58 East Cork O’Connor.


Cul Camp Tuesday 7th


10th To Friday August 2018 Following on from the


success of our first Cul Camp in July where over 200 boys and girls partici- pated it’s now time for our second camp. This camp was introduced last year to cater for the growing demand in the town for young people who want to play Gaelic games. What to Bring to Camp:


Packed Lunch + plenty of drinks, preferably wa- ter, hurley and helmet for Hurling


and Camogie, mouth guard for Football. Suitable


tracksuit, shorts, runners, boots Rain jacket


be


playing gear, and


changes of gear on wet days Sun cream and base- ball hat and towel. Sun cream must


applied


prior to the start time and be reapplied if necessary by themselves throughout the day.


On arrival at the club


the kids may go to the stand to drop their bags and join their respective groups. Parents will need to join the queue and sign in their child to the camp, we hope to make this as time efficient as possible. As all children will ar-


rive to the camp with the same gear and bags please ensure


your child’s bag


and gear have their names clearly marked to ensure they will be able to locate their bags at break time. If your child has a particular key ring they will easily recognise please attach it to their bag. Parents who advised Allergies at


time


of booking must confirm their contact number to the camp co-ordinator at sign-in.


All children must be


dropped inside the Club gates and signed in by a parent and collected from inside the club gates. We


Youghal GAA


County Champions U13A Football On Saturday morning August in Mayfield,


28th


the Youghal U13 football- ers were crowned County Champions after defeat- ing Aghabullogue by 1 point. Firstly, the path to the final saw us beating St. Catherines, Kiltha Óg and Killeagh before qual- ifying for the Semi Final against Sliabh Rúa. The preliminary games were tough encounters and the game


against Killeagh


was particularly tight. Every player on the panel got game time and as the games went on, we could see a massive


improve-


ment in the skill levels. Conor Galvin was asked to play in goal, generally a strong outfield player, he was excellent in goal and was very cute in his dis- tribution. Our backs were


made up of Coady Hick- ey – played a great game against Kiltha’ and linked up very well, Dylan Byrne – a versatile player who always gives 110% and is going to be a top class player, Donnacha Ruxton who is very solid on the left flank, PJ McCarthy at full back is solid as a rock and puts his body on the line, Niall Baylor – very intelligent player who al- ways makes the right de- cisions and seems to be in the right place all the time, Brian Lynch who packs a serious shot with his left leg, Oisín Walsh who played an incredible semi final, Liam Durkin – an- other U12 player but with the vision of a senior play- er. Marty Desmond who was solid and committed to every challenge. Our Midfield pairing was Charlie O’Brien and James Murray, they were our main scorers and have almost a sixth sense of


where the other person is as their link up play was excellent


throughout the


campaign. Up front we had Christopher Buckley who showed some slick touches and has a very high skill level, Aaron O’Donnell Murphy can kick equally well with both feet and scored a cracker of a goal in the preliminary games, Wil- liam Thompson – he was brilliant in every match and showed his pure class, Robert Lenihan who is turning into a handful for most defenders and is getting better with each match, Fionn Hill – crafty, slick and one for the fu- ture, Jayden Casey was on holidays and only made it back for the final and we were so grateful that he did as he was brilliant, Jason Innes who came back to the team in recent months and he is making good progress. Last is our captain Bobby Nicholson


sport@eastcorkjournal.ie Notes


have in excess of 150 chil- dren attending this camp. Their safety is our absolute priority. The gates will be closed at the club so par- ents are advised to park at the front when dropping and collecting their chil- dren. The camp start time and finish time is the same each day, 10am start and a finish pick up time of 2pm. For more


informa-


tion contact Ingrid at 0876374748


Club Shop The Club Shop is open


each Saturday from 10 to 11.30am except Bank Hol- iday weekends.


• Peter and Luke Smith


who led his team very well with great determination, commitment and skill. The Semi Final was


against Sliabh Rúa who are a combination of Bal- lymartyl and Belgooly. It was played in Riverstick on one of the hottest days of the year. It was a big step up in skill and movement. Rúa were strong but we eventually settled, James and Charlie cracked in a couple of goals and points each, we led at half time by 2 points. Rúa came flying at us in the second half and we lost our Keep- er Conor Galvin and lost any momentum we had. They hit us with the kitch- en sink, hitting crossbars, balls whizzing past posts, it was full on battle stations and this was champion- ship at its best. Our backs started to tackle better and we were now winning the dirty ball, Oisín, Niall and PJ were really to the fore. Our midfielders worked some great scores and Will was making some great runs up front. Aaron,


Fionn, Dylan and Chris were putting in a Trojan effort up front. When the final whistle blew, it was with great relief and ex- citement as we had won by 2 points, Youghal 4-5 to Sliabh Rúa 2-9. The Final – we knew it was going to take a mira- cle to beat Aghabullogue as they had beaten us last year by about 30 points and had won all their league games by over 20 points on average. We


trained very hard for the final and focussed on key areas, mainly defence as we were really up against it. If you get a level of be- lief instilled into kids, it’s amazing what results you can achieve. They left the dressing room as a very focussed and motivated team. Wham, we hit their net inside a couple of min- utes, Jayden billowing the net, then Will beat a few defenders and slotted an- other goal, Charlie then


got a cracker followed by 2 James Murray points. Our backs were touch tight and defending brilliantly and putting their bodies on the line. Up front, Aaron and Christopher were tracking back every time and put- ting Aghabullogue under pressure, Jayden was prov- ing to be a handful and we were going route one and hitting every ball directly into him. Half time and Youghal are 7 points up (3-2 to 4 points) but play-


Thursday, 9th


August 2018


• U13 Football champions Tel: 021 463 8000 • Email: sport@eastcorkjournal.ie • Web: www.eastcorkjournal.ie eastcorkjournal @eastcorkjournal / #eastcorkjournal


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