Newsletter-14-08-2014

Erins Own NewsletterAugust 2014hTHE LATEST CLUB LOTTONUMBERS WERE DRAWN ONWEDNESDAY 13/08/2014,THE NUMBERS DRAWN WERE10, 12, 18, 20, THERE WASNO WINNER OF THIS WEEK’SJACKPOT OF €5380, €30WINNERS WERE, MARGARETFOLEY, CATHERINE BUCKLEY &TOM COLLINS, NEXT WEEK’SJACKPOT IS €5510,Main Sponsors Michael O Connor Motor FactorsMotorFactor’sMMgggMmmMotorFastorsFactorshttp://www.goldenpages.ie/michael-o-connor-motor-factors-ltd-corkcity/1/Factorshttp://www.goldenpages.ie/michael-oconnor-motor-factors-ltd-cork-city/1/TICKETS CAN BE BOUGHT FROMANY MEMBER OR LOG ON TOTHE CLUBS WEBSITEwww.erinsowngaa.ie FOROTHER WAYS OF PLAYING.THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHOSUPPORT OUR CLUBS LOTTO.Club Shop E-MAILerinsowngaaclub@gmail.com FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR1991 East Cork Under 21 Hurling ChampionsORDERS PLEASE CONTACT ANYOF THE FOLLOWING:MICHAELON 086 8699154,KIERAN ON087 7787759 OONAGH ON0868984687, OR DARA ON089 4464412SEVEN GAA clubs were beneficiaries of Ryan’s SuperValu Group’s policy ofsupporting local clubs recently when they received funding for the developmentand support of their underage activities. Brian O Shea said “Our partnershipwith Ryan’s SuperValu has been an integral part in the development ofhurling, camogie and Gaelic Football at underage level in Erin’s Own,”

Senior Hurling Championship Erins Own 1-17 Midleton 1-14, 22/06/2014Great win for our senior hurlers over the county champions Midleton,conditions were perfect in pairc ui chaoimh for the 1st Round in the SHC,Midleton started off well with plenty of scores, at first we were finding it hard tostay with them but we soon settled in, Eoghan Murphy put over 5 from freesKilian Murphy added 2 from play & Kieran Murphy & Mark Collins 1 each fromplay, saw us trailing at half time by 4 points 0-09 to 1-10, the 2nd half saw ustaking control of the game keeping Midleton to only 4 points for the hole half,Eoghan Murphy hit another 3 frees & 2 from play, Cian O Callaghan got 2 &Colm Coakley got 1, the icing on the cake came when Mossie Carroll hit thenet in the 50th minute, the last few minutes was nail biting stuff we had a 3point lead & Midleton were lobbing them in, but we kept them out, from 1 to 15Erins Own were outstanding the line got their tactics spot on for night, to picka man of the match from Erins Own would be hard, Eoghan Murphy hitting 10points, Shane Murphy & Peter Kelly were solid in defence, Niall Scanlon fordoing an excellent job for the hour, but it would have to go to Kilian Murphyfew could match his strength & pace, Well done to all.Team in Full: 1.Kieran Murphy (post) 2.Cian O Connor 3.Shane Murphy4.Niall Scanlon 5.Brian Clifford 6.Peter Kelly 7.Cormac Dooley 8.KilianMurphy 9.Sean Kelly 10.Mark Collins 11.Eoghan Murphy 