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BALLYCOTTON FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
AT STAR OF THE SEA CHURCH
Sean Devanney with his parents
Tadgh and Maura
Aine Lane with her parents Denise and
Richard and brother Anthony
Aaron McCarthy with family
Cathal Maguire pictured with his brother Daniel and parents Sandra and Pat
Kevin Finn pictured with family members
CiarÆn O’Sullivan and his family
Claudia Bostock with her parents Anne Chloe Beausang with her parents
Stephen and Christine
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Stephen Cronin pictured with his parents Niall and Sheena, brother Eoghan and
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Cathal Lane pictured with his parents Kathleen and Liam and grandmother May
Castlemartyr First Holy Communion
Mikaela McNamara with her family
Joseph Stack & Family
Kate McCarthy & Family
Dion Twomey & Family
Darragh Moran & Family
Shannen Barrett & Family
Linda Donnelly & Family
Karyn Collins & Family
Dermot Murphy & Family
Shane O’Riordan & Family
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MIDLETON TOWN COUNCIL
AND CORK COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS
FRIDAY, 5TH JUNE
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Official Opening of Midleton
Northern Relief Road
BAM (Ascon) delivers key Infrastructure Projects
BAM, formerly Ascon, has successfully delivered another key
infrastructure project for the Cork region with the completion of
the Midleton Northern Relief Road. The new road officially
opened on Monday by the Minister for Transport, Mr. Noel
Dempsey TD, adds to a growing list of major schemes recently
completed by BAM for the people of Cork. These include Cork
Airport, Kinsale Road Fly Over, UCC IT Building at Western
Road, Revenue Offices at Blackpool, County Hall and County
Library.
The Midleton Northern Relief Road brings a significant upgrade
to the town’s infrastructure and incorporates a new railway
bridge, essential to opening of the Cork-Midleton rail link later
this summer. The bypass will play a major role in reducing traffic
congestion along Main Street - thus improving safety and the
business environment in the town. The Minister also officiated at
the opening of another BAM infrastructure project in West Cork.
The New Pier at Baltimore provides essential access for both the
fishing and tourist industries in the West Cork town and is a significant boost to the business community in advance of the tourist
season.
BAM Contractors, which is celebrating its 50th year in construction in Ireland, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal BAM
Group of the Netherlands. The decision to rebrand Ascon/Rohcon
as BAM Contractors is part of a strategic goal to strengthen the
BAM brand globally. The Group operates in thirty countries
worldwide and is involved in all aspects of construction and
development, with a turnover of 10bn.
Other major Cork projects currently being undertaken by BAM
include the New Marymount Hospice at Curraheen, Nursing
Homes at Ballincollig and Farranlea Road, The Aldi distribution
centre at Mitchelstown, The Castlelake residential development at
Carrigtwohill, The Mallow Flood Relief Scheme and the Rail
Access Bridge at Lower Glanmire Road.
BAM Contractors would like to wish Cork County Council and
the Baltimore & Skibbereen Harbour Boards every success with
their latest infrastructural developments.
Noel Harrington, Cork County Mayor, Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey, TD,
Theo Cullinane, Director, BAM Contractors and Martin Riordan, Cork County
Manager pictured at the Official Opening of Midleton Northern Relief Road,
Phase 1 last Monday.
Jack Tuohy, General Foreman, Donal O Shea, Project Manager, Tim Murphy,
Contracts Manager, Brian Cunningham, Director BAM Contractors and Theo
Cullinane, Director BAM Contractors pictured at the Official Opening of Midleton
Northern Relief Road, Phase 1 last Monday.
Allocation for private
dwellings of 2,900,000
Michael Ahern T.D. welcomes the announcement of funding for
private house grants for older people and people with disabilities.
Cork County Council - Southern Division received an allocation
for private dwellings in 2009 of 2,900,000 this is an increase
from 2‰ million in 2008. The grants are administered by the
Local Authorities and over the past 10 years up to 609 million has
been allocated to the Local Authorities, assisting almost 86 thousand older people and people with disabilities to improve their
housing conditions under these Schemes. The revised Scheme targets the available resources to those in most need.
Michael Ahern T.D. welcomes the decision to expand the Post
Leaving Certificate places from September 2009. At present there
are 30,188 PLC places nationwide and 28,000 of these are allocated to VEC’s, the rest are to Voluntary, Community and
Comprehensive Schools. A further 1,500 places have now been
approved to bring the total number of approved places to 31,688
in 2009/2010 academic year. To obtain a place on these courses
one should apply to Cork County VEC.
Michael Ahern T.D. has recently been informed by former
Minister Noel Ahern that he approved a grant of 400,000 to fund
remedial works at the Youghal Harbour in 2009. This funding is
in respect of the repair of the walls of the pier head and to Greens
Quay. The Minister stated that it is now up to the Local Authorities
to get on with the work and to draw down the funding from the
Department and complete same.
Castlemartyr Annual
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Theo Cullinane, Director BAM Contractors, Martin Riordan, Cork County
Manager, Noel Harrington, Cork County Mayor, John Lapthorne, Senior Engineer
Cork County Council and Kevin Costelloe, Project Resident Engineer of Cork
County Council pictured at the Official Opening of Midleton Northern Relief
Road, Phase 1 last Monday.
Any person who is interested in supporting this event, is invited to attend.
For further information contact Fred Whelan 085-7353240
Books, prizes, cakes & donations etc always welcome.
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Johnny O Mahony with ToirØasa Ferris,
Gerry O’ Sullivan, Midleton, Cllr. Sandra McLellan, ToirØasa Ferris and Pat
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ToirØasa Ferris, EU Candidate with Cllr.
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Ballintotas Briefs
BALLYANDREEN ‘5’
BRAVE EFFORT BY BALLINTOTAS IN FINAL Well done
to Ballintotas NS on reaching the final of the Sciath Na Scol competition which was played in Pairc Ui Rinn last week. After a great
campaign the locals were denied ultimate glory by Ballycotton NS
who triumphed by one point. The winners got off to a great start
and thus Ballintotas were always chasing the match thereafter.
Final Score - Ballycotton NS 1-7; Ballintotas 2-3.
Ballintotas Panel: Conor Whyte, Robert Mitchell, James O Brien,
Seadnaidh Smyth, Christian Daly, Zoe McEvoy, Brian O Mahony,
David Murphy, Darren Cusack, Declan Kelly, Jack Murphy, Eden
Motherway, Leah McEvoy, Lucy Lawton, Michael Cosgrave,
Michael Kelly, Eoghan Hennessy, Dylan Murphy, Eoin Cashman,
Shane O Brien, Eoin Mitchell, Liam Franklin, Anthony
McAuliffe and Cleeva Motherway.
ST PAUL DRAMA A special word of congratulations to all
involved in the magnificent drama production centred around the
life of St Paul which was held outdoors recently. The event was a
credit to all who put in such a great effort to ensure that this was
again a truly memorable community occasion.
SUMMER TOUR The Ballintotas Commujity Alert Summer
Tour is now almost upon us. Preparations are continuing for the
trip to Kilkenny on Saturday week, June 13. There will an early
departure time from Ballintotis Church Car Park at 8.15am and
Midleton Church Car Park at 8.30am, with a mid morning
coffee/tea stop on route to the Marble City. The outward journey
will be through Fermoy, Mitchelstown, Cahir and Clonmel with
lunch booked for the Hotel Kilkenny at 12.45pm and the afternoon designated for shopping until approximately 5pm. Carrickon-Suir will feature on the return journey en route to Dungarvan
where the evening meal will be enjoyed at the Park Hotel. Cost of
the day is 45 (bus, lunch and dinner). Bookings and payment
should be made as soon as possible to Kay at 021-4667627 or 0863913079.
TUESDAY CLUB The Tuesday Club will meet on the following
dates, before the summer break: Tuesday June 16; Tuesday June
23 (trip to Castlemartyr Resort Hotel); and Tuesday June 30.
Paul O Sullivan-Hourihan presenting the Michael Morrison Memorial Trophy to
winner Sean McGrath. Also pictured is Tom Hartnett of Ballycotton Running
Promotions
Castlemartyr GAA Notes
Erins Own
1-15
Castlemartyr 0-11
Castlemartyr made the journey to Caherlag on Sunday last the
23rd of May and returned home empty handed, after been given a
lesson in hurling by the home team in this JHL Div. 1 fixture. With
the championship game versus Cloyne only a month away, Barney
Lawton has a mammoth task on his hands to get his troops firing
by then. Best for the Reds over the hour was Brian Lawton who
registered a tally of 8 points.
Castlemartyr 1-7
Watergrasshill 0-12
In a lively game of hurling, Castlemartyrs second string gave a
good account of themselves over the hour before losing out narrowly to Watergrasshill in this JHL Div. 3 fixture in Castlemartyr
on Monday the 24th of May last. Rob O
Donavan was majestic at centre back for
the hour, while up front Steven Collins,
Seanie Hennessy and Chris Moran tried
hard.
Castlemartyr
0-8
Carrignavar
1-16
Castlemartyr s recent run of bad results
continued, when they went down tamely
to a slick Carrignavar outfit in this JHL
A busy week for Chris Moran
Div. 1 clash, played in Castlemartyr on
who featured in all 3
Friday 29th of May.
Castlemartyr matches
Carrignavar led only by 6 points to 4 at half time, but they really
burst into the game on the resumption, bagging 2-4 without reply
in the first 10 minutes of the second half. The game petered out
from this point on and Castlemartyr offered only a token resistance. Best for the Reds on the night was an overworked Ollie
Smiddy who tried gamely to repel the tide.
Seamus Hartnett presenting women s
winner Rhona Lynch with her prize
Josh and Paul O Sullivan-Hourihan
from Ballyandreen who took part in
their local road race
Cork Orienteers Summer League at
Curragh Wood, Midleton
Anna O Mahony, Ciara Fitzgerald and Norah O Brien from Scoil Chlochain
Mhuire in Carrigtwohill at the Cork Summer Orienteering League
Group from Little Island Scout at the orienteering league
LADYSBRIDGE LADY IS CAMOGIE'S LEADING LIGHT
By Christy Parker
The first decade of this century will be marked as a period when
east Cork’s role in the evolvement of Gaelic games was unique and
considerable. For most followers of the native codes that immediately suggests Youghal man Christy Cooney’s term as GAA president. Less heralded has been a similar, parallel appointment. Joan
O’Flynn, born, reared and sent out to hurl in Ladysbridge, assumed
the Cumann Camogaiochta na nGael Presidency last April. Both
presidents now lend the region a unique placement in the national
arena.
The daughter of the late Seamus and Margaret O’Flynn, Jane is to
the GAA manor born. Seamus was a renowned east Cork GAA
administrator and her brother Dennis is a prominent referee and
PRO with Fr. O’Neill’s. When Joan, no less dedicated, took up
camogie at 15, a lifetime’s journey had begun.
Honours on the field would prove evasive for the forward-laterturned-goalkeeper, amounting to an early County Championship
medal with Fr. O’Neill’s and, over a decade later, a Kildare Junior
Championship with her adopted Celbridge. Throughout her career
though, the game would bring gold to her life.
Joan attended St. Mary’s High School, Midleton before attaining a
BA in English and Irish at UCC followed by a Masters in Equaility
Studies at UCD. Free-spirited jaunts in Europe and America followed before she took up work with Action Group for Irish Youth
in London. It was the 1980’s and 40,000 emigrants were leaving
Ireland annually. Joan’s position was to help co-ordinate the various strands of help available to those seeking survival in England
before and after they left home.
The mass migration of Irish culture meant that "GAA and camogie clubs were popping up all over the place," she recalls. Had Fr.
O’Neill’s arrived in London, Joan could not have become more
involved as she lined out with the aptly titled London Irish
Camogie Club. In 1987, she was a member of the first London representative side.
Seven years later, Joan reversed her emigration, acquiring her
present job as Communications and Programmes manager with
government advisory body, Combat Poverty. She settled in
Celbridge, where she still resides.
