21st February, 2002
Weekly
Sports
DOUGLAS HALL AFC
Football returned with a vengance last weekend,
with pitches recovered from the deluges of previous weeks. As a
result, a number of club sides were in action, with no defeats
recorded.
The Seniors hosted College Corinthians in the league. This was a
very competitive match with honours even at the end, following a
scoreless draw.
The 'Hall settled early on and had a couple of half chances.
Corinthians put pressure on the 'Hall defence before the
interval, but neither side could make a breakthrough. The second
half was played with much the same pattern. The 'Hall had more of
the possession, but didn't create many clearcut chances, while
also limiting the Corinthians forwards. All in all, a draw was a
fair result, with Gary Aherne earning the clean sheet in goals
for the 'Hall.
The AUL Juniors were also in league action, travelling to
Inishannon. They were victorious by the odd goal after a 7-goal
thriller. The 'Hall scorers in a 4-3 win were Brendan Crowne,
Rory O'Sullivan, Stephen Carroll and Kieran Olliffe. Following
the long layoff, it was good to see the team hitting good form in
this fixture.
The Youths continued their quest for honours with a difficult
league assignment away to Grattan Utd. The team was missing a few
players and lost goalkeeper Paul Luxford at the interval through
injury. Patrick White, who had earlier played with the Under 16s
deputised and shared the clean sheet honours. This was a torrid
encounter and the point from the goalless draw was seen as a
point gained in the league, rather than points dropped.
The Under 16's were in commanding form against Hibernians. They
had a smashing 5-0 win, dominating all through. The scorers were
Graham O'Leary, Christy O'Shea (2 apiece) and Stephen Barry. This
maintains their unbeaten league record, but early draws in the
league could prove very costly before the season is over. Denis
O'Sullivan gave a solid performance in goals, earning a good
clean sheet.
Fixtures:
Saturday, 23 February:
MSL Junior League: Away v. U.C.C., 2.30
AUL Junior City Challenge Cup: Home v. Churchview Celtic, 3.00
Under 17 League: Away v. Everton, 3.00
Under 15 Evans Cup: Home v. Carrigaline Utd., 10.45
Under 11 League: Away v. Midleton Utd., 3.00
Sunday, 24th February:
Senior League: Away v. Mayfield Utd., 10.45
Under 15 Local Cup: Away v. Ballincollig, 11.00
Under 13 Local Cup: Home v. Richmond, 11.00
NEMO RANGERS
The under 15 football league finally got off the
ground on Saturday last. This year we have entered two teams in
the 'A' section.
Results: St. Vincents 0-5 NEMO 1/ 3-6
This game was played at the plendid new St Vincents grounds. Nemo
started with a few early points and then scored a fortunate goal
from a free, we finished the first half leading 2-3 to 0-3.
St Vincents were in the match a lot more in the 2nd and really
put it up to the Nemo lads and despite some way word shooting we
went on to record a fine win.
Best for Nemo were Mark O Donovan, Ian Foley, Gary Coughlan,
Ricky Kenny and Ian Potts .
Our U 13 and 12 teams were in action against St Finbarrs in
challenge matches and both recorded fine wins.
Fixtures Sat 23rd : U15 Nemo 1 v Douglas , Trabeg @ 2.00 pm
Nemo 2 v Na Piarsigh , Trabeg @ 3.15pm
AVONDALE UNITED
Ned Kavanagh & Noel Long from Avondale AFC
attended Nagle Community College, Mahon, last week to present
playing gear and field marking equipment to the school. Minister
for Health & Children, Micheal Martin TD, was a special guest
on the day. Minister Martin said it was great to see a club
putting something back into the community. The Minister also
complimented Avondale Utd for making the sports equipment
available to all sports within the College. Minister Martin urged
all young people to play sport for as long as they can as he
believed that physical fitness was vital to a healthy living. The
Minister was loud in his praise of John Murphy (Manager), Fr
Damian O'Mahony and Sean Geasley who led Nagle Community College
Under 18's to All Ireland Colleges Soccer honours.
Mr Ned Kavanagh, Chairman, School Boys Section, Avondale Utd, and
Club PRO Officer, Noel Long, attended to make the presentation
which was made possible with the co-operation of the Cashman
Organisation.
Tony Caniffe, School Principal, praised the team members for
their dedication which resulted in the All Ireland victory which
put Nagle College on the national map. He, too, thanked Avondale
for their efforts on behalf of the local community.
Brad O'Donoghue, representing the Cashman's Organisation, said it
was a pleasure to be associated with the Avondale Club as they
did so much good work in their catchment area. He also said he
hoped that the sports equipment would help them develop further
in all sports.
