Nuachtlitir Cumann Fánaithe na Claise Vol 7 Issue 36 Date: 11.09.2017 VALLEY ROVERS JUNIOR A HURLERS WHO RETAINED THEIR SOUTH EAST HURLING TITLE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT Upcoming Fixtures SOUTH EAST JUNIOR A FOOTBALL FINAL 16/09/2017 @ 18.30 in Ballinaspittle, Valley Rovers V Belgooly U21 PREMIER HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP 18/09/2017 @ 18.30 in Bandon, Valley Rovers V Ballinhassig Senior Football League Kelleher Shield Division 1 17/09/2017 @ 12.00 in Ballingeary, Valley Rovers V Ballingeary Fe 12 P1 Football League 14/09/2017 @ 19:00 in Sallybrook, Valley Rovers V Glanmire Carrigaline Court Hotel Fe 13 (2) Autumn Hurling League 16/09/2017 @ 15:00 in Riverstown, Sarsfield V Valley Rovers Carrigaline Court Hotel Fe 14 P2 Football Championship 16/09/2017 @ 15:00 in Brinny, Carbery Rangers V Valley Rovers Fe 15 P2 Hurling League 17/09/2017 @ TBC in Carrigaline, Carrigaline V Valley Rovers Fe 12 C3 Football League 17/09/2017 @ 12:00 in Brinny, Valley Rovers V Ballincollig All fixtures subject to change, please check website homepage prior to games Lotto Results Sunday 10th/Sept/2017 Numbers Drawn: 1 14 19 22 NO WINNER 20 winners: Michael Wycherley c/o Johnnys Joe O Sullivan c/o Barretts Paddy Murray c/o F Kearney Una O Sullivan c/o F Kearney Jerry Healy c/o Brinny Inn Joe Crowley, Slievegullane Gerard O Sullivan, The Rock Brendan White, Farnahoe Sean Lynch, Ballymurphy North Vincent O Brien c/o F Kearney Next Week s Draw in: Crossbarry Inn Jackpot 3,800 Be in to win Page 1 of 6
SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Valley Rovers 0.18 V s Avondhu 1.14 Valley Rovers Senior footballers took on Avondhu in the 4th round of the championship in Ovens on Sunday and once again gave us another super comeback. Despite Valleys getting the opening point it was Avondhu who had the better of the opening quarter as they lead by 1-03 to 0-01. By the end of normal time in the first half Avondhu had increased their lead to 8 points. The referee added 8 minutes to the end of the first half due to the injuries of two Valleys players. In this time Valleys outscored Avondhu four points to one and it left the half time score Valley Rovers 0-05 Avondhu 1-07. Turning to face the wind a Valley Rovers win looked unlikely, however into the second half Valleys began to play some better football but by the end of the third quarter Avondhu lead by six. Into the last quarter Valleys took control of the game and by the end of normal time it was a draw game. In the first minute of added time Avondhu raced up field and as Rory O Hagan looked like kicking the winner a partial block by Tim Cummins meant the shot fell short in goalkeeper Cormac Desmonds hands. Into the second minute of injury time Valleys had one last attack and the ball was worked to John Cottrell and he kicked accurately and gave Valleys the Victory on the score line of Valley Rovers 0-18. Avondhu 1-14. The win puts Valleys into the quarter final. Cormac Desmond Noel O'Donovan Tim Cummins Tomas O'Brien Darragh Lordan David Lynch Johnny Kiely Darragh Murphy Gary Farrell Eoin O'Reilly Jack Walsh Tadhg O'Brien Chris O'Leary John Cottrell Fiachra Lynch Subs Used: Eoghan Delaney, Rory O'Sullivan, Jack Lyons, Kevin Canty SOUTH EAST JUNIOR A HURLING FINAL Valley Rovers 0.14 V s Tracton 1.08 On Friday last Valley Rovers Junior hurlers headed for Ballygravan in search of 2 in a row south east titles, and they didn t let us down. In the first 6 minutes Valleys raced into a 4 point lead, 1 each from Darragh Crowley and Rory O Sullivand and 2 from Richie Butler. Valleys remained in charge for the rest of the first half but had goalkeeper Gary Jones to