56 East Cork Aghada Juvenile GAA


Championship Final which is pencilled in for this Satur- day the 30th


by MIKE DALY


Minor Football Championship - Aghada 1-9 v Daurigle Gaels 1-7. Our Minor footballers had a fantastic win after extra time in the Rebel Óg East Championship semi-fi- nal against a spirited Dau- rigle Gaels Team played in desperate weather condi- tions at Brinny last Saturday. We now go ahead to the


venue to be decided. This really was a tight


tense Championship affair with very little between the sides all through. Some ex- cellent


defending and the


wet conditions aided in keep- ing scores at a premium. At half time the score was 4 points a-piece. The second half


ued in the same fashion. Both sides added a goal in the 2nd


half to leave the score at half time at 1-7 a-piece. September at a


The Aghada goal was fin- ished to the net by Marcus Leahy.


Only 2 scores were slotted


over in extra time and thank- fully both of them were in the Aghada direction from Darragh Murphy and Niall Hill frees. An excellent way to close out the game. Fantastic effort from all


contin-


involved on the field and on the line and also to the sup- porters who turned up and braved the weather condi- tions.


WELL DONE ALL AND PLEASE GET BEHIND


sport@eastcorkjournal.ie Notes


THEM FOR THE FINAL THIS SATURDAY. Aghada Team – Da- vid O’Sullivan, Rory Slye, Donagh Rice, Ben Stafford, Diarmuid Phelan, Kyle O’Shea, Cal Bawden, Mar- cus Leahy, Darragh Murphy, Mark Mc Carthy, Sean Mor- rissey, Dylan Buckley, Alan Hogan, Niall Hill, Jamie O’Hanlon. Subs Used – Max Aherne, Jack Norris, Sean Byrne.


U14 Football Championship - Aghada 1-12 v Killeagh Itas 1-6. Our U 14s had a good win in the Championship


at home last Friday evening versus Killeagh Itas. In damp underfoot condi-


tions they were just that bit better on the night against a game Killeagh-Itas side. They opened well in the


first half and at half time held a 6 points to 1 point lead. They


continued in this


vein in the second half and with 10 minutes to go held a 1-11 to 0-5 points lead. The goal came from Eoin Moth- erway with Fintan Cody also tagging on a number of points. However it must be pointed out that most of the scores came from hard work and great running off the


shoulder and support play all over the field from the first 15 and the subs introduced. We slipped a little bit in


the final few minutes of the game and conceded a goal and a point in quick succes- sion but this gives us some- thing to improve on before the next round. Overall a solid Champi- onship display all over from the squad and onwards to the next round. Final score Aghada 1-12


Killeagh Itas 1-6. Team/Panel. Danny McCarthy, Jack


Corkery, Lachlan Greig, Ro- nan Murphy, Kalem Keane, Sean O’Callaghan, Scott


Whyte, Donagh Collins, Conall Rooney, Fintan Cody, Shane


Lewis, Michael-Jo-


seph Stafford, Jack Colbert, Thomas Land, Eoin Moth- erway.


Cian O’Shea, Fionn O’Connell, Aaron Atkinson, Tommy Osthuizen, Michael Corkery, Sean Busteed, Liam O’Callaghan. WELL DONE ALL.


Congrats to Aghada Intermediate Hurlers Well done to Aghada In-


termediate Hurlers on their win in the


Intermediate


Hurling Qtr Final. Semi-fi- nal v Mayfield up next.


Thursday, 28th


September 2017


• Minor Football v Daurigle Gaels


• Minor Football v Daurigle Gaels Aghada GAA


ing mostly across the field, it slightly favoured Midleton in the 1st


period, and the open-


Intermediate Hurling Championship Quarter Final - Aghada 2-12 v Midleton 2-9; Carrigtwohill 23/9/2017. If they weren’t


singing,


Aghada supporters were certainly smiling in the rain, after safely dispatching Mid- leton to advance to the semi final stages of this year’s In- termediate