The subsequent 15 years has seen the lady from Ladysbridge
climb the administrative ranks in Leinster. She has served as
County Chairperson, was both Secretary and PRO of Kildare
Camogie Board and was a Kildare delegate on the Leinster
Camogie Council. At national level she has been Chair of the
National Development Committee for Camogie and was part of
the Camogie Association’s Management Committee.
Joan’s presidential post is wide-ranging, with "a lot of representational duties," diversifying into promotional and development
roles. "Its all positive stuff," she advises, "I get a lot of energy
from it." She tends to use the term ’opportunity’ quite a lot and a
month into her three-year tenure, she employs it in an early vision
of her preferred legacy. "I want to ensure there are opportunities
for children everywhere to play the game," she says. "My opportunity to play came at 15 when fantastic voluntary workers formed
a club in Ballymacoda. But if that had happened ten years earlier,
perhaps a lot more girls would have taken up camogie." She proceeds, "I want to help establish clubs where there aren’t any. I also
want to secure and strengthen the refereeing, coaching and volunteer sides of our game." .
The National Development committee’s Strategic Plan is the vehicle on which to move these goals along. It provides a wide focus
of the game nationally and the picture Joan sees emerging is heartening. "There are 530 clubs and 100,000 registered members and
it’s growing," she enthuses. "I was in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny
recently and there were three All-Ireland Under-16 finals on one
day at A, B and C levels involving six counties. Tyrone and
Westmeath contested the C final and that indicates the game is
spreading outside the traditional hurling or camogie counties."
"Furthermore," she elaborates, "Mayo, which had no camogie club
five years ago, now has three. Kerry has revived the game to pro-
vide six clubs. Galway, Cork,
Wexford, Tipp, Limerick, Dublin,
Antrim and Derry are all very
strong camogie areas at various
levels." (Kilkenny, thanks be to
God, aren’t as marauding as their
male counterparts but she says
they are cleaning up at under-age
level. This suggests they’ll take
over the bloody country altogether before the year is out!)
Despite it’s pre-eminence as a
football county her adopted
Kildare has 19 clubs, mostly arising from strong pockets of hurling
in its northern echelons like
Celbridge, Leixlip and Kilcock. Much of this growth is related to
population movement resultant from the boom economic years.
For example Celbridge, being approximate to Dublin, now has a
19,000 population. The consequential increase in leisure and
sporting outlets can serve to integrate new arrivals into a community "and often the GAA fills that demand," Joan observes. Where
hurling thrives, camogie tends to follow fortune.
A development team of eight officers assembled four years ago is
also driving participation levels. "Two of them work with post primary schools and the rest are designated to enhancing the game in
traditionally strong areas and establishing it in others," she
explains. The organisation’s strategy is establish a structure
"whereby a camogie club becomes a unit attached to a GAA club,"
she continues. This strengthens both organisations standing in the
community and consolidates their sharing of facilities and
resources.
If participation and facilities have improved, Joan is at pains to
stress that standards have also risen. "In recent years we’ve made
a concentrated effort make quality coaching more available," she
says. "We’re involved with Coaching Ireland and last March we
launched Foundation and Level1 coaching manuals, so coaches
can develop their own skills and abilities. The better the input at
clubs the better it will be at inter-county level."
For all that, the future is a constant challenge. She sees the game’s
involvement in local communities -and vice versa- as paramount.
Many of those she would entice through the gate, either as players
or spectators, are those beyond the ’GAA tradition.’ It may be
unfair to say that the strong emergence of other sports across playgrounds, school fields and courts has awakened the national game
exponents to the need for greater inclusiveness. Yet it has certainly coincided with it. "I can see the merit in marketing a ’recreational format’ of camogie," she muses, "similar to tag rugby. I think it
would help attract newcomers."
Defining camogie’s support base as "mostly family orientated,"
she says she’ll be "working towards improving its profile, ideally
to the point ideally whereby camogie stars are instantly recognisable a sin other sports." She emphasises the need for "good cooperation with the media," and aspires towards "greater live TV
and radio coverage" as her organisation strives to market the game
more widely. " If people see the quality product we offer, they will
support us," she believes.
The game’s relatively low profile irks her considerably, not by
assumption of automatic entitlement, but because she has deep
faith in its intrinsic worth. "Ten years ago it was a 12-a-side game
but now it’s 15-a-side on a full scale hurling pitch. It has become
far more exciting as a result. Coaching is much improved, fitness
levels are high and it’s extremely athletic and skilful. So yes, it’s
frustrating sometimes, because you want a wider audience to see
all that."
Travelling the country, she derives "incredible satisfaction from
seeing so many young players, the great organisational levels
within clubs and the commitment and enjoyment of the game."
Meanwhile the main downside centres is one shared by most
LADYSBRIDGE LADY IS CAMOGIE'S
LEADING LIGHT
sporting organisations, if not by all associations nowadays.
"Money," she sighs. "It’s a daily concern. You’d hope that the great
progress made in recent years can be maintained but finances
have to be very carefully managed to do so while at the same time
we try to avail of so many development opportunities out there."
Interestingly, in the face of all challenges she draws inspiration
and strength from close quarters. "I can be very inspired by club
volunteers. They change people’s lives," she explains, "and put so
much back into their communities." Per example, she recalls a
neighbour who was both a mother a leader in a youth club of
which she was once a member. "She made our lives different and
better by her involvement," she says. Similarly at her Midleton
school "a voluntary coach got me involved in athletics, which
gave me so much enjoyment. Ordinary, selfless people can have
an amazing influence."
On a wider stage, she greatly admires "our two female presidents," aka Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese. "They reinvented the office and brought a sense of dynamism to it. In reaching
out to the community, they have extended the presidency to its
limits and made it relevant."
A sports fan in general, she was entranced in her London days by
Arsenal and its Irish contingent of Brady, Stapleton and O’Leary.
The admiration extends to the former Gunner, now Barcelona
player, Tierry Henry, whom she considers, "a fantastic opportunist." Her interests in reading and films suggest wider world
awareness, being "more into biographies and documentaries than
fiction." The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas -the story of a German
boy and his friendship with another boy on either side of a Polish
concentration camp fence- have captured her avid attention in
both genres.
Given that one cannot get a tune from a hurley (well, maybe in
Kilkenny ), her music interests are otherwise diverse. "Sharon
Shannon, Edith Piaff, jazz, REM ," she recites. A keen traveller
also, she recently visited Cuba where "the music was non-stop,
everywhere. It was brilliant. I had to see Cuba before it changes,
which it will", enthuses the woman who once taught English in
Portugal -although probably only because they didn’t have hurleys
with which to teach them camogie!
She seems a most appropriate president at a time when international travel and Gaelic games are becoming increasingly synonymous. On the one hand there is the season’s end reward to foreign
climes beloved of victorious GAA and, now, camogie sides. There
are the GAA’s mixed rules scraps with Australia, although camogie has yet to pick a fight with foreigners and more recently, for
some reason, a growing culture of Gaelic games in the far-flung
fields of Dubai. "Camogie is now part of the annual Gaelic games
tournament amongst ex-pats in Dubai," Joan informs. "There are
now camogie clubs in Australia, America and Europe. There’s a
new one just started in Paris actually," she adds. "Having lived
and played in London, I’m interested in he game’s overseas potential, People bring their sport with them when they emigrate." Joan
is equally aware of the international dimension at home, as the
upsurge of immigrants integrate across the country. It would be a
foolish and blinkered sports body that would not seek to harness
the talents and personalities of these new arrivals. Unsurprisingly,
the camogie leader with a history of immigrant assistance easily
recognises the potential. "There are opportunities to increase our
membership there, but besides that, I can see immigrants bringing
the game back to their families abroad too," she comments.
Finally -as every camogie player knows- there’s men! "Thirty
years ago men were effectively barred from involvement with
camogie!" Joan reveals. "Now there are men on camogie county
boards, refereeing, coaching, everything. The game is far more
representative of the community." It means much more than that
actually. It means that if matters proceed along these lines, Cork
might finally manage to beat Kilkenny in an All Ireland hurling
championship. We’ll send on the girls. Who needs Christy Cooney
when Cork has Joan O’Flynn?!
Summer Night
in Midleton Park Hotel
on Sunday 7th June
with Pat Burke.
Tea served at 7.30pm.
Heat of Old Waltzing Competition
Admission 7
Another Great Night Assured
Munster Retain Journalist
Photographers Inter
Provisional Championships
Munster Team Winners, included in picture is Eddie O’Riordan
Eddie O’Riordan pictured with Inter Provisional Cup. Eddie has been on eight winning munster teams
New Creche Supervisor in
Quality Hotel & Leisure
Centre Youghal
Councillor Martin Hallinan, Councillor Sandra McLellan and Sinn Fein President
Gerry Adams
On the canvass trail in Midleton Sinn fein candidates Pat Buckley Midleton Sinn
Fein President Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein Candidate Midleton Gerry O Sullivan and
Cork County Council Candidate Sandra McLellan
MIDSUMMER GALA BALL
The Midsummer Gala Ball 2009 will be held in the Mall Arts
Centre on Saturday 13th of June. Tickets are now on sale and are
available at Gallery 126 on North Main Street. the ticket price of
60 covers all food and drink on the night. The Roaring 40’S will
again provide the music. Dress suits can be hired from Rigby’s at
Merricks who gave an excellent service last year. Later in the summer, Tuxedo Junction,who gave us a fabulous night’s entertainment last year, are back by popular demand. The Polskadots are
booked for Friday 17th of July. Three further music events, details
of which will be announced shortly, are also planned for this year.
South and East Cork Area
Development - Free
Seminars for Community
Groups
South and East Cork Area Development (SECAD) is delighted
to announce their summer schedule of seminars to which community and voluntary groups in the area are invited free of
charge. Information sessions on Community Planning will be
held on Tuesday 26th May at Carrigtwohill Community Centre
and on Wednesday 27th May at Knocknamanagh Old School
House in Minane Bridge. An information session on
Employment Law will be held at the Clarion Hotel on 2nd June
from 9.30 to 11.30 am and a Fundraising seminar will be held
at Great Island Community Centre, Cobh on 8th June at
7.30pm. If you would like more information or if members of
your community group would like to attend, please call Nuala
at SECAD on 021 4613432 or email [email protected] to
reserve a place.
Aoife Crotty, 21 years of age from
Killeagh, has been appointed the new
Creche Supervisor in the Club
Vitae/Quality Hotel Leisure Centre
Complex. Aoife has spent 2 years
studying childcare in Cork College of
Commerce and arrives bursting with
enthusiasm & has great plans for Club
Vitae Creche.
Some of you & your children may
know Aoife from Ladysbridge Creche
& Preschool - where she was extremely popular with all the children. Aoife comes from a busy family of 4 brothers and tells us
"children have always fascinated her" and her genuine love for
children is very evident from her. Club Vitae Creche in the Quality
Hotel Youghal is now a full-time facility, unique to Youghal with
activities from 9am-5pm. The enthusiastic Aoife will be empowering children with confidence and self-esteem through basic life
skills, counting & colours, games etc. - naturally, there will be a
bit of singing and dancing thrown in for the craic.
Club Vitae Creche is open to all between the ages 1-8 years
Monday - Friday 9am-5pm. Rates From Only 5 per hour Daily/Weekly Rates Also Available Members & Non-Members
Welcome. Includes: Outdoor Playground overlooking Redbarn
Beach & Astro-Turf Pitch, Kids Kamps. Also Available During
Weekends & School Holidays.
Spring Cleaning? Aoife will gladly take any unwanted Toys or
Games from you!! Thanks.
Creche Pre-Booking Necessary. Call 024 93095.
Open day at the Gardens
at the Ballymaloe Cookery
School
On Saturday 30th of May the Gardens at the Ballymaloe Cookery
School are raising funds for St John the Baptist national school in
Midleton. All entrance fees on the day will be donated to the
building fund to restore the school sports hall. Go along and
explore their gardens and support this good cause. The
Ballymaloe Cookery School has 10 acres of beautiful formal gardens including Fruit and Kitchen gardens, the Herb garden, an
extraordinary Shell house and a celtic maze to get lost in. On the
day there will be guided farm walks at 2 and 4 pm to take you
down to the glasshouses full of organic vegetables and past the
free-range hens, pigs and cows. Entrance fees are 6 Adult, 3
Children / Concessions and 15 Family Ticket. All fees will go
towards the St John the Baptist Building Fund.
