Wednesday, July 2^nd, Pynes

Bride Rovers 2-8  Glanmire 1-11

 

This East Cork championship semi-final was very much a game of two halves. In the first half, we got off to a very slow start, of which Glanmire took full advantage, notching up some fine scores despite the best efforts of our backs. They led at half-time on a scoreline of 1-6 to 3 points.

 

In the second half, we played much better, and with the introduction of a few substitutions & positional switches, we managed to claw our way back into the game. Two crucial goals from subs Sarah Barry & Grace Culloty meant we finished the game level on a scoreline of 2-8 to 1-11.

 

Team: Madison Parle, Grainne Noonan, Caroline Broderick, Niamh Murphy, Aoife O’Riordan, Erin O’Keeffe, Evelyn Collins, Rachel O’Callaghan, Laura Quirke, Meg Kelleher, Imelda Dorgan, Karen Sheehan, Katie Connor, Sinead Walsh, Elaine Culloty. Claire Murphy, Grace Culloty, Laura Pratt, Emma Barry, Maria Barry, Carol Noonan, Sarah BarrySo, we get a second bite of the cherry, with the replay fixed for Sunday 6^th July. 

Pictured Cork Primary game pictured at Pairc Ui Chaoimh last Sunday

 

Sunday, July 6^th ,Buck Leary’s Cross

Glanmire 1-12 Bride Rovers 1-8

 

We lost out to a good Glanmire team in this junior East Cork semi-final replay. We started very brightly with our backs defending resolutely, our midfielders working tirelessly and our forwards clicking with some great passages of play & some fine scores being recorded. Unfortunately however, we conceded a goal 5 minutes before the break, which left us trailing on a score 1-8 to 0-8 at halftime.

On resumption of the game, Glanmire made the better start, notching a couple of more points to stretch their lead to 7 points. Our girls continued to work hard right up to the very end, with substitute Sarah Barry scoring a goal to reduce to gap to 4 points. Despite tremendous effort from every one of the girls, we couldn’t close the gap any further. The final scoreline read Bride Rovers 1-8 Glanmire 1-12.

 

Team: Madison Parle, Caroline Broderick, Niamh Murphy, Evelyn Colliins, Aoife O’Riordan, Laura Quirke, Karen Sheehan, Rachel O’Callaghan, Claire Murphy, Meg Kelleher, Sinead Walsh, Grace Culloty, Katie Connor, Imelda Dorgan, Elaine Culloty.

 Subs: Laura Pratt, Sarah Barry & Gráinne Noonan.

 We still have county championship to look forward to in the coming weeks.

 

 Our first minor East Cork league fixture of 2014 is now scheduled for this Friday night, July 11^th at 7:30pm at Aghada.

 

Glanworth were our visitors to Pynes on Tuesday, July 1^st for a friendly match. This was a much needed outing for our girls who had not played much football in recent weeks. We had a tremendous turnout of players and played better and better as the game went on, sealing a good win at the end. Thanks to Glanworth for coming down to us.

Glanworth had some bad news this week with the passing of club stalwart Mary Mahon who will be much missed. Mary was great to organise underage friendly games against Bride Rovers over the years. May she rest in peace.

 

Panel : Rachel O Flynn, Anna Murray, Emily Larkin, Sarah Geaney, Lucy Hicks (0-1), Andrea Quinn (1-1), Sorcha Tobin, Aislinn O’Connor (0-1), Aoife Cowman, Emma Barry, Katie Quirke (0-3), Arianne O’Flynn (1-1), Fiona Barry, Shauna Hayes (2-1), Chloe Murphy (1-1), Ciara O Flynn (1-0), Siobhan O’ Sullivan (0-1), Rebecca Walsh (1-0), Ella Quinlan (3-0).

 Well done to Katie Quirke who lined out for Cork’s primary footballers at half-time in the Munster SFC final at Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Sunday, July 6th.

 Caption for photo above: Cork Primary star Katie Quirke pictured at Pairc Ui Chaoimh with loyal supporter Grace and sister Laura. Well done Katie

 

 Our junior camogie panel took on Senior B opposition at Fr O’Neills last Monday night but lost 2-12 to 1-6, which was a decent performance against very high grade opponents.

 

 The first U15 game is now scheduled for Sunday morning July 13^th against Youghal at Rathcormac.

 

 We beat Cobh on Friday, July 4^th to give us 2 wins out of 3 so far.

 

 We hosted an U10 camogie blitz at our main pitch on Saturday, July 5^th. Well done to all involved.

 

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