Midleton GAA Club

20 October, 2023

NOT THE RESULT WE WANTED BUT STILL PROUD

COOP SUPERSTORES PREMIER SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 

MIDLETON 0-19 SARSFIELDS 0-21

A huge thank you to everyone who travelled to Pairc Uí Chaoimh in huge numbers on Sunday last to support our senior hurlers in their county final against Sarsfields. 

On the day we came up just short but we would like to thank all the players, the management team of Micheál, Pat, Alywin and Padraig and their backroom team for their massive effort all year and we have no doubt that we'll be back on the big day in the not too distant future when the result will go our way. 

MIDLETON: B Saunderson; S O’Sullivan (0-1), C Smyth, S Smyth; E Moloney, T O’Connell (0-1), S O’Leary Hayes; M Finn (0-2, 0-1 sideline), P Haughney (0-2); R O’Regan (0-3), C Lehane (0-7, five frees), D Cremin; C Beausang (0-1), P White (0-1), L O’Farrell. Subs: P Connaughton for Cremin (45 mins), Tadhg O’Leary Hayes (0-1) for White (60 mins).

Photos: Denis O'Flynn.

 

 

WELL DONE TO EVERYONE

A huge thank you to everyone who put up flags, banners and signs all over the town to wish us well in last week's senior county final and again in this week's final. It's much appreciated. Thanks also to all the schools who hosted Magpies Days, all the pics are on our social media.

 

COUNTY FINAL DAY HERE WE COME....AGAIN!

Who said county finals are like buses?.....all roads lead to Pairc Uí Chaoimh again on this coming Sunday, October 22, when we take on Aghabullougue in the County Intermediate A Hurling Championship Final in Pairc Uí Chaoimh at 2pm. The game will be proceeded be the Co. SAHC Final between Blarney and Newcestown. 

Keith Ryan and his management team of Barry Fitzgerald, Ian Kennefick and Padraig O'Keeffe and all their players have put in a massive effort all this year to win their four games todate against Cloughduv, Ballygiblin, Douglas and Blackrock and set up this county final. Please support the lads if you can at all. #UPTHEMAGPIES

 

LIVE STREAMING/BAR OPEN

Sunday's Intermediate A County Final will be shown live on http://rebelsonline.gaacork.ie/ on Sunday and it will also be streamed live in our club bar at Clonmult Memorial Park. The bar will open from 1.30pm and will be open after the game too.

Well done to Pat and all his staff for a great job last Sunday night in the club. 

 

A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

We would like to thank all our main sponsors and our Friends of the Magpies (see below) who are a brilliant support to our club financially and beyond in good times and not so good. It's much appreciated.

Here are our main club sponsors and up to date Friends of the Magpies....please support our sponsors if you can at all....

Below is an introduction to our latest fundraising effort that has progressing well over recent months. We have been reaching out to businesses to come on board with us at a cost of €1000 a year for three years. Below are the details, benefits and contact details and a link to the Friends of the Magpies page on our website..

Check out all the details and who to contact if you're interested at:

friends-of-the-magpies

 

EAST CORK U-21A FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Our U-21 A footballers' opening game has been rescheduled to October 25 against Glanmire in Sallybrook.

 

THANK YOU!

This was a very difficult week for our town and surrounding areas with the terrible flooding that destroyed so many homes and businesses in our great town. While it was a dark few days for the town it was also a wonderful few days for our club and the community in general as we all stood up brilliantly to answer the town's call in it's hour of need. A huge thank to all our members of all ages who played a blinder. A special thank you to the Fitzgerald family of Broomfield who were a massive help. 

 

JUVENILES

FÉ6S

Our Fé6 training that was supposed to begin tomorrow (Saturday, October 21) will not now take place due to ongoing flooding concerns in the town. A new date will be issued shortly.

 

FÉ13S

Congratulations to the Fé13 C3 lads on their brilliant league cup final win.

