Nuachtlitir Cumann Fánaithe na Claise Vol 5 Issue 17 The Under 9 Hurlers at a recent Under 9 Blitz Upcoming Fixtures Senior Football Championship Valley Rovers Vs Carbery Rangers Monday May 4 th in Ballinascarthy, at 6.45pm Junior A Football Championship Valley Rovers V Shamrocks Saturday May 2nd in Ballinhassig at 7pm Rebel Og Premier 2 U16 Hurling League Group 1 Eire Og Vs Valley Rovers Tues 28th Apr in Ovens at 19:00 Rebel Og Premier 1 U15 Football League Valley Rovers Vs Douglas Wed 29th Apr in Brinny at 19:15 Rebel Og Premier 2 U16 Football League Grp2 Valley Rovers Vs St Vincents Fri 01st May in Innishannon at 19:00 Rebel Og Premier 1 U15 Hurling League Valley Rovers Vs Duhallow in Innishannon Sat 02nd May at 12:00 Rebel Og Premier 2 U16 Football League Grp2 Douglas Vs Valley Rovers Tues05th May in Douglas at 19:00 Lotto Results Sunday 03 rd /May/2015 Numbers Drawn 2, 4, 16 & 29. No winner of the Jackpot of 13,400 20 winners: 1. Mary O Farrell, c/o P J Shiels. 2. P.J. McCarthy, c/o P J Shiels. 3. Treasa Coleman, c/o P J Shiels. 4. Oliver Quinn, c/o Brinny Inn. 5. Margaret Kelleher, c/o Brinny Inn. 6.Mags O Sullivan, Killountain Innishannon. 7. Dave O Neill, c/o Brinny Inn. 8. Finbarr Coleman, Slievegullane. 9. Elmarie Cottrell, Dromkeen. 10. Brendan Lynch, Farnahoe. Next Week s Draw in Brinny INN Jackpot 13,520 Be in to win All fixtures subject to change, please check website homepage prior to games Page 1 of 6
Minor Hurling Valley Rovers minor hurlers played Eire Óg in the premier 2 hurling league in Brinny on Thursday April 23rd at 7.15 pm. This was a good result for the team as they lined out without Chris O Leary and Andrew O Callaghan who are doing exams, and Aidan Sheehan who had his tonsils out earlier in the week. Sean O Regan opened the score with a point from a free in the 3rd minute which was cancelled out by a point from play from Eire Óg in the 4th minute. Colm Butler got a point from play in the 7th minute with Eire Óg levelling with a point from play in the 11th minute. Sean O Regan added 2 more points in the 15th and 20th minute before Gary Deane got in for a Valley s goal in the 22nd minute. From there to half time Eire Óg got on top with 3 points from play in the 26th, 27th and 30th minute. This left the score at half time Valley Rovers 1. 4 to Eire Óg 5 points. The opening 10 minutes of the 2nd half was very even with Eire Óg hitting 4 points and Valley s responding with points from Colm Butler, Aaron Lyons, a pointed free from Sean O Regan and a point from play from Pa Hurley. Another point from a free by Sean O Regan in the 11th minute was again cancelled out by a point from play in the 13th minute from Eire Óg. Valley s opened up a 5 point lead in the 16th minute when Sean O Regan converted a penalty which was won by Aaron Lyons. Over the next 10 minutes both teams put over 3 points each with Sean O Regan, James Callanan and Colm Butler getting the Valley s scores. Eire Óg closed the gap to 3 points in the 26th minute when they converted a penalty. In a tense final 4 minutes both teams got a point each to leave Valleys the winners on a final score of Valley Rovers 2. 13 to Eire Óg 1. 13. This was a very enjoyable game in the absence of an appointed referee. In his absence the game was well handled by our own Richie Butler whom we were very grateful for his assistance on the night. Next up for this team is a home game with Ballinhassig on Thursday April 30th. Panel for tonight s game Cathal Dart O Flynn, Rory O Sullivan, Bill Casey, Scott Deane, Michael Crowley, William Hurley, Fergal Lyons, Sean O Regan, Colm Butler, Eoin Burke, James Callanan, Pa Hurley, Adam Settini, Gary Deane, Aaron Lyons, Aaron Murphy,Cian O Donovan,Colm Barry,Shane O Leary,Robert Sean Sweetnam, Stephen Lordan, and Dan Sweetnam. Under 16 Hurling League This thoroughly enjoyable league game was played in Church Road and although Valleys ended up losing the points can still be happy with