28th March, 2002
Weekly
Sports
DOUGLAS GAA
Douglas G.A.A. Senior Section By Pat Harrington
Douglas Senior hurlers Start League campaign on a bright note.
Douglas fielding a very young team got the better of an under-strength
Ballyhea team. A point separated the teams at the interval with
the North Team leading 0-8 to 0-7. The half-back line of Patrick
Tobin, Garry Wade and David O’Connor were very solid. Fergal
Hayes showed up well in mid-field. Up front Gary McDoughlin
caused all sorts of problems for Ballyhea defence scoring some
fine points. Ronan Wade also chipped in with some good scores. As
even Mr ‘dependable’ Teddy O’Donovan was very
commanding between the posts. Final score Douglas 0-13 Ballyhea 0-10
Minor Premier Football ( U 19)
Douglas continued on their winning ways with a facile victory
over Delaneys. On the day the north-siders could not match the
slicker movements of the Douglas lads. James Moylan contributed a
couple of good scores, Final score Douglas 4-11 Delaneys 0-3
Minor 2 Football
Kinsale got off to a great start in this contest scoring 1-4
without reply. Douglas were all at sea as they struggled to keep
pace with their opponents. Changes were made which proved
beneficial to the team. Padraigh Greaney was moved to mid-field,
Eoin Carroll to centre forward. Niall Crowley (Capt.) goaled, the
points flowed – a point separated the teams at the interval.
The second half was a ding-dong affair. Ml. O’Sullivan
caught some good balls at full forward and distributed well.
Graham Coughlan did an amount of work at wingback. David O’Connor
showed good touches in attack, whilst Shane Forde was very
authoritative in goal. Final score Douglas 1-9 Kinsale 1-5.
Junior ( C ) Football
Minus some regulars Douglas gave a dismal display against Nemo
Rangers and duly paid the price. The team was outclassed from
start to finish. Michael O’Neill and Terence Deveroux played
well. Final score Nemo 1-12 Douglas 0-6.
U 21 Football
The team had a workout against Eire Óg over the weekend. Final
score Douglas 4-11 Eire Óg 2-4
U 18 Championship
Douglas have drawn Blackrock in the Hurling and Bishopstown in
the Football. These games will be played in July / August.
Official Opening
The official opening of the new Dressing Rooms / Gym will take
place next Saturday @ 1 pm. All members are cordially invited to
attend. No cars will be allowed in the Car-Park. The President of
the G.A.A. will be in attendance.
Fixtures Sunday 31/ March/02:
S.H.L
………………………….Douglas
V. Killeagh Home @ 3/3.30
J.F.L…………………………...Douglas
V. Barrs @ 11.30
M.F.L…………………………..Douglas
V Carrigaline Home @ 11.30
Douglas G.A.A. Underage
U-11 Football Friendlies
Our two Under 11 teams organised matches last weekend
Douglas 1-7 Crosshaven 3-7
On Saturday Douglas (1) put up a good performance against a
physically stronger Crosshaven. Best for Douglas were Alan Walsh,
John O’Mahony and Eoin Murphy.
Douglas 1-6 Mayfield 0-2
On Sunday Douglas(2) had a good win over Mayfield. Ciaran
Cummins, Paul Byrne and James Cantwell played well on the day.
U-12 South-East Football League Douglas 1-3 Carrigaline 4-6
Carrigaline were on top throughout this game and while Dennis
Cotter and Kevin Tobin were excellent in defence they could not
stop an impressive Carrigaline team on the day.
U –13 City Football League Douglas 5-9 Bishopstown 1-2
A good crowd turned up to see an impressive Douglas team
performance. Some excellent points were scored by Douglas and
‘Man of the Match’ Brian O’Callaghan had a
personal tally of 2-4.
U-14 City Football League Douglas 3-8 Nemo 1-7
Douglas , while playing against the wind started well with
Patrick Carroll scoring a fine point. Midway through the half
Nemo began to dominate but Douglas were scoring and two fine
goals by Kevin Murphy and Ian Bermingham left the score at half
time 2-4 to Nemo’s 0-3.
In the second half it was rip and tuck until Terry O’Connell
moved from full-back to centre-field for Douglas and this swayed
the game for them. A late goal by Dane O’Leary sealed
victory.
