Midleton GAA Club

11 August, 2022

SENIOR HURLING

Ross O'Regan running at the Newtown defence during last Saturday's Co. SHC clash in Pairc Ui Rinn. Photo: Larry Cummins/The Echo.

Our senior hurlers bounced back to winning ways on Saturday evening in Pairc Uí Rinn when they had an excellent ten point win over Newtownshandrum in round two of the Senior Hurling Championship.

After a slow start we were 0-4 to 0-1 down after ten minutes and 0-8 to 0-4 behind after 20 minutes. But a strong finish to the opening half, including a great team goal finished off by Tommy O'Connell saw us lead at the half-time interval by the slenderest of margins, 1-9 to 0-11.

We outscored Newtown by 7 to 4 in the opening 12 minutes of the second-half to stretch our lead to four (1-16 to 0-15) and by the 50th minute mark the lead was out to five, 1-19 to 0-17.

A Newtown goal in the closing ten minutes closed the gap but in the end we ran out deserving winners after a strong second-half display. The final score was Midleton 1-28 Newtownshandrum 1-18.

Scorers: C Lehane 0-15 (0-11 f, 0-1 65), L O’Farrell 0-4, T O’Connell 1-0, C Beausang 0-3, P Haughney, S Quirke 0-2 each, A Quirke, P White 0-1 each.

MIDLETON: Brion Saunderson; Eoin Moloney, Luke Dineen, Seannaidh Smyth; Ciarmhac Smyth, Tommy O’Connell, Sean O’Leary-Hayes; Paul Haughney, Sam Quirke; Conor Lehane, Ross O’Regan, Alex Quirke; Luke O’Farrell, Cormac Beausang, Pa White. Sub: Sean O’Sullivan for C Smyth.

Next up is our final group game against Kanturk in Fermoy on Sunday, August 28 at 4pm. 

INTERMEDIATE HURLING

Midleton's Paul Connaugthon scoring a point against Lisgoold in Carrigtwohill on Sunday. Photos: Paul Stack.

After a narrow defeat to Aghada in their opening game, our intermediates came into this game with a point to prove and despite the loss of Seamus O'Farrell and Padraig O'Keeffe before the game and Sean O'Farrell inside the opening minute the lads put in an excellent performance to come away with a deserved draw.

There was nothing in this game all through. We led by 0-3 to 0-2 after ten minutes and trailes 0-6 to 0-5 after 20 minutes before going in at the half-time whistle with a narrow lead on a score of 0-12 to 0-11. 

The second half was just tight with both teams matching each other score for score. We trailed by 0-17 to 0-16 with ten minutes to go but with the referee playing nine minutes of injury-time the sides could not be separated at the final whistle on a final score of 0-21 apiece.   

Scorers: A. Mulcahy 0-7 (0-4 frees), G. Carroll & D. Cremin 0-3 each, M. Finn, P. Connaughton & C. Crowley 0-2 each, J. Nagles & T. Roche 0-1 each.

MIDLETON: Bryan Rossiter, Leo Hennessy, Cian Murray, Cathal Gunning (Captain), Gavin Reddy, Leslie Coughlan, Darragh McCarthy, Sean O'Farrell, Mikey Finn, James Nagle, Aaron Mulcahy, Gary Carroll, Paul Connaughton, Cian Crowley, David Cremin. Sub: Christian Daly for O'Farrell (inj), Tiarnán Roche for Nagle.

We would like to wish a very speedy recovery to midfielder Sean O'Farrell who suffered a nasty collarbone injury inside the first minute of this game. Best of luck in your recuperation Sean and we look forward to seeing you back in black and white as soon as possible.

The Intermediates are back in action on Saturday, August 27 when we will play Blackrock in Carrigtwohill at 2pm.

Aaron Mulcahy and Mikey Finn ready for the throw-in at the start of the second-half in Carrigtwohill.

JUNIOR B HURLING

The Junior B hurlers were the third and final Midleton team in championship action at the weekend when they travelled to Glenville on Sunday evening to take on Sars.

