St. Patricks Day Cup-April 25th

The opening match of the day saw a full strength Michael Cusacks side overcome the Séan Treacy’s by a margin of 8 points. Both sides started brightly with scoring chances on both sides before Eddie Clancy opened the Cusacks account with a well taken shot off the left boot following a pass from Ali Downey.

Early on Paul Foley and Decky O’Donnell in the Cusack’s defense were keeping close tabs on sharp shooter Ken Hyland in the Treacy’s forward division but it did not stop Hyland from opening the Treacy’s account with a minor. Seamus O’Gara added a point from play for the Cusacks before Treacy’s Howie Hughes tapped over a close range free.

The Cusacks were now beginning to find cracks in the Treacy’s defense. Good approach play by Fergus O’Sullivan saw Ali Downey break the ball to the in rushing Eddie Clancy who roofed the ball to the back of the Treacy’s net with Micheal Glennon helpless to stop the powerful shot.
Colin White and Kroal Keane responded for the Treacy’s adding a point each before half ended while Fergus O’Sullivan added two more points from play for the Cusacks. The half time score was Treacy’s 0-5 Cusacks 1-4.

Seamus O’Gara once again showed his class for the Cusacks and exploded with a personal tally of 2-1 in the second half. Ken Hyland had two points from play for the Treacy’s midway through the half before Fergus O’Sullivan and Ali Downey rounded out the scoring for the Cusacks with a point apiece. Treacy’s were denied numerous scores by Grogan, O’Donnell and Nolan in the Cusacks defense late in the game as the Treacy’s sought to get back in the game. The was almost over when a goal bound shot from Myles Fitzpatrick was deflected and saved over the bar by Mossy Offord in the Cusacks goal to end the match.

Michael Cusacks: Mossy Offord, Paul Foley, John Nolan, Declan O’Donnell, Padraig Geohegan, Martin Ferris, Padraig Grogan, Fergus O’Sullivan (0-3), Mick O’Gara, Seamus O’Gara (2-2), Kevin White, Eddie Clancy (1-1), Ali Downey (0-1). Subs: Kevin Mooney, Tim Shaw,

Séan Treacy’s: Micheal Glennon, Paudie Murphy, Brian Longergan, Kevin White, Myles Fitzpatrick, Kroal Keane, Pat Jones, Colin White, Gearoid Murphy, Ken Hyland (0-3), Howie Hughes (0-3), Colin White (0-2), Bosco Hughes (0-2), Alan Coughlan.
Subs used: Cathal Collins

Referee: Martin Corcoran, Mayo

Celts hold on for first win

Celts 3-10
Ulster B 2-11
The Celts won their first game of the year against Ulster B in Round 3 of the St. Patrick’s Day cup at Beach Chalet last Sunday by two points. They almost let the win slip from them in the latter stages of the game, as Ulster never gave up the fight finishing strongly with a goal and 5 points. Fergal McMahon, Declan Rafferty, Daniel Coll, Ramsey Raher and goalkeeper Emmet McGill were the best on display for Ulster while Tony Joyce starred for the Celts along with Joey McCarthy, Michael Cotter, Dennis DeBattista. Aidan and Jimmy O’Flynn did well for the Celts.

Overall the Celts deserved the win and will be hoping to build on this success for the rest of the year as their prospects for a semi-final berth in the St. Patrick’s Day cup competition is slim and dependent on results elsewhere in the group.

Celtics: Colm Walsh, Niall O’Flynn, Neil Hunt, Colm Driscoll, Kevin Leahy, Dennis DeBattista, Michael Cotter (0-1), Jimmy Flynn (0-1), Joey McCarthy (1-2) Kevin Power (1-2), Aidan O’Flynn, Sean Smith (1-0), Tony Joyce (0-4), Daniel Bello, Tim Driscoll, Jack Silva.

Ulster B: Emmet McGill, Seamus Canning, James Marron, Martin Devlin, Declan Rafferty, Fergal McMahon (0-5), Ramsey Raher (1-1), Mike Donnelly (1-0), Daithi Donnelly, Pauric Daly, Declan McAuly, Kevin Grimley (0-1), Daniel Coll (0-4), Subs: Conor Hamill, Barry McShane, Colm Doherty,

Referee: Liam Reidy, Sarsfields.

Morrissey inspires Saoirse

Saoirse 8-04 Clan na Gael 0-04 Saoirse ladies continued their recent good form at Beach Chalet last Sunday, with a comfortable win over Clan na Gael in round two of the St. Patrick’s Day Cup. Anne Morrissey again showed her class netting a personal tally of 5 goals and 2 points during the game with Tracy Lynch (1-0), Paula Byrne (1-1), Whitney Sutak (0-1), and Barbara Dornseif (1-0) also contributing to the Saoirse tally. Clan na Gael battled bravely with Michelle O’Leary (0-3) and Erica Finn (0-1) accounting for their scores. Others to impress for Clan na Gael were Rebecca Biernat, Lisa Connolly, Olive Ennis, and Aly Watson.

Anne Morrissey (Saoirse) who netted 5-2 in last weeks win over Clan na Gael. Anne hails from Glanworth, Co. Cork and played with Glanworth Ladies prior to her arrival to the Bay Area.

