Hurling

Ballygarvan's Minor Hurlers repeated their Championship Final victory over Tracton when they again proved too strong in the league final.

Leading at half time by 1-6 to 0-5, after playing against the wind, Ballygarvan put the game beyond Tracton's reach with a two goal return from Luke O'Sullivan.

The sides were level 0-2 points each after 10 minutes, Dan McCarthy and Conor Weir pointing for the winners. Further points from McCarthy and Luke O'Sullivan left Ballygarvan ahead before Conor Weir struck for a good goal. Points from McCarthy and Kieran Quinlan left them 1-6 to 0-5 ahead at the break.

With the wind picking up, Ballygarvan quickly put the game beyond Tracton with 2 fast goals, both scored by O'Sullivan, the second one a superb effort.

Further points from McCarthy, Weir, Quinlan and Timmy O'Halloran left Ballygarvan comfortably ahead at the finish, and Captain Stephen Dunne collect the league trophy to add to the chsmpionship trophy already won this year, and bring an end to a very successful year for Hurling in Ballygarvan.

 

Scorers; Ballygarvan: L O'Sullivan 2-1,  C Weir 1-3, 0-6(4f), K Quinlan 0-2, T O'Halloran 0-1.

BALLYGARVAN: M O'Se; J O'Callaghan, F Ahern; S Dunne, E Ahern, P Seymour; T O'Halloran J Walsh; L O'Sullivan, C Weir, J Quinlan; D McCarthy, K Quinlan. Subs: D O'Sullivan, J Naidoo, S Buckley, E Jefferies, A Dunlea.

Referee: John McCann (Ballinhassig).

  In an effort to get people to support the club for next week and to get people putting up club colours, we are  running a photo competition on the website/facebook,

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Congratulations to the Intermediate Hurlers and management on qualifying for the final of the league... Keep it going lads

 

 

League table for Intermediate Hurling League Division 3

Team	P	W	L	D	P+	P-	P+/-	Pts
Ballygarvan	10	8	1	1	173	149	24	17
Fermoy	10	7	2	1	168	135	33	15
Aghabullogue	9	7	2	0	161	123	38	14
Dripsey	9	6	3	0	170	132	38	12
Dromina	9	5	3	1	126	134	-8	11
Eire Og	7	4	3	0	115	101	14	8
St Vincents	9	3	6	0	127	152	-25	6
Barryroe	10	2	7	1	150	184	-34	5
Kanturk	8	2	6	0	112	129	-17	4
Cobh	9	1	6	2	153	175	-22	4
Blackrock	10	2	8	0	115	156	-41	4

 

I H C Semi-Final Replay  Ballygarvan V Barryroe in Brinny on Sat 2nd October @ 4.30pm.

Please come along and support the lads.

By Joe Kennefick

Ballygarvan were crowned  A I B South East Minor  B Hurling Champions with this decisive nine point victory over Tracton.

Played under lights in Riverstick last night, the winners displayed a higher level of skill and had a greater spread of scoring power.

Tracton, to their credit were very game all through, but they lacked punch up front, except for the excellent Conor Harrington, who scored 2-9 of their 2-11.

The sides were level 0-2 each after seven minutes, the Quinlan twins, John and Kieran opening the scoring  for Ballygarvan, while the hard working Tom McGuinness and Conor Harrington replied for Tracton.

The game really came to life in the next 15 minutes as Dan McCarthy for the winners and  Harrington  for Tracton  bagged two goals apiece to leave Ballygarvan 2-4 to 2-3 ahead after 18 minutes. Conor Weir goaled for Ballygarvan in the 22^nd minute, and further points from McCarthy and Timmy O’Halloran left Ballygarvan ahead at half time 3-7 to 2-6.

The first 12 minutes of the second half was fairly even as both sides traded points. McCarthy and Weir both pointed for Ballygarvan while Harrington scored four points in reply to leave just two points between the teams after 42 minutes.

However, that was as close as Tracton came, because points from James Walsh(2), O’Halloran(2) and the very skillful McCarthy put Ballygarvan seven points to the good by the 51^st minute, and a minute later the tie was ended when John Quinlan finished to the net from close range, to put the winners 10 points ahead.

Tracton battled away, but all they had to show for their efforts was a pointed free in injury time.

