On Good Friday evening we played Glanmire in a very entertaining U14 football league match. From the throw in Glanmire were playing the better football and lead at half time by 6 points. In the second half the Bride rovers girls showed great determination and fought their way back into the game and eventually took the lead with 2 minutes remaining. With the game entering full time, Glanmire got a late point to draw the game. Fantastic match by two great teams.
Bride Rovers 5 -13 Inch 4 – 10
Easter Monday night after learning our lessons from the Glanmire match we started this game at a very high tempo and built up a good lead by half-time. Inch made a couple of positional switches which brought them back into the game and with 5 minutes remaining it made for a very exciting finish, but we eventually held out for a six point win. Well done to both teams on the night.
U10 GIRLS FOOTBALL
Bride Rovers 2-4 Aghada 0-1
Early bank holiday Monday Aghada were the hosts for our first league match. A panel of 22 turned up in the glorious sunshine determined to start the campaign with a win.
Bride Rovers started at a blistering pace and dominated possession creating chance after chance in the opening 10 minutes. With Aghada insisting on the smaller U10 goals it was initially difficult to get the eye in but after 20 minutes we had acquired 1 – 4 with excellent scores from 20/25 yards and an unbelievable 40 strike. Our midfield, half forwards and half backs were completely in control and Aghada struggled to get out of their own half for long periods.
The second half was much more the same despite multiple changes in positions and substitutions and playing against and increasing wind. This is a testament to the strength of the panel and the effort the ladies put in.
Aghada rallied as best they could but our defence stood rock solid restricting them to a solitary point over 40 minutes.We added another goal with a few minutes to play which put the icing on the cake.Overall this was a perfect start to the campaign and the future is very bright for many of the panel of 28.
Mention must be made to the referee Mark Murphy who let the game run seamlessly and explained his decisions to the girls in a manner others should take note of.
Also a big thanks must go to the parents who gave up a deserved bank holiday lie in to travel at such an early time. Mile Buiochas.
SENIOR LADIES FOOTBALL
The Senior girls played Kinsale in Kinsale on Easter Monday at 3.00 p.m. Conditions were excellent and the game started at a cracking pace. Both teams fought hard and it was level pegging with just a few minutes to go before Kinsale popped over the winning point. Full Time Score Bride Rovers 5-9 Kinsale 4-13. Our next senior league game is on Sunday the 12th of May, 2019 at 7.00 p.m. against Fermoy.
U21 LADIES FOOTBALL FINAL
U21 County Championship final is scheduled for Sunday the 28th of April, 2019.
