Bride Rovers Funday, Sunday August 25th.....
Thanks to everyone who helped in any way, including everyone from the juvenile club also, who helped make the funday such a massive success last Sunday. We were blessed with fine weather and the feedback from people leaving was that everybody had a great time. Thanks also to all our neighbouring clubs that sent U6,U8 and U10 panels of players, boys and girls, along to participate in the fun-blitz games. The event would not have been the same without them.

Intercounty
Congratulations to the Cork U16 players and management on their emphatic victory over Dublin in the U16A All-Ireland final last Saturday in Birr. Their victory completed a Cork double over Dublin as the seniors also won their quarter-final earlier in the afternoon.

U14 Football
Monday, August 26th
Bride Rovers 8-7 Midleton 3-3
We had a confidence-boosting win against Midleton last Monday night, ahead of our championship meeting with Rockban (Friday, August 30, 7pm in Rathcormac). The girls combined really well in defence and attack and showed little sign of rustiness after a few quiet weeks on the football front.

Panel : Sarah Murphy, Aisling Finnegan, Siobhan O'Sullivan, Rachel O'Flynn, Emily Larkin, Michelle Lane, Fiona Barry (2-1), Emma Hazelwood (0-1), Grace Culloty (0-3), Andrea Quinn O'Donovan (2-0), Katie Quirke (2-1), Evelyn O'Keeffe, Sarah Geaney, Emma Barry (2-1), Aislinn O'Connor, Anna Murray, Arianne O'Flynn, Caoimhe Hazelwood.

U10 Football
We played 2 league games last week, the first on Monday against Aghada and the second on Thursday against St Colmans.
We were beaten on Monday night but I have to acknowledge the improvement in our backs who were solid, forcing Aghada to shoot for scores from distance. They scored points only in the first half however they were too strong and as the game went on wore down the defence and won by a large margin.
We then played St Colmans on Thursday night and this resulted in a draw. Again both backs and forwards showed the benefit of training as they tackled and shooting was much improved.
The fun day blitz was held on Sunday where we played 3 games against Mitchelstown, Erins Own and Watergrasshill. We drew the first game and won the other 2. All the girls got playing time and the improvement again showed but this needs to be kept up. Everyone got a medal and there was plenty of fun to be had in the field on the day.
Panel: Shauna Hayes, Ciara O'Flynn, Kate O'Riordan, Alice Murray, Megan Buckley, Abby Keating, Kate Larkin, Ruby Hicks, Aoife Lomasney, Niamh O'Sullivan, Lauren Kiely, Caoimhe Kielty, Michelle Geaney, Jessie O'Leary, Alanna Broderick, Abbie Hoare, Shauna Leddy Duffy, Caoimhe Barry, Aoife Pegler

Junior Camogie
Our junior camogie championship match at Courcey Rovers was postponed last Monday night due to an unfortunate bereavement at Courceys. A rescheduled date has not been fixed yet.

U16 Camogie
County U16C League Quarter-Final
Sliabh Rua 1-4 Bride Rovers 2-5

Our U16 camogie players faced a tough assignment in Riverstick last Thursday night but came away with a well-deserved win. Playing on a tight pitch, we took about ten minutes to settle and our goalkeeper Sarah and our backs kept us in the game during that opening period. Sliabh Rua were well on top and the match would have been well settled if it were not for the heroic efforts of our defensive unit. Laura Quirke and Emma Roche started to exert an influence around mid-field as the game wore on and we actually led 1-3 to 1-2 at half-time after weathering the storm. We had the better of the second half and the margin of victory would have been greater if it were not for the efforts of the excellent Sliabh Rua goalkeeper, who made several point-blank saves.

Scorers : Emma Barry 1-1, Grace Culloty 0-1, Laura Quirke 1-2, Siobhan O'Sullivan 0-1.
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