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Nuachtlitir Cumann Fánaithe na Claise
Vol 8 Issue 16
SE Junior B Football League Valley Rovers V Ballygarvan Mon 23/04/18 @ 7.30pm in Ballygarvan Fe 15 P2 Hurling Championship Semi Final Valley Rovers V Ballygarvan Weds 25/04/18 @ 6:30pm in Brinny SE Junior A Hurling League Valley Rovers V Ballinhassig Mon 30/04/18 @ 7:30pm in Brinny All fixtures subject to change, please check website homepage prior to games
Lotto Results
Last Week's Numbers: 1, 3, 7, 14
No Winner of Jackpot
€20 Winners:
John O'Keeffe, c/o Crossbarry Inn. M & C Duggan, c/o Brinny Inn. Anthony O'Donovan, c/o Frank Kearney. John Sugrue, Banteer. Dave Tyner, Ballinacurra. Pauline O'Regan, c/o Crossbarry Inn. Pat Kearney c/o Frank Kearney. Paul Hoey, Dunkereen. Thomas O'Donovan, Kilbrogan Hill. Kieran O'Donovan, Barna. Next week’s lotto at Barrett’s Bar
Jackpot €4,400
Upcoming Fixtures
Valley Rovers U10 Boys who played Erins Own on Saturday last
Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Valley Rovers V Blarney
Saturday 28th April in Pairc Ui Rinn @ 6.15pm
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Juvenile Fixtures
Fe 13 P1 Hurling League
Valley Rovers V Sarsfields Mon 23/04/18 @ 7:00pm in
Brinny
Fe 15 P2 Hurling League
Valley Rovers V Ballygarvan Fri 27/04/18 @ 7:00pm in
Brinny
FE 12 Hurling League
Valley Rovers V Erins Own Sat 28/04/18 @ 4:15pm in
Caherlag
Fe 14 P2A Football League
Valley Rovers V Bishopstown Sun 29/04/18 @ 7:00pm
in Bishopstown
FE 16 P2 Hurling League/Championship
Valley Rovers V Killeagh/St Itas Mon 30/04/18 @ TBC
in TBC
FE13 C3 Hurling League
Valley Rovers V Fermoy Mon 30/04/18 @ 7:15pm in
Fermoy
Premier Intermediate Hurling League
Our senior players returned to hurling action on
Sunday following their football exploits over the past
fortnight, with the arrival of Aghada in Brinny. From
the word go the result of this fixture was never in
doubt with Valleys very much on top. After fifteen
minutes it was 1.08 to 0.03 to the Rovers, the goal
coming from Jack Walsh. At half time Valleys led 3.17
to 1-05 with goals from Rory O’Sullivan and Eoin
O’Reilly. At this stage all the forwards and both
midfielders had got on the score sheet.
The second half was along a similar vein with the
Rovers adding a further 3.05 and the previous goal
scorers getting another each. Final score Valley Rovers
6.22 Aghada 1.11.
Team: Willie Burke,
Eoghan Delaney, David Lynch, Aidan Sheehan, Noel O’Donovan, William Hurley, Sean O’Regan,
Colm Butler, Jack Walsh, Rory O’Sullivan, Cormac Desmond, Chris O’Leary,
Richie Butler, Kevin Canty, Eoin O’Reilly.
Subs: Tim Cummins for David Lynch, Aaron Lyons for Kevin Canty, Shane O’Leary for Noel O’Donovan, John Cottrell for Jack Walsh, Dan Sweetnam for Richie Butler, Gary Deane for Chris O’Leary & Eoin Burke for Willie Burke. Scorers: Eoin O’Reilly (2.05), Jack Walsh (2.01), Rory O’Sullivan (2.00), Chris O’Leary (0.06, 1f), Colm Butler (0.03), Richie Butler (0.03), Cormac Desmond (0.02), Kevin Canty (0.02).
SE Junior A Hurling League Result: Valley Rovers 1:09 Kinsale 2:10
Minor P2 Hurling League
Valley Rovers P2 minor hurlers finally got their season going when they travelled to Newtownshandrum on Friday night. A lively Shandrum team got three early points but two points from Adam Kenneally and points from Aaron O’Leary and Cathal O’Sullivan valleys were down a point at half time 0-9 to 0-8. Valleys would regret conceding 1-1 in the first two minutes of the second half. They kept going and with scores from Cathal O’Sullivan and some excellent defending from Niall Lawton and Conor Hurley the game finished with Shandrum winning on a score line of 2-14 to 0-11. Team:
Cormac Lyons,
Niall Lawton, Conor Hurley, Jack Hurley,
Shane Lynch, Mark O’Leary, Aaron O’Leary,
Adam Kenneally, Ronan O’Connell,
Brian Hoey, Cathal O’Sullivan, Misco Savic,
Ronan Hoey, Cian Crowley, Cormac Kilduff.
