28th June, 2001
Weekly
Sports
DOUGLAS HALL GIRLS U14
Douglas Hall 4………Riverstown 0 17/6/'01
This result saw us easily into the next round of the cup with a
real team effort. This was an excellent performance from our
girls in which they never looked under threat at ant time
throughout the game. Karen O'Neill opened the scoring with a
peach of a goal with Ashling Collins following up with a superb
hat trick.
Douglas Hall 5……….Leeside 0 20/6/'01
Midfielders, Louise Martin and Alison Kennedy controlled this
game with ease as Ashling Collins picked up her second hat trick
in a week….(not too many players can claim this achievement).
Other players to find the net were Emma Hughes and Mary Barrett.
OOOPS!!!!…..very sorry to Naomi O'Leary whose name we
omitted last week as one of the Douglas Hall girls who had a
trial for the Cork U-16 Squad.
CORLLEGE CORINTHIANS AFC
It was an extremely busy week for our various underage teams
ranging in ages from U7 to U10, with Southside league games and 7
a-side games on the agenda. While there was some ups and downs it
was generally a very good week for our teams.
Under Seven's.
Our Under Seven's maintained their unbeaten record in the
Southside League when they played out an exciting 1 - 1 draw with
Kilreen Celtic. They have now qualified for the semi final of the
League, where they will play either Clonakilty or Casement Celtic
next Wednesday night. There was however disappointment later in
the week for our lads when they were knocked out of the U7 Cup.
Their match against Blarney Street finished all square at the end
of normal time and the sides still couldn't be separated after
ten minutes of extra time so the game was decided in the dreaded
penalty shoot-out with Corinthians losing out in sudden death
penalties. With the League semi final to look forward to, I am
sure this cup defeat will be quickly forgotten and with players
of the calibre of Even Browne, Billy Davis, Rory Burke, Kieran
Dalton and Kieran Farmer theywill no doubt give a good account of
themselves in the League Semi Final.
Under Eight's
The Club has two teams, Corinthian Boys and Douglas Corinthians
playing in the U8 Southside League and 7 a-side League. Both
sides have been acquitting themselves extremely well and have
reached the semi final of both the Southside League and Cup.
During the past week Douglas Corinthians had a fine 6 - 0 victory
over Clonakilty in the Southside League, with David Hanrahan (2),
Darragh Williamson (2), John Daly and George Knight on the score
sheet. They followed up with an equally convincing 4 - 0 victory
over Lakewood (B) in the 7 a-side league, with Darragh Williamson
(2), Ryan Levis and David Hanrahan on the score sheet. Corinthian
Boys meanwhile moved to the top of their Seven A Side section
with a hard fought 2 - 0 victory over Lakewood (A.) Mark Parks
and David Abbott were on the score sheet for Corinthians.
Under Nine's
The Club also has two teams involved at Under Nine level and
again both have qualified for the semi final of the Southside
League. Corinthian Boys retained their 100% league record with a
hard fought 2 - 0 away victory over Kilreen Celtic, while Douglas
Corinthians despite suffering their first defeat of the League
campaign going down 3 - 2 away to Greenwood, they still finished
runners up in their section. Andrew Rock was on the score sheet
twice for Douglas Corinthians with Stephen Doyle and David Nation
outstanding, while for Corinthian Boys, John Forest, Dean Kelly
and Kevin Kelleher were outstanding.
In the 7 a-side league Corinthian boys have won their section and
are through to the semi final, while Douglas Corinthians still
hold a 100% record.
Under Ten's
The Club has entered only one team in the Southside League at
Under Ten level this year and the good news is that they have
qualified for the semi final of the League following a 3 - 2
victory over Douglas Hall. However while we have only one team in
the Southside League we have entered four sides in the Under Ten
7 a-side competition. Three of the four teams are still very much
in with a chance of reaching the semi finals stages. Corinthian
Boys following a 7 - 2 and 7 - 0 victories over Passage and
Buttevant respectively have lost only one of their six games,
while Douglas Corinthians and Corinthians United both have a 100%
record. Corinthians Utd also had a comfortable victory at the
weekend defeating Passage (B) by 6 - 0. Their star players were
goalkeeper Kevin O'Byrne, Kevin O'Regan, Martin O'Donoghue and
Ryan Nolan.
Web site
If anyone is looking for further information about the Club
please log on to the Corinthian's web site www.collegecorinthians.com.
