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Two points down after one minute. 1-7 to 0-2 up after 18 minutes, 1-7 to 1-6 at half time. Three points down five minutes of the resumption and try as we mighty we could not put it back. As the clock ran down Ballinhassig pulled away and we had no answer to them. The best team won A mighty crowd turned out to see this game and what a game of hurling
it was. what a year our hurlers have giving us it's hard to lost the last
one but ye can hold yere heads high THANKS LADS Team |
Pretty it was not but when the need was greatest Aghada found
their true form. Team |
Not a game for the faint hearted
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Following on the footballers reaching the semi
final it was now the turn of the hurlers to do like wise. With Blarney
putting us out of the Championship last year we owed them one. While
we started off well we hit a drought in a twenty minute spell mid
way through the first half. Blarney lead 1-4 t o 0-3 as time ran
out then Aghada sprung to life points from Trevor (2) and one from
Captain Melvin and we were only one point behind at the brake and
having played badly. The second half was all Aghada, with the ever
green Ronan Dwane lording it at centre back ably assisted by Paul
Kilbane and Bill Hennessy Blarney only scoring 0-2 in the half hour
to our 0-10 we even had the luxury of a missed penalty. As the final whistle blew how Aghada celebrated now in two County semi finals You can’t buy highs like this. Aghada now meet old rivals and fellow East Cork men Youghal. Team Michael Lewis Stephen Cashman, John P.O’Connor, Kenneth O’Keeffe Billy Hennessy, Ronan Dwane, Paul Kilbane Ger Melvin, John Connelly Brian Morrissey, Pat Cashman, Pierce O’Neill Stephen O’Keeffe, Tony Wall, Trevor O’Keeffe full report |
| Aghada’s intermediate hurlers followed the senior footballers into the semi-finals of this year’s championship, with a marvellous victory over Blarney on last Saturday night. Having being beaten by Blarney at the same stage last year, manager Colm O’Brien had his troops well fired up to gain revenge this time around. Blarney looked the slightly better team in the opening half. Only Aghada’s half back line of Billy Hennessy, Ronan Dewane and Paul Kilbane, were dominating their men, and this line was imperious all through the night. When Aghada failed to clear a ball from around the small square, Blarney pounced for a goal, to give them a 1-4 to 3 points lead after 13 minutes. Aghada responded well to the goal with 2 quick points, and then corner forward Trevor O’Keeffe was brought down for a penalty. There was a long delay as JohnO made his way up from full back, but his strike flashed narrowly wide. Undeterred Trevor hit the last score of the half to leave just one between the sides. It hadn’t been a good first half, but Aghada had put in a lot of hard but fair hits( none more so than Kilbane), which you felt had to have an effect on the Mid Cork men as the game wore on. Aghada really upped their performance for the second half. Pierce O’Neill had moved to centre forward late in the first half, and this helped enormously too swing the game in their favour. The full back line, of Stephen Cashman, John O’Connor and particularly young Kenneth O’Keeffe were well on top now. Up front and at midfield there was a general improvement all round, while in the corner Trevor O’Keeffe really came into his own. Everything O’Keeffe did in the second half was class, as was the supply of ball into him. 5 points he scored in the second period as he turned his man inside out. Added to this were some other excellent points. Stephen O’Keeffe scored a gem off his left, and O’Neill after a super solo run scored another which seemed to break the spirit of the opposition. Stephen had earlier scored another point, when he might have goaled. Blarney did have opportunities but hit a number of wides. Michael Lewis had yet another good night between the posts and he was called on to save a close in free near the end, with Aghada leading 13 points to 1-5. Aghada went on from here to hit 3 more points, Billy Hennessy and Paudie Wall hitting the pick of them. In the end Aghada had a deserved 7 point victory and now meet local rivals Youghal in the semi-final in 2 weeks time. Aghada team and scorers – M. Lewis,S.Cashman,J.O’Connor,K.O’Keeffe,P.Kilbane,R.Dewane,B.Hennessy(0-1),G.Melvin(0-1),J.Connolly,P.O’Neill(0-1),P.Cashman,B.Morrissey(0-1), S.O’Keeffe(0-3),T.Wall,T.O’Keeffe(0-8,3f). Subs used – D.Creedon,K.O’Connor,P.Wall(0-1),B.Crowley. |
Seldom do you see perfect hurling we saw it against
Tipp for one half and we saw the same tonight.
