Nuachtlitir Cumann Fánaithe na Claise Vol 8 Issue 19 Eoin O Reilly in action against Blarney in the Intermediate Championship recently Upcoming Fixtures SE Junior A Football League Valley Rovers V Carrigaline Mon 14/05/18 @ 8:00pm in Brinny Senior Camogie League Valley Rovers V Killeagh Mon 14/05/18 @ 7.30pm in Brinny SE Junior A Football League Valley Rovers V Belgooly Weds 16/05/18 @ 8:00pm in Belgooly Ladies Football Division 2 League Valley Rovers V Araglen Weds 16/05/18 @ TBC in Brinny Intermediate Hurling League Valley Rovers V Ballincollig Sun 20/05/18 @ 11.30.am in Ballincollig Ladies football Division 7 league: Valley Rovers V Fermoy Sun 20/05/18 @ 11:30am in Brinny SE Junior B Football League Valley Rovers V Carrigaline Mon 21/05/18 @ 8:00pm in Brinny Lotto Results Last Week's Numbers: 27, 28, 30, 31 No Winner of Jackpot 20 Winners: Marie Lynch, c/o Twohig's. Margaret Murnane, c/o O Sullivans Centra. Mary O Brien, Dromkeen. Eamon Sheehy, c/o F. Kearney. Eva & Emily Ryan, c/o F.Kearney. Ellie Donegan, Ahiohill. Denis Lynch, Crossbarry. Maeve O Brien, Lissaniskey. Peter Hogan, Coachford. Kevin Canty, c/o Barrett s. Next week s lotto at Johnny Crowleys Bar Jackpot 4,850 All fixtures subject to change, please check website homepage prior to games Page 1 of 11
Juvenile Fixtures Fe 13 P1 Football League Valley Rovers V Glanmire Mon 14/05/18 @ 7:00pm in Sallybrook Fe 13 C3 Football League Valley Rovers V Nemo Rangers Tues 15/05/18 @ 7:00pm in Brinny Fe 14 P2A Football League Valley Rovers V Bandon Weds 16/05/18 @ 7:30pm in Brinny Fe 13 P1 Hurling League Valley Rovers V Aghada Mon 21/05/18 @ 7:00pm in Rostellan SE Junior B Football League On Friday last, Valley Rovers 3rd football team took on Kinsale 2nd team in the Junior B south east league in Brinny. Valleys made the perfect start scoring a goal from Joe lynch after the kinsale goalkeeper misjudged a bouncing ball. By the 20th minute Valleys lead by 1-5 to a point with the Valleys points coming from Joe lynch(2), Fearghal Lyons (2), Brendan lynch and this year s Captain - Liam Dempsey. In the last ten minutes of the first half Kinsale came more into the game scoring two points before the break. The half time score was Valley Rovers 1-5 Kinsale 0-3. Into the second half it was Valleys who made the better start with a brilliant goal from Paddy O Sullivan after being set up by Tomas Sweetnam. With further points from Tomas Sweetnam and Liam Dempsey, Valleys were ahead by 2-7 to 0-5 at the three quarter mark. Into the last quarter both sides swapped three points each. The three Valleys points coming from Liam Dempsey, Brendan lynch and Tomas Sweetnam. It left the full time score Valley Rovers 2-10 kinsale 0-8. The result means that Valleys are topping both the Junior A & B football leagues and remain unbeaten in both leagues this year. Minor Non Exam Football League Valleys minor footballers welcomed Carbery Rangers to Brinny for their non exam football league game last Tuesday. Carbery started this game brightly and were leading at half time on a score line of 3-5 to 1-2 with valleys goal coming from Aaron O Leary and points from Aaron and Sean Barry. Valleys came into the game in the second half with goals from Sean Barry, Aaron O Leary and Brian McCarthy. With points from Darragh Keane and Niall Lawton the game was a close affair. A number of goal chances we didn t take proved costly in the end with Carbery winning 4-10 to 4-6. This was a good performance as Carbery are in the P1 grade. Team: Cathal O Sullivan, Darragh Keane, Dave Muckian, Cormac Lyons, Jack Hurley, Brian Hoey, Niall Lawton, Ronan O Connell, Mark O Leary, Sean Barry, Aaron O Leary, Micheal Connolly, Daniel Lynch, Cian Crowley, Eoin Nash. Subs used: Brian McCarthy, Niall Kiely, Ben Carthew, Cormac Kildukk. Scorers: A O Leary (2-2), S Barry (1-2), B McCarthy (1-0), Darragh Keane, Niall Lawton (0-1 each). Minor Non Exam Hurling League Valleys minor hurlers travelled to Ballinspittle