Midleton Notes (10th Oct)
- Oct 10,2024
SEMI-FINAL HEARTBREAK FOR SENIORS
CO-OPSUPERSTORES COUNTY PREMIER SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL
MIDLETON 0-21 SARSFIELDS 0-22
Pa White taking on the Sarsfields' defence in Paric Uí Chaoimh on Sunday. Photo: George Hatchell.
This was definitely a case of so close and yet so far as a 63rd minute Sars point saw us miss out on back-to-back county finals by the narrowest of margins.
It was Sars who opened the brighter in this game and led by 0-5 to 0-1 after eleven minutes with our lone white flag coming from a Conor Lehane free. Three more points from Conor Lehane saw us claw our way back into the game to trail by 0-6 to 0-4 after 16 minutes.
Points from Conor Lehane, David Cremin and Luke O'Farrell with two in reply for Sars saw us trail by just one with seven first-half minutes to play but then we hit five in a row through Conor Lehane (3), Ross O'Regan and Eoin Moloney to lead by four (0-12 to 0-8) in first-half stoppage time before Sars struck the last point of the opening half to see us lead by a goal at the break.
Sars opened the second-half scoring before a cracker from Ross O'Regan before Sars hit eight of the next ten points (our two coming from Conor Lehane and Pa White) to see them lead by three (0-18 to 0-15) with ten minutes to play.
Two in a row from Conor Lehane made it a one point game once again before two from Sars put them back three in front.
But three on the bounce from Alex Quirke, Conor Lehane and Cormac Beausang saw the match level at 0-20 each with three minutes to go.
A Sars free put them back in front in the final minute before a Conor Lehane free levelled proceedings in the 63rd minute before Sars hit the winner 30 seconds later and that was that.
A big thank you to all the players, management and backroom team who put in a tremendous effort all year.
Midleton scorers: Conor Lehane 0-13 (0-7 f, 0-2 '65), Ross O’Regan 0-2, Alex Quirke, Eoin Moloney, Luke O’Farrell, Pa White, Davy Cremin, Cormac Beausang 0-1 each.
MIDLETON: Bríon Saunderson; Ciarmhac Smyth, Luke Dineen, Seannaidh Smyth; Eoin Moloney, Tommy O’Connell, Sam Quirke; Mkey Finn, Sean O’Meara; Ross O’Regan, Alex Quirke, Conor Lehane; David Cremin, Luke O’Farrell, Pa White. Subs: Paul Haughney for Finn, Cormac Beausang for White.
COUNTY INTERMEDIATE A HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL
After this game was postponed on Saturday last due an Orange weather warning, our intermediates are back in action in Cobh at 4pm on this coming Saturday (October 12) when they will take on East Cork neighbours, Erins Own, as they bid to make it to back-to-back County Finals. Best of luck to manager Keith Ryan, his selectors Barry Fitzgerald, Ian Kennefick and Padraig O'Keeffe and all the players and backroom team.
Remember you must purchase your tickets for both these games in advance at https://gaacork.ie/tickets/
U-16s are free and don't need a ticket.
EAST CORK JAHC RELEGATION PLAYOFF
MIDLETON 2-4 CARRIGTWOHILL 2-18
A bad (late) night at the office for our Junior A Hurlers in Carrigtwohill on Thursday night as they took on Carrigtwohill to see who could avoid dropping from Junior A to Junior B for the 2025 championship season.
Carrigtwohill, playing with a strong breeze, raced out of the traps and led by 1-7 to 0-0 afer the opening quarter.
Mark O'Keeffe pointed soon after before Conor Morley goaled to make it 1-8 to 1-1 with 23 minutes gone and by the half-time whistle it was 1-11 to 1-2 with out second white flag coming from Dan Cagney.
We needed a fast start to the second period to have any chance and unfortunately it didn't come. By the three quarter mark the gap was out to 11 (1-15 to 1-4) before Dara Scanlon got our last score, a goal, with 12 mintues to go and we ended up losing by 14 points on a night to be forgotten.
MIDLETON: Zach Smith, Carthraigh Cronin, Charlie Walsh, Alex Moloney, Dara Scanlon, Patrik Kane, Dan Cagney, Eoghan Fraser, Jack Fitzgerald, Mark O'Keeffe, Ryan McConville, Darragh Egan, Cathal Beausang, Conor Morley, Harry Wall. Subs used: Daniel Garde for Harry Wall, Sean McSharry for Dan Cagney, Padraig Nagle for Darragh Egan, Christian Daly for Mark O'Keeffe, Chris Power for Cathal Beausang.
UNDER 21 MANAGEMENT TEAM
The U-21 hurling management team has began preparations for the upcoming A and B champions. The manager this year is Davy O'Brien and he will be joined in his backroom team by Pat Walsh, Padraig O'Shea, Eoin Murphy, Jerry Smyth, Diarmuid Geary, Ger Lawton and Donie Keohane.
BEST OF LUCK
Best of luck to our own Tommy Wallace and Killian Burke and all involved with Robert Emmetts in the London County Senior Hurling Final on Sunday.
HARD LUCK
Hard luck to our own Davy Hogan who was a member of the Rathdowney-Errill management team who lost out in the Laois SHC Final last Sunday.
JUVENILES
FÉ8S
Well done to our Fé8 boys who represented the club brilliantly and did us all proud during half time of the senior's match with Sarsfields in Pairc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday last. #MagpiesAbú
FÉ16S
Well done to the Fé16 boys who defeated Glanmire in tough conditions on Friday evening in the Division 1 championship semi final.
Final score: 5-8 1-7.