Last weekend a very successful presentation night was held. Cork
footballer Ronan McCarthy and sports presenter Ger.Canning were
on hand to present medals to the winning teams. A special
presentation was made to Stephen Bermigingham and Stephen Moylan
who played for Cork last year. The player of the year awards were
as follows:
U 14 Football…………………Thomas O’Connor
South-East Football ………… David Kilcummins
Hurling ………………………
Padraig Martin
U 15 Football………………… Diarmud
Murphy
Hurling ……………………….Brian
O’Connor
Lotto: there was no winner of the Underage Weekly Lotto. The
numbers were 8. 14. 16. 24. The lotto is worth € 9,900 this
weekend
SUNDAYS WELL RFC
Results for last weekend 23-03-02
Under 18 lost their friendly match against Highfield.
Under 16 won their 1st Round match against Dolphin 13-0
Under 14 won their Second Round match against Skibbereen 63-10
Under 12 won their League match against Muskerry
Under 11 lost their League match against Muskerry
Under 10 won their Friendly match against Old Christians.
Fixtures for this weekend ( 30-03-02 )
Under 18 / Under 16 / Under 14’s are all training this
weekend.
Under 13 will play Northhampton who are travelling from England
this weekend in a series of friendly matches.
Under 8 /9 /10/ 11/ 12’s are all training this Saturday
morning. On Easter Monday the Under 8 / 10’s travel to play
Youghal; Kick off! 11.30 AM
DOUGLAS CAMOGIE CLUB
On Sunday last a blitz was held in C.I.T.for girls
that were born in 1992 . It was a very enjoyable afternoon we had
2 teams participating in it. The first team to start were the
Douglas Munster team who played Glen Rovers they won this game 2
goals to nil. Goals coming from Deirdre Cotter and Niamh O’Donoghue
and excellent goalkeeping from Catrina O’Sullivan kept our
opponents from scoring. Next game was against Brian Dillions this
was a great game ,were the game was a draw 1-1 our goal coming
from Emily O’Sullivan also playing well in this game was Amy
O’ Donoghue and Lauryn Jacksoan.Our next game was against
Blackrock which we won 2-0,Goals coming from Deirdre and Niamh
also playing well in that game was Roisin Walsh and Lynda Horgan.Our
final game was against Bishopstown were we were beaten 3-1Douglas
goal coming from Sarah Mills also playing well was Cliona O’Driscoll.
Our next Douglas Leinster team played an experienced Bishopstown
team and had some great play but failed to score best for Douglas
in this game were Lorraine Mc Carthy and Aoife Molloy next game
was against St Vincent’s which we won 2-0 goals coming from
Eileen Blanchere and Jessica Kavanagh who played well in midfield
for all the games. Tara O’Shea played in goal for this game
and pulled off some great saves. We played Passage in the next
game were we lost 2-0 Passage went on to win the section playing
well in that game were our back line of Sarah O’Brien and
Sarah O’Donovan. Douglas last game of the section was
against the Barr’s the score was 1-0 to the Barr’s but
it was a great game and we were very unlucky not to score.
Playing well in this game were Sarah Mc Carthy Sophie Moore and
Saoirse O’Brien. All were winners on the day and all
received Medals for partaking.
Saturday 23rd under 16 league 2002.
Douglas 4-02 Na Piarsaigh 0-01.
Douglas started very strongly and with just a few minutes gone
Jenny O’ Donovan got the opening score with a goal. Shortly
afterwards Lavina O’Mahony got another goal. Douglas
forwards continued to battle hard and were unfortunate not to
have a dozen goals. However Lavina got another goal for their
efforts. At half time the score was Douglas 3goals Na Piarsaigh
no score.
Na Piarsaigh began the second half with great gusto but Douglas
were equal to the challenge and Na Piarsaigh failed to break
through our defence. Cliona Conway in her first match for the
under 16’s, Kept a clean sheet with some very fine saves
even under pressure she calmly cleared the ball. Helen O’Mahony
as usual gave her all at mid-field. Valerie Downey made a
tremendous solo run and sidestepping the opposition with ease was
unlucky not to score. Deirdre Murphy played a great game and was
rewarded with a well-taken point, she also scored a goal seconds
from full time. Kathryn Hussey had a great game and so had Rachel
O’Sullivan who seemed to be all over the field, Jenny O’Donovan
also got a point all in all everyone played brilliantly. Next
week we play Ballingollig at home.