Herb Garden at Ballymaloe Cookery School
Owenacurra Bridge Club
Owenacurra Bridge Club, Midleton had its President’s Prize Night
and Dinner in the Midleton Park Hotel on Tuesday 19th May. The
president Nancy Dowd, welcomed all the guests and gave out the
prizes to the winners as follows.
1st, Mary O’Shea, Mary Walshe, 2nd Ita lynch, Mary Troy. 3rd
& Best Gross, Noreen O’Callaghan, Eileen O’Connor. 4th. Peg
Adams,Frances Morrissey. 5th.Gretta Cuddigan,Kathleen
Kennedy. 6th.Monica Ahern, Sheila Cantwell.7th. Breda Brosnan,
Emmy O’Shea. 8th. Benny Dowd, Kathleen Jagoe. 9th. Maura
Keohane, Kathleen O’Riordan. 10th.Mary Condon, Sheila
Murray. 11th. Mary Kelleher, Eileen Williams.12th. Sylvia Daley,
Nora Kennedy
President Nancy Dowd presents First prize to Winners Mary O’Shea & Mary
Walshe
Cantemus in the
Afternoon.
L to R; Eileen Williams, Anne Fox, Maura Keohane, Kathleen O’Riordan, Ann
Smithwick, Kathleen McGrath and Mary Kelleher.
L to R; Mary Condon, Sheila Murray, Anne Clohessey, Eileen O’Connor, Noreen
O’Callaghan, Mary O’Callaghan, Ml. O’Callaghan and Noreen Lucey.
Cantemus Chamber Choir will present its fifth ’end of season’
concert on Sun 31 May in St. John the Baptist Church, Midleton
at 4.30 p.m. The current season has been the busiest to date for
the choir, with several concert engagements in venues like the
Aula Maxima, U.C.C., Curtis Auditorium, C.S.M., St Multose
Church, Kinsale and of course Cork City Hall. Cantemus was
delighted to take part in the prestigious Fleischmann
International Trophy competition at the recent Cork Choral
Festival. The choir’s competition and concert performances
were enthusiastically received by the City Hall audiences, and
the singers enjoyed the buzz of sharing a platform with truly
world-class choirs like the German chamber choir I Vocalisti eventual winners of the Fleischmann Trophy.
Presenting a late afternoon concert at the end of last season
proved successful, so the choir has decided to repeat the exercise
with a starting time of 4.30 p.m. Cantemus is preparing an interesting and varied programme which will include the first performance of a new work by Cork composer Irene Buckley.
Tickets 10 will be available at the door, so do come and support
the choir that represents East Cork on the international stage.
Annual Novena In Honour
Of The Sacred Heart
L to R.; Gretta Cuddigan, Mary walsh, Marie O’Hanlon, Mary O’Shea, Pat Melvin,
Clare Guerin, Peg Adams, and Frances Morrissey.
Novena In Honour Of The Sacred Heart will be held in The
Sacred Heart Church, Mogeely, From Thursday June 11th to
Friday June 19th. Rosary, Novena Prayer and Benediction of the
Most Blessed Sacrament each evening at 8m with Holy Mass on
the final night. (The Feast of the Sacred Heart).
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that funding of 11 million has been set aside in the Department’s
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Midleton Educate Together
Enrolment Morning
The Midleton Educate Together National School is nearly one
year old! It has been a fantastic first year of existence. The school
has attracted many cultures to complement that of our Irish students. The school is proud that its multi-denominational ethos is a
success and the children are enjoying learning of all cultures and
religions. We celebrated many ’firsts’ this year. Our first Board of
Management was established, the Parents Association was elected. We were excited to see our first student to receive her first
’Holy Communion’ and the school went swimming for the first
time the school started it’s first extra curricular activities in the
form of its After Schools Club and also the First St Patrick’s Day
Parade for the school to be a part of ..the list goes on and on.
We are glad to have dispelled the biggest misconception that the
school revolves around the religious aspect of the curriculum. The
school embraces all religions and caters for all needs. We organised first communion and first confession lessons this year. The
School is also a National School; this means that the school is a
governmental sanctioned school - the national curriculum is
taught like all other national schools.
Saturday 13th of June between 10am and 12.30pm the school will
be hosting an enrolment morning. This will give parents an opportunity to enrol their children for September 2009 and also
September 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. As the school accepts first
come first served enrolments there has been a lot of interest for the
coming years. We would suggest that you visit the school at the
Rugby Club on the 13th to enrol and any queries or questions can
be answered. Alternatively you can visit the schools web-site to
enrol at www.midletonet.com or ring the school at 021 4634563.
Our website is regularly updated so that you can keep up to date
with the exciting educational development that is Midleton
Educate Together National School.
On Monday the 29th of June the schools Parents Association has
organised another fantastic Quiz. Prizes include I-pods and a
Guess Hand Bag!! Wow!! This quiz is being held in Wallis Bar,
Main Street, Midleton. The ’Craic’ was mighty last year; make
sure you don’t miss it this time around.
Drama In Ballintotas Traces The Life Of St Paul
Jackie Browne's Vintage Homeware
No.10 Main St. Midleton
Photo Michael Hussey
Shop and buy old vintage gifts, home decor figurines, antique collectibles and old
furniture etc. with Jackie Browne Tel: 087-7626056
Jackie pictured in her quaint little shop with some of her regular customers
AIB Presentation to GAA Clubs
Sinead O’ Connor and CiarÆn McGann of AIB Midleton making a presentation to
Cormac Quirke, Alan Donegan and Mary Quinn for Midleton GAA
Sinead O’ Connor and CiarÆn McGann of AIB Midleton make a presentation to
Alan and Ian Thornton for Carrigtwohill GAA Club
MIDLETON CREDIT UNION
2ND CAR DRAW
Harry Parker pictured making the draw with Bernard Cashman of Cashman Car
Sales, Pat Burke, John Fenton, Manager of Midleton Credit Union and members
Harry Parker holds up the winning ticket; included is Bernard Cashman of
Cashman Car Sales, Pat Burke, John Fenton, Manager of Midleton Credit Union
and members
EAST CORK GOLF CLUB
Sinead O’ Connor and CiarÆn McGann of AIB Midleton make a presentation to
Sean Morris for Aghada GAA Club
East Cork Golf Club Presentation
MR M CONWAY’S CAPTAINS PRIZE
1st Brendan O’Connor 132; 2nd Michael Loftus 132; 3rd Mr
Cormac Carroll 133; Best Gross Mr Kevin Byrne 136; 4th Mr
Muiris Quirke 134; 5th Michael Lucey 134; 6th Mr Micheal N
Murphy 134; 7th Derry Horgan 134
Cat 1 0 to 7; 1st Mr Eddie J Murphy 138; 2nd Mr Noel Foley 139;
3rd James O’Callaghan 141
Cat 2 8 to 12; 1st Mr Michael Collins 135; 2nd Mr Niall Cotter
136; 3rd Mr Trevor Duggan 137
Cat 3 13 to 17; 1st Barry Crowley 136; 2nd Mr Ambrose
Guilfoyle 137; 3rd Mr Brian O’Callaghan 137
Cat 4 18 to 28; 1st Mr Eugene F O’Callaghan 135; 2nd Michael
O’Sullivan 136; 3rd Tim Jeffers 138
Best Thursday Mr Patrick Collins; Best Friday Maurice Manning;
Best Saturday Mr Don Henley; Over 55’s William Murphy 138;
Past Captains John J Sheehan 139; Past President Michael
McGrath; Best Visitor Michael Brett; Non Playing Paddy
Goldspring
MALE CHOIR
Male choir enrolling members during summer months, no experience required. Contact 087 6464115 for details.
Midleton Senior Citizens & Friends
Outing to Killarney
Wednesday June 10th
Bernard Cashman of Cashman’s Car Sales, sponsor presents his prize to Sylvia
Phelan, winner at East Cork Golf Club; included Kathlenn Byrne, Lady Captain
and Mary Kelleher, Lady President
Dinner at Oriel House, Ballincollig on the return journey.
Names immediately to Committee Members.
Cost: 15
Midleton Community Forum Midleton Credit Union School Quiz
at Midleton Park Hotel
Arts and Crafts Exhibition
Members of Whitegate National School, winners of the quiz: Lucy Reaney,
Courtney Shanahan, Padraig O’ Donovan, Hannah Looney with John Finton,
Manager of Midleton Credit Union and Kay Foley
Mairead Stack and Bridget Isball
Catherine Keneally and Margie O’
Connor
Eileen Lehane and Ann Muirhead
Catherine
Geraghty
Germaine Hennessy and Kitty O’
Connell
Ann O’ Neill and Marian Daly
Fitzgerald
and
Moya
Ballincurrig National School who finished second in the quiz: Luke Morrissey,
Ryan Hogan, Elizabeth Hegarty, Aoife Healy with Richard Craven, Catherine
Bolger, Midleton Credit Union and John Fenton, Manager
Kilcredan National School who finished third in the quiz: Conor Wade, Alice
Brennan, Sadhbh O’Connor, Niamh Jackson with Jim Fox and Pat Burke, Midleton
Credit Union
Joan McCarthy, Una Keegan, Breeda McCarthy and Eileen Wallets with exhibits
Midleton News
Next Issue June 18th
www.midletonnews.com
John Fenton, Manager pictured with the organising committee
4 Star Award For Eve s Hair Salon Roxborough Court, Midleton
The Success Story goes on and on for Eve s
Another First for Eve’s Hair Salon Midleton
Eve’s Hair Salon, 4 Roxboro Court, Midleton has received
another coveted award from the Good Salon Guide. This year
Eve’s Hair Salon has become a 4 Star award winning salon.
The Good Salon Guide, the only independent guide to quality standards in hairdressing in Ireland and the UK, is delighted to announce that Eve’s Hair Salon, 4 Roxboro Court,
Midleton was recently awarded a 4 Star by the Good Salon
Guide.
The Good Salon Guide is hairdressing’s answer to the well
known Hotel and Pub Guides. Recognised Salons are visited
and objectively assessed by professional inspectors, giving
the customer confidence in their choice. Salons are regularly
reassessed to ensure standards are maintained. Dawson Pen,
Chairman of The Good Salon Guide said "I am delighted that
Evelyn and her team at Eve’s Hair Salon has succeeded in
reaching the standards required to become a member of The
Good Salon Guide. The Good Salon Guide is a signpost to
the professional status of hairdressers and will ensure that
clients can have confidence in their choice of hairdresser.
Evelyn Mullen McNamara and her staff provide an excellent
service, good value for money and it was very apparent that
they take great pride in their work. As I was been attended to
a young stylist was excitedly telling me about a course that
Eve herself was taking in Prague with world-renowned hair
guru Trevor Sorbie".
Evelyn Mullen McNamara the delighted salon owner of Eve’s
Hair Salon added "The Good Salon Guide is a long awaited
measure that enables clients to know their hairdresser is a true
professional". We are delighted to have achieved the new
award and independent recognition of this salon’s standards.
Eve and Jessica give individual attention to Eve’s Hair Salon customer Aoife
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scalp plus home care retail products.
Eve’s provide monthly consumer offers in conjunction with
Revlon, i.e. 20 off colour and cuts every Monday.
Eve’s Hair Salon is no stranger to winning awards as the
Salon has won first place in The Irish Hairdressing
Federation Salon of the Year and also Customer Service
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The Salon was also visited by The Sunday World "Hair Spy"
which gave the salon a 9/10 rating and described their experience as very relaxing, friendly staff, lovely atmosphere and
excellent value for money.
Evelyn herself is a Master Colourist and also within her long
career wrote and advised colour for people with hair and
scalp problems.
