Sunday, March 23^rd, Rathcormac

Bride Rovers 4-8               Boherbue 3-13

 

Bride Rovers Senior team played their first round of the league on Sunday 23^rd against Boherbue in Rathcormac.  24 players in all togged out for the game and with a few more to return from injury it is very positive to see such good numbers attending the senior league fixtures.  While the two points went back to North Cork on this occasion the Rovers girls can be very proud of their second half display when they played very good football.  The first half showed all the signs of a team that were playing their first competitive game of the year and it duly resulted in a 5 point deficit at half time.  The second half was a different story though when the Rovers girls took the game to last year’s  Intermediate county and Munster Champions and had a 10 point turn around. The game went down to the wire though and two fast goals against the run of play meant the game was lost by the narrowest of margins, 3.13 to 4.8.  The players and management will have learnt a lot from this encounter and will no doubt go into the next game with huge positivity.  Rosscarbery travel to Rathcormac on Sunday next at 5.30 for round 2 of the league so please support.

Panel and scorers: Caitriona Vaughan, Aine Cashman, Arlene O’ Callaghan, Emma O Keeffe, Niamh Barry, Shelly Mc Ateer, Jennifer Barry (1-0), Eleanor Ahern (1-1), Trish O’ Sullivan, Karen Sheehan, Grace Kearney (0-2), Jennifer Cahill (1-1), Sinead Walsh (0-3), Imelda Dorgan, Katie Kelleher (1-1), Mary Hazelwood, Maria Barry, Meg Kelleher, Elaine Culloty, Aoife O’ Riordan, Evelyn Collins, Clodagh Fitzgerald, Laura Pratt, Yris Bloemhoff.

 

 Sunday, March 23rd, Rathcormac

 Bride Rovers 2-7               Glanmire 1-12

 

Our U16s lost their East Cork league fixture against Glanmire by 2 points last Sunday. Glanmire are a fancied side at U16 level this year so our side’s performance was not too bad in the circumstances, especially as we lost key midfielder Emma Roche to injury very early in the game. The panel are confident of better fortune in the remaining fixtures.

 

Scorers : Grace Culloty 1-7, Aoife Deasy 1-0.

 

 U12 Football

 Sunday, March 23^rd, Pynes

 Bride Rovers 1goal 7 seven points Na Piarsaigh  5 Goals 5 points

 

The game started off very well with Bride Rovers quickly putting scores on the board.  The opening goal was scored by Ciara O Flynn followed almost straight away with a point by Chloe and then another great point by Sophie.  We seemed to have all the play for the first 10 mins.  Sophie then got another point which made us up by 1 goal 4 points to no score.  For the next 15 mins all the play was with Na Piarsaigh and unfortunately we didn't score again until well into the second half.  Our last 3 points were in the last 5 mins of game 1 by Caoimhe Hazelwood, 1 by Aoife Cowman and lastly Sophie.  Great effort made by whole team but it wasn't our day  our next game is Sunday the 4th of April away to Youghal.

 

Panel : Ella Quinlan Caoimhe Kielty Rebecca Walsh (Captain), Alanna Broderick Alice Murray Shauna Hayes Abbey Keating  Niamh OSullivan Sophie Dorgan Aoife Cowman Rebecca Hill Chloe Murphy Caoimhe Hazelwood Caoimhe Barry Ciara O Flynn Megan Buckley  Caoimhe O Sullivan Kate O Riordan

 

 Our second minor league game was away to Castlelyons on Wednesday evening, March 19th when we enjoyed a comfortable win against the home side who were missing some players. Well done to our girls who have made a great start in this league.

 Our ‘First Friday’ clothes collection is coming up on Friday, April 4^th, 7pm to 7:30pm at Rathcormac Hall. All contributions are much appreciated.

 

The club will hold a flag-day collection on Easter Saturday in Fermoy and Rathcormac. Please support this crucial fundraiser and help out by collecting for an hour on the day if you can.