We will be holding our annual Easter draw on Thursday night in
club pavilion .All those who got tickets please return them by
then. Please support our bag packing in Dunnes Stores over the
Easter Weekend.
DOUGLAS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
By Adrian Fitzpatrick
This week saw Douglas in another encounter against Kanturk in the
Junior 1 plate. Conditions weren’t great, a shower at the of
the game making underfoot conditions very tough. The first 15mins
saw both teams move up and down the pitch with Kanturk scoring
their only three points. Ger. Glavin put over a huge penalty
shortly after, to level the game. At 25mins into the game Colin
Corkery, at scrum half started a move ending in a great try for
Ciaran Clancy and Jonathan Payne. At the interval the management,
led by the inspirational Denis Barry and John White had their
usual words of wisdom to contribute. Whatever was said anyhow
made the optimum impact.
Douglas came back to the second half with a display of shear
heart and determination. 5 min's into this half from inside his
own “22” ‘The Bull Kinahan’ ran to put the
ball between the Kanturk posts. How he didn’t need an oxygen
tent after that devastating run I’ll never know. The “Swarm”
defence of Douglas was the crucial factor to this great win.
Willy Lehane receiving from Colin Corkery again from a ruck
stepped inside his opposite No. in an unbelievable class stroke
of genius passing into Enda Mahony who in turn gave it to the
“Bull Kinahan” from 25yds was in again under Kanturk
posts. Anthony Costelloe, Noel Swanton and Cathal Coughlan played
out of their skins for the day yet again. Veteran “ Lennox”
Coughlan came on as did Martin Pinfield to replace Terry McCarthy
and our Kiwi “ Stepper”, to seal a very good encounter
ensuring a place in the ¼ final.
Forthcoming Events:
Easter Sunday Night; 1500 members draw (followed by) Karaoke +
Disco at St. Columba’s Hall. Everyone welcome. (No Cover
Charge)
ST. COLUMBA'S ATHLETIC CLUB
Just a note to remind people that training will
commence for the upcoming track season on Tuesday April 2 nd. at
7 pm.
The venue is Douglas Community School sports field and again we
are indebted to the Principal and Board of Management for
allowing us the use of this facily.
An AAI constitutional change to bring us into line with
international rules means that the starting age for competition
this year is under 9 years.
Again we would welcome any parents or young adults who may be
able to give an hour or so a week to come and give a hand.
Congratulations to former club member Derval O'Rourke of Leevale
who set a new Irish record for 60m at the recent European indoor
c/ships. Like the acorn and the oak from humble beginnings grow
mighty champions!!
Club contacts Michael Meade @ 4364961 and Terry O'Sullivan @
4362998
COLLEGE CORINTHIANS AFC
The schoolboy section of College Corinthians will
have three teams travelling this weekend with our Under 14's
making the long journey to Longford for a National Cup 6th round
game and two of our Under 11 and Under 12 sides travelling to
Liverpool for the Easter holiday period.
Trip to Liverpool
The Corinthian Boys Under 11 squad and Corinthians United Under
12 squad will head to Liverpool next Saturday morning for what
promises to be a holiday to remember. A full party of 32
schoolboys and 11 adults will initially travel to Dublin where
there will play two friendly games against local side Portmarnock.
On Saturday night they travel as far as Bangor in North Wales
where having stayed the night they will then move on to Liverpool
University on Sunday morning. The soccer tournament itself starts
on Monday morning with the Corinthian sides taking on teams from
all over the UK and Ireland.
The social side of the trip promises to be every bit as exciting
with the party due to take in the Premier League match between
Everton and Bolton as well as a tour of Anfield the home of
Liverpool F.C. It should be a wonderful experience for all
concerned both on and off the field.
National Cup
The Corinthian Under 14 squad will travel to Athlone on Friday
night before moving on to Longford for their 6th round Nation Cup
match against local side Camlin United with the game due to take
place at 12 o'clock on Easter Saturday morning. The reward for
the winners is a home tie in the quarter finals against Ardmore
Rovers from Wicklow. On behalf of the Club I would like to wish
the management team of Charlie McCarthy, Richie Kenny and Dave
Burke and their squad of players the very best of luck for what
promises to be a very difficult assignment but one which I have
no doubt they are capable of overcoming.
