Thursday, 22nd February 2018 East Cork


Killeagh GAA Pre-season


KILLEAGH 4


by COLMAN MOTHERWAY


Congratulations TO OUR SCÓR WINNERS We begin this week with


good news – thankfully – with success at the East Cork Scór Sinsir finals in Lisgoold on Saturday evening last. In front of a – sadly – paltry attendance, Ann Marie Joyce took first place in the Amhránaíocht Aonair (Solo competition,


with


beautiful rendition of Pat- rick Kavanagh’s “Raglan Road”. Ann Marie was truly


delighted with her win, and with runners-up in the


Aithriseoireacht


(Recitiation) for Eddie Le- ahy and Tráth na gCeist (Question Time) compet- itors Ray Dwyer, Eddie Leahy, Denis Barry and Colman Motherway, Kil- leagh


also retained third Annual


MILE ROAD RACE – A FEW MORE SLEEPS! Killeagh GAA hold our Killeagh


Healthy Clubs 4 mile Road Race / Walk on Sunday week, March 4th


.


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Niall Guerin Construction are our main race sponsors for 2018. Registration is at Páirc Uí Chinnéide from 9.00 a.m., with walkers first off at 10.00 a.m., fol- lowed by the runners at 11.00 a.m. With changing facilities, hot showers and post-race refreshments, as well as a fast, flat course, this race promises to be great value


for runners.


All cub members are asked to either participate in the event (running or walk- ing) and if you are not in a position to take part in the race/walk,


your the


Overall Best Club Award, 25 years after first winning this honour. Unfortunately, in the intervening quarter century, Scór has lost its lustre, with only 5 clubs now participating, and a few die-hards – Junior, Liam O’Laodhcha, John Arnold and others – keep- ing it on life support in the East Cork region. The times they are a-changing!


help on the day would be greatly appreciated, as this is a great chance for us to showcase our fantastic fa- cilities and our East Cork hospitality to


the training


commenced over the last few weeks, and all players have been training well. With the same manage- ment team in place for 2018, there have been a few retirements along with some new player brought into


the Senior Hurling


Panel. In recent weeks, we had challenge games against both Abbeyside and Lismore. Both teams proved good tough chal- lenges for our lads, but we came through with some fantastic performances from a variety of


including Eoghan Keniry, Kevin Murphy,


players Darren


Cusack, Kevin Fennelly, Aaron Walsh, Pádraig Le- ahy, Brendan Delaney and Killian Treacy. It is great to see new players stepping up and looking for their name to be on the league team sheet next week.


Speaking of next week, wider


public. You can see a pre- view of the race on http:// corkrunning.blogspot. com/2018/02/notice-kil- leagh-4-mile-road-race- sun-4th


you all on the 4th


SENIOR HURLING NEWS – HEADING FOR THE PARK


after a 12-week competitive break, our Senior Hurlers are back to the limelight as they will launch the 2018 RedFM Senior


Hurling


League against last year’s winners Sarsfields. The match takes place Wednesday, 21st


this February


.html. Hope to see .


at 7:30pm in the 4G pitch (or Astro-Turf) at Pairc Ui Chaoimh. We ask for your support at


facility. Further confirmed fixtures to hand include


this fantastic


sport@eastcorkjournal.ie Notes


an away fixture against Na Piarsaigh on March 3rd


,


while on St Patrick Day, we will play last year’s County Finalists Blackrock at Pairc Ui Chinneide. Under the new league format,


Boys In Green will have 12 matches in the league, with the 13th


Team: Bryan McCarthy, Aidan Morrison, Damien Matthews, Jack O’Rourke, Allen Keniry, Darragh O’Brien,


the game being the


opening round of cham- pionship versus Douglas in April. The top eight teams will qualify for knockout stages. Players, Manage- ment and Backroom team all appreciate your support for the upcoming season.