Subs: Micheal Connolly, Kieran Rice, David Muckian,
Daniel Lynch, Eoin Nash, Denny Kiely, Brian McCarthy &
Darragh Keane.
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Rehearsals in full swing for the upcoming Strictly Valleys.
Please Support!
U10 Hurling League
Valley Rovers U10 boys finally got their first hurling
match of the year underway when they took on Erins
Own in Caherlag on Saturday. It was vital to get matches
started after the poor weather, pitch closures & limited
training on grass.
Two teams of 22 boys played and contested very well,
and although both teams lost against the strong
opposition there was little between them in score or
ability at both half time and final times. A very
encouraging start to the league, in which the kids can be
happy they held their own and fought for every ball!
Thanks to Erins Own for hosting us.
Valley Rovers panel: Charlie Lynch, Conor McGregor,
Conor O'Donovan, Daniel Holland, Daniel Hyde, Daniel
O'Donovan, Donnacha Lynch, Eoghan Galgey, Fionn
Lucey, Harry Mc Court, Jack Healy, Jack McCarthy
(Innishannon), Jack McCarthy (Castelack), Jack
O’Donoghue, Kyle Burke, Lewis Linehan, Liam
O'Donovan, Mark Hurley, Matthew Humphries, Michael
Croke, Paul Cremin, Ronan O'Leary, Rory Curtin,
Ruadhan McCarthy, Sam Barry, Sean O'Riordan, &
Tomás O'Riordan.
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FE 15 HURLING P2 Championship Valley Rovers under 15s played Blarney in championship
hurling last Wednesday evening in Brinny. It was an
exciting game as the sides battled it out. Valley Rovers
started well with a good wind behind them getting the
first two points of the game. However, Blarney entered
the contest with a goal but Valleys answered that quickly
with a point from a free. It was then Blarney’s turn to
add a point. It was a very good contest between the
sides with some good displays of hurling. The score at
half time was Valley Rovers 1-7 to 2-2.
The second half saw some more excellent hurling from
both teams but it was Valleys continuous work rate
especially against a strong wind that saw them scoring a
further 1-4 unanswered until the 15th minute of the
second half when Blarney scored a point. Shortly after
this Blarney scored a goal from a penalty and quickly
followed it with another point from a 65. Just when it
looked as if Blarney might continue to close the gap
Valleys got another goal and a point. Blarney added two
more points to their score but at full time it was Valley
Rovers who were victorious with a final score of 3-12 to
3-6.
Valley Rovers play Ballygarvan in the semi-final at Brinny
this coming Wednesday the 25th of April at 6:30- Please
support!
Team:
Dylan Huggard,
Daniel Hurley, Jonathan Kenneally, Cathal Brady,
Adam Murphy, Jonathan Murphy, Conor Manning,
Sean Egan, Ben Humphries,
Cian Dunne, Conor Calnan, Conor Cremin,
Philip Bernard, Ciarán McCarthy, Dean O’Connor.
Subs: Conor Egan, Killian Kilduff, Cillian O’Brien, Dylan
O’Driscoll, Jason Kelleher, Evan O’Shea & Jonathan
O’Leary.
Scorers: Ciarán McCarthy (3- 10), Ben Humphries (0-1) &
Conor Calnan (0-1).
U14 Feile Hurling
Our U14 hurlers participated in the Premier U14 Feile
hurling competition played in St. Finbarr’s on Saturday.
We were drawn in a group with Eire Og and the hosts.
Following a minutes silence for our late Vice President
Hughie O’Donovan RIP, our first game was against Eire
Og and our lads settled very quickly with some fine
scores. We were well on top all over the field and the
introduction of all our panel of players didn’t slow our
momentum and we ran out easy winners against a
sporting Eire Og side. Final score Valley Rovers 5-10
Eire Og 0-4
As St. Finbarr’s had also comprehensively beaten Eire
Og our game against them was then the group final
with the winners going on to play the other group
winners (Ballygarvan) for a place in the finals weekend.
Against a very strong St. Finbarr’s side, our lads hurled
magnificently and were unlucky not convert a few
scoreable chances, turning over 0-6 to 0-2 behind at
the break.
