Midleton GAA Club

15 June, 2023

ADULT CLUB

SENIOR HURLING LEAGUE

MALLOW 1-13 MIDLETON 4-26

Mallow was the venue on a beautiful Sunday morning last for our second last County Hurling League Division 2 game of the campaign.

The early exchanges were keenly contested and Mallow led by 0-3 to 0-2 after seven minutes. Put four points in a row from Kian Farmer, Aaron Mulcahy and Pa White (2) had us 0-6 to 0-3 up on nine minutes. The opening goal of the game came in the 12th minute when Paul Connaughton set up Luke O'Farrell for the green flag. Paul Connaughton (2) and Pa White pushed us 1-10 to 0-4 ahead by the 21st minute.

Aaron Mulcahy and Paul Connaughton added further points before Luke O'Farrell set up Paul Connaughton for our second goal. Further points from Luke, Pa and Paul had us 2-15 to 0-9 in front before Paul Connaughton added a goal and a point in first-half stoppage time to see us lead by 3-16 to 0-9 at the interval. 

We continued where we left off in the second-half and points from Aaron Mulcahy, Kian Farmer, Rory Hartnett, Paul Connaughton, Cormac Beausang (two frees), Pa White and Ross O'Regan had us 3-24 to 0-12 in front with 12 minutes to play. 

Mallow added their only goal soon after before Ross O'Regan struck for our fourth. Two further points for Pa White finished the scoring in what was a decisive and well deserved victory (4-24 from play). 

We wish the Mallow player that picked up a nasty looking freak injury (running for the ball) the very best in his recovery.

We complete our league campaign on Friday week (June 23) at home to Fermoy in Clonmult Memorial Park at 7.30pm.

Scorers: Paul Connaughton 2-6, Pa White 0-8, Kian Farmer 0-4, Luke O'Farrell and Ross O'Regan 1-1 each, Aaron Mulcahy 0-3, Cormac Beausang 0-2 (Frees), Rory Hartnett 0-1.

MIDLETON: Bryan Rossiter, Christian Murphy, Luke Dineen, Seannaidh Smyth, Eoin Moloney, Ciarmhac Smyth, Tadhg O'Leary Hayes, Coramc Beausang, Kian Farmer, Rory Hartnett, Ross O'Regan, Aaron Mulcahy, Paul Connaughton, Luke O'Farrell, Pa White. Subs used: Alex Quirke, David Scanlon, Cian Crowley, Cathal Gunning, Adam Fay and Leo Hennessy.   

The County Hurling League Division 2 table with one round of games to play:

 

INTERMEDIATE HURLING LEAGUE.

BALLYGIBLIN 0-12 MIDLETON 0-23 

We travelled to Ballygiblin on Friday night for our penultimate league game and we made the journey home with all the points after a fine display. Our final league game is on Sunday week, June 25 against Castlemartyr in Lisgoold at 2pm.

MIDLETON: Cillian Hurley, David Scanlon, Alywn Kearney, Leo Hennessy, Adam Fay, James Nagle, Gavin Reddy, Kian Farmer, Tadhg O'Leary Hayes, Rory Hartnett, Padraig O'Shea, Padraig O'Brien, Tim O'Sullivan, Paul Connaughton, Cian Crowley. 

We would also like to wish the best of luck to Padraig O'Keeffe who has joined the selection committee for this team after being ruled out with injury and also wish a speedy recovery to fellow selector, Ian Kennefick.

 

JUNIOR A FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

The very best of luck to Johnny Comer and all his players and management team as they begin their East Cork Junior A Football Championship campaign against Youghal in Killeagh on Sunday morning at 11.30am. Please support the Magpies. 

 

JUNIOR A HURLING LEAGUE

MIDLETON 2-19 CLOYNE 4-19

A hugely important league game on Monday evening last in front of a fine attendance at Clonmult Memorial Park.

It was a game that had everything but unfortunately we fell short at the end. In a very open game we led at half time by 1-8 to 0-9. Cloyne found goals a bit too easy to get in the second half and it was this that got them over the line.

We have now completed our league programme. We are sitting second currently but are waiting on the result of Castlemartyr's game with Watergrasshill. If Castlemartyr avoid defeat we will remain in Division 2 next year.

MIDLETON: Zach Smith, Cathal Gunning, Adam Fay, Kieran Lambert, Evan McGrath, Patrik Kane, Niall Lang (0-1), Leo Hennessy (0-6, 2f, 3 65), Daire Mooney, Evan Rowlands, Padraig O'Brien (0-2), Johnny Comer (0-1), Mark O'Keeffe (0-6f), Brian O'Sullivan (1-1), Tim O'Sullivan (1-1). Subs: Andy Rea (0-1), Ben O'Neill.

 

JUNIOR C HURLING LEAGUE

MIDLETON 3-12 KILLEAGH 2-16

On Friday night we welcomed Killeagh to Clonmult Memorial Park. It was a good game with the away team coming away with the points.

We now face Dungourney in the league final. This will be played on the weekend of Sunday the 25th of June. Venue and time to be confirmed.

MIDLETON: Brian O'Sullivan, Rory Lester (0-1), Gavin Hurley, Kieran Lambert, Brendan Ferriter, Patrik Kane, Colin Sunderland, Daire Mooney (0-1), Niall Lang (1-1), Jack Fitzgerald, Evan Rowlands (0-4), Ben O'Neill, Andy Rea (2-1), Nicky Daly Hayes (0-2, 1f), Ben O'Neill (0-1). Subs: Fergus Wade (0-1), Jerome Curtin.

 

HARD LUCK 

Hard luck to Barry Fitzgerald and Kieran Denihan and the Cork Masters Football team that narrowly lost out to Kerry in Fossa on Saturday. For those wondering, Kieran did line out in the red of Cork against his native county and lived to tell the tale.... 

 

JUVENILES

FÉ9S

An early start for our lads last Saturday as we travelled to Cashel, who togged out in Tipperary jerseys, for a challenge game. We travelled with 26 players and fielded three teams. It was an extremely competitive morning's hurling and a first time playing outside of the county for our lads.

We played very well and the lads displayed great skill and heart in all the games. Thank you to Cashel for their hospitality on the morning and we look forward to many more games with them over the years.

 

FÉ13S

GROUP 4 HURLING IN BISHOPSTOWN

Midleton 4-11 Bishopstown 2-2

The boys have finished top of the group and are awaiting details on Group 4 cup final. Well done lads.

 

GROUP 1 HURLING SHIELD FINAL IN BALLINLOUGH

Midleton 6-11 Blarney 1-5

A fantastic evening's hurling, in a glorious Ballinlough, saw the Fé13s take the Spring League Group 1 shield.

The boys started well and had a comfortable 3-6 to 1-2 lead at half-time.

Blarney gave it their all on the resumption but the lads were up to the task and came away with a well deserved win.

Well done all involved.

 

 

FÉ14S

Once again the past week was one that allowed the panel of players to catch their breath as our Hurling Championship fixtures began.

The players made the trip to Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Thursday night to play on the 4G pitch against a strong Blackrock team who had beaten us in the league earlier in the season, so we knew a tough game was to be expected.

The game reflected the expectations as the lads found themselves down by a point after 15 minutes, but as they have done so throughout the year the players continued to play with and for each other over the course of the game, and with some excellent display of both defensive skills along with our forwards ability to take the scoring opportunities that arose we continue to a semi-final in the coming weeks. We would like to thank Ross O’Regan from the Senior Team who was in attendance to offer some words of advice and encouragement to the players during and after the game.

MIDLETON PANEL: Alfie Hennessy, Braden Dunlea, Breaninn O'Dalaigh, Charlie McCarthy, Cian Hogan; Ciaran Kelly, Ciaran O’Brien, Daniel Moloney, Daire Crowley, Donncha Butler, Ethan Foley, Finn Cahill, Jack Cahill, John O’Sullivan, Josh Quill, Liam Walsh, Manus Stewart, Patrick O’Brien,  Peadar Egan, Rian McCormack, Rory Nolan, Will Stokes.

The schedule of games continues for the panel with our focus now returning to football with the first team scheduled to play Beara, in the next round of the Championship this Friday with a venue to be confirmed. We are awaiting details of the second team's Shield Competition semi-final against Bishopstown and will share fixture details as soon as they are available to us.

FIXTURES

C3 League Final vs. Ballincollig in Ballincollig on Monday 19th of June with a 7pm Throw In.

Weekend of 23/24/25th June

1st team Hurling Championship Semi Final vs. St. Finbarr’s – Details TBC

2nd team Hurling Championship Semi Final vs. Douglas – Details TBC.”

 

FÉ17 HURLING

The Midleton minors were in league action on Saturday night in Clonmult Memorial Park and it was great to have club seniors Eoin Moloney and Sam Quirke on hand with plenty advice and encouragement. Midleton came out on top on the night with a final score of Midleton 2-24 Iniscarra 0-12 in what was a great team effort and a great display of scoring from play (2-20 of total). #MagpiesAbú

 

FÉ17 FOOTBALL

A great win for Midleton's minor footballers in Caherlag on Wednesday evening in the league overcoming neighbours Erin's Own by a score of 1-11 to 1-4 despite two black cards and playing for 20 minutes with 14 players on what was a great evening for football

The lads dug deep and got the result across the line. They are out again on Monday against Iniscarra in Park South at 7pm.

 

GET WELL SOON

We'd like to wish a speedy recovery to Fé17 selector and Club Coaching Officer, Martin McSweeney. Hope to see you back in action really soon Martin.