You will find the web site packed full of information about the
Club's adult and schoolboys sections or if you have a young lad
who would like to get involved in the Club you can contact Terry
O'Donovan at 4891257 or Ger Kilcummins at 4363456.
DOUGLAS CAMOGIE CLUB
Féile Na nGael 2001
Our Féile week-end stated by the Camogie Club and the GAA Club
greeting our host teams Camogie from Laois and the GAA team from
Dublin on Thursday night. On Friday morning bright and early
descended on the Douglas GAA Club to commence the weekend events.
Our first match in this competition was a home venue to our host
team the Harps from Laois. Laois turned out to be a very strong
side and we fell behind early in the game. In the second half we
played much better and with excellent display by Emma Heffernan
and Kate O'Sullivan Laois found it hard to score but ran out easy
winners in the end.
In our second game we travelled to Innishannon to play Limerick
and Ballinhassig. Limerick proved also too strong for our young
team and won well. The highlight of the game was a point from 45yards
out off the ground by Ashling Barrett.
In our third game against Ballinhassig Douglas pulled ourselves
together and fought extremely hard. It was a close game but
Douglas fell behind by 2 points with 5minuites to go, but very
hard work by Shelly O'Donovan and a late goal by Sinead Conway
gave us a narrow victory. Well done to all on the panel, you did
extremely well. A Féile they will remember.
After all the excitement of the matches the girls and boys from
both teams enjoyed a disco in the GAA club on Friday night and on
Saturday morning there was a strong support line to cheer on the
Douglas boys who made it to the semi-finals but unfortunately did
not make to the finals, never the less this was a fantastic
achievement to get that far so well done lads from all at the
Camogie club.
DOUGLAS HALL AFC
Following the disruptions during the season, football activity
finally came to an end last weekend, with the Youths capturing
the League, to add to their two cup successes. The two Under 14
sides also wrapped up their league matches.
The Youths came through their league unbeaten, with a 3-0 over
Everton in their final game. This followed a number of "bloodless"
victories, and already assured of league honours, the Everton
game was a good finish for the lads. The goalscorers were team
captain, Brian Wilkinson from a free, Paul Rose and James O'Leary.
Keeping the clean sheet, to bring his total to 10 for the season,
was Colm McCarthy. This capped a super season for the Youths,
becoming the third 'Hall team to win their league unbeaten,
following the Seniors and Under 12's. They were unbeaten in Cork
for the year, and three trophies for the Youths was a good reward
for the season.
The Under 14 Premier side also concluded their matches, but their
form deserted them in the latter stages of the year. They
travelled to Mallow, but the home side came out on top, with a 4-3
win. The 'Hall scorers were Stephen Bermingham (2) and Kevin
Mulcahy. The Under 14 Division 1 side also completed their year,
with a trip to Mitchelstown. Again the home side were too strong,
recording a 6-2 win. Ashley Gyves scored both 'Hall goals, while
Mickey Sull in goals made a number of impressive saves.
The football has now ended, but the Social Event of the Year is
being organised, with planning for the 'Hall 30th anniversary
Celebration well advanced. The party will be held in the Great
Southern Hotel, at the Airport, on August 17th. Player of the
Year presentations will be part of the evening, with a disco,
spot prizes and food all included. Tickets are £12.00 per
person, available from any one on the Ladies Committee which is
organising the event. More details will be published closer to
the time.
NEMO RANGERS
Nemo Rangers' Senior Section
On Monday night the junior hurlers played the Lough in the first
round of the hurling championship. Nemo began slowly and were two
points in arrears after five minutes. But two goals from the
forwards put them into a commanding lead. Further points were
added by Enda O'Donovan, Derek Kavanagh and Shane Marshall. By
half time Nemo held a 12 point lead. Best for the team in the
first half were Gary Crowley, James Masters, Enda O'Donovan,
Shane Marshall and Derek Kavanagh. After the break the Lough
began to push forward in an attempt to reduce the deficit but
were denied by the excellent Nemo goalkeeper Damian O'Connor who
made a number of great saves. Two late goals from Brian Murphy
and Richard O'Brien gave Nemo a very comfortable win. Best in the
second half for Nemo were Damian O'Connor, John Mulcahy, Sean
Lyons, Ronan Murphy, Brian Murphy and Ciaran O'Shea.
Nemo Rangers' Underage Section
Last Saturday evening the U-12s played the Glen in the hurling
league. Nemo played well in the first half but went in a goal
down at the interval. In the second half two late Glen goals put
the game beyond Nemo. Best on the night for Nemo were goalkeeper
Jamie Hayes, Brian O'Hara, Michael O'Riordon and Ciaran O'Donovan.
