Nuachtlitir Cumann Fánaithe na Claise Vol 8 Issue 33 West Cork U16A Ladies Football League Winners 2018! Upcoming Fixtures Fe 16 C3 Football League Valley Rovers V Carrigaline Tues 21/08/18 @ 7:00pm in Brinny Fe 13 P1 Football League Valley Rovers V Fermoy Tues 21/08/18 @ 6:45pm in Innishannon Fe 14 P2A Football League Valley Rovers V Cobh Weds 22/08/18 @ 7:00pm in Innishannon Ladies Football 13-a-side A Championship Rd 4 Valley Rovers B V Clann na ngael Weds 22/08/18 @ 7:30pm in Drimoleague Fe 14 C3 Football League Valley Rovers V Ballincollig 2 Thurs 23/08/18 @ 7:30pm in Brinny Fe 18 C3 Football League Valley Rovers V Carrigaline Fri 24/08/18 @ 7:30pm in Brinny Lotto Results Last Week's Numbers: 6, 8, 27, 29 No Jackpot Winner 20 Winners: Mary Crowley, c/o Downs Centra. Millie Slyne, c/o Johnny Crowleys. Chris Corcoran, c/o O Sullivans Centra. Rose O Connell, c/o Downs Centra. Margaret Lehane, Kilpatrick. Cronin Family, Clashanimud. Oisin Guorasia, Canada. Mar Linehan, Whites Cross. Mary O Riordan, Ballinacurra. Jane Brady, c/o Frank Kearney. Next week s lotto at Twohigs Bar Jackpot 2,450 All fixtures subject to change, please check website homepage prior to games Page 1 of 15
Fixtures continued Fe 16 C3 Football League Valley Rovers V Glanmire Mon 27/08/18 @ 7:00pm in Sallybrook Fe 13 P1 Football League Valley Rovers V Ballincollig Mon 27/08/18 @ 7:00pm in Brinny Ladies Football Junior A Championship Round 3 Valley Rovers V Glanmire Mon 27/08/18 @ TBC in Glanmire Fe 14 P2A Football Championship Valley Rovers V Cobh Tues 28/08/18 @ 7:00pm in Cobh SE Junior A Hurling Championship Semi Final Valley Rovers Junior hurling team played Kinsale in the South East semi final last Friday in Ballinspittle. The Rovers were much improved from the last meeting and got off to a great start in the first half, with good forward play from Billy Crowley & Darragh Looney. The Rovers went in 6 points up at the break 0-11 to 0-05. In the second half Valley Rovers got off to a great start with 2 goals in the space of a minute from Fergal Lyons & Pa Hurley. Kinsale then came back strongly but never could get closer than 6 points to Valleys. The Rovers finished stronger to finish it in the end on a score of Valley Rovers 2-17 to Kinsale 1-13. Well done to the all Panel on making the South East final for the third year in a row, where they now await the winners of Courceys & Shamrocks. Team: Eoin Burke, Stephen Lordan, Gary Deane, Don Lynch, Ian Crowley, Michael O Brien, Bill Hawkes, Shane O Leary, Aaron Lyons, Fergal Lyons, Darragh Looney, Darragh Lordan, Pa Hurley, Billy Crowley, Adam Settini. Subs: Joe Crowley for Adam Settini & Mark O Leary for Shane O Leary. U14 Hurling Our U14 s hurlers travelled to Glanmire to take on the home team Sarsfields in the championship on Wednesday evening. This was the U14 panel s first taste of championship and a difficult assignment travelling away to a club with a strong hurling pedigree. On a perfect sod for hurling Valleys played into a strong breeze in the opening half and were visibly nervous making uncharacteristic errors and missing a number of scoring opportunities. Sars were quicker to settle registering the first few points before Valleys opening score. A goal for Sars mid-way through the half allowed them to lead on a half time score of Sars 1-5 Valleys 0-6. Some words of encouragement at half time and with the lads knowing they needed to up their performance they came out much stronger in the second half and began to take control all over the pitch with our backs holding Sars to a single score, our midfield dominating and our forwards causing a lot of problems for the Sars defence. Some excellently worked points throughout the half and two goals at decisive times allowed the Valley to finish deserving winners on a final score of: Sarsfields 1-6 Valley Rovers 2-14. Next up is a semi final meeting with Blackrock in mid September. Team: Aaron White, James O Sullivan, Matthew Woods, Conor Hoban, Sean Kiely, Dylan O Driscoll, John Neary, Cian Johnson, Evan Hennessy, Adam Casey, Evan O Shea, Jason Kelleher, Eoin Guinane, Jonathan O Leary, Sean MacEntee. Subs: Joshua Murphy, Brian Lordan, Jerry O Connor, Donnacha Galgey, Zak Sharpless, Jack LeStrange, David Hurley, Liam Egan, Patrick Horgan. Scorers: Cian Johnson (0-1), Evan Hennessy (1-1), Adam Casey (1-1), Evan O Shea (0-8), Jason Kelleher (0-3). Page 2 of 15
