Midleton GAA Club

31 March, 2019

Midleton Gaa Executive are delighted to announce that we have been granted Planning Permission for our New Development at the Youghal Road site. This is fantastic news for our Club. There will be very exciting times ahead. For more details on the plans please visit the website www.midletongaa.com

Junior A Football v Lisgoold

Midleton 1-5 v Lisgoold 3-13 team

Team: Podge Dunlea, Mark Daly ,Gavin Bagnell, Brendan Ferriter, Niall Walsh, Sean o Meara, Cathal Gunning, Eoin Maloney, Cormac Walsh(-3), Shane Ryan, Seamus o’Farrell (-2) Andy Rea, (1-0), Shane Goulding, Aidan Ryan, Luke Finnerty sub used Eoin Mitchell.

Fixtures

Fé12 Football League v Lisgoold (home) Monday April 1st 6.30pm

Minor Football Championship Thursday April 4th time and venue tbc

Junior C Football v Glenville (away) Thursday April 4th 7pm

Fé13 P1 Hurling v Inniscarra (away) Saturday April 6th at 4pm

SHL v Newtownshandrum (away) Sat April 6th at 5pm

Fé 14 Football Féile Apirl 6th at Na Piarsaigh Gaa Club. 3 matches 10.30am, 11.30am and 12.30pm

Lotto

Our Club Lotto was €1,400 and there was No Winner. Lucky Dips winners were: Declan Horgan, Kathryn Smyth, Patrick Ahern, Emma Domeney and Leah McSweeney.

Next Week’s Jackpot is €1,600.

Tickets are available at the Club Bar, O’Neill’s Bar, Linehans Bar, Maple Leaf Bar, Niall Mac’s Bar, Wallis Bar, An Teach Beag, Frank Murphy Butchers, Pat Walsh Paints, Chadwick’s and O’Farrell’s Butchers. Why not play from the convenience of your home or workplace. Play your Lotto on –line for just €2. Log onto the Club Homepage - www.midletongaa.com to purchase your ticket. Receive a weekly reminder to your phone to play.

Bingo

Bingo takes place every Friday night at 8pm.You and your Friends are most welcome to attend. Congratulations to Margaret Murphy winner of €500 at the last Bingo session.

Membership

Club membership is now due. You must be a registered player to play and train with your team. Please ensure you pay your Team Manager or contact Tracy Saunderson on 087-6625544. We are currently updating the Key Fob system for Gym and Dressing Room access. Please send your key fob number with your name to Tracy (087-6625544) asap. Only those who have their membership paid will have access.

Water Tap

Please note there is a new water tap suitable for drinking situated on the wall opposite the container by the Ball Alley.

Juvenile

Fé6

The eagerly awaited first day training on the BIG PITCH arrived for 30 new Magpies and their coaches in Midleton GAA last Saturday. The boys were had great fun hurling for the hour with lots of enthusiasm on display. Training will continue every Saturday morning 10am-11am. Parents are encouraged to stay at the Club for the duration of training. Thanks to those parents who are helping with the free cups of tea and coffee on Saturday mornings.

Fé7

On Saturday last our lads went back doing Gaelic Football Training on the main pitch from 10-11am. There was over 30 Young Magpies participated in Learning the Skills of Gaelic Football and a lot of fun was had by all.We will continue to do Gaelic Football Training for a few more  weeks as the Lads have a Football Blitz in May.We would also like to thank the parents who helped out with the Teas and coffees on Saturday morning.

Fé 9
It was back to the small ball this week as we played our first hurling game of the year. Douglas were the opposition and we played nine very competitive games and got positive results in the majority of these.
We were very pleased with all our players, they battled for every ball and played some great hurling over the course of the games. We fielded three teams and all our players got plenty of touches and showed great skills.
We would like to thank all the parents who came to cheers our lads on.

Fé10

Douglas was the venue on Saturday morning for our Fe10’s first hurling Go Game of 2019. With conditions ideal for hurling our boys got in to their stride quickly and were soon showing some great enthusiasm and skills. The boys have been putting in great effort in training since the start of the year and were soon showing the benefits of their hard work, some great competitive spirit and scores once again on display. Over the course of the 9 games there was very little between ourselves and a very good Douglas selection. Our young Magpies have to be commended for the way they represented the club with their displays and also a thank you to the parents for their support and encouragement on the day. Thanks also to Mark Barry and his fellow Douglas GAA Coaches for the welcome on Saturday morning and for facilitating the games. Our focus turns to football next Saturday with a home game versus St Colman’s, throw in at 11:15.

Fé11

A short trip to Killeagh provided our first football outing of 2019 for the Fé11 Go Games where we had 36 boys all getting game time. All the lads performed admirably in the two matches. We then hosted Lisgoold and Kiltha Óg in the first of the Fé11 Go Games Hurling matches on Saturday afternoon in Midleton. There were 33 boys playing across three teams and all the lads showed great spirit and skill in some hard fought matches. We’re looking forward to more hurling and football in 2019. Training now switches to Wednesday nights- time will be confirmed by text. 

