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1 Nuachtlitir Cumann Fánaithe na Claise Vol 5 Issue 18 Valley Rovers players in action in the recent John Kerins Qualifier Upcoming Fixtures Junior A Football Championship Valley Rovers V Ballinhassig Friday May 8th in Belgooly at 7.15 pm U21 B Football County Quarter Final Valley Rovers Vs Dromtarriffe Sunday May 10 th In Coachford at 12.00pm Premier Intermediate Hurling League Valley Rovers Vs Watergrashill Thurs 7 th May in Brinny at 7:30 Valley Rovers Vs Ballincollig Sun 10 th May in Ballincollig at 3 pm Rebel Og Premier 2 U16 Football League Grp2 Douglas Vs Valley Rovers Tues 05 th May, in Douglas at 19:00 Rebel Og Premier 2 U13 Hurling League Grp1 Valley Rovers Vs Bishopstown Thur 07 th May at home at 19:00 Rebel Og Premier 1 U15 Hurling League Sarsfield Vs Valley Rovers Fri 08 th May in Riverstown at 19:30 Lotto Results Sunday 03 rd /May/2015 Numbers Drawn 7, 13, 21 & 24. No winner of the Jackpot of 13, winners: 1. Veronica Kelleher, Ballymurphy. 2. Mark Crowley, c/o Crossbarry Inn. 3. Rosarie Hoey, Dunkereen. 4. Jonathan Hurley, c/o Downs. 5. Martin Desmond, c/o Brinny Inn. 6.Richie Cullinane, c/o Downs. 7. John O Leary, c/o Brinny Inn. 8. Noreen O Donovan, Raheen. 9. Collette Palmer, Dunkereen 10. Emma Fenton, Ballinphellic. Next Week s Draw in Brinny INN Jackpot 13,640 Be in to win Fe 12 B Football League 2 Valley Rovers at Ballinhassig Sat 09 th May at home at 14:00 Page 1 of 6

2 Senior Football Championship By Tony Leen Sports Editor Irish Examiner Valley Rovers 2-10 Carbery Rangers 0-14: IT isn t often the sporting planets align to deliver a match climax that maintains the high pitch of everything that preceded it, but such were the delights of last night s intense Cork SFC first round clash at resplendent Ballinascarthy. Valley Rovers, last year s Premier Intermediate champions, is a club with serious momentum at the moment, and this victory chiselled from a seemingly hopeless situation with five minutes left will only serve to massage that feelgood magic. They may not be the finished article in truth Carbery Rangers are further down the track in that regard but whatever the Innishannon lads lack, it isn t gumption. Or stomach for the fight. Trailing 0-13 to 0-8 with nine minutes remaining at the wonderfully named Henry Ford Park, there was no legitimate case for predicting how things would unravel for Rosscarbery. John Hayes was rightly being touted as man of the match, his orchestration of proceedings from a deep lying role ensuring their West Cork neighbours were never closer than arm s length. The 0-10 to 0-5 half-time lead would underpin that, Hayes working deliciously with his inside forwards, especially his brother, Seamus, in the full forward line. John Hayes withdrawn role was partly forced on Carbery Rangers who were unlucky to lose both midfielders, James Fitzpatrick and Michael Mennis, in the first 15 minutes. Twenty minutes in, Rovers only trailed 0-5 to 0-4, with Fiachra Lynch making a favourable impression inside when Valleys were able to find him. However three points on the trot for Rangers, including a second from wingback Robbie Kiely, had the Ross men five points to the good at the interval. It was 0-11 to 0-5 a minute after the restart, and there was several junctures thereafter where the sizeable crowd was ready to put this one to bed. Alan Jennings and Brian Shanahan seemed to be making light of their unusual role as a midfield partnership, and despite Valleys insatiable appetite for work, they were making little dent into the deficit with 45 minutes gone. Substitute Darragh Lordan pointed well for Valleys, but Seamus Hayes fisted another Ross point at the other end. By this point, Valleys were going for broke, Kevin Canty pushed from midfield into the edge of the square, and Fiachra Lynch out to midfield. Additionally, they introduced subs like Lordan, Eoin O Reilly and Billy Crowley, all of whom were to make an impact on the game. No-one changed the dynamic, though, as radically as Canty. Though Valleys went early and often to him at full forward, crucially the ball in from the likes of Lynch was radar-accurate, and allowed Canty to cause consternation. After Lynch had pointed a free, he dropped one in on top of Canty after 