Bride Rovers regain divisional junior football championship title

Bride Rovers 1-10 Carrigtwohill 1-3

Defeated finalists the previous year Bride Rovers regained the divisional junior A grade football championship title when they outplayed and outscored Carrigtwohill in a poorly contested decider at Ballynoe.

Bride Rovers: Richie Cahill, James Murphy, Brendan O’Driscoll, Shane Kearney, Trevor Moloney, Padraig Murphy, Pat Walsh, Sean Ryan, Brendan Walsh, Michael Kearney, Donal Ryan, Terry Broderick, Brian Murphy, Barry Johnson, Jerome O’Driscoll (captain). Subs introduced: Pa O’Driscoll, John O’Dowd, George Johnson and Liam Forde.

Carrigtwohill: Dominick Cronin, Sean Flannery, Niall Kidney, Donal Collins, Jason Barrett, Aidan O’Reilly, John Paul O’Riordan, Niall McCarthy, Ronan Barrett, Brian Lordan, Frank Flannery, Mickey Fitzgerald, Sean O’Farrell, Cian Garde, Michael O’Riordan, Tim O’Connor and Sean Sheehan.

Lisgoold 1-11 Carrigtwohill 3-2

Carrig’s second-string selection suffered the ignominy of also being beaten in the divisional junior B grade championship final by Lisgoold.

HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS Erin’s Own 1-11 Newtownshandrum 1-7

Erin’s Own retained their county senior hurling championship title when they defeated Newtownshandrum in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Erin’s Own: Shay Bowen, Paul Fenton, Pat Fitzgerald, Shane Murphy, Stephen Cronin, Peter Kelly, Brian Clifford, Cian O’Connor, Sean Kelly, Ronan Carroll, Kieran (Hero) Murphy, captain Mark O’Connor, Michael Murphy, Eoghan Murphy, Colm Coakley. Sub introduced: Ian Quinlan.

Erin’s Own 1-10 Sarsfields 0-11

Erin’s Own and Sarsfields second string-selections contested the divisional junior A grade hurling championship final at Lisgoold where Erin’s Own narrowly defeated their neighbouring rivals to regain the title they last won in 1979.

Erin’s Own: Kieran (Post) Murphy (captain), Eolan Harrington, Mick Finn, Denis Mulcahy, John Geary, Tony Hickey, Timmy Kelleher, Ronan Ahern, Ronan Coakley, Pat Walsh, Maurice O’Carroll, Diarmuid O’Flynn, Damien Bennett, Alan Lane and Alan Bowen.

Sarsfields: Paddy Gahan (captain), Dave O’Donnell, Ross Fahy, Conor O’Sullivan, Craig Leahy, Brian McCarthy, Rory Duggan, Conor Griffin, Cian Smith, William Kearney, Paul O’Flynn, John Kelleher, Mick Kenneally, Cian McCarthy and Robert O’Driscoll. Subs introduced: Daniel Roche and Garry O’Kelly-Lynch.

CARRIGTWOHILL AND FR O’NEILLS CAPTURE INTERMEDIATE HURLING TITLES

Both county intermediate hurling championship titles came victoriously to East Cork clubs in October 2007,

Carrigtwohill 3-14 Watergrasshill 3-12

After a thrilling spectacle that ebbed and flowed throughout a trio of green flags courtesy of full forward Sean O’Farrell enabled Carrigtwohill to capture the county premier intermediate hurling championship title when they narrowly defeated a gallant Watergrasshill side in the final.

Carrigtwohill: Mickey Fitzgerald, Mark Nolan, JP O’Riordan, Sean Flannery, Ronan Power, Seamus O’Farrell, Michael O’Riordan, Jason Barrett, Frank Flannery, Robert White, Niall McCarthy, Brian Lordan, Mick Barry, Sean O’Farrell and Stephen Dineen. Sub introduced: Sean Barry.

Watergrasshill: Ger Cahill, Kieran O’Keeffe, Des Ryan, Ian Gardiner, Pat O’Brien, Noel O’Riordan, Paddy O’Regan, Sean O’Callaghan, John O’Keeffe, Willie O’Leary, Sean O’Leary, Eoin O’Reilly, Paudie Cahill, John Halbert and Francis Usanga. Subs introduced: Eoin Barry, Kieran Coakley and Mossie Barry.

Fr O’Neills 1-13 Bandon 0-15

A pointed free by Ger O’Leary in added time, ensured Fr O’Neills won the secondary county intermediate hurling championship title after they defeated Bandon by the narrowest of margins in a thrilling decider.

Fr O’Neills: Paul Colbert, Brian O’Driscoll, John O’Mahony, John Terry, Martin Lawton, Podge Butler, Billy Murphy, Ger Holland, Ger O’Leary, Colin Buckley, Quintin Higgins, Eddie Holland, Eoghan McCarthy, John Flavin and Kieran Wall. Subs introduced: Ray O’Neill, Eric O’Driscoll, Niall Griffin and John O’Driscoll.

Bride Rovers 3-10 Sarsfields 1-5

Bride Rovers captured the divisional junior B grade hurling championship title when they proved too strong for Sarsfields third string selection in the final at Watergrasshill.

DIVISIONAL AND COUNTY SUCCESS FOR ST ITA’S

St Ita’s the smallest club in the Imokilly division created history by winning the single club’s junior B grade county hurling championship title when they defeated Duhallow champions Castlemagner in the final played at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Final score: St Ita’s 0-12 Castlemagner 0-7.

St Ita’s panel: Pat O’Brien, Finbarr Foley, Neilus Foley, Michael Cunningham, Michael Cronin (captain), Eddie Coleman, Warren McCarthy, Sean Supple, Jerry McCarthy, Alan Loughlin, Padraig O’Brien, Seamus Harnedy, Richard Cronin, Shane Supple, Paddy Ahern, John O’Brien, Liam Sloane, Warren Terry, John O’Leary, David Cunningham, Mark Foley, Gus Flavin, Jay Keniry, Michael O’Neill, Barry Cunningham, Sean Gleeson, Michael Daly, Brian Foley, Brendan O’Leary and Dave Gleeson.

Russell Rovers 1-8 Lisgoold 1-6

Russell Rovers collected the single clubs the divisional/county junior B grade football title when they defeated Lisgoold in the final.

Midleton 2-15 Erin’s Own 0-6

The ‘Magpies’ retained the divisional Under 21 A grade hurling championship title when they emphatically defeated Erin’s Own in the final at Carrigtwohill.

Fr O’Neills 3-11 Bride Rovers 3-8

Fr O’Neills won the divisional Under 21 B grade hurling championship title after they defeated Bride Rovers in the final.

Glanmire 1-15 Midleton 1-9

Glanmire regained the divisional Under 21 A grade football championship title when they defeated Midleton in the decider at Lisgoold.

Carrigtwohill 0-13 Aghada 1-6

Carrigtwohill captured the divisional Under 21 B grade football championship title when they defeated Aghada by a margin of 0-4 in the final at Ballinacurra.

Carrigtwohill 2-18 Carraig na bhFear 2-11

Carrigtwohill annexed the divisional minor A grade hurling championship title when they beat Carraig na bhFear by 0-7 in the final played at Riverstown.

Fr O’Neills 1-10 Carrigtwohill 1-6

Fr O’Neills collected the divisional minor A grade football championship title with a 0-4 victory over Carrigtwohill in the final at Rostellan.