Three League Wins, for Seniors and Minor Hurlers....

Senior league Double..

After three games without a win our Senior Hurlers had a nice double last week. We drew our first Red FM SHL game against the Barrs and then lost games to Sars and the GlenDuring Easter  week then our senior hurlers travelled to Midleton Blackrock for matches. As we were away from home these games were always going to be tough assignment for any team and to come away with two wins was a great achievement.On Thursday evening we played Midleton in Clonmult memorial Park with a 6.45pm throw-in on a bitterly cold evening. Playing against a strong wind the Rovers defence was under pressure from the start. William Finnegan had the Rovers first two points from frees before Barry Johnson got his first. Brian Roche added another a minute later. Midleton levelled the game in the fifteenth minute and moments late took the lead with a well taken goal. In their next attack the Rovers won a penalty which Barry Johnson duly converted. Midleton grabbed their second goal five minutes before half time to lead by a margin of four points  but a well taken goal from Michael Collins reduced the deficit to a point at half time; Midleton 2-07 Bride Rovers 2-06.
The Magpies got the better of the early exchanges in the second half to open up a three point lead but two points from placed balls by William Finnegan and another from Brian Roche tied up the game. Conleith Ryan ran onto a great pass from Shane O’Connor to bury the ball to the net. Further points from William Finnegan (2) and Brian Roche ensured a 3-12 to 2-11 for the Rovers.
Team: J O Driscoll, F.Collins, M.Liddane, S.Kearney, S.O’Connor, J.Pratt, S.Walsh, B.Johnson, C.O’Connor, E.Roche, W.Finnegan, C.Ryan, B.Roche, M.Collins, S.Glasgow. Subs used: T.O’Sullivan, J.Mannix,
Three days after the win over Midleton we travelled to Church Road on Sunday to play Blackrock. The pitch was a credit to Blackrock despite the heavy rain over the weekend. Blackrock opened the scoring with a point, William Finnegan levelled matters moments later before a point from Brian Roche and a brace from Daniel Dooley extended our lead to 0-04 to 0-01. William Finnegan pointed two frees and the Rovers were in control of this game with our backline closing down the Rockies attack.  However the city side came right back into the contest when they struck with two goals to level the game 2-02 to 0-08. However the Rovers response was great with three points from Stephen Glasgow, Daniel Dooley and William Finnegan. These white flags gave us a three point lead at the short whistle ; Blackrock 2-02 Bride Rovers 0-11.
We had a poor start to the second half which saw the concession of three points to  tie up the game but a Brian Roche goal restored the Rovers lead.  Four points from William Finnegan (3) and Brian Roche put the Rovers in front by four points and we held out for the win
Full time Bride Rovers 1-15 Blackrock 2-08.

Team: J.O Driscoll, M.Liddane, B.Walsh, S.Kearney, J.Pratt, B.Murphy, S.Walsh, S.O’Connor, E.Roche, D.Dooley, W.Finnegan, B.Roche, S. Glasgow, E. Ó hEochaidh, C.Ryan. subs used: T.O’Sullivan, F.Collins, G. O’Keeney, DJ Cahill.

REBEL OG PREMIER MHL.

On Friday evening our Minor Hurlers opened their 2018 MHL campaign with a short journey to Felix Sarsfield Park, Watergrasshill to take on the home side. The Hill fielded a depleted team and we ran out easy winners on a scoreline of Bride Rovers 4 20 Watergrasshill 0 6.

Panel v Watergrasshill;  Ben Hogan, Tom Murray, Eoin Roche, John O Sullivan, John Buckley, Paddy O Flynn, Matthew Quinn, Jordan Mannix, Griffin Keeney O Sullivan,  Conleith Ryan, Conor Barry, Kieran Kearney, Seanie Knox, Ml. Friel, Rory O Sullivan, Peter O Leary, Craig O Callaghan, Ml Quinlan, Oisin Roche, Thomas Macak, Edmond Cashman.. The Minors had an away game against Blackrock last night as they prepare for the 1st round of the Premier Hurling Championship. We have been drawn to play St Finbarrs on Thursday April 26th.

JUVENILE FIXTURES. Saturday 14/4 u 15 HL v Blackrock, home at 3.  Sunday 15/4 u 14 HL v St Finbarrs in Togher at3

JACKPOT OF €20,000 NOT WON.

On Tuesday night April the 3rd the Lotto Jackpot was €20,000 and the four numbers drawn were 1, 3, 10 and 31 and there was no jackpot  winner. €30 each to M Kenny Ashfield Place, Ml Hegarty, Bartlemy, John Flynn, Rathcormac, O'Flynn's, St. Brigids Tce.and  Triona Lyons c/o LL.Tickets for the Lotto are just €2 each and can be bought from Club members, in local business outlets and online at locallotto.ie Your ongoing support of the Lotto is really appreciated. The Income from the weekly Lotto is vital in helping with the day-to-day running of the Club.

CLUB 100. The Club 100 scheme  membership is about to close.  The whole idea is to create an income stream for the Club over the next few years to ensure we can have sufficient funds to undertake the major Development work we plan to undertake. A sincere 'Thank You' to all those who have joined up to date. The three options on offer provide a mixture of weekly and monthly Draw membership -Lotto and GAA Members Draw, Club Membership and a donation towards our Development Fund. We have named the three options as Gold, Silver and Bronze.

The Gold option costs €9.24 per week,  €40 per month or €480 per year. 

County Fixtures; 

Sunday April 22nd at Lisgoold Co SHC v Erins Own.

Twitter and Website. 

So many people at home and abroad are now very hi-tech when it comes to keeping in touch with the activities of the Bride Rovers Club. The online editions of newspapers are growing in popularity. Meanwhile you can follow the Club on twitter at twitter@ BrideRoversGAA or on our own website at www.briderovers.ie

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