24th May, 2001
Weekly
Sports
DOUGLAS HALL AFC
The Seniors are crowned League Champions!
Following a remarkable 26 match campaign in which they won 18 and
drew 8 matches, the Seniors were deservedly crowned Champions of
the Munster Senior League Division 1. Their last week of action
saw two matches against Mayfield, which were both drawn in very
different circumstances.
Mayfield visited the 'Hall on Tuesday last and following a tense
encounter, a scoreless draw was the result. However, the point in
this match was a point gained in the title race. Following a
bloodless 3 points against Mallow Utd., everything was set up for
a showdown in Mayfield on Sunday morning, with the 'Hall in a
stronger position. However, the first half of the game did not
augur well, with Mayfield deservedly leading 2-0 at the break.
Douglas Hall really got their act together in the second half,
putting constant pressure on the Mayfield defence. The first goal
was scored by James O'Leary, following a John Healy shot which
hit the post. The relentless pressure eventually told, when Healy
headed the equaliser from O'Leary's cross with 3 minutes to go.
A draw sufficed for the 'Hall, in another match where the heart
and spirit of the team shone through. Heartiest congratulations
to manager Kevin O'Sullivan, team captain Aidan Cotter and the
remainder of the panel for the massive effort they put in - the
reward at the end was very sweet indeed.
Not to be outdone, our Youths have continued on their merry way,
qualifying for the Munster Youths Cup Final on Saturday night
next, 26th May. They defeated Cork City 1-0 in a very tense and
hard fought semi final replay. The scorer was Paul Rose,
following a neat one-two with Derrick Bowen. They now face Peake
Villa, from Thurles, in Turners Cross on Saturday night and will
need to be in tip top form to prevail. C.J. Harrington and Andrew
Fealy are certain to have the lads in the best condition possible
for this tie, knowing that nothing less than 110% will suffice.
The very best of luck to everyone for this game - support from
all sides will be very welcome.
Elsewhere, the MSL Juniors are close to the conclusion of their
season, but have qualified for the Semi Final of the Super Cup.
They were 3-1 winners over Cobh Wanderers in the Quarter Final,
with goals from Brian Foley (2) and Michael O'Connor. They face
Garryduff on Sunday morning in the Semi, and good luck to Colm
Lyons, Jack Kent and the team for this match. They travelled to
Ringmahon Rangers on Saturday, and emerged with a fine 4-3 win -
goals here from Stephen O'Connell, Trevor Deady, Ronan Guilfoyle
and Deccie White.
The AUL Juniors season is also drawing to a close, with a
plethora of fixtures. They were defeated 2-0 by Dripsey Celtic,
in a match best forgotten and 5-1 by Shandon Celtic. This match
featured a typically opportunistic finish from the 'Hall centre
forward, the evergreen Tony Keating. In between these fixtures,
Rory O'Sullivan performed a one man destruction of Hibernians,
scoring all four goals in the 'Hall's 4-1 win.
The Under 17's travelled to Ballincollig to take on the table
toppers in the league. Despite creating a number of fine chances,
the 'Hall went down 3-2, with the goals scored by Robert
Heffernan and Stephen Barry. The Under 14's have run out of form
at just the wrong time of the year, suffering two damaging
defeats in successive games. They travelled to Limerick to take
on Corbally in the Goodson Cup Quarter Final, but found the home
side too strong. The final score was 3-1, with the 'Hall goal
from Kevin Mulcahy. Following this defeat, they also went down to
Greenwood in the league, on a 2-1 scoreline. The goalscorer was
Gordon O'Donovan. This effectively ends their interest in the
league, with the table toppers now out of reach.Our
congratulations to College Corinthians on winning the MSL Premier
League, and to Douglas Rugby Club on winning the Munster Junior
Plate.
Fixtures:
Thursday, 24th: AUL Junior League Home v. Lough Celtic, 7.00
Youths League Home v. Grattan Utd., 7.00
Saturday, 26th: AUL Junior League Home v. Innishannon, 3.00
Munster Youths Cup Final: Turners Cross, 7.00 p.m.Douglas Hall v.
Peake Villa - all support will be welcome.
