Thursday, 4th May 2017
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73 East Cork Soccer Notes
started the morning just one point behind them. The
players are now
conditioned into weekly matches and the team was taking a settled shape with Ebe Imoh, Alex Canty, Darragh Crowley and James O’Shaugnessy mak- ing up a solid back four. After a frustrating dis- Corinthians
play against
9 days before, the focus in training had been on wid-
ening the attack and turn- ing pressure into score-able chances. The first half started with Carrigaline to apply pressure Carrigtwohill’s left
assured on this
looking down wing
but they could find no way past Ebe, whose clearanc- es were
occasion finding the Car- rigtwohill midfield who were looking to build their own attacks. Anesh Swani,
operating on the right wing was a constant source of pain for Carrigaline with his incisive passing and su- perb crossing ability. By the mid-point in the
first half, Carrigtwohill had created a number of scoring opportunites with Ronan
Ymedi very close coming from a James
Barry through ball and Rob Adam pulling a su- per save from the superb
Clashmore Ramblers FC
by VINNIE COONAN
Aura Leisure Centre Youghal Under 12 Premier Division Playoff Ramblers 6 Valley Rangers 2 Our boys recorded a fine win last Monday night in the cup semi final as they took
equaliser. And it came with just under 15 mins to go in the first half as James Moloney’s free kick went all the way in from his shot out on the far right as it sailed into the far left top corner giving the away keeper no chance in goal. A super strike
from the on Valley Rangers
in Pablo Park. The pitch was in good nick and both teams were well up for this game. The game was played at a high intensi- ty from the start and both sides gave supporters plen- ty to shout about over the 70 minutes. The first half began as
both sides battled hard for every ball from the off. But it was Valley who struck first thanks to a goal from their striker. Valleys tails were up but our lads re- sponded quick as ever as they went in search of an
captain!
This gave the lads a boost as they went in search of another goal and some ex- cellent solo work from Ryan Heaphy
saw him ghost
past a Valley defender and there was no stopping him as he went all on his own beating three or four men before finishing into the right hand corner giving the keeper no chance. HT Ramblers 2-1 Valley. The
to close the gap to two again. But our lads were determined and hungry for more goals as Josh again scored to make it five and Heaphy completed his hat- trick to make it six! And some solid defending from back four of Kyle, Lee, Conor and Taylor who were all outstanding made sure Valley didn’t
score second half be-
gan, and before Valley could even get settled Josh Fitzgerald and Ryan Hea- phy hit them with two early goals to make it four! Valley did respond well though as Tom Hartnett
scored
again and kept the deficit to four! As the midfield bat- tled for every ball through- out with Josh and Nadine both having fine games up top! A fantastic win for the squad and after speaking to captain Kian Carey who unfortunately is out in- jured said that he couldn’t be happier with the squads performance and is con- fident that they will go on and have every chance in the final against Kilworth. We’re back to St Colmans Park again this year, the home of LOI Side Cobh Ramblers and here we go
away keeper from just 8 yards.
covering It seemed like the
breakthrough would short- ly come and so it did when a trade mark cross from Anesh found Rob coming in from the left where he coolly finished into the bot- tom left corner. The
pattern of the
match was now set, with Carrigtwohill defending high and the midfield on top with Darragh Hoare
it’s the replay of last years under 13 Final. Kilworth will be looking for revenge as the Ramblers took the Cup home this time last year but the Ramblers will be going all out to retain the trophy and win a first ever club double in school- boy history! All roads lead to Cobh next Bank Holi- day Monday and we wish all the squad and manage- ment the very best of luck in the final. In what should be a cracking game of ball. Please show your support! Well done tonight and best of luck to all.
U15 DB Sports Tours Cup Final Ramblers 1 Valley Rangers 3 Our Boys and Girls trav-
elled to Cobh last Friday night for the U15 Cup Fi- nal and will have played the U14 Cup Final also on Bank Holiday Monday in Cobh also (Report next Week). After a great
start
with an early goal by Ryan Heaphy things looked good early on but Valley came storming back into the
every inch of
midfield, James Barry holding the central area and Scott McCarthy shut- ting down Carrigaline at every opportunity. The second goal came minute when
in the 55th
Evan Donnelly continued his scoring streak by finish- ing to the bottom right and there were other chances when Jack Nolan hit the post and Ronan was only
denied by a full stretch wonder-save from the Car- rigaline keeper when his pile driver from the edge penalty box was destined for the top left corner of the net. For all the good inter forwards a
play by the
feature of the match was the support play by James O’Shaugnessy and Ebe Imoh who push forward from wing back to support
and over-lap the wingers and provide the attacking threat
that was missing
against Corinthians. With just two match-
es remaining, this Car- rigtwohill team are looking to make a strong finish with promotion still possible and a six point showdown with Corinthians on the offing. Player of the Match;
Anesh Swani
game and led 2-1 at
the
break and added a third to seal the game in the second half. Missing Kian and Na- dine didn’t help matters on the night but everyone gave 100% and it wasn’t to be and we congratulate Valley on the Win.
Academy End of Season Day All our boys and girls
were in Castlebridge last Saturday for the end of Season matches and to collect there medals for the year. We had Under 7, 2 x Under 8, 2 x Under 9 and 2 x Under 10 Teams all in action with plenty of Wins and loses with plenty of Goals scored and happy faces after all receiving the medals and getting there
picture taken for the lo- cal papers. Well Done to all the players and a huge thanks to our Coaches who have given up the free time to help coach and get these players to all there matches to date. All that’s left now is our own Len Rodgers Tournament in Pablo Park over the June bank holiday weekend.
Fixtures: Thursday 4th
May 2017
more AFC 7.00PM Saturday 6th
Under 16 – Home v Lis- May 2017
more AFC 3.00PM Sunday 7th
Under 15 – Home v Lis- May 2017
Juniors – Away v Castle-
bridge Celtic 11.00am Girls U16 – TBC
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Cork City W.F.C.
tinental Tyres Women’s Na- tional League match. The Leesiders began the
Cork City WFC 2-0 Kilkenny United WFC (Tara O’Gorman 9, Clare Shine 38) Two first half goals were
enough for Cork City Wom- en’s FC to claim their first win of the season as they beat Kilkenny United WFC 2-0 at The
Bishopstown Stadium in their latest Con- @eastcorkjournal / #eastcorkjournal eastcorkjournal
game on the front foot with Saoirse Noonan threatening early and the breakthrough came in the 9th
minute, Ka-
tie McCarthy got the ball to Saoirse Noonan on the left wing, she worked the ball into the box and sent a cross to the waiting Tara O’Gor- man by the right post who turned it in to make it 1-0
to Cork City Women’s FC. Kilkenny tried to get back
into the game and had two efforts in quick succession on the 18th
and 19th
but both went wide of the goal. On the 26th
minute minute
Saoirse Noonan got past Kilkenny goalkeeper Trish Fennelly but the Kilkenny defenders managed to block her resultant effort on goal to send it out for a corner. Continued on next page
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