At the Eire Og GAA Club Pavilion in Ovens on Saturday night last our Novelty Act. The Course' was one of four acts in the County Senior Scor Final. The other competing clubs were Tracton, Kilmurry and St. Johns. Though Jonathon Brackett was very ill hours before the curtain went up he still went on stage. Daniel Lane was an absentee from the County Final as he was with the Cork Footballers in Newry for National Football League duty the following day. Our Act went well but it was nearly midnight before the results were announced and we were declared County Champions for 2013. We now go forward to the Munster Semi Final in Mallow ion Saturday March 23rd at 7pm. Here the champions of Cork, Clare, Waterford and Kerry will vie for two places in the Munster Final. Congratulations also to the Watergrasshill Ballad Group who were crowned County Champions.

CLUB HITS JACKPOT.

On Friday night last the February Draw in the Cork GAA Members Draw was held. The Bride Rovers GAA Club was drawn out as winner of a prize of €10,000. This is a great boost to the Club and will be of great benefit for the ongoing Club Developments.

EAST CORK JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIV3.

Bride Rovers Junior footballers who are regraded B for 2013 opened their Division 3 League campaign when they were visitors to Dungourney on Tuesday 26th February. After a very close opening half Dungourney lead at the interval by 0- 6 to 0-5. The Rover's scores came from Brendan Walsh 0-2, and 0-1 each from Daniel Dooley, Sean O'Brien and Barry Johnson. Barry Johnson tied up the scores early in the second half with a well taken point. Dungourney scored the only goal in the game mid ways through the half and added three further points to run out winners on a score of 1-9 to 0-6. This was a good performance by the Rovers on their first outing and we were down to play St. Catherine's on Tuesday 5th March away.

Team: Frank Hogan, Gavin O'Flynn, Brendan O'Driscoll, Tomas Kearney, Stephen Boyce, Pa O'Driscoll, Jim O'Connor, Brendan Walsh, Mike Kearney, Barry Johnson, Stephen Hackett, Sean O'Brien, Damien Buckley, Daniel Dooley, Richie Cahill, Subs: Liam O'Leary, Alan Healy, Shane O'Connor, James Bermingham, Darren Moore, Padraig Noonan, Jamie Buckley

County Minor Football League.

On Saturday last March 2nd we travelled to Shanbally for our second MFL game against the home side, Shamrocks. Goals from Dean Linehan and Ryan Prendergast helped us to a 2 10 to 1 5 victory. TEAM;

1: J Barry 2: P Noonan 3: T O'Sullivan 4: J Buckley 5: S Walsh 6: S Cotter 7: W Finnegan 8: Colm Howard 9: Cian Howard 10: D Linehan 11; DJ Cahill 12: R Prendergast
Subs D Browne J Connor

Scorers W Finnegan 0-4 S Walsh 0-3 J Buckley 0-1 D Linehan 1-2 R Prendergast 1-0.

Our next game in this competition was to be against Brian Dillons. As we are due to play Dillons in the championship the league points will go on this game. Our next fixture is now on the Weekend of March 23/24th against Ballyphehane, away.

JUNIOR HURLING.
We started our 2013 campaign with a home challenge game against Ballygiblin with a panel of 18 players some 2 weeks ago. We started slowly and found ourselves 2 points down in as many minutes, we got into the game through Stephen Boyce and Gavin O'Flynn and by half-time we led by 5 points to 4 points. We started brightly in the 2nd half and two well taken points by James Murphy stretched our lead before we conceded a goal to allow Ballygiblin back into the game. Enda Collins came off the bench and with his first touch had the ball in the net for an excellent goal. From there to the end we were under severe pressure and went behind by 2 points and in the last minute Enda was unlucky to see his kicked effort being saved which left Ballygiblin victors by 2--8 to 1--9.
Panel and Scorers: Frank Hogan, Tadgh O 'Sullivan, Brian Collins, Barry Collins, Fergus Collins, Kieran Collins, Jim O'Connor, James Murphy(0-2), Stephen Boyce(0-1), William Finnegan, Brendan O'Driscoll, Terry Broderick(0-2),Gavin O'Flynn(0-3), Sean O'Brien, Ryan O'Connor(0-1),Podge Noonan, Enda Collins(1-0),Liam O'Leary, Jamie Buckley.

For our second game of the season we travelled to Glanworth to take on Harbour Rovers on Sunday last. It was good for the Club to have 22 players in attendance despite 8 players being unavailable due to injuries and work and also due to the fact the a panel of 20 players + had travelled to Dungarvan with the Senior Team.

Once again we started slowly against very good opposition and found ourselves on the back foot despite playing with the wind. We finally found our range and registered 4 points before half-time. On the day we utilised the full panel again and we were comprehensively beaten but it is good to get an opportunity in early match practise to provide hurling games for all players.
Panel & Scorers: Frank Hogan, Tadgh O'Sullivan, Brian Collins, Podge Noonan, Barry Collins, James Murphy, Jim O'Connor, Gerard Healy, Damien Buckley(0-1), William Finnegan(0-1), Terry Broderick(0-3), Liam O'Leary, Colm Power, Stephen Hackett(0-1), Kieran Wolfe, Pat Walsh, Richie Cahill, Enda Collins, Darren Moore, Jamie Buckley. Our 2013 Avondhu/ Imokilly JHL begins on this coming weekend Sunday March 10th with a home game v Castlemartyr at 3pm.

