Intercounty Ladies Football...

 

Congratulations to Grace Culloty and her Cork U16 team-mates who are All-Ireland champions after 4-7 to 2-7 win over Dublin at Templemore last Saturday, August 30th. Grace lined out a full-forward in a tight encounter where scores were generally hard to come by but Cork were the better side throughout and deserved to retain their title.

 

Best of luck to Grace, Jen and Eleanor who hope to qualify for another senior All-Ireland final when they face Armagh in the semi-final at Longford next Saturday. The girls are entitled to be confident as recent form has been very good but Armagh will be respected as tough opponents.

 

 

We continue to prepare for the county Senior B semi-final against Eire Og which has now been fixed for Tuesday, September 9^th. The team played a practice match last Tuesday against Clashmore, details of which next week.

Our junior footballers bowed out of the county 13-a-side championship when we lost out to Erins Own at Pynes last Sunday evening. We enjoyed loads of possession in the game and scored a decent 2-9 in the game but also were guilty of many wides which allowed a gap to grow on the scoreboard. Well done to Erins Own and best of luck to them in the next round where they face St Peters of Rochchapel.

 

We play Aghada on Wednesday this week in the East Cork championship semi-final which also decides gradings for the county championship. Details in next week’s notes.

 

 

No news yet of who we will play in the U16 county quarter final which is scheduled for Saturday, September 13^th. We also have an East Cork U16B league final coming up against Aghada.

 

 

Our U10s are heading to the annual Passage West blitz on Saturday, September 13^th! This is a huge international event with 76 teams taking part. In many ways, it’s a giant version of our own very successful funday, with DJs, entertainment, BBQ etc etc

 

 

Well done to all our U8s who participated in the FunDay blitz last Sunday morning at Pairc na Bride.

 

 

Thursday, August 28^th

Bride Rovers 2-6               Glen Rovers 3-5

We are safely into the semi-final of the Junior B County Championship despite losing our last group game against Glen Rovers at Pairc na Bride last Thursday night. That semi-final is scheduled for Sunday, September 7^th.

 

 Bride Rovers 3-9        Fr O’Neills 4-2

Our U15 panel are in an Imokilly final after an exciting win over Fr O’Neills last Tuesday night in Pynes. The visitors scored some good goals to keep in touch for much of the game to match our first-half points. On the resumption, we enjoyed the better of the exchanges and scored some great goals ourselves to secure the win. No news yet of when the U15 final will be played.

 

Our camogie county semi final is scheduled for Friday, September 5^th. Opponents are not known at time of writing. Details in next week’s report.

 

Many thanks to everyone who helped out in any way during the Wild Rovers events last Saturday and Sunday. The festival was blessed with fine weather and the general feedback is that everyone had a great time.

Next clothes collection is at Rathcormac Hall on Friday, September 5^th.

 

Bride Rovers GAA are holding a ‘Night at the Dogs’ on Friday, October 3^rd. Please support this fundraiser which is vital for the continued development of the club facilities which we all enjoy.

 

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