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sport@eastcorkjournal.ie East Cork Castlelyons GAA


Castlelyons and Kilworth share the points in IHL Castlelyons 1-15 Kilworth 1-15 We were at home to Kil-


worth last Wednesday evening in an eagerly awaited league tie.


The evening was warm


with the pitch hard and dry. The dust was rising around the square and the game certainly lived up to the billing. The ref- eree, Aidan Barry, threw in the sliotar and right from the off it was hard and manly. We start- ed well but our shooting could be better. Keith O’Leary had 0-1. Kilworth worked the ball in well from midfield to a lively full forward line and and they tack on 0-3. However, David Morrison cut through the Kil- worth defence and planted a great shot in the net which lived up the crowd and Barry Murphy had 0-1 for us. Kil- worth attacked hard and Jack Barry was strong in goal bring- ing off one great save.


Mike


Spillane had 0-2 from frees and Darragh Lawlor 0-1 from play. A Kilworth midfielder had


a fine point and they had 0-1 from play to leave it 1-5 to 0-5 and then Barry Murphy had 0-1 to put us ahead. A feature of the game was the strong play of Kilworth full back Ki- eran Lane and our own full back Colm Barry as he had the lively Noel McNamara for company while our corner men Brian Carroll and Declan Varner were having battle roy- als with the Kilworth corner men Eoin Carey and Liam Whelan. Those lads put over a few points in between a Mike Spillane free to leave it 1-7 to 0-9 at half time.


Considering


that the Kilworth boys put four goals past Aghada in the cham- pionship our backs although under pressure were doing well


as Aidan O’Sullivan, Colm Spillane and Tommy Carroll held the half line well even if we fired a few loose cannons from far out at times. The


second half came


alive with some good scores. Anto Spillane was going well and had a point while Keith O’Leary cut over a beauty from a sideline.


But Kilworth with


Lane and O’Connor mighty in the backs and Mockler around midfield forged ahead 1-9 to 0-13. Mike Spillane and Eoin Carey exchanged points and then our own Barry Murphy had to retire with a recurrence of hamstring injury. He was replaced by Brian O’Dono- van.


If that was not tough on


us we had tough luck again as Jack Barry, all six foot five of him, pulled down a shot from upstairs but when it dropped Kilworth reacted faster to the breaking ball and cracked it to the net in a cloud of dust and bodies.


Darragh Lawlor


settled us again as he floated over a nice 0-1 to leave it 1-11 to 1-14 in favour of Kilworth. The tackling was strong on both sides and unfortunately Anto Spillane was shouldered hard against the fencing and received a nasty injury to his knee which required ten stitch- es.


At this stage there was


fierce animation on the lines particularly on the Castlely- ons side and I am sure referee Aidan Barry had some vibra- tion in his ears. Colm Spillane landed a massive shot from his own half between the posts. Alan Fenton who came on for Anto landed a free and then Aidan O’Sullivan had another excellent long-range missile on target for the equaliser at 1-15 apiece. There was a hectic last few minutes as both sides went for broke and had opportuni- ties to win it but failed to land a winner. This was a cracking game of


hurling and now both sides are joint second in the league on 16 points apiece and Kilworth have a greater scoring average. However, it is noted that one of their games is declared void, so this may lead to a play off to decide who meets Ballinhassig in the final. What a game a play off could be but there is nothing definite as some chat must take place at the famous table of the Board so only sur- mising! Our treatment room is full as Ronan Fenton, Colm O’Neill, Barry Murphy and now Anto Spillane are all re- ceiving treatment for nasty in- juries. Ciarán McGann played ten minutes the last night and is recovering. Eoin Maye did not play the last night but should be okay.


All in all, tough go-


ing with the championship due shortly but the boys and man- agement are are working hard. Team: - Jack Barry, Brian


Carroll, Colm Barry, Declan Varner, Tom Carroll, Aidan O’Sullivan,


Colm


Darragh Lawlor, Barry Mur- phy, Keith O’Leary, Anthony Spillane, David Morrison, Michael Spillane, Shane Mo- roney, Ronan O’Regan. Subs: - John Paul Murphy, Alan Fen- ton, Ciarán McGann, Declan Varner and Noel McAuliffe, Brian O’Donovan, Peter Ro- che, Shane Flynn, Conor Mc- Carthy, David Morrison. Result of our Weekly Lotto


of Monday 27.8.18. The numbers drawn were 4, 10, 25 and 27. There was no winner of our Jackpot of €11, 200. There were eight “Lucky Dip” winners of €20 each as follows: - M O’Leary, Thomasina Hegarty, John Cot- ter, Sean Geary, Alan Waters, Kevin Daly, Mary Murphy and Noel O’Brien The Jackpot is now a crack- ing €11,400 so here is your chance to land a dream prize for just €2.


Our next draw Fr O’Neill’s GAA


Garryvoe Hotel on Fri. 31st


Aug. with a Jackpot


Club Lotto Draw: Results from Fri. 24th


Aug. Jackpot €9,600.00 numbers drawn: 8, 12, 14, 15 no winner. Match 3 €100: 1 x winner: Or- laith O’Callaghan. This week’s Draw is on in


of €9,800.00, Match 3 consolation €100.00. Tickets available


from


The Thatched Inn, Gar- ryvoe Hotel, The Bridge Hair Salon, O’Flynn’s MACE Srv. Station, Finns Tavern


and all


Adult and Juvenile Club Comm. Members, please


support your Parish GAA Club.


Results: 22-08-18: IHL Div. 1


Fr. O’Neills 2:09 v Fer- moy 0:18 in Aghavine. 26-08-18: Jnr. C Hurl- ing C/ship. 1st


rnd. Fr.


O’Neills 1:09 v Carrig- navar 3:16 in Castlely- ons.