12.Colm Coakley13.Mossie Carroll 14.Kieran Murphy 15.Cian O Callaghan.Next Round of the Senior HurlingChampionship is against StFinbarr’s, this is currently fixedfor Saturday the 23th of August@ 16:15 pm in pairc Ui ChaoimhREDFM SENIOR HURLING LEAGUE:GLEN ROVERS 1-15 ERINS OWN 3-15: 29/07/2014WE WENT TO THE GLEN ON TUESDAYTHE 29TH TO PLAY OUR SECOND LASTLEAGUE GAME OF THE YEAR, THE SUNWAS SHINNING AND CONDITIONS WEREPERFECT FOR A GAME OF HURLING, THEFIRST HALF WAS POINT FOR POINT, WEWERE A BIT SLOW IN STARTING,EOGHAN MURPHYS FREES KEEPING USIN IT, SIX FROM FREES AND ONE FROMPLAY, DIARMUID O FLYNN & CIAN OCALLAGHAN BOTH GETTING ONE EACH,SAW US TRAILING AT HALFTIME BY APOINT 0-10 TO 0-09, IN THE SECONDHALF WE WERE THE MORE DOMINANTSIDE, 3 MORE POINTS FROM EOGHANMURPHY TWO FROM PLAY & ONEFROM A FREE, KILIAN MURPHY HITTING2 SUPERB POINTS 1 FROM THE MIDDLEOF THE FIELD THE SECOND FROM A RUNTHROUGH THE MIDDLE AND THEN PUTNEATLY OVER THE BAR, KIERANMURPHY ADDING A GOAL & A POINT, &CIAN O CALLAGHAN HITTING THE NETRedFM Senior Hurling League Erins Own 0-21 Killeagh 1-16: 19/07/2014Killeagh came to Caherlag on Saturday afternoon to play our 13th leaguegame of the year, heavy showers before the game made conditions a bitgreasy but that didn’t stop Eoghan Murphy in opening our scoring with 2 finepoints from play & he added 4 more from frees before the break, on formDiarmuid O Flynn hit 2 & Cormac Dooley, Ronan O Carroll & Mossie O Carrollgetting 1 each leaving things all square at half time 0-11 to 0-11,the secondhalf saw man of the match Eoghan Murphy adding another 6 points 3 fromplay & 3 from frees, Mossie O Carroll with 2 points, Sean Kelly & Cian OCallaghan adding a point each, Killeagh made a late push for the line but wemanaged to hold them off for a deserved win, Eoghan Murphy, Sean Kelly,Mossie O Carroll, Shane Murphy & Diarmuid O Flynn played well for ErinsOwn, Team in Full:1.Kieran Murphy(post) 2.Patrick Fitzgerald 3.Stephen Cronin 4.Cian O Connor5.Niall Scanlon 6.Shane Murphy 7.Brian Clifford 8.Cormac Dooley 9.SeanKelly 10.Eoghan Murphy 11.Ronan O Carroll 12.Colm Coakley 13.Mossie OCarroll 14.Diarmiud O Flynn 15.Cian O Callaghan, Subs Used: Kieran Murphyfor Colm Coakley (injured)TWICE WITH TWO GREAT GOALS, WHICHWERE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE END,KIERAN MURPHY(POST), CIAN OCONNOR, CORMAC DOOLEY, SEANKELLY, KILIAN MURPHY, EOGHANMURPHY & CIAN O CALLAGHAN WEREBEST ON THE NIGHT FOR ERINSOWN.TEAM IN FULL: 1.KIERANMURPHY 2.CIAN O CONNOR3.STEPHEN CRONIN 4.NIALL SCANLON5.BRIAN CLIFFORD 6.SHANE MURPHY7.CORMAC DOOLEY 8.SEAN KELLY9.KILIAN MURPHY 10.MARK COLLINS11.EOGHAN MURPHY 12.DIARMUID OFLYNN 13.MOSSIE CARROLL14.KIERAN MURPHY 15.CIAN OCALLAGHAN. SUBS USED: PATRICKFITZGERALD FOR SHANE MURPHY(INJURED) & STEPHEN HORGAN FORDIARMUID O FLYNN.