 

FIXTURES

FRIDAY, JUNE 16

Rebel Og Premier Fe14 Football Championship Premier 2

Beara v Midleton in Ahiohill at 7.30pm

 

MONDAY, JUNE 19

Rebel Og Premier Fe14 Hurling League C3 Group1 Final

Ballincollig v Midleton at 7pm. Venue: TBC.

 

CAMOGIE 

UNDER 11
Bright and early on Sunday morning, in muggy conditions, the U-11s lined up to play against Douglas. Two teams and two matches saw a fine display of camogie. Lovely to hear the words of encouragement amongst the girls as they played with heart and determination, putting all their training into practice. Thank you to all the coaches and to Douglas for travelling. 

 

UNDER 12
Our U-12 Black team hosted Sars in a league game on June 3. Sars started very quickly and got two early goals. The girls to their credit gathered themselves and got right back into the game with some lovely scores both from play and from frees. In the end it wasn’t our day and Sars came out on top. The girls will have learned an awful lot from this game. Next up is an away fixture Vs Iniscarra.

 

U-14 CORK DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
Congratulations Gabrielle, Ciara and Leah who were part of the Cork U14 development squads playing against Wexford in Youghal GAA last Saturday. Well done girls.

 

LADIES FOOTBALL

UNDER 11S

Well done to our U-11 girls who played a great game against Watergrasshill on Tuesday evening in Clonmult Memorial Park. 

 

G4M&O 

We would like to send our best wishes to the Gaelic for Mothers and Others as they travel to Mallow this Saturday for a Munster Blitz. 

You can now put all the skills you have learned at training to the test. 

 

SKILLS CAMP

Orlagh Farmer is running a skills camp for girls this summer. The camp will take place across four venues in Cork. See picture below for details:

 

MIDLETON GAA MONDAY CLUB

Our next Monday meet up is on this coming Monday, June 26 at 10.30am. All are welcome.

 

MIDLETON GAA GOLF SOCIETY 

Results from the outing at East Cork Golf Club on Tuesday kindly sponsored by the Maple Bar, Main Street, Midleton.

1st: John Droog  44pts; 2nd: Francis Maher 43pts; 3rd Liam Walsh 42pts; 4th John Hogan 41pts; 5th Denis Mulcahy 39pts; 6th Mick Hayes 39pts.

Front 9: Brendan Foley 22pts. Back 9: Robbie Fitzgerald 22pts. Visitor: Paul Drake 36pts.

John Droog receiving his winners' prize from Gary Johnston of the Maple Bar. 

 

LOTTO DRAW

The Jackpot was €15,000 for last Friday night's jackpot and the numbers drawn this week were 11, 13, 27 and the bonus was 4.

There was no jackpot winner or match 3 winner.

 

The €25 Lucky Dip Prize winners were: Bridie O'Sullivan, Mary O'Brien (who both won vouchers for Angela's Shop), Patrick Kelly and Veronica Scanlon.

Play 24/7 at: http://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

 

Fancy a good night which also benefits Midleton GAA club...what about bingo on Friday nights?

It kicks off at 7.30pn every Friday night and is over by 9pm. A single book is €6. A double book is €12. We're having our biggest crowds since before Covid recnetly so thanks to everyone for coming in such big numbers, it is much appreciated. New players are always welcome....

 

 

SOCIAL DANCING

Social dancing this Saturday night from 9.15pm, June 17 to the excellent Adrian Ryan. A great night is assured....

 

CLUB SHOP

With all our hurling, camogie and ladies football teams now back up and running now is the time to stock up on all your gear needs for the coming season.

All you have to do is go to the Klubfunder website (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 10.15am. Thank you.

 

2023 MIDLETON GAA GOLF CLASSIC 

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY:.......this year's Midleton GAA Golf Classic will be held, at East Cork Golf Club, on Thursday and Friday, July 13 & 14. Even if you are not a golfer we would really appreciate if you or your workplace would consider sponsoring a tee box for €50. This one of our main fundraisers each year and is vital to the upkeep of all our teams across hurling and football, ladies football and camogie.

You can register your team or pay for a tee box or both right now at the link below.....

http://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Midleton_GAA/EventRegistration#EventRegistrationOptions

 

 

GAA LEARNING PORTAL

We have been asked to remind members and especially our club coaches that the GAA Learning Portal is a great resource which is free to use. Please check it out at  http://learning.gaa.ie/about

 

BLAST FROM THE PAST

Hard to believe it's two years already this week since we held our outdoor (Covid) bingo in Clonmult Memorial Park.....

 

WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND OUR CLUB?

 

Great to welcome our new resident family of swans to the river in Park South.

 

PLEASE PLAY YOUR PART

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Unfortunately there has been a rise in the amount of dogs being walked in Park South recently, especially during matches and training sessions. Please spread the word that only assistance dogs are permitted in both of our club grounds at Park South and 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.
All members are asked to respect referees and their officials at all times.
Also if you are a coach, last person out locks the gate, toilet and container.