last Friday night for their first non exam hurling league game. The game was nip and tuck in the first half but for two late goals had Courceys leading 2-9 to 0-8 at half time. Valleys scores coming from Mark O Leary, Conor Taheny, Cian Crowley and Cathal O Sullivan. The second half went the same as the first half with not much between the sides. Goals from Eoin Nash and Conor Taheny helped valleys into a two point lead but Courceys responded with a number of points. A few dubious frees late on in the game & they ran out winners Courceys 2-20 to Valleys 3-13. This was another good performance as we were missing a number of players that could play this game. Page 2 of 11
Team: Team: Rehearsals in full swing for the upcoming Strictly Valleys. Cormac Lyons, Niall Lawton, Dave Muckian, Cormac Kilduff, Darragh Keane, Mark O Leary, Danial Lynch, Brian Hoey, Aaron O Leary, Brian McCarthy, Cathal O Sullivan, Cian Crowley, Eoin Nash, Conor Taheny, Ben Carthew. Please Support! Dylan Hoey (Capt), Miah O Sullivan, Dara Devine, Cian O Keeffe, Diarmuid Ryan, Johnathon Keneally, Jason Cronin, Brian McCarthy, Jacob O Driscoll, Neil Collins, Conor Taheny, Ciaran O Shea, Ciaran McCarthy, Adam Walsh Murphy, Eoin O Sullivan. Sub used: Jack Hourihane Scorers: C Taheny (1-4), E Nash (2-0), M O Leary (0-5), C O Sullivan (0-3), C Crowley (0-1). U16 P2 Hurling championship Subs: Eoghan Crowley for Eoin O Sullivan, Conor Callanan for Neil Collins & Sean Egan for Diarmuid Ryan. Remaining Panel: Daithi O Sullivan, Niall og O Leary, Eoghan Lynch, Kevin O Sullivan, Eric Duarte, Johnathon Murphy, Adam Murphy & Ben Humphries. Valley Rovers u16 played Killeagh Ita's in a replay last Wednesday evening after a drawn game the week before with a score line of 6.17 to 5.20. Both sets of defenses played a lot better for the replay, however Killeagh Ita s got off to a better start and led 1.8 to 0.4 points at half time. The Rovers started the second half well scoring 3 points, however Killeagh got on top again to lead 1-11 to 7 points. Some positional changes were made & substitute Eoghan Crowley was introduced and with his first touch scored a great goal. Within minutes another great goal from Ciaran McCarthy, set up by Adam Walsh Murphy, put us ahead for the first time of the game. With great defensive play from Jason Cronin, Johnathon Keneally & Cian O Keeffe, Killeagh were kept from scoring. Further great play from Dara Devine in mid field & Ciaran O Shea, meant the Rovers came out on top with a final score line of 2-14 to 1-13. Congrats to all the players who played so well over 140 minutes of hurling against a great side, & who all worked extremely hard for a great victory. Page 3 of 11
U10 Hurling League Valley Rovers U10 boys welcomed Youghal to Brinny on Saturday morning last in the next round of their hurling league. The Rovers fielded two teams with one winning well & the other competing well but coming out on the wrong side of the score line unfortunately. Youghal had some fine young hurlers & a big thank you to them for making the long trip up. This team will play Aghada in Football next. Panel: Charlie Lynch, Conor McGregor, Conor O'Donovan, Daniel Holland, Daniel Hyde, Daniel O'Donovan, Donnacha Lynch, Eoghan Galgey, Fionn Lucey, Harry Mc Court, Jack Healy, Jack McCarthy (Innishannon), Jack McCarthy (Castelack), Jack O Donoghue, Kyle Burke, Lewis Linehan, Liam O'Donovan, Mark Hurley, Matthew Humphries, Michael Croke, Paul Cremin, Ronan O'Leary, Rory Curtin, Ruadhan McCarthy, Sean O'Riordan, & Tomás O'Riordan. Congratulations to the Valleys Rovers players who were on the Hamilton high school panel that won the Herlihy Cup last Saturday evening in Dunmanway Page 4 of 11
Tickets for the Munster GAA Senior Hurling and Football Championship are now on sale. Tickets are available for purchase via http://corkgaa.tickets.ie or http://www.gaa.ie/tickets and participating Centra and Supervalu Outlets. Ticket Prices: Adult: Stand 20, Terrace 15, Under 16s: 5 all areas, Student/OAP: Concession of 5 with valid ID prior to entry at the designated stile. The above prices are pre purchase prices, applicable until midnight of the night before the game. All adult ticket prices increase by 5 on the day. Congrats to Seán Mac an tsaoi on his selection on the Cork primary schools team to play during the Cork and Clare Senior Munster Championship game in Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Sunday next. Page 5 of 11
U12 County Camogie League Valley Rovers U12 Camogie team started their league campaign when they took on Sarsfields on Saturday morning last in ideal conditions in Brinny. This was a good solid performance for the first outing especially considering they were short a number of regulars due to First holy Communions taking place locally also. Their next game will be next Saturday v Tracton in Minane Bridge. U14 Ladies Football League The U14 s contested the West Cork semi final against Bandon on Sunday last. Unfortunately it wasn t to be for this team who came a close second to a fine Bandon team on the night. Keep up the head girls, county is only around the corner. Congrats & best wishes to Bandon in the final. Division 2 league Well done to our ladies footballers who beat Beara in Brinny on Sunday. Final score 5-11 to 4-7. Final Score: Valleys 11:1 Sarsfields 3:4 Louise O Sullivan, Grace O Leary, Jane Horgan, Fia Johnson Eve Dwyer, Either McCarthy, Aine Rose Sheehan, Nicole O Connor, Kate McEntee, Corina Murphy, Millie Slyne, Shona Cronin. Well done to Valley Rovers Lucy Callanan who played in the Munster under 14 a Championship Final against Kerry on Wednesday last. Unfortunately Cork lost the game on a score of; Cork 0-7 Kerry 3-5. However Lucy was in action with Cork on Saturday again when they won the All-Ireland Blitz in Portlaoise, beating Tipperary by a point in the final. Page 6 of 11
Club Development Repainted goalposts have been erected in the Bleach Pitch over the past few days. Resodding of water damaged areas has been completed. Resodding has been completed in and around the erected goalposts. The pitch is lined out with flags in sleeve inserts. The pitch is about 3 weeks away from the playing of full games, however this time estimate remains weather dependent. We will provide an update in or around the 1st of June, before pitch bookings are made. It is important that any training or playing of games, which takes place on the Bleach pitch, over the next 3 weeks, is not on the resodded areas and not on the areas that have been reseeded last year. The bad weather has hampered our ability to deliver back the pitch along expected timelines. We are grateful for the ongoing patience and cooperation of Club Members and Team Managers / Mentors, with regards to ongoing development works and the time it has taken. Massive congratulations to Valley Rovers own Jack Walsh after being named April s winner of Corks 96 and C103Fm Cork Sports Star award in association with the Rochestown Park Hotel. Now available to all club supporters are South East season tickets. These are priced at 30 Single and 50 Couple which are great value. Application to Secretary Rose Hoey at 085/7038198 by text only. Page 7 of 11
There are a small number of 2018 Gaeltacht Scholarship places still available on a first come, first served basis. For further information on the Gaeltacht Scholarships visit www.colaistenamumhan.ie Page 8 of 11
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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. Valley Rovers Cul Camp for 2018 will run from July 16th to July 20th. All are welcome to this very enjoyable week. Application forms have been distributed through the local schools for return by Friday June 15 th or can be accessed by contacting Ena Coughlan (087 6901063) or Emma Crowley (087 4139852) Keep the dates in your Diary free! 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 11 of 11