Evelyn would like to thank her husband Michael and her
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Jessica Tynan, Evelyn McNamara & Triona Morgan from Eves Hair Salon in Midleton. The popular salon has won a host of awards in recent years
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St. Aloysius’s College
Carrigtwohill
Opening of The Midleton
Tuesday Farmers Market
Susan Herlihy (centre) of Crafty Hands
enjoying her break with Sheila Hennessy
and Amanda Hickey
Ilse and Rose DeZiah
St. Aloysius’s College Carrigtwohill Hockey Team
Kelly Cope of Crafty Confections
Maria Andries of Tipperary Mushrooms
Tom Clancy, Ballycotton Free Range
Poultry
Jonas of the Natural Foods Bakery
St. Aloysius’s College U14 & U16 Team winners of the U14 & U16 Munster Cups
pictured with Kate Kilcoyne Teacher.
Presentation of Peg
O'Reilly's Memorial Cup
Rupert and Lydia Hugh-Jones with Anna
Orla and Gertie at their stall
Duncan
SiobhÆn, Louise and Laurent Catinot of Fergus Wall and Ryan Howard sample
Crepe-a-Lo-Lo
the atmosphere
Siobhan Gallagher winner of the Peggy O’Reilly Memorial Trophy for the most
improved 1st year Student in Irish accepts her award from Jim O’Reilly included
in photo is Majella O’Sullivan, Noel O’Reilly & Margaret Hartnett, Vice Principal.
Siobhan Gallagher pictured with Teachers and O’Reilly Family Members.
Trevor and Kate McNamara with Dawn Moorcroft at the Ballycotton Fish Stall
The 3rd Emer Casey Memorial
10k Road Race/Walk
Top Five Ladies, Michelle Nolan (Midleton) 3rd, Sonia O Sullivan (BallymoreCobh) 2nd, Rhona Lynch (Eagle) Winner, Karen Teahan (Gneeveguilla) 4th and
Linda Geary (Midleton) 5th
Chris Walsh has time to wave to the camera at the Lighthouse hill flanked by
Neilius Aherne, Mark Fitzgerald and John Cashman
Melbourne Race Winners at Albert Park Michaelle Nolan from Midleton with
Alan O Shea, Bantry & Susanne Aine Murphy, Brian Murray and Carmel
Ring from Blarney
Kennedy, Cork
Sonia O Sullivan pictured with Race Winners Sergie Ciobaneau and Rhona Lynch
with the Emer Casey Memorial 10K Perpetual Trophy
Professor John O Leary, DISCOVARY Consortium receiving a cheque for
100,000 from Brendan and Juliette Casey of the Emer Casey Foundation. Also
included are Sonia O Sullivan and John Gill of Matheson Ormsby Prentice
Solicitors. Front Row: Gemma Barry with Sonia s daughters Sophie and Ciara.
Sally Drennan and family from
Sonia O’Sullivan and Dan McCarthy
Carrigtwohill
Denis McCarthy East Cork AC receiving his prize from John Gill of
Matheson Ormsby Prentice Solicitors,
John Walshe at the Lighthouse
Sponsors of the race.
Mary Sweeney, Tommy Hartnett, Mary Murphy and John Cashman
Ballycotton Summer Road Race Series ‘09 at Ballyandreen
They’re Off - Athletes running at the start of the race
Group of women who took part
CiarÆn Murphy, Kieran Brennan and Billy O’ Sullivan
Jim McMurtry, Phil McGrath and Tim Geary
Con Brosnan and Dan McCarthy
Ciara Quinlan and Rachel O’ Driscoll
Niall O’ Neill and Deirdre O’ Leary
Michelle Nolan and Sally Drennan
Joan McCarthy & Maggie
Dunne
MOGEELY VINTAGE CLUB
CHEQUE PRESENTATION
Mogeely Vintage Club cheque presentation of
Cancer Treatment.
Denis Kelleher
Stewards
and
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Sarah O’ Mahoney and Linda Watson
12,502 to Aid
Mell Manning and Nell Leahy
Eric Meade and Mary Dunne
Dennis Hennessy-chairman, Fr. Jack Cogan and Tom Hickey-vice chairman of the
Mogeely Vintage Club present a cheque of 12,502 to Yvonne Davidson, Pat
McCarthy and Eileen Ahern from ACT. The presentation took place at The Sports
Man Inn, Mogeely last Saturday night. The proceeds from the successful annual
tractor run
BORD GÁIS ENERGY
CORK CITY MARATHON
Pictures: James Veale
John Cashman Midleton AC Crossing Fergus Meade, East Cork AC taking a
the finishing line
well earned drink
Roy Fahy, East Cork AC Crosses the Lucy Brennan, Sligo AC Wins the
finish line in 5th position.
Ladies Cork City Marathon
Introduction to Eventing
Day in aid of
Stuart Mangan Fund
A great many people have heard of Stuart Mangan by now.
He’s the very talented young man from Fermoy who suffered a catastrophic injury while playing rugby, and now
needs huge amounts of medical care and attention just to
survive from day to day. The costs are huge, and with this
is mind, West Waterford Pony Club ran a fundraiser at Dick
and Marie Hennessy’s farm at Ballinscartha, Midleton in
April.
While rain threatened to call everything off, the cross country was run off in glorious sunshine in the afternoon. Pony
clubs from Waterford, Tipperary, Wexford, United
(Midleton), Muskerry and of course West Waterford were
represented. Eventing is in the news for the last few years it is quite a dangerous sport, and not to be taken lightly, as
the fences are very solid in the event of a fall.
It requires a lot of work and discipline, as there are three
parts to the day. Dressage is first, followed by a show jumping round, and then a cross country round. This day was
designed to give newcomers a good idea of what is required
- three sections were held, 2 for under 12’s and 1 for novice
riders over 12. There was a great turnout for the day, and the
standard of riding was very high. All got around safely, and
a great time was had by all as the fences were interesting,
but inviting!
A large number of volunteers made the day a success thanks
to Conor Cashman, Vet, Dr. Morehan, the ambulance crews,
Nicholas Kelly for the toilets, all the people who manned
fences and the excellent catering staff, along with scorers,
dressage judges, writers, and arena stewards. It’s a very
labour intensive day - building the fences took quite a lot of
hard work, a big thanks to Dick Hennessy and pony club
helpers for this.
When all the contributions were gathered a sum of 1,791
was presented to Geraldine Canning, who is one of the
administrators of this fund, at a meeting in Tallow, with the
best wishes of the West Waterford Pony Club.
Start of the Race in Patrick Street.
Group Participants
Micael Herlihy, North Cork AC Wins his first Marathon
MIDLETON WALKING GROUP
The Midleton walking group have recommenced their Wednesday
evening Summer walks series. Next walk take place on
Wednesday Jun 10th ,meeting at Distillery Lanes Car Park @7pm.
And will continue every second Wednesday evening until Aug
19th. Route will be decided by Club Leader on the evening.
Sarah Barry
Sophie Cairns
CHEETAH RUN AT FOTA WILDLIFE PARK
Carmel Warren, Sheila Kiernan & Terry
Burke
Elaine & Catriona Guinane
Con Marshall 2nd, James Grufferty 1st & Trevor
Woods 3rd.
Kevin O’Driscoll & Bridget McGrath
Group of ladies taking part
Margaret Hegarty, Linda Hegarty & Anne
Marie Perry
Claire O’Leary
Kennedy
&
Eoin Casey, 15 year old
Midleton Athlete who
finished in the first 10
Dave O’Dwyer & Tom Harnett, East
Cork AC
Yvonne
Joseph McCarthy, Michelle Nolan, Brian Nolan & Mossie Cahill
Margaret Beausang, Anne Savage & Vincent
Connolly
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Applications incl: C.V, References & Referees’ details to:
Chairperson, Board of Management,
Clonpriest N.S, Gortroe, Youghal, Co. Cork.
by Thursday, 14th June 2009.
Michael Ruane, Noel Poppas, Pat Organ & Darren Casey
Midleton AC – Senior Section News
Marathon Monday
Well done to all our athletes who took part in Monday s Bord Gais
Energy Cork City Marathon. Our club was well represented in
both the main event and in the relay event, with some of our runners experiencing the occasion for the first time. Due to print
deadlines on the Bank Holiday Weekend we are not in a position
to carry the results, but there now all available on the Cork City
Marathon website. We will have a reflection on the big race in our
next column two weeks hence.
Ballyandreen 5
Last Thursday saw the start of the Summer Series in Ballycotton
with plenty of evidence of Midleton s large club base on the start
line. Incredibly the entries exceeded 400 on what was a near perfect night for running. Despite the recording breaking numbers
(less than 300 ran last year) the efficient results service almost
defied belief. All 411 names and time on view by 9.30pm, not
much over an hour after the race began.
Our club probably set a new record for the number of runners who
actually ran in one of the races in the series open to correction
on this one, but we had a massive turn out of 51. Some such as
Noel O Regan, Kevin Morrison and Fergal O Meara were watching every step in advance Marathon Monday , others had a real
go off conquering the tough course. For the record here is the full
list of Midleton AC finishers on what was a historic evening.Noel
O Regan, Tom Cody, Donal Broderick, John Cashman, Neilius
Aherne, Kevin Cooney, Dan Horgan, Alan Kelly, Niall O Neill,
Michelle Nolan, Ann Geary, Sally Drennan, Ned Ramsell, Brian
Healy, Billy O Sullivan, Kevin O Reilly, Trevor Mahoney, Ken
Owens, Barry Hogan, Brian Nolan, Adam Dunchnicz, John
O Connell, Michael Hanrahan, Danny McCarthy, Fergal
O Meara, Richard Archer, Vincent Connolly, Donie O Connell,
Kieran Murphy, Kevin Morrisson, Breda Cahill, Anne Marie
Perry, Elaine Hennessy, Yvonne Kennedy, Ciara Coughlan, Teresa
Murphy, Mary O Keeffe, Deidere Aherne, Denise O Brien, Maura
O Doherty, Margaret Beausang, Olive Hallahan, Linda Hegarty,
Margaret Barry, Caroline Fletcher, Joan McCarthy, Clare O Leary,
Janet Waldveogel, Marie McGrath, Mary Keane and Jim
McMurtry.
Emer Casey Memorial
Earlier last week, the sun shone gloriously for the third running of
the Emer Casey memorial 10K race in Youghal. Congratulations
to Noel Regan, who warmed up for the marathon with a ninth
placed finish overall. Tom Cody and Neilius Aherne were also in
top form, both collecting category prizes.
In the ladies event, Michelle Nolan followed home Rhona Lynch
and Sonia O Sullivan to win third prize overall, recording an
excellent 39:39 process. Linda Geary was also to the forefront of
the ladies event clocking 40:24 to come home in fifth position.
More prizes galore followed in the age categories with Sally
Drennan topping the Over 40 s and Elaine Hennessy collecting
again as top lady Over 50. Meantime Joan McCarthy finished
third in the Over 50 s.
Fota Breaks Records
The mid week date in Fota Wild Life Park broke all recent records
as close on 700 turned up for the inaugural 4 mile race around this
novel venue. Our club had a huge turn out on the night, too many
to mention, but the participation level shows once again the
strength of Midleton AC. Congrats to all who picked up prizes on
the night. - A special word to Margaret Barry who made a successful return from injury ahead of schedule.
Well Done Denis
Denis Kelleher was on the road again last week, travelling to
Newry for the Half Marathon. Despite injury problems Denis has
followed his planned schedule very closely and again performed
very well.
What s Next?
After the marathon it s back to more modest distances over the
coming few
weeks. The Glanmire 5 mile race is on Wednesday next with the
option to take in the Clashmore event over the same distance on
the following Friday likely to attract a number of our runners from
East Cork. Then on Tuesday another record is set to be broken
when the 25th running of the John Buckley 5K takes place on the
Marina Road circuit.
Fixture Summary
Wednesday June 10 Glanmire 5 Mile Glanmire 8pm
Friday June 12 Clashmore
5 Mile 8pm
Tues June 16 John Buckley Sports 5K Marina Rd. Cork 8pm
Friday June 19 Ras na Rinne, Ring, 6 Mile 8pm
Thurs June 25 Ballycotton Series Shanagarry 5 Mile 8pm
Friday June 26 Dromana 5 Mile Villierstown 8pm
Wednesday July 1 Stryker 4 Mile Carrigtwohill 8pm
Wednesday July 8 EMC 5K Ovens 8pm
Thursday July 9 Corkbeg 5 Mile 8pm
Friday July 10 Dungarvan 5 Mile 8pm
Weekly Training Arrangements
- Monday 6pm at CBS Sports Field.