Junior A Hurling ChampionshipOn Sunday evening the 26 th ofJune we played our first roundagainst Sarsfields out inCarrignabhear, it was a gamethat was neck & neck for the fullhour, Cathal Heavy opened ourscoring with a point, AlanBowen added another 2, MartinBuckley hit 3 from free’s,Diarmuid O Flynn put over afree from deep in his own half &James O Carroll rattled the netfrom a superb run, leaving onlya point between the to sides athalf time, Erins Own 1-07 Sars 0-11, in the second half we sawsars hitting 4 points to our 5,James O Carroll with 2, AlanBowen & Diarmuid O Flynn hit1 each & Martin Buckley with 1from a free, which left things allsquare at full time 1-12 to Sars0-15, Extra time was needed tofind a winner after 10 minuteswe were up by a point thanks toa Martin Buckley free & a pointfrom James O Flynn, the secondhalf we only managed a point byJames O Flynn & Sars found thelegs to separate the sides by 3points in the end. Diarmuid OFlynn, Paul Ryan, PatrickFitzgerald & James O Flynnplayed well for Erins Own.Team in full: 1.Paul Ryan 2.PaulFenton 3.Patrick Fitzgerald4.Niall Foughy 5.ShaneBroderick 6.Diarmuid O Flynn29.Stephen Cronin 7.SeanCrowley 9.Ronan Carroll 8.AlanBowen 11.James O Flynn 12.IanMoylod 13.Cathal Heavy14.Martin Buckley 15.James OCarroll, Subs used: MichaelMurphy for Ian Mylod, ConorSmiddy for Cathal Heavy & IanMylod for Ronan Carroll. Junior A Hurling Championship: Erins Own 0-13 Lisgoold 0-14, 12/07/2014On Saturday night we played lisgoold in Rd 4 down in Rostellan in which wasto be a tight battle we had to be content in missing a lot of key players in thelikes of Martin Buckley, Michael Murphy, Cathal O Mahony, Jack Sheehan& Andrew Power , however we started well with Alan Bowen in fullforward opening the scoring in the 4th Minute, he added another 2 from play &2 from frees before the break, Lisgoold always stayed within reach & wereshowing to be very strong in midfield, Stephen Horgan & Cathal Heavy addinga point each & James O Carroll putting over 2 giving us a one point lead at thebreak of 0-09 to 0-08, the second half was point for point Alan Bowen puttingover a free, the introduction of Fergus Murphy brought a spark to the halfforward line and he was quick to but one between the posts, James O Carrollgot another 2 from play, but in the end Lisgoold were showing to be to strongin the middle of the field & they managed to hold on to a one point lead to givethem the win & bring our Junior A championship season to an end, Lisgooldwill go on to meet Sarsfields in the quarter final,Team in Full: 1.Paul Ryan 2.Paul Fenton 3.Patrick Fitzgerald 4.Niall Foughy5.Shane Broderick 6.Diarmuid O Flynn 7.Stephen Cronin 8.Sean Crowley9.Ian O Mahony 10.Barry Og Murphy 11.Ronan O Carroll 23.Stephen Horgan13.Cathal Heavy 14.Alan Bowen 15.James O Carroll, Subs used: FergusMurphy for Niall Foughy, Ian Mylod for Cathal Heavy & Conor Smiddy for IanO Mahony.Ronan O Carroll V’s KilleaghShane Broderick V’s KilleaghJunior A Hurling Championship Erins Own 4-18 Killeagh 3-11, 06/07/2014A great result tonight for our Junior A team, we went to Lisgoold tonight in highhopes dispite missing some key players, Michael Murphy opened the scoringwith a well converted point he also added 2 goals before half time, Diarmaid OFlynn added 4 more points 1from a 65, 2 from frees & 1 from play, MartinBuckley hit 2 from play & 1 from a free, giving us a lead at the break of 2-08 to1-06, we were will in control in the second half, Diarmuid Ring got 1-02, RonanO Carroll hit the net mid way in the second half, Martin Buckley hit 2 from frees& 3 from play giving him a tally for the night of 8 points, Stephen Horgan,Cathal Heavy & James O Carroll got one point each, Paul Fenton, PatrickFitzgerald, Shane Broderick, Michael Murphy & Martin Buckley played well forErins Own.Team in Full: 1.Paul Ryan 2.Paul Fenton 3.Patrick Fitzgerald 4.Barry OgMurphy 5.Shane Broderick . Diarmuid O Flynn 7.Stephen Cronin 8.SeanCrowley 10.Stephen Horgan 11.Dairmuid Ring 9.Ronan O Carroll 19.MichaelMurphy 13.Cathal Heavy 14.Martin Buckley 15.James O Carroll, Subs Used:Ian Mylod for James O Carroll & Conor Smiddy for Michael Murphy (Injured).We have currently 2 Junior A Hurling league games remainingone against Cobh & one against St Itas. Wins here wouldhopefully push us to the top & give us a league final game.