53 minutes, and the Valleys man deflected to the inrushing Darragh Crowley to goal. Five minutes left, now there was only two in it to 1-8. Again Seamus Hayes punctured Valley s momentum, but only momentarily. John Cottrell floated a beauty of a point, his third, with three minutes remaining before referee Kevin Murphy awarded another free for an off the ball infringement on Canty. Lynch pointed to leave just a score between them at least Valleys were going to get a stab at the draw their perspiration merited. They just never give up, they ve always had that attitude, manager Ger Slyne said afterwards. There s a lot of Under 21 s coming through to the team and they have this never-say-die attitude as well. The benefits were self-evident as this sparking first round tie drifted into the second minute of injury time. Kevin Canty again got on the productive side of the Carbery Rangers defence and was hauled down as he was preparing to pull the trigger. Stonewall penalty. Would Fiachra Lynch settle for a point and extra time? His decision not appeared to have back- fired as Paul Shanahan parried his blasted effort for a winner, but the parry only looped up in the air for Lynch to gleefully fist the rebound to the net. Cue delirium around the ground but one had to feel a tad of sympathy for last year s beaten senior finalists, who played too much good football to experience that sick feeling afterwards. Losing our two midfielders early eventually cost us, because we lost a lot of ball to Valleys in the last 10 minutes, admitted Rangers mentor Johnny Murphy afterwards. F. Lynch (1-4, 3 frees), D. Crowley (1-1), J Cottrell (0-3), J. Murphy and D Lordan (0-1 each) A Quirke; N O Donovan, D Lynch, T. O Brien; D. Crowley, J. Lynch, A. Walsh; K. Canty, D. Murphy; G. Farrell, J. Walsh, J. Murphy; E. Delaney, F. Lynch, J. Cottrell. Subs: D Lordan for J Murphy (36); E. O Reilly for Delaney (49); B Crowley for Walsh (52) Page 2 of 6

3 Junior A Football Championship Valley Rovers Junior A footballers took on Shamrocks in the first round of the South-East championship in Ballinhassig on Saturday evening. Despite Valleys getting the opening point it was Shamrocks who had the better of the opening 15 minutes and lead by 1-2 to 0-1. In the second quarter Valleys kicked four points to leave the half time score Valley Rovers 0-5 to Shamrocks 1-2. In the opening 15 minutes of the second half Shamrocks outscored Valleys by 1-2 to 0-2. The Valleys points coming from Jason Crowley and Derek Canty. In the final 15 minutes the Valleys were outscored 2 points to 1. It left the final score Valley Rovers 0-8 Shamrocks 2-6. Valleys now play Ballinhassig in the next round. Team: Congratulations to Lisa Lynch who played a major role with Cork Minors beating Tipperary in the Munster Final played over the weekend, in a game that took extra time to separate the sides. Lisa scored 1-14 (1-0 pen, 0-9frees). Lisa was unerring from placed balls for the entire match and was named Player of the Match. Well done Lisa. John Mulligan, Donal O'Brien, Ben Murphy, Don Lynch, Ian Crowley, Stephen Manning, Johnny Kiely Michael O'Brien, Danny O'Sullivan, Billy Crowley, Derek Canty, Darragh Lordan, Jason Crowley, Cormac Desmond, Darragh Looney Subs: James Young for Danny O'Sullivan, Mark Murphy for Jason Crowley Cian O'Donovan, Brian O'Leary, Shane O'Sullivan, Barry O'Driscoll, Tadhg Fitzgerald, Denis Collins, Liam Dempsey, David Ryan, Joe Lynch, Keith Whelton, Stephen O'Shea, James O'Regan, Tim Casey, Donal McCarthy, Brendan Lynch, Ciaran Murphy, Joe Bernard, Alan Murphy, Robert Sweetnam, David Lynch, Ted O'Leary, Luke Counihan Ladies Football Under 14 Valley Rovers U14 ladies football team played their last 2 West Cork league matches during the week ending May 2nd. On Monday April 27th Valleys played an away game against Rosscarbery. Valleys played with a strong wind in the first half and ended the half with a commanding lead (7-4 to 1-0). The Rosscarbery fullback line found it difficult to contain Clodagh O Donovan who was clinical with her finishing. This was a quintessential game of two halves in that Rosscarbery comprehensively outscored Valleys in the second half. Valleys held out for the victory largely due Page 3 of 6

