Jimmy Hanlon RIP
The club would like to extend deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the late Jimmy Hanlon RIP who passed away peacefully on Monday night. A club vice president, Jimmy was a former player, trainer, coach, mentor and officer at both adult and juvenile sections of the club.
Part of the historic County Junior hurling winning panel in 1967, Jimmy was goalkeeper on the 1980 Junior hurling team who lost out in the county final to Newcestown. Fearless as the last line of defence, in that final Jimmy brilliantly saved a penalty effort from Cork star at the time, Tim Crowley, with the ball deflected over for a point.
Jimmy was a very successful, dedicated and committed coach and team mentor over a long number of years, encouraged and developed many players under his watch and tenure. Jimmy gave many a juvenile their first start and saw many progress to become established junior, intermediate and senior players for various teams be it club, division or county. Guiding the U12s to a historic County double in 1986 was surely one of the highlights of a proud Kilworth GAA association.
Before there was ever such a title as Coaching Officer Jimmy was the driving force in underage coaching in Kilworth for many years. He held the position of club secretary in 1977 and 1978 and was assistant secretary for a period in the 1980s while also holding the position of juvenile secretary and juvenile coach.
Always a pleasure to meet and have a chat with, there are a lot of us past and present club members of an era that own him a debt of gratitude. The club has lost another great clubman, a great character and a gentleman, Jimmy will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
OPENING ROUND DEFEATS
Our junior and intermediate hurlers were both defeated in their respective opening round league games last weekend. Both teams were well in contention at halftime, but the games shifted in our opponents favour on the restarts.
EIRE ÓG DOMINATE SECOND HALF Eire Óg 1-25 Kilworth 1-15
Eire Óg put in a powerful second half performance to emerge deserving winners in this Red FM Division 3 Hurling League game played at Ovens last Sunday afternoon.
The opening quarter was a tight affair with the sides level on a number of occasions. A Brian Sheehan goal in the 25th minute put some daylight between the sides as Kilworth opened up a 5-point advantage 1-11 to 0-9 at the interval. We completely lost our shape in the second half with Eire Óg going on to dominate, taking an early foothold in the half and drew level 1-11 to 0-14 by the 40th minute. A green flag was to follow and a 5 point half time deficit was now a 3-point lead 1-11 to 1-14 for the Muskerry side.
Our opening second half score came in the 47th minute with the Ovens men going on to outscore us 0-11 to 0-3 for the remainder of the game. While the lads battled hard for long periods we weren’t able to make any real impact in the second half. Momentum was with a physical Eire Óg side who were far sharper on the day. Next up us a home tie against Blackrock under lights next Thursday night, March 16th.
Team and scorers; K Heggtveit, S Óg Kenneally, K Lane, A O’Hara, N Byrne, L Carey, M Gowen, L Whelan 0-1, J Saich, L Coffey 0-1, N McNamara 0-10 (6f, 1 ‘65), E Carey 0-3 (1f), J Sheehan, B Casey, B Sheehan 1-0. Subs used; M Sheehan, R Jordan.
Buttevant 2-16 Kilworth 1-10
Our junior hurlers travelled to Buttevant last Saturday afternoon to take on the home side in the opening round of the Cavanagh’s Fermoy Division 2 hurling league. Following a close opening half, we trailed 1-7 to 1-5 at break. However, Buttevant went on to have the better of the second period running out 9 points winners 2-16 to 1-10.
Team: K Walsh, J Tobin Allen, M McNamara, C Coakley, C Hynes, S O’Brien, M O’Callaghan, S Beecher, J McCarthy, B Casey, T Twomey, M Sheehan, C Donnellan, R O’Riordan, C Gowan. Subs used: S Óg Kenneally, K Murphy, A Sheehan, O Farrell Carey, Darragh Gill.
3 WEEKS TO REBELS’ BOUNTY DRAW
Sincere thanks to everyone who has supported Kilworth GAA with the Rebels Bounty draw to date for 2023. The first three draws for the months of January, February and March are taking place this night 3 weeks on March 30th so there is still time for you to renew or join for the first time. New members are always welcome.
CLUB MEMBERSHIP
Club membership for 2023 is due and we would ask that you pay your membership as soon as possible on the GAA membership site ‘Foireann’. With the playing season almost upon us, all players and management teams must be paid up member in advance of returning to training / playing games. New members are always very welcome. Players can now also pay gym membership via Foireann provided you pay it with your yearly membership (see options available on Foireann)
CLUB LOTTO UP TO €8,200
There was no winner of this week’s lotto jackpot of €8,000 held on Monday, March 6th the numbers drawn were: 01, 08, 17 and 28. The lucky dip winner of €50 was PJ McCarthy c/o Centra. The lucky dip winners of €25 each were John O’Connor, c/o John O’Connor; Emma and Barry, c/o Kelly Condon and Elma Coleman, c/o John O’Connor.
Next week’s jackpot on Monday, March 13th is €8,200. Tickets cost just €2 each or 3 lines for €5 and they are available online, in the local business outlets or from your usual local sellers. As always, we would like to thank you for your ongoing support.
VOTES OF SYMPATHY
In addition to the Hanlon family and friends and neighbours of Jimmy Hanlon the club would also like to extend its deepest sympathy to the family, friends and neighbours of John Kelleher, Macroney, Kilworth who passed away on Tuesday. A club member, John was another great club supporter. May they rest in peace.
MAIN CLUB SPONSORS
Main club sponsors are Mike Walsh’s Pharmacy, Aherne’s Pub, The Village Inn, KDC Ltd, Kilally Stables and Mitchelstown Dental Clinic.