Inter SchoolLeague.Erin’s Own Ladies Football & Camogie ClubHope this newsletter finds you all well and enjoying the summer.It is full steam ahead as usual in the Erin`s Own Ladies club. Allage group are well into their leagues and by all accounts, doingextremely well. With the good weather to help us along, trainingand matches are all going to schedule. The dedication from allgirls to their teams is fantastic. Girls only taking breaks whenthey go away otherwise its 110% commitment.Here is an up to date of all going on in the Ladies Club since thelast newsletter.SCRAP SATURDAY.This was the 1 st major fundraiser held by the ladies club. It was afantastic success. On behalf of Eamonn, Tim-Pat, Ken, Catherine,Pat and myself we would like to thank everyone for their input tothis event. Thank you to the senior club for letting us hold thefundraiser on the grounds.As a result of the success of this fundraiser, we find ourselves in aposition to give a donation to Niall Mc Intyre`s School CoachingScheme of €500.00 .Niall does some fantastic work with the girls in the school andthe results can been seen on the pitch.On the 23 rd June, abeautiful summers day upin Erin`s own, all 4 schoolsof the parish converged toplay each other. The girlswere mainly U10 & 12. Therivalry started immediatelywith friendly banterbetween the girls. It had tobe said that Niamh (LittleIsland teacher) &Catherine (U12 Coach)were a little bias towardsLittle Island School. Theywere more excited with thewin than the girls were. Nofavouritism there ladies!Seeing EO team memberson opposite sides playingagainst each other was veryentertaining. Well done toGlounthane who won theShield and Little Islandwon the Plate.But when all was said anddone there was plenty ofhugs and shake hands to agroup of girls who wentback to been an Erin`sOwn team again.

LAUNCH OFOUR NEWHOODIE.We are delighted to launchour new hoodie which isnow available in the shop.Thank you to our newsponsor P.Savage & SonsCrash Repair.JUNIOR TEAM AT LAST.It is with great pleasure that we can now announce thatErin`s Own Ladies now have a Junior team. Due to lack ofnumbers over the last number of years we had to merged withCarrigtwohill so our girls got to play. This now gives the girlscoming up a great future that we should now be in a position tofield a Minor & Junior team in the future.On our first outing with this 13 aside team, we played Midletonat home. It was a super evening and all the ladies gave their all.We won the game well and fair play to Midleton who didn’tmake it easy for us. Well done to Niamh & Diarmuid for takingon the extra reasonability of training this group of ladies.Continued success ladies.U13 CAMOGIE.This year the East CorkBoard introduced a newleague for U13 teams. Wewere delighted to fill thisposition with girls eager toplay in competition. Wehave now reached thesemi-finals and playCaslemarytr on Tuesday12 th August.Best of luck girls, don’tspare the ash!!!!!TO CONCLUDE MY STORY.Again I would like to take this opportunity to thank theCoaches who give up their time to train the girls, the Parentsfor all the taxi service and support and especially the girls whomake it a pleasure to be part of a great club. New members arealways welcome, PJ Savage – Chairman. 086-2666676UPCOMINGEVENTS.Our U12 camogie teamhave been invited to attenda national day in SempleStadium, Thurles on Fri15 th August to celebrate:Camán to Thurlescelebrating110 years ofCamogie.Clubs from all aroundIreland will gather to playthis national sport that welove so much.Best of luck on the daygirls.

