10th January, 2002
Weekly
Sports
DOUGLAS GAA SENIOR
By Pat Harrington.
Douglas Complete Grand Slam of U16 Football Titles.
Douglas and St. Finbarrs met in the final of the football league.
The sides had met previously on three occasions with Douglas
recording two victories and one draw. The Blues started better
against the wind and knocked over three unanswered points. Paddy
White and Padraig Greany replied for Douglas. Ray Keating was
fouled and a penalty was awarded. This kick was taken by Stephen
Bermingham who duly converted for a goal. David Dorney was sound
in goal while James Moylan was very dominant at centre back.
Douglas led 1-3 to 0-4 at the interval.
St. Finbarrs dominated midfield and laid siege to the Douglas
goal. The Togher side kicked some unbelievable wides. Douglas
received a treble blow in the space of five minutes. The two wing
backs went off injured while a third player was dismissed. It was
then that the true character of the team shone. First of all the
two players introduced made a big impression , namely David M. O’Sullivan
and Seamus Crowley. Stephen Bermingham moved out of the field and
won a lot of valuable Ball. Mark Harrington who had been subdued
previously kicked over three valuable points. Finally with two
minutes remaining Kenny Barry scored a goal to seal victory on a
scoreline of 2-6 to 0-6.
This victory completed the grand slam of football trophies for
the year. The County Championships, City Championhips and League.
The team suffered a number of setbacks during the year namely
defections and injuries but the squad showed its mettle to bring
silverware to the club. Since last September the team was
involved in fifteen competitive matches all of which were won.
Defeat in any one of the games would have meant exit from the
championship either football or hurling. During this period some
of the squad got very little opportunity to display their skills
but this did not deter these young men in the least. They
continued to train and attend all matches. While their names do
not appear in print on a regular basis they still played an
important role in the success during the year.
The Cork Minor Selectors decided to arrange an inter divisional
tournament for those young players born in 1984/85. In the
opening game Seandún scored a facile victory over Duhallow.
Douglas were represented by Connor Alcock, Neil Heffernan, Fergal
O’Sullivan, Paddy White and Mark Harrington. Frank Tobin
didn’t participate as he was injured. The team will now play
the winners of Carberry and Imokilly.
IIBA SHORTMAT INDOOR BOWLS
"Paddy Ahern (Highfield) captures Grange Frankfield Trophy"
Grange Frankfield IBC Widow and Widowers Christmas Fun
Competition for the
Grange Bar Perpetual Trophy played on the 27th December 2001 in
Grange
Frankfield Community Hall: Quarter-finals: Team 10 (M Turner,C/Comm)
beat
Team 9 (E Mills,ICICYMA, D Desmond, St Anthony's & E
O'Mahony, Highfield),
Team 14 (P Ahern,Highfield) beat Team 2 (A Casey, Watergrasshill,
A
Motherway,ICICYMA & E O'Regan, Rockies, Team 3 (S Cooke, C/P)
beat Team 4
(E Fitzsimmons,St Anthony's, J Coughlan, Rockies & K Mullen,
Glounthaune
and Team 8 (D Williamson, C/P) beat Team 13 (M O'Leary,
Brookfield, P
Rodgers, Gr/Frankfield & B Coleman, Rockies)
Semi-finals: Team 14 (P Ahern H/F) beat Team 10 (M
Turner,Carrigaline
Comm,T Dinan, Grange Frankfield & N Healy, South Parish) and
Team 3 (S
Cooke, C/P) beat Team 8 (D Williamson, Cathedral Parish, B
Daniels, St
Finbarre's & R Kenny, Watergrasshill Final: Team 14 (P Ahern,
Highfield,
Mgt O'Driscoll, Iona & P Leonard, St Michael's) beat Team 3 (S
Cooke,
Cathedral Parish, K Cronin, Iona & K O'Donovan, Sylvan)
Winning team
play-off for Grange Bar Perpetual Trophy: 1st Paddy Ahern,
Highfield,
Runner up: Margaret O'Driscoll, Iona, 3rd Peggy Leonard, St
Michael's
Forty Five players took part in the above tournament and the
competition
was umpired by Sean O'Sullivan
Fixtures: Grange Frankfield IBC Open Draw Licensed Fours
Competition for
the South County Perpetual Trophy on Friday 11th, Saturday 12th
& Sunday
13th January 2002 in Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney
St Mary's Indoor Bowls Club Open Licensed Triples Tournament on
Thursday
17th, Friday 18th, Saturday 19th, Sunday 20th, Thursday 24th,
Friday 25th &
Saturday 26th January 2002 in St Mary's National School Hall,
Carrigaline
DOUGLAS PITCH & PUTT
Saturday January 5th
L O' Donovan, J Fahy & J Ward 57 1/3 / P Murphy, M Irwin
& T Noonan - 63
Sunday January 6th
D Walsh & L O' Donovan 35, M Irwin & D Dennehy 38 ½, N
O' Donovan & S Gregson 36, P Noonan & E Ryan - 45
Weekly Lotto Results
Numbers Drawn: 4, 16 & 17 NO WINNER
O' Donovan's Off Licence Lucky Dip Winners
Kieran Creen c/o Ger Neiland, Tony Buckley c/o South County, Ger
O' Connell c/o The Club, Joe O' Sullivan c/o The Club, Mary
Cooney c/o The South County
Winners of £100 lucky dips have been notified
Tonight's Jackpot: €381 Venue: The Rochestown Inn
Web Site: http://go.to/dpap
COLLEGE CORINTHIANS AFC
Following the break for the festive season it was
great to be back in action last weekend. There was three National
Cup games down for decision and while there was disappointment
for our Under 16’s, our Under 14 and Under 12 teams advanced
to the next round of the Goodson and Northern Cups following
comfortable victories.
Under 14
Our Under 14 Premier Division side, Corinthian Boys were in
sparkling form last Sunday morning as they progressed to the last
32 of the National Cup courtesy of an 8-1 victory over Passage.
They played some great football in the opening 25 minutes,
scoring five times and while the standard of performance dropped
a little after that they were always comfortably in control
against a very plucky Passage side. Stephen Moylan (3), Ricky
Kenny (2), Graham Cummins, Eoin Cotter and Aaron Kearney scored
for Corinthians, while Tom O’Connor, Alan Barry and Shane
Horgan turned in impressive performances. Corinthians have been
drawn at home in the next round against either Rock United or
Dungarvan from Waterford.
Under 12
Corinthian Boys progressed to the fourth round of the National
Cup with an excellent 9-0 away victory over Rockmount. The game
was tight enough early on, but two goals by David Meyler mid-way
through the first half settled Corinthians and they never looked
back. David Meyler went on to score four times and the other
goals came from Jammie Drennan (3), Eoin McCarthy and Robert
Murphy. Richard O’Donovan, David Bevan and John O’Brien
impressed for Corinthians.
Corinthians will now play Riverstown FC in the fourth round. On
the evidence of previous meetings between the sides the game is
bound to be a close and hard fought one. The reward for the
winners is a place in the last 32 of the National Cup and an away
match against a Leinster Schoolboys League Side.
Under 16
Our Under 16 side put up a brave performance against Kilreen
Celtic in their fourth round Barry Cup match before going down by
3-0. The Kilreen side included three former Corinthians players
and one would wonder what the result would have been if the lads
were still playing with Corinthians. Nevertheless joint managers
Fiachra Driscoll and Kevin Smith were delighted with their teams
performance on the day with Peter Moreland, Chris Hammond, Mark
Maher and John Kennedy particularly impressive.
In League games played at the weekend Corinthians United went
down 6-1 to Lakewood in an Under 12 Premier Division clash, with
Cillian O’Callachain on the scoresheet, while Douglas
Corinthians drew 0-0 with Carrigaline United in an Under 14 First
Division match. Captain for the day Dermot Collins was the star
of the show for Corinthians.
Underage Coaching
Our Saturday morning coaching and Street Leagues for the Under 7
to Under 11 age group has resumed once again following the
Christmas break. Training times are as follows:
Under 7 and Under 8 (1993 to 1995 ) – 12.15pm to 1.30pm
Under 9 (1992) – 9.30am to 10.45am
Under 10 and Under 11 that is born in (1990 to 1991) – 10.45am
to 12noon
DOUGLAS CAMOGIE CLUB
Training will be back from Monday 14th January
please watch notice board for times of age groups.
We would like to remind you of the date for our victory dinner on
Friday 25th January.