their display. Having given away 1.02 in the first three mins, they fought back to level with a goal from Adam Healy and a point each from Daniel Kenneally & Charlie Lyons before the Rockies stormed into a commanding lead at half time of 3.07 to 1.06. Three further points from Charlie and one more from Daniel were added before the break. The second half began with two early points from Blackrock and two from Daniel before a goal and two points in quick succession from Charlie left just four between the sides. A long range free from Sean Lynch, a point from play from Conor Keogh and a second Charlie Lyons goal left just the minimum in it with five mins left on the watch. Unfortunately a late Blackrock goal & point sealed their victory. Final Score Valley Rovers 3.12 Blackrock 4.14. Cormac Lyons, Jack Higgins, Sean Lynch, Ronan Hoey, Niall Lawton, Olan Fehilly, Shane Lynch, Charlie Lyons, Jack Crowley, Conor Keogh, Adam Healy, Cathal Manning, Conor Hurley, Daniel Kenneally, Mark O'Leary. Subs: John Patrick Muckian, Matthew Crowley, Matt Devins, & Darren Draper. Scorers: Charlie Lyons 2.06, 5f, Daniel Kenneally 0.04, Adam Healy 1.00, Sean Lynch 0.01f, Conor Keogh 0.01, Under 16 Football League St Michaels started with a goal and point before Conor Hurley pointed, Cathal Manning added a free before Adam Healy added a goal and a point. This was followed by points from Niall Lawton & Conor Keogh and with St Michaels getting last score it was 1.05 to 1.02 at half time. The second half was totally different with St Michaels racing into a lead scoring 2.04 from play and Valleys reply was five scores from Cathal Manning including three frees. St Michaels finished with two points to win by a goal. This was a game The Rovers should have won but silly mistakes caused their downfall. Final Score Valley Rovers 1.10 St Michaels 3.07. Page 2 of 6
Cormac Lyons, Jack Higgins, Sean Lynch, Shane Lynch, John Patrick Muckian, Olan Fehilly, Niall Lawton, Matt Devine, Jack Crowley, Conor Keogh, Adam Healy, Cathal Manning, Sean Barry, Daniel Kenneally, Conor Hurley. Scores: Cathal Manning 0.06,4f, Adam Healy 1.01, Niall Lawton 0.01, Conor Keogh 0.01, Conor Hurley 0.01 Subs: Daniel Lordan, Ronan Hoey, Ronan Cronin, Darren Draper. Under 14 Hurling Valleys U14's played two hurling game recently. First up was a trip to play Eire Og. Valleys started brightly with a goal from Cian Crowley and led by a point at half time. Eire Og came back strongly in the second half going on to win the game on a score line of 3-11 to 2-6. Next was the visit of Bishopstown to the bleach on Saturday. Valleys got a good start with goals from Aaron O'Leary and Darragh O'Shea and led 2-5 to 0-7 at half time. Valleys kept up the pressure and some excellent scores from Cathal OSullivan from both frees and play kept Bishopstown at bay, Valleys finished strongly and won 2-11 to 1-9. Ben Carthew and Daniel Lynch but in strong performances also. Panel: Denny Kiely, Daniel Hoban, Gearoid Sweetnam, Aaron O Leary, Niall Kiely, Adam Kenneally, Brian Hoey, DarraghO Shea, Darragh Keane, Daniel Lynch, Noel Brady, George Lordan, Ben Carthew, Cathal Cronin, Eoin Nash, Alan O'Brien, Gerard O'Mahony, Cathal O'Sullivan, Brian McCarthy, Eric Duarte, Jason Cronin, Cian Crowley Eoin O'Sullivan, Conor Taheny Under 13 With a busy two weeks of hurling and football, Valley Rovers U13s did themselves proud and did extremely well in three games. They played two football games last week against Canovee and Glenville, both away, and proved very strong with scorelines of 5-20 to 1-4 and 10-7 to 1-3 respectively. They played Ballincollig in hurling yesterday and again did very well against a physical side. Darra Devine had to go into goal as our goalie went off injured after an off the ball challenge. Ballincollig got a penalty which Darra did very well to save. Eric Duarte and Adam Walsh Murphy were very strong midfield and were putting Ballincollig under pressure. Jason