Fé14

On Saturday evening the fe14s had a must win football game at home against Erin’s own. In what was perfect weather conditions for a football game it was certainly a game that lived up to expectation. The magpies started brightly with points from Zach Smith and Cian Lambe. Evan Mcgrath was making life difficult for the corner back and kicked a wonderful score ten minutes in. Erin’s Own responded kicking 4 scores of their own. Midleton’s midfield of Tadhg o Leary and Niall Lang were working tirelessly to keep a good supply of ball into the Midleton forwards. Two more scores from the boot of Zach Smith and Cian Lambe sent Midleton in halftime with a slender margin of 5 points to 4. 

A stern talking at halftime and a slight readjustment of the team saw us start brightly in the opening minutes of the second half. A great goal by the on fire Evan Mcgrath followed quickly by a second goal by Evan saw Midleton lift the tempo and really took the game to Erin’s Own. Our backs really stepped up to the mark with Adam Collins, Rory Lester, Darragh Scanlon and the ever reliant Alex Moloney lifting it up to another level. Cian Lambe was causing wreck in the inside forward line and snuck in for another goal followed by another point. Mcgrath and Lambe were having a field day. Zach Smith struck another goal saw Midleton well on top at this stage. Eoin Higgins and Tadhg Bohane were working well to keep Erin’s Own at bay. To put the icing on the cake Thomas O Connor got a wonder goal on the full time whistle leaving the final score of Midleton 5-6 Erin’s Own 1-8. A huge thanks from the mentors to all the parents and siblings for there support on the night. Panel as follows Alex Howard, Darragh Scanlon, Adam Collins, Rory Lester, Eoin Higgins Alex Moloney, Tadgh Bohane, Niall Lang, Tadhg O Leary, Zach Smith, Evan Mcgrath, Oscar Brennan, Cian Lambe, Darragh Aherne, Darragh Fitzgerald, Sean Cronin, Darragh Higgins, Larry ward, Thomas o connor, Conor Williams, Cormac Ryan, Tiernan O Connell. 

Ladies Football

Training continues this week for all age groups. Please note we are now training at the Tech Pitch for groups U10 upwards.

U8’s are at the Community Centre from 6-7pm

U10’s are at the Tech Pitch from 6-7pm

U12’s are at the Tech Pitch from 6-7pm

U14’s are at the Tech Pitch from 6-7pm

U16/Minor and Junior are at the Tech Pitch from 7-8pm

Commiserations to St Mary’s High School who lost out to Mercy Ballymahon Longford in the PPS All Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Full time score was St Mary’s 1-09, Mercy 4-13. Midleton Ladies Football Club had six players involved.

Camogie

The U14s travelled to Cobh on Wednesday evening 27th for a challenge match against Cobh under lights. The match was split into 3 x 20mins of action and we travelled with a large squad of 24 players. We were able to provide plenty of pitch time to all who travelled. It proved to be a very competitive encounter as the girls renewed old rivalries from U12 days and Midleton ran out eventual winners by 3-3 to to 3-0.

The U10’s had their first outing of the season away to Carrigtwohill on Saturday afternoon, 30th March. In perfect conditions the girls quickly shook off the cobwebs and displayed some great camogie skills. Well done to all of the girls involved and thanks to Carrigtwohill for hosting us.

Best wishes from all at Midleton Camogie Club to Vivienne Gleeson who played today with The Cork U16a Team in The Munster Final v Limerick.

Our Minor Match v Mallow was cancelled today due to unforeseen circumstances. Midleton will be awarded the points as the match will not be rescheduled. Details to follow on our next league game.

Healthy Club

Dermot Earley Youth Leadership Initiative

We are looking for 4 members to train as tutors as part of the Dermot Earley Youth Leadership Initiative. Training for tutors will be facilitated by both NUI Galway and Foróige. Training dates are NUI Galway 13th & 14th of April and Croke Park 6th (from 4pm) & 7th of September….all 4 days must be completed. Tutors must commit to running the programme from September 2019 to June 2020. Cost of training will be covered by Foróige and The GAA. For futher information please log onto healthyclubproject

Closing date for completed application forms is Friday 5th April 2019. For an application form please contact Mairéad Beausang 087-2412010 or email midletongaahealthyclubproject@gmail.com

Midleton GAA for All

There was Disability Inclusion Training held in the club on Saturday 30th of March for coaches. This is ahead of the roll-out of Midleton GAA for All in the coming weeks. Many thanks to Kate Feeney the Inclusion Officer for Cork Sports Partnership and Paudie O’ Brian of Rebel Óg Coaching who held the workshop. It was both informative and enjoyable for all participants.

If you have any queries regarding GAA for All, you can email: gaaforallmidleton@gmail.com or call 0879118453