thank on 2 occasions when making 2 great saves, The score at half time was Valley s 0.09 to Tracton 0.03. The 2 nd half was going exactly as Valley would have wanted up until the 28 th minute of the 2 nd half when they lead by 0.14 to 0.07, however a goal and a point by Tracton with 2 minutes to go gave the supporters an interesting las couple of minutes but Tracton couldn t get the goal to force a replay and Valley won on a scoreline of Valleys 0.14 to Tracton 1.08. Gary Jones Shane O Leary, John Burke, Don Lynch Darragh Crowley, Michael O Brien, Aidan Sheehan Aidan Walsh, Richie Butler Derek Canty, Rory O Sullivan, Bill Hawkes Adam Settini, Gary Deane, Dan Sweetnam Page 2 of 6
Subs: Tadgh Fitzgerald, Pa Hurley and Tony McKeown UNDER 16 s Valley Rovers 1-09 Coursey Rovers 1.06 Pictured above is Man of the Match Richie Butler receiving his award. (We are lucky Richie handling of the sliotar during the game was better than the handling of the award). Well Done Richie!! LADIES FOOTBALL Our U16 girls travelled to Redmond's pitch last Thursday night to take on Courcey Rovers in the county semi-final. Valleys won the toss and decided to play with the wind, however, it was the Courcey girls who got the better start and raced into a 1:01 to no score lead after 10 mins, the goal coming from a well taken penalty. Valleys slowly settled with a lead point from Orla O Sullivan followed by further scores from Ellen Fehily, Nicole Callanan & O Sullivan again. Right on the stroke of halftime, Valleys got their allimportant goal when the ball came back off the crossbar for Orla to react quickest and slammed the ball to the net to leave the halftime score of Valleys 1:4 to Courceys 1:1 The second half resumed and proved a tense affair as both defences continued to dominate. Sterling defence from Emma O Donavan and Niamh Hurley, coupled with Sarah lynch at halfback, Valleys repelled attack after attack and with Laoise Collins proving to be a key link player at midfield Valleys knocked over further scores from the mercurial O Sullivan and Callanan to maintain their lead. Courceys continued to try and level the game but thankfully the Valleys rearguard held firm to run out winners on a score line of VALLEY ROVERS 1:09 to COURCEY ROVERS 1:06 Jane Mulvihill Aine Lynch Carol Cremin Emma ODonavan Page 3 of 6
Niamh Crowley Niamh Hurley Sarah Lynch Ellen Fennelly Niamh Hurley Cliona Reardon Roisin O Sullivan Orla O Sullivan Nicole Callanan Ellen Fehilly Rachel Lordon Subs: Caoimhe McCarthy, Grace O Dwyer, Shauna Reilly, Chloe Burton, Kim Muckian, Claire O Dwyer, Leanne O Callaghan, Emma Kelly, Katie Murphy, Aishling O Donavan, Aishling Fennelly. Valleys now play the county final against either St Vals or Eire Og next Sunday 17th September at 3pm in a neutral venue TBC. The girls showed great teamwork, shooting, passing and a typical Valley Rovers "never say attitude" in games against Kenmore (Kerry), Mungret (Limerick ) and St Nicks and St Vals of Cork. The coaches are delighted with the progress shown. This was a blitz where we prioritised girls in their last year u10 and all girls present got lots of game time. The best summary of the day was that all the girls left with smiles on their faces, which is one of the aims of playing sport. The girls who represented us on Saturday were Ella Ryan, Emily McGrath, Sorcha Hurley, Caoimhe Craig, Lydia Huggard, Shona Cronin, Allanah McCarthy, Aoife Dullea, Croina Murphy, Ally McGrath, Millie Slyne, Sadbh Forde, Suzie Murphy and Dilly Barry Twohig. UNDER 10 s Well done to the u10 Valley Rovers Ladies football team for a great day at the Passage West U10 blitz on Saturday. The day started where the girls joined a parade of 123 teams from the four corners of Ireland behind the Carrigaline Pipe Band. CAMOGIE Page 4 of 6
