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ald, Eoin Higgins, Alex Howard, Cian Lambe, Niall Lang, Rory Leister, Evan Mc Grath, Alex Moloney, Samuel Morris- sey, Tiernan O’Connell, Thomas O’Connor, Tadhg O’Leary,
some very good points. We fought right up to the final whistle and came away with win on a scoreline of 4-04 to 1-10. Team: Brion Sanderson,
Cormac Ryan,
Daniel Shine, Zak Smith, Larry Ward, Conor Wil- liams and Darragh Scan- lon. Fe 15: We had a great
win over Blackrock in the first round of the C3 Championship. Through- out
the game Blackrock
played with a lot of in- tensity and were better at taking their scores and got
Christopher Leahy, Conor Hayes, Daithi Magen, Tre- vor Shine, Daniel Cagney, William O’Sullivan, Aaron Coughlan, Ben Cummins, Nickey Hayes, Ryan Cahill, Conor Fitzgerald, Luke Deane, Darragh Crowley, Ollie Murray, Alex Prang- er, Aaron Coleman, Jack McKay,
Joshua Pennant,
Kevin O’Brien and Rory Lang. Last Friday our hurlers
travelled to Carrigaline to play Sars in the semi-final of the Premier 1 Hurling Championship. We knew facing this game that it was going to be a tough en- counter. It started off fast with Sars taking some good scores. Half time came and we found ourselves down by five points. The second half started with the same intensity but Sars were bet- ter at at
taking their scores,
this stage we knew we could not catch up and they ran out winners on a scoreline of Sars 2-14 v Midleton 1-09. Team: Brion Sanderson,
sport@eastcorkjournal.ie Notes Ciarmhac Smyth, Char-
lie Walsh, Conor Hayes, Gavin Reddy, Jack Fitzger- ald, Patrick Kane, Leo Hennessy, Alex Quirke, Daniel Cagney, Darragh McCarthy, Conor Fitzger- ald, Paul Connaughton, Ryan Cahill, Darragh Crowley, Ben Cummins, Luke
Deane, Aaron
Coughlan, Christopher Le- ahy, Nickey Hayes, William O’Sullivan and Trevor Shine.
Divisional Squads Last weekend was a
busy one with the Divi- sional Hurling squads all
out together, the following players represented us with Imokilly; Fe 14s were in Castle-
martyr - Brion Saunder- son, Ciarmhac Smyth, Alex Quirke, Evan Kelly, Evan McCarthy and Dar- ragh McCarthy. Fe 15s were in Mallow
- Paul Connaughton, Pat- rick Kane, Leo Hennessy, Jack Fitzgerald and Charlie Walsh Fe 16s were in Ballyhea –
Aaron Mulcahy and Gary Carroll,
both Christian
Murphy and David Scan- lon are both currently out injured.
La na gClub Midleton GAA Club
are marking La na gClub this
year by supporting
our Health and Well Being Committee and encourag- ing all our members, coach- es and players to take part in the Darkness Into Light Walk. The walk will take place on Saturday the 6th of May at Market Green, Midleton at 4.15am. Pieta House provides a free, ther- apeutic approach to people who are in suicidal distress and those who engage in self-harm. Darkness Into Light is a
movement against suicide. Money raised helps keep Pieta House’s life-saving services free and helps to broaden their that
services so they can reach those
who need them. Please if you can support this very worthy cause and help Midleton GAA Clubs to mark La na gClub in such a positive and meaningful way.
Club Shop The Club Shop will be
CLOSED this Saturday due to the Darkness into Light walk.
Thursday, 4th
May 2017
Russell Rovers GAA It was all one way traffic
Russell Rovers 2-22
Cobh 0-6 Our hurlers got off to
a flying start in their JHL Division 1 campaign when they had a comprehensive win over Cobh in Pairc Ui Conaill last Monday evening week, 24th
in the opening half with our forwards causing mayhem in the Cobh rearguard. Brian Hartnett and Jack McGrath fired over four points each from play, Josh Beausang had two and a point apiece from Kieran Walsh, Dan Moynihan and John Ahern. Our first goal came in the 22nd
minute when Hartnett April. Those in at-
tendance found themselves scratching their heads trying to figure out were Cobh that weak or were Rovers that good. I guess the answer probably lies somewhere in between.
made a great run down the left flank before off-loading to Beausang who made no mistake from close range. Our second goal arrived just before half-time when Bud latched on to a rebound and despatched it to the net to
give us a comfortable 2-14 to 0-1 lead at the break. In fairness to Cobh, in-
stead of throwing in the towel they made a game of it in the second half though we still managed to outscore them 8 points to 5, courtesy of Josh 0-4, Bud 0-3 and a fine point from John Ahern when he bolted through the middle and slotted over from 50 yards. Our backs defended well throughout, particularly Paul Lane in the unfamiliar position of full-back while Ross Walsh has developed into a sharp and confident goalkeeper, though he didn’t have a lot
to do on this occasion. Our next game in Di-
vision 1 against our 2016 semi-final opponents St Catherines on May Bank Holiday Monday will pro- vide a much sterner test and a better barometer of where we are. Team: Ross Walsh; Aidan
Beausang, Paul Lane, Ian Smiddy; Kevin Ivers, James Kennefick, Kevin Moyni- han; Kieran Walsh (0-1), Daniel Moynihan (0-1); John Ahern (0-2), David Whelehan, Chris Ruddy (0-1); Josh Beausang (1-6), Brian Hartnett (1-7), Jack McGrath (0-4). Subs: Eoin McGrath,
John Paul Ivers, Barry Fitzgerald, Dan Ruddy (all
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used), Joe O’Flynn, Alan Linehan, Sean Gilsenan, Cormac Ahern and Ciaran Ahern.
Russell Rovers 1-11 Fr. O’Neills 2-9 Our second hurling team
played their first game in Di- vision 3 of the JHL in Shan- agarry last Saturday evening against our near neighbours Fr. O’Neills but came up just short by the narrowest of margins. The
game was spoiled
somewhat by a very strong wind blowing into the top goal with the O’Neills’ puck- outs landing on our 20 me- tre line serving as an indica- tor of same.
Fielding a weakened side
with 7 or 8 eligible players being unavailable for vari- ous reasons, we still put in a good performance in the opening half playing against the elements. A number of young players, such as Alan Linehan, Dan Ruddy, Sean Gilsenan, Cormac and Ci- aran Ahern were making their starting debuts on a Rovers adult hurling team in a competitive game and it must be said they all gave a good account of themselves. Hopefully, they’ll be chal- lenging for first team places in a few years time. After taking a year’s sab- James Moynihan
batical,
made an impressive return to action and opened the
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scoring with a point in the 3rd
minute which O’Neills
cancelled out a few minutes later and followed up with the first of their two goals in the 10th
minute. Alan Cott
kept Rovers in touch with three pointed frees while Dan Ruddy and Ciaran Ahern chipped in with nice points from play. Because of the wind our defence was under constant pressure in this half but Pa Crowley was a tower of strength at full-back while Luke O’Ri- ordan Joe
O’Flynn and
veteran Seamus Kearney cleared a lot of ball. Our midfield partnership of Eoin McGrath and Brian Whele- han worked tirelessly over Continued on next page
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