- Tuesday 7pm from Midleton Community Centre road run.
Until next time keep on running.
Fergal O Meara, Kevin Morrisson Adrian Williams were in high spirits as they
wound up preparations for Marathon day on Monday last.
Caroline Geary ran her first Marathon on Monday last had plenty of support from
young son Ben and husband Ger.
MIDSUMMER
GALA BALL
The Midsummer Gala Ball 2009 will be held in the Mall Arts
Centre on Saturday 13th of June. Tickets are now on sale and are
available at Gallery 126 on North Main Street. the ticket price of
60 covers all food and drink on the night. The Roaring 40’S will
again provide the music. Dress suits can be hired from Rigby’s at
Merricks who gave an excellent service last year. Later in the summer, Tuxedo Junction,who gave us a fabulous night’s entertainment last year, are back by popular demand. The Polskadots are
booked for Friday 17th of July. Three further music events, details
of which will be announced shortly, are also planned for this year.
Midleton GAA Notes
www.midletongaa.com
Seniors defeat Sarsfields: After the disappointment of our narrow defeat to St. Finnbarrs last weekend our senior hurlers are
straight into there preparation for their second round tie against
Ballinhassig which is provisionally fixed for June 6th. On Friday
night last we hosted reigning county champions Sarsfields in the
senior hurling league. On an ideal night for hurling both teams
served up a good hour’s entertainment. Both sides were short several players and it was nip and tuck throughout. In the end the
Magpies won by 1-19 to 1-17.
Junior Hurling League 1: Our Division 1 Junior Hurlers travelled
to our neighbours Dungourney on Wednesday evening last for a
league game. It proved to be a disappointing exercise as we were
defeated on a scoreline of 1-12 to 1-09.
Fe 8 Fun Hurling Blitz: Saturday the 23rd of May saw Midleton’s
U8 hurlers in their outing of the year. The AIB sponsored fun blitz
consists of 4 teams, Midleton, Fr O’Neills, Killeagh and Youghal.
Fr O’Neills hosted the first blitz in Ballymacoda and are to be commended for their efforts. Midleton had two teams on the day Midleton Tigers and Midleton Sharks. In non score keeping
matches players in both of our teams got a chance to play in different positions throughout the matches. Both teams performed
well and showed high levels of skill and commitment. Keep up the
good work lads!
Fe 14 A Football League v Glanmire: We travelled to the Pike to
play Glanmire in the Fe 14 A Footabll League.
This was our first Football game in a while and we lost heavily to
a very determined home side.Team: Brian Rossiter, Ian Aher,
Eamonn Cleary, Billy O Shea, Sean O Farrell, Alan Stanton, Luke
Morrissey, Aaron Mc Evoy, Robert Williams, Padraic Nagle,
Eanna O Brien, Kevin Butler, Luke Dineen, John O Farrell, Liam
Noone,Brian O Mahony, Lochlinn Mc Carthy and Kieran
Maloney.
U9 Football League Game v Fermoy
Team 1
On Wednesday May 14th last we welcomed Fermoy to the CBS
grounds for an U9 Football league game. This was our 1st football outing of the season and with very little football training done
in advance of the game it was always going to be difficult to compete. The game consisted of 3 periods each of 15 minutes and both
teams lined out with a goalkeeper, 3 backs, 3 midfielders and 3 forwards. The rules only permitted 1 hop and 1 solo and the players
had to rotate their positions at the end of each period. This meant
that everyone had the opportunity to play in defence, midfield and
attack. As expected, Midleton were slow out of the blocks and
were immediately under pressure from a physically stronger
Fermoy side. Our defence were under relentless pressure and
coped admirably with our goalkeeper Fionn making some fine
saves. By the end of this period Fermoy had registered 1-3 and
Midleton had failed to score.
The 2nd period started in the same fashion but as the minutes
passed by it was noticeable that Midleton were beginning to get a
foothold in the game. We eventually got on the score board when
Eabhan kicked a fine point from a free. However, Fermoy had
already registered a couple of goals to put the game beyond us.
The 3rd period was without a doubt our best. Alan played well in
goal and his kick outs regularly found a team mate. Fionn, Fergus
and Eabhan were resolute in defence, David, Kian and Lee held
their own in midfield and with a regular supply of ball Eric, Jake
and Omar began to cause problems for the Fermoy defence. The
improvement in play all around the field resulted in Jake kicking 2
goals before the final whistle. Team David Scanlon, Fionn
O’Connell, Kian Farmer, Eabhan de Barra, Jake Shanahan, Alan
Power, Lee Parker, Eric Duggan, Omar Raouf Moussaoui, Fergus
Wade
U9 Football League Game v Fermoy
Team 2
The Second Team of Coleman Quinn, Jake Waterman, Christian
Murphy, Mark Daly, Cathal Morrissey, Griffin Hurley, Ronan
Lynch, Ryan O Riordan, Ciar n Evans, Cormac O’brien. We were
slow to start the game and Fermoy took full advantage of this to
take an early lead with our goalkeeper under pressure for the first
15 minutes. In the second Period we started playing better with all
player contributing and we started to get some scores on the board
and we started to work as team and we match Fermoy score for
score in this period. The 3rd period was our best and we out scored
Fermoy but the damage was done in the first period all the boys
tried hard and we progressed as a team the longer the game went
with some fine link play between the players.
Overall, this was a fine performance from our lads who battled all
the way to the finish. The slow start was understandable, but once
the cobwebs were blown away we were well in the game.
We wish Michael Barry a speedy Recovery from his appendix
operation.
U12D Footballers : We played Killeagh in the Championship
Semi Final on Wednesday May 13th. Following an indifferent
league campaign where we lost heavily to Glanmire & Killeagh,
were narrowly defeated by Aghada and beat Russell Rovers we
were under further pressure on the night when we travelled with a
depleted squad of just 18 containing only 2 players at the age and
the rest made up of U-11’s & U-10’s.
However the lads gave a determined and committed display with
both "elder statesmen" on the night - Cian McInerney & Jack
Delaney leading the way which saw us clinch victory by a single
point thanks to a late score from "super sub" PJ Fitzgearld. This
was a great result and showed how much the lad’s have improved
since the league and also what can be achieved when all players
work hard for each other for the full game as to a man all players
used gave every effort with the defending at times especially in the
second half being top class from our goalkeeper and 6 backs as a
unit. We now await a finalist from the other side of the draw which
will be one of Aghada, Glanmire or Russell Rovers before a date
can be set for the final..
Panel on the night was Cian McInerney (Capt), Jack Delaney,
Ryan O’Reagan, Conor O’Neill, Ryan McConville, Adam Daly,
Kevin Daly, Conor Evans, Ross O’Connor, David Mulcahy, Conor
Meade, Shane O’Brien, Temitayo Abdullah, PJ Fitz Gerald, Sean
O’Meara, Christopher Power, Eoin Moloney and Sean O’Leary.
Other players to have played in our league campaign have been Andrew McMahon, Christopher Shanahan, Darnel Laffan, Dylan
Cahalane, Jack Mehmet, Jordan Roche, Muris Moloney, Padraig O
Brien, Ross Cummins, Thomas Desmond and Killian Brown.
Congrats to Midleton CBS who recently won the Cork Colleges
U14 Hurling and to Midleton College who recently participated
for the first time in the Lord Mayor Cup Hurling competition held
in Pairc Ui Rinn recently.
Club Lotto: Congratulations ot Margaret Keohane from
Dungarvan who was presented with her Lotto Jackpot winning
prize of 3,400 at last Friday nights Lotto by Midleton GAA Vice
Chairman Niall O’Neill.
Lotto Draw on Friday May 22stst. Jackpot 1,200. Number drawn
11, 16, 18, 25. No winner. Lucky Dip: Jim Walsy, c/o Paddy
Dunlea. Maura Deady, Young Grove, Midleton. Mary Cody, forrest Hill, Midleton. Willie Maguire, c/o Terence McCarthy.
Michelle Higgins, Garryvoe. Next Week’s Jackpot
3,200.
Thank you for your continued support.
Midleton U13A Football, East Cork Champions 2009
Castlemartyr crash out of
Football Championship
CASTLEMARTYR...................0-10
LISGOOLD.............................1-9
Castlemartyr’s bid to reach the semi-finals of the East Cork Junior
football championship was thwarted by an eager and skilful
Lisgoold side in Killeagh last Friday night the 22nd of May.
An atrocious start for the Reds in which they found themselves 15 to 0-1 in arrears after only 20minutes proved to be their main
downfall, and although they rallied subsequently, they could never
get the crucial score when it mattered most to reach parity.
The Lisgoold men got off to a dream start when they found the
back of the Reds net inside the first minute of play. A high lobbing
ball into the square was not dealt with by the Castlemartyr rearguard and was fisted to the net by the Lisgoold full forward. The
story could have been worse a minute later when a second goal
seemed likely but MJ Cremin was alert to the task and brought off
a fine save. It was all Lisgoold at this stage and Castlemartyr could
not get a hand on the ball. Wave after wave of attack came at the
Castlemartyr Defence and 5 more points ensued by the 20th
minute, Castlemartyr’s only response being a Maurice Hodnett
free.
There was no way Lisgoold could keep this pace up though, and
between here and half time the Reds, without ever hitting top gear
eased themselves back into contention with four unanswered
points from the boot of Jimmy Smiddy (three from frees), to leave
only a goal between the sides 1-5 to 0-5.
Brian Lawton pointed on the resumption to narrow the gap further,
but MJ Cremin was called on soon after to pull off another spectacular save to keep the Reds in it. Castlemartyr spurned goal
chances of their own also, which could have tilted the game in
their favour but the Lisgoold rearguard were able for the task.
Points from Maurice, Eddie Clifford and a belter from Evan O
Keeffe were the highlights of the second half for the Reds, and yet
another fine Cremin save when he foiled Lisgoold touching over
for a point.
By the 56th minute Brian Lawton reduced the margin to the bare
minimum, and the Reds swarmed forward in search of an equaliser, but try as they might the ball wouldn’t go over the bar and the
Lisgoold men hung on, and deservedly marched on to the semi’s.
TEAM MJ CREMIN,J DEEHAN, R O DONAVAN, B SMIDDY,
B O TUAMA, A BOWENS, B O TUAMA, O SMIDDY, E O
KEEFFE, D MCAULLIFFE(M BOWENS 50MINS), B LAWTON, E CLIFFORD,J SMIDDY, D BOWENS,M HODNETT.
BORD GAIS CASTLEMARTYR GAA CLASSIC A MAJOR
SUCCESS
In what was a busy week for Castlemartyr GAA both on and off
the field, their annual major fundraise was held on Thursday the
21st of May at East Cork Golf Club. Teams’ participation was
slightly up on last year and we would like to thank everyone that
played and sponsored tee boxes also.
RESULTS NON GUI
1st GOLDEN OLDIES- Johnny Morgan, Jim O Rourke, Joe Stack
2nd YOUGHAL GUARDS- Kieran Lynch
3rd THE CHUBBY CHAPPIES Eamon Gonzo Murphy, The
Organiser, Sonny Shanahan
RESULTS GUI
1st BORD GAIS-Frank o Shea, John O Shea, Ger Gleeson
2nd CHARLIES ANGELS-Cha O Neill, Tony Coyne, Amanda
Coyne
3rd KILLEAGH GAA- Ray Rochford, Sean Treacy.
MARATHON
Best of luck to Kevin O Reilly who is taking part in the Cork City
Marathon on Monday next. Luckily for the other runners, he won’t
be wielding his hurl.
The winning team of the Bord Gais Castlemartyr GAA Golf Classic GUI SectionFrank & John O Shea and Ger Gleeson pictured with John Mullins, main sponsor
Bord Gais and Dave Fleming , Chairman of Castlemartyr GAA.