Under 16 League Away v. Midleton, 11.00
Under 14 (D1) League: Home v. Carrigaline Utd., 3.30
Sunday, 27th: MSL Junior Super Cup Semi Final: Home v. Garryduff,
10.45
Tuesday, 29th: Youths League Home v. Bandon, 7.30
Thursday, 31st: Youths League Home v. Passage, 7.30
Under 14 Prem. League Home v. Lakewood Ath., 7.30
Friday, 1 June: Under 14 (D1) League Home v. Casement Celtic, 7.30
NEMO RANGERS
The U-21 footballers played two games in the championship over
the past week. We played St. Finbarr's first in the semifinal and
then Douglas in the final. The first ten minutes of the Barrs
game passed without either team registering a single score. The
Barrs then opened the scoring with a point quickly followed by
four well-taken points from our forwards. Two more points gave us
a 0-6 to 0-3 lead at the interval. In the second half Barrs
again opened the scoring before we replied with two points.
Midway through the half we conceded a penalty that was converted
leaving just two points between the teams. We added four more
points to give ourselves a 0-14 to 1-6 win. Best for Nemo were
Michael Kearney, Gary Crowley, Dylan Mehigan, Eoin Weldon and
David Madden. The final was a very exciting encounter against
Douglas. We led by a point at halftime. In the second half we
began to score more freely and never let Douglas get on top. The
final score was 0-12 to 0-7 in favor of Nemo. Best on the night
were Gary Crowley, Ronan Murphy, Paul Brophy, James Masters and
Jamie Griffin.
On Sunday morning the Junior Bs played the Cs in the quarter
final of the B championship. The Cs got off to a perfect start
with a goal from Colm Lyons. Midway through the opening half the
Cs still lead thanks to some fine scores. The Bs then began to
get on top and drew level on the stroke of halftime. It was the
Cs who were first off the mark in the second half and were four
points up after ten minutes. Five minutes later the sides were
level again following a goal from Niall Weldon. The situation got
worse for the Cs minutes later when Brian Murphy added another
goal. It was time for the Cs to throw all caution to the wind and
they did just that throwing men forward in an attempt to rescue
the game. However they were caught on the break and eventually
lost by five points. Best for the Cs were John Harrington, Paul
Hogan, Stiofan Corkery, John Cotter and Morris Kenneally.
Best for the Bs were Adam Murphy, Sean Lyons, Shane O'Connor,
Niall Weldon and Richard O'Brien.
On Monday night the Intermediate hurlers played Youghal in the
league. Despite a slow start we led at half time, 0-8 to 1-2.
After the break we began to dominate the game and a Stephen
Calnan goal gave us eight point lead with 15 minutes left. We
added on further scores and ran out deserving winners in the end.
Best on the night were Stiofan Corkery, Eddie O'Leary, Anthony
O'Mullane, John Coogan and Martin Cronin.
In the underage section our U-11 footballers played Brian Dillons
in the league. We got off to a good start and led by three points
fifteen minutes into the game. However we lost our concentration
and conceded four goals before halftime. We got off to a slow
start in the second half but as the game went on we began to wear
down Dillons lead. We eventually lost after making a spirited
comeback. Best for Nemo were in defence Conor Murphy, Kevin
Dilloughery and T.J. Looney and in the forwards Stephen Walsh,
Stephen Leonard and Michael O'Keefe.
Fixtures:
Fri 25th May IHCship V Na Piarsaigh Ballinlough 7.30pm
DOUOGLAS PITCH & PUTT
President's Prize Results
O/A Nett: N O' Donovan +20
O/A Gross: J Fahy 91
+3 - 6 Nett: G Neiland +17
7 - 12 Nett: B Linehan +13
LAdies Nett: L O' Donovan +5
Weekly Lotto Results
Numbers Drawn: 10, 21 and 23 NO WINNER
Lucky Dip Winners
Mark O' Callaghan c/o Kevin O' Callaghan
Michael Murphy c/o Martin O' Riordan
Ger Glavin c/o St Columbas Hall
TONIGHTS JACKPOT £1,100
VENUE: The Briar Rose
Web Site: http://go.to/dpap
DOUGLAS HALL LADIES
Douglas 2 V Millstreet 1
Douglas got off to a bright start with a goal from Jennifer
Walshe in the first 15 mins. Millstreet got a goal back before
half-time. Douglas overpowered Millstreet in the second half with
some great chances Jennifer Walshe rattled the crossbar and Ann
Collins trying her luck from the halfway line. But the girl did
come up trumps for us and was first to react to a loose ball in a
six yard box with five minutes to go was Donna O'Leary who worked
very hard.
