16th May, 2002
Weekly
Sports
DOUGLAS LAWN TENNIS CLUB
By Marian Ormond
It was hectic in the club on Friday night as two of our teams
were playing in the regional league. I am delighted to say that
both teams won. It was a great night of very good tennis. The
Douglas A team won 2-1 beating Sundays Well. The Douglas B team
won 3-0 beating Sundays Well. The teams were as follows:
Team A Jonathan Barriscale, Jo-Anne Williamson, Kate Kilcoyne,
Seamus Cotter, Eileen Devey and Paul Barriscale.
Team B John McCarthy, Mags Cotter, John Burke, Ber Burke, Tim
O'Mahoney and Siobhan Fahy.
We have some very promising youths in the club at the moment and
this was seen in the Capri Sun Regional Matchplay when two of
them played very well. They were Eoin Harris U-10 who put up a
very good performance and Fiona Burke having played well was
unfortunate to lose to the Irish no.6 in the U-10. Well done guys
and good luck in future tournaments. Watch this space as I'm sure
we will hear more from them.
Activity will be excellent all this week in the club as the
Senior Closed is in full swing. If you are not playing do come
along and support those that are. Also if you are feeling
energetic please lend a hand in the kitchen we are always looking
for helpers. Finals will be held on Saturday 18th May so do come
and enjoy the good tennis and the craic.
DOUGLAS GAA SENIOR SECTION
By Pat Harrington.
Douglas Start Non Exam Hurling League on Winning Note.
Played in a continuous downpour both Bandon and Douglas are to be
congratulated on providing a reasonably good standard of hurling
in this game. Against the wind Douglas backs were under incessant
pressure, they coped very well. Stephen Bermingham led by example
at centre back , he was able assisted by Padraig Greaney. Denis O’Riordan’s
handling was excellent in goal. Half time Bandon led 1-4 to 0-1.
Two inspired substitutions changed the whole course of the game -
David O’Connor when introduced contributed 2-2, while Ronan
Griffin scored 1-1. Colin Lahive was very solid at full back, at
mid field Eoin Cadogan displayed fine stick work. Final score
Douglas 3-9 Bandon 1-5.
Senior Hurling Championship.
Douglas tried hard to compete with a strong Rockies side but were
simply just not good enough. Ronan Wade gave a fine performance
at full back, young David O’Connor hurled well at wing back
while at midfield Willy Coveney gave a wholehearted performance.
Teddy O’Donovan in goal could do little to stem the tide, he
showed tremendous leadership. It is hoped to have those who are
out through injury back for the St. Catherines game.
Under 16 South East Football.
Douglas and Courcey Rovers produced a very entertaining game of
football. There were some fine passages of play. Douglas with
points from David Kilcummins (2) Gavin Griffin (2) Alan McCarthy
(2) and Sean O’Mahony (1) led 0-7 to 0-4 at the interval.
The South East team came more into contention the second half as
Douglas struggled to stay in touch. Paudie Martin scored a good
goal for Douglas but this was not enough as Courceys recorded a
victory on a scoreline of 1-11 to 1-9. Daniel O’Leary made
some fine saves, others to impress were Eoin Cotter, Nicky
McCarthy and Ml. Quirke.
Under 16 Premier Football.
Douglas played the fifth round of the league against Ballincollig.
Playing with the wind the first half Douglas led 1-8 to 0-3. Ml O’Sullivan
scored the goal while Stephen Bermingham was the point scorer in
chief. The mid Cork side rallied the second half but Douglas had
enough in hand to win on a scoreline of 1-11 to 1-8. Brian O’Connor
was solid, Colm O’Sullivan won good possession, Alan
McCarthy and Thomas O’Connor also did well. The team at this
stage look to be qualified for the top four.
Scaith na Scoil.
Once more it is great rivals St. Columbas Boys and St. Anthonys
who have qualified for the A Grade Hurling finals. St. Columbas
girls are also in the camogie final. Best of lick to you both.
Minor A Hurling.
Douglas second team played their opening game of the league
against Nemo’s first squad. On the day Nemo proved too
strong but with some more games under their belts Douglas can
certainly improve and make an impact. Best for Douglas were Peter
Casey, David O’Donovan, Joe Lennon and Edwin McCarthy.
DOUGLAS CREDIT UNION GAA STREET LEAGES
By Garry White
This week we feature the U-10 kids who provided us with some
marvellous flowing football. Three hard fought games ensued.
Firstly we had Clare overcoming Sligo with the brilliant Robert
Fitzpatrick, elusive John Cashel, and teak tough Luke Kearns
leading the way for the victors. Sligo had notable performers in
Peter Carroll and Sean O' Leary.
Next up were Cork and Galway with the Tribesmen prevailing in a
titanic struggle. Galway were best served by the strong running
Russell Falvey, ably assisted by Brian Hickey, and Ciara Lynch.
