Save the date for our annual golf classic
Save the date! Our annual Kilworth GAA club Golf Classic will take place this year on Friday, June 28th at Fermoy Golf Club. The club would like to sincerely thank Blackwater Motors who have once again kindly come onboard as the event’s main sponsor for 2024. More details on this highly popular event will follow in the coming weeks.
COACHING WORKSHOP
Kilworth Camogie Club are hosting a Coaching Workshop with Barry Mullane on Wednesday, May 1st at the Kilworth GAA pitch. Barry is currently coaching with the Down Senior hurlers and brings with him 6 years coaching experience at the top level with the Dublin Senior Hurling team. This workshop is geared towards all coaches and interested parties and offers an insight into high performance coaching, tying in with practical and applicable advice followed by a Q&A session. This is a great opportunity for all coaches to add a little bit more to their learning. Registration for this event starts at 6.45pm with the workshop itself starting at 7pm sharp.
CLUB LOTTO
There was no winner of this week’s lotto jackpot of €2,200 held on Monday, April 15th, the numbers drawn were: 05, 13, 15 and 31. The lucky dip winner of €50 was
Karen Kenny c/o online. The lucky dip winners of €25 each were Sean Masterson c/o online, Jamie O’Callaghan c/o online, Rita, Denise and Mossie c/o M McNamara. Next week’s jackpot on Monday, April 22nd, is €2,400.
Tickets cost just €2 each or three 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.
VOTE OF SYMPATHY
The club would like to extend its deepest sympathy to the Parker family, Araglin, following their recent bereavement. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis.
UPCOMING FIXTURES
Friday April 19th; Cavanagh’s of Fermoy Division Two Hurling League Group One; Kilworth v Doneraile in Kilworth at 6.45pm. Please keep a watchful eye on club social media platforms for fixture updates etc.
MAIN CLUB SPONSORS
Walsh’s Pharmacy, Aherne’s Pub, The Village Inn, KDC Ltd, Kilally Stables, Mitchelstown Dental Clinic, Joe and Trish Bonner, Centra Kilworth.
THROWBACK THURSDAY
Pictured is the victorious Kilworth U21 A North Cork Football Championship winning team of 1996. With Liam Kenny at the helm as coach and duly assisted by Tom Twomey and Ciaran Hynes, the team succeeded in capturing the club’s historic first and only title at this grade to date. Dubbed locally as the 13 days of spring, the competition was played off over 3 successive weekends in April which saw Kilworth complete the hat-trick of successes over the 3 towns within the division, Fermoy, Mallow and finally Mitchelstown.
Kilworth’s title challenge began with a quarter-final clash against near neighbours Fermoy played at Ballyhooly on Saturday, 6th April. After a shaky start and with 20 minutes of play on the clock the opposition led by 1-04 to 0-01. Kilworth however, dug deep and even after having a penalty saved, fought back to reduce Fermoy’s lead to just 3 points at the interval, 1-04 to 0-04. Fermoy’s second goal came just after the restart and one can only imagine the Kilworth mentors’ instructions that were issued from the sideline at this stage, but it was Kilworth who improved considerably and had the game tied after 53 minutes before drawing ahead with the final 3 kicks to run out victors on a final scoreline of 0-15 to 2-06.
The following Saturday, 13th April, Kilworth travelled to Castletownroche to face off against red hot favourites Mallow, who were the holders of the previous year’s U21 A Divisional and County Championship titles. Kilworth were first to raise the white flag in this semi-final encounter and at the end of the first quarter held a 2-point lead. Playing the better football and very strong down the centre Kilworth led at the half time break by 2 points, 0-05 to 0-03. Mallow did dominate for a brief period after the interval but the constant pressure from the Kilworth backs meant they were forced into a lot of erratic shooting from distance. However, a converted penalty for Kilworth just before the final whistle sounded sealed the win with Kilworth, reaching the final for the first time in their history at this grade.
At Fermoy 6 days later on Friday, 19th April, Kilworth took to the field against a very well fancied Mitchelstown side, who were slight favourites to take the title after their 11-point semi-final victory against Killavullen the previous week. Kilworth, once again as underdogs stayed focused on the mammoth task in hand and raced to an early 0-04 lead but Mitchelstown rallied back and were just 1 point adrift at the half hour mark, 0-04 to 0-03. Kilworth hit the ground running straight after the restart by recording 2 quick points followed by the green flag being raised in their favour on the 37-minute mark. Kilworth, donning the white coloured jerseys due to a colour clash, then really started to dominate proceedings for the remainder of the hour with Mitchelstown only able to kick one more score coming from a free only for Kilworth to quickly cancel this out with another point before Buttevant referee Sean Mulchinock blew the full-time whistle.
In what was regarded as one of the finest displays of football ever produced by a Kilworth football team they recorded a victory on a final scoreline of 1-08 to 0-04. The sound of the final whistle saw great scenes of jubilation with captain, Donal Kenneally, receiving the JB Roche Memorial Cup much to the delight of the Kilworth following.