Schoolboys League
Last weekend was a terrific one for our Under 11 sides, with all
three recording fine victories.
Corinthian Boys maintain their 100% league record with a
comfortable 9-0 victory over Waterloo. Eoin Kilcommons (3), Chris
Fox (2), Mark Twohig (2), Philip Brady and Robert Waters were on
the score sheet for Corinthians, and John Forest , Ger Keane and
Robert O'Connell were outstanding.
Corinthians United were also in fine scoring form and they
recorded a comprehensive 7-0 victory over Mayfield United. Kevin
Kelleher (2), Den Kelly (2), Ryan Nolan, Peter Nolan and Olan
Kelleher scored for Corinthians, while Kevin O'Regan, Andrew
Neville and Martin O'Donoghue had fine matches.
Not to be outdone our third Under 11 side Douglas Corinthians
travelled to Buttevant and came away with an excellent 3-2
victory. Stephen Murphy, Ian Hunter, Conor Murphy, Eoin Corcoran
starred for Corinthians. Well done lads.
There was disappointment for our Under 13 squad who suffered
their first defeat of the season when they went out of the local
cup going down 1-0 to Wilton. Our lads dominated the first half
but failed to get on the score sheet and suffered the killer blow
5 minutes into the second half when Wilton scored after a quick
breakaway. Despite the best efforts of Terry O'Connor, Eric
Hegarty and Brian Lombard an equaliser just would not come.
Our under 15's put in a much improved performance and were a
little unfortunate not to take all three points against Youghal,
sharing the spoils on a 1-1 score line. James Kenny scored for
Corinthians and they had top class performances from Ronan
Stanton, Brian O'Connor and Peter Lydon.
Soccer Marathon
Many thanks to everybody who supported our Soccer Marathon last
Saturday morning. The response that the under age section got was
absolutely fantastic and a great source of encouragement to
everyone involved in the Schoolboys section in Corinthians.Thanks
also to Sheila Good, Sheila Cahalane, Theresa O' Donovan, David
Kilcommons and Neil Daly who helped out on the day.
Easter Saturday
Our Underage section is taking a well earned rest this Saturday
but will be back on Saturday April 6th for the start of the
Street Leagues. If you would like any information on the Leagues
please contact Terry O' Donovan at 4891257
NEMO RANGERS
Nemo play a few matches over the weekend. The rst
one was on sat 23rd Nemo U15s played St.Vincents, Nemo played
well throughout the game but unfortunately couldn’t put the
ball away and were beaten in the end by 1-7 to 1-4. Tom Mcfadden,
Ray O’ Keeffe, and Barry Hornet. Next was the U14 match of
Nemo Vs. Douglas, where Nemo trailed for most of the match but
excellent point from Shane Dorgan brought the match within a
point. A late controversial goal by Douglas gave them the points.
Nemo U12s took on Kinsale on Saturday also. Under bad weather
conditions a keenly contested game gave Nemo the victory with a
score line of 5-6 to 4-6 best for Nemo were Ronan Barry and Sean
Sheehan. The last match over the weekend was Nemo U13 Vs
Ballincollig where Nemo made the perfect start to their league
campaign where they won 3-17 to no score. Richard O Donovan was
outstanding at midfield as so was John O Brien. James Conroy and
David McCarthy were the best forwards on the day. Fixtures Mon 1st
Nemo U14s Vs. Fermoy home at 3.30, Tue 2nd Nemo U16s St. Finnbarr’s
away at 6.30, Wed 3rd Nemo U15s Vs. Nemo 2 at 6.30, Thur 4th Nemo
2 U16 Vs. Ballinure away at 6.30.
DOUGLAS HALL AFC
Last weekend was hectic, with teams in action on
both Saturday and Sunday. The Seniors take pride of place,
following their terrific away league win over Rockmount, while
the MSL Juniors, AUL Juniors, Under 17s and 13s advanced in cup
competitions and the 11's continued their good league form.
The 15 Premier team were held to a draw, with the Youths going
down in the FAI Cup. The Seniors travelled with more hope than
confidence to play Rockmount in the league and emerged with a
smashing 3-1 win. The foundations for this win were laid in the
first half when the 'Hall played as well as they had done
previously this season. Rockmount had no real answer, and the
'Hall secured a very important three points. The scorers were
John Healy (2) and Brian McSweeney.