The U-16 hurlers played Carrigaline in their first match of this
year's league. Carrigaline were well on top throughout the game
and ran out easy winners in the end.
Feile Hurling 2001
This year's Feile was played last weekend in Cork. Our U-14
hurlers were graded in the second division. Our group consisted
of Nemo, Mayfield, Confy (Co. Kildare) and Ballycran (Co. Down).
We played Confy on Friday morning and won by a
score-line of 2-3 to 0-2. Our second game was against the Down
champions Ballycran in Mayfield. In an exciting game we won on a
score-line of 2-06 to 0-6.
In our final game we played Mayfield in Trabeg and even though we
were unlucky early on, hitting both the post and crossbar, we
were beaten by an excellent Mayfield team who went on to win the
Division 2 title.
Our lads played some great hurling and were a credit to the club
over the weekend. We can now turn our attention to representing
Cork in the Feile football finals in Co. Tipperary on the 6th, 7th
and 8th of July.
IIBA SHORTMAT INDOOR BOWLS
"Douglas GAA Capture Terry O'Donoghue Memorial
Trophy"
Douglas GAA Indoor Bowls Club accounted for Douglas Community
School to
take the honours in the Annual Challenge Match for the Terry
O'Donoghue
Memorial Trophy played on 6th June in the Douglas GAA Pavilion. (Douglas
GAA names first)
Singles: P Barry lost to N O'Shaughnessy and B Kenneally beat B
Dunlea
Pairs: J B O'Regan & R Conlon lost to G Allen & B Mc
Carthy and Pauline
Doyle & M Corbett beat L Conlon & B Rohan. Triples: B
Kenneally, E
O'Mahony & B Daly beat B Dunlea, J O'Driscoll & N
Kelleher and P Corbett, M
Farrell & Paddy Doyle lost to G Allen, K Mockler & Mary
Lynch. Fours: T
Kenneally, A Delea, B Walsh & M Grimes beat N O'Shaughnessy,
M Hennessy, M
O'Leary & P Rohan and Pauline Doyle, M Kennedy, N Barry &
S O 'Suileabhan
lost to T Mc Carthy, A O'Sullivan, M Aune & M Boland. Match
Result:
Douglas GAA 8pts and DCS 8pts. Douglas GAA (73-shots) and Douglas
Community School (59-shots)
CORK LADIES SOCCER LEAGUE
This week in Cork Ladies Soccer cup competitions are the focus. A
very entertaining competition was seen between the leaders of
division one Coursey and Bandon. They both are on equal points in
the league and this week they met in the cup. This endeavored to
be a very physical and vigorous game. The game started in a very
tense manner and it was Bandon who settled first. Coursey could
not really settle themselves into the game and Bandon took full
advantage of this scoring twice in the first half. The second
half began brighter for Coursey where they had a few goalscoring
opportunities some of these by Trese Moloney. However Bandon had
done enough at this stage leaving the end scoreline Bandon 2-
Coursey 0.
Also this week premier side CSO played division one side Hibs.
This began as a very close game of football with both teams
breaking regularly up and down the pitch. CSO shortly began to
take control of the game, however the more and more they tried to
penetrate the Hibs defense the more impermeable it became. With
the numerous goal scoring opportunities gone awry it left the
teams on equal pegging going into the second half. CSO
immediately took controll again of the game however it took 20
minutes for them to finally breach the Hibs defense when winger
Sinead o’ Brien scored a tremendous goal high into the top
right hand corner of the net leaving the keeper with no chance.
Sinead o’ Brien was a thorn in the Hibs defense all night as
she proceeded to attack with great intent up the right wing and
delivered some fantastic balls into the hibs box causing all
sorts of problems for the defense. CSO began to settle now and 10
minutes later Catherine o’ Sullivan put her name on the
score sheet to give the home team a 2 - 0 lead. Yvonne Harrington
scored the third goal for CSO leaving them 3 – 0 winners on
the night.
DOUGLAS HALL SENIOR LADIES SOCCER
Douglas Hall 6………..Crosshaven 2
Douglas Hall senior ladies can look forward to the third round of
the cup after a magnificent 6-2 victory over first division side
Crosshaven. Douglas dominated in the first half with a goal on
fifteen minutes from Orla Healy and a glorious hat trick from
Jennifer Welch. Douglas began the second half with a 4-0 lead
thanks to some brilliant saves from goalkeeper Marie O'Mahony and
defender Chiara Murray, keeping the pressure on, resulting in
Crosshaven putting the ball in their own net. Douglas took their
foot off the pedal allowing Crosshaven to pull two goals back but
a strike from Donna O'Leary found the net to top off a deserved
victory.