Spillane, is Monday 3rd September at


9.30 pm in the Abbey Tavern. Thanks for your support and please remind your friends that they can play our Lotto Online or purchase sources.


from the usual


Major Fundraising Draw. Castlelyons Adult


Club,


Juvenile Section and Camo- gie Club launched a major fund-raising initiative on Mon- day night. All clubs gathered at the official launch on Monday evening in the Club Bar. De- clan Spillane Chairman of the Juvenile Club and driving the initiative spoke of the social values of the clubs to the local community and the increased numbers involved in all grades. Many teams are still involved in the business end of com- petitions including the Inter- mediate hurlers in the county quarter final, the U21A hurlers in East Cork East Cork, some juvenile teams still in Rebel Óg including Colm McCarthy and Leon Doocey involved with county teams. The Camogie Club is going from strength to strength with many girls representing the club on Cork teams this year too. The Juve- nile Section is now catering for a record number of juveniles and are keeping up the tra- ditional quality. This can be seen in the skill level of Cas- tlelyons as Colm Spillane and Niall O’Leary have represent- ed Cork at the highest level in senior and U21 hurling this year and This writer remem- bers them as juveniles just a few years ago. It costs a bit to run these clubs. This fundrais- ing committee are highly moti- vated, motoring well and have €3,000 in prizes for the Draw with tickets priced at €10 each. Your support is appreciated. The famine continues for Cork. Cork having crushed all be-


fore them, including Tipperary by thirteen points, with some power hurling on the road to


26-08-18: IHL Div. 1


Fr. O’Neills 3:15 v Kil- worth 3:18 in Kilworth.


rnd. Fr.


Fixtures: 08-09-18: PIHC 3rd O’Neills


v


Cloyne time TBC in Cas- tlemartyr.


Fé21 All Ireland Final: No joy unfortunately


for a well fancied Cork outfit in last Sundays Fi- nal played in Limerick, a more determined and


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the U21 All Ireland hurling final were awaiting coronation in Páirc na nGael, Limerick on Sunday evening.


After all


there were six Cork seniors plus many senior panellists on board all part of a golden gen- eration and rightly expected to take Tipperary again. Howev- er, while Sunday evening had a serious buzz the evening was grey with a drizzle and the crowd huge.


Tipp matched


the Rebels crowd wise and one could sense this when the dec- ibels rose after throw in and it was evident they were not go- ing down easily. Sure, enough it was Tipper-


ary who got the big start and raced into an early lead helped by the breeze but more impor- tantly by a hungry motivation to win every ball. Cork rallied well and made a game of it scoring 1-6 without reply but Tipp were on their tails. Still Cork lead 0-2 at half time and the Rebel confidence around the ground while


tested was


upbeat. However, against the breeze Tipp tacked on four of the first five points in the sec- ond half and the roar around the ground for the Premier was deafening. The Rebels countered with scores especially


some great


from Conor Cahalane, but the forwards were outplayed, and Tipperary seemed to clear everything at


times and put savage pressure on the backs. Tipperary fought


Thursday, 30th


August 2018 Notes like tigers


and found a way through to claim the


national honour.


The future is still bright for Cork and there was little in a great game so keep the heads up. Well done to our own Ni- all O’Leary who had a great campaign and a great game on Sunday evening. This writer asks the question why so little change leaving a Tipp half back line clear ball at will down to their forwards in the second half.


Sure, no Cork backline


could stand that pressure but folks it’s all in the sport and as a famous character in Fermoy used to say, “the clock is still in the Square” and lads while autumn leaves are falling sure 2019 approaching. However, its time Cork got back to win- ning ways.


Castlelyons East Cork Junior


Champions 1993 to be honoured at this year’s Final Our Junior


hurling team


who won the East Cork twen- ty-five years ago will be guests of honour at


this years East


Cork Junior Final. This was a watershed as we hit the big time and although beaten by Courcey Rovers in the first round of the county after a replay we did come back to do the business again and even- tually hit senior ranks for nine years. This year’s final will be in Castlemartyr and we will


have more details next week. Vote of Sympathy. It was with great regret we


heard of the passing of the late Derry O’Leary of Main Street, Killaloe, Co. Clare recently.


Derry, born and


raised in Castlelyons, was very involved with our club in the sixties and played in goal when Castlelyons defeated Sarsfields 6-8 to 2-3 in the replayed East Cork Junior B Hurling Final of 1965. Derry, who worked at Cavanaghs, joined the Garda Siochána and was stationed in


Killaloe for many years


until his retirement. He was very involved with the local community and especially the club over the bridge in Tip- perary, Ballina GAA Club, as his wife Peggy being a mighty Tipp supporter. He was one of the founders of their Juvenile Club and a former intermedi- ate selector.


In fact, he con-


tributed hugely to underage teams in Ballina, Ballinahinch and Smith O’Briens. He often came to Castlelyons with Ju- venile teams from Ballina and attended all Castlelyons games in recent years. Derry was an outstanding Gael and a true gentleman. We wish to express our sincere sympathies to his wife Peggy, daughter Pauline and extended family.


Ar dheis


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• Castlelyons Draw Committee 2018


eager Tipperary Team took the game to Cork from the start with Cork battling back to lead at half time having played against a strong wind. Tipp. Started the


2nd


half similar to the first and stayed in the game through sheer intensity and work rate with all this paying dividends when they struck for the all im- portant winning goal on the stroke of full time in


injury time. The Cork Team and Mgmt. will look back on this game and wonder to them- selves for a long time as to how they managed to let it behind them having come into the game on the back of some superb performances in the run through the Champion- ship. For Deccie who put in a good honest hours hurling and Ger. it’s a tough pill to swallow but


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I have no doubt that they will have many more good days in the Red of Cork in the not too dis- tant future.


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