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end of ninety minutes. Glenthorn were full of


by PAUL O’RILEY


AOH Cup - Corkbeg 0


Glenthorn Celtic ‘B’ 1 Corkbeg made their from this seasons


exit


AOH Cup on a bitterly cold Saturday afternoon in Whitegate, when they lost


1-0 to Glenthorn


Celtic ‘B’. It was a very poor performance from Corkbeg; as bad as they have played all season and although the


scoreline


may suggest a close game, the city side were far more convincing winners than the one goal margin at the


Corkbeg Reports But,


energy from the start and never allowed Corkbeg to settle. Celtics wing- ers Shane Duggan and Robbie


Coade the


regularly on either side, with Duggan the


raided out-


standing player through- out


game. Despite


almost constant pressure from Glenthorn, there was very little by way of clear chances, mostly due to the fact that Corkbegs defence of Alan Horgan, Colin Horgan, Ian Casey and Tom Smyth all put- ting in big shifts. Stephen O’Halloran did have two shots at goal that went well wide and Fred Wen- ham also missed the target


with a header from ten yards.


Glenthorns


pressure finally paid off on the half hour, when a free kick was awarded right on the edge of the Corkbeg area and Timmy Kelly drove a low shot to the bottom corner to give the away side a deserved lead.


Corkbeg improved


slightly in the second half, playing the game a bit more


in the Glenthorn


half and forcing a number of free kicks and corners around the


Glenthorn


area. Stephen O’Halloran came more into the game and Dylan O’Neill was busy on the right, while Jordan Ryan saw two long range efforts fail to trou-


ble Mark Prendergast in the Glenthorn goal. But for all Corkbegs efforts, Glenthorn still looked the more likely to grab the next goal, were first to every ball and generally looked sharper and hun- grier. Shane Duggan was a constant danger and on a couple of occasions was only denied by last ditch Corkbeg tackles. That said, neither goalkeeper was troubled too much in the entire second half. Towards the end of the game, as Corkbeg threw caution to the


wind,


there were a couple of epic


goalmouth bles in the scram- Glenthorn


area, but no clear chance would present itself and Glenthorn ran out fairly comfortable 1-0 winners. Team: P.O Reilly, A.


Horgan, T. Smyth, S.


C.


Horgan, I. Casey, A. Cot- ter,


O’Neill, J. Tynan, J. Ryan, F. Wenham. Sub: M. Col- lins for Wenham(60mins) Congratulations to


Corkbeg goalkeeper Eric Higgins and his wife Jen- nie on the birth of their son, Cole, at CUH on Fri- day evening. Anyone who has seen Eric in action for the Beg this season, will know that baby Cole is in safe hands. Best Wishes from all at The Beg.


Corkbeg Santa Visit 2017 The Corkbeg Academy


said farewell to 2017, with an action packed Sunday morning in Whitegate and with a visit from a couple


of very special guests. Santa Claus and O’Halloran, D. his helpers arrived by


special fire brigade and handed out Christmas gifts to all our Academy members. A great morn- ing was had by all. Many thanks for Santa


Claus for taking time out of his very busy sched- ule to visit our Academy and to his special helpers for their time. Thanks to John, Amanda, Orla Noo- nan and Ailish Noonan. Big thanks too to Jona- than Warne and Irving Oil for transporting Santa to the Corkbeg grounds. Huge


thanks too to


Karen Forbes for sup- plying teas, coffees, hot chocolate and a range of baked treats for all our at- tendees. It was very much appreciated, Karen, on a chilly morning. Cheers to Anthony Oosthuizen for


the use of the P.A. and Eimear Ryan for selling our 50th


Anniversary Cal-


endars. Thanks to all the Academy coaches who helped out with organisa- tion, including Damien, Andrew, Enda and Phil and last, but not least, thanks to Terry Dunne and his crew for festively decorating the clubhouse for Sunday mornings visit. A special mention for


the two birthday boys last Sunday morning. Happy Birthday to Mark Magu- ire and Aidan O’Sullivan. Hope ye enjoyed the day! Happy Christmas to all our Academy crew. See you all next year! All at Corkbeg would


like to wish all our mem- bers, supporters and readers a very happy and peaceful Christmas.


Thursday, 21st


December 2017


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