JUNIOR


FOOTBALLERS OFF TO A WINNING START A new-look Junior Foot-


ball team, and a new man- agement


triumvirate their of


Padraig McGrath, Sean McCarthy and Conor Cronin, got


2018


campaign off to a winning start in Páirc Uí Ghrifín, Pilmore, on Sunday morn- ing last, with a 3-10 to 1-06 victory over Ballinacurra, with Jim Daly of Youghal on the whistle. Sean Long, Ciaran O’Brien, Cian Fog- arty and Kieran Lane were among those to impress, and some younger players got a little preparation for the upcoming U21 football championship against Cas- tlelyons, currently fixed for March 3rd


. Unfortunately,


Eoin Fitzgibbon sustained a serious knee injury, so we extend our best wishes to him on a quick recupera- tion.


bon, Cian Fogarty, Ciaran O’Brien,


Eoin Fitzgib- Stephen Mur-


phy, Philip O’Neill, Cathal Deane, Sean Long, Kier- an Lane, Matthew Mur- phy. Subs: Richie Long, Ger Collins, Keane Kelly Budds, Stephen Byrne.


LOTTO NEWS – OVER 2K AND RISING Our seventh Lotto draw


of 2018 was held on Tues- day last, February 13th


.


The €2000 jackpot was not won this week. Numbers drawn were 1, 10, 28 and 35. Joanne Landers, Dam- ien Irwin, Mark and Cath- erine Foley won €30 each, while Noel Linehan won a €30 voucher for O’Neill’s Londis. Next week we will have a jackpot of €2200 – if you’re not in…..


JUVENILE NEWS TABLE QUIZ – SAVE THE DATE! Our Annual Christmas Quiz, which was deferred twice due to bereavements over


the festive season,


will take place on Friday March 16th


in The Old


Thatch, Killeagh. Time to be getting your team or- ganized for this fun night, with plenty of opportunity for fun and challenge!


REGISTRATION If you didn’t manage to make our Registration Day


last Sunday, please make sure to pay up to your team manager or to our Rúnaí Olivia as soon as possible before the games begin – no pay, no play!


HARD LUCK! Midleton CBS fell


at


the final hurdle in their efforts to become the first Cork school since their previous win in 2006 to win the coveted Dr. Har- ty Cup when they were comprehensively beaten by a brilliant Ard Scoil Rís side in Mallow last Satur- day. The Limerick school had stars throughout the pitch whose aerial prow- ess, physical strength and composure with the sliotar were a joy to behold for the 3000+ in attendance, even if the result did not go the way of the majori- ty who were wishing for a Midleton victory. Scoring 3-18 (to Midleton’s 2-10), with only four points from frees and just six wides, this was an outstanding display from Ard Scoil, who surely have


future inter-county


stars in their ranks. Mid- leton CBS progress to the All-Ireland quarter-fi- nal, so perhaps they may yet get a chance to make amends.


ary 12th


HEALTHY CLUBS PROJECT OPERATION Transformation – LAST FEW LAPS! Monday last, Febru- , saw the lights


on again for over 2 hours


for our fifth Monday of the


Operation


“Ireland Lights Up Transforma-


tion” walking campaign. The cold weather, along with a school event


in


Inch, meant our numbers dipped slightly to 85, al- though we still welcomed some new walkers who were joining us for the first time. We have two more Mondays – 19th


and 26th ,


so please come along for the final weeks. If you’ve been with us already, or if you’re intending to join in, remember that 3 laps equates to a mile, 9 laps equals 5K, and if you’re targeting our 4 mile road race / walk on March 4th


,


then you need to do 12 laps to reach that target. Keep up the good work, get your friends to join you, and make sure to join us upstairs when you’re done with the walking for some healthy refreshments and plenty more chat!


WALK NO. 25 – RESEARCHING OUR PAST Sunday February 18th


was the date for Healthy Clubs Project


ly Walk No. 25, with Inchiquin Castle the


Woomanagh highlight.


banks of the our


Leaving


Month- on


river walk from


Woodview Estate at 10.00 a.m., the pace was quick for the 5 km brisk walk towards the castle, where we arrived just before our ETA of 1100 hrs. There Continued on next page


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• Ted O’Brien speaking to Healthy Club walkers about Inchiquin Castle February 2018 @eastcorkjournal / #eastcorkjournal eastcorkjournal Tel: 021 463 8000 • Email: sport@eastcorkjournal.ie • Web: www.eastcorkjournal.ie


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