25th July, 2002
Weekly
Sports
COLLEGE CORINTHIANS AFC
The season 2001/2002 will be remembered very
fondly by the members of College Corinthians AFC. The Club won no
less than 10 Schoolboy trophies, including 3 Premier League
titles, as well as reaching two National Cup Semi Finals. Three
of those trophies were won in the final competition of the
season, the Southside Leagues, where our Under Seven’s,
Under Eight’s, Under Nine’s showed plenty of promise
for the future. It was particularly pleasing to see our U7s take
their League title as it was the first time the Club has ever won
this particular trophy.
Aston Villa
The other exciting news for the members of College Corinthians
was the official link up between College Corinthians and English
Premier League side Aston Villa. As part of this link up it is
envisaged that players, coaches and teams from Corinthians will
travel to Birmingham to the Aston Villa Youth Academy on a
regular basis.
As an initial step in this process, four members of last years
highly successful Under Twelve team will travel over to Aston
Villa in early August. The four players concerned, David Bevan,
David Meyler, Richard O’Donovan and Jamie Drennan were part
of the Corinthians Under Twelve team which won the local league
and cup double this year and reached the semi final of the
National Cup before losing to eventual winners St. Joseph’s
Boys from Dublin.
New Season
Training for the new season is due to start in early August with
an exact starting date to be finalised. The Club will have 12
teams in the Cork Schoolboys League next season, with 3 Under
Eleven teams, 2 teams at each age level from U12 to U15 and one
Under Sixteen side. All our teams are looking to strengthen their
squads for the new season and if anyone would like to join the
Club then they should contact one of the following:
U10 - Brian O’Connor 4295506
U11 - Ger Kilcummins 4363456
U12 - Joe O’Connell 4364576
U13 - Danny Drennan 4363602
U14 - Neil Daley 4962704
U15 - Richie Kenny 4966392
U16 - Roy O’Donovan 4291899
Our Saturday Morning coaching sessions for the Under Seven to
Under Ten age groups will resume again on Saturday August 24th.
DOUGLAS HALL AFC
National Cup Munster Semi-Final
Lifford 3 Douglas 0
On Saturday we travelled up to Ennis to play a Clare team called
Lifford in the Semi Final of the Munster Section of the National
CupDue to holidays and injuries we were missing a few of our
regulars hut the girls that stood in did a great job for us
Lifford were a well organised side and were always going to be
hard to beat. Despite the scoreline our girls played very well
and never gave up. Again this week Grace Meade and Mary Barrett
had an outstanding games. Also Carissa Murphy in goal made
several excellent saves. Jenny O'Donovan, Sarah Walshe and Grace
Mulqueen battled hard in mid field. Eilish Desmond played very
well in her first game with Douglas Hall.
Now that we are out of the cup we will be starting training in
mid August for the league which is due to start in September. We
are always looking for new players so if you are interested phone
Nick on 087-2873788.
Finally l’d like to say a Big Thank You to all the
supporters who travelled to Ennis to help us out on the day.
DOUGLAS CAMOGIE CLUB
With no back door system in place, the Junior team
were very determined not to be caught out in the first round of
the championship against Glen Rovers.
From the start the Douglas girls took control and had scored two
goals within 5 minutes from Louise O'Regan and Laura Walsh.
Further scores followed with Claire Barry notching up a goal and
two points, Fiona O'Donovan one point and Amanda O'Regan, making
a welcome return after injury, getting three more points. The
half-time score of 3-6 to no score.
The second half started with another great goal from Lousie
O'Regan, Claire Barry got another three points, Amanda O'Regan a
goal and Fiona O'Donovan another point giving a final tally of 5-10
to no score.
While the scoreline looks one-sided the backs got plenty to do
with Mary Harrington marshalling the defence, young Lousie
Sheehan making some good interceptions and Anne-Marie Downey
clearing anything that came her way.
At mid-field Fiona McSweeney and Helen O'Mahony dominated while
up front Jenny O'Donovan and Carmel Downey while not getting on
the scoresheet provided plenty of ammunition for the others. Team
captain Gema Carroll played a captains part. Overall this was a
fine team performance and we are now through to the semi-final
against neighbours Carrigaline. This will be a tough game as
Carrig showed great skill in their first round. Douglas have been
going well for a few years now and could go all the way. Well
done to all concerned.