U13 Football Friday evening last saw the U-13's back into league action after the summer break. First up was a tough away fixture for the C3 s Footballers V Inniscarra. Inniscarra started strong in the first half and kept this going to take a decent lead into half time. Valleys came out in the second half raised their game and took some great scores, a tight second half see the game finish level at full time. Final Score: Valley Rovers 1-7 Inniscarra 2-4 Massive congrats to the Valley Rovers players, Ben Humphries, Ciaràn McCarthy and Jacob O Driscoll who were selected to play in the Cork U15 Adam Mangan Football Tournament last weekend. Unfortunately Ben did not travel due to an injury but Ciaràn and Jacob celebrated with their winning Cork West/Mid Team after winning the Cup final. The under 15 Cork West/Mid team qualified a couple of weeks ago in Kildare beating Westmeath, Kildare and Down for a place in the Adam Mangan Tournament cup competition. Last Saturday they travelled to O Connor Park, Tullamore where they played and overcame Mayo (quarter-final), Offaly (semi-final) and Kerry in the Cup final winning 3-9 to 1-8. Well done lads on a successful year winning both the Humphrey Kelleher Cup (Munster Tournament) and the Adam Mangan Cup (National Competition). U8 Hurling Last Saturday, the under 8 boys played hurling in Clonakilty. The lads gave a fantastic display of hurling, with each of the lads giving of their best. Keep up the practice at home lads! Page 3 of 15
Well done & best wishes also to Valley Rovers players Jonathan Kenneally, who has been selected to play with the Cork A panel in the U15 Hurling Tournament taking place next weekend, & Conor Callanan, who will participate in the Cork U15 B Arrabawn Tournament in Tipperary next weekend. Best of luck to both of them! The Valley Rovers club will be extremely proud next weekend also when Chris O Leary will line out with the Cork U21 team in the All Ireland Final. Cork will bid to win the title that has eluded them for the past 20 years & Chris will strive to be the first Valley Rovers player to win an U21 All-Ireland medal. We wish him the best of luck! Senior Football Round 3 Draw: Valley Rovers V Clyda Rovers Sun 9 th Sept @ 2.30pm in Coachford Premier Intermediate Hurling Rd 3 Draw: Valley Rovers a BYE Quarter Final Draw: Valley Rovers V Ballinhassig W/E September 15/16 @ TBC in TBC Many congratulations to Dr. James Ryan on Limericks All Ireland victory. James is the current team Doctor for the Limerick Senior Hurling Squad and a Selector with Valley Rovers Premier Intermediate Hurlers. Page 4 of 15
Congratulations to recent Lotto jackpot winner Noel O Donovan, pictured here receiving his prize. Valley Rovers Fun Day Sunday September 02nd - Bleach 12:00-3pm Page 5 of 15
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U16A West Cork league Final Result: Valley Rovers 5:12(27) O Donovan Rossa 3:14(23) Well done to the U16 Ladies footballers who won the West Cork league final in Ahiohill last Sunday evening. Pictured below & on the right is Captain Rachel Lordon receiving the cup & player of the match winner Orla O Sullivan. Page 8 of 15
Well done to Valley Rovers Fiona Twohig & Lucy McCarthy who played weith the Cork U13 development squad in Dublin last weekened & Best of luck to Niamh Hurley who will play with the Cork U17 Development squad in the All Ireland U17 Blitz in Dublin this week. U7/8 & U9/10 Ladies Football The younger members of the club took to the field against Ibane Gaels (Timoleague/Courtmacsherry) in a challenge game last week. Valleys fielded two teams in each age group & all the girls played extremely well. The U7/8 girls are pictured on the right. 13-a-side A Championship Rd 4 Fixture: Valley Rovers B V Clann na ngael Weds 22nd Aug @ 7.30pm in Drimoleague. Page 9 of 15
