Senior Football....

Sunday, April 21st, Ovens..

Eire Og 2-16 Bride Rovers 2-7

The senior girls played Eire Og on April 21st in Ovens in the Division 1 league and were beaten by a young and vibrant side. Playing conditions were good for a game of football but the Rovers girls allowed Eire Og to gain an early lead. The football was flowing better for the mid-cork side and they were worthy of their impressive half time lead of 2.11 to 0-4. As is always the case with this bunch of Rovers girls they were not to go down without a fight. The second half saw an increase in tempo and a chance to play the football they are capable of. They outscored Eire Og by 2.3 to 0.5 and in doing so put a much more respectable scoreline in place at the final whistle. One wonders if there was another few minutes would the game have been even closer as a contest as the Rovers girls were applying relentless pressure and taking some fine scores. The final score was 2.16 to 2.7 in favour of the home side.
Panel and scorers: Caitriona Vaughan, Emma O'Keeffe, Claire Murphy, Cynthia Buckley, Mary Hazelwood, Shelly McAteer, Trish O' Sullivan, Eleanor Ahern (0-1), Niamh Barry (Captain), Colette Hogan(0-3), Jennifer Barry(1-0), Jennifer Cahill (0-1), Katie Connor, Imelda Dorgan, Sarah Barry (1-1), Lauren Friel, Marieke Bardoul(0-1), Cynthia Buckley,

Thursday, April 25th , Carrigrohane.

Beara 2-15 Bride Rovers 3-6

On Thursday 25th the Senior girls travelled to Lough Rovers on the Carrigrohane straight to play Beara in the final league fixture. This game ebbed and flowed with both sides leading for periods of the game. The rovers girls were numerically challenged on the night due to many players having prior commitments. This was to prove too much of an obstacle to overcome as they had to finish the game with just 14 players. The west cork side led 1.7 to 1.4 at half time but this lead was reversed 10 minutes into the second half and the Rovers girls lead by 4 points with 10 minutes to go. The bodies were tiring as a gigantic effort had been put in by all to turn the game around and Beara pounced on this and got some quick scores to put them into the lead again. The rovers girls played to the bitter end but couldn't stop a victory for the west cork side on a scoreline of 2.15 to 3.6.
Panel and scorers: Caitriona Vaughan, Emma O'Keeffe, Arlene O' Callaghan, Erin O' Keeffe, Cynthia Buckley, Claire Murphy, Trish O' Sullivan, Eleanor Ahern (1-1), Niamh Barry (Captain)(0-1), Colette Hogan(1-1), Jennifer Barry(1-3), Jennifer Cahill, Imelda Dorgan, Sarah Barry, Marieke Bardoul.

Junior Football
Sunday, April 28th, Rathcormac
Bride Rovers 3-5 Boherbue 3-4.

We played Boherbue B on Sunday night on a windy night in Rathcormac. We played the first half with the aid of a strong wind, and used it to its full advantage, scoring 3-1 in the first half with Sarah Barry, Katie Connor & Sinead O'Driscoll grabbing the goals. We led at the break by 3-1 to 0-1.

Boherbue to their credit rallied in the second half & got themselves back in the game. However, we held on for a narrow one point win, with the girls working extremely hard & defending tirelessly. Karen Sheehan & Sarah Barry scoring two points each in the second half to leave us with a final score of 3-5 to 3-4, and making it 3 league wins in a row for the team.

Team: Áine Cashman, Cynthia Buckley, Carol Noonan, Erin O'Keeffe, Claire Murphy, Lauren Friel, Karen Sheehan (0-2), Trish O'Sullivan, Meeks Carr, Laura O'Keeffe, Imelda Dorgan, Sarah Barry (1-2), Sinead O'Driscoll (1-0).

Subs: Katie Connor (1-1), Aoife Deasy, Finola Hogan & Elaine Culloty.

U16 Football
Thursday, April 25th, Rathcormac
Bride Rovers 0-8 Glanmire 1-7

Despite leading 0-6 to 0-0 at half-time, we suffered our second defeat of the U16 East Cork league last Thursday night when Glanmire took the points home. The visitors struck for the goal they needed with about 10 minutes to go and we were not able to recover in the time remaining.

Panel : Madison Parle, Sarah O Flynn, Niamh Murphy, Margaret Kearney, Aoife O Riordan, Grainne Noonan, Grace Culloty (0-1), Karen Sheehan (0-1), Jessica Howard, Emma Roche (0-3), Meg Kelliher, Elaine Culloty (0-1), Aoife Deasy (0-2), Laura Pratt, Michelle Lane, Shauna O'Connell, Maria O'Sullivan, Emma Hazelwood, Emma Barry, Aisling Finnegan, Laura Quirke.

U16 Camogie
Friday, April 26th , Rathcormac
Bride Rovers 1-2 St Catherines 1-7

St Catherines proved too strong for our U16 camogie team last Friday night at Pairc na Bride.

U14 Camogie
Saturday, April 27th , Rathcormac
Bride Rovers 9-7 Castlelyons 0-1

Our U14 camogie panel got off to a good start in 2013 when they enjoyed a comfortable win at home to Castlelyons.

Panel : Emily Larkin, Rachel O Flynn, Michelle Lane, Aisling Finnegan, Katy Quirke, Emma Barry (0-1), Emma Hazelwood, Grace Culloty (1-1), Lucy Hicks (1-0), Sarah Murphy (2-0), Aislinn O Connor, Caoimhe Hazelwood (1-0), Siobhan O Sullivan (4-3), Arianne O Flynn (0-2).

Please remember to bring any unwanted clothes, curtains, schoolbags, handbags etc to the Bride Rovers Ladies Club ‘First Friday' collection at Rathcormac Community Hall next Friday night, May 3, 7pm to 7:30pm.

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