Others to play well were Mary McCarthy , Aoife Magnier and super-sub
Orla Healy and Gemma Crowley who dominated her goal in the second
half.
Douglas Hall Under 16's Girls
Douglas 2 V Carrigaline 3
Naomi O'Leary got a great goal in the first 15 minutes of this
game. Douglas kept up the pressure with some great headers from
Ashling Collins who was very unlucky not to score. Then out of
the blue Douglas lost all control of the match and before we knew
it we were 3 - 1 down. But all credit to our girls we dominated
the second half and got a goal back from Donna O'Leary.
Girls to do well; Elaine Flannery, Doreen Murray and Maire
Moyihan. But the girl to shine was Louise Martin who did
everything her manager asked of her.
COLLEGE CORINTHIANS AFC
The final of the Clubs Annual Street Leagues will take place next
Sunday May 27th. The finals day is always one of the highlights
of the Club year and Sunday I am sure will be no exception.
This years programme will feature 13 finals catering for age
groups from Under 7 to Under 11. Some 300 schoolboys will take
part with the action starting at 10am and finishing with the
presentation ceremony which is timed for 2pm.
Under 7
Following last weekends action De Portivo after 2 fine wins will
take on Barcelona in one semi-final of the Under 7 Street League.
The second semi-final will be contested by Real Madrid and
Valencia. De Portivo skippered by Luke O'Sullivan will be slight
favourites against Brian Lenihan's Barcelona, while Valencia
under the captaincy of Peter Hurley will be favourite to progress
against Real Madrid skippered by Kieran Farmer.
Galatasary, AC Milan, Bayern Munich and Roma will contest the
Plate competition. All Under 7 players should be in Corinthians
Park for 10.15am on Sunday morning.
Under 8
Despite drawing their final two games Liverpool still finished
top of the Under 8 Street League. In the semi-final they will
take on Leicester City, while the other semi-final will be
contested between Leeds and Manchester United. Finally the play-off
for 5th and 6th places will be between Ipswich Town and Arsenal.
With players such as Alan Cronin, David O'Donovan, Ciaran Twohig,
Kevin O'Connor and Mark Parkes on display the Under 8 finals will
be well worth watching. Please note that Under Eight games will
take place on the All Weather pitch.
Under 9
There was some surprise results in the Under 9 Street Leagues
last Saturday with Sparta Prague inspired by the outstanding
Gavin Irwin defeating the top two in the league, Red Star
Belgrade and Legia Warsaw. Struggling Dynamo Kiev inspired by
Stuart Chisholm also picked up 2 victories against Red Star
Belgrade and Crotia Zagreb. These results gave us the following
pairings for the semi-finals: Legia Warsaw will take on Dynamo
Kiev, while Sparta Prague will look for a repeat victory against
Red Star Belgrade. In the play-off for 5th and 6th places Crotia
Zagreb will take on Dynamo Moscow. Everyone participating the
Under 9 Street League should be in Corinthians Park no later than
9.30am on Sunday morning.
Under 10/11
The final series of matches has still to be played in the Under
11 Street Leagues and will take place next Saturday. Bearing this
in mind the draw for the semi-finals and for the 5th and 6th
place positions is not available as of yet, however, all Under 10
and 11 players should be in Corinthians Park no later than 10.15am
on Sunday May 27th.
Under 7 Friendly v- Lakewood
Last Friday night the Club took two Under 7 teams to Lakewood for
two friendlies. The games were played in a very enjoyable and
relaxed atmosphere and everyone had a great time. Many thanks to
Denis Lucey and Lakewood for their hospitality on the night, also
special thanks to the parents who travelled to support the teams.
