Junior Footballers in County Semi Final....

 At Frank Halbert Park in Glenville last Sat evening our Junior B Footballers fashioned a one point victory over Whitechurch in the Co Semi final. Having defeated Abbey Rovers and Ballyhooly in the opening rounds we were well prepared for the Whitechurch challenge. The opening half saw us race into an early lead with a point from Ryan Prendergast and a goal after two minutes from Cian O Connor, this was followed by points from Terry Broderick and Jason Mannix before Cian O Connor got his second goal followed by another green flag from mid fielder Liam Forde. We led at half time 3-5 to 0-5 and seemed to have the game under control. Whitechurch had other ideas and came storming into the game and pegged us back to draw level with time almost up and it took a late pointed free from Barry Johnson to secure a semi final spot against Carbery representatives Kilmeen who had a big victory over Ballinacurra also on Saturday evening. This game is fixed for Sat week the 19^th in Cloughduv at 7.30pm. The other semi final will see Grange play Castlelyons on the same evening.

Team: Frank Hogan, Jim OP Connor, Brendan O Driscoll,James Murphy,Sean O Brien,Daniel Dooley, Tomas Kearney, Liam Forde, Jason Pratt, Terry Broderick,Jason Mannix, William Finnegan, Cian O Connor Barry Johnson. Subs Damien Buckley, Sean Ryan, Jakub Macek,Tadhg O Sullivan

Junior A Hurlers

Our Junior Hurlers bowed out of the Championship when Lisgoold proved too good at Riverstown on Monday evening. The first half was a shootout between two excellent free takers, William Finnegan was unerring for us (scored 0-13 in total) and John Cashman likewise for Lisgoold. It was point for point in the opening 20 minutes but Jason Mannix had our best goal chance when he showed a clean pair of heels to the lisgoold defence, but his powerful shot hit the crossbar and the ball was cleared. Half time score was Lisgoold 0-12 Bride Rovers 0-10.

The second half had a similar pattern but lisgoold were finding their scores easier to come by and maintained a three point lead all through the second half until the 53^rd minute when they increased the lead to four and finished out strongly and after our numbers were reduced by two, and they finished with a late late goal on a score line of 1-23 to 0-16, hardly a true reflection of the efforts of our team who gave a solid performance all through.

Team. Frank Hogan, Adrian Buckley, Brendan O Driscoll, Tomas Kearney, Stephen Boyce, James Murphy, Jim O Connor, Sean O Brien Ryan Prendergast, Richie Cahill,Sean Ryan Terry Broderick William Finnegan Jerome O Driscoll Jason Mannix. Subs Dave Burke, Alan O Keefe, and Tadhg O Sullivan.

Minor Hurling

The Minor hurlers are playing this Wednesday night in Carrigtwohill v Eire Og and we will have that report next week

Senior Hurlers

The Senior Hurlers drew the losers of Courcey Rvs and Bishopstown in the third round of the County Championship when the draws were made at last week’s County Board meeting. This game is fixed for Pairc Ui Rinn on Sat 26^th July. The game will definitely go ahead if it’s Courcey Rovers but will have to be re scheduled if Bishopstown are our opponents as they have players involved with Cork Footballers that weekend and also Cork Hurlers if they lose to Limerick on Sunday.We have RED FM SHL game v Killeagh at 10.30 am next Sunday in Pairc na Bride.

Munster Hurling Final

The Munster Senior Hurling Championship final Cork v Limerick is on this Sunday @ 4.00pm in Pairc Ui Chaoimh. Following a very disappointing final last weekend most people will be keen to see Cork victorious against Limerick and claim our first Munster Senior title since 2006.The game will be televised on RTE

Ticket Information

Munster GAA confirms that all tickets will be distributed through the clubs with no sale online or via the Centra and Supervalu outlets. The club will be only a very limited of tickets for this game. Season ticket holders, will as normal be entitled to their tickets directly from the Munster Council.

 Player Profiles/History section Website

Our website, www.briderovers.ie, is constantly growing in popularity, and our recent additions are a new set of Senior Hurling player profiles - check it out by clicking on the Player Profile link on the homepage. Our History section is also being updated presently with some excerpts from the club history along with some commentary from big games being added.

The most up-to-date information on County, East Cork and juvenile fixtures and results can be found right there on the homepage. If you have any info for the website email Gerard Lane on gerardlanegaa@gmail.com

 Twitter Page

The Bride Rovers Twitter page, @BrideRoversGAA, now has just over 820  followers, a very impressive total. Twitter is the ideal way to keep up-to-date on the go, whether at home or abroad, so follow @BrideRoversGAA for news, views and match updates direct to your mobile phone. You'll also find our Ladies' club at @RoversGAA, so give them a follow too! For those not already on Twitter, you can sign up at www.twitter.com​ - our next target is to reach 1000 followers, and every follow or re-tweet helps.

Cork Jerseys

The Chill Insurance Cork juvenile jersey is available for purchase all year round at Páirc Uí Rinn at special discounted prices as follows:

Ages 1-2 and 3-4: €25, Ages 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 10-11: €32, Age 13-14: €38

Jerseys on sale from 9.30am to 12.30pm and from 2pm to 4pm Monday to Friday.

For enquiries, call 021-4291604 or email paircuirinn.cork@gaa.ie

 Club Lotto

The Jackpot for this Tuesday July 8th was €2200.(Details next week) Tickets for the weekly Lotto Draw are priced at just  € 2 each and can be purchased from Club members. They are also available in local business outlets and online at locallotto.ie or via our club website, www.briderovers.ie.  Support for the weekly Lotto is vital and greatly appreciated.

 Bride Rovers Club Sponsors

Thanks to our Main Club Sponsors Rathcormac Tyres, Veoila Environmental Services, and O Coileain’s Bar for their ongoing support.