DOUGLAS PITCH & PUTT
Hosting the National Mixed Foursomes - September
2002
Saturday July 20th P Murphy, K O’ Callaghan & J Ward
– 40 2/3
Sunday July 21st B Collins & G O’ Connell – 41 ½ /
D O’ Sullivan & E Ryan - 47
CONGRATULATIONS - Well done to Cathal Foley on
retaining the club matchplay. Well done to Linda O’ Donovan
for winning the Munster Matchplay
Visit our NEW website: douglaspitchandputt.com
Weekly Lotto Results - Numbers Drawn: 3, 12 & 17 - NO WINNER
O’ Donovan’s Off Licence Lucky Dip Winners: John
Cudigan c/o South County, Mary Twomey c/o South County, Aiden
Boyle c/o Brian Downey, Rita Hanover c/o Jim Hanover
John Hanover c/o Jim Hanover.
Tonight’s Jackpot: €2,730 - Venue: The Rochestown Inn
DOUGLAS GAA SENIOR SECTION
FIRST HALF GOAL BLITZ SEES DOUGLAS JUNIOR HURLERS
ADVANCE IN COMPETITION
Report By Pat Harrington
Douglas and Bishopstown met in the championship. Wind assisted
Douglas got off to a flyer with two goals in the first ten
minutes courtesy of John O’Keeffe and Thomas Sheehan. Mark
Kennedy gave the forwards a plentiful supply of ball and Brian
Horgan kept the ball going at centre forward, While Josie Barry
brought all his experience to bear at centre back. A third goal
by Tom Flynn gave Douglas a 3 – 3 to 0 – 3 interval
lead.
On resumption of play Douglas were under severe pressure playing
against the wind. The backs in particular were under the cosh.
Alan Joyce was mighty at full back – young Colin Lahive and
Pádraig Greaney made big impacts on the game with their forceful
hurling, while Joe Larkin was very dependable in goal. John O’Keeffe
was moved to centre forward and he won good possession. Declan
Reidy was introduced as a substitute and scored a fine point. It
was great to see Declan back after a long layoff through injury.
The forward division disappointed throughout the second half
scoring just two points. Douglas held out for a victory on a
scoreline of 3 – 5 to 0 – 7. I know the selectors were
pleased with the victory, and rightly so. The draw for the second
round has not been made as yet.
Douglas (2) played St. Vincent’s first squad in the semi-final
of the A grade football championship. Douglas scored he opening
point and after that the Saints took over; their midfield, centre
back and centre forward were very strong and imposed themselves
on the game. The d Douglas goal led a charmed life at times. St.
Vincent’s led by 1 – 7 to 0 – 1 after twenty
minutes. Douglas were thrown a lifeline when Colin Lahive goaled.
The half time score was 1 – 7 to 1 – 3 in favour of
Vincent’s.
The northsiders once more took control and knocked over four
unanswered points. A number of positional changes helped Douglas
to respond with some fine points. David O’Donovan moved to
midfield and scored two fine points. David O’Regan
transferred to centre back and was much more involved, with
goalkeeper Shane Forde playing very well. Eventhough Douglas gave
it their all, St. Vincent’s proved too strong and won by 1
– 13 to 1 – 6. Others to impress were Seamas Crowley
and Andrew Shinnick.
SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP
At this stage the match against Avondhu has been well documented
in the local press. There may be a lot of young talent in the
club but it will take time for these players to mature and
develop – time to take stock.
UNDER 16 PREMIER HURLING LEAGUE
Douglas played Blackrock in round four of the league. The Rockies
had the better of the first half and led by 3 – 4 to 1
– 5 at the break. Blackrock were still in front by 3 –
7 to 1 – 8 with ten minutes to go. Douglas rallied with
goals from Diarmuid Murphy and Brian O’Connor leaving the
minimum between the sides. Try as they might Douglas were unable
to get the equaliser and Blackrock won by 4 – 6 to 3 –
8. Fionn O’Brien, Eoin Heffernan and Peter Casey played well.
OTHER NEWS
Seandún under 16 Footballers won the Munster Intercounty Plate
competition in Limerick last weekend. Jonathan lane, Stephen
Bermingham and Eoin Cadogan were the Douglas representatives in
the team.
There has been a lot of confusion over the date for the Minor
Football Premier final; at this point in time it may go back to
the end of August. The Under 21 Championship will probably start
in the next week.
A speedy recovery to Derek Hayes who sustained an injury during
the senior hurling championship game.
At the time of going to press we don’t know the outcome of
the controversy regarding the substitutions made in the Munster
Football final but we heartily congratulate Ronan McCarthy on his
contribution to the victory.