Cronin and Brian McCarthy did very well to keep the score line down but with great performances from all team players we won with a score of 7-10 to 4-3. Dylan Hoey, Joe O'Halloran, Cian O'Keeffe, David Kelly, Diarmuid Ryan, Miah O'Sullivan, Brian McCarthy Eric Duarte, Eoin O'Sullivan, Adam Walsh Murphy, Conor Taheney, Jason Cronin, Eoghan Crowley, Neil Collins, Jack O'Flynn, Niall Burke, Niall Og O'Leary, Gerard Connolly, Darra Devine, Daithi O'Sullivan, Eoghan Lynch, Kevin O'Sullivan & Ciaran O'Shea. U12 Hurling Valley Rovers U12 hurlers welcomed Grenagh to Brinny in a top of the table clash on Saturday. From the throw-in both teams tore into it. It was end to end stuff with Grenagh going into half time with a slender lead of 2-2 to 2-0. The second half was tooth and nail with goals flying in from everywhere. Grenagh eventually ran out winners on a score line of 5-4 to 5-3. Great credit to both teams for a very enjoyable and exciting game. U10 Football Our u10 footballers took part in the latest Rebel Og Monster blitz in Clonakility last Saturday. There was a very large turnout of 28 players which enabled us to field 3 teams. All of the teams performed well and had some very tough matches. Some good scores and kicking off both feet was very pleasing to see and the players are also learning the importance of marking their opponents.we met teams from Sam Maguires, Kilbrittain, Barryroe, Sliabh Rua, Bandon, Kilmeen & Dohenys. As always the players were well supported by their parents and we would encourage the lads to keep practising at home. Thanks to the Valley Rovers young whistlers who refereed the games - Fearghal Lyons, Cian O'Donovan & Ronan Hoey. The following players played in the blitz. Aaron Motherway, Adam Lynch, Ben O Sullivan, Callum Fennelly, Callum Reardon,Ciaran Brady, Ciaran Hoey, Conor Desmond, Daniel Lynch, Danny O Brien Dara McCarthy, David Carthew, Enda Manning, Enda Page 3 of 6
Muldoon, Eoin Guinane, Fionn Nash, Joshua Woods, Kevin Dart O'Flynn, Luke O'Sullivan, Matthew Woods Ray Snapes, Rhuairi Ryan, Ronan Kelleher, Ruairi O Donovan, Seán Mac an tsaoi, Sean O'Connor, Shane Ryan, Ted McGrath Under 9 Hurling Valley Rovers U9 s ran a hurling blitz at The Bleach on Saturday morning 25th April against Clonakilty and Sliabh Rua. We had an excellent turnout of 21 players and we fielded two teams. Each team played three matches. The lads played very well in all games with defence rock solid throughout, closing down the opposition very quickly, and there were some wonderful scores taken. It was noticeable that all the players are improving their skills. The ball was moved quickly along the ground and excellent catching and striking left and right from the hand which earned applause from all supporters. Thanks to all who came along to support and gave great encouragement to the lads. The players were: Sam Browne, Luke Casey, Billy Cronin, Seanie Crowe, Billy Curtin, Niall Daly, Liam Dineen, Roan Gilli, Neil Hennessy, Matthew Hoban, Luke Humphreys, Alex Hurley, Scott Johnson Collins, Ben Keane, Matthew Kelleher, Sean T Kenneally, Samuel Linehan, Oisin McCarthy, Shane O Connell, Harry O Sullivan, Anthony Slattery. U9 training continues every Tuesday evening from 6pm to 7.15pm at Brinny and we also encourage the boys to practice their skills at home. The Under 9 hurlers are this weeks feature picture on page one of the Newsletter. Doing a spring Clean? Valley Rovers have a skip in Brinny for all your unwanted scrap Metal. This is an ideal way for you to clean up your home, garages, out houses, farm etc. Dispose of your metal for free in your own time and help your local Club. The skip is located by the farthest gable of the dressing rooms from the road by the Pedestrian entrance to pitch 1. If the gate is locked or if you want to check that it opened before you go to Brinny please ring Con Murphy at 0879404868. The gate is always opened anytime that training or matches are on. Page 4 of 6