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Tue 5th July Premier Intermediate Hurling league
Aghada 1-10 St. Finbarrs 1-7
Aghada completely dominated the opening exchanges of this league
fixture, which was played in Rostellan last Tuesday, but could not
put the the sliothar between the posts. 13 minutes and about 10
wides into the game, Trevor O’Keeffe opened Aghada’s
account with a nice point from out on the wing. They were a point
down at that stage, as the city men had pointed with almost their
only attack. A minute later, Trevor made it 2 points when he pointed
a free after being fouled himself. Scores were hard to come by,
but it was a far more even contest at this stage, with the ‘Barrs
well in the game. The blues struck for the next score, when they
rattled home a good goal. A good point on the run from Stephen O’Keeffe
, was quickly nullifyied, by a like score for the ‘barrs.
At half time the scoreboard read a very modest - Aghada 0-3, St.
Finbarrs 1-2. My.Lewis, C.O’Gorman,J.O’Connor,S.Cashman, B.Hennessy,R.Dewane,P.Kilbane, G.Melvin,P.Wall, P.O’Neill,P.Cashman,S.O’Keeffe(0-2), B.Morrissey,T.Wall(1-0), T.O’Keeffe(0-8,6f). Subs Used – D.Creedon,A.Creedon,A.Connolly. Dereck Bowler |
Wed 29th June Premier Intermediate Hurling league
Aghada 2-13 Youghal 1-13
Aghada’s hurlers got back into the swing of things in preparation
for the next round of the championship, when they had a good win
over East Cork neighbours Youghal on last Wednesday week. Aghada
opened the scoring when Trevor O’Keeffe pointed a free after
Tony Wall had been fouled. After 10 mins Youghal had recovered to
lead by 3pts to 2. Then Aghada’s half forward line hit a purple
patch. First wing forward Pierce O’Neill, plucked a ball out
of the sky before pointing from on the sideline. Then the other
wing forward, Stephen O’Keeffe, struck for a great goal after
a fine solo run. Sharpshooting centre forward Pat Cashman, then
pointed in typical fashion, and Aghada had built up a nice lead.
Youghal responded with a few points of their own, but in general
the Aghada backs were defending well, particularrily John O’Connor
and Paudie Wall. Trevor had the last score of the half, when he
pointed from play, and at half time the scoreboard read –
1-5 to 0-6 in Aghada’s favour. My.Lewis, S.Cashman,J.O’Connor,K.O’Keeffe, P.Wall,R.Dewane,B.Hennessy, J.Connolly(0-1),G.Melvin(0-1), P.O’Neill(0-2),P.Cashman(0-1),S.O’Keeffe(1-1), B.Morrissey(0-2),T.Wall(1-0),T.O’Keeffe(0-4,3F). Subs Used: A.Morrissey(0-1),C.O’Gorman. |
Aghada's hurlers had a big win over Mallow on Thursday last.
Played in ideal conditions in Rostellan, an under strength Mallow
were no match for an Aghada side that played some very crisp hurling.An
even opening 5 minutes revealed no sign of the one sided contest
that was to follow. Mallow led 2 points to 1, at this stage but
did not score again until they goaled in last minute of the half.Ger
Melvin and Paudie Wall started to dominate at midfield, and Brian
Morrissey started to score at will from corner forward. 3 points
from Brian and 1 super score from Paudie, were followed by a fantastic
individual goal from wing forward Pierce O'Neill. Aghada were on
top in most areas now, with Ken O'Keeffe, Billy Hennessy and Paul
Kilbane especially effective at the back. 2 points from Ger Melvin
- one huge effort from play, and one from a free - a point from
the impressive Stephen O'Keeffe, plus one more each for Brian and
Paudie, gave Aghada a 1-10 v 1-2 half time lead. Thursday 25th of May Intermediate hurling league - Aghada 0-15 Inniscarra 4-12 |
| Goals proved decisive in this entertaining league game played at Rostellan on Thursday last. Inniscarra had their first after just 30 seconds and proceeded to add two more before the short whistle.The mid cork men also tagged on 7 points in the opening period. Aghada had 6 points of their own in response to leave themselves with a huge hill to climb going in at the break.It was almost the Trevor O'Keeffe show for Aghada in the second half as he scored 7 of Aghada's 8 second half points. 4 in the first ten minutes, seemed to give hope to Aghada , but Inniscarra scored their fourth goal after 15 minutes, to virtually guarantee victory. Aghada kept plugging away, with points from O'Keeffe, while on 28 minutes, Paudie Wall scored the point of the match after a fine solo run. It was never going to be enough however as Inniscarra ran out deserving winners. Aghada Team - My. Lewis, S.Cashman, P.Kilbane,K.O'Keeffe, Mk.Lewis,R.Dewane,A.Cotter, J.Connolly,P.Wall, S.O'Keeffe,P.Cashman,V.Morrissey, B.Morrissey,T.Wall,T.O'Keeffe. Subs Used - C.O'Gorman,A.Connolly.