DOUGLAS GAA SENIOR SECTION
( By Pat Harrington)
Douglas contested their first ever under 21 championship A Grade
Final against Nemo Rangers . The first half was both low scoring
and very close. Douglas had very good performances from Killian
Hogan, Thomas Sheehan, Gary Mcloughlin and Willy Coveney. The
halftime score was 0-4 to 0-3 in favour of Nemo.
The South Douglas Road team stretched the lead to three points on
a number of occasions - Douglas kept battling back. Two points
separated the teams with five minutes remaining but the ability
of the Nemo forwards to convert their chances into scores proved
crucial. Final score Nemo 0-12 Douglas 0-7
Non Exam Hurling League.
Douglas continued on their winning ways in this competition with
a facile victory over a very weak Cloughduv outfit. The halftime
score was 4-6 to 0-2 in favour of Douglas. Douglas had plenty of
time on the ball. Cloughduv rallied in the second half to score
three goals-Douglas finished comfortable winners on a scoreline
of 6-14 to 3-4. Next Saturday night Mallow will provide far
stiffer opposition in Mallow at 7.30
Non Exam Football League.
Douglas competed with Youghal in this fixture. After a very poor
first half performance Douglas were 2-6to 0-6 in arrears. The
Douglas mentors made a number of switches and these moves had the
desired effects on the team. The Douglas defence tightened up and
held the Youghal attack to two points in the second half. In
attack goals by Paddy White and Mark Harrington secured victory
for Douglas on a scoreline of 2-12 to 2-8.
Junior Hurling I
Douglas and Delaney Rovers played a most entertaining game of
hurling at the Northside venue. Despite being short a number of
regulars Douglas were only two points in arrears at the interval
2-5 to 1-6.
The opening quarter of the second half was equally as close. In
the final quarter the Northsiders got the vital scores to secure
the points. Final score 4-11 to 1-12. Best for Douglas were Barry
Hanrahan, Patrick Tobin, Sean Murphy and Rory Gunn.
Junior Hurling 2
Douglas and Mayfield played this game in Douglas. Mayfield led 1-5
to I-2 at the break. There was little to separate the teams after
the interval. The turning point of the game was Douglas having a
goal disallowed - Mayfield immediately seized upon an opportunity
at the other end to score a goal. Final score 2-9 to 1-6 in
favour of Mayfield.
Congratulations.
Well done to St. Columbas boys and girls schools who have reached
The Sciath Na Scoil finals in hurling and camogie. lt is the boys
fifth final in a row. Best of luck to both the boys and girls in
their respective finals.
FIXTURES.
Non Exam Hurlng-Saturday
Douglas V Mallow at Mallow 7.30
Non Exam Football League
Douglas V Carrigaline at Douglas Tuesday 7.30
See club notice board for junior football championship fixture.
DOUGLAS GAA STREET LEAGUES
(Sponsored by Douglas Credit Union)
Last Saturday May 19th marked the last day of action prior to the
Street League Football Finals to be held this Saturday May 26th.
No individual match reports are available this week apart from
the under ten “Match of the Day” between Sligo and
Galway.
Both of these teams have been a little unlucky in previous
fixtures but on this occasion served up a splendid display of
football, which saw Sligo as eventual winners on a score of 2-5
to 2-3.
The midfield battle was intense with Gerry Roche and Ronan Kelly
for Galway paired against David Cuthbert and Michael Carroll for
Sligo. All of these players were excellent on the day and only
slightly better finishing from the Sligo pairing gave them the
advantage. Both goalkeepers on the day were also in top form with
both Stephen Comerford for Galway and Darren Clifford for Sligo
making some fine saves. Perhaps the most influential player on
the pitch was a superb Stephen O Sullivan at centre back for
Sligo. His interceptions and accurate delivery of the ball paved
the way for most of the Sligo attacks. Well done to both teams on
a great exhibition of football and best of luck in the Street
League finals on Saturday.
Well done also to all the under ten players participating in the
South-East Football Blitz currently running at different venues
throughout the region. The boys are really enjoying it and
recording very good results. Well done also to the travelling
parents and mentors for their support.
