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Kilmurry GAA Newsletter
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Vol. 1 No. 1 — May 2014 www.cillmhuiregaa.com
Club Membership 2014
Adults: €40
Juveniles: €20
Membership must be paid by 1 April 2014 by both adult & juve-nile members. Club Membership
Officer is Sean Murray: 087-2921144. Club Treasurer is
Teddy Hartnett: 087-2776630. Juvenile Membership for players up the age of 16 will be collected
by Tim Irwin: 087-6220800
Membership must be paid be-fore playing!
Welcome to the inaugural Kilmurry GAA Newsletter!
Alan Buckley Memorial Cic Fada
The 2nd Annual Alan Buckley Memorial Cic Fada was held on Sunday 26th January and despite some inclement weather conditions, a good crowd was in attendance with 15 teams taking part.
Some great and not so great examples of kicking was on display and all groups battled their way back to Kilmurry Village. Over €500 was raised for Cork Penny Dinners on the day and great fun
was had by all who participated.
Kilmurry players with Muskerry U21s
Muskerry U21’s commenced the season in the Duhallow Invi-tational U21 Championship seeking to retain the crown won last year. They defeated East Kerry in the opening game by
three points in a windswept Rathmore just prior to Christmas where a save by Jason McDonnell in the dying minutes kept
Muskerry ahead for victory. Clonakilty were their next opponents in the quarter final where Padraig Berhanu contributed 2-4, Muskerry were defeated by
the bare minimum on a scoreline of Clonakilty 2-10 Muskerry 2-09.
Well done to Jason McDonnell, Jonathan Buckley and Padraig Berhanu who represented Kilmurry admirably in this competi-
tion
Storm Damage
Unfortunately, our facilities did not es-cape the brunt of the recent storms in February. The netting and support
poles behind the lower goal succumbed to the extreme wind. A lot of work will
be needed to repair the damage before the summer months.
Kilmurry Represented on Schools Teams
DLS Macroom
Congratulations to Daniel Cahalane, Joe Ryan, Marco Healy, Padraig Hin-
chion, Michael John Grainger and James Berhanu who were all involved in DLS Macroom’s campaign in the
Corn Ui Mhuiri this year where they made the final against Pobail Scoil Cor-
ca Dhubhine in Fitzgerald’s Stadium, Killarney. Unfortunately, the lads came up short on the day as the Gaeltacht
boys secured the crown for the third year in a row, beating DLS Macroom in
the final for the second time in three years.
Colaiste Choilm Ballincollig
Congratulations also to Sean Curzon on
his involvement with Colaiste Choilm in their Simcox cup success over DLS Macroom and also in their Corn an
Uachtaran victory over Hamilton High School, Bandon. They defeated Holy
Rosary College, Mountbellow in the semi final and overcame Scoil Aodain,
Glasnevinin the final played in Croke Park and also broadcast live on TG4.
New Cork Ladies Senior Football Selector
Congratulations to our own Pat O’Leary on his recent ap-pointment as a new Cork Ladies Senior Football Selector for 2014. Pat was chosen as the representative from the
current Cork County Senior Ladies Champions St. Vals.
Breige Corkery of St. Vals will also be the senior ladies captain for 2014.
Scrap Metal Collection
Kilmurry GAA held a scrap metal collection on Saturday 12th and Saturday 19th April in the GAA grounds in Kilmurry. It was a perfect opportunity to kick start your
spring clean! A large quantity of metal was collected and contributed to our club’s ongoing fundraising efforts.
Gum Shields for All Players
Since 1 Jan 2014, all players are required to wear a gum
shield while playing and training in Gaelic football. Unfor-tunately players cannot play without a gum shield from now on.
Kilmurry GAA medal presentation
Kilmurry GAA Club held their medal presentation recent-
ly, there was a good turn out and all present were enthu-siastic for the season to come. The medal presentation took place in Mai Fitz’s on Friday 31st January and the
successful U16, Minor and Junior A teams were presented with their medals on the night. A special presentation was
also made to Kevin Barrett on his involvement with the
Cork Junior team that were All Ireland winners in 2013.
Kilmurry GAA
Newsletter
The Newsletter will contin-ue to be issued via e-mail
and social media. Physical copies will also be available around Kilmurry & Crooks-
town.
Anyone who wishes to sub-
scribe to the Newsletter may e-mail their details to:
[email protected] We welcome suggestions
from our members regard-ing the Newsletter and
please contact us with same to the above e-mail
address.
NEXT ISSUE
Next issue of the Kilmurry
GAA Newsletter will be on 8th August 2014
In the interim please keep
an eye on the website, Fa-cebook & Twitter pages for
news & updates!
Kilmurry players in
Action with Muskerry
Congratulations to Kevin Barrett who was full back
for Muskerry seniors in championship action when
they defeated UCC.
Junior A Championship Fixture
Our Junior A side will begin their championship cam-
paign when they face Macroom on Saturday 10th
May in Annahalla at
7.30pm.
Best of Luck to all involved!