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Sub used: Elaine Forde for Eileen Foley. Remaining Subs: Cathy O Donovan, Aoife O Brien, Aine Lynch, Elma O Mahony. Scorers: Katie Lynch (0-01), Liz Bugler (0-01), Susan O Leary (0-01F). Senior Camogie Championship Valley Rovers played the second round of the Cork senior camogie championship last Wednesday night & had a tough encounter with near neighbours Ballygarvan. It was Ballygarvan who started the liveliest & had 0-03 points on the board before Valleys had their opening score through Katie Lynch. The Rovers were working hard to keep Ballygarvan at bay at this stage & were finding possession hard to attain & keep with the opposition crowding out the play & hunting in numbers. Gillian Harrington pulled off a great save, while Liz bugler slotted over from play & Susan O Leary added a pointed Free to make the halftime score Ballygarvan 0-09 to Valleys Rovers 0-03. The Rovers make a few positional switches at halftime to try push forward & stop the oppositions momentum but unfortunately Ballygarvan were up for the challenge & pushed on to wear down the Rovers defence & continue to convert scores at ease. Two quick goals for Ballygarvan sealed the deal & left Ballygarvan to run out winners on a final scoreline of Valley Rovers 0-03 V Ballygarvan 2-21. A disappointing evening & end to the championship for the girls as the scoreline didn t reflect their ability but an eye opener to the standard of play in the senior grade, which we are sure they will strive to get to next year again. Team: Gillian Harrington, Marie Forde, Michelle Cottrell, Ellen Fehilly, Grainne Dart O Flynn, Susan O Leary, Ena Coughlan, Eimear O Regan, Laura Brew, Orla Deasy, Sarah Lynch, Liz Bugler, Eileen Foley, Katie Lynch, Cliona Riordan. Further photos from this game, along with action shots from the first round can be seen in the photo section of the club website. Page 11 of 15
Senior Summer cup Result: Valley Rovers 5-09 Kilbrittain 0-06 U12 Camogie League Valleys were away to Ballincollig in the league last Tuesday evening & after an entertaining battle the two sides ended in a draw. The team is pictured below. U9/10 Camogie The U9 & U10 teams welcomed Courceys to Brinny on Saturday morning last. Fielding one team in each age group valleys dominated the games & vast improvement could be seen in the girl s skills. Well done to all! Photos from the action can be seen below. This coming Saturday, the 25 th, the U10 team will travel to Ballinhassig to participate in the Declan Crowley Blitz. Best of luck to them! U7/8 Camogie On Saturday last the U7/8 girls participated in a Go games blitz in Carrigtwohill. Two teams of 8 aside played teams from the host club & from Midleton, with both teams being very competitive & showing great determination & work rate throughout the 4 games played. Next Saturday the U8 team will play a challenge game against Carrigaline while the following Saturday, 01 st September, we will host a go games blitz in Brinny with 6 teams visiting. Photos from the Carrigtwohill blitz can be seen below. Well done to all. Page 12 of 15
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Valley Rovers History Valley Rovers are in the process of gathering information with the view of recording the History of Gaelic games in the parish in a book. This project is covering all aspects of Gaelic games, be it Hurling Football, Camogie and Ladies Football. If you have any memorabilia, pictures, old medals, old minute books in your procession, old AGM reports etc or equally important, any historical information we would greatly appreciate if you would share it with us. We have set up an email address valleyrovershistory@gmail.com that you can email any items. Also we will be in Innishannon Hall on Re-fixed Date to be Confirmed For people to come and bring any interesting items which we can scan & photograph so you can take your items home again. All information is welcome and we will endeavor to include as many items as possible. For more details or any queries please contact John Lynch (Knockroe) at 0877617532 or any club officer Valley Rovers GAA Contact Valley Rovers Phone 0857038198 Email chairperson.valleyrovers.cork@gaa.ie secrectary.valleyrovers.cork@gaa.ie pro.valleyrovers.cork@gaa.ie Website: www.valleyrovers.com 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 from time to time Page 15 of 15