CAMOGIE
UNDER 13S
Best of luck to our U-13 girls who play Aghabullogue in the U-14 (2) championship quarter-final on this Saturday 12th of October following cancellation last weekend. Throw in at 1045am in Park South.
UNDER 14S
Hard luck to our U-14 team, who played Carrigtwohill in the Autumn league stage away on Sunday. Midleton didn't win the game, but battled well throughout the game with plenty of heart, skill, determination, and effort until the last whistle. The players are out again this week against Brian Dillions. Well done to Ruby on captaining the team.
CHRISTMAS ORDER
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LADIES FOOTBALL
UNDER 12S
A great win by our U-12 black team against Erins Own on Sunday last. Thanks to the parents for their support and having the girls up for the early throw-in.
MINORS
Best of luck to our Minors ladies who play in their East Cork Final this Saturday. Come along and show the girls your support.
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Well done to our Junior A Ladies team who have qualified for a County Final. On Sunday last they defeated Bantry in their semi-final in Ballinacurra on a final scoreline of 1-8 to 0-6.
Please note this weekend's final fixture is not going ahead. Douglas did not play Dohenys in the other semi-final on Sunday last and the County Board awarded game to Dohenys. Douglas lodged an appeal to CODA which was held on Wednesday night and Douglas won the appeal. A new date is to be confirmed.
MAGPIES ALL STARS
You would have been hard pressed to see a more joyous scenes at SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Sunday. The crowd were treated to a great half-time display of hurling on by Midleton’s Magpies All-Stars.
This marked the first time a team with additional needs played hurling at the Páirc and the Magpies did not fail to impress the crowd.
Huge credit goes to the players, who train weekly at Midleton GAA, and a big thanks to our dedicated coaches Jude, James, and Bradley for their hard work with the team throughout the season. Magpies All-Stars Abú!
MIDLETON GAA MONDAY CLUB
We will be back again on Monday, October 28 at 10.30am in our clubhouse in Clonmult Memorial Park. All welcome.
LOTTO
Here are the lotto results for this week.....well done too to our lucky dip winners. We had no jackpot or Match three winners.
Thanks to everyone who supports our lotto. It is a vital weekly fundraiser for our club.
Remember you can play anytime 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).
Here are the winners of the draw for two tickets to next Sunday's All-Ireland SHC Final for our yearly Lotto draw members....well done lads.....Thanks to everyone that supports our lotto....
BINGO
Fancy a great night out? Why not give our Bingo a go?
It kicks off at 7.30pn every Friday night and is over by 9pm. A single book is €6. A double book is €12.
Thanks to everyone who has supported the bingo in such great numbers in 2023 and hopefully you can join us again for 2024.
CLUB SHOP
The new shop times for 2024 are Saturday morning from 9.30am to 10.30am. Please order online at the link below and collect on Saturday mornings
http://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Midleton_GAA/ShopItems
FRIENDS OF THE MAGPIES
Our current featured Friend of the Magpies is MyHome.ie.
Our Friends of the Magpies sponsors support us to develop Midleton GAA One Club. Please support them!
A BLAST FROM THE PAST
The captains, Kevin Hennessy of Midleton and Andy Creagh of Blackrock with match referee Michael Keane (Cloughduv) prior to the 1986 Cork County Senior Hurling Championship Final in this week in 1986.
Midleton won the match by 1–18 to 1–10 to claim our fourth senior championship title.
Thanks to Cork Hurling History on Twitter for the pic.
GAA CLUB NEWSLETTER
The GAA club newsletter for October/Novemeber is out now....it can be read at the following link:
https://www.gaa.ie/article/read-the-latest-gaa-club-newsletter-october-november-2024
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.
COFFEE AT CLONMULT MEMORIAL PARK
We would like to extend a very warm welcome and best of luck to Maurice Healy as he opened his new Coffee Station in our club grounds (straight across from the train station) at Clonmult Memorial Park recently. These are there opening hours....
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....
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
DANCEATHON FOR JIGSAW
Get ready to DANCE for a great cause! #DanceforJigsaw Danceathon, which will be held at Midleton GAA as the current Mr. World Ireland, in association with Ireland’s Got Talent winners Billie-Jean's Rhythm Dance Company!
Join us on this coming Sunday, October 13th from 2-5 PM at Midleton GAA Hall for an unforgettable afternoon where everyone will dance together on the day like a disco ! DJ, Music, face painting, games, some special guests and more for all the family from toddlers to adults! Beautiful complimentary food will be provided by Roosters Piri Ireland!
This amazing event will bring the community together to support Jigsaw, Ireland’s leading youth mental health charity. Your participation will help raise vital funds and awareness for this incredible cause.
THE PARISH AT MIDLETON GAA CLUB
Get ready for a night of unforgettable entertainment at Midleton GAA Club on October 27 in aid of Aghada Centre Theatre Group.
After the incredible success of the group's last event, HubCap Comedy Theatre are back with their hilarious comedy THE PARISH! This uproarious play dives into the quirky characters, gossip, and everyday struggles of a small rural Irish parish. With lively storytelling, clever dialogue, and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, it’s a show you won’t want to miss!
But this time, we are delighted that opening our fantastic fundraiser night will be the phenomenal Kiltha Tones, featuring local legendary talents. This dynamic group is set to bring the house down with their electrifying performance.
Event Date: October 27
Venue: Midleton GAA Club.
This event is guaranteed to sell out fast, so don’t wait—grab your tickets today and be part of a night that’s sure to be the talk of the town!
Tickets available online:
https://www.gr8events.ie/aghadatheparish
PLEASE PLAY YOUR PART
The word is not getting out that NO DOGS (other than assistance dogs) are allowed in our grounds at Clonmult Memorial Park or Park South.
Please respect this and spread the word.....
