AGHADA HURLING AND FOOTBALL CLUB

Aghada fail for third year in a row to make final

Having played so well last week against Cloyne, we failed to rise to the same standards against a dogged and determined Fr.O’Neills side in this rain drenched match in Shanagarry

O’Neill’s opened the scoring with a point from a placed ball on the 7th minute. Tony Wall replied with three frees on the 10th, 14th and 17 minute to open a lead. This lead was short lived as O’Neills came storming back into the game scoring four points in a row. Then the O’Connor’s stuck A brilliant pass from Johno found Kieran and bang a great goal for Aghada to lead just on halftime. O’Neills hit back for the equaliser as the short whistle sounded to leave the halftime scores 1-3 to 0-6.
Aghada broke from the blocks scoring two points again from Wall within 4 minutes of the restart (little did we think that this was to be our last score). By the 44th minute O’Neill’s tacked on three frees in a row to lead again. Amazingly there was to be no more scores. 3 minutes later an O’Neills man got his marching orders yet we were not able to capitalise on this. Try as we might we could not get that vital score and when Aghada’s man of the match Cathal O’Gorman got a chance 7 minutes into injury time it looked good. If any man deserved a point he did but it went inches wide. The Aghada forwards gave away to many soft frees on the night to leave the O’Neill’s boys free shots out . Paul O’Donoghue got the line with normal time up.

Team Martin Day ,
Anthony Connelly , Paul O’Donoghue , Brendan O’Flaherty
Sean O’Keeffe , Alan Devoy (capt), Cathal O’Gorman
John Murphy , Paul Kilbane ,
Darren Lee , William O’Donoghue , John Wall
Kieran O’Connor ,JP O’Connor Tony Wall
Subs used 47th minute Fergal Condon for Alan Devoy 55th minute Thomas O’Neill for John Wall
Scores for Aghada ,Tony Wall 0-5 (4 frees) Kieran O’Connor 1-0
Ref Niall Barrett Carrigtwohill

Clean sweep for Aghada as B Grade team make semi final at Cloyne’s expense

JP O'Connor (1-2), Tony Wall (0-5), Kerian O'Connor (1-0), Willie O'Donoghue , John Murphy and Thomas O'Neill (0-1) each

Another night of drama yes, another goal in injury time this time for Cloyne to draw the game
Cloyne started the better although William O’Donoghue opened the scoring with a DJ like point. Cloyne responded with six points in quick succession. Richie Lewis’s three points keep us in the game. Then on the 21st minute JP O’Connor burst into the game with a fine point Then Lewis levelled the game with another dead ball before Cloyne replied again with a dead ball to leave the half time score 0-7 to 0-6. Strange as it seems Cloyne were not to score again until the 53rd minute when they got a soft major. After Aghada had gone five points clear thanks to Tony Walls 1-2 and JP’s great point. Things did not always look as rosy, When Richie Lewis was sent off just after the start of the second half we looked in trouble. But it was Aghada who responded best. Aghada suddenly started to hurl and Cloyne had no answer. But like the team they are Cloyne hit back with the afore mentioned goal added a point before Wall made it a goal game as time ran out from placed balls. Then came the drama the ball was lobed into the Aghada square and from the resulting melee the Cloyne boys got the ball into the net. The ref Kevin Hennessy signalled a free out only to change his mind and gave a throw in from which Cloyne goaled to level the match and another day out .

Team Martin Day .
Dave Hanlon , Paul O’Donoghue ,Darren Lee
Cathal O’Gorman , Alan Devoy , Sean O’Keeffe
Paul Kilbane, John Murphy
Derrick Bowler , William O’Donoghue (0-1),JP O’Connor (0-2)
Kieran O’Connor , Richie Lewis (0-4) , Tony Wall (1-4)
Subs Jwall for William O’Donoghue , 43m

On Monday night Aghada 's second string hurlers travelled to Killeagh for
the top of the table league clash. On the perfect night for hurling Aghada
got of to a bright start with a Tony Wall goal. A Derek Bowler point made it 1-1 in the opening minutes before a soft goal let Killeagh back into the game. This seem to wake our lads up and our half back line of Paul Kilbane the returning Alan Devoy and the ever reliable Cathal O Gorman meant Aghada started to regain control. A spectacular goal from Kieran O Conner got us back on track and we never looked back from there. Further points from Derek Bowler and Tony Wall and a John Wall goal left the score at half time Aghada 3-6 Killeagh 1-4.The second half was a much quieter affair with the match more or less over as a contest and points in the second half from Tony Wall Willie O Donoghue James O Connell Daren Lee and 2 from Kieran O Conner who seems to be revelling in his new role in the full forward line left the final score 3-12 to 1-8.Best on the night were Tony Wall Kieran O Conner and Paul Kilbane who Played through the pain barrier.

Team:

Fergal Condon

Brendan Flaherty Paul O Donoghue David O Hanlon

Paul Kilbane Alan Devoy ( Capt) Cathal O Gorman

Mark Lewis Alan Walsh

Derek Bowler(0-5) Daren Lee (0-1) John Wall (1-0)

James O Connell (0-1) Kieran O Conner(1-2) Tony Wall ( 1-2).

Subs:
Eoin Cotter Willie O Donoghue (0-1) Pa Sisk David O Keeffe and Ger Sheenan.

Aghada's Run Continues.