The MSL Juniors advanced in their Super Cup with a fine 3-1 win
over Crosshaven. They made the most of their chances on the day
to rack up their sixth win on the trot. The scorers were Stuart
Howard with 2 and Stephen O'Connell. Incidentally, last week we
inadvertently credited Martin Davis with Brian Foley's goal in
the league match with Crofton Celtic - apologies to both players.
The AUL Juniors emerged victorious following a penalty shoot out
against Churchview Celtic. The match ended in a 1-1 draw,
following an exciting period of extra time but the 'Hall
prevailed with a 6-5 shoot out victory. The scorer was Brendan
Crown.
The Youths hosted Bohemians (Dublin) in the FAI Youths Cup
Quarter Final, but were no match for the Dublin side on the day.
The 'Hall took an early lead when Declan O'Connell headed home
from a Robert Heffernan cross which the Bohs 'keeper could only
parry. However, Bohemians fought back well to lead 2-1 at the
interval. Early in the second half, the 'Hall had the better of
the play, but could not create clear openings. Bohemians did,
however, make the most of their chances, converting 2 and
finishing comfortable 4-1 winners. However, our lads can hold
their heads high - the opposition were top class and will take
stopping in this cup.
The Under 17s advanced in the Teddy Healy Cup, with a great 2-1
win in Ballincollig, following extra time. This game looked
destined for penalties, until a really exciting last 5 minutes.
Shay O'Donoghue converted a penalty for the 'Hall, Ballincollig
equalised before Patrick White scored the last minute winner.
The Under 15's didn't make the most of their clear cut chances in
the local cup against Rockmount. The 'Hall created a number of
scoring chances, but left the shooting boots at home. The match
ended in a scoreless draw after Extra Time, and the 'Hall will be
hoping to make home advantage tell.
The Under 13's took the 15's shooting boots to Lakewood, where
they recorded a 10-0 win over Lakewood Utd. in the local cup. The
home side had their Premier status qualities - goals were scored
by Eoin O'Leary (3), Shane Duncan (returning following a serious
leg injury), Roynane Tolman (2 each), Jason Martin Sullivan, Alec
Rose and Kevin Murphy.
The Under 11s are in great form at the moment, with their sixth
league win in succession following their 3-2 success against
Greenwood. Olan Bermingham struck twice, with the third from
Richard Martin.
Under 8 and 9
The Under 9s (Born in 1992) and Under 8s (Born in 1993 and 1994)
will be training on the All Weather pitch on this Thursday
evening. All will be welcome - starting time is 6.00 p.m.
Fixtures:
Sunday, 31 March:
MSL Junior League: Away v. Carrigaline Utd., 10.45
AUL Junior League: Away v. Killeady Celtic, 3.00
Murphy Youths Cup: Away v. Macroom, 3.00
Monday, 1 April:
Senior League: Home v. Temple Utd., 3.00
DOUGLAS BRIDGE CLUB
Mon18Mar J. & E. Taylor - 1st / D. Crowley & M. Powell
-2nd
Tues19Mar am E. O'Sullivan & N. Richardson - 1st
C. Bennett & O. Cotter - 2nd
Tues19Mar pm B. Murphy & N. Trihy - 1st / A. & B. Roche -
2nd
Tues19Mar 6Tbls N. O'Sullivan & L. Flynn - 1st
K. Spillane & S. Donaghy - 2nd
Tues19Mar Novice John O'D & E. Kelleher - 1st
Wed20Mar am Novice A. Butler & N. Barry - 1st
Wed20Mar am E. Mulcahy & M. O'Callaghan - 1st
Wed20Mar 5Tbls E. Buckley & E. Fitzgerald - 1st / A. Walsh
& T. Heavey - 2nd
Wed20Mar 11Tbls B O'Sullivan & E. McCarthy -1st
Ml. Murphy & F. Keohane - 2nd
Thur21Mar 11Tbls M. Kavanagh & M. Dorgan - 1st / C. Bennett
& O. Cotter - 2nd
Thur21Mar 6Tbls B. McCarthy & N. Tanner - 1st
Fri22March C. O'Leary & M. Powell - 1st
OPEN BRIDGE EVERY FRI@ 7.30 pm
