues would like to take this opportunity to
welcome everyone who helped out during the year to this years
final and to thank Kepak for their extraordinary assistance in
one of the most successful Street Leagues Nemo has had in recent
years.
COLLEGE CORINTHIANS AFC
Amidst scenes of great joy last Friday night, Douglas
Corinthians captured the Cork Schoolboys League Under 11 First
Division title when they defeated Everton 2-1 in the final. It
was a fine match, full of good football and very enjoyable to
watch. The pitch in Lakewood was in magnificent condition and on
a beautiful summers evening, the conditions were ideal for
Corinthians to get the ball down and pass and that is exactly
what they did.
Showing no signs of nerves, Corinthians started the game well and
took an early lead, when Stephen Goods corner was knocked on by
David Meyler for Jamie Drennan to apply the finishing touch. For
a 10 or 15-minute period after the goal Everton got on top and
grabbed a deserved equaliser after 20 minutes. Indeed during this
period Corinthians “rode their luck” when a second
Everton goal was disallowed for offside. However, with Conor O'
Reilly outstanding in midfield and Eoin McCarthy sparkling up
front, Corinthians regained the initiative and David Meyler was
close to a lead goal again just before half-time.
Playing some excellent football Corinthians dominated the second
half and after Jamie Drennan and Eoin McCarthy had gone close,
the elusive breakthrough came with seven minutes remaining when
Eoin McCarthy turned sharply before smashing a tremendous shot
passed the Everton keeper . Corinthians survived some late
Everton pressure to hold on for a fine 2-1 victory.
It was a proud moment for everybody involved with the team when
captain Theo Cullinane stepped forward to receive the cup from
Donal Kelleher of the Cork Schoolboys League. Allowing for the
fact that the entire squad will be under age again next year, the
performance of the team on the night reflected great credit on
the work done by the management trio of John Turner, Danny
Drennan and Martin Higgins as well as the entire Under Ten
coaching staff which also includes Mark O' Donovan, Billy O'
Connor and Dan O' Callaghan. Our Under Tens are very fortunate to
have such a talented and committed group of people guiding their
development on the soccer field.
The Douglas Corinthians squad on the night was:
David Bevan, David Meyler, Ian Turner, Conor O' Reilly, Richard O'
Donovan, Colin Hammond, Theo Cullinane, Jamie Drennan, David O'
Sullivan, Eoin McCarthy, Stephen Good, Patrick O' Brien, Stephen
Murphy, Danny Horgan, Gavin Dempsey, John O' Brien, Sean Grant
and Brian McPolin.
Street Leagues.
A review of the Street League Finals Day as well as all the
latest South Side League results can be found on the Corinthians
Web Site www.collegecorinthians.com.
DOUGLAS GAA
OUR junior "A" hurlers felt the full force of a very
experienced Blackrock side in a league game in Church Road last
week.
After the success over Bishopstown much was expected from our
lads, but the Rockies who included most of their senior
substitutes were a class act and there was never any doubt about
the outcome.
The "B" junior team had another workout against
Crosshaven and after a good hour emerged winners by four points,
1-10 to 1-6.
Our minor teams are going great guns in the non exam leagues.
Their latest victory was over Brian Dillons in the hurling league
which also doubled as a tournament final for our festival weekend.
Three goals by Richard Barrett and 1-1 by John Ross-Hunt were our
chief scorers while Richad Harris, Fergal O'Sullivan (0-3), David
O'Connor and John O'Keeffe also played well.
Earlier in the week, the footballers had five goals to spare over
Kilmacabea and on the evidence of their displays to date, both
teams should reach the concluding stages which would be a huge
bonus for all involved.
The draw for the county intermediate hurling championship saw our
lads pitted against the winners of the Bandon/Ballymartle clash
in round four.