Lisgoold Ladies Football
Under 10’s secure hard fought draw
Under 10 ; Lisgoold 0 - 0
Ballinacurra 0 - 0
Our U10 girls played their second league match on Saturday
23rd May away to Ballinacurra. Once again a great game of
football was displayed by both teams who were very evenly
matched. Our half back line of Aoibhe Savage, Fiona Murphy
and Grace O’Driscoll marked the Ballinacurra forward line
very tightly and prevented them from scoring.
Midfielders Niamh Power and Sinead O’Brien worked very
hard at supplying the forwards with the ball but the
Ballinacurra backs were solid and scores were very hard to
come by. Forwards Ellen Flynn, Alanna Russell and Orla
Fleming tried valiantly to get the elusive scores. Playing
against the wind in the second half the Lisgoold back line were
under tremendous pressure from Ballinacurra.
Captain Sarah Kelleher moved to midfield and both herself and
Sinead O’Brien did trojan work to prevent any scores. Our
goalie, Britney Devine gave a brilliant display and stopped four
chances from the Ballinacurra forwards to ensure that the
scoreline remained nil all at the final whistle. Well done to all
the players.
Team: Britney Devine, Rachel McCann, Sarah Kelleher
(Capt.), Katie O’Mahony, Aoibhe Savage, Fiona Murphy, Grace
O’Driscoll, Niamh Power, Sinead O’Brien, Christine
O’Driscoll, Orla Fleming, Ellen Flynn, Emer Lawlor, Alanna
Russell, Nicole O’Keeffe, Sarah Murphy, Ciara Lawlor.
Lisgoold supporters made the short journey across the county
boundary to Dungarvan in great numbers in support of the
County Senior footballers in their easy win in the first round of
the Munster Senior Football Championship last Sunday, but
also to see our Club heroine Caoilin Hickey proudly wear the
red and white jersey of Cork in "The Primary Game".
Caoilin played a key role in Corks tremendous victory over
Waterford, and everyone in Lisgoold Leamlara Ladies Football
Club proudly salutes the fantastic achievement of Caoilin . We
hope to see many of the young players in the club follow
Caoilin’s footsteps in proudly representing the County in future
years. Finally, congratualtions to all our young players and all
those young girls and boys of the parish who were recipients of
their First Holy Communion recently .
Male singing group requires new members for a social fun
expanding group.
Now enrolling new members .
Rehersals recommencing in September in Midleton.
Call for details 087 6464115
Rugby Star’s mother urges
Lions fans to do their bit for
South African families
The mother of Heineken Cup winning Leinster Captain Leo
Cullen has urged Lions fans travelling to South Africa to take one
day out from their holiday to help build homes for destitute families.
Longstanding volunteer with the Niall Mellon Township Trust,
Paula Cullen said the lives of poverty-stricken locals could be
transformed by the influx of supporters who are following their
team on the Lions tour. She said: "I wish the players all the best
out there and the fans that go to support them too. As a country
it’s a fascinating place. The reality of life there for many people is
shocking. There are millions of people in South Africa living in
shacks, without access to sanitation, electricity and water. With so
many Irish and British fans arriving this month to watch the
games, there’s a chance for them to make a difference. I really
hope some of them do their bit to change things for the better.
Paula spoke out as her son s Leinster teammates Brian O’Driscoll,
Jamie Heaslip, Rob Kearney and Luke Fitzgerald landed in
Johannesburg ahead of the Lions’ campaign. Paula, from Wicklow
has visited South Africa on three occasions as a volunteer for the
Niall Mellon Township Trust. The Irish charity which was founded in 2002 has built more than 11,000 homes for families living in
shacks and is recruiting rugby fans to volunteer to take one day out
to build homes during their trip to South Africa.
Mrs. Cullen added: "The charity urgently needs help to build houses and this is an opportunity for travelling Lions supporters to
meet and work with local people in a township to see how they
live their daily lives and make a difference while on tour. Imagine
coming home from your trip to South Africa knowing that you
were part of a group that helped move a family out of a shack and
into a house? Something that will change these families lives forever."
Niall Mellon Township Trust are looking to recruit hundreds of
supporters to help them build houses for one-day building blitzes
at townships in Pretoria, Johannesburg or Cape Town from 1st
June to 4th July. Director of Operations for the charity, Dominic
Loughran said: "Volunteers will get to experience township life for
one day and see first-hand what life is like for families living in
shacks. These families are living in damp, cramped and cold conditions in winter and unbearable heat during the summer. It would
be truly inspirational if we could get as many of the Lions supporters as possible to participate."
Anyone who is travelling to South Africa and is interested in volunteering for the charity should call Jimmy Fearon on +353 1
4948200.
The Trust will collect volunteers from a central location, provide
them with lunch and bring them back at the end of the day.
Midleton Fitness Centre
Charity Run/Walk in aid of
Irish Guide Dogs
Mary O’Farrell of The Irish Guide
Dogs pictured with Barry Mulcahy &
Tony Connolly of the Midleton Fitness
Centre
Kevin Stack 2nd, Donal Broderick 1st
& Martin Coleman 3rd
Billy O’Sullivan, Donal Broderick &
Edmond O’Sullivan
Claire O’Leary, Vincent Connolly &
Carrie Higgins
Eileen Eaton, Marian Cooney & Mary
Cooney
Oliver Ansboro, Kevin Stack & Martin
Coleman
Tony Connolly, Mary O’Connor, Liam O’Reilly & Niamh O’Connor
Group who took part in the Charity Run/Walk
Midleton Agricultural Society Show
Nora Buckley Castlemartyr best dressed
Albert de Cogan with his champion lady of the show accepts her award from
Hereford at Midleton Show
Maura Keohane Show Secretary
Michael Bryan from Killeagh with the
Elaine Boyce with Charolais Champion Reserve Charolais Champion with
of The Show
Frank Motherway Judge
Phylis Lynch & Jim McCarthy
Barbara Hurley & Eileen McGrath
Albert Ferguson with his Sheeps Robert Forrest with his Reserve
Champion Friesian
Suffolk Champion
Lucy Moloney, Aoife Ryan & Claire Ann Kelleher, Mary Lordon & Mary
Day
Troy stewards at the dog show
Monica McAuliffe & Batt Keohane
Jim Ryall president of Midleton Show
pictured with John Browne Chairman
of The Irish Shows Association
Rickey Barrett with his Champion
Friesian
Amy Nolan & Niamh O’Driscoll
Juliene McLoughlin with Sam German
Shepherd Dog Winner at Midleton Show
Michelle Moloney & Lesley Ryan
Alan , Lucy, Ali, Francis & Bridget Wiggins
Valerie & Mossie Crowley with daughter Sinead
AN TAOISEACH BRIAN COWEN TD WHISTLE-STOP
TOUR OF EAST CORK
Photo Michael Hussey
An Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD with Cllr. Sammy Revins, Mayor of Youghal Olly
Casey, Cllr. Liam Burke, Cllr. Mary Linehan-Foley, Cork County Council
Candidate and Cllr. Sandra McLellan, Cork County Council Candidate
Coffee Morning
An Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD with Cllr. Mary Linehan-Foley, Cork County
Council Candidate
There will be a coffee morning and cake sale held on June 13th at
the home of Declan & Theresa Kearney (Kilva, Midleton) at
10am-12pm in aid of the Udayan Care Orphanage, India. The
money raised will be brought to the Udayan Care Orphanage by
Elaine Kearney and Karl Ryan as they travel there for one month
in August as volunteers. The money will then be invested into educational resources to promote sustainable development.
BALLINACURRA GAA
An Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD is greeted by Mrs. Canavan and her daughter
Catherine
An Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD meets with the Press flanked by Cllr. Mary
Linehan-Foley, Cork County Council Candidate, Eoin Coyne, Cllr. Sammy Revins,
David Daly and Michael Ahern TD.
East Cork GAA Results
Star Homes JHL Division 1: Bride Rovers 2-5 Dungourney 4-13,
Castlemartyr 0-8 CarraignabhFear 1-16. Division 2: Sars 7-17
Midleton 0-4, Dungourney 2-14 Lisgoold 1-12. Division 3:
Lisgoold 0-4 Erin’s Own 1-16, Bride Rovers 0-3 Aghada 2-7,
Castlemartyr 1-7 Watergrasshill 0-12.
CONGRATS: A special word of congratulations to Kevin
O’Brien on his first appearance in the colours of the Rebel County
last week against Waterford in the Munster Junior Football
Championship. This is a great honour for Kevin and his family.
The club is very proud that one of their own is being recognised
at inter county level. We would like to wish Kevin the best of luck
in the next round against Kerry next weekend.
JUNIOR HURLING: The hurlers had a useful run out with a victory against St. Ita’s at the weekend. Training continues on
Mondays & Wednesdays from 6.45pm.
LADIES CLUB: The U12 football team had a very good week
last week with two victories against Inch Rovers and
Watergrasshill. All eyes now on the camogie County quarter final
against Carrigaline on Tuesday evening in Ballinacurra at 6.45pm.
The girls have performed really well in getting this far in just their
second year. Your support would be greatly appreciated. For further details contact Steve Kane on 086-8368600.
JUVENILE CLUB: Ballinacurra Juvenile Club hosted the second of the series of under age mini blitzes last Saturday in
Lisgoold. Teams from Castlelyons, Bride Rovers & Lisgoold took
part on a wonderful sunny afternoon. Our U6 and U8 teams
played well to secure a couple of victories each but the most
important thing is that all the boys from all of the clubs enjoyed
playing in the competition. This a is a fantastic idea by the organisers and great credit should go to all of the mentors and parents
at each of the clubs for organising and supporting these events.
Contact Richie Keohane on 087-2817092 or Eamonn Twomey on
086-8507202 for details of the next round.
CLUB LOTTO: No jackpot winner this week. Nos 9, 16, 20 &
23. Lucky dips to Carmel Harty, Bridie O’Sullivan, Ben Higgins,
Finian Murphy & Noreen Cummins. New jackpot EUR 3,600.
Next weeks draw in O’Meara’s Bar on 04/06/09.
CLUB MERCHANDISE: Replica jerseys, hoodies, polo shirts,
rugby shirts, umbrellas & windbreakers for sale. Please contact
Joyce Sigerson on 086-0838723.
PADDY O’DOHERTY MEMORIAL HURLING FINALS PROVIDE
GREAT ACTION IN CASTLEMARTYR GAA PITCH
The sun shone gloriously on Friday evening last as the curtain came down
on the Paddy O Doherty Memorial Hurling Tournament at Castlemartyr
GAA Grounds.
Held on an annual basis in memory of the club s most dedicated ever servants this under 8 event brought together over 30 players from the Kiltha
Og Club.
Group matches took place throughout the month of May and thus there
was great anticipation as the large gathering assembled to see the stars of
the future in action on finals night.
In the Plate Final, Clare overcame Limerick by 1-2 to 0-2, with Ronan
Hayes contributing all the winners scores whilst Jack McGann hit both
points for Waterford in what was a thrilling half hour of hurling in this
eight-a-side competition.
Delight for Ronan Hayes as her receives the Plate Trophy from Winnie O’Doherty
at the conclsuion of last week’s finals organised by Kiltha Og GAA Club and sponsored by O’Donovan Transport.
The Cork team who were runners up in Paddy O’Doherty Memorial Hurling
Tournament organised by Kiltha Og GAA Club.
The Cup Final served up another close contest. Goals by Peter Fleming,
Eoghan Martin and Niall Morgan proved the decisive scores in
Waterford s 3-0 to 1-0 triumph over Cork, for whom Robert Cahill raised
the green flag.
Both games were of a high standard with honesty of effort, great dedication and some superb hurling skills being displayed by all the players who
deserve warm words of congratulations for their performances over the
last four weeks of the tournament.
Winnie O Doherty, along with her daughter Mairead and grand children
Lucy and Amy were on hand to make the presentations to all teams at the
end of a great night of sporting entertainment. Compliments to supreme
organiser Jim Sweeney (under 8 manager) and his team for co-ordinating
the tournament, to sponsors O Donovan Transport and to match referee
Itsey Hayes for his efficient handling of both finals.