Tops for the rebels were Michael O’Malley, Kevin Dunleavy
and defensive stalwart Daniel O Sullivan.
Lastly We had Derry overcoming Waterford in an entertaining
contest. Shining lights for Derry were tireless
trio , Adam Hudson, Eoghan O Riain and ice cool Jessica Kavanagh,
while Niall Scannell at Fullback, Timmy McCarthy and David Quirke
strove manfully for Waterford.
DOUGLAS CAMOGIE CLUB
Under 11
Douglas will have two under 11 teams in this year’s city
league. Last Wednesday it was the first team who got the season
under way with a very impressive display away to Passage. This
team was made up of some of last years team and new girls from
the street leagues. Playing well as a team they ran out very
comfortable winners. Best for Douglas were Jessica Kavanagh,
Regina Burke Aileen O’Donovan and Deirdre Cotter.
Under 12.
On Friday night last our under 12 team traveled away to play
Inniscarra in a challenge to get their season under way. Short a
few regulars it was a chance for some of the fringe players to
make an impression. Garbing their chance with both hands were
Aideen Fitton in goal who was brilliant. Aisling Cotter, Gillian
Murphy in attack. Douglas won on a score line of 4-1 to 3-0 after
a very competitive game.
Under 14
The clubs under 14 continued their league campaign with a good
victory over St ‘Finbars.Games between these two sides have
always been close and this was no different. Douglas backs
despite giving away a soft goal in the first half were always in
control. But unfortunately our forwards failed to put away the
chances that came their way. The game finished on a score line of
Douglas 1-6 Barrs 1-0.
Our under 14 second team again gave the performance of the week
when they drew with Ballyhea. The game was played in Douglas on
one of the wettest nights of the year but credit to both teams on
giving there all on a terrible night. Best for Douglas were
Jessica Jackson, Karen Horgan, Jasmine Dempsey and Moira O’Donovan.
Well done Girls.
Thanks to the Ladies who provided the tea after the game.
DOUGLAS PITCH AND PUTT
Hosting the National Mixed Foursomes September
2002
Saturday April 27th - Juvenile Strokeplay
Winner: Michael Quirke – 94 / 2nd: Patrick Noonan – 108
3rd: Brian Collins – 112
Scramble - Nett: A Walsh & B Collins - Gross: J Fahy, M
Freaney
& T Sheehan
Sunday May 12th - Cork Ladies Strokeplay Results
Junior Winner: Linda O’ Donovan – 114
Fourball - Nett: J Ward & T Feeney – 34 ½ / Gross: B
Downey & C Elley – 48
Fixtures: President’s Prize - Today after 6pm
Fri after 6pm / Sat all day / Sun until 3pm
Weekly Lotto Results - Numbers Drawn: 16, 24 & 27 NO WINNER
O’ Donovan’s Off Licence Lucky Dip Winners - Liam O’
Brien c/o The Club, Jim O’ Sullivan c/o The Hall, David
Quirke c/o The Club,
Tonight’s Jackpot: €1,430 Venue: The Grange
COLLEGE CORINTHIANS AFC
Last week was an extremely busy one for the Clubs
Schoolboy section with two cup finals followed by a National Cup
quarter final and the excitement of the Club's Street Leagues.
Local Cup Finals
Our under 12's and under 14's made their way to Turner's Cross
last Monday afternoon for two cup final clashes against Kilreen
Celtic. On an afternoon of high drama, our under 12's took the
local cup defeating Kilreen 2-0, while our under 14's snatched a
last minute equaliser to take their match against Kilreen to a
replay.
In the under 12 final, Corinthians were quick off the mark and
took the lead in the very first minute when Jamie Drennan applied
the finishing touch to a fine Colin Hammond cross. Despite
dominating possession Corinthian's struggled to create many clear
cut openings and it wasn't until the final minute that they
clinched victory when Stephen Good got on the end of a fine Conor
Reilly pass and slotted home from just inside the box. From
everyone involved in the Club congratulations to John, Danny and
their squad on another fine achievement.
Our under 14's also started brightly and created several chances
during the opening 20 minutes but through bad finishing and some
miraculous goal keeping from the Kilreen net minder the game
stayed scoreless. They were made to pay a heavy price for these
misses when Kilreen took advantage of some slack defending to
take the lead early in the second half. Hard as Corinthians
pushed during the rest of the second half it looked as if the
equaliser wouldn't come until with virtually the last kick of the
game ace poacher Stephen Moylan snatched a deserved equaliser.
Extra time brought no further goals and the final will now go to
replay.
