Thursday, 15th December 2016
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81 East Cork Rugby Notes Midleton RFC by ANNE CUNNINGHAM
BANK OF IRELAND MUNSTER JUNIOR CUP KILLORGLIN RFC 13 – 24 MIDLETON RFC Our 2nd
against Division 3 league leaders Killorglin. The Kerrymen lost for the first time this season when they were defeated at home by a tenacious Midleton side. The final score line read 24-13. Ryan Hogan and Michael
Cronin scored
tries for Midleton and Jamie
Clohessy kicked XV travelled
to the Kingdom and had a
very convincing win
four penalties and a con- version. Killorglin replied with a try from Kieran Crowley and Luke O’Shea converted and also added
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two penalties. Midleton RFC 2nd
XV
face another Kerry side in the form of Castleisland RFC on Sunday, 18th
De-
cember at home in Towns Park. Kick-off is 2pm and a rousing home support would be greatly appreci- ated.
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MIDLETON RFC CHRISTMAS PARTY
took place on Saturday, December 10th
the Clubhouse. We mousse
Our Christmas Party 2016 at
all
enjoyed a festive meal of turkey and ham, followed up with a luscious choc- olate
prepared
by our 5 Star Chef Rory. Following the meal we re- tired to the bar for some seasonal cheer and a catch up with friends and family. The party was a great op-
portunity to socialise with coaching colleagues, team mates, fellow volunteers and friends of
Midleton
Rugby in a relaxed infor- mal setting. The night was a great success and will be- come a regular fixture on our calendar.
Bookings Paul McCarthy: 086- 8105641 Midleton RFC Office:
021-4633808
For further information Niall McCarthy 085 7273190
East Cork Hockey
Midleton U14 boys v C Of I. Friday 9th
december 8pm
away Midleton started well and
after some good play in the first 10 minutes were un- lucky not to score. On the 15th
minute Midleton scored
a well-taken goal by John- ny Spillane after some fine interchanges from Philippe Holme, Olan O’Connor and Ben Duffy . Midleton had a few more
chances from play and short corners but due to some excellent goalkeeping and defending were kept at bay until the
last minute of
the half when Paul Curtin stepped up to give midleton a 2-0 lead. The second half started
well and despite some good opportunities Midleton couldn’t get their third goal. From a break C of I got a goal bringing the scoreline to 2-1with 10 minutes to play. Ben Duffy in centre mid
got a burst of energy with 5 minutes to go beat
four
opposition player and hit a fabulous strike to give mid- leton a 3-1 lead and the re- sult running out the same, Midleton man of the match performance was Phillippe Holme who was outstand- ing in midfield in attack and defence doing an excellent marking job on C or I’s irish U16 trialists, well done to all involved on the panel on the night. Panel:
Midleton Hockey News Ben Kingston, John-
ny Hall, Ben Duffy, Olan O’Connor, Paul Curtin, Kyle Read, Conan Joyce, Arron Brohkorb, Richie Daly, Donagh McCarthy, Phillippe Holme, Ben Ryan, David Ryan, Nick Tyrell, Promise, Daniel Jimmy, Johnny Spillane, Ronan Murphy, Adam Carry and Cameron Clerkin. Coaches; Clive Read,
Tiernan Murphy, Clive Seale
Midleton U10 girls went
to their second blitz of the year in Ashton Hockey club playing four matches, losing the 1st
one 2-0 to an Ashton
team, and after that beating another Ashton team 3-0. Their third match was a
very tough game losing out on a 2-0 scoreline to Harle- quins . After a break they played
a Harlequins team drawing 0-0. All players had great fun and had no rain on the day which also helps. panel: Eadoin Rice, Ao-
ife Morrison, Erin Schoen- makers, Clodagh Hegarty, Tess Dwane O’Neill, Ava Huggard, Maisie McCrea, Charlotte
Hennessy and
Aoibheann Allen. coach\manager Cullen
Allen and Alex Schoenmak- ers
Midleton
played their second league match of the
U14 boys weekend
against Waterford in Mid- leton
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Midleton played excellent hockey in the 1st
10 min-
utes with fantastic passing scoring
three on the 15th goals from
Olan, Johnny Spillane and Philippe . Midleton got their fourth minute with a
fine goal from Olan O’Con- nor, Waterford got a goal back before Johnny spillane made it 5.1 on the stroke of half time. Waterford came at midle-
ton in the second half with two early goals leaving it 5.3 with 20 minutes to go. Mid- leton battled on for the last 20 minutes keeping it to a 5.3 win to midleton despite the huge improvement from Waterford . A great result for midle-
ton U14 boys giving them four straight wins to top the Munster league table with Galway at home and lim- erick and cork harlequins to play away after Xmas . Panel : B Duffy, B King-
ston , O O’Connor , P Cur- tin, J Hall, l O’Driscoll, R Daly , P Holme , B Ryan, N Tyrell , J Spillane, A Carry. Coach / manager : Clive
Seale , Clive Read . Midleton Pumas (1st
yrs)
12-2 Dungarvan B. The Pumas had a fantastic game as they continue to grow in confidence and work well as a team. Emily O’Hara kindly donated prizes for Top Goal scorer awarded to Maeve O’Connor (4) and Best Player went to Aisling Sexton. Other
players to
score were Gaby Olden (1), Isabel Kelly, (1) Aisling Sex- ton (1), Lucy Quirk (2) and
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Meadhbh McCarthy (2). Our second game was
Midleton Panthers 0-4 Dungarvan A. This result doesn’t reflect how well the Panthers played. Dungar- van had a couple of very strong players who proved hard to pin down. The Pan- thers fought hard for the full
match and there were op- portunities on goal that they created but
just couldn’t
capitalize on. Prizes for Best Players were Ellie
awarded to Dunhig (goalkeeper
for the match) and to Kate Hanna. Both well deserved. Since September, both
teams are playing and train- ing with huge enthusiasm and team spirit, they should be proud of themselves go- ing into Christmas break.
