Bride Rovers Notes (14th Jan)
- Jan 14,2025
THE BIG QUIZ
The Annual Juvenile table Quiz will take place on this Saturday Night in the Rathcormac Inn at 8,30pm This has proved to be a a great night in the past and is a fundraiser for the Juvenile Committee and a social night for the whole club. The quiz will be led by Paddy Croke and its just €40 per team of 4. If you are on your own, please come along and we can sort a table with others. Great night lots of fun and Prizes
WEEKLY CLUB LOTTO. The Lotto Results for the first Draw of 2025 on Tuesday the 7th of January; the Numbers drawn were 5, 7, 12 & 16 and there was No Winner of the €9000 Jackpot. Congrats to our lucky dip €30 cash winners: Bernie Mahon, C/O Online Lotto, Tim O’Brien, Knockadroleen, Elanor Carey, Monanig, Maire Drislane, Curraghprevin, John Baldwin, Quarter Lane This week's jackpot on Tuesday January 14th was an incredible €9,200.
If your ticket has expired, we would appreciate if you would enter again via https://bit.ly/BrideRoversweeklyfundraiser
The weekly Club Lotto is now in it’s 29th year. The very first Draw was held on Tuesday 5th of March 1996 in The Rathcormac Inn – the rota was Rathcormac Inn, O Doherty’s, Denis Barry’s Vera Barry’s and O Driscoll’s -a lot’s changed since. Despite the changes the Lotto continues to be hugely important source of revenue for the Club. The major re-vamp a few years go and the advent of online ticket purchasing, and Yearly Ticket sales means Bride Rovers GAA Club Lotto tickets can be purchased anywhere in the world. The €2 tickets can still also be bought from Club members and in local business outlets -if you’re not in you can’t win!
Congratulations.
After an epic game in Croke Park Sunday, Watergrasshill were crowned All Ireland Intermediate Champions, defeating Tynagh-Abbey- Duniry, following in the footsteps of Blarney, Ballymartle, and Kanturk. Fifty seconds left on the clock of the allowed five minutes of Injury time, Captain Sean Desmond pounced for the winner, to set off wild celebrations that will be remembered for ever. Winning Cork County and Munster championships, and promotion to Senior A for 2025 it capped a memorable year, on this the 50th Anniversary of their County winning Junior success of 1974.
Commiserations to Russell Rovers who suffered defeat for the second time in an All-Ireland Final where St; Lachtains from Kilkenny were always marginally better in this contest. Still a great year for the Rovers as they have a County and Munster and are promoted to the Intermediate grade for 2025.
BEST OF LUCK SARS.
We send the very best wishes to Sarsfields Senior Hurlers as they travel to Croke park on Sunday next. Sars will meet Na Fianna in the All-Ireland Senior Club Championship Final. Newtownshandrum, in 2005, were the last Cork Club to bring the Tommy Moore Cup back to Leeside so hopefully Sars can bridge that long gap and win the Title in GAA HQ on Sunday afternoon
OUR FINEST HOUR’.
Having read Edwin McGreal’s book ‘Our Finest Hour’ during the Christmas Season I got thinking about great games we played in -we won some and lost some but what was ‘our’ greatest hour? After an admittedly unscientific text Opinion Poll to which I got a great response the County Intermediate Championship Final of 2003 came out on top -by a whisker. Everyone has a personal opinion and in truth from the start of the 1997 season we have had so many great hours -indeed days and great seasons: Contesting 2 East Cork Junior A Hurling Finals and 6 Junior A Football Finals, winning the Co JHC and Co IHC in 1998 & 2003, contesting the Senior County Final in 2008. Winning the Co Intermediate league and the first Official ‘Munster Club Intermediate Championship’ of 2003, reaching 2 County Senior Hurling League Finals, winning East Cork Junior B and Junior C Hurling Championships, winning the Cork under 20 Hurling Final -all brilliant occasions and brilliant games to be involved with. Winning the Junior County Final in 1998 was very special as it was our first ever Adult County Title. Then for players who played during the 1960’s when we restarted as a B grade hurling team reaching the Senior Final was truly an ‘impossible dream’. 2003 was such a brilliant season starting with Jack Russell coming in as team trainer. Winning the Midleton Gaelic Week Tournament, then the County Championship and Intermediate League and then the Inaugural Munster Club Intermediate Championship Final. Defeating Blarney, Inniscarra, Aghabullogue and Kilruane McDonagh’s in four Finals in the one season was unprecedented and reflected a truly brilliant year. Bride Rovers had reached the 1933 County Intermediate Championship final, losing out to Lough Rovers, so to win the Championship 70 years later and move up to the Senior Grade was amazing.
The 2025 series of Monday night walks in the pitch will begin on Monday night. The Lighting up For Ireland continues for the next number of Monday night’s starting at 7.30pm. Walk as fast or slow and as much or as little as you want and are able to.
Coffee Morning A coffee morning will take place at Rathcormac Hall on Sunday Morning from 10am to 1pm. Anyone wishing to donate, bake for the event or sponsor a spot prize it would be greatly appreciated. Contact is Margaret at 0863194394
JOIN BRIDE ROVERS CLUB 100.
A few years back as we began planning for our Club’s centenary in 2028 the Club 100 concept was put in place. With projected spending of close to One Million Euro in the coming years the need for several ‘finance streams’ is vital. The Club 100 is a method whereby supporters and benefactors of the Club can commit to financially helping the Bride Rovers GAA Club. All finance raised has gone into major Club developments in recent years. Now with massive 3 pitch Development project in Ballybrowney well under way we will need huge funds over the next decade. There are three levels of Club 100 membership: Gold, Siver and Bronze. The Gold membership costs €480 annually and for this on gets 2 Annual Club Lotto tickets plus,2 Rebel Bounty Draw Tickets and family Membership of the Club.
The Silver costs €360 and give 2 Lotto and 1 Rebel Bounty and Membership for 1 adult and 1 child or 2 children)
The Bronze option comes in at €240 and brings 1Annual Club Lotto ticket plus, 1 Rebel Bounty and individual Membership. Many people make a ‘New Year’s Resolution’ at this time of year- why not consider joining our Club 100.? Full details from any Club Officer. At the end of each year the Bride Rovers Club holds a special draw confined the Club 100 members with substantial prizes. Remember it’s only 36 months to go until Bride Rovers will be celebrating the centenary of our founding in 1928.
Club Executive
The 1st meeting of 2025 will take place i on Monday at 8pm. With 2025 season about to get underway and the development at Pynes along with the various reports a long Agenda is expected.
Co Board
The 1st meeting of the Co Board will take place ion Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Tuesday night
SYMPATHY. All in Bride Rovers extend deepest sympathy to Kieran Wolfe of Bluebell on the death of his father Gerard. Since Kieran came to our parish he has served the Rovers as a player, member, coach and supporter and we sympathise with the extended Wolfe family at this sad time.
BRIDE ROVERS CLUB SPONSORS are; Rathcormac Tyres Fermoy Print & Design Gerard Gubbins Construction and Veolia
