Thursday, 28th September 2017


sport@eastcorkjournal.ie East Cork


not far from the city cen- tre and on the banks of its own lovely Lee, lies Cork’s favourite playground; Páirc Uí Chaoimh. For well over a hundred years, this spot has been the mecca for the people of the city and beyond to come and see epic sporting battles and headline music acts. Now as the famous old stadium has completed its refurbish- ment, TG4’s An Pháirc will look back on some of the biggest


stories to emerge


from the “the park” and will tell some new ones nev- er heard before. Alongside the document-


ing of a cultural icon, the documentary follows the story of the demolition and reconstruction of a brand new stadium, with behind- the-scenes footage filmed over two years all the way to opening day. Telling the tale will be GAA heroes such as Billy Morgan, Jack O’Shea, Paul Flynn, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and Barney Rock, as well as legendary broadcaster Micheál ÓMuircheartaigh and Oliver Barry, the pro- moter who brought


the


likes of Michael Jackson and Prince to Cork. TG4 Sports Editor, Rónán Ó Coisdealbha says, “For scores of thousands of Irish people,this stadium holds many special memories of hurling and football match- es and entertainment events held there over the years. This programme will evoke those heady days for many TG4 viewers and is bound to be popular with our audi- ence, at home and abroad”. Produced by Nemeton


TV, and directed by award-winning director


Ronan O’Donoghue, An Pháirc is a must


see for


sports and music fans from all over Ireland.


Ladies Football Our U18 girls travelled


to Watergrasshill to take them on in the C/D East Cork League Semi-final. WGH are a highly talented outfit with two Cork mi- nors. We started the game in high spirits but the first half


didn’t go our way.


WGH brought a high en- ergy running game and we found it difficult to contain them. From the first attack they had the ball in our net and we struggled finding possession from our kick outs, as they pushed up the field to put our girls under pressure. Saying that


the


girls plugged away and the backs were playing really well to keep us in the game. We were glad to hear the half time whistle. Half-time: Score Midle-


ton 1-2 v Watergrasshill’s 2-6. The


girls didn’t panic


and didn’t drop their heads, instead they did the team talk themselves and with a few positional switches took to the field again. What a second


half, the


and work rate of the girls was incredible. Each one of them stepped up and took the game to WGH. With ten minuts to go we had turned a seven point deficit to a one point lead. But back came WGH


who ran in with a late goal, and our tired legs couldn’t react. But what a game, it had everything, our two sin bins, the do or die ef- fort from both teams. Great game, just the result didn’t


go our way. Rhea in goals started the


comeback with her kick outs and Kari now operat- ing at full back played the captains role and shored up our defence, ably assisted by Laura and Katie who was playing her first minor game. Roisin at centre back ran her legs off with Lizzie on the wing playing one of her best games in a Mid- leton jersey. Deirdre now operating on the other wing having moved out of goal at half time added that extra pace that was needed. Ali another of our U16


girls put in an incredible shift. She covered the length and breath of the pitch for the full hour. Lucy now operating next to Ali was involved in every attack and was tireless in her running and support play. Abby now operating on the 40 spent most of her time in her own back line winning ball and starting


the counter


attack, running in for three great goals. Sadhbh, Alice, Rayanna, and Aoife worked tirelessly and made it diffi- cult for the WGH Backs to start


their running game. attitude


Probably Molly’s best game running in with 1-06. Con- grats to WGH who now progress to the C final and representing East Cork in the County C Champion- ship. We now progress to the D East Cork Final and will represent East Cork in the Count D Champion- ship. A lot of football yet to play and all this team still minor in 2018. Full-time Midleton 4-7 v


WGH’s 4-11 Team: Deirdre


Corco-


ran, Katie Horgan, Lucy Wallace, Laura O’Leary,


Lizzie Phiri, Roisín O’Cal- laghan, Rhea Buckley, Abby Quirke (3-0), Ali Smith (0-1), Sadhbh Beau- sang, Kari McEvoy, Alice Reddy, Rayanna Power, Molly Beausang (1-6) and Aoife Franklin. Training for all ages con-


tinues on Monday evening from 6-8pm at Pitch.


the Tech


Flag Dag at Hurley’s Super Valu on Saturday 30th


Our Club is holding a . If


you could spare an hour we are looking for Parents to help from 12-4pm. Money raised from this collection will go towards running costs for the Club. Best of Luck to our U10


girls who are in the League Semi Final on Saturday against Inch Rovers.


Camogie U6/U7 - On Sunday


morning last we took part in another blitz,


this week


the venue was Castlelyons where our young magpies played v Dungourney and hosts Castlelyons. All the girls put in huge effort, their skills continue to im- prove week on week and most importantly all had a good time. Thanks to the supporters, coaches and referees and to Castlelyons Camogie Club for host- ing a well organised blitz. Training continues Friday evening for U6/U7/U8 at 6.30pm Midleton GAA club.


U12 -We were delight-


ed to be invited to partici- pate in the U12 East Cork Camogie League , we trav- elled to Castlelyons to play our first match on a warm and dry Friday evening last. The girls got into their


stride quickly and put in a strong performance against a tough Castlelyons team to run out eventual winners on a score line of 4-09 to 1-03. It was an ideal game to get back to winning ways after the county semi final loss the previous weekend. Next match is against Cobh. U14 – will play Cobh in Ballinacurra on Wednesday 27th


U16 championship match V St Fanahan’s match was called off on Saturday last do the weather conditions. Date of rescheduled match to be confirmed


Lotto


Our Lotto Jackpot was €1,600. The numbers were 6,13,14 and 16. There was no winner. The Lucky Dip winners were Mary Keo- hane,


Gerald


Claire Lynch, John Col- bert and Noreen O’Brien, next week’s Jackpot will be €1,800 Tickets are on sale at


the Club Bar, O‘Neills Bar, Linehan’s Bar, Maple Leaf Bar, O’ Farrell’s Butchers, Frank Murphy Butchers, Pat Walsh Paints, Chad- wicks, Teach Beag,


Niall


Mac’s Bar and Wallis’s Bar. Our Online Lotto is now


available, logon to the Club homepage www.midleton- gaa.com to purchase your ticket.


BINGO takes place next


Friday evening @ 8pm in the GAA Pavilion with a weekly guaranteed Jackpot of €1,000.


Juvenile


Davy Hogan Street Leagues 2017


the 23rd Sept at 5.30pm, sup-


port appreciated. U16 – Unfortunately our


63 Notes


Saturday morning last of September saw


almost 80 players from our Fe10’s and Fe11’s take part in round 2 of the Davy Ho- gan Street Leagues. The six teams played two matches which were refereed by the clubs young whistlers who once again did themselves and their club proud. Sup- porters and spectators were treated to some fantastic displays of hurling in all six matches. The finals day arrangements will be dis- cussed at Tuesday nights Ju- venile meeting and the web- site will be updated with the finals day arrangements. All players will receive a text from their team man- agers regarding the details. The


Club committee Fitzgerald,


would like to express their sincere condolences to the Hogan family in particular Colm and his wife Shirley on the recent very sad pass- ing of their daughter Kee- va.


Fe 9 We welcomed Douglas to


Clonmult Memorial Park on Saturday last for their final hurling home match of the Fe9 2017 league. We had a great turnout with 33 Magpies lining out


across


three different teams. Each team performed exception- ally well, showing off the skills that


they have been


practicing all year, with some


outstanding scores


taken and lots of great hooking and blocking. Well done to all the boys who continue to show great im- provement. Thanks to all that came to support the lads on the day and thanks also to the three “not-so- young” Midleton referees,


who oversaw proceedings.


Fe 16 Carrigaline Court Fe 16


Football Challenge Cup On Thursday night last


we travelled to Cobh for the semi final of the Fe16 Football challenge cup. It took both teams a while to get into the game with the first score not coming un- til fifteen minutes into the game. Cobh struck first with Midleton equalizing shortly after. We netted next which


proved to be the decisive score of the half which fin- ished in our favour 1-03 to Cobh 0-03. They came out strongly the start of the second


at


half and made some dan- gerous runs into our fence,


de- however we were


strong and despite some hair raising moments we frustrated the Cobh attack. The


longed to us and we forced Cobh onto the back foot. Two more goals helped see us to a well deserved win. Final score


Midleton


3-10 v Cobh 1-08. Team: Alex Pranger, Dan


O’Sullivan, Cian Crowley, Tim O’Sullivan, Samuel Quirke, Christian Mur- phy, Leo Hennessy, Adam Meade, Ethan Daly, Gary Carroll,


Aaron Mulcahy,


Jack Fitzgerald, Rory Don- egan, David Scanlon, Paul Connaughton, Patrick Kane, Darragh Crowley, Will O’Sullivan and Gavin Reddy.


Club Shop The Club Shop is open


each Saturday from 10- 11.30am.


fourth quarter be-


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