Thursday, 19th October 2017 East Cork Killeagh GAA by PAUL DELANEY


CLUB LOTTO Our last lotto draw took place on Tuesday October 10th


where there was no


winner of the €4400 jack- pot. Next week’s jackpot will be €4600! It will take place in our clubhouse on Tuesday night October 17th


. You can now pur-


chase your lotto ticket on- line; just follow the lotto link on the homepage of our webpage – www.kil- leaghgaa.org. Thanks to everyone who supports our weekly lotto draw [RN]


Off-The-Field- Killeagh GAA Golden Jubilee of the 1967 East Cork Hurling Champions On Saturday last our club hosted a celebration to commemorate the team that won the first East Cork Hurling title in Kil- leagh. The event was held in the Old Thatch. The evening was attended by the members and mentors of the ’67 team, their fami- lies and along with current members of the club. The panel was small, only 19 in all with five members now deceased,


however


they were represented by a family member, one man travelling from Tyrone to attend in his father’s be- half. Damien Irwin did an excellent job of gathered


information on each play- er and relaying the stories as the players or family were


presented with a


personally inscribed glass plaque by our club pres- ident,


Junior Scully. The


evening gave everyone in- volved an opportunity to meet and reminisce their playing days. Those of us who attended were fortu- nate to get a small insight into a time in our club that is so different to now. It was also the beginning of a winning era in our club’s history.


Irwin for all his work in making the


the event and supplying a great variety appetizing


a fantastic success; to the Old Thatch for


canapes. The


evening was a unique oc- casion which was enjoyed by all those who attended.


presented


PRESENTATION TO SEAN MURPHY: The East Cork Board Sean Murphy


with a trophy at the last meeting


of the year to


commemorate his 54 years of unbroken service as the Killeagh delegate. It is a tremendous record and the


chairman, Risteard


MacGearailt, commended him on his loyalty and ded- ication to both the board and his club. Sean first at- tended the Board in 1963 and has seen many people come and go in the inter- vening years. On receiving


Our thanks to Damien celebration hosting of very


the trophy Sean stated that he was delighted to receive it but it didn’t signal his re- tirement and assured the board he would see them all next year. Congratula- tions Sean from all of us in Killeagh GAA.


Fixtures/Results Senior and Junior Hurling/Football Fixtures: We have no


fixtures to hand at time of this week’s notes but please check Cork and East Cork GAA websites


regularly


for updates as we do have teams still in contention in several competitions. Your support is greatly appreci- ated by everyone connect- ed with all of our teams, so please try to come to the games to support the lads. Results: Cork Jun ‘B’ Hurling League Final Killavullen 4-12 Killeagh 4-10 played in Fermoy on Sunday Oct 15th


@12pm Red FM League for 2017:


JUVENILE NOTES Hurling and Football


Killeagh/Ita’s Fe9’s Killeagh Under 9’s trav-


elled to Mount Sion in Wa- terford City on September 30th


Roche


to compete in the Dick hurling


Carrick tourna-


ment. Four teams compet- ed in the event – Mount Sion, Killeagh,


Swans and Abbeyside. Each squad had two nine a side teams playing off si- multaneously for ten min- utes a side against another


sport@eastcorkjournal.ie Notes


club. The aggregate score from the two games pro- duced the overall


result.


Each team had to play the other three with the top two playing in the final and the bottom two play- ing off in a plate final. Kil- leagh played Mount Sion in their first group game. We got off to a slow start and Mount Sion raced into an early lead. The lads slowly found their feet and clawed their way back into the game. We found our scoring touch and tightened


up defensively


to leave 1 goal between the sides with a couple of min- utes left. Try as they might the lads could not get the equalising goal. In the oth- er game Killeagh started well and were well on top in midfield and got some very good scores, howev- er two goals just before half time by Mount Sion meant we trailed by 2-2 to 1-4 at half time. We hit the ground running after half time and two great team goals saw us take control. We led by 3-6 to 3-2 deep into injury time. We were ahead by a point on ag- gregate but Mount Sion launched a final attack from which they scored a great goal to claim victo- ry overall by 2 points. In our second group games we played really well


in


both matches v Carrick Swans. A feature of these matches was some great goalkeeping and defend- ing. We ran out convincing winners in both games. Our last group game was against Abbeyside. This was basically a shootout


for place in the final. In the first game Killeagh started well and took an early lead which was nev- er relinquished. The score was 0-3 to 0-0 at half time with our lads very strong in the deteriorating condi- tions. We should have had a few more scores to make it more comfortable. In the second half we got a great goal and were always in control. We won 1-3 to 0-0 in this game. In the sec- ond game it was a closer affair. Killeagh took some great scores but these were matched by Abbeyside. At half time it was 2-2 to 2-2 and all to play for. The lads dug deep and eventually got on top to win by a goal. We


advanced


by a 9 point margin on ag- gregate to meet Mount Sion in the final. Kil- leagh


well in the first game


of


started the


final. Some trojan work by our keeper and defence


allied


to good shoot- ing by midfield and forwards saw us carry a slender lead at half time. A few contentious refereeing


de-


cisions in both final matches cost us scores at


but credit to all the


both ends lads they


battled well in


trying circumstances but finished a couple of points behind in the first match. The second match was quite similar in that we played well and worked some very good scores. However, Mount Sion had some very good players who were equally adept in front of goal. It was all in the melting pot going into the last five minutes and we led briefly before Mount Sion struck the winning goal at the end. Overall the lads can be very proud of themselves. It was a great learning curve for all and the high quality games and opposition can


only lead to improve-


ment. Thanks to all the parents who travelled and supported


throughout. On October 7th


vociferously we


travelled to Erins Own for the hurling league finals day. The other competing clubs were Glen Rovers, Youghal and Erins Own. The format was similar to the previous league fix- tures, with two 9 a side games played simultane- ously for fifteen minutes each half. A draw was made prior to the games to see who we would play in the semi-final. We Continued on next page


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