Erin`s Own Vs Castlemarytr East Cork Semi-final. Ladies Under 14It was an exciting evening on the grounds at home, when our girls arrived fortheir warm up at 6pm. Everyone was buzzing with the semi - final match ahead.We worked hard to get here.Throw in by referee Dominic Rooney was at 7pm. We won the toss so playedwith the setting sun to our backs. Castlemarytr got the first goal in the 8thminute. This was our wake up call. We then claimed back 4 points from frees.The play was 50/50 all through the 1st half, even with us putting 6 wide`s, dueto a cross wind on the pitch .We went into half time with a draw.Kilian Murphy About to scorea point from the middle ofthe field against Glen Roversin the senior hurling league.We started the second half well by getting a goal in the 2nd minute, which liftedthe girl`s spirits. Castlemarytr then took charge by getting 4 points from frees.From their next free they put the ball in the top corner of the net.The setting sun was still in the sky and the conditions were hard on the girl`seyes. We gave it our best effort, but when the final whistle was blown, it wasnot enough to win. Well done to Castlemarytr for a great clean game.Final score Castlemarytr 2-6 to Erin`s Own 1-5.1. Alison Taylor. 2. Shauna Cunningham. 3. Aoife Kelliher.4.AnnaMulcahy. 5.Sophie O Neill. 6. Fiona O Neill. 7. Helen Savage. 8. Chloe Galvin. 9. AlannaMahon. 10. Ciara Carry. 11. Kate Cogan. 12. Katelyn Quaine 13. Emma ONeill. 14. Niamh Kelleher. 15. Maeve Wall. 16. Rachel Walsh. 17. GrainneGuest.GOLF CLASSIC PRIZE WINNERS, PJKIERAN & EOGHAN MURPHYCONGRATS TO THEFOLLOWING ON YOURRECENT NUPTIALS FROM ALLIN ERINS OWN:DAIRE & ANNMARIE DENNEHYTÓMAS & JULIE O'LEARYPAUL & CATRIONA FENTONRONAN & ELLMARIE O'CARROLLGolf Classic: Our annual golf classic took place in Cork Golf Club ,Little Islandon Fri.13th June Thanks once again to everyone who helped organise &who supported our golf classic in any way, it was a great success & is amajor fundraiser for the club. Club sponsor Michael O Connor presents:

Golf classic Winners: Jim, Ger & Niall O MahonyPictured: Eddie O Connell (OCG) Jim Dennehy (Assistant Treasurer) BernardGeoghan (OCG) & Pat O Callaghan (PRO)The Erins Own GAA club would like tothank Eddie O Connell & family from the O’Connell Group for their longcontinued support to the club, 11 years ago Eddie sponsored our scoreboardwhich was a big contribution to the club moving us from old style scoreboardsinto the digital, over the years this scoreboard has brought many a smile & tearto many a person’s face, & finally after 11 years the scoreboard gave in & neededreplacing, The O’Connell family kindly agreed to sponsor a new scoreboard whichhas since been erected & back keeping the score in Caherlag.From an Acorn to an Oak can bepurchased in various shopsthroughout the parish, Fitzpatrick’sshop, Glenmore Stores, Little Island& Glounthaune Post offices & ourown Club shop in Caherlag at a costof €25.Written by Paddy Twomey &was launched on Thursday the 3 rd ofJuly in the Radisson Hotel Littleisland by our own iconic player BrianCorcoran, The book gives a fly-on-thewall account, particularly of ourmajor successes, our near misses,our agonies and ecstasies. Battleswon and battles lost both on and offthe field. Chapter 16 is entitled AHome of our Own. And Paddy tracesthe history of the acquisition of thepitch, the development of ourcomplex, and adjoining land in detail.It should be of great interest toeverybody (male and female)associated with our club, whethernow or at any time within the pastfifty years.We would like to thankthe main sponsors of the book fortheir help & contribution,Michael O’Connor Motor FactorsEZ LivingFurniture CorkFiona TwomeySolicitors & to Classic Wines forproviding us with the wine on thelaunch night & to everyone whohelped Paddy along the way in thewriting of the book.We currently have over 390likes on our Facebook pageGolf classic Winners: Jim, Ger & Niall O MahonyErins Own GAA Pairc Ui Chonaill, Caherlag, Glounthanue, Co Cork.Tel: 087-3285986we have over 900 followerson twitter, which is a great weto keep in touch with matchupdates & what’s going on inCaherlag.