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| Aghada sweep Fr O’Neill’s aside with powerful finish. A large crowd enjoyed a great game of hurling played by two good teams on a lovely summers evening in Ballinacurra. The game was slow to start with both sets of defence on top. Aghada scored 1st with two frees from man of the match Finbarr Day on the 5 and 6th minute. As the 1st Quarter finished both sides were level at 3 points a piece. By the 24th minute it was five all then O’Neills went two clear but a great point from Eoin Savage at full forward left us just a point be hide 6 points to seven at the short whistle. Scores were hard to come by as both sets of backs were on top for Aghada Michael Russell was outstanding at centre back as was Conor Rice behind him. To be fair to O’Neill’s our backs worked hard and closed their danger men down. On resumption Day landed a 65 to level the game a minute after the
restart. He followed with another free on the 33rd m but from the puck
out the sides were level again for the 7th and last time. Tim Hartnett
and Shane Wall started to made inroads at centre field and the Aghada
forwards enjoyed more ball as a result Eoin Savage finished a good move
to the net and Aghada were 3 clear. O’Neills hit back for a minor
but could not get the ball in the danger area (so outstanding were our
half backs) and never looked like scoring a goal indeed with the exception
of one point all O’Neill’s scores came from long range.
The next ten minutes were again had stalemate as both sides failed to
score, then on the 49m O’Neill’s made a bit of a rally getting
to points on the trot to leave just the bare mi for 6th time minimum
between the sides. |
| A great victory for Aghada in this semi final played in Ballinacurra on Mon night. This was a fine sporting game from start to finish played by 2 well prepared teams. In the first half it was tit for tat scoring wise, best for Aghada during the half were Seamus, Cian, Eoin Healy, and Finbarr. The score at half time was Aghada0-6 Fr O Neills0-7.Early in the second half Aghada took the lead with an Eoin Savage goal, the game remained tight with only a point separating the sides. Then with ten minutes remaining Finbarr Day got a cracking goal and from their to the finish Aghada saw out the game comfortably, final score Aghada2-12VFr O Neills0-12.A great victory for all concerned, our first appearance in a U21 Hurling final for a number of years awaits us on this coming Sunday night the 5th in Midleton@18.15.Best for Aghada were Seamus O Gorman, Tim Hartnett, Mike Russell and man of the match Finbarr Day. Aghada team J O Brien A O Connell capt C Rice J Daly S O Gorman M Russell D Rice T Hartnett S Wall E Healy 0-2 E Savage1-2 W Leahy R Kennedy F Day1-8 C Fleming sub K Higgins for J Daly. |
| Aghada lost out for third night in a row in championship
action, after another gut wrenching defeat in this minor championship
game played at Shanagarry. We started off well in this match, with an
early Josh O Shea goal. Every time we looked like pulling away, Erins
own got back on level terms. The scoreline at halftime was Aghada 1-5
Erins Own 1-5. During the course of the second half it was tit for tat,
with a few minutes remaining we were leading by 2 points courtesy of a
second goal scored by Tommy Dobbin. In the final few minutes the referee
awarded Erins Own some soft frees, which they converted and when the final
whistle was blown Erins Own were victorious. Aghada put up a fine performance
and were missing a few players, who would have helped our cause. The referee
was not helpful to either side blowing the whistle far too much, as the
match was a fine fair championship match. Aghada team J Hayes J O Leary B Condon G O Brien K Looney T Hartnett M Daly D Rice S O Gorman J O Shea (1-2) O Lynch (0-1) T Dobbin (1-0) W Leahy G Corigliano R Kennedy (0-5) |
| Aghada were beaten in this match after a titanic battle, a game we so
easily could of won. This game was a cracking match from start to finish,
with Swannie and Babóg keeping things tight at the back and Vincent,
Finbarr and Tony keeping the score board ticking over up front we only
trailed by a goal at half time 1-8 to0-8.The second half was tit for tat,
but we were unlucky that we didn’t avail of some decent goal scoring
chances. We conceded two soft goals, and then with 5 minutes remaining
Vincent received a straight red. This took away from the fine efforts
this side made through out the hour, we could not get scores in the remaining
minutes to force a replay. Once again Aghada were left rue what might
of been, best for Aghada were Swannie, Conor, Anthony, Finbarr and Tony.