Finishing in top spot of the league gave us home advantage for the final versus Ballincollig. 

Starting strong with an early goal saw the lads settle into their rhythm.

Some lovely passages of play and cool heads meant they kept the lead throughout, finishing on a scoreline of 

Midleton 3-7 Ballincollig 1-5

Best of luck to our own Fé13s who are out in Premier 1 hurling shield final action this Saturday, October 21 v Kiltha Og at Glenville at 11am and to the intermediate hurlers in the county final.

 

FÉ17S

Well done to our minors for seeing off Douglas to win the C3 final at Clonmult Memorial Park last Saturday. Final score: Midleton 3-16 Douglas 3-10.

 

CAMOGIE 

UNDER 8S

Our U-8s finished their season with a colour run last Friday night in Park South! The girls had great fun and looking forward to seeing them next year.

 

UNDER 11S

Our U-11s played their last of three County blitzes in Bishopstown on SaturdaY. Two U11 teams travelled and played three games each against host club Bishopstown and two teams from Ballyroe GAA. The girls did us all proud and showed us how far they have progressed this year with great displays of teamwork and skills. Well done girls!

 

UNDER 13S

Well done to our U13s who played last Saturday in the Fr. O’Neill’s Tournament plate final in Aghavine against St. Catherine’s. The team played with great heart, skill and determination against a strong opposition with St. Catherine’s edging it in the end. Great effort from all the players. Thanks to Fr. O’Neill’s for hosting the tournament. Well done to Saoirse on captaining Midleton last Saturday.

 

UNDER 14S

Massive congratulations to our U14’s who played up in the Under 15B Imokilly League final last Saturday morning in Rathcormac against Bride Rovers and came away with the win. The girls gave a fantastic account of themselves with each girl putting in a superb display from start to finish. Final score of 1-8 to 0-2. Great to end the year with a cup to show for their efforts. Looking forward to our next season.

Well done to our rock Jaimey! Immense as captain!

 

JUNIOR B

Junior B Camogie Championship Semi Final, Saturday October 14 at Clonmult Memorial Park

MIDLETON 1-8 ROCKBÁN 0-6

We qualified for the Junior B Championship Final after a very tough hour against Rockbán. In a low scoring and physical encounter our girls always looked like likely winners but were made to work to the end to see off a determined Rockbán outfit.

Kate O'Sullivan got the only goal of the game just after half time and that gave us a 1-5 to 0-3 lead which we maintained to the end to win by five points. Jodie Keegan O'Connell got two points from play, Sadhbh Beausang added a point and four from frees by Vivienne Gleeson was enough to see us home. The backs were superb all through and another clean sheet by Jill Connaughton was key to victory. 

We look forward to our first Championship Final at this Grade on October 28th, time and venue TBC 

MIDLETON: Jill Connaughton, Megan Kelly, Leah Hogan, Ruthi Hennessey, Laura Goulding, Lucy Wallis, Molly Beausang,  Isobel Nestor, Yvonne Abernethy, Jodie Keegan O'Connell (0-2), Kelly Quirke, Vivienne Gleeson (0-5 4f), Kate O’Sullivan (1-0) Sadhbh Beausang (0-1), Abbie Foley, Kate Griffin, Rachel Ryan, Saoirse Ni Theangana, Sorcha Cronin, Hannah Power, Elle McManus, Aoife Fitzgerald, Roisin O'Callaghan,  Rayanna Power, Jade Fitzgerald, Caoimhe Cronin, Emma O'Sullivan, Muireann Ni Chonchubhair.

 

IMOKILLY TRIALS

Well done to Saoirse, Abbie, Kate, Anna, Margaret, Sadhbh, Edel, Saoirse and Jessica who took part in the U13 Imokilly Camogie trials last Sunday morning. Best of luck to all the players and from the other age groups involved in the on-going trials.