With an excellent mix of youth and experience the lads in Black and White turned in an excellent display. They led  by 2-7 to 0-3 at half-time thanks to goals from Mark O’Keeffe and Cathal Beausang and they kept it up in the second period to run out convincing winners on a scoreline of 2-20 to 1-5.

MIDLETON: Coran Swayne, Dan O’Sullivan, Neil Fitzgerald, Daragh Mooney, Liam McGrath, Alwyn Kearney, Padraig O’Farrell, Luke Deane (0-1), Stuart O’Connor (0-4), James O’Sullivan (0-2), Cillian Hurley (0-1), Ben O’Neill (0-3), Cathal Beausang (1-1), John Keane (0-2), Mark O’Keeffe (1-7).

We are back in championship action on Friday, August 19 against Cloyne at 7pm with the venue yet to be confirmed.

 

JUVENILES

FÉ8S
On Saturday morning last our young Magpies took to the field in Park South for a hurling  blitz. It was an action packed morning, where we fielded four teams and each team played four games. Our Magpies again played very tough and competitive matches against Sars.

 

FÉ11S

The Midleton U-11s welcomed Youghal for challenge games on Saturday morning at a sun drenched Park South. 36 players togged out for the Magpies with everyone getting game time. Well done to all for their commitment and determination. We had 3 x 20 minute games and even though we started slow in the first game we grew into it and finished very strong. There’s a big Fun Day planned next Saturday in Trabolgan so hopefully all can make it.

FÉ15S

A big well done to or Fé15 Division 4 team who had an excellent 2-21 to 0-2 win over Douglas in their hurling championship clash in Douglas on Friday night. Great stuff lads.

FÉ17S

Having lost out to Glen Rovers in the opening round of the championship, our minors travelled to Riverstown to take on Sars (who they had also lost to recently in the league) on Friday night needing a victory and the produced in style. After an excellent display by the men in Black and White, the Magpies ran out winners on a scoreline of 0-20 to 2-6.

MIDLETON: Zach Smith, Darren Higgins, Niall Lang, Tomás Dunlea, Alex Moloney, Tadhg O’Leary Hayes, Corcaigh Cronin, Cian Lambe, Luca Brodcorp, Eoin Higgins, Eoin Frazer, Evan McGrath, James McSweeney, Tadhg Bowen, Darragh Egan. Well done lads.

JUVENILE FIXTURES

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11

Rebel Og Coiste Fe13 C3 Division 5 Football League Phase 2 Section 2

Mallow v Midleton at 7.15pm in Mallow

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17

Rebel Og Coiste Fe15 Premier 1 Hurling Championship section 1

Midleton v Sarsfields at 7pm in Midleton

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18

Rebel Og Coiste Fe15 Division 4 Hurling Championship

Midleton v Sarsfields at 7pm in Midleton

 

CAMOGIE

FÉ13/14S

Our U-13s faced Douglas in the U-14B2 league county final at Castle Road on Saturday  afternoon. It was a slow start from our girls and we were well behind at half-time. However it was a different story in the second-half with Midleton storming out of the blocks and giving an outstanding second-half display.

Unfortunately we had left ourselves too much to do and we came up short in the end. This is an outstanding group of girls and they should be very proud of their achievements today. Well done to both management and the girls themselves on reaching the final. A special mention to Olivia who did very well captaining the U-13s on the day.

CROKE PARK TRIP

Midleton Camogie were on tour on Sunday as they made their way to Croke Park for the senior and intermediate camogie finala where Cork took on Kilkenny and Galway. Unfortunately it wasn’t to be in either game for Cork with a single point between the two teams at the final whistle in the senior game and just two points in it at the end of the intermediate game.

That didn’t dampen the spirits of our girls who all thoroughly enjoyed their day and the experience of Croke Park which was the first time for a lot of the girls. We would like to thank our Vice Secretary Tracey Ryan who organised the bus trip and the day itself from start to finish and great efforts were put in by Tracey to ensure the day went smoothly. We would also like to thank the many parents who volunteered on the day which proved a huge success.

CORK U-14S

The Cork U-14 Ban team with Midleton players Faye Dunlea and Roisin McManus competed in the All-Ireland blitz in Abbotstown, Dublin on Saturday last.

The team topped their group having beaten Wexford, Waterford and Clare the Cork girls qualified for the final but unfortunately lost the decider to Kilkenny. Well done to all on a super achievement. The girls went on to parade with the U-14 Cork Development Squad in Croke Park at half-time on Sunday of the Intermediate All-Ireland Final.

 

SIGN OF THE WEEK

We have recently refurbished our sponsorship signs around Clonmult Memorial Park and we wil be featuring them in our notes over the coming weeks and months as we really appreciate all the local businesses who continue to support our club. 

This week it's the Midleton Park Hotel. Thanks very much to General Manager Diarmuid Vaughan and Sales & Marketing Manager Cian O'Callaghan who presented their new sign this week to our treasurer, John Hogan. 

Please support our sponsors if you can at all.

 

2022 CLUB COMMITTEES, MANAGERS & SELECTORS

At long last here is the full list of our 2022 Midleton GAA, camogie and ladies football club officers, team managers and selectors with our sincere thanks to Tadhg McCarthy and everyone at McCarthy Investment Services.

Click on the link below:

index.cfm?page=viewNews&id=1165&cYear=2022&cMonth=7​​​​​​​

 

LOTTO

The numbers that came out this week were: 12, 28, 30 Bonus 1

There was no jackpot winner but we did have a Match 3 Jackpot winner worth €400: Gerald Fitzgerald (UCC)

Lucky Dip Winners:

Tim Dineen €25 Cash

Breeda Smyth €25 Cash

Barbara O'Connor €25 Cash

Margaret Phelan €25 Cash

Thanks to everyone who supports our lotto...

This weeek’s Jackpot - €20,000 or VW Golf 1.0 TSI 90HP

Don't forget you can play online at any time at the link below

https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Midleton%20GAA/lotto

In total Midleton GAA will give out local business vouchers to the value of €3,800 every year as part of our “Shop Local, Buy Local” campaign.

How to play: tickets are on sale at Pat Walsh Paints, Chadwicks, Frank Murphy Butchers, Murphy’s Pharmacy, Crowley Butchers, or buy online (see above).

 

BINGO

Our Bingo continues on Friday nights with an early game at 7.25pm. Everyone is welcome.

 

CLUB SHOP

The Midleton GAA club shop is back up and running for the 2022 season but please note that it’s still online with collection only at the club on a Saturday morning.

All you have to do is go to the Klubfunder website (https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Midleton%20GAA/ShopItems) and you will see the full range of what’s available to buy. You can shop away to your heart’s content, pay for it online and then collect your purchases at the club shop on Saturday morning between 9.30am and 10am. Thank you.

 

PLEASE PLAY YOUR PART

We are asking all players, mentors, parents, supporters and neighbours to please play their part by playing ball on the following.....

Please slow down entering and leaving Park South.

No dogs, except assistance dogs, are allowed at Park South or Clonmult Memorial Park.

Please do not bring single use plastic bottles to either Park South or Clonmult Memorial Park.

Please put your rubbish in a bin or bag and please bring your gear home with you.

And always be aware of the open water surrounding the pitches in Park South.

If you are a coach, please pass on these simple messages to players and parents.

Also if you are a coach, last person out locks the gate, toilet and container.

 

CONDOLENCES

Everybody at Midleton GAA Club would like to extend their deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Dillon Quirke who passed away during a Co. SHC game in Semple Stadium last Friday night. Also to all a his club, Clonulty Rossmore and all involved with the Tipperary senior hurling panel of which Dillon was a member. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. 

Also our condolences are offered to the O'Riordan and O'Meara families on the death of Breda O'Riordan of Whitegate. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.