At the final whistle South East Chairman presented the trophy to a delighted Ballygarvan Captain Stephen Dunne.

Ballygarvan now go forward to the County Championship, where they will meet the Duhallow representatives.

Scorers for:   

Ballygarvan: D McCarthy 2-5(2F), J Quinlan 1-1, C Weir 1-1, T O’Halloran 0-3(2f), J Walsh 0-2, P Seymour 0-1, K Quinlan 0-1. 

Tracton: C Harrington 2-9(1-6f), T McGuinness 0-1(f), A Ryan 0-1.

BALLYGARVAN:  M Ó Sé, G Dunton, F Ahern, J O’Callaghan; S Dunne(C), E Ahern, J Naidoo; T O’Halloran, J Walsh; L O’Sullivan, C Weir, K Quinlan; D McCarthy, P Seymour, J Quinlan.

TRACTON:  D Lyons; D Kiely, T Collins, J Gray;  K Healy, T McGuinness, C O’Brien; D Sheehan, C O’Callaghan; T Good, C Harrington, D Meade; J McGuinness,  Ryan, S Hegarty. Subs: D Rice for T Good(40), E Kingston for S Hegarty(58).

Referee: Ger Harrington (Carrigaline).

  

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Following recent results in the Intermediate Hurling league, Ballygarvan destiny is in their own hands and if they win their remaining game in the Intermediate league Ballygarvan will qualify for the final of this league and also gain promotion.

Team	P	W	L	D	P+	P-	P+/-	Pts
Fermoy	10	7	2	1	168	135	33	15
Ballygarvan	9	7	1	1	173	149	24	15
Dripsey	8	5	3	0	147	118	29	10
Aghabullogue	7	5	2	0	119	94	25	10
Dromina	8	4	3	1	126	134	-8	9
Eire Og	6	3	3	0	92	83	9	6
St Vincents	8	3	5	0	112	130	-18	6
Kanturk	7	2	5	0	112	129	-17	4
Blackrock	7	2	5	0	83	113	-30	4
Barryroe	9	2	7	0	136	170	-34	4
Cobh	7	1	5	1	125	138	-13	3

 

Cork 4-20
Wexford 0-17
By John Horgan
Ballygarvan
ATTACHING any great significance to a challenge encounter can prove to be very misleading afterwards, but the Cork hurlers performance at Ballygarvan last night was encouraging.
Wexford provided decent opposition for 45 minutes of a contest that was lacklustre for lengthy periods, but the home team, courtesy of some sublime goal-taking from Aisake and Michael Cussen, proved the superior force in the latter stages and cantered into the winners enclosure with ease.
A lot of attention has been focused on the two big men during the course of the league campaign and the poser for the management has been how best to utilise them.
It remains to be seen if they will start next Sunday night’s league decider, but both of them helped their cause considerably here, sharing 4-5 between them, 2-4 to Cussen and 2-1 to the Na Piarsaigh man.
All four goals were delightfully executed and the confidence levels of both players will have risen after this outing.
Tom Kenny was very industrious in the middle of the park throughout, Patrick Horgan looked sharp as well and notched some fine points before he was replaced in the second-half as both management teams rung the changes.
Aidan Ryan, from Midleton, had a good outing at centre-back, particularly in the first-half, while Jerry O’Connor, at centre-forward, got in some good work over the 70 minutes.
Wexford had a number of significant contributors too with Keith Rossiter, at full-back, very influential before he had to depart with a leg injury after 20 minutes.
Diarmuid Lyng delivered some very good first-half points from his wing-forward berth while Rory Jacob illustrated again what a fine forward he is with six points attached to his name.
Cork lined out without Ronan Curran, Kieran Murphy and Paudie O’Sullivan from their original selection, while Wexford made a number of changes as well.
Aidan Ryan replaced Curran at centre-back, Lorcán McLoughlin came into midfield with Cathal Naughton transferring to wing-forward and Jerry O’Connor replacing the Sarsfields man on the 40.
Things were even enough in the opening sequence until the 18th minute when Cussen clung the first of his two goals after being put through by Aisake.
Jerry O’Connor could have had another goal almost immediately afterwards, but his kicked effort was just outside the post.
Horgan rifled over a brace of sublime points in the 23rd and 24th minutes and Lorcán McLoughlin made the final statement of the half with a point to leave Cork in control at the break, 1-11 to 0-8.
The subs started to roll when they resumed, but Cork managed to retain their firm grip on the proceedings.
Mick Jacob, Steven Banville and Lyng did make it a goal game with three Wexford points, but Horgan, Kenny and Naughton responded positively for Cork with well taken points.
The changes were now coming thick and fast on both sides, but Cork’s twin towers up front remained in place to put forward their case for inclusion next weekend.
Substitute Mark O’Sullivan set up the Na Piarsaigh player for a wonderful goal in the 55th minute and very shortly afterwards another sub, Tadhg Óg Murphy was the provider as the big number 14 struck again.
It was all Cork now with Jerry O’Connor and Cussen pointing and the icing was put on the cake for the Sarsfields player when he drilled home another goal with the final whistle approaching.
It might only have been a challenge game, but it showed that this Cork squad of players all want to put their hands up to impress the management.
In total nine Cork players got on the scoresheet and the fact that no goal was conceded was significant too.
As for next Sunday night’s team, it’s odds on now that Cussen will be in the half-forward line with Aisake on the edge of the square.
Scorers for Cork: M Cussen 2-4, A Ó hAilpín 2-1, P Horgan 0-4 (0-1 f), J O’Connor 0-3, B O’Connor (f), T Kenny, C Naughton 0-2 each, L McLoughlin, C McCarthy 0-1 each.
Wexford: R Jacob 0-6 (0-1f), D Lyng 0-4, S Banville 0-2, H Kehoe, P Atkinson, M Molloy, E Quigley, M Jacob 0-1 each.
CORK: D Óg Cusack; M Walsh, E Dillon, S Murphy; J Gardiner, A Ryan, S Óg Ó hAilpín; T Kenny, L McLoughlin; M Cussen, J O’Connor, C Naughton; P Horgan, A Ó hAilpín, B O’Connor.
Subs: E Keane for Dillon, C McCarthy for B O’Connor, M O’Sullivan for McLoughlin, S White for Seán Óg, T Óg Murphy for P Horgan, C O’Sullivan for S Murphy, L O’Farrell for Naughton, M Coleman for Cusack.
WEXFORD: D O’Flynn, L Prendergast, K Rossiter, E Doyle, R Kehoe, D Stamp, M Travers, M Molloy, H Kehoe, E Kent, E Quigley, D Lyng, R Jacob, S Banville, P Atkinson.
Subs: T Mahon for Atkinson, C Kenny for Stamp, P Morris for Lyng, P Kenny for Kent, E Quigley for Kehoe, G Jacob for Travers.
Referee: D Richardson (Limerick).


THE calm before the storm, but Cork boss Denis Walsh was pleased to get another victory under the belt while at the same time realising that the intensity in Thurles next Sunday night will be a lot greater than it was on this occasion.
“It was a good work-out, but I suppose it was lacklustre a lot of the time there. In the first-half you’d be scratching your head a bit, you were dominant for 10 minutes and then you switched off a bit and allowed Wexford back into the game.
“They came down yesterday and they are well organised under Colm Bonnar, but you can’t be stepping off the gas at this level, even if it was only a challenge game.”
Four goals delivered and some fine points executed, a positive return in front of the sticks.
“Yes, but Wexford lost the full-back there Keith Rossiter and he was playing very well and that had a bearing on the game.
“But we have a lot of firepower there and it’s a case of getting the best out of them. The two boys, Aisake and Cussen got some good goals and when they get into their stride they are hard to stop.
“From our viewpoint it’s difficult with all the good players there in the forward line.
It’s difficult to know the combinations obviously and I suppose there are nine or 10 players pushing for six places in the forwards, but we must make the decisions between now and Tuesday night.”
Walsh expects to have a full hand to choose from for the league final despite the absence of a few players here.
“Ya, we had a few out, Ronan Curran and Fraggie, he was sick, missed out while Paudie Sull was playing junior football with Cloyne.
“But I would expect everybody to be ready for Sunday.”

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Thurs  April 8th in Ballygarvan 6.45pm

In Crosshaven @ 11.30  Sunday April 4th