The Kiltha Og Under 8 s who also had a very enjoyable and successful
day at the regional blitz in Rostellan recently will resume training at
Dungourney GAA Pitch on this Friday, June 5 from 7pm to 8pm.
The Limerick team who were proud to display their medals at the conclusion of the
Paddy O’Doherty Memorial Tournament.
Delight for members of the Clare team following their win in the Plate Final in the
O’Doherty Tournament played at Castlemartyr GAA Grounds.
Winnie O’Doherty and Mairead O’Doherty Lynch present the O’Doherty Memorial
Cup to Eoin Flynn and his colleagues on the Waterford team
’Happy Family’ - The Flynn cousins Eoin, Shane and Niall celebrate Cup Final victory in the O’Doherty Memorial Kiltha Og Under 8 Tournament.
Midleton Athletic Club
Juvenille News
Results from Cork County Juvenile Track and Field
Championships 2009
The second round of the county track and field championships
were held in C.I.T on Sunday the 17th of May. Alas the clouds
gathered in the morning and the heavens opened in the afternoon.
Just back from injury, both Leah McEvoy and Cleeva Motherway
threw exceptionally well. Leah won two golds, one for Shot and
one in Javelin. Cleeva attained gold in her first Shot Putt competition.
There were some very exciting middle distance runs, including
Liam Stack, Tara O’Keeffe and Jessica Strain’s race.
Catherine Fitzgerald, in the 200m final, had a fantastic run and was
just pipped for third place.
The girls under 15 relay team finished third which qualifies them,
along with the girls under 16 team, for the All Ireland inter club
relay finals to be held in July.
Well done to all our athletes!
We would also like to wish Blaith n Lynch and Michael Leahy the
very best of luck in the All Ireland Schools Track and Field
Championships in Tullamore on next Saturday 30th May 2009.
Blaith n is competing in the 1500m race and Michael in the
Hammer throw.
Full results are as follows:
Boys Under 11
500m 2nd Liam Stack (1.37.30)
4 x 100m Relay 3rd Liam Stack, John O’Dwyer, Jack Hallahan &
Taran Troy (65.07)
Boys Under 12
700m 3rd Caolan O’Brien (2.18.16)
Shot Putt
2nd Caolan O’Brien (6.68m)
Ball Throw
1st Richard O’Brien (37.49m)
4 x 100m Relay 4th Brandon McEvoy, Seadnaidh Smyth, Jamie
Warrington and James Leahy.
Boys Under 13
Discus 2ND Seadnaidh Smyth (21.97m)
Boys Under 16
Shot Putt 2nd Michael McSweeney (9.73m)
Discus 2nd Michael McSweeney (31.1m)
Boys Under 17
Javelin 3rd Diarmuid Hallahan (21.58m)
800m 2nd Eoin Casey (2.08.92m)
Boys Under 18
Shot Putt 2nd Michael Leahy (11.39m)
Discus 2nd Michael Leahy (29.2m)
Girls Under 10
Ball Throw
3rd Kari McEvoy(20.77m)
Girls Under 11
500m 2nd Tara O’Keeffe( 1.41.19), 4th Jessica Strain
Girls Under 13
Shot Putt
1st Leah McEvoy (9.08m)
Javelin 1st Leah McEvoy (17.15m)
Long Jump
4th Sally Hughes
700m 4th Caoilinn Hickey
Girls Under 14
Javelin 1st Aideen Hallahan( 14.94m), 2nd Zoe McEvoy
(14.82m), 3rd Elaine Leahy( 14.32m)
Hammer 1st Zoe McEvoy( 23.12m), 3rd Aideen Hallahan (20.63m)
800m 2nd Cara O’Brien (2.43.40)
High Jump
4th Cara O’Brien
Girls Under 15
200m 4th Catherine Fitzgerald
4 x 100m Relay 3rd Kelly McCann, Hayleigh McCarthy,
Catherine Fitzgerald & Cara O’Brien (56.72)
Girls Under 16
800m 2nd Blaith n Lynch (2.27.74)
Girls Under 18
Hammer 1st Alva Motherway (21.08m), 2nd Jean McSweeney
(17.87m
Billy O Brien get set!
Caroline Leahy in the rain
Midleton Lad selected to
represent Ireland at a
European Championships showjumping!
The team to represent Ireland at
the European Championships for
Children on Horses at Moorsele,
Belgium on July 24th to 26th has
been announced; The team is;
European Championships for
Children on Horses in Moorsele,
Belgium The combinations
selected to go to represent
Ireland at the European
Championships for Children on
Horses in Moorsele, from the Simon McCarthy from Walshtown
Beg near Lisgoold
24th to the 26th of July are:
Kelly Taggart, Co. Antrim, with Beach Ball, Anna Duff, Co.
Dublin, with Colette B Simon McCarthy, Co. Cork, with Lisboys
Star Eoin McMahon, Co. Clare, with Castlequarter Lanza, Oisin
Murphy, Co. Cork, with Sunny Boy K
Road to selection:
Earlier this year a number of training days were arranged around
the country under the watchful eye of Ian Fearon, National High
Performance Trainer. These culminated in a special training event
at Kill International Equestrian Centre, in
Kildare. Following this, prospective competitors came to Louth
County Show where they jumped 1.20 meter classes as part of a
"viewing" event. This was then followed by the riders competing
in 1.20M and 1.30 M Grand Prix competitions at Cavan Equestrian
Centre earlier this month.
On the week-end of May 15 -17th a short list of riders and horses
headed for Barnadown Equestrian Centre, Gorey, Co. Wexford,
where they jumped a competitive selection process to mirror the
European Championships; 1 round speed class Friday, Nations
Cup style 2 round class Saturday and finally a Grand Prix style
class on Sunday. Competition was intense with combinations
vying for the five places on offer. After 5 rounds of competition the
team above was named.
Road to Moorsele:
From here the team will hold several closed training events, travel
to several competitive shows, possibly in the UK as well as at
home, before traveling to Belgium to take on the other European
countries in what promises to be a very enjoyable and experiencing building event.
In 2007 the Irish team of Jack Dodd, Jordan Coyle, Michael Duffy
and Jack Doyle Jnr., traveled to the same championships, at
Istanbul, Turkey, and came home with Silver medals. Let’s hope
this year’s team can go one better!
Baile na Corra Club News
Junior Hurling:
The hurlers had a couple of good wins in the last week away to
Cobh and at home to Killeagh. In the Cobh match on the
Monday we played against the wind in the first half and managed to contain the Cobh attacks comfortably enough with only
a point in it at the break. In the second half we began to assert
our authority on the game and eventually went into the lead.
Despite Cobh putting it up to us for periods in the second half
we ran out eventual winners on a scoreline of 1-14 to 0-15 to
take the spoils. Damian Daly in particular had an excellent game
scoring 1-09 but he was ably assisted by Trevor Costigan and
Brian Sigerson.
We played Killeagh on Friday evening in another league game.
This too was a tight game with some good passages of play from
both sides throughout. It was tit-for-tat in the first half and again
there was just a point in at the short whistle.
With the winds at our backs in the second half we started to get
the ball in more quickly to the forwards and they duly responded with some well taken scores. Noddy O’Brien was the main
thorn in the side for Killeagh notching 2-02.
Trevor Costigan again got through mountains of work in the
midfield and when Killeagh put it up to the backs in the latter
part of the game they stood firm with Mark O’Sullivan saving
well to prevent a green flag before the end. Final scoreline 2-13
to 2-09.
Next league game up at home to Carrigtwohill on Saturday 30th
time TBC. Training this week on Monday & Wednesday from
6.45pm.
Ladies GAA Club:
CONGRATS to the U12 camogie team who had a fantastic week
this week qualifying for their first ever County quarter final.
They have managed to go unbeaten throughout their campaign
in East Cork securing six wins and a draw to date. They played
Cobh on Wednesday night in a tough encounter but managed to
secure the win by the narrowest of margins and on Sunday last
played out a draw in a thriller with Carrigtwohill.
The game was a credit to both teams who served up great entertainment throughout in a ding-dong battle. Chloe Sigerson score
a point with virtually the last puck of the game to secure the
draw that was probably a fair result in the end. The girls playing
in the green and white of Ballinacurra should feel proud of their
efforts to date.
Next game up this week is an U12 football match away to Inch
Rovers on Tuesday 26th. For further details contact Steve Kane
on 086-8368600.
Juvenile Club:
There is an U8 hurling blitz at the field on the Geragh Rd next
Saturday 30th May starting at 2pm. Teams from Castlelyons,
Lisgoold and Bride Rovers will be taking part. Come and support the Ballinacurra boys on what hopefully will be a sunny
bank holiday Saturday afternoon. Further details from Richie
Keohane on 087-2817092.
Club Lotto:
No jackpot winner w/e 21/05/09. Numbers 3,7, 11 & 19. New
jackpot EUR3,400. EUR40 lucky dips to Pat O’Meara,
Ross/Ben/Jess/Jack, M. Bailey, Tony Horgan & Joan O’Meara.
Next week’s draw in Jacko’s Bar on 28th May. Further details
from Joyce Sigerson on 086-0838723. Results are also published
weekly
on
the
club
website
http://www.ballinacurragaa.net/
Club Merchandise:
Hurleys, replica shirts, windbreakers, umbrellas & hoodies for
sale. Contact Steve Kane or Joyce Sigerson. See contact numbers above
Russell Rovers GAA
www.russellroversgaa.com
Russell Rovers 2-7 Lisgoold 0-2
Three weeks ago Rovers got out of jail with an equalising point in
the dying seconds of the game but this time we made no mistake
when we had 11 points to spare over Lisgoold in the replay of the
first round of the East Cork Junior B football championship,
played in Shanagarry last Wednesday evening.
The opening exchanges were tough and uncompromising resulting
in a dour struggle for supremacy with neither side giving an inch.
While both sides created a number of scoring chances, they could
only muster a point apiece in this half, partly due to wayward
shooting but also due to very tight marking by both sets of backs.
Daniel Moynihan opened our account in the first minute following
which neither side managed to register another score until
Lisgoold equalised in the 31st minute.
After the interval Rovers took control of the game and began to
play the type of football we know they are capable of. Scoringwise, this half belonged to the Hartnett brothers who notched up 26 between them, Barry 1-4 and Brian 1-2. The first goal came in
the 15th minute when a mistake in the Lisgoold defence saw the
ball run loose and Brian Hartnett was in like a flash to boot it into
the left corner of the net. Four minutes later Paudie Higgins who
worked hard throughout the game, set up Barry Hartnett with a
sublime pass and he made no mistake from about 12 metres out to
put daylight between the sides. Barry followed up with two sweetly struck points before Lisgoold got their only score of this half, a
point in the 30th minute. Our settled defence played well as a unit
and mopped up everything that came their way while Colin
Crowley and John Paul Ivers worked their socks at midfield with
Colin’s majestic fielding a notable feature of the evening. Also,
Tadgh Crowley and particularly Mikie Walsh made telling contributions when introduced as subs. As in our previous game, all of
Rovers scores came from open play. All in all, this was a good
week’s work with the East Cork County B title captured the previous Sunday - well done to all concerned.
Team: Eoin Ivers; Seamus Kearney, Derek Crowley, Brian
Crowley; John Ahern, Anthony Archer (Capt), Anthony Walsh;
Colin Crowley, John Paul Ivers; Barry Hartnett, Padraig Higgins,
Daniel Moynihan; James Furlong, Joe Walsh, Brian Hartnett.
Subs: Tadgh Crowley, Mikie Walsh, John Burke, Brendan
Kearney, Jonathan Walsh, Seamus Cronin, Chris Scanlon.
Fixtures:
JHL Div 3: Russell Rovers v. Carrigtwohill in Shanagarry 28/5/09
at 7.30 pm
JHC 1st Round: Russell Rovers v. St Itas in Castlemartyr 19/6/09
at 7.30 pm
Thousandaire Show
All roads lead to Garryvoe Hotel next Sunday night for the "Who
wants to be a Thousandaire" show. A great night’s entertainment,
fun and craic is guaranteed as well as the chance of winning up to
1000 if your ticket is drawn out so make sure you have your tickets got in time and please be there early as the show commences at
8 pm. Tickets are 10 each or two for 15 and can be had from
any of the following:
Tim Cummins: 0872786964, Pat Higgins: 0863374885, John
Hartnett: 0872349873,
David Walsh: 0872678784, Red Walsh: 0878100006 or Sheena
Cronin: 0863969952.