DOUGLAS GAA SENIOR SECTION
Douglas Win First Ever Non Exam Minor Hurling Title In Style.
The past week has been a very exciting and eventful one in the
Douglas Club. Pride of place must go to the 'Young Guns' of the
club who reached the semi final of Division 1 in the All Ireland
Feile Hurling competition. There were also good wins for the
Senior footballers, U-21 Hurlers, the Junior 2 hurlers recorded
two wins and last but not least the Minor hurlers picked up the
first adult title of the year.
The Minor game was against Mallow and was a cracking encounter.
The hurling was tough and uncompromising with scores hard to come
by as both defences were on top of their game. David O'Connor was
a colosus at centre back while Thomas Cotter gave a fine display
at wing back as did Fergal O'Sullivan who picked of some
excellent points having moved to midfield. Douglas led 0-6 to 0-4
at the break. The scores flowed in the second half as James
Moylan was now making an impact at centre forward. Douglas
further stretched their lead by seven points, a goal was Mallow's
reply. A goal by Mark Harrington for Douglas was cancelled out by
a Mallow goal. With five minutes remaining it was the North Cork
side who netted once more to leave just a two point margin
between the teams, but Barry Hanrahan and Richard Harris were
outstanding in the full back line as Douglas ran out winners with
the final score reading Douglas 1-16, Mallow 3-6. This was a
marvellous result considering Mallow had beaten Douglas by eleven
points just a month earlier.
A week in sport is a long time………Douglas non exam
Minor footballers gave a disappointing display against Clyda
Rovers a couple of weeks ago and last week the team played St.
Michaels, giving their best performance in this competition to
date and duly won on a scoreline of 3-17 to 2-05. This was a
squad effort, all the substitutes introduced playing their part
along with the starting fifteen. The scores at half time read 1-09
to 1-02 in favour of Douglas. In the second period the Blackrock
boys were blitzed by a determined Douglas team, with Niall
Heffernan, Kenny Barry and Colin Doyle impressing most.
Senior Hurling.
The senior hurlers travelled to east Cork to take on Castlelyons
and came away with two valuable league points. The first half was
a low scoring affair with the East Cork team leading at the break
0-5 to 0-2. Introduced after the break, Thomas Twomey scored an
all important goal that was to prove crucial in the end as
Douglas took the game by a point. Final score Douglas 1-8,
Castlelyons 0-10.
Junior 2 Hurling.
Douglas went to Ballinure and came away with two points from
their neighbours. However, Douglas didn't have it all their own
way with the Ballinure side leading at the break 1-3 to 5 points.
Douglas upped the tempo after the break with fine displays from
Richard Butler, Michael Brooks and David Dwyer, recording an
excellent victory with a final scoreline of 4-12 to 1-4. In their
second victory of the week Douglas overcame the challenge of
Redmonds.
U-21 Hurling.
Douglas easily overcame the challenge of Bishopstown in the
quarter final of the championship but the number of frees
conceded will be of concern to the selectors. There were good
displays Gary McLoughlin, Ronan Wade, John Ross Hunt and Richard
Harris.
Senior Football
Douglas gave a fine display in this encounter to overcome the
challenge of Na Piarsaighs with a scoreline of 1-12 to 1-06. This
was a morale boosting victory before this coming Saturday
evenings championship encounter against Youghal at 8pm in Cobh.
DOUGLAS PITCH & PUTT
Sunday June 24th
D Cashman & D Dennehy - 52pts / R O' Neill & W Mc Carthy
- 46
Congrats to Stephen O' Leary on winning the Cork Junior Matchplay
on Sat.
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DOUGLAS GAA UNDERAGE SECTION
Feile na nGael
Finally the weekend came to play our feile games. In what was a
fantastic festival of hurling, we played our club Naomh Olafs
from Dublin. The scene was set, our first game and a small bit
nervous. But once the hall was thrown in the butterflies were
gone. Although playing good hurling Naomh Olafs Were first too
settle by scoring a point. Douglas found the going tough in this
half but once we got our act together we started to play. Steven
MoyIan and Alan Barry began to get to grips on their opponents
and now it was Douglas' turn to show what they were made of. Half
time score was 1-4 to0-1. The second halt started well with
Michael O'Donoghue and Thomas 0' Dwyer playing well. As the game
went on. Douglas were playing better hurling and ran out not so
easy winners on a score line of 2-8 to 1-2.