4 to some frantic defending in the final 10 minutes of the game. The final score was Valley Rovers 8-5 Rosscarbery 4-9. Team Leanne O Callaghan, Rebecca Murphy, Rachel Lordon, Alice Murphy, Shauna Reilly, Niamh Hurley, Emma O Donovan, Carol Cremin, Sarah Lynch, Ellen Fennelly, Roisin O Sullivan, Cliona Riordan, Jane Mulvihill, Nicole Calnan, Kim Muckian, Ellen Fehily, Clodagh O Donovan. On Wednesday April 29th Valleys played Bantry in Brinny. Niamh Hurley and Ellen Fennelly had picked up injuries against Rosscarbery and were therefore unavailable for selection. At halftime Bantry were winning on a scoreline of (1-5 to 1-0). Bantry would have been much further ahead but for some brilliant goalkeeping by Rachel Lordan. Valley Rovers played much better in the second half but despite this Bantry went on to win the match with a final score of 1-8 to 1-2. Ellen Fehily, Emma O Donovan and Aine Lynch all produced battling performance in defence especially in the second half. Unfortunately Carol Cremin and Chloe Burton both picked up injuries during the match and hopefully all of our injured players will recover quickly as we have now qualified for the West Cork semi-final which will be played in a fortnight. Congratulations What a weekend for Valley Rovers Lisa Lynch. After capturing the player of the match award in the Camogie Munster Final on Saturday Lisa followed it up with another outstanding display to help Cork Ladies Footballers win the Munster Minor Championship yesterday. Well done Lisa, the club are very proud of you. Team Rachel Lordon, Rebecca Murphy, Aine Lynch, Vicki Cuskelly, Emma O Donovan, Carol Cremin, Sarah Lynch, Chloe Burton, Emma Kelly, Roisin O Sullivan, Cliona Riordan, Jane Mulvihill, Nicole Calnan, Kim Muckian, Ellen Fehily, Clodagh O Donovan, Niamh Hales, Leanne O Callaghan, Shauna Reilly. Congratulations to Niamh Hurley who was selected for the Cork U14 ladies panel for the Munster final v Tipperary which was played on Saturday and also to Jane Mulvihill who was selected for the Cork Sciath Na Scol primary schools panel. Well done girls. Page 4 of 6

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6 Can everyone with topaz cash for clubs cards and receipts please be hand in to any officer in the club ASAP. Thank you for your support. Valley Rovers GAA Summer Camp 2015 Valley Rovers GAA Summer Camp 2015 will be held on July 13th-17th from 10am till 1 pm each day; For boys and girls aged 5-13.Application forms will be available and distributed through the schools shortly m Sports Prediction Fantasy League 2015 The First Leader board for Valley Rovers Sports Prediction Fantasy League 2015 has now been updated after the completion of the first three events. Valley Rovers would like to thank everyone that sold and purchased entry forms again this year. This was a very well supported competition again and all in Valley Rovers are very appreciative of your support. We wish everyone the best of luck with their selections. Other scooped the points for the first two events the Augusta Masters Winner in Golf and the number of horses that finished the Aintree Grand National. Sadly for Cork Footballers, Dublin win in the National Football league gave 317 people who had faith in the Dubs 6 points. We have many knowledgeable people on full points (13) but it is early days yet. Another update will be out shortly after Toulon winning the Champions Cup in Rugby and Waterford winning the National Hurling league and Chelsea winning the Premiership Links to the leaderboards are HERE Orders are being taken for the club Shorts and Socks, Shorts are 22 and Socks are 12. To order the above text Paul , text him, How many of each you want, if ordering shorts text him your waist size and if ordering socks text him your foot size. (For example, Paul Cronin, 2 Short size 34, and 2 Socks size 10)" Minimum size shorts is size 24 and minimum size socks is size 3. Closing Date is this Friday 8 th May 2015 Valley Rovers GAA Contact Valley Rovers Phone chairperson.valleyrovers.cork@gaa.ie secrectary.valleyrovers.cork@gaa.ie pro.valleyrovers.cork@gaa.ie Website: Every effort has been made to ensure the contents of this newsletter are correct, however we take no responsibility for any errors, omissions or misprints that may occur in this publication Page 6 of 6