Under 10 Aghada Hurling League

Wednesday 04/06/2008 in Caherlag

 

 

Blarney made it two wins out of two in the Aghada League in Caherlag. The first half was nip and tuck with Conor McCarthy opening the scoring with a great point following a lovely pass from Barry Dennehy. Conor McCarthy pointed a couple of  35’s after both Alex Moynihan and  Peter O’Regan had great shots deflected out over the end line.During this half James Dineen had a number of good saves especially from long distance shots. Alan McEvoy covered well in front of  the keeper, while Conor Power kept ball and man out of the goal mouth  on a number of occasions. Patrick Crowley had a lovely point to end the scoring for the half.  Blarney led by a point  at the interval.

 Blarney rotated the goalkeeper in the second half (as has been the practice in the last no. of games) to give fresh legs to the attack in the absence of subs. Erins Own began the half brightly and for the first ten minutes the Blarney goal mouth was a welter of excitement with Conor Murphy now operating between the posts making some great saves and goal line clearances. Luke Madden threw himself in front of a bullet like shot and David Sheahan bravely tackled

Erins Own players from his own goal line to the half way line. Eoin Hyland drove some great clearances into the forwards and looked very comfortable as a half back.

Oscar Twomey and Conor McCarthy extended the Blarney lead with two lovely points.

James Dinnen scored a great goal after Dylan O’Riordan had blocked down an Erins Own player.  Conor McCarthy now playing between the full and half back lines cleared some great ball. Emmet Mackin ended the Blarney scoring  with a great goal, after Mark Linehan sent a ball across the square. Final score was Blarney/Rathpeacon     2-6  Erin's Own  0-3.

 

Under 10 Aghada Hurling League

Saturday 16/05/2008 in Rathpeacon

Blarney/Rathpeacon v Tracton

Blarney got their Aghada League campaign off to a great start in Rathpeacon on Friday night.

Blarney started well and within the first five minutes Oscar Twomey who finished the game

with 3-2 had scored two goals.  Emmet Mackin and Mark linehan were also  unlucky for scores.

David Sheehan helped by Barry Dennehy and Conor Power ensured no ball troubled the Blarney goal.Patrick Crowley who threatened the Tracton goal on a number of occasions, scored a goal from the 30 yard line.Conor McCarthy finished the scoring for the half with a fine point, after Alex Moynihan had won a nice ball out near the half way line. Half time score was Blarney/Rathpeacon 3-2 to Tracton's 0-0.In the second half Blarney had a completely changed team, with Blarney players swapping between backs and forwards in an effort to get all players into the game. James Dineen played very well when moved to midfield  in the second half. Eoin Hyland took over between the posts. During this half Oscar continued on his scoring ways with a goal and a nice point following a fine pass from Luke O’Connor. Kieran Maloney cleared some great ball, with the ever dependable Alan McEvoy controlling the edge of his own square in the second half. Conor Murphy finished the scoring with a fisted point after a long ball from Conor McCarthy bounced in the square. Blarney made the best of a very difficult surface caused by high grass. A number of Blarney players struggled as ground hurling was near impossible.  Best for Blarney were Conor McCarthy and Patrick Crowley, while special mention must go to Oscar Twomey  who had a fantastic game at full forward. Blarney/Rathpeacon were worthy winners on a scoreline of 4-4 to 1-0!

 

 

Under 12 Mid-Cork Football Final

Sunday 11/05/2008 in Ovens.

Blarney   v   Inniscarra

On a Sunday night the supporters of both Blarney and Inniscarra were served up a football

final that will be remembered for years to come. Both teams played sweet flowing football

that flowed from end to end and kept all that attended this great football contest between

two very committed and well coached teams on the edge of their seats.

Inniscarra started the better of the two teams and dominated the first the 20 minutes. They played great football and kept Blarney under pressure. Blarney struggled to get their passing game going and the constant Inniscarra pressure  helped  them surge to a 9 point lead after 20 minutes. Blarney slowly came to terms with the pace of the game and started to get their own game going, and finally scored a point from a free. Inniscarra attacked again and were denied a goal from a great save from Blarney goalkeeper Sean Crowley. This spurred Blarney into action and they scored a goal just before the end of the half to leave the score 0-9 to  1-1  at half-time.

Blarney were lucky to be in the game after the first half performance of Inniscarra but they came out in the second half and took the game to Inniscarra. They dominated proceedings from the start and quickly converted their chances. They reeled in the Inniscarra lead and after 15 minutes of the second half were level. Inniscarra however retook the lead and both teams traded points until Blarney scored another goal. From then on Blarney dominated and never let Inniscarra settle again. Blarney were now playing great passing team football and they made their possession tell on the score board. Inniscarra were awarded a penalty which was missed and that indeed was their last chance in this highly entertaining encounter.

Blarney were worthy winners on  a scoreline of 3-12 to 1-10.

Vincent O'Brien played a captain's role in defence, Mark Coleman was brilliant at half-back, Luke Conroy's fielding and distribution were excellent and Ray Murphy, Dara Sheen, Kevin Cremin, Dylan Lenihan and Conor Mc Carthy provided the scoring power up front. This performance was about a team performance  as every player contributed to  this masterful performance. All the players on both sides were a credit to the sport.

                                                                                                     Paul Lenihan

 

 

 

 

 

GAME VS DONAGHMORE   FE 12       DATE 17-02-08        COMPETITION-  FOOTBALL CHALLENGE

HALF TIME_B/R 2-3     TO 0-3            FULL TIME  B/R 3-5            TO 2-11

Despite Starting with only 14 (Jamie was late) Blarney were well on top (good pressure work was done) for the first half despite Donnaghmore showing some nice football.Second half Blarney

lost their intensity and lost a six point lead while Donnaghmore opened up to some lovely football.

A typical year starting match.

 

SCORERS S.Shine 1-1, D.Lenehan 1-2, N.Doody 1-0, R.Murphy 0-1, D.Kelly 0-1

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GAME VS ST VINCENTS  FE 12    DATE  09-02-2008         COMPETITION      HURLING CHALLENGE

 

HALF TIME_B/R 1-2        TO     0-1       FULL TIME  B/R 1-5   TO  1-5

A dry but cold day at St.Vincents, Stephen Sheedy impressed early with some great clearances while St vincents were the first to score Blarney played their best hurling in the first half with a

goal from Mcauliffe and points from Murphy and Lenehan setting up a 1-2 to 0-1 lead at half time. St Vincents showed some great heart and individual skill in the second half and without the heroics of Mark Coleman in goal Blarney may not have held out for the draw.Also to impress fo

Blarney was Darragh Kelly.

 

Scorers:

CHRISTOPHER MCAULIFFE  1-0

RAY MURPHY 0-2

DYLAN LENEHAN 0-2

KEVIN CREMIN 0-1

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