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Lewis saves day.
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| Aghada keep their unbeaten record in league At half time it was a different story, with the saints leading by 0-9 to 0-4. St. Catherines looked a class side scoring at will from the centre of the field. Fielding only 7 of the team that beat Carrig they ran circles around Aghada. Yet Catherines were to score only two points in the second half as Aghada started to find their feet. Ger Melvin was in command at centre back, while Paul Kilbane grew in stature as the game went on and he pointed half way trough the half his day was made. Just after halftime Pearse O’Neill got his trade mark goal when he grabbed the ball on the forty and ran at the defence. A mighty point followed from Trevor O’Keeffe and with Brian Morrissey now playing the way he can Aghada took the game by the scruff of the neck. Brian got two points from the centre field to give Aghada the lead with nine minutes left his brother Vincent pointed two beauties . younger brother Alan was not outdone when he also got in on the act. Stephen O’Keeffe, Dave Creedan , Melvin, Brian and Banna impressed big time as did Billy Hennessy . Team Michael Lewis Darren Lee, JP O’Connor , Billy Hennessy Paul Kilbane (0-1), Ger Melvin, Kenneth O’Keeffe Vincent Morrissey(0-2),Brian Morrissey (0-3), Dave Creedan (0-1), Rohan Dwane, Trevor O’Keeffe(0-2), Stephen O’Keeffe (0-4), Pearse O’Neill (1-0),Tony Wall (0-1), Sub used Alan Morrissey (0-1), for Wall (half time) |
Sat 1st May
Poor show from Aghada yet this was a game that
could have been won. With five minutes left we were a point down
and attaching, ball broke across the square. , Should have been
a goal but ball cleared and despite Aghada having two extra men
behind the ball (Tracton had a man sent off for two yellows and
Aghada playing with a two man full forward line, Stephen O’
Keeffe as sweeper behind the Aghada centre field), goal for Tracton
from here on in it was how much would Tracton win by. And did they
look impressive as they added three points to leave them winners
by 7 points. The Aghada men gladly heard the long whistle. It was not all like this as Pearse O’Neill opened with a great point after one minute. Tracton replied with three points on the trot despite Aghada owning the ball. Aghada were to put seven balls wide before Vincent Morrissey pointed in the 14th minute. A minute later he again pointed before Ger Melvin gave Aghada the lead on the 18th minute. Tracton came with two points before Morrissey pointed a free on the short whistle to leave the sides level 0-5 to 0-5 O’Neill now in the centre put Aghada ahead after 20 seconds
of the restart. In an 8-minute spell Tracton tacked on five points
to leave Aghada struggling. Then on the 41st minute Morrissey
sprung a great point and when Stephen O’Keeffe finished
a ball to the net we were on our way . Within 3 minutes Tracton
had it all back when they pointed and converted a semi penalty.
Then on the 51st minute Aghada were handed a lifeline when sub
Davie Creedan found the net after he followed in a Morrissey cross
it looked good for Aghada but Tracton had other idea’s .
Michael Lewis |
Aghada made it 2 league wins out of 2 with a comprehensive defeat of last year’s semi-finalists Aghabullogue. Similar to last week, Aghada had a lack lustre first half, and trailed at the break on a 0-9 V 0-4 scoreline. Aghada however really turned on the style in the second period and scored 4-12 to Aghabullogue's 3 points. Some of Aghada’s points were right out of the top drawer The Aghada goalscores were Tony Wall, Vincent Morrissey who grabbed 2, and Brian Morrissey scored the last goal right at the death. Team & scorers – My. Lewis, D.Lee,J.O’Connor,B.Hennessy, Eoin Cotter,P.Cashman,C.O’Gorman, G.Melvin(0-1),T.O’Keeffe(0-1), S.O’Keeffe(0-1),B.Morrissey(1-3),P.O’Neill, V.Morrissey(2-7),R.Dewane(0-1),T.Wall(1-1) . Subs used: D.Creedon,B.Crowley(0-1),D.Devoy Alan Morrissey,. |
They say winning is a habit, it seems that way
when the hurlers took to the field a good show was all we expected,
yet 16 hours after playing a major championship match Aghada turned
on the style to win this game in a impressive manner After a slow start Aghada waited for the second half to start their come back after losing the 1st on the scoreline of 0-6 to 2-8 A hat trick from minor Tony Wall goals from footballers Trevor
O’Keeffe and Dave Creedan set Aghada up for this win. Even
when Rohan Dwane, Brian Morrissey , Stephen O’Keeffe and
Pearse O’Neill were replaced it made no difference. Darren
Lee rolled back the years to turn in a man of the match display
at corner back. Ger Melvin showed that his injury is behind him
when he turned in a mighty display when he came on at half time.