We would like to thank the following people who braved the icy
waters on St Stephen’s morning For our swim Breda Heffernan,
Catherine Jordan, Jimmy O’ Mahony, Carmel Downey, Tina
Conway, Tina Sheehan, Louise O’Regan, Fiona O’Donovan,
Cormac Dunlea, Laura Walsh, Clare Mc Sweeney, Caroline Buckley,
Helen O’Mahony, Vinny O, Driscoll, Orla Hennessy and Natasha
Flanagan. THANK YOU .Also to Tina Conway who supplied the after’s
of Dublin coddle back in the club it was very much appreciated
after the cold water.
CORK SOCCER CLUB
Under 18 Cup Semi-final 1st leg
Wilton 2-0 Douglas Hall
This scoreline unfortunately does not reflect how well Douglas
Hall played. They dominated for large periods especially at the
start of the second half and can take heart from that going into
the second leg. Donna O'Leary, Jennifer Walshe and Caroline
Hawkes all went close. But could not make the break through and
Wilton hit on the break to score 15 minutes gone in the first
half. Douglas pushed on looking for a valuable away goal.
However Wilton hit on the break again for their second as the
game was drawing to a close. Douglas can take heart from a very
determined performance and will certainly have a good chance of
overturning the deficit in the home leg. Good luck Girls!
DOUGLAS HALL AFC
Following a short break for Christmas, action has
resumed on many fronts
for 2002. The Seniors, both Junior sides, the Youths and Under 16's
have
already seen action since Christmas, with only one defeat in
these matches.
The Seniors travelled to Youghal for their league match last
Sunday. Here,
despite dominating play for much of the game, they had to fight
back to
secure a very deserved 1-1 draw. The scorer was John Aherne,
making his
return to the squad following injury. The 'Hall had the better of
the
match, but could not find the elusive winning goal. However, a
point from
this trip was a decent return. Next Sunday, the 'Hall tackle St.
Marys at
home in the league and we will be hoping for three points from
what is sure
to be a difficult fixture.
The MSL Juniors hosted Crosshaven in the league, and were good
value for
their 3-1 win. The scorers were Martin Davis, Stuart Howard and
Stephen
O'Connell. This side really needs a run of wins to force
themselves into
top six contention. They, too, play St. Marys next weekend, also
in the
league with a win almost essential to resurrect their league
challenge.
The AUL Juniors were too strong for Harp Utd. in a league match
played
immediately after Christmas. Showing that they had not over-indulged
during the Christmas season, the 'Hall were decisive 3-1 winners.
The
scorers were Rory O'Sullivan, Kieran Olliffe and Aidan Fitzgerald.
This
puts them back in the hunt for the league, but again, a run of
wins willl
be needed to cement their challenge.
The Youths gave a terrific performance in overcoming Grattan Utd.
in the
Murphy Youths Cup last Sunday, winning 3-0. The 'Hall were well
in control
from the start and had goals from Robert Heffernan (2) and Keith
O'Callaghan. Paul Luxford was between the sticks, recording a
fine clean
sheet. A repeat of this performance will be needed next weekend,
when the
'Hall host Johnville (Waterford) in the last 16 of the Munster
Youths Cup.
We were finalists in this competition last season, but next
Sunday poses a
big challenge to our side, who are much changed from last
season's outfit.
However, they will not lack for preparation and their last few
results
have been very encouraging. The best of luck to C.J., Andrew and
the
entire squad for next Sunday's match.
The Under 16's disappointingly exited the local cup last Sunday,
when
Ballincollig were too strong in the replay. The final score was 3-1,
with
the 'Hall goal from Christy O'Shea. This now leaves only the
league as a
target for this team, who have shown regularly that they can
compete with
the best, just lacking a little consistency. However, the league
will be a
difficult task, as they will be depending on other results going
their way,
despite being unbeaten in league action so far this season.
Fixtures:
Saturday, 12th January:
AUL Junior Corinthians Cup: Home v. Village Utd., 2.00
Under 15 D1 League Home v. Tramore Athletic, 11.00
Under 13 Troy Cup: Away v. Lakewood Ath, 2.15
Under 11 League: Away v. Leeside, 10.45
Sunday 13th January:
Senior League: Home v. St. Marys, 10.45
MSL Junior League: Away v. St. Marys, 2.15
Munster Youths Cup: Home v. Johnville (Waterford), 2.00
Under 15 Evans Cup Away v. Nufarm Athletic, 2.15