Car Boot Sale:
Our second Car Boot Sale of the year takes place in the club
grounds on Bank Holiday Monday, 1st June with bargains galore
on display.
Votes of Sympathy:
At a meeting of the above club votes of sympathy were passed to
the following: O’Neill family, Sleaveen, Doolan and O’Brien families, Ballymaloe and Paul family, Ballycotton on their recent sad
losses. May the souls of the deceased rest in peace.
Official Opening of
Extension to Midleton
CBS School
Students attending the official opening
Minister Batt O’Keeffe being welcomed by Denis Ring Principal and included is
Tom & Derek Weldon
Batt O’Keeffe cutting the tape
MIDLETON FOOD & DRINK
FESTIVAL
A feast of food and fun for all!
Midleton Food & Drink Festival 2009 will take place in the East
Cork town on Saturday, 12th September and it will be a fantastic
feast of food and fun for all.
Buy a ticket for a chance to win one of six fantastic hotel breaks
or one of six fabulous fun prizes! Tickets on sale in a number of
locations, including the Farmgate Restaurant, Wallis Bar, Denbar
Jewellers and Midleton Books. Funds from the raffle will be used
to run this year’s festival.
The focus of the Midleton Food & Drink Festival is to showcase
the best of local quality Irish-made artisan food and drinks products and to promote these to the public.
With over 50 food and drinks stalls on the streets, farmers’ market,
celebrity cookery demonstrations, a wine talk & tasting, waiters’
race, street music and entertainment, the festival promises fun and
excitement for all the family. Put the date in your diary - Saturday
12th September 2009!
The festival committee is looking for volunteers. Volunteering is a
great way to get involved in your local community and help organise Midleton’s most exciting annual festival. It will allow you to
meet new people, use and develop your skills and have lots of fun
along the way!
Opportunities for volunteers may include welcoming stallholders,
promotions and marketing, sourcing music and street artists, coordinating the waiters’ race or stewarding on the day. If you are
interested in becoming a volunteer, please call Sheila on 086
3596514 or see our festival website on midletonfoodfestival.ie
Fr. Coleman O’Donovan blessing the premises
Minister Batt O’Keeffe pictured with guests
Pictured are Darina Allen, Ballymaloe Cookery School with
Sheila Byrne and Seamus Cunningham of Midleton Food &
Drinks Festival, at the launch of the festival fund-raising Raffle.
Motoring With Ger Leahy
Imokilly Motor Club Grass surface
Autocross Event Preview
Round 2 of our motorsport calendar kicks off again on June 13th
and 14th next when we host a round of the National Autocross
Championship. The venue for this will once again be held near
Ballymacoda village. Following on from the success of this event
last year, a very good entry is envisaged once again when both the
specials and the rally cars will be battling it out for supremacy over
the two days. Plans for the event are already at an advanced stage
with all the relevant officials in place led by C.O.C Jamie
McCarthy. The event will kick off on the Saturday with scrutiny
at 1pm followed by practice at 1.30pm and the first time run scheduled for 2.00pm. On Sunday scrutiny will be at the earlier time of
12 noon with practice at 12.30pm and the first of the time runs
scheduled for 1pm. We would encourage and welcome as many
competitors as possible who hold the relevant competition license
to start working on your cars now and be ready to head to
Ballymac on what promises to be a very enjoyable weekend of
motorsport on a challenging grass surface. Clear blue skies and
blazing sunshine were the order of the day last year and we hope
for the same this time around. Regulations can now be downloaded on our brand new website www.imokillymotorclub.com or
by contacting Jamie on 086/3752543 or entries secretary Derek
Power on 087/8128195.
IRISH IN TOP THREE OF THE
MOANING LEAGUE…
It s official, the Irish have been named among the top moaners in
Europe only the Brits moan more than us.
Irish people spend on average 9 hours 28 minutes moaning each
week that is more than 20 days in any given year. The average
Irish person whines about something four times a day, for almost
22 minutes each time.Bad weather topped their list of daily groans,
followed by feeling tired. Traffic and our daily workload took the
third and fourth place in the gripe charts.
Irish people generally have a reputation for being happy-go-lucky,
but this Europe-wide survey put Ireland in second place in terms
of the top moaning countries.With it raining here on average every
second day, it is no wonder that bad weather came out top of the
list of moans .
The European-wide research revealed that those living in France
moan for just five hours and 46 minutes a week, with the traffic
and expensive train service the most popular subjects to complain
about.The Germans came third, whinging about the busy roads for
an average of almost five and a half hours a week.
And while 61 per cent of Irish people complain because they really are annoyed, 11 per cent admitted they do it simply because they
enjoy it. One in three even admitted to moaning about something
just to get a conversation started. Just under 70 per cent also reckon they whine more than normal if the weather is bad.
Although there are other countries in Europe with similar weather
to Ireland and the UK, it seems it affects the Irish and the Brits the
most .
A majority of both men and women agree that women are more
likely to moan than men (59 percent).
On the basis of our position in the moaning charts, it looks like
Joe Duffy s programme will be in business for a long time to
come
, concluded Uniroyal Tyres.
Motorsport News
Ireland is back at the fore front of motorsport with Adam Carroll
winning the A1 Gp series for Ireland.
In rallying Keith Cronin from Bantry with his Limerick co driver
Greg Shinnors have won the first two rounds of the British Rally
Championship and were second the last day out after loosing time
with a puncture early on.The last time an Irish man won the British
rally Championship was in 1974 when the ledgendary Billy
Coleman was at the height of his career.
The local motor club the Imokilly Motor Club are now on line and
one can get all the information at www.imokillymotorclub.com
Since our last column One of Irelands biggest rallys have come
and gone that of course was the Rally of the Lakes for many it was
about The Geenie and Gareth MacHale who both crashed and the
eventual winner Tim McNulty it was a great event and for the local
club a few of their members were right on the pace.
William Walsh / Ed O Neill in the Corolla Twincam were right on
the pace from the word go and were worthy class winners and a
fantastic 7th overall on the National section of the event .Colm
Forde and Jonathon Trill 29th Overall and Peadar Walsh 6 th
Overall, 1st in Class. (Historic Rally)
However the East Cork sensations of the year are Midleton crew
Daragh O Riordan / Sean McCarthy in the Super 1600 Renault
Clio.Daragh is now a fine driver and putting the nimble 1600 car
regularly into the top ten on this years rounds of the Tarmac
Championship.The boys even though only half ways through the
championship have 4 class wins from 4 starts and have the class
win in the Tarmac Championship secured.Its great to see some
crews from East Cork getting good results.
GERMAN MAN BLOWS THOUSANDS ON
TEST DRIVE
A German man has lost around £20,000 in cash after the money
blew out of an Audi A3 Cabriolet he was test driving.The man,
who has not been named, arrived at an Audi dealer near Hannover
with his money ready to buy the car. But he decided to take one
last test drive, leaving the envelope containing it on the back
seat.German police were forced to close the autobahn after the
man’s money scattered everywhere. Locals are now being warned
not to go scavenging on the road, after just £2500 of the total was
recovered in the subsequent search.To make matters worse for the
unfortunate German man, police are considering charging him for
their time and the inconvenience. He didn’t buy his new Audi,
either.
COULD DRIVE U CAR AT 100!!!!
A 99-year-old motorist who has never taken a test and never had
an accident has been told he can drive for three more
years.Norman Dyson has been driving for 70 years and used to
drive heavy goods vehicles for the Royal Army Service Corps during the Second World War.There is no legal duty for drivers to take
a retest or medical after the age of 70, but every three years they
have to declare any medical condition that may affect their ability
to drive to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.Mr Dyson,
from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, was given the all clear and is
planning a motoring holiday in Lancashire to celebrate
Motoring With Ger Leahy
FORD MARKS 10 YEARS OF FOCUS WITH
ULTRA-LOW CO2 SPECIAL EDITION
New Diesel Entrant in Lowest Tax Band Brings in Savings
Celebrating 10 years of unprecedented success in Ireland, with
sales of almost 90,000 units, Ford s Focus is now being introduced
in an ultra-low CO2 version to take advantage of the tax savings
for low-emission cars. The new 5-door Focus Style Special
Edition features air conditioning, 16 alloy wheels and front fogs,
all for just 20,715*.
The Ford Focus has been Ireland s best-selling car for eight of the
past ten years, clocking up total sales of 89,566. Twice voted
Semperit Irish Car of the Year by the Irish Motoring Writers
Association, and a former European Car of the Year, its unique
blend of driveability, practicality, dependability, low cost of ownership and style has seen it attract an extraordinarily wide range of
customers.
From young motorsports fans to families to empty nesters, the
Focus customer base has always been a broad church. It s that
very breadth of appeal that has made it a perennial favourite
among Irish motorists.
If placed bumper to bumper, the Focus cars sold to date in the
country would stretch from Dublin to Limerick and back.
The new Focus Style Special Edition is powered by a 1.6 diesel
Duratorq powertrain delivering 90PS and generating only
118g/km of CO2. Correspondingly, fuel economy is outstanding
at just 4.5l/100km.
By managing to bring this car inside the lowest VRT band, Ford
engineers have delivered an effective saving of over 2,000 on the
previous equivalent model, . Road tax is reduced to just 104 per
year.
In real terms, the entry level 5-door Focus back in 1999 cost over
24,000 in today s money, and lacked standard features of the
Special Edition such as ESP, ABS, four additional airbags, collaps-
ing pedal box, air conditioning, CD stereo with auxiliary input,
front fogs, quick clear windscreen, alloy wheels, colour coded
bumpers and mirrors and central locking.
ARE WE THERE YET? - STUDY REVEALS FORMULA FOR GREAT DAY OUT
Parents wanting a stress-free day out with the kids should leave
home at 8.37am and travel no more than 83 km these are the
findings of a recent expert study into what makes a great day
out . Researchers found the ideal day out will also require around
six and a half hours at the beach or the zoo with the children taking part in at least three different activities.The temperature during
the day should be a balmy 20”C and a party of two adults and two
children around the age of eight will also ensure the day is enjoyable.It also emerged that the family will spend 6.10 on souvenirs
such as a novelty pen, t-shirt or cuddly toy and should return home
at 5.50pm.
In Ireland, we embark on millions of family days out a year and
spend millions in the process so it makes sense to consider how to
make a success of every trip we plan. In trying to have the best
time possible the choices we make about what time to leave, the
stops we make and the activities at our destination will all influence the outcome of the day.
One ice-cream each for the children and a total cost of no more
than 65 as well as a total time for snack breaks of 47 minutes
completed the criteria.
More than four in ten (41 per cent) said the ideal car for a great day
out would be a family hatchback, with nearly half (47 per cent)
favouring pop music as their in-car sounds.
Fruit pastilles were hailed as the ideal treat for the journey, followed by mints and hard-boiled sweets.
The majority (56 per cent) of respondents opted for taking snacks
to munch on and bought other food at their destination while a
third (32 per cent) packed everything they would eat and drink for
the day. On average families have six days out together every year
and children quiz parents with: Are we there yet?’ after just 28
minutes of being in the car.
William Walsh Ed O Neill class winners in the Corolla lifting a wheel on Molls
Gap the most famous rally corner in Ireland 2009 Rally of the Lakes
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Fully Insured, Fully Qualified - MOB 087 766 5387
Phone Helen on 0862499016
or email: [email protected]
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
Acupuncture & Chinese Herbs
Treats the following: Anxiety, Insomnia, Back pain, Sciatica, Menstrual problems, Menopause symptoms, P.M.T., Digestive disorders, Arthritis, Asthma, Colds, Sports Injuries, Stress, Mild Depression,
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Treatments are approved by VHI and BUPA. Registered Member of the T.C.M.C.I.
Practitioner: Louise Lang Dip. Ac., Lic Ac China. Ki Healing Centre, 70 St. Mary s Road, Midleton - By appointment only

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