Junior Bs end season on a high

East Cork Junior B Championship 

Glenville 2-08 St. Catherines 1-07

The Junior Bs ended their season on a winning note by defeating St.Catherines in a hugely entertaining game under lights in Glenville on Monday night. 

The pitch was in perfect condition after the torrential rain the previous day which is a credit to the ground staff. The first half was a tight affair with St.Catherines going in on the short whistle leading 0-07-0-05. In the second half Glenville really came into the game with some brilliant scores from Dara O Bric and Ciaran Linehan. The highlight was an incredibly well taken goal by Johnny Dorgan, who was brilliant throughout. Man of the match was Michael Murphy who belied his advancing years, to give a display worthy of a higher grade. 

St.Catherines only score of the second half came from a penalty which Niall Sullivan, who was impressive from start to finish, was unlucky not to stop. The full backline was well marshalled by Shane Clarke and the evergreen Will Sheehy. In truth every Glenville player played well and gave a great account of themselves. 

Special mention must go to manager Paddy O’Sullivan who worked tirelessly throughout the year and played some excellent football as well. He was ably assisted by Johnny O’Connell, Dave Cooke, Dan Linehan and Pat McHugh. 

Squad

Ciaran Linehan, John O Connor (Captain), Dara O Bric, Stephen Ryan,  Niall Sullivan, Liam Keane ,Donncha Forde, Fionn Fitzgerald, Michael Murphy, Shane Clarke, Will Sheehy, Brian Cosgrove,  Paddy O Sullivan, Coran O Neill, Johnny Dorgan.

Minors impress in winning semi-final 

Glenville 3-14 Castlelyons 2-07

Castlelyons was the venue on Saturday evening where we took on the hosts in the semi-final of the East Cork Minor football championship. An early goal form Ciaran in the first minute was the perfect start and after twelve minute we led by 1-3 to 0-1 and it looked very bright. However, a combination of poor shot selection and wayward shooting along with two very well worked scores from Castlelyons meant by half time we hadn’t added to our total and led by just a goal, 1-3 to 0-3. The half-time team talk focused on improving our decision making and shot selection and the lads really upped the ante in the second half, scoring a number of excellent points and adding goals from Coran and Ciaran to eventually run out comfortable winners on a scoreline of 3-14 to 2-7. There were some impressive performances in the second half, Ciaran’s overall total of 2-5 standing out overall. Next up is the final, currently scheduled for Saturday 12th October vs. Cobh. This team narrowly lost in the final last year, so to get the back there this year is a testament in itself to the character of the players, let’s hope they can put it right this year and bring the silverware back to Glenville.

Team and scorers: D.O’Leary; C.Buckley, S.O’Leary, O.Whelan; C.McHugh, C.O’Mahony, M.O’Riordan (0-3); C.Linehan (2-5), D.Forde; B.Ryan, S.Curtin (0-2), D.O’Bric (0-1); D.Barry (0-1), F.Fitzgerald (0-1), R.Loftus (0-1); C.O’Neill (1-0), E.Forde, A.Hennessy, A.Casey, J.Counihan, J.Hennebry, L.Guichard, D.McCarthy. Injured/Illness: C.O’Brien, C.Sheehan, R.Horgan, Z.Curtin.

U13s win Cup Final 

U13 Rebel Og Coiste football Cup Final