Mens hockey On December 6th
Mid-
leton travelled to Bandon to play them in the league. Bandon were sitting in top spot with Midleton just a single point behind them. It was a tough cold night and due to the mid week fixture it was a struggle to field a team. From the start Mid- leton began strongly with a goal from Eric Callender in the first two minutes of the game. The team kept sol- id through many attempts from Bandon to get
the
equaliser. After a lot of pres- sure Bandon finally got what they were looking for. As the half time approached Ban- don got themselves 2-1 up. The Midleton defense stood strong but
after constant pressure and even through After the battle on Tues-
day, Midleton played Ban- don once again on Sunday in the Cork Cup. After the previous Tuesday they knew the battle ahead of them. With a solid team and the strongest centre midfield team of the year with Alan Sheehy and Harry Cremin hopes were high. The game got off to a fast start with Midleton holding onto the ball making the
Bandon
team work hard. After start of game nerves Bandon managed to slip through the defense and put it past Liam Mariga in goals to get themselves the lead. After chances at both ends Mid- leton got the breakthrough they needed from a short corner. After a bit of a mis- take from the top the ball managed to sneak into the bottom corner. This
goal
gave the team the boost it needed with many balls go- ing just across goal in front of the
opposition keeper
that just lacked the final touch, coming closest was Ciaran McGregor. Bandon piled on the pressure once
the tough defending from Andrew Levis, Mark Deane and Harry Compton Midle- ton were 3-1 down. As ever Midleton are never a team to stop fighting and man- aged to get a goal back from John Jeffery from a great finish at the back post from a short corner. This brought it to a close one goal game. However Bandon once again struck and the game finished 4-2 in the favour of Bandon.
more in the second half. After numerous saves from Liam Mariga and a strong defence Bandon struggled to get
the chances they
needed. After Bandons fifth short corner they squeezed the ball into the goal. With very little time left Midleton began to feel the pressure. They worked hard and got themselves a short corner of their own but the Bandon keeper somehow managed to deflect the ball outside his post. This felt like the last chance but as ever the spirit and fight that was in Midleton just before the fi- nal whistle got another short corner which Eric Callen- der put in all his strength to force the ball into the goal from the initial save. This brought the game into extra time. Five minutes each way was all that was to be played. Feeling
hopeful Midleton
pushed hard with seriously superhuman defence from Mark Deane to get ahead of his player and win the ball Bandon could not get into the circle. After putting in all they got Midleton ended up giving Bandon the gift of a short corner at the final whistle. The first one was saved only for the umpire to award a second straight
away. It was all down to this to see Bandon win or for the game to go to penalty strokes which could very much go either way. Hoping for strokes to give the team another chance to win and progress in the cup, but sad- ly not to be as a well worked short corner routine put the ball into the Midleton net. Sadly it knocked Midleton out of the second cup this season but still with eyes on winning the league they will fight on.
Ladies hockey On Sunday we travelled
to play Crescent B Limerick. We opened up well scoring in the first five minutes a lovely shot from Nikki Mor- essy. It was a tough match but we managed to hold it
at half time. Ten minutes into the
together leading one-nil second half we
won a short corner with a shot taken by Zara Bowles which the goalie saved and Nicole Read scored off the rebound. We lost concen- tration giving away a short corner with Crescent put- ting a high ball into the net giving our goalie no chance to save. This woke us up and we held it tight to finish the game on a two-one victory.
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