 

SENIOR HURLING TEAM

Hard luck to Midleton Senior Hurling team in the county final last Sunday who valiantly fought to the end in a great battle of hurling.

 

INTERMEDIATES

Best of luck to our intermediate hurlers in Sunday’s county final.

 

LADIES FOOTBALL 

U-16 COUNTY FINAL

Congratulations to our U-16 panel and their management on their County Final win last Saturday. Final score Midleton 7-5 St Michael’s 2-9. Well done to Alyx Cahill who was our captain on the day. 

 

UNDER 8S

Our youngest team brought their season to a close when they hosted 100 girls from Youghal, Aghada and Inch at Clonmult Memorial Park on Sunday morning. A brilliant morning of football was enjoyed by all as our players showed how much they've come on this year. Enjoy the break girls and see you all back in the black and white in 2024.

 

AGM

The Ladies Football AGM will take please on Wednesday, November 8 at 7.30pm. All welcome to attend. 

 

MINOR COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Best of luck to our Minor panel who play Clonakilty this Sunday in the quarter-final of their championship campaign. 

 

 

GAA MEMORABILIA EXHIBTION

In November, a group of Irish GAA stars (including our own Orlagh Farmer) and musicians will travel to Kenya as part of a Warriors for Humanity campaign in aid of Self Help Africa.

This group of GAA players will take part in only the second ever All-Star, Male and Female game in Africa. The target is for each participant to raise €10,000 by November. The goal is to plant one million trees in Africa in partnership with Self Help Africa who have spent decades working closely with local farmers, communities and experts to be the best at what they do. Each tree we plant will represent a livelihood for an African family.

'An integral part of the project is to train farmers on managing their trees for this purpose. As a result, we know that the trees are looked after and cared for over the years. We want the impact of our work to be felt for many years to come, benefitting future generations and leaving a legacy we can all be proud of.

To help fundraise for this great cause, Orlagh, wit the help of Denis O'Sullivan will stage a brilliant exhibition of GAA memoribilia at Midleton GAA Club on the upcoming Bank Holiday Monday (October 30) from 11am to 5pm. You can donate on the day or if you can't make it (it's well worthwhile if you can at all) then you can donate at: http://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/OrlaghFarmer

 

MAGPIES ALL STARS

Not the result we hoped for on the day but the Midleton Magpies All Stars had a terrific experience as special guests in Pairc Uí Chaoimh for the County Final last Sunday. Many thanks to Cork GAA and particularly Mick Daly GDA for spearheading this wonderful opportunity for our All-Stars. #gaaforall

 

MIDLETON GAA MONDAY CLUB

Next gathering is on Monday, October 30 10.30am Midleton GAA Club All Welcome!

 

LOTTO DRAW

The Jackpot was €15,000 for last Friday night's jackpot and the numbers drawn this week were: 2, 7, 9  and the bonus number was 2.

There was no jackpot winner but we did have a match three winner in a great supporter of our lotto over the years, Gerard 'Bo' Lehane. Well done Bo on your win.

We also had a special draw for a 100 euro club shop voucher which was won by Claire Lynch. 

The €25 Lucky Dip Prize winners were: Leona Bransfield, Karen Mahoney, Maureen McCarthy, Valerie Reaney.

No lotto tonight (Friday, October 20)/

 

BINGO

 

Due to the continuing flooding risk around the town and for the health and safety of our patrons and members, our weekly bingo and lotto is cancelled tonight (Friday, October 20). We will be back in action next week, October 27 at 7.30pm.

 

SOCIAL DANCING

No social dancing this Saturday night.

 

CLUB SHOP

Due to continuing bad weather and road conditions, the club shop will NOT open this Saturday, October 21.

We will be back in action next week, in the meantime 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. 

 

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.

 

CLUB HOUSE

We have a smashing club house, bar and hall, at Midleton GAA Club and don't forget that these are available to hire for functions....see below for details....

 

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.