Final score Aghada 0-18 Erins Own 3-11. Aghada team J O Brien D Hanlon E Cotter L Morrissey K O Keeffe R Dwane C Rice 0-1 A Walsh A Connolly D Bowler 0-2 E Savage D Condon 0-2 V Morrissey 0-3 F Day 0-8 T Wall 0-2. |
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Heartbreak again for Aghada
as late late goal sinks the seasiders.
A last minute goal saw Duhallow just get the better of Aghada in a
fascinating game. A high lobbing ball from Donnacha O’Connor found
the fist of Sub T J Bodie who rattled the net for a two point lead for
Duhallow the 1st time they led since the 13th m. Aghada fought back
but could find no way through the Duhallow defence who were magnificent
in the second half. To be fair to Duhallow they used half time wisely making the vital
switch’s .Fleming again got a gem of a point with in 1 minute
of the restart to go 8 points clear. Little did we think that we would
have to wait until the 51st minute for our next score off the boot of
Michael Russell. Aidan Walsh now at midfield started to show but still
Aghada were in control but having won the ball dropped it and Duhallow
ran at Aghada and goaled in the 34th m. Aghada dropped two more balls
straight away and by the 36th minute there was only 3 points in it.
Aghada steadied the ship but could not make head way up front as Duhallow
sealed the holes in their defence. Another Aghada error gave O’Connor
a soft free as we entered the last Quarter. Another Duhallow point followed
before the afore mentioned Russell point put Aghada two in front again.
For the next 8 minutes it was stale mate but on the 56th m Duhallow
pointed and a minute later came that goal from attack that looked harmless.
It was hard luck on Aghada who played great football and deserved a
draw a least. The lost of Brian Wall and J P O’Connor to injury
was a big factor. Kieran O’Connor played a captains part and had
an out standing game on Donnacha O’Connor |
| Senior Football championship Tues24th Aug Aghada1-9VDuhallow2-8 Heartbreak for Aghada at the end of this tough and exciting championship match as we met with defeat. Aghada started off slow in the first 10 minutes with Duhallow getting 2 early points from Donnacha O Connor frees. Once we settled down we proceeded to dominate and play great football for the rest of the first half, our backs were extremely tight, midfield competed hard and up front Pearse, Brendan and Cian were giving Duhallow's defence a tough time. Cian scored 1-5 in the first half and at half time we lead 1-7 to 0-3 and looked in a very strong position. The second half got underway and Cian got the first score to put us 8 points up. During the next 15 minutes this game turned and after we gave up possession of the ball, Duhallow moved the ball quickly leading to a goal scored by Niall Fleming. We gave away 2 soft scores after the goal and now we were only leading by a goal, we got our 2nd and final point of the half courtesy of Mike Russell. With 4 minutes remaining we lead by one when Donnacha sent in a hail mary shot, as it dropped a Duhallow sub punched the ball easily to the back of our net .As hard as Aghada tried in the final few minutes we could not retrieve the situation and at the final whistle Aghada players were left shattered beaten on a scoreline of 2-8 to 1-9.Alot of soul searching will be done as to how we lost this match. Best for Aghada on the night were Kieran who played a captains role, Johno and Brian before both had to be taken off up front Pearce and Cian who scored 1-6 played well through out. Aghada team and subs A O Donoghue K O Connor J P O Connor B Wall J Connolly R Power B Hennessy E Healy0-1 T O Neill M Russell 0-1 P O Neill J O Connell B Flaherty 0-1 S O Keeffe C Fleming 1-6 subs P Kilbane for B Hennessy 25thminute J O Shea for B Wall S Wall for JP O Connor injured both 40th minute D Creedon for J O Connell and T O Keeffe for B Flaherty both51st minute. |
Fri 20th Aug Minor A football Championship
Aghada advanced to meet Erins own after a great victory last Friday night. We were well on top all through this game, Ger O Brien, Brian Condon and James O Leary were best for Aghada. The Aghada defence kept the Erins own forwards very quiet, and the half back line stopped Killeagh attacking with great marking and telling tackles. Up front our new full forward Georgio was causing havoc scoring a goal, and with the extremely lively Ronan Kