Rebels’ Bounty
The push is still on to sell as many Rebels’ Bounty tickets as possible so if you have not already treated yourself or family members to a ticket why not take the plunge, it could be worth it.
Along with the new development the club still needs steady income to run on a day to day basis and this is where funds accruing from the Rebels’ Bounty draw will be hugely beneficial to us. As our weekly lotto is currently suspended due to Covid-19 this is a great way for our members and supporters to help out. We are asking all our members for support in this draw as it is a great way to raise much needed funds for our club in this difficult time of Covid-19.
The Rebels’ Bounty initiative offers a spectacular total prize fund of €500,000, with one lucky club member set to win €100,000. “Rebels’ Bounty” is an initiative of Cork GAA to give clubs a significant opportunity to raise funds at a time when traditionally fundraising has been impacted by restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Tickets for the draw cost €100 each, and tickets will be sold directly by your club in County Cork or online at gaacork.ie/rebelsbounty. In every draw, there are 30 cash prizes, ranging from €100 to €20,000. In April and December, the top prize will increase to €25,000. In December, the bumper prize of €100,000 will be given away. There will be three draws on March 25th. Tickets for the first 3 draws must be bought by March 11th as this is the closing date for direct debit registrations. All the funds raised by the Rebels’ Bounty will be directly and indirectly invested in Cork GAA clubs. The draw is designed to ensure that most of the funds are kept locally to help improve facilities and equipment, while the remainder will be used by Cork GAA to invest in programmes such as Rebel Óg and supports for inter-county players.
The maximum number of entries per person is 5, with a maximum of 2 names per ticket. Our members and supporters can obtain their tickets locally by ringing the following sellers in our club: Richard Kelliher (085-1427022), Flan Groarke (086-8318506), Tom O’Brien (086-3773799), Denis O’Brien (086-8230623), Brendan Keane (087-2421266) and Bosco Creed (085-800397). Thank you in advance for your support.
FERMOY LADIES FOOTBALL LOOKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Lidl are raising an opportunity with all ladies GAA football clubs to raise up to €20,000 for their own clubs. Fermoy Ladies Football Club have accepted this challenge and are asking the Fermoy public for as much support as possible. We would really appreciate it if every household would download the Lidl Plus app and sign up our club by following the instructions.
There are four easy steps to follow. From Monday, February 15th open the app and follow the prompts. Select our club and continue to next couple of steps. Spend over €30 in store and scan your Lidl Plus card to earn a stamp, spend €60 get 2 stamps etc. Collect six stamps and submit your completed card by Sunday, April 11 to earn prizes for the ladies club. You can submit as many completed cards as you like. You can also follow this on the Ladies football Club social media.
There are several prizes on offer for the club for example 50 completed stamp cards = 1 set of Lidl sponsored team jerseys, 100 completed cards = 2 sets of Lidl sponsored club jerseys. 200 completed stamp cards = €2,000 to the club going up to 500 completed stamp cards = €5,000. This is a great opportunity to help our ladies teams so please use your Lidl app to support this.
PLAYER PROFILES
We continue our past and current player profiles this week with two great men Mike O’Brien and Mikesey Dolan along with current player and successful underage coach Brian Barry.
PAST PLAYER PROFILE
Name: Mikesey Dolan. Age: 60. Occupation: Production Manager. Position you played: corner/centre forward.
Highlight of your career: Being on first Cork Regional Technical College team to win an All-Ireland (Trench cup) and winning my first medal with Fermoy aged 31, also coaching a Fermoy U12 team to win a North Cork title.
Biggest disappointment of your career: Not winning a county with Fermoy, (losing intermediate final 1987 to go back up senior football). Favourite venue: Castletownroche. Biggest influence growing up: My dad, Jimmy Dennigan, Billy Barry (Fermoy), Gus Kelleher / Fr Jackie Corkery (St Colman’s) and Eamonn Wall (Cork RTC).
Favourite food: Steak and mash. Favourite film: Shawshank Redemption. Toughest opponent you played against: Conor Counihan (Aghada/ Cork). Best GAA player you played with: Diarmuid McCarthy (Naomh Abhan/Cork). Would you change anything about either game? Yes – in football only allow a certain amount of players allowed in back side defending – create space and stop negative defensive play. Yes – hurling – 2 points for a sideline cut over the bar and defining the tackle (too much pulling of hands).
