U12 Football....

Saturday, October 5th, Ballinacurra
County U12B Ladies Football Final replay
Bride Rovers 0-5 Aghada 5-4

Our U12 girls lost their U12 County football final replay on Saturday last in Ballinacurra. From the very start of the game we were under severe pressure playing against a stiff breeze. Ella Quinlan made some great saves in goal in the first 15 minutes and our full backline of Rebecca Walsh, Rachael O Flynn and Sorcha Tobin were trying their best to hold out the Aghada forwards. Rachael in particular had a great first 15 minutes, winning almost every ball that came her way. Our half back line of Fiona Barry, Shauna Hayes and Sophie Dorgan were taking a lot of hard tackles from a very physical Aghada side. In midfield, Sarah Murphy and Aoife Cowman were winning some good ball but our half forward line of Caoimhe O Sullivan, Katie Quirke and Anna Murray were finding it difficult to get past the Aghada half back line. Our full forward line of Bronagh Cleary, Lucy Hicks and Caoimhe Hazelwood weren`t seeing much ball in the first half. We held out for 20 minutes but in the last ten minutes Aghada scored 3 goals to give them a commanding lead at the short whistle.
We introduced our subs Rebecca Hill and Ciara O Flynn at half time and made some positional switches. We moved Sarah Murphy to full back and Rachael O Flynn to full forward. We also put Katie Quirke back to centre back and moved Fiona Barry to centre forward. We gave a much better account of ourselves in the second half as we got to grips somewhat with the physical side of the Aghada team. Katie Quirke made some great runs into the Aghada full forward line but some excellent tackling made it difficult to get scores in the early part of the second half. Sarah Murphy was having a good game at full back and with Katie Quirke, succeeded in stopping the Aghada forwards. Katie Quirke did get some great scores late in the game but we weren`t able to make up the deficit. Well done girls. It was not to be on the day. We still have the East Cork championship to play, so keep the heads up.

U16 Football
East Cork U16A Championship Ladies Football Semi-Final
Wednesday, October 2, Rathcormac
Bride Rovers 3-1 Fermoy 5-12

A disappointing week for our U16s continued on Wednesday night at Pairc na Bride when Fermoy proved too strong for us in the East Cork championship semi-final. We wish Fermoy the best of luck in the final.

Match Panel : Karen Sheehan, Aisling Finnegan, Niamh Murphy, Emma Hazelwood, Aoife O Riordan, Aine Cashman, Grace Culloty (0-1), Emma Roche, Elaine Culloty, Meg Kelliher, Laura Pratt, Andrea Quinn O'Donovan (2-0), Aoife Deasy (1-0)

U14 Football
Our East Cork Championship semi-final against Rockban is now fixed for Sunday, October 13th, 2:30pm at Rathcormac.

U10 Football
Monday. October 7th, Rathcormac
Bride Rovers 2-4 Fermoy B 1-1

We played Fermoy B last Monday night and emerged winners after a very close game. Fermoy scored first with a point and even though they had a lot of attacks this was there only score in the first half which shows how well Megan, Kate, Caoimhe Michelle, Alanna, Niamh and Lauren were playing. We pushed forward a number of times also Lily won a free which she passed to Ciara who pointed. This was our only score of the half. We played better with a strong wind in the second half as Shauna passed to Ciara for a point. Shauna then was fouled and she pointed the resulting free. Fermoy scored a goal but Alice Aoife P, Aoife L, Jessie and Ruby were chasing everything and sending the ball forward. Caoimhe collected a pass and after a great run scored a goal. Kate L, Shauna L and Molly were playing well putting pressure on the Fermoy backs. We finished the stronger with Shauna scoring 1-1 before the end. Well done girls.
Panel: Megan Buckley, Kate O'Riordan, Caoimhe Kielty, Michelle Geaney, Lauren Kiely, Niamh O'Sullivan, Shauna Hayes, Alanna Broderick, Caira O'Flynn, Alice Murray, Ruby Broderick, Jessie O'Leary, Aoife Lomasney, Caoimhe Barry, Aoife Pegler, Kate Larkin, Shauna Leddy Duffy, Lily Murray, Molly O'Connell

Caption for photograph : The Bride Rovers U10 ladies footballers pictured before their match against Fermoy.

Minor Camogie
County Minor Championship Round-Robin
Sunday, October 6, Castlelyons
Castlelyons 0-2 Bride Rovers 4-8

Our minor camogie panel continued their great form with a win over Castlelyons last Sunday. We have now qualified for a county semi-final which is scheduled to be played over the weekend 12/13 October.

U16 Camogie
Our intended quarter-final opponents, Buttevant, withdrew from the competition last week so we are now qualified for a semi-final against either Ballinascarthy or Sliabh Rua. That match is tentatively scheduled for 19/20 October.

Leukaemia Association Fundraiser, O'Coileains on Saturday, October 12th

Bride Rovers Ladies Football and Camogie Club is proud to support the very worthy cause of the Leukaemia Association next Saturday night at 9:30pm at O'Coileains Bar in Rathcormac. A number of brave individuals, including our own Meeks Carr who has been to the forefront of this charitable event, will be undergoing head shaves and waxing so please turn out in great numbers and offer your support.