Senior Hurling challenge v Mount Sion.
Our Senior Hurlers got the 2013 season underway on Sunday last in Dungarvan Sunday with a challenge game against Mount Sion. It was a good workout against the Waterford City based side. Seven players contributed to our tally of 2 15 with the crucial goals coming from Sean Ryan and Alan O Keeffe. The final score was Bride Rovers 2-13 Mount Sion 1-15.
TEAM & SCORERS;
1, D Fitzgerald, 2: F Collins, 3: Barry Murphy, 4:S Kearney, 5: S Walsh, 6: Brian Murphy, 7: B Walsh 8:S Boyce, 9: B Johnson 10: S Ryan 11: B O'Driscoll 12 J O'Driscoll 13 S O'Brien 14: D Dooley 15: A O'Keeffe Subs J Mannix A Collins G O'Flynn

Scorers S Ryan: 1-3 B O'Driscoll 0-1 B Johnson 0-3 D Dooley 0-2 S Boyce 0-1 J O'Driscoll 0-3 A O'Keeffe 1-0

U21 Football Championship on Saturday.
We face Castlegoold, a combination of Lisgoold and Castlemartyr in the first round of the u21 B Football championship on this Saturday March 9th.
The game is fixed for Castlelyons at 3pm.

WEEKLY CLUB LOTTO.

Last weeks draw took place in O'Coileán's Bar on Tuesday February 26th for a jackpot of €2,000.
The numbers drawn were 11,20,23 &25 and there was no winner. The winners of €30 were Tadhg Kelleher and Anne Marie Barry, Rathcormac, Shane Murphy Glasgow, Maura O Sullivan C/o Pat Mannix, Chris Troy c/o John Joe Carey.

This weeks draw took place in Barry's Bar on Tuesday March 5th for a jackpot of €2,200.

You can support the Bride Rovers GAA Club Lotto as follows;

1 Purchase a ticket each week from Club Members or in local Business outlets.

2 Buy Tickets online at Locallotto.ie

3 Purchase a yearly ticket, available at a reduced rate of €90

4 Sell a book or a half book of Lotto tickets every week. The club is always anxious to get new Lotto sellers- 'many hands make light work', if you are interested in helping the Bride Rovers Club by buying or selling the weekly Lotto Tickets please contact any Club officer or member of the Club.

Defribillator refresher Course.

The Club intend running a refresher Course for those already trained in the use of the Defibrillator shortly. Anyone wishing to be trained in the use of this important piece of equipment should contact Club Officers .

Loreto in All Ireland Action.

Well done to the Loreto Senior team who had a one point win over Loreto Omagh in the All Ireland semi final in Athlone on Saturday last. The Final is on March 13th. Best wishes to the Loreto Junior Ladies team who take on the Ulster Champions on this Friday at 2 o clock in Athlone. This is the All Ireland semi final and will be a hard game to win but after the seniors great victory Loreto will be hoping for a double.

Avondhu/Imokilly JHL. Fixtures.

Sunday March 10th v Castlemartyr at home 3pm

Sunday March 17th v Newtownshandrum, at home 12 noon.

Sunday March 24th V Shanballymore, away at 3pm.

Astro-Turf available to Hire

The Astro-turf pitch at Bride Rovers is available for hire by contacting James Bermingham on 086 8350741. Pitch is suitable for 5 a side teams and costs €50 per hour with lights. A reminder to all those who have pre-booked the facility, if for some reason your group cannot take up their allocated time slot please let Club Officers know immediately.

GAA Season Tickets.

The 2013 GAA Season tickets are now on sale. The Ticket combines admittance to the National League games and first round championship game for either the Cork Hurling and/or football teams. The Ticket represents a huge saving on the individual ticket prices to each game. Full details on www.gaa.ie/tickets.

Chelthenham or Aintree?

Congrats to John Murphy, Pat Cotter & Co. whose horse Our Ben had a great win, first day out at Lismore Point to Point on Sunday last. If the horse is heading across the water we will have our betting slips made out well in advance. Well done also to the Barry family of Hightown, Bartlemy who also had a winner at Lismore.

MEMBERSHIP FEES.

A reminder that the Membership Fee for 2013 is now due. The Fee is €100 for players and €50 for ordinary Club membership. These are very difficult times financially for so many people so if anyone wants to make arrangements to pay the Membership Fee in staged payments that will be acceptable.

CAR BOOT SALE.

The next Parish Development Car Boot Sale is on Sunday March 31st. Help is required on the day and on Sat Morning March 30th. The Rota for the helpers will be issued in advance but any additional help is always welcome on the day. Any Club members or supporters that have items for the parish stall are asked to bring them along on the Saturday.

Bartlemy Table Quiz.

A Table Quiz is being held by Bartlemy Community Council in Bartlemy hall on Friday March 22nd.

Club Website.

The Bride Rovers GAA Club website www.briderovers.ie is proving popular at home and abroad. If you have any ideas for improving the website or suggestions for additions please contact us. Recently over 100 extra photographs have been added in the Gallery Section as well as extra match reports. If you have any old Club photos we would love to put them up on the website so please contact any Club Officer. We have very few photographs from the 1940's and 1950's and would seek any GAA related pictures taken in the parish during this period. Even photos of groups or individuals at carnivals, tournaments or East Cork games would be very welcome. Also please remind family members scattered all over the world to log in and keep in touch.

Bride Rovers on Twitter.
You can now follow us on twitter @ BrideRoversGAA and thus get all the club news and reports sent directly to your phone.

RATHCORMAC NS REUNION.
Plans for a Rathcormac National School are underway. September the 13th and 14th are the days planned for the event.

Set Dancing. Set Dancing Classes are held at 8.30 each Wed night in the Rathcormac Inn.

The Bride Rovers GAA Club main sponsor is The Rathcormac Inn/Conversation Piece.