Favourite GAA player: Denis Coughlan (Dual Cork), Patsy Lonergan (Fermoy). Most important skill in hurling and football: To be able to play with both feet in football and strike on both sides in hurling. Advice for young players starting off: Enjoy your football and hurling. Train hard and listen to your coaches, Practice the skills of football and hurling against the wall to get your touch and grab right and be committed as you will make long lasting friends.
One thing you may not know about me: I was highly involved in scouting in 18th Cork Fermoy. Lastly pick your own 6-aside inter county team: football/hurling.
Goalkeeper: John Kerins, Clinton Hennessy. Fullback: Kevin Kehilly, Martin Doherty. Half back: Ger Lynch, Tony Keady. Midfielder: Brian Fenton, Gerald McCarthy. Half forward: Dave Barry, Ben O’Connor. Full forward: Mikey Sheehy, TJ Reid.
PAST PLAYER PROFILE
Name: Mike O’Brien. Age: 53 Occupation: work in Boylesport. Position you played: fullback. Highlight of your career: U21 hurling title in 1986. Favourite venue: Castletownroche. Biggest influence growing up: My father and Neil O’Donnell.
Favourite food: Chicken and chips. Favourite film: Shawshank Redemption. Toughest opponent you played against: Danny Relihan. Best GAA player you played with: Trevor Cooney. Would you change anything about either game? Make the sliothar heavier in hurling, it’s too easy to score these days and in football no back pass. Favourite GAA player: Daithi Burke.
Most important skill in hurling and football: hurling – first touch, football – being able to kick off both feet. Advice for young players starting off: listen to every bit of advice. One thing you may not know about me: played fullback for Avondhu in both football and hurling in the same year.
Lastly pick your own 6 aside inter county team: hurling.
Goalkeeper: Eoin Murphy. Fullback: Daithi Burke. Halfback: Mark Coleman. Midfielder: Cian Lynch. Half forward: Joe Canning. Full forward: TJ Reid.
CURRENT PLAYER PROFILE
Name: Bryan Barry. Age: 25. Occupation: Loyalty Consultant. Position you played: anywhere in the fullback line.
Highlight of your career: I’ve been lucky to be alongside so many great winning teams and amongst some excellent players but one of the highlight of my career so far was captaining the U21 footballers to a 3-in-a-row against a much fancied Mallow team. Now, I hardly touched a ball the same day but having been on the road for 5 years U21 and winning 3, it just felt huge to win with friends.
Also have to mention as a coach, winning the 3 in a row North Cork A hurling 2017-2019 but going on to win the county last year was one of the proudest moments so far. Some top class players and they deserved it!
Favourite venue: Castletownroche. Biggest influence growing up: Looking up to the Cork players of the 2003-2006 teams, along with having my father, uncles and a massive bunch of talented lads around me. Favourite food: Yakitori Duck has been a new find and hasn’t been beaten yet. Favourite film: Any of the Harry Potters are a safe bet or The Joker.
Toughest opponent you played against: Never liked marking Pa O’Callaghan (Ballyhea). Best GAA player you played with: Martin Brennan. Would you change anything about either game? Football needs a shot clock of some sort or maybe some way to stop such slow delayed play. Hurling is just perfect the way it is, no need to change.
Favourite GAA player: Ben O’Connor in his day or Cian Lynch at the moment. Most important skill in hurling and football: hurling: win your own ball, football: being able to kick off both feet. Advice for young players starting off: Nail the basics and everything else will come right. Don’t rush learning the skills. No one remembers winning an U14/U16 championship matches when your 60 plus, it’s the big senior games and moments people want to remember.
One thing you may not know about me: I always wanted to be a Home Economics teacher when I was in school but ended up taking a
complete 180!
Lastly pick your own 6-aside inter county team: hurling/football. Goalkeeper: hurling: Nicky Quaid, football: Ray Galligan. Fullback: hurling: Tadhg de Burca, football: Ronan McNamee. Halfback: hurling: Mark Colman, football: Brian Howard. Midfielder: hurling: Cian Lynch, football: Brian Fenton. Half forward: hurling: TJ Reid, football: Sean O’Shea. Full forward: hurling: Patrick Horgan, football: Con O’Callaghan.
VOTE OF SYMPATHY
The club would like to extend our sincerest and deepest sympathy to Jim Corcoran and his family on the sad passing of his beloved sister, the late Mrs Pat Haugh (nee Corcoran), East End, Kilkee, Co Clare recently. May Mrs Haugh rest in peace.
SHOP LOCAL
Fermoy GAA Club is asking everyone to support the businesses in town and please shop locally. Stay safe! Stay healthy!
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