In the second half we started well and managed to
bring the score back to 0-6 to 0-4, at that stage we felt
the game could have gone either way, but the Barrs
had that little bit more in reserve and pulled away to
end our gallant challenge on a final score of St. Finbarrs
0-10 Valley Rovers 0-4.
In the overall section final St. Finbarrs defeated
Ballygarvan 2-7 to 2-1
We have a great bunch of lads who can be very proud
of their display on Saturday and if they continue their excellent attendance at all train sessions, practice at
home at every opportunity and listen to their mentors
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they will be successful in the other competitions this year
and in their future playing days with the Rovers. Also a
big thanks to the three U13’s who participated on the
day.
Panel of Players; Adam Casey, Aaron White, Brian
Lordan, Cian Johnson, Conor Hoban, Charlie O’Sullivan,
David Hurley, Dylan O’Driscoll, Donnacha Galgey, Evan
O’Shea, Evan Hennessy, Fiachra Murphy, James
O’Sullivan, Joshua Murphy, Jonathan O’Leary, John
Neary, Jason Kelleher, Jerry O’Connor, Jack Le Strange,
Joey Lynch, Liam Egan, Patrick Horgan, Sean Kiely, Zak
Sharpless, Eoin Guinane, Ciaran Hoey, Matthew Woods.
U9 Hurling
Valley Rovers U9 hurling teams visited Bishopstown on a
sunny afternoon last Saturday, Apr 21st. After an
impressive outing against Eire Og on their first outing 2
weeks previously, they found it more challenging against
a physically strong Bishopstown team. Over 6 matches,
the teams came out honours even. There were some
excellent performances from Adam Brown and Nick Daly.
Charlie Kelleher Barry showed great tenacity to score a
winning goal and Jack Holland was charging through the
midfield at pace. Mark Dineen was commanding in
defence and Ben Sharpless demonstrated increasing
dominance in the midfield.
U8 Football Blitz What a magnificent day for our U8 Valley Rover boys.
The long awaited sun shine lifted their spirits to show
their growing football talents at the Ballincollig blitz
last Saturday morning. The Valley's boy levels of
excitement were high and through great passes,
strong kicks, skills and tenacity, they demonstrated a
solid and impressive performance against Ballincolllig
and Douglas. A fabulous morning, well done all!
Division 2 League Result:
Valley Rovers 0-8 Glanmire 4-10
Division 7 League Result:
Valley Rovers B 2-5 Kilshannig 7-9
Players stand for a minutes silence before the Division
7 league game in sunny Brinny in honour of the late
Bridget O’Brien, Cork ladies football stalwart. RIP.
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The u12 Camogie team played in a Ballinhassig and
valley Rovers joint blitz in kinsale last day afternoon. We
had a super turnout of 21 players on a sunny dry day,
with wins against Ballinhassig & Ballygarvan, a draw with
Carrigaline & the one loss to Tracton. Big thanks to both
players and parents for their dedication.
Valley Rovers were represented by three girls on the
Cork U14 development squads over the weekend.
Games were held in Inniscarra & Ballyhea, with Grace
O'Dwyer, Cliodhna Prendergast & Fiona Twohig involved.
It's great to see another bunch of our girls been part of
the Cork development squads, a stepping stone to
greater things hopefully in the years to come.
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Reminder:
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When the news of our esteemed Vice-President, Hughie
O Donovan’s passing began to filter through
on Wednesday morning last 18th of April, it left a special
sadness for all in the Valley Rovers GAA club the wider
parish community and indeed further afield, especially
in the sporting, musical and entertainment world. But
no doubt the many happy memories which Hughie has
left especially for his beloved family will help to lift that
cloud.
Hughie was the eldest of nine children born to his
parents Maurice and Ciss , of Quarrys Cross.
Newcestown in August 1923. As a young man he
participated in the popular local sports of bowling and
gaelic football- he played with a number of GAA clubs
and in the winter hunted with his beloved Mossgrove
Sporting Hounds- of whom he composed a very famous
song which he included in his own CD a couple of years
ago with many other " Hughie Songs " which he sang at
various sessions including Bandon Singing Club, which he
proudly led in song and story every month. He was also
a popular guest in various C103 radio programs and each
year contributed his own special script to Innishannon
Candlelight.
In 1950 he married his late wife Mary (Curtin) of Kilmore
where he bought a farm, settled down and reared six
children.