Aghada's second string took on Ballinacurra on Tuesday night in Rostellan. Despite the heavy rain our second pitch was in great condition and had a perfect sod for hurling. We got off to a very slow start and were lucky to be just 3 points down after the first 10 minutes as we seemed to be stuck in first gear. With the half back line of Eoin Cotter,John Murphy and Cathal O'Gorman coming more into the game we started to get more on top and with some good points from play from Tony Wall, Darren Lee, James O'Connell and the ever reliable Richie Lewis we finished the half strongly and at the break we led 0-7 to 0-6.Injury and illness meant a reshuffle with Alan Devoy coming
on at Centre back for John Murphy and Mark Lewis coming on midfield with Paul Kilbane going to wing back. With the advantage of the wind we soon got on top on some fine points from play from Derek Bowler, Darren Lee-2 and a monster point from Paul Kilbane saw us take control of the game. A goal near the end from Tony Wall after a Richie free was blocked gave us a rather flattering score line at the end.

Team.

Fergal Condon

David O'Hanlon Paul O'Donoghue Brendan Flaherty

Cathal O'Gorman John Murphy Eoin Cotter

Paul Kilbane ( 0-1) Alan Walsh

Derek Bowler (0-1) Darren Lee(0-3) John Wall

Tony Wall (1-2) Richie Lewis (0-8) James O'Connell (0-2).

Subs:

Alan Devoy for John Murphy, Mark Lewis for Eoin Cotter, Ger Sheenan for John Wall , David O'Keeffe for Dave O'Hanlon and Tom O'Neill for Cathal O'Gorman.

Aghada fielding a strong time made light work of Youghal in this league
match played at the splendid copper alley last Friday. Playing with the aide
of a slight breeze Aghada were quickly into there stride with points from
Ritchie Lewis Tony Wall and a rare Willie O Donoghue right handed point.
Then playing in a new position at top of the right Kieran O Conner got into
his stride setting up a goal each for Tony and Ritchie before adding on 1-3
of his own and hitting the crossbar as well. This left Aghada in complete
control and with the half back line of Cathal O Gorman Alan Devoy and John
Murphy in top form Youghal never looked like getting back into this game.
Half Time Aghada 4-8 Youghal 0-5.The Second half was a much quieter affair
with Aghada taking their foot of the pedal which left Youghal back into the
Game but the Back line stood firm and managed to restrict Youghal to only a
few points. Points from Fergal Condon, Kieran O Conner, John Connolly, John
Wall and Derek Bowler saw Aghada run out easy winners and keep their 100%
record in the League.

Team:

Martin Day

Brendan Flaherty, Paul O Donoghue, Darren Lee

Cathal O Gorman, Alan Devoy(Capt), John Murphy

Derck Bowler(0-1) Paul Kilbane

John Connolly(0-1) Willie O Donoghue (0-1) James O Connell

Tony Wall (2-2) Ritchie Lewis (1-2) Kieran O Conner (1-4).

Subs Used.

John Wall (0-1),Anthony Connolly,Fergal Condon(0-1), Conner Hickey, Stephen Cashman.

Aghada recorded there second win in 2 game with an easy win over Erins Own
in Rostellan. Aghada were always in control and got of to a flying start
with a point from John Wall and a Ger Sheenan Goal. With the Midfield of
Kieran O Conner and Paul Kilbane dominating it wasn't long before Aghada
took complete control of the game with further goals from Pierce O Neill and
Ger Sheenan. Ger Sheenan showed no ill effects from all those late night
since the arrival of his new baby by completing his Hat trick after 22 mins.
Points from Richie Lewis and Pierce O Niell left the score at Half time
Aghada 4-6 Erins Own 0-2 and one of their point was scored by Aghada corner
Back Pat Cashman. With the game over Aghada made five changes at half time
which left Erins own back into the game but a tally of 2-1 from Richie Lewis
in the second Half was enough to see Aghada easy winners and with a 100%
record from 2 games.

Team:

Martin Day

Pat Cashman Paul O Donoghue Jim Motherway

Cathal O Gorman Alan Devoy Sean O Keeffe

Kieran O Conner Paul Kilbane

John Wall (0-1) Willie O Donoghue John Connolly

Ger Sheenan (3-0) Richie Lewis (2-4) Pierce O Neill (1-2)

Subs Used:

Fergal Condon, Alan Walsh, Brian Walsh, Stephen Cashman, Stephen O Keeffe.

Aghada got the new league campaign of to a perfect start when beaten a
fancied Carrigtowhill team in Carrig. In the first half you could see that
it was the first game of the year as it took our boys a long time to settle
into the game. Carrig started better and soon found themselves a couple of
point to the good before Aghada got into there stride. A point on the run
from Kieran O Conner seemed to settle our lads down. Two more points from
Richie Lewis followed before a soft goal left the score at halftime Aghada
0-3 Carrig 1-3. In the second half our lads showed some of the form that won
us the league last year and started to dominate the match. A good goal by
Pierce O Niell and some good points from Richie Lewis saw Aghada run out 2
point winners. Best for Aghada on the day were Jim Motherway, Alan Devoy
Kieran O Conner Eoin Cotter and Willie O Donoghue.
Team:

Martin Day

David O Keeffe Paul O Donoghue Pa Sisk

Cathal O Gorman Alan Devoy Jim Motherway

Kieran O Conner (0-1) Eoin Cotter

John Wall Willie O Donoghue John Connolly

Pierce O Neill (1-0) Richie Lewis (0-5) James O Connell

Subs:
Sean O Keeffe for Dave O Keeffe
Brendan Flaherty For John Connolly
Alan Walsh For John Wall.