Senior B League v Barryroe Valley Rovers 3-6 Barryroe 1-10 Camogie Valleys played their third league match at the weekend and have full points from all three games. So far this was the toughest outing with Barryroe only regraded from Senior A this season. Barryroe aided by the breeze in the first half started the brighter with some fine points. Gradually Valleys came in the game with points from Maryanne Hawkes Liz Buglar and Lisa Lynch. Shortly afterwards Eileen Foley found the back of the net but Barryroe finished the half strong with a goal leaving the half time score Barryroe 1-7 to Valleys 1-4. The first two scores of the second half were Rovers goals. Eimear O Regan was fouled in the small square and Lisa Lynch made no mistake from the resulting penalty. This was followed by a goal from Liz Buglar. Valleys had to fight hard from here to the final whistle to get over the line. Superb defending from all six backs held Barryroe to just three points for the second half. In the final few minutes two goal attempts from Cork Senior player Sheila Burns were cleared. Goalkeeper Gillian Harrington got her foot to one and Ena Coughlan cleared to safety. Valleys backs crowed out the second attempt resulting in free out from over carring. This victory was a great team effort with an excellent work rate for the entire match, Valleys lined out with four players from last year victorious U16 team Rachel O Sullivan, Marog Murphy, Michelle Cottrell and Laura Brew and Valleys half back line was made up of three first cousins Emily Palmer, Michelle Cottrell and Marog Murphy. Valleys have now qualified for the Semi Final of the league before playing their last match against Eire Og. Under 10 Camogie Valley Rovers Camogie Under 10s continued their strong start to the year with a good day out in Clonakilty on Saturday. 22 girls made the trip and they played extremely well thoughout the 2 simultaneous games against Clonakilty. It is very clear that each child is practicing at home and they all brought their skills to bear on Saturday. From dribbling to striking, from clearing to scoring and from tackling to blocking each girl really impressed all those watching. The 2 Valley Rovers teams were too strong for Clonakilty on the day and those who played so well were as follows: Muireann McCarthy, Anna Collins, Alicia Cronin, Lucy McCarthy, Ella Ronan, Cara O Sullivan, Maria Hayes, Niamh Quinn, Fiona Twohig, Maedbh Kiely, Aoife O Donovan, Cadhla O Donovan, Ruby Murphy, Aine O Brien, Kate Cronin, Kate O Sullivan, Nicole O Connor, Orla Manning, Livia Sexton, Kate Canning Ciara Dullea and Erika Crowley. Team, Gillian Harrington, Rachel O Sullivan, Ena Coughlan, Elaine Forde, Marog Murphy, Michelle Cottrell, Emily Palmer, Eimear O Regan, Katie Richardson, Eileen Foley, Maryanne Hawkes, Lisa Lynch, Laura Brew, Liz Buglar, Orlagh Ryan, Cathy O Donovan. Page 5 of 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 UPDATED VALLEY ROVERS CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAMME m Monday May 4 th @ Ballinascarthy, SFC R1, Carbery Rangers v Valley Rovers, 6.45pm (Kevin Murphy) Sunday May 10th @ Coachford, U-21 B QF, Dromtarriffe v Valley Rovers 12.00pm Saturday May 16th @ Blarney, U-21 A QF Fermoy v Valley Rovers, 7.30pm Sunday May 24th @ Pairc Ui Rinn, PIHC R1, Fermoy v Valley Rovers 2.00pm ET (Dave Daly) Saturday June 6th @ TBC, SFC R2, if Valley Rovers v Clyda Rovers/Castlehaven Sunday June 15th @ TBC, PIHC R2, Carrigaline/Ballinhassig v Fermoy/Valley Rovers Dates to note Saturday May 16th @ Brinny, PIHC R1, Courcey Rovers v Bandon, 7.45pm ET (Brian Murphy) @ Brinny IHC, Ballygarvan v Éire Óg, 6.00pm ET (Michael O Mahony) Orders are being taken for the club Shorts and Socks, Shorts are 22 and Socks are 12. To order the above text Paul Cronin @ 0872700681, 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. 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 Page 6 of 6