Two things stood out on the night – the 1st


championship. was the atro-


cious conditions of wind and rain that continued unabated for the 70 odd minutes. The second was the outstanding performance of Cian Flem- ing in the left corner forward position. The Aghada sharp- shooter finished with 2-4 from play, plus 3 points from dead balls (one of which he earned himself), and ulti- mately he was the difference between two very gutsy out- fits under the lights in Car- rigtwohill. While the wind was blow-


ing 10 minutes were even ste- phen with both sides point- ing twice. Aghada scores came from Fleming and Will Leahy after they had latched onto clearances from Tim Hartnett and Shane Wall respectively. Both these de- fenders were to the fore for Aghada. Midleton led for the 1st


and only time in the con-


test when they had their 1st point from play on 15 min- utes. This was quickly can- celled out by a Fleming ’65 a minute later. Next up Agha- da hit a scoring purple patch. Will Leahy hit a super point from the right wing, before excellent midfielder Stephen O’Keeffe pointed a monster from the puck out. From the next puck out, Aghada again gained possession. Ste- vie Keeffe fed Fleming and when his marker slipped, the pacey corner forward took off towards goal. Despite the pursuit of the Midleton rearguard, he wasn’t going to be caught and at the end of his solo run he riffled home


for a green flag for Agha- da. Midleton steadied the ship somewhat with their 4th point, but Fleming was in the groove now and pointed again from play on 25 min- utes after taking a pass from Pearse O’Neill. John Looney had the final score of the 1st half, when he pointed smart- ly after 1st


dispossessing his


marker. Aghada were in a good place at the short whis- tle as they held a 6 point ad- vantage – 1-7 vs 0-4. Midleton pointed a ’65


3 minutes after the restart. Next up though, Fleming and Looney scored similar points after gaining possession and rounding their opponents. 10 minutes gone and Agha- da looked comfortable, but that was about to change as Midleton ran through the Aghada defence for 2 goals in the 10th The


and 12th minute.


came from the puck out af- ter the 1st


second goal actually goal, the reason for


the 2 minutes between scores was stoppage time for an in- jured player. So now there was just a point between the sides and Aghada needed a


response. They produced it, and how. Fleming caught a long delivery and again spun his man, before unleashing an unstoppable shot to the bottom right hand corner of the net. He followed that up with another fine score from play. A minute later substi- tute Kevin O’Hanlon was fouled and Fleming point- ed the free. On 24 minutes Fleming was fouled when off on another solo run. He again pointed the free, and it seemed Aghada had weath- ered the


brief Midleton


resurgence. To their credit the Magpies never stopped battling. They were winning nearly all of the 50/50 balls and anytime there was a ruck, it seemed that a Midle- ton man inevitably emerged with the sliothar. However, they weren’t posing a major threat to the scoreboard. Bil- ly Hennessy was playing very well and put in a good shift for the hour at wing back, while Trevor O’Keeffe


in


goals dealt very well with a lot of tricky situations on a night that made things very difficult for goalies. Still it was Midleton on top in the closing stages. They hit 3 fine scores from play in the last


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3 minutes of normal time. As the 60 minutes elapsed, the rain got even worse and Aghada held a 4 point lead. Midleton pointed again in the 5th


minute of injury time


and all of a sudden there was just a puck of a ball between the sides again. Two more minutes of injury time were played and while Midleton dropped a number of balls into


the danger Aghada defence area, withstood


the pressure and Aghada were both grateful and hap- py when they heard referee Ger Scully finally blow the long whistle. So Aghada are back in


very familiar territory. A 4th semi-final in as many years. This time we face last years All Ireland junior champi- ons, Mayfield. The game is currently fixed for October the 7th


Let’s hope that that


contest we find ourselves in less familiar territory than the last 3 attempts. Aghada Team and scor-


ers – Trevor O’Keeffe, Tim Hartnett, John O’Connor (capt), Jake


O’Donoghue,


Billy Hennessy, Tom O’Neill, Shane


Wall, Stephen O’Keeffe (0-1), Aaron Staf-


• Lotto winner Charlie Kilbey and wife Caroline, being presented with cheque for €20,000 by Mick O’Neill of Aghada GAA in Healys Bar Rostellan.


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• U14 Footballers v Killeagh.


ford, Ronan Kennedy, Will Leahy (0-2), Jack McDonald, Pearse O’Neill, John Loon- ey(0-2), Cian Fleming(2-7, 2 f’s, 1 ‘65). Subs Used Char- lie Terry, Kevin O’Hanlon, Ger Melvin, Conal Rabbitte.


Lotto Our Lotto jackpot is cur- the


rently is €3,750. Get you tick- et locally. Draw takes place in The Schooner Bar next Thursday the 28th


of Sept.


We recently had a big win- ner in our Lotto draw when Charlie Kilbey from Rostel- lan won the €20,000 jack- pot after buying his ticket in Healy’s Bar in Rostellan. Congrats Charlie.


Well Done Well done to Rasper, Cian


and Will with Imokilly in the senior hurling champion- ship, and best of luck in the replay.


in Pairc Ui Rinn. after


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