After a light lunch we were off too Youghal to play Doora-Barefield
from Clare, a team that is steeped in hurling tradition and any
team with Jamise 0'Connor involved must be taken seriously. So!
on to the match. As in our first game we were very slow to settle
Doora-Barefield were playing very- good hurling and took the lead
early on. Douglas was finding it hard to come to grips with their
opponents but a few positional changes saw Douglas coming in to
the game. Padraigh Martin (who came home from his holidays the
afternoon of the match) proved to be a handful for the full back
by scoring first of his two goals, these goals seemed to lift our
lads and points from Steven Moylan and a goal from Gavin Griffin
sealed victory for Douglas and ran out winners on a score line of
3-7 to 1-7.
It was back to Douglas on Friday evening to play Youghal in what
was billed to be the 'Match of the Day'. Youghal already beat
Douglas in the Cork Section of the Feile and Douglas was out to
gain revenge for that defeat. Before a large attendance, in a
game Douglas and Youghal had to win. Going into this game both
teams had full points. The game started with Douglas playing with
pride and passion took the game to Youghal. Douglas knew that
they were up against a very strong Youghal team, so the Douglas
mentors changed the team around from the previous games. This
worked like a dream. Douglas was first to score with a goal from
Ian Bermingham. That goal brought Douglas to life and they never
looked back after that. David Olden playing at centre back, was
in total command of the half back line. Patrick Carroll was
hurling like a senior player at full back. Steven MoyIan now
playing at centre forward was giving the Youghal centre back a
torrid time by scoring 2-2. Alan Barry and Ian Bermingham, had an
outstanding game, Phillip Holland, Richard Murphy and Theo
Cullinane, played well for Douglas but overall it was a Fantastic
team performance I have yet to witness a better match than this
in any Under Age grade It was a super performance from this young
team. A night that boys became men. Final scores Douglas 3-11
Youghal 0-5.
We were off to Carrigaline on the Saturday morning to play in an
All Ireland semi final. We were drawn against St. Ryanhs from
Offaly. After a good nights sleep our lads were refreshed and
ready to go, but St. Ryanhs had other ideas. In a game that
Douglas never got going, our opponents settled first by scoring a
goal. Their full forward (who was built like a tank) was giving
our back line a tough time and did most of the scoring. For
Douglas it seemed that half time could not come soon enough to
readjust. The second half was a lot better than the first half
with Douglas playing better hurling and putting it up to their
opponents. Finian Tummon was playing very well at halfback and so
was Diarmuid Lynch. Now, our forwards were getting a good supply
of the ball but could not break down a good St. Ryan’s
defence. Eventually we did score 2 goals and a point, but our
opponents broke up the field to score a goal and seal victory.
Players to play well were Neil Burke, who played very well in
goal for the whole tournament; as did Alan Barry, David Olden and
Thomas 0' Dwyer. Final score St Ryanhs 3-6 I)ouglas 2-4.
The committee would like to take this opportunity to thank Eddie
Murphy, Tom 0'Dwyer, Derry Holland, Padraigh Martin Snr. and Theo
Cullinane Snr. for their dedication and commitment to the Douglas
team for the whole weekend. Also the parents who looked after the
kids for the weekend. To the Camogie Club for the tea and
sandwiches, Dermot Keane and Maureen Grimes for making extra
sandwiches at such short notice and everyone else who helped us
out for the weekend. We say a special thanks to the 31 players on
the panel for giving us thrills, enjoyment and a great weekend of
hurling. Thanks lads.
As we are concentrating on the Feile report this weekend, we'll
give you the full run down of the Bord na nOg and the South/East
hurling next week.
Fixtures for the coming weekend…….
Under 13 Hurling League section 1.
Douglas V Sars Sat. 30/6/'01 @ 3pm (Away)
Under 12 Hurling League Section 1.
Douglas V Blackrock 2 Sat. 30/6/'01 @ 3pm (Away)
Under 15 Football League section 1.
Douglas V St. Vincents Fri. 29/6/'01 @ 8pm. (Home)
Under 12 Hurling League Section 1.
Douglas V St. Vincents Weds. 04/7/'01 @ 7:30pm (Home)
