Bride Rovers Senior Ladies Footballers defeated Eire Og in opening round of Senior Ladies Football Championship on a warm sunny evening in Ovens on Tuesday last.

Eire Og started the brighter with a pointed free from Eimear Scally in the opening minute, Rovers took the lead with points from Elaine Dee & Grace Kearney. Eire Og equalised before Eimear Scally scored a goal from a penalty to lead 1-02 to 0-02. Eire Og further extended their lead but a point from Grace Culloty followed by a brace from Grace Kearney reduced Eire Og lead to a goal. But a second goal from Eire Og restored their 6 point lead, however Elaine Dee (free), Grace Culloty & another Grace Kearney point left the half time score Bride Rovers 0-08 Eire Og 2-06.

The Rovers started the second half in outstanding fashion, in the first 15 minutes we outscored Eire Og 1-07 to 0-01 which left us in front by 1-15 to 2-07, Elaine Dee scored the Rovers goal and was helped with points from Emma Roche, Grace Culloty (4), Laura Quirke & Grace Kearney. The defence were on top also at this stage with Niamh Barry, Mary Hazelwood and Evelyn Collins playing great football in the half back line, Arlene & Emma were tremendous in the corners and Rachel O’Callaghan was doing a great job restricting Eire Og’s Eimear Scally to just 1-02 from play.

Team captain Eleanor Ahern and Jennifer Barry worked tirelessly in midfied with lots of support from Jennifer Cahill, Laura Quirke & Emma Roche. With time running out there was a goal blitz at the end, first Eleanor Ahern struck from long range, Eire Og got a goal back before Emma Roche coolly slotted the ball in the corner from a penalty kick.
Final score was Bride Rovers 3-18 Eire Og 3-10

Team & Scorers:
Caitriona Vaughan, Evelyn Collins, Arlene O’Callaghan Walsh, Emma O Keeffe, Mary Hazelwood, Rachel O’Callaghan, Niamh Barry, Eleanor Ahern (1-00), Jennifer Barry, Emma Roche (1-01), Grace Kearney 0-7, Jennifer Cahill, Grace Culloty 0-6, Elaine Dee 1-3, Laura Quirke (0-01). Sub used: Bridgee Forde.

Thanks to all our wonderful supporters who travelled to Ovens to support the team and also to our backroom team for all their help.
Next game v Donoughmore on Monday 20th July at 7.30pm in Rathcormac. 

U12 Camogie..

On Wednesday, the u12s travelled to Dungourney with just ten players. The game proceeded with ten aside but the home team were far too strong for us on the day. That said, Bride Rovers battled hard and never gave up and Shauna scored a goal and two points in the first half which kept us in the game. Shauna was injured early in the second half and had to come off, and the match continued with nine aside. Caoimhe Hazelwood scored a point and the team worked well together and held Dungourney to two goals in the second half. However, the home side were the deserved winners by a good margin at the full-time whistle.

Team: Caoimhe Hazelwood (0-1), Rebecca Walsh, Caoimhe O’Sullivan, Chloe Murphy, Abby Keating, Shauna Hayes (1-2), Ciara O’Flynn, Alice Murray, Naoise McCarthy, Ella Quinlan

U16 Camogie:

On Friday evening, the u16 camogie team travelled to Millstreet. Lining out with twelve aside, Bride Rovers started with the wind and took an early lead with a goal each from Aislinn and Grace and two goals and a point from Caoimhe. Millstreet scored two goals in quick succession but Bride Rovers were the better team in the first half and led at half time by 4-6 to 3-1. However, the home team came out much stronger in the second half and playing with the wind, they gradually eroded our lead and with a minute to go, they were two points up. Caoimhe Hazelwood took a pass from Aislinn and hit the net to give Bride Rovers the victory by the narrowest of margins, 7-7 to 7-6.

Team: Rachel O’Flynn, Michelle Madden, Emily Larkin, Sarah Geaney, Grace Culloty (1-3), Emma Barry, Fiona Barry, Emma Hazelwood, Aislinn O’Connor (2-1), Arianne O’Flynn (1-1), Anna Murray, Caoimhe Hazelwood (3-2)

Inter-county news:

Hard luck to Katie, Sarah and the Cork team who were narrowly defeated by just one point in the All-Ireland U14 A Championship Final against Cavan on Saturday.

Clothes Collection:

First Friday collection of old clothes, shoes and handbags will be taken at the Community Centre on Friday August 7th from 7.30 to 8.00pm.