Jenny Guiney, Christina Clarke and Michelle Marino helped Saoirse in their win. With Saoirse Coach Colman Daly currently in Ireland assistant Kevin O’Shea will have good news to report on this win by Saoirse as they prepare for the long term goal of reaching the North American Finals later in the summer and capturing a North American title. For now the Saoirse will be happy with this win and will be hoping to win the Paddy’s Day cup in a few weeks time as they will almost likely qualify for the Final having beaten the other two teams in the competition already.

Saoirse: Sarah O’Malley, Ann O’Donoghue, Christiana Clarke, Michelle Marino, Jenny Guiney, Carol Fadden, Katie Joyce, Whitney Sutak, Paula Byrne, Tracy Lynch, Anne Morrissey, Stephanie Reidy, Jessica Fritzsche, Barbara Dornseif, Sinead Reynolds, Cameron Garner.

Clan na Gael: Jen Dickson, Lisa Connolly, Cathriona Carey, Donna Finn, Michelle Quinn, Rebecca Biernat, Jenny Wiley, Olive Ennis, Aly Watson,, Linda Ryan, Michelle O’Leary, Christian Coleman, Kelly Welch. Subs: Ailise McNulty, Erica Finn, Joanne Parr, Tina Galiadi, Tara Malloy, Mary Kearney, Marianne Gibbons, Cynthia Stricklin.

Referee: Martin Corcoran, Mayo

Young Irelanders back to winning ways

Young Irelanders 5-6
St. Brendans 1-4
There no surprises in the third game of the day as Frank McGoverns Young Irelanders accounted for a depleted St. Brendans side. Missing a number of regular the Brendans fell behind after only 5 minutes to a goal by Ryan O’Hehir. Following their excellent start the Young Irelanders continued to score with ease and increased their tally through the speedy Seamus Moore (1-1) and the talented Martin Dean (1-1). Colin Harte (0-1) and Brian Conn (1-0) tried hard to bring the Brendans back into the match but Declan McConn stretched the Y. I’s lead with a point from play just before halftime.

On the changeover the Y.I’s pulled away from the Brendans with Colin Harte (0-2), Ryan O’Hehir (1-0), Cathal O’Neill (1-0) and Eamon Coen (0-1) all getting on the score sheet. James O’Brien (0-1) and Tom Carroll (0-2) put some respectability on the scoreline for the Brendans before the game was over.

St. Brendans: Eddie Corban, Hans Staffelbach, Conor Farrell, Shane Corban, Tom Carroll (0-2), James O’Brien (0-1), Aidan O’Sullivan, Brian Conn (1-0), Paul Kavanagh, Colin Harte (0-1).

Young Irelanders: Alan Doyle, Freddie Hernon, Ian Boyle, Cathal O’Neill (1-0), P.J. Power, Kevin Moylan, Eamon Coen (0-1), Seamus Moore (1-1), Martin Deane (1-1), Ryan O’Hehir (2-0) Sub: Declan McConn (0-1), Colin Harte (0-2).

Referee: Malachy Higgins, Board.

O’Sullivan leads the way for Ború

Sons of Ború 2-17 Shannon Rangers 1-08 The Ború claimed victory number two in the St. Patrick’s Day cup last Sunday at Beach Chalet with a hard earned victory over an ever-improving Rangers side. In a hard fought first half there were only 4 points between the sides but on the change over the Ború took control and ran out easy winners in the end. T.J.O’Sullivan looks like he maybe back to his predatory best as he chipped in with (2-2) over the hour. Mick Cunningham had five points for the Ború, ably assisted by Kevin O’Reilly (0-3) and Brian Guiney (0-2) who turned in good performances. The Rangers were well served by midfielder Aidan Morrissey (0-1), Bobby McCarty (0-1) and Ian O’Donohue (0-3). Ben Niland (0-1) well played well in defense along with Mike Meehan while brother Andy Meehan could not be faulted for the two excellent goals that were scored against him.

TJ O'Sullivan (Sons of Ború)

 
Rangers Gary Canteny caused a lot of problems for the Ború defense but he lacked support going forward as the rest of the team wilted in the heat of the afternoon sun. Gilbert O’Sullivan has had better games in a Rangers uniform but this is early in the season yet we should see his form improves the season progresses. The Ború look certain to qualify for the semi-finals of the Paddy’s Day Cup and based on this performance should be favorites to go all the way to retaining the Cup they won last year.

Shannon Rangers: Andy Meehan, Danny Cassidy, Mike Meehan, Timmy O’ Gorman, Vinny Kavanagh, Benny Niland (0-1), Brendan Caldwell, Aidan Morrissey (0-1), Bobby McCarthy (0-1), Gilbert O’Sullivan, Neily Brosnan, Gary Canteny (0-1), Ian O’Donohue (0-3)

Sons of Ború: Casey Handy, Mick Kenny, Andy Fogarty, Kevin Murray (0-1), Kevin O’Sullivan, Brendan Hall, Brendan Uniacke (0-1), Brian Reilly, Sean Shannon, Kevin Reilly (0-3), Mick Cunningham (0-5), T.J. O’Sullivan (2-2). Subs: Berty Penny, Brendan Robinson.

Referee: Martin Corcoran, Mayo