Chairman of Avondale under-age section, Ned Kavanagh, said they
were delighted to be associated with the school and said that
many present and past members were involved in the club.
DOUGLAS CREDIT UNION STREET LEAGUES
This features the fabulous fare served up by the U-9
children last Saturday.Wonderful striking,Good goalkeeping(Ian
Lucey and Andrew Murphy in Particular),Timing and awarness were
very evident.The Hurling displayed shows how valuable the Street
Leagues are in nurturing the skills of this ancient game.
Once again we had many fine performers, Here are but a few,Paul
Beale and Saoirse O'Brien of Offaly, Dublins Ellen Scannell and
Shane O'Donoghue, Tipps Alison Peate and Sean Deasy, RobertLehane
and Cian Murphy of Laois, Galway's Martin Barry and Paul
Fitzgerald, And Cillian McCarthy and Aoibhinn Killeen of Down.
Douglas G.A.A can be content in the knowledge that there is great
talent coming along.
TAE KNOW DO
On February 3rd, 2002 a group of students from each
of the Cork Tae Kwon-Do Institute Academies travelled to
Baldoyle, Co. Dublin to compete in the ITA Junior Championships.
A great day was had by all and some who competed won 1st, 2nd
& 3rd positions in what was said to be a high standard and
tough event.
Chief Instructor and President of CTI, Mr. Kevin O' Sullivan,
said "I was very impressed by my students on the day who as
always gave 100% and would make you proud to be their instructor
as each and every student presented themselves with great
behaviour and sportsmanship. This only the beginning of the years
events as we have a lot more tournaments to hold and attend this
year, for example the CTI Munster Championships in Trabolgan
Holiday Village in April and the Galway Opens in March".
So rather than sit back and pat themselves on the backs, it is
back to training for the next event.
COLLEGE CORINTHIANS
Last weekend was a very successful one on the
schoolboy front, with all our four teams in action recording
victories. The highlight was undoubtedly the performance of our
Under 12 Premier Division side Corinthian Boys in their fourth
round National Cup game against Riverstown.
National Cup
Corinthian Boys Under 12 side became the second team from the
club to qualify for the last 32 of the National Cup competition
when they defeated Riverstown by four goals to nil last Saturday
morning.
It was a fine effort by our lads who had to work extremely hard
against a very strong and competitive Riverstown side. Eoin
McCarthy opened the scoring for Corinthians just before half time
from the penalty spot and further goals by Jamie Drennan, Robert
Murphy and Patrick O’Brien proved too much for Riverstown.
Richard O’Donovan, Theo Cullinane, David Meyler, Sean Grant
and Stephen Good were the pick of what was overall an excellent
team performance. Well done to the management duo of John Turner
and Danny Drennan and to his very committed squad of 18 players.
In the fifth round Corinthians will have to travel away to
Athlone to take on local side St. Frances.
Under 14’s
Our Under 14 Premier Division side Corinthian Boys remain
undefeated this season and they picked up three very useful
league points last Saturday morning when they came away from
Avondale Park with a 4-1 victory. Stephen Moylan, Eoin Cotter,
Graham Cummins and Darren Kirwan were on the score sheet for
Corinthians and they had excellent performances from stand-in
goal keeper Shane Horgan, Alan Barry, Eoghan Hearne and Ricky
Kenny.
Our Under 14’s have been drawn at home to Rock Rovers from
Carrick-on-Suir Co. Tipperary in the last 32 of the National Cup.
The game more than likely will take place on Sunday March 2nd.
Our Under 14 First Division side Douglas Corinthians returned to
winning ways with a good 2-1 victory over Rockmount Rangers.
Jamie Owen and Ronan O’Murchu were on target for Corinthians
and they had impressive performances from David Kilcommons and
James Grant.
Under 16’s
Our Under 16’s reversed early season form with Carrigaline
when they recorded a comfortable 3-1 victory over the same
opposition in a Second Round local Cup match. Richard Arnop,
David McCarthy and Paul Lynch were on the score sheet for
Corinthians while Gary Drennan, Peter Moreland and Barry Ryan
turned in excellent performances.
Street Leagues
In the coming weeks the schoolboys section of College Corinthians
will be organising Street Leagues for the Under 7 to Under 11 age
groups. The leagues will be open to young boys and girls born in
the years 1990 – 1995. Last year over 30 teams and 300
schoolboys took part in the leagues, so if you would like to take
part come along to Corinthians Park on Saturday morning.
Registration will start on Saturday March 2nd. Training times for
the various age groups are as follows.