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| Aghada's intermediate's ended their involvement in this years Liam Breathnach, with a defeat to Watergrasshill on Thursday last.Played in very wet conditions in Rostellan, a goal in each have from the 'Hill was the real difference between the 2 sides. Aghada did have chances for goals themselves in the first half. First Brian Morrissey found himself clean through on goals but was fouled before he got the shot off. John Connolly saw his resulting penalty well saved. Centre forward Pierce O'Neill was then unlucky to have a goal disallowed. The half time score read - Aghada 0-8 Watergrasshill 1-5, with the pick of Aghada's points coming from Ronan Dewane (2) and Brian Morrissey. It was even Stephen again in the second half, but the 'hills second goal on 17 minutes more or less decided the outcome. Aghada team and scorers - My.Lewis, B.Crowley,P.Cashman,K.O'Keeffe ,B.Hennessy,P.Kilbane,D.Bowler, J.Connolly(0-3, 1 free),R.Dewane(0-2), S.O'Keeffe,P.O'Neill(0-1),T.O'Keeffe(0-4 ,3 frees), A.Morrissey,B.Morrissey(0-2),K.O'Connor. Subs used - T.Wall, C.O'Gorman. |
| Aghada had a terrible opening half in
this second round of the Liam Breathnach.
B.Crowley,A.Connolly,K.O'Keeffe, C.O'Gorman,P.Cashman,D.Bowler, R.Dewane,G.Melvin, A.Cotter,Mk.Lewis (2-0), J. Connolly), T.O'Keeffe (0-2), P.O'Neill, D.Hanlon. Subs Used |
| Despite a very impressive display against a strong wind in the
first half of Michael Lewis ,B.Crowley, P.Cashman, K.O'Keeffe, P.Wall, B.Hennessy, D.Bowler, R.Dewane, Mark.Lewis, S.O'Keeffe(0-2), P.O'Neill (1-2), J. Connolly (0-2,frees), T.O'Keeffe (0-4,3frees), B.Morrissey (0-1), T.Wall (0-1). Subs Used - A.Cotter,A.Morrissey. |
| Aghada fielding a new look team started the better but were unable
to score, then disaster a long ball found its way to Aghada’s
net after a mix up in the square. Courceys were to add two more points
before Aghada found their shooting boots. Then Trevor and Pearse pointed
within a minute mid way into the opening half. Aghada tried hard to
add to their score to no avail, it was Courceys who pointed two more
to leave the half time score 1-4 to 0-2 for Aghada. The new management team of Colm O’Brien, Darren Lee and Anthony Cashman made some changes at the brake, changing Stephen O’Keeffe from corner back to top of the left, Brian Morrissey going to full forward and Trevor O’Keeffe moving to top of the right, still Aghada found scores hard to come bye. Courceys stretched their lead to 1-6 before Aghada got a lucky goal on the 41st minute when a high ball in was fielded by the goalie but pressure from Trevor forced him over the line and a green flag for Aghada. A minute later Courceys replied with a point. Now Aghada upped their game and started to put some moves together. Trevor pointed, and then Rohan Dwane followed to leave just a goal between the sides. Try as they might Aghada were not able to make headway against a strong Courceys defence. A high ball in beat the Courceys goal minder but luck was with him as the ball hit the butt of the post. As time ran out Pearse plucked a ball from the sky and had a great chance. Again the goalie got lucky. Aghada mounted one more attempt a short free from Connelly found Dwane but the ball went wide and that was that. This was a new look side and given time maybe Aghada can do some thing. Team Martin Day, Stephen O’Keeffe, Pat Cashman, Kenneth O’Keeffe, Paul Kilbane, Billy Hennessy, Brendan Crowley John Connelly , Ger Melvin (capt) Pearse O’Neill, J.P. O’Connor, Trevor O’Keeffe Brian Morressy, Rohan Dwane, Tony Wall Subs used Paudie Wall for Wall 41st minute, Dave Creedan for Hennessy 46th minute , Cathal Ó Gornáin for Kilbane (inj)58th minute |