CORK UNDER 14 s Congradulations to Valley Rovers players who were on the Cork panel who played in the U14 All Ireland blitz last weekend on All Ireland Camogie weekend in Dublin. Pictured L to R: Molly Lynch, Kate Lynch, Orla O' Sullivan & Laoise Collins. JUVENILE tight affair for the opening 15 minutes, points from Cormac Kilduff, Aaron O Leary and Cian Crowley kept the scoreboard ticking over. As we entered the last ten minutes Valleys kept up the pressure with a mixture of some outstanding defending from Cathal O Sullivan and Brian Hoey and two further goals from Adam Walsh Murphy saw Valleys run out winners 3-10 to 0-13. Others to score on the day were Ronan O Connell and Darragh O Shea. Valleys now await the winners of Mallow\St Micheals clash. Denny Kiely Darragh Keane Cathal O Sullivan Cian O Keeffe Brian Hoey Adam Kenneally Brian McCarthy Darragh O Shea Ronan O Connell Adam Walsh Murphy Aaron O Leary Jack Hurley Conor Taheny Cian Crowley Cormac Kilduff Subs used: Jonathon Kenneally & Gearoid Sweetnam UNDER 12 s U12 Martin Muldoon Tournament UNDER 16 s Valleys U16 s travelled to Clonakilty to take on Castlehaven in their P2 football quarter final. Valleys started brightly with two points from the impressive Adam Walsh Murphy. It was nip and tuck as Castlehaven tagged on a few points and led by two approaching half time. An opportunist goal from Adam Walsh Murphy saw the sides go in level at half time 1-5 to 0-8. The second half continued to be a Pictured above Valley Rovers 2 (U12 s) and Valley Rovers 3 (U11 s) Saturday last saw Valley Rovers host the inaugural Martin Muldoon memorial hurling tournament. With both a Cup and plate competition running on both pitch 1 & 2 a busy day of games lay ahead. Due to a withdrawal in the plate competition on Friday, Valley Rovers U-11s came to the rescue to Page 5 of 6
enter a team in the tournament on Saturday morning. In the plate competition on pitch 2 it was Valley Rovers 2, Valley Rovers 3, Mayfield & Tracton. and with both Tracton and Valley Rovers 3 putting up a serious fight in their games it was Valley Rovers 2 & Mayfield who contested in the plate final where it was Mayfield with a strong display of hurling to take a comfortable win against Valley Rovers 2. doubt remain an important day in the Valley Rovers calendar. Martin Muldoon Memorial hurling tournament plate winners: Mayfield Martin Muldoon Memorial hurling tournament Cup winners: Valley Rovers 1. UNDER 10 s Pictured above Cup finalists Valley Rovers and Cashel King Cormac s In the Cup competition, it was Valley Rovers 1, Cashel King Cormacs, Bride Rovers & Ballinhassig who contested this competition. Very little separated all these teams it was Valley Rovers 1 & Cashel King Cormacs who fought out an excellent final where Valley Rovers 1 done enough to win the Martin Muldoon Cup. Captaining the Valley Rovers 1 team it was Enda Muldoon who was presented with the cup by his grandfather on behalf the Muldoon family. Valley Rovers would like to thank all involved in the organising of this tournament to parents, friends and family who supplied and helped out with food and refreshments. To the teams that participated and the referees Paul Hoey and Pat O Leary, to the Valley Rovers U-11s who came into the Tournament at such short notice. A special thank you to the Muldoon Family who put up the plate and cup in memory of Martin. This was a memorable day for all involved and will no Pictured above Valley Rovers & Sam Maguires U10 s teams who played each other last Saturday morning. 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 6 of 6