Kilmurry Junior A Team
Our Junior A team returned to action under the stewardship of Chris
Hannon in early February and faced near neighbours Canovee in the opening round of the Muskerry Cup competition played under lights
in Cloughduv. The game was hard fought with both sides keen for an early season victory. Faced with a strong Canovee side who are just returning to the Junior grade having spent the previous few
seasons competing at Intermediate level, our lads had to give way on a score-line of Kilmurry 2-6 Canovee 1-15.
Our Junior side began their league campaign against Blarney also under lights in Cloughduv and fared better on this occasion putting in a commanding display to comfortably take the league points on
offer. The final score of Kilmurry 0-15 Blarney 1-1 reflecting the dominance over the over. The league campaign continued when
they faced Ballincollig in Ballincollig and faced with a formidable Ballincollig outfit, our lads had to give way despite playing some
good football in difficult conditions. The second outing in the Divi-sion 1 league was met with defeat when facing a strong Ballincollig side. Played in poor weather conditions, Ballincollig won out on a
score-line of Ballincollig 3-6 Kilmurry 0-7. The third game in the Division 1 league saw Iveleary visit Kilmurry and they came away
with the spoils following a last minute penalty after a good hours football with the final score reading Kilmurry 0-10 Iveleary 1-9 Our Junior B team opened their league campaign with a win at
home to Naomh Aban in an entertaining hours football played in mild conditions in early April. The final score on this occasion was
Kilmurry 1-10 Naomh Aban 2-5. Our U21 saw commenced their campaign in early February, howev-er the inclement weather at the time saw a number of games can-
celled each weak. They played 2 games in the U21 league, losing out to Traoloch MacSuibhnes on their first outing then defeating
Aghinagh in their second game. The third fixture against Cill Na Martra was not played. In championship, we were graded in the B competition and were drawn to play Aghbullogue in Ovens. The
game was a fast open game of football played in perfect conditions. Kilmurry started well with Joe Ryan kicking some super points from
play and from frees. Sean O’Sullivan secured the opening major for Kilmurry in the first half following a great move involving Padraig Berhanu, Joe Ryan and Paudie O’Connell. Daniel Cahalane was in
superb form in defense curtailing Aghbullogue’s Cork U21 to points from frees. Padraig Berhanu secured Kilmurry’s second goal in the
second half however Aghbullogue ran out winners by the bare mini-mum on a scoreline of 2-13 to 2-12. Team: Jason McDonnell, Pa-draig Hinchion, Daniel Cahalane, Peter Kelleher, Luke McCarthy,
Marco Healy, Michael John Grainger, Jonathan Buckley, James Ber-hanu, Patrick Grainger, Padraig Berhanu, Sean Curzon, Sean O’Sul-
livan, Joe Ryan, Paudie O’Connell. Subs: Oisin McSwiney, James Dullea. The team was short a number of players due to long term injuries this year and all players involved in the championship game
versus Aghbullogue will be underage again next season as well hav-ing a number of players to return from injury can give optimism to
this group for 2015.
Club Membership 2014
Adults: €40
Juveniles: €20 Membership must be paid
by 1 March 2014 by both adult & juvenile members. Club Membership Officer is
Sean Murray: 087-2921144
Club Treasurer is Teddy Hartnett: 087-
2776630
Juvenile Membership for
players up the age of 16 will be collected by
Tim Irwin: 087-6220800
Did You Know?
Our U16 side are operating in the Premier 2 grade this
year. The Premier 2 Grade is run by the Central board of RebelOg whereas in gen-
eral our other underage sides would come under the
remit of the Eastern Section of RebelOg in the A & B
grades.
Kilmurry Underage Section
Underage The U 14 team took part in the Feile competition on Saturday March
22nd last. They faced Aghinagh, Boherboy and Kilnamartyra. The
opening game against Aghinagh was a close encounter and was to
be decisive in the overall outcome of the day. Kilmurry and Agh-
inagh scored 0-6 and 1-3 respectively resulting the game ending in
a draw. In the second game Kilmurry had a comprehensive victory
over Boherboy with the final score 5-6 to 1-0. The final game
against Kilnamartyra was also a good game for Kilmurry and ended
in their favour on a scoreline of 2-5 to 1-3. Kilmurry hoped they had
done enough to progress but unfortunately they found themselves
on the same points as Aghinagh who also had won two games in
addition to their draw against Kilmurry. With only one team pro-
gressing it all came down to points and Aghinagh had conceded less
than Kilmurry over the three games hence Aghinagh progressed.
Despite the disappointment Kilmurry can take solace in their excel-
lent performances over the day. The U15’s have played one game,
defeating Sliabh Rua in the Eastern League while the U16 side had
a good victory over Bantry in the Premier 2 league but were defeat-
ed by Eire Og. Kilmurry U12s had a good victory over Donoughmore
in the Rebel Og league played in Donoughmore. The wind proved to
be a decisive factor in what was very much a game of two halves.
The game ended 4-5 to 1-7.
Minor
Kilmurry minors have commenced their league campaign on a los-ing note following defeats to Glenville and Macroom respectively.
The team was short of a number of key players for both games and would hope to have all players available for their upcoming league
games. This group will take a break shortly to allow the players to focus on their upcoming exam obligations and recommence in June.