National Cup
Cherry Orchard 0 Corinthian Boys 2
Corinthian Boys moved through to the semi final of the Under 12
National Cup last Saturday courtesy of an absolutely tremendous 2-0
away victory over Cherry Orchard. The first game between the
sides had finished in a 2-2 draw in Corinthians Park two weeks
ago and having to travel to Dublin, the replay certainly looked a
difficult task for our lads but showing great heart and great
teamwork they put up a fantastic performance and goals by Eoin
McCarthy and Jamie Drennan gave Corinthians a famous victory.
They are back on the road again next weekend when they travel to
Dublin once again for the semi final where they will take on St.
Joseph Boys. Best of luck again to all concerned.
At the time of going to print the under 14's cup semi final
between Corinthian Boys and Marymount has been fixed for 12
o'clock on Sunday morning. Hopefully a large crowd will come out
to support our under 14's side. They are one step away from a
national final and deserve the support of all our club members.
Street Leagues
The under 7's Street Leagues certainly provided plenty of
excitement last Saturday with each team playing three games.
Saudi Arabia and Russia were in superb form as they picked up
three victories and nine points. Saudi Arabia stars were Peter
Barry, Richard Sweetman, Eddie Beechinor and Eoin O'Callaghan.
Russia had superb performers in Brian Lenihan, Kevin Hodgens,
Andrew O'Sullivan and Frank Byrne. These two sides have now moved
clear at the top of the table but there are plenty of pursuers
with Ireland leading the way. They picked up 3 valuable points in
their hard fought 1-0 victory over England. John Barry, Robert
Noonan, Mark Dolan and Kevin O'Sullivan impressed for Ireland,
while for England Stephen Corbett, Art Kelleher, Conor Canon and
Gary O'Donovan did well.
There was two series of matches played in the under 8 street
leagues with Tunisia picking up full points from their two games
played. David Barry, Peter Hurley, David O'Sullivan and John
Fitzgerald were particularly impressive for Tunisia. There was
mixed fortunes for Japan who went down 3-1 to Tunisia but
recovered to defeat Sweden by 4 goals to 1. Captain Evan Brown,
Jack Horgan and Dylan O'Shea did well for Japan.
All of the Street League results can be found on the Club's
website at www.collegecorinthians.com.
IIBA SHORTMAT INDOOR BOWLS
permanent tsb Inter Club League Finals played on
Tuesday 7th May in St Anthony's Hall, Ballinlough:
permanent tsb Perpetual League Trophy Final: Ballincollig
Community School versus Ballincollig GAA (BCS names first) (D
Twohig, S Kone, K Buckley & L Keating) lost to (G O'Donoghue,
S O'Leary, J O'Brien & E Linehan) and ( M Buckley, E Fitton,
F Thompson & A Twohig) beat (M Sisk, P J Hagan, D O'Mahony
& M Boyde) Result: Ballincollig Community 2pts Ballincollig
GAA 1pt (Agg Score 19/16)
permanent tsb League Plate Final: Mitchelstown versus Kinsale (D
Cahill, P Lawton, J Devlin & D Forde) beat (T Duggan, N
O'Regan, V Stredwick & P O'Regan) and (T Lawton, J Caplice, J
Wiley & E McEvoy) beat (T Bamford, T O'Neill, Toni Duggan
& M Nagle)
Result: Mitchelstown 3pts Kinsale 0pt (Agg Score 26/17)
Irish Indoor Bowling Umpires Association (Munster Region)
Championship final played on 6th May 2002 in Douglas Community
School Hall:
Final: Danny Twohig (Ballincollig Community School) beat Pat
McCarthy
(Wilton)
Fixtures: St Vincent's IBC Open Licensed Triples Tournament on
Wednesday 15th to Sunday 19th May
Carrigaline GAA IBC Open Licensed Triples Competition for the
Barry Perpetual Trophy on Monday 20th to Saturday 25th May
DOUGLAS GAA UNDERAGE
Results:
U/12 Football League. Douglas 5-2 St. Vincents 5-3
This was a very tough, physical match. With Mark Collins and
Conor Lucey taking some fine scores for Douglas this game went
down to the wire and but for some strange decisions by the
referee the result could have been different. Cian O’Leary
also played well on the day.
U/12 Southeast Football. Douglas (3) 2-12 Valley Rovers 2-6.
Valley Rovers started the better and led at half time by three
points. Douglas upped their game in the second half and played
very good football to win well in the end. Paul O’Driscoll
at fullback, Ciaran Cummins and Michael Carroll (both corner
forwards) played well for Douglas. This was the final match in
the Southeast for Douglas teams this season. The underage
committee were delighted to be able to send four teams ( 2 U/12’s
and 2 U/11’s) to the Southeast this season. We believe in
providing gaelic games to as many as possible and not just a few
stars. We know this policy will bare fruit in years to come with
average players being encouraged and then going on to shine for
Douglas.
U/14 Feile Hurling. Douglas 1-1 Blackrock 5-5.
