YOUGHAL A4 MARCH 31.qxd - Youghal News

Killeagh-Ita's Juvenile GAA
Nach raibh an aimsir go h-álainn i rith na seachtaine seo caite!
Mighty weather for hurling, footballing and fresh cut grass. And
now with the prospect of bright evening for the next 6 months, we
have nothing to be complaining about! Conas ar eirigh leis ár
mbuachaillí? Seo iad na scéalta.
Fé 10 Peil Our 22 U-10 footballers beat the clock and made it to
Cobh for 1100hrs BST on Sunday morning last, for a most enjoyable
morning of football. We followed the successful format of
each fielding 2 teams, with each of our teams playing each of the
opposition teams in two 25 minute games. The sun was shining,
the ball was bouncing, and we saw lots of tackling, lovely soloing,
teamwork and points and goals a-plenty from all four teams.
Honours ended evenly, with Dan Beechinor (fantastic catch), Karl
O'Toole (brilliant interception and blockdown) and Owen
Cosgrove (busy and hungry all through) catching the eye for our
teams. In truth, all 22 played really well, and the work done over
the past 12 months is now starting to show on the pitch. Well done
boys!
Fé 14 Iomáint The Fé 14 hurling league commenced on Sunday
March 27th with a difficult trip to Inniscarra. This proved to be a
tight encounter with very little between the sides from start to finish.
Killeagh-Ita's started brightly with a point from Andrew
Leahy in the first minute. This was added to with a point from Dan
Landers on 8 minutes. The home side struck for the next 2 scores
including a goal to take the lead. Cathal Deane, who was playing
well at wing back, was injured after 25 minutes and had to be
replaced by Luke Fogarty. This setback did not deter the Killeagh-
Ita's boys who hit 3 unanswered points before half time to lead at
the break on a score line of 0-05 to 1-01. The second half was
equally well contested with both sides swapping scores. Dan
Landers proved to be the chief tormentor with another 4 points
including 1 very well taken score following great teamwork
involving Killian Treacy and Mikey O'Sullivan. However
Inniscarra were never out of it and a 21 yard free could have put
them level but for an excellent save by Darragh O'Brien. The
backs, most notably Corey Broderick and Kevin Murphy, along
with Sam Desmond and Killian Treacy in midfield worked hard to
protect our slender lead in the last 10 minutes. The insurance score
came from the stick of Jack O'Rourke after an excellent run and
pass by Mikey O'Sullivan. The final whistle sounded shortly after
this to leave Killeagh-Ita's winners by 0-12 to 1-05. This was a
tough opening to our league campaign but everyone worked hard
to ensure we got off to a winning start. Next up we face a trip to
Blarney on Sunday 3rd April to take on the locals in the first round
of qualifying for Féile 2011 hurling, with the reward for the winners
being a home tie against Fr. O'Neills the following weekend.
Go n-eirí libh!
Fé 15 Iomáint League We crossed swords with our local rivals
Midleton last Saturday in this league game. Our "Dan the Man(s)",
Smiddy and Landers got us off to a brilliant start on home soil
with four sweet points (2 each) in the opening minutes. Midleton
registered their opening points from a well taken free, followed by
a nice shot from the wing. Eoghan Keniry's luck was in on the day
as he stepped up to take a long range free and after striking beautifully
it sailed to the back of the Midleton net. We further
increased our tally with points from Gary and Padraig before
Eoghan struck for his second goal of the game. We were dominating
play now and increased our lead by securing a further 1-3,
before Midleton upped their game and fought back with 1-3 of
their own. The ref recorded a further four points to two in our
favour before he closed the little black book and blew the half time
whistle, registering a 3-11 to 1-6 scoreline. The opening twenty
minutes of the second half were nip and tuck with both teams
defending well and displaying the finer elements of the game.
Both teams added 1-3 each to their credit. In the closing ten minutes,
we secured a further five beauties from our forwards, leaving
the field of play with a tally of 4-19 to 2-9, plus the league points
in the bag, as the man in black sounded the feadóg for the final
time.
Fé 18 Iomáint Our minor squad faced Cumann Cluain Uamha in
a challenge on Sunday evening last. The Sunday roast was well
digested as these young men took the field of play and served up
a tough hard-fought game. Matthew Murphy took the limelight in
the opening stages as he slotted over our first three points. Cloyne
got off the mark and on the scoreboard after converting their opening
two frees, but these were to be their only scores of this half.
We hurled well in the closing quarter, with Kevin Hurley adding
1-1 to our tally and two further points, one each from Dinny Walsh
and again Matthew, leaving it 1-6 to 0-2 in our favour as the short
whistle sounded. The second half lost a little tempo but both teams
plugged on and exchanged points in a tit for tat fashion, with the
boys in green keeping their noses in front as Cloyne fought back
with some well executed points. Goal number two came for us in
the closing minutes which gave us a little breathing space and the
momentum to finish out in style with a 2-10 to 0-11 tally.
Fixtures ( please check poster for any late changes & additional fixtures)
Sat 2nd April Minor Hurling League v Kiltha Óg in Killeagh
@3p.m.
Sat 2nd April Fé 9 Hurling Challenge v Youghal in Youghal
(Top Field) @4p.m.
Sun 3rd April Fé 14 Hurling Feile v Blarney in Blarney @ 4 p.m.
Tues 5th April Fé 16 Football League v Kiltha Óg in Killeagh
@ 7p.m.
Wed 6th April Minor Football League v Inniscarra in Inniscarra
@ 6.45 p.m. Junior Hurling League vs Cobh in Cobh at 7pm. This
game is a historic first league game for our 4th team.
Friday April 8th, Junior Hurling League vs Watergrasshill in
Killeagh at 7pm.
Sun 10th April Minor Hurling League v Fr O'Neills in Aghavine
@ 5p.m.
Dates for your Diary;
(1) GAA Buster Night in Youghal Greyhound Track on Friday
April 29th. Tickets are available from GAA, Camogie and Ladies
football committee member, for only €10 each.
(2) V.H.I. Cul Camp on week beginning July 12th 2011, further
details will follow in coming weeks.