Next Saturday May 26th players for the Street League football
finals are to assemble at the Douglas Community Centre at 1.pm
for a Parade which will take place at 1.30 pm, taking a route
through the village and ending at the pitch where finals will
commence at 2pm. Presentations will take place in the clubhouse
at 4pm approx.
Hopefully the weather will be kind to the event and a great day
will be had by all!
Oliver Carroll (PRO)
SPECIAL OLYMPICS SWIMMING IN MALLOW
The Special Olympics Munster regional swimming gala will take
place at Mallow swimming pool on Sunday 27th of May 2001. Over
150 athletes from throughout Munster will be taking part. Cork
will be represented by four clubs from the city and county.
While the focus of the day will be on fun and the swimmers giving
of their best, this years event has an added importance as it is
the first step in the qualification process leading up to the
World Special Olympics Games which will be held here in Ireland
in 2003.
Mary O'Connor, the event organiser, is delighted with the number
of swimmers taking part and is hoping that their families and
supporters will come along and enjoy the day. Mr. Noel O'Connor
the Chairman of Mallow U.D.C. will formally open the gala at 10.30am
and there will be a family's centre providing refreshments and
information on Special Olympics.
IIBA SHORTMAT INDOOR BOWLS
Ballincollig Senior Citizens Indoor Bowls Club (over60's)
Licenced Pairs
Competition for the Pat Cox Perpetual Cup played on Sunday 13 May
2001
Quarter-Finals: Douglas Community (J Curran & M Walsh) beat
Carrigaline
Community (J Howarth & R Howarth), Carrigaline Community (J
Lynch & G
Ruddock) beat Wilton (B Feeney & A Feeney), Ballincollig
Community (M
Buckley & K Buckley) beat Wilton (B Mac Taggart & A Logan),
St Anthony's (S
O'Mahony & J O'Mahony) beat Cobh (T Farrell & A Farrell)
S/Finals: Douglas Community (J Curran & M Walsh) beat
Carrigaline Community
(Jean Lynch & Gwen Ruddock), Ballincollig Community (M
Buckley & K Buckley)
beat St Anthonys (Sean O'Mahony & Jo O'Mahony)
Final: Ballincollig Community (Miah Buckley & Kitty Buckley)
beat Douglas
Community (John Curran & Matt Walsh) 6/4 - It was an exciting
final to watch
The final was umpired by Hazel Foley and Hazel Payne
Fixtures: Carrigaline GAA IBC Open Licenced Triples Competition
for the
Barry Family Perpetual Cup on Monday May 21st to Saturday May 26th,
2001
I I B A (Cork Zone) Annual Challenge Match, City Ladies and Gents
versus
County Ladies and Gents on Sunday May 27th, 2001 at St Anthony's
Hall
Midleton IBC Open Licenced Triples Competition will be played on
Monday
28th May to Saturday 2nd June, 2001
DOUGLAS RUGBY CLUB
There were great scenes of celebration in Musgrave Park on Sunday
as Douglas won the junior plate for the second time in their
history. Thanks to huge home support Douglas ran out winners by
24 points to 12. Douglas trailed by 6 points at halftime and it
seemed the heat of the day was taking its toll, however from the
start of the second half Douglas played like a pack of scalded
cats. It seemed nothing was going to stop them, two tries in as
many minutes put Douglas right back in the game. The first scored
by Neil Petterson, the second a penaltytrie awarded when Ger
Glavin was pulled away from touching down for a trie. Ger Glavin
kicked another penalty to stretch the score to 17-6. Kanturk were
awarded a trie late in the game and it seemed as if Fouglas would
have to dig very deep to get a result, thankfully Neil Petterson
popped up once again to score between the posts. Game, set and
match. Without exception all the Douglas players had good games.
On accepting the cup, Souglas captain John Coughlan paid tribute
to the supporters for cheering them to success, and coaches Finny
O'Regan and Neil Petterson for their hard work preparing the side
all season. John also paid tribute to the late tony "tucker"
O'Flynn to whom this would have been more than just a cup final
win, it would have been the world.
Douglas kick off again on Sunday at midday in Musgrave Park v
Ballincollig. Although hundreds came last Sunday to support, this
Sunday we need thousands. Douglas v Ballincollig - 12 noon -
Musgrave Park.