On a bad night for hurling Blackrock played the better and had a
deserved win. Best for Douglas were Jasom Martin O’Sullivan,
Kevin Murphy and Jamie Drennan.
U/ 15 Hurling League. Douglas 1-7 Na Piarsaigh 1-6.
Fixtures…….
U/15 Hurling League. Douglas V Ballincollig away Saturday @ 3-30pm.
Lotto: There was NO winner of last weeks Underage Lotto. €11,000
is the prize money next week.
DOUGLAS GYM CLUB NEWS
On the 28th of April a group of 9 gymnasts from
Douglas Gym Club travelled to the National finals of the Basic 3
competition, which was held in Carrick on Shannon. They were Emma
O'Keefe, Niamh O'Callaghan, Kate O'Brien, Ruth Farmer, Rachel
Finn, Chlodagh Barry, Aideen McCarthy, Jackie O'Donovan and
Aisling Moloney.
The girls competed in different levels and formed teams with
other gymnasts who qualified from the regional competition, to
represent the Southern Region at the competition. The results are:
Level 6 U.12 - Ruth Farmer and Rachel Finn Team-3rd
Level 6 U.10 - Emma O'Keefe, Kate O'Brien and Niamh O'Callaghan
Team-1st
Level 5 U.12 - Clodagh Barry Team-1st
Level 5 O.12 - Aideen McCarthy and Jackie O'Donovan Team-1st
Level 4 O.12 - Aisling Moloney Team-1st
This weekend coming Niamh Scanlon, Emma Hamill, Jennifer Keating
and Katie Murphy will compete at the National Junior Code final
in Dublin. The girls will compete on the vault, bars, beam and
floor. Good luck!
On the boys front, 4 gymnasts, Olan Lotty, Mark Allen, Ciaran
Corkery and Raymond Brirely, and 2 coaches, Tim O'Donovan and
Noreen Brierly from Douglas Gym Club will represent the Southern
Region at a training camp at a top training facility in Scotland
this coming June.
DOUGLAS HALL AFC
As the end of the season approaches, the number of
matches is now easing off. However, there are some competitions
still to be completed and as such, the games which are being
played all have a certain importance.
The Youths played in the replay of the Munster Youths Cup Final
in Turners Cross last Saturday. Unfortunately, they found Peake
Villa too hot to handle and were beaten 1-0. The side was robbed
of two centre halves because of injuries late in the week, and
while their replacements performed very well, this had an
unsettling effect on the side. Peake Villa were the better team
on the night, and but for a super performance from Stephen
Bermingham in the 'Hall goals, the margin could have been higher.
However, the side can hold their heads high - they maintained the
club's fine reputation in this grade, qualifying for our second
Munster Final in succession and a number of the team will have
other opportunities in this grade.
The Under 15's travelled to Limerick for the Evans Cup replay
against Wembley Rovers and qualified for the Quarter Finals with
a super 2-1 extra time win. Here, Kevin Mulcahy turned on the
style for the 'Hall, scoring both goals and contributing
significantly in midfield. This win gives the 'Hall a home
fixture against St. Patrick's Athletic next weekend, with the day
and time to be confirmed.
The AUL Juniors continued their league campaign, but
unfortunately now look to have slipped out of the title reckoning.
However, they can still be promoted, but only by securing full
points in their last two matches. They hosted Dripsey Celtic and
had a facile 6-1 win. Rory O'Sullivan (3), John Dunlea, Mark
Hackett and Kieran Olliffe were the marksmen in this fixture.
Their brave attempt to win the title looks to have failed
following their 3-3 draw with Inishannon on Sunday. They needed
to win this match to have a chance of winning the league, but
despite their best efforts they could not secure a winner. The
scorers were Rory O'Sullivan, John Dunlea and Kieran Olliffe.
They finish their league campaign during this week.
The Under 17's also wrapped up their season with two home league
matches. Following the excitement of their Cup win, it was always
going to be difficult to motivate themselves, particularly
against the two sides going for the league. They went down 4-2 to
Rockmount, with both goals from Dave O'Connor and 2-1 to Everton,
with the goal from Christy O'Shea. However, they made both
contenders battle very hard for their victories and showed that
they will match anyone on their day.
The Under 13's also kept their league campaign going, with an
important win over Greeenwood. The 'Hall scorer in the 1-0 win
was Eoin O'Leary, while James Burke was impressive between the
posts. The Under 15 Division 1 side travelled to Riverstown Boys
and, despite good spells in the match, were beated 3-0 by a
physically stronger Riverstown team.
Fixtures:
Friday, May 17: Youths League Away v. Casement Celtic, 7.00
Sunday, May 19: AUL Junior Leagu Home v. Ardmanning Celtic, 10.45
Saturday or Sunday: Under 15 Evans Cup Quarter Final Home v. St.
Patricks Athletic.