Under 7 & Under 8 – 12.15pm – 1.30pm
Under 9 – 9.30am – 10.45am
Under 10 & Under 11 – 10.45am – 12 noon
UK Trip
This year once again the Club is sending two teams to Liverpool
over the Easter Holiday period to take part in an international
soccer tournament. The teams travelling are Corinthian Boys Under
11’s managed by Joe O’Connell, Ger Kilcommons, and
Willie Fox, and Corinthians United Under 12’s managed by
Mark O’Donovan, Billy O’ Conner and Dan O’Callaghan.
As well as the soccer tournament the travelling party will also
take in an English Premier League clash between Everton and
Blackburn Rovers.
In recent weeks the organising committee has been busy drawing up
plans for various fundraising events. Last weekend the two teams
were in Tesco bag packing and on behalf of the Club I would like
to thank Tesco and everybody who supported the lads in their
fundraising efforts.
Music Table Quiz
One of the main fundraising events organised is a Music Table
Quiz, which is scheduled to take place in the Rochestown Park
Hotel on Thursday March 7th – start time 8.15pm. You are
guaranteed a night of fun and entertainment as D.J. Denis Hegarty
spins the disks. For further information about the night please
contact Ger Kilcommons at 4363456 or Mark O’Donovan at
4891761.
Finally many thanks to Douglas Village Shopping Centre on their
recent promotion which resulted in Corinthian Boys collecting a
cheque for €1,000. Your support is much appreciated.
TOGHER AC CLUB
It has been a busy couple of weeks for Togher AC
athletes on the competition front. On the 2nd February, Robert
Heffernan competed in the 3km walk at the AAA indoor
championships in Cardiff, Wales. Robert had a great race and won
gold in a new national record of 11.10. On Feb 17th last Robert
walked to a new national record at the national indoor
championships. His time of 18.53 was the fastest in the world
this year. Marion Andrews and Kelly O Keeffe also did very well
in the 4oom and 5km walk respectively.
Also on 2nd February, Ian O Driscol came 16th in the intermediate
boys race at the south Munster schools cross-country
championships.
On Saturday the 9th February, Tadgh O Callaghan running in the
Chriost Ri colours came a creditable 9th in the Munster schools
cross-country championships. Tadgh will now go on to the all-Ireland
schools championships in search of a medal.
Completing a busy fortnight, Togher AC made the long journey to
Donegal for the National Intermediate cross-country championships.
These were held in Stranolar, home of Finn valley AC. The weather
conditions were mild but the rain over the last 2 weeks took its
toll on the course. The course was very difficult, with the
athletes having to contend with a very steep hill and lots of mud.
Togher had 3 athletes in action with Shane O Shaughnessy in 19th
position, followed in by Steven macklin in 28th and Fergal
Tubridy in 54th. All three athletes were members of the Cork team
who finished in 4th place.
IIBA SHORTMAT INDOOR BOWLS
ICICYMA Open Licensed Triples (3-Bowl) Competition
for the ICICYMA
Perpetual Shield played on the 10th February at Garryduff Sports
Centre:
Final: Wilton (Hubert Burrows, Eileen Kiely & Paul Giller)
beat Ballincollig Community School (Danny Twohig, Miah Buckley
& Kitty Buckley)(7/3) The Umpires on duty for the final day's
play were: Tom Farrell, Hazel Foley, Pat Dunlea, Hazel Payne,
Jack Russell & Betty Shellard The Captain of the ICICYMA
Indoor Bowls Club, Clive Jay presented the Shield to Hubert
Burrows (Skip) of the Wilton team
"C.I.S.A. Award”
At a recent Delegate meeting of the I.I.B.A. (Cork Zone) Michael
Murray, Douglas Community School Indoor Bowls Club was elected
"Bowls Sportstar/Personality of the year 2002 and will be
presented with an Award by the Cork Indoor Sports Association at
their Annual Awards Ceremony on the 10th May 2002
Highfield Indoor Bowls Club Open Licensed Triples Competition for
the Highfield Perpetual Shield played on Sunday 17th February at
Highfield Rugby Pavilion:
Final: Little Island (Joe Kirby, John Long & Bridie Harty)
beat Ballincollig Community School (Danny Twohig, Miah Buckley
& Ann Twohig)(9/6) The Umpires on duty for the final day's
play were T Farrell, G Keane and J Warren.
Congratulations are also due to Paddy Ahern (Hon Sec) and his
Committee on the successful organisation of their Annual
Competition
Fixtures: Douglas GAA Indoor Bowls Club Open Licensed Triples
Competition for the Douglas Credit Union Perpetual Cup on
Wednesday 20th to Sunday 24th February
St Anthony's IBC Open Licensed Triples Competition on Monday 25th
to Thursday 28th February and Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd March
2002.
