Well Done Daniel...

It was a proud day for the Club and parish last Sunday when Daniel Dooley played with the Cork Senior Hurling team for the first time. Last autumn John Meyler and his selectors picked an extended  'training panel' which featured the regular Cork players plus a number of new players. Daniel was included in this panel but a hand injury sidelined him for a long period. Last Sunday Cork, the Munster champions, played Limerick the All Ireland champions. Daniel was picked at wing forward and scored two points for the Rebels  before being replaced in the 60th minute. Cork's next game will be a vital one when they meet Tipperary. A win for either team would see them advance to the League quarter finals so hopefully Daniel will be involved again.

Seniors Defeat Kanturk.

Our Senior Hurlers got their Division 1 County Hurling League campaign off to a winning start last Sunday. With the Kanturk pitch unavailable the Duhallow team had the use of their neighbours Newmarket's pitch.  It was Kanturk opened the scoring with a point. After we levelled Kanturk went ahead with a goal and a point. We then took control of the game with points from Ryan Prendergast, Barry Johnson, Brian Roche, Stephen Glasgow to lead by 11 points to 1 5. We finished the half with a great long range point  from Stephen Walsh to lead by  0 12 to 1 5. With our defence on top and Shane and Jason in command at midfield we continued to dominate the second half. Four points from Barry and one from Ryan left us 0 17 to 1 7 ahead. Kanturk got  through for a goal at the three quarters stage to narrow the gap. A goal from Michael Collins after a super pass from Brian Roche helped us to a 1 19 to 2 13 win. A good start, we have games v Glen Rovers, Ballinhassig and Midleton lined up before the Douglas game on April 20th.

Team; S. Knox, F. Collins, M. Liddane, S. Walsh, L. Forde, E. Roche, B. Murphy, S. O Connor, J.Pratt, M. Collins, DJ. Cahill, R. Prendergast, B. Roche, S. Glasgow, B. Johnson, P.O Flynn, K. Kearney, T. O Sullivan.. We have a game v Lismore in Lismore at 5 o clock on this Saturday evening.

U 21 Football.

We were billed to play Carrignavar in the Est Cork u 21FC last weekend but got a walkover. This was to have been a three team group -Carrigtwohill being the third team, played on a round robin basis. With just 2 teams left now it will be up to the EC Board to decide what way the competition will be decided.

Scor na bPaisti.

Best of luck to Clara Mohally who represents her School and Club in the Co Semi Final of Solo Singing in Scor na  bPaisti this weekend. Clara will be involved in the County Semi Final on Friday night in the Eire Og GAA pavilion in Ovens. Good luck Clara.

Club100 Bonus Draw Winners

It was great weekend for the Dooley Family with Daniel lining out with Cork on Sunday. On Friday night at the Rathcormac Inn Dan Dooley Senior was the first name out of the drum in our Club 100 Bonus Draw. Last years when we launched the Club 100 Scheme one of the attractions was that all those on the Gold and Silver categories would be in for a special draw. So on Friday night we drew 12 name with one winner of €1000, one winner of €500 and ten winners of €100 each. The full results were as follows;€1000 Dan Dooley Snr,  €500 Tom & Anke Fitzgerald €100 to Eileen & Pat Barry, Nevan Butler, Linda & Garrett Ahern, James Murphy, Ger Gubbins, Pa O Driscoll, Joe Finn, Padraig Murphy, Vincent Cronin and Cormac Collins. Well done to all our winners and thanks for your support of the Club 100 Scheme. At present we are promoting the Scheme once again with an aim of getting an additional 50 members to join up.

In joining Club 100 you are helping with the ongoing financial planning for the future of the Bride Rovers Club. Full details from all Club Members.

Victory Social.

Our Victory Social to mark winning the Minor and Under 21 Hurling County Titles is on Saturday week march 9th. The Venue is the Silver Springs Hotel in Cork. Tickets are available from Liam Barry, Lisa Collins and Ken O Riordan.

Club Lotto

The four numbers drawn on Tuesday February 19th were  1, 7, 22, 26 and there was no Jackpot winner. The prizes of €30 each went to Tom Cullinane, David Burke, Gavin Quill, Marie Quinlan and Bren & Tina Ballyreidy Tickets at just €25 each are available from Club Members and in local businesses and online at locallotto.ie

Under 12's Back in Training.

Training for the 2019 season for the under 12 hurling and football teams has commenced. All boys born in 2007,  2008 and 2009 are invited to attend. If any boys that have not been involved with the Club before now wish to attend please do so. Hurling training is every Monday night in the bog Astro Turf area from 6.30 to 7.30 pm. Football training is on Thursday evenings  -same place and same times.

JUVENILE CLUB COFFEE MORNING.

Thanks to who supported the Juvenile Club's Coffee Morning fundraiser in Rathcormac hall last Sunday morning. Special thanks to all who helped with  the catering and those who sponsored prizes for the event.

SPORTS PREDICTION QUIZ 2019.

Do yo feel confident that Dublin will win the All Ireland Football Final this year? Who do you think will win the Munster Hurling Final or how many Irish winners will we have at Cheltenham this year? Well if you are into Sport and predicting who'll win what then the 2019 Bride Rovers Sports Prediction Quiz is a must for you. For a modest investment of €10 you could win €1000.  The Sports Prediction Quiz is a major fundraiser for the Club each year so please do support it. Ticket can be got from members or by phoning 087 2070100.

Sympathy. 

Our deepest sympathy to the Lane and Cahill families on the death of Noel Lane last week.

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