In 1951 he helped with the refounding of the Upton
Harriers and at the time of his death was the Master of
the club. He was also National President of the Harrier
Association.
Hughie
O’Donovan
RIP
He was extremely proud of being elected Vice-
President of Valley Rovers - a position which was
especially suitable to his personality. Being a people
person he was very popular with all age groups and
was a regular attendee at the various training
sessions, club events and matches (including camogie
and ladies football). And when his beloved grandsons
Hughie and Noel continued to climb up the ranks of
the Rovers in both hurling and football he was their
most loyal supporter and he was very proud when
they were part of the club teams who brought county
championship honours to the parish.
Hughie, you will be remembered by many during a
very full filled life, and may the sound of the Hunting
Horn, the shrill of the match whistle, the sweet notes
of songs and the tap of the dancing shoes guide you
on your way to that Happy Hunting Ground and may
you rest in peace with your beloved wife Mary ,
daughter Marion and son Noel.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
The club would like to thank all the members who
helped out with traffic control, parking & the guard of
honour over the past few days. Much appreciated.
Club Development News: Important Work on the entrance to the Bleach car park will
commence shortly & will take a few days. The Car
park will be closed for the duration of the work. We
appreciate your understanding as we continue to
improvement our facilities & ensure safety of users.
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Development Committee:
Adrian McEntee (Chairman),
Gerard O’Sullivan,
Eddie Lynch,
Paul Cronin,
Mick Lyons (Garda),
Willie Glavin,
Seamus McCarthy,
Barry Casey.
Finance Committee:
Seamus McCarthy (Chairman),
Willie Glavin,
Ted O’Donovan,
Mick Lyons (Garda).
Lotto Committee:
Denis O’Riordan (Chairman),
Veronica Kelleher,
Diane Twohig,
Marian Delaney,
Maureen Canty,
Mary Bugler,
Paudie Palmer,
TJ Deasy,
Diarmuid O’Shea,
Paul Cronin,
Paul Hoey,
Seamus McCarthy,
Mary Crowley,
Brian Fenton,
John Lynch (Knockroe).
Senior football:
Ger Slyne, Mick Murphy, Martin Cronin & Tony
O’Rielly.
Premier Intermediate Hurling:
Ger Slyne, John Hurley, John O’Donovan (Barna),
James Ryan, Don Looney & John Lynch (Farnahoe).
Junior A & B Football:
Mick Lyons (Garda), Willie Casey & Paul Farrell.
Junior A Hurling:
Ciaran O’Riordan, Noel O’Donovan, Tadgh Fitzgerald &
Finbarr Coleman.
Junior B Hurling:
Tadgh Fitzgerald & Ciaran O’Riordan.
U21 A Football:
Mick Lyons (Garda), Kevin Canty, Paul Farrell, Willie
Casey & Mick Murphy.
U21 B Football:
Mick Lyons (Garda), Ger Slyne, Paul Farrell & Willie
Casey.
U21 A & B Hurling:
Aidan Crowley, Noel O’Donovan, Richie Butler, Kevin
Canty & Michael O’Brien.
Club Committees & Team Selectors At a recent Club executive meeting, the following committees & selectors were ratified:
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Valley Rovers GAA
Contact
Valley Rovers Phone 0857038198
Email [email protected]
Website: www.valleyrovers.com
Every effort has been made to ensure the contents of this newsletter are correct, however we take no responsibility for any errors, omissions or misprints that may occur in this publication from time to time
Valley Rovers Cul Camp for 2018 will run from July 16th
to July 20th. All are welcome to this very enjoyable
week. Application forms have been distributed through
the local schools for return by Friday June 15th or can
be accessed by contacting Ena Coughlan (087 6901063)
or Emma Crowley (087 4139852)
Keep the dates in your Diary free!
Valley Rovers History
Valley Rovers are in the process of gathering
information with the view of recording the History of
Gaelic games in the parish in a book. This project is
covering all aspects of Gaelic games, be it Hurling
Football, Camogie and Ladies Football.
If you have any memorabilia, pictures, old medals, old
minute books in your procession, old AGM reports etc
or equally important, any historical information we
would greatly appreciate if you would share it with us.
We have set up an email address
that you can email any items.
Also we will be in Innishannon Hall on
Re-fixed Date to be Confirmed
For people to come and bring any interesting items
which we can scan & photograph so you can take your
items home again.
All information is welcome and we will endeavor to
include as many items as possible.
For more details or any queries please contact
John Lynch (Knockroe) at 0877617532 or any club
officer
