Thursday, 15th December 2016
sport@eastcorkjournal.ie Youghal Bay Bridge Club Hosts Perpetual Trophy The annual Youghal Bay
Bridge Club competition for the Kirby Brosnan Per- petual Trophy was played on Thursday night
last
and drew nine competitive teams. The Tournament Directors did an excellent job of running the pres- tigious
duced a very close result. Eventually, the
event, which pro- team of
Dermot and Betty Cotter, Kieran Groeger and Den- ise FitzGerald finished just a single point ahead of 2nd placed team Kate Hogan, Lourde Kenneally, Hugh
Fitzpatrick and Eilish Slat- tery. The following are some
of the Bridge results over the past two weeks, kind- ly supplied by Marybelle Murphy. 29 November: North/ Catherine Dineen
South 1st
and Susan Ward; Scratch Gerry Stack and John Whelehan, 3rd
and Katherine Donnelly. East/West 1st
Sylvia Stack Jean Kelly
and Liam Hyde, Scratch Kieran and Brid Groeger, 3rd
Finn. Claire Quill and Stella
• Winners of the Perpetual Kirby Brosnan Bridge Trophy Dermot Cotter, Denise FitzGerald, Betty Cotter and Kieran Groeger.
Championship draws throw up some interesting contests As usual pat of the
County Convention in- cludes the championship draws in hurling and foot- ball in Senior, Premier In- termediate and Interme- diate in both hurling and football. As always there is huge interest in these draws as clubs plan for the
new season with the East Cork division well repre- sented in all bar one of the grades.
In senior hurling the meeting of Midleton and Carrigtwohill is an East Cork derby game while Bride Rovers will come up against defending champi-
ons Glen Rovers in their opening fixture, with the winner here facing Sars- fields. Youghal have drawn divisional side Duhallow, while in another all East Cork affair Killeagh will meet last year’s defeated finalist Erin’s Own. Divi- sional side Imokilly will
face Bishopstown in their opener. In next week’s issue we
will have a much closer look at who faces who in what will be the second year of the new champi- onship format. In Senior football Aghada are
the sole East Cork represent-
ative and they have been drawn against Dohneys in their opener while de- fending champions Car- berry Rangers will face Clonakilty in a mouth-wa- tering opener while Nemo Rangers will
also have
West Cork opposition in the form of O’Donovan
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Fermoy Whist Drive results Sunday 11th
December
Winning Ladies Joan McHugh, Kay
Clifford, Catherine Mor- rison, Rita Leamy, Abina Murphy, and Kathleen Grumbridge.
Winning Gents Tadgh Donovan, Fr Aquin Casey, Gerard Do- novan, M Fenton, Jim Ry- all, M Scannell.
Raffle
Rossa.. In premier intermediate
hurling Fr O’Neill’s have been given a tough opener when they face Charleville, with Watergrasshill facing Blarney, Cloyne meeting Tracton and Castlelyons meeting Kanturk. In the
Intermediate
championship Sarsfields who are gone up will face Dungourney, while the
East Cork
Co-Op Superstores announced as new sponsor of the Munster Hurling League
Munster GAA are de-
lighted to announce that
Coopsuperstores.ie are the new sponsors of the 2017 Munster Hurling League. The 2017 Coopsuper- Munster Hurl-
stores.ie
ing League will be run on a round robin league basis with 5 rounds. It
commences on Sunday January 8th
with games
between Cork and Ker- ry at Páirc Uí Rinn and Waterford and Limerick at Walsh Park. Clare have a bye in the first series of games. The full fixtures list is included below. Launching the
new
sponsorship today, the Chairman Council
of GAA,
Munster Jerry
O’Sullivan, warmly wel- comed
Coopsuperstores.
ie as the new sponsors of the Munster Hurling League. He said “I am de- lighted that Munster GAA is partnering with such a
progressive and success- ful organisation that has a strong presence around Munster. I look forward to the
coopsuperstores.ie Munster Hurling League kicking off
the 2017 sea-
son with plenty of excite- ment and entertainment” Commenting on the
new sponsorship Jim
Woulfe, CEO of Dairy- gold said: “We are pleased to embark on this new sponsorship with Munster GAA. Dairygold, through our network of retail stores and our online store
Coopsuperstores.ie
is hugely connected with the GAA community and so we see this sponsorship as a perfect fit and we’re looking forward to being part of this competition in 2017.”
About Co-Op Superstores With 39 stores across
Munster and online at
coopsuperstores.ie, this sponsorship is an ideal fit for the retail arm of Dairygold as it too is at the
heart of local communi- ties across the province. Co-Op Superstores has
something for everyone in the community. From Stoves and Coal to Lawn- mowers and Electrical Appliances, they have be- come a destination for all things Farm, Home and Garden. Customers can now opt for nationwide delivery direct
to their
home by shopping their online store at
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Support Midleton CBS in O’ Callaghan Cup Final Congratulations to Mid-
leton CBS on reaching the O’Callaghan Cup Final V St. Colmans Fermoy - which will be held in Pairc Ui Rinn, this Thursday De- cember 15th
. TIME 7pm.
All support would be greatly appreciated.
19th
Christmas FUN Table Quiz On Monday December , Parents of the 2016-
2017 Midleton CBS Harty Panel are hosting a FUN TABLE QUIZ in Wallis’s RE: Team Gear!!! Table of
4 – Costs €30. We would hope
that ALL LOCAL
CLUBS, Parents, Support- ers and previous HARTY/ SCHOOL
Players and
friends would join in this GAA Festive Event. Raffle tickets will also be available to purchase on the night with some great prizes. Ex- tra FUN Spot Prizes will be given for BEST DRESSED XMAS
(THEMED)
TEAM!!!! All Spot Prizes being donated by Parents on TEAM PANEL please call to Ballick Blinds with same. Thanks for your Support.
@eastcorkjournal / #eastcorkjournal Christmas Table Quiz Presented by Parents of Midleton CBS Harty Cup Team 2016-17
Midleton second side will meet Grenagh. Kilbrittian will
meet Castlemartyr
and Aghada will meet Bal- lygarvan. In football at Interme-
diate level East Cork will have
three sides in ac-
tion with Youghal facing Aughabolloghue, Kinsale will face Glenville while Kildorrery will meet Gl- anmire.
Kathleen Grumbridge,
Joan O’Callaghan, Esther Lomasney.
Whist Drive every Sun-
day at 8.15pm sharp in Fermoy Education Centre (FEC) you can come alone as a partner is available for every one.Enquiries at 025 32086 or 087 7523429 Hall is
situated close Fermoy Garda Station. to
Wallis’s Bar Midleton
Monday Dec 19th – 8pm Team of 4 €30 Raffle and Spot Prizes
Contact: Vera – (087)6489381 or Ann – (087)2465753
eastcorkjournal
Tel: 021 463 8000 • Email:
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