Kilmurry Minor vs Macroom
Upcoming Fixtures
Junior A Championship:
Kilmurry vs Macroom in
Annahalla May 10th @ 7.30pm
Mid Cork Div. 1 League :
Kilmurry vs Clondrohid in
Clondrohid May 17th @ 7pm
Kilmurry vs Canovee in
Kilmurry May 23rd @
7.30pm
Mid Cork Div. 2 League :
Kilmurry vs Donoughmore in Donoughmore May 14th
@ 7.30pm
Kilmurry vs Aghbullogue in
Coachford May 19th @ 8pm
Kilmurry vs Iveleary in Inchigeela May 25th @
3pm
R. Óg East U12 League:
Kilmurry vs Aghinagh in Kilmurry May 2nd @
7pm
R. Óg East U15 League:
Kilmurry vs Blarney in
Blarney May 4th @ 11.30am
R. Óg East U11 League:
Kilmurry vs Cill Na Martra
in Kilmurry May 24th @ 12 Noon
(Please check locally for
all fixtures as they are subject to change)
Kilmurry Underage Section
Easter Camp
Kilmurry GAA underage held an Easter Camp on Saturday 26th April in the Club grounds. Cork Senior Footballer Brian Hurley was
the guest player at Kilmurry Easter Camp. He spent a lot of time talking to players about the importance of attitude, diet and
stretching. He explained to players about his own attitude and de-termination to make it onto the Cork Senior panel. It helped them to realise that while talent is important the right attitude is vital as
well. In terms of diet he stressed the need to eat well and avoid the usual junk foods that young players may be attracted to. He said
healthy eating was a habit and the younger you started it the easi-er it was to get into it. Finally Brian talked about injuries and how stretching can help players to avoid unnecessary injury. He showed
player some new stretches and got them to practice before taking questions on a range of topics. Brian also spoke to younger players
and again stressed the need for practice and learning the basics properly. Before leaving Brian posed for photos and chatted to club members.
Our U6,8 & 12 teams have resumed training in preparation for up-coming games as part of the various RebelOg competitions. Good
numbers were present in all age groups with over 40 young players turning out for the U6 team.
Kilmurry GAA
Newsletter
For those who do not use social media, the Kilmurry
GAA Newsletter is now avail-able on the Club website: www.cillmhuiregaa.com
The Newsletter can be found be clicking on the ‘News’
section on the Club website and accessed there.
The Newsletter will continue to be issued via e-mail and
social media. Physical copies will also be available around
Kilmurry & Crookstown.
Anyone who wishes to sub-scribe to the Newsletter may
e-mail their details to:
We welcome suggestions from our members regarding
the Newsletter and please
contact us with same to the above e-mail address.
NEXT ISSUE
Next issue of the Kilmurry GAA Newsletter will be on
8th August 2014
In the interim please keep an eye on the website, Face-
book & Twitter pages for
news & updates!
Michael Linehan
PRO Kilmurry GAA
Kilmurry GAA on Social Media
Kilmurry GAA is now quite active on both Facebook (www.facebook.com/KilmurryGAA) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/KilmurryGAA). We currently have over 1,00 followers on Twitter as
well as over 330 likes on Facebook
Kilmurry GAA will be posting fixture updates, pictures, match scores, etc. on our social media so keep up-to-date and follow us!
We hope to reach over 1,50 followers on Twitter and 500 likes on Fa-cebook by the end of 2014 so please follow us & spread the word!!!
Muskerry GAA Sports Star Awards
The new initiative aims to promote Muskerry GAA and highlight out-standing performances across all GAA activities. There will be a monthly winner chosen between March-October and an overall win-
ner selected at a special Gala Dinner in December. A Team of the Year will also be announced for Junior hurling and football at the
end of the year function. A committee has been set-up and is being chaired by Mr John Feeney from the Dripsey club. "Already there has been a terrific reaction to
the New Awards Ceremony and everyone is really excited by the idea. The Muskerry Division has so many talented sportspeople
across all our games and it is only right that we acknowledge their efforts," said Mr Feeney. The individual award winners can be chosen from Football, Hurling,
Camogie and Ladies Football. Nominations for each month will be brought forward by a number of media reporters who will closely
monitor the games. The monthly award winner will receive a person-alized invitation and can invite 10 family/ friends to attend a function at the Auld Triangle.
The Auld Triangle Bar and Restaurant has a long association with teams from the Muskerry Division and was only too delighted to get
involved according to proprietor Mr Michael O’Riordan. "The New Awards initiate is a fantastic idea and will be an outstanding suc-
cess. There are so many talented players from this division and we are really thrilled to be part of this initiative ," added Mr O’Riordan. The Muskerry division boasts a rich history in Gaelic Games with over
21 clubs. Players from the division have represented Cork at all levels including ladies Gaelic football. The new awards ceremony is sure to
create plenty of debates among the clubs while the selection of Teams-of -the-Year in both hurling and football will be eagerly antici-pated.
Sean Kiely was the inaugural winner of this award following his sterling per-
formances for Cork U21’s in their quest to retain Munster honours as well as
playing a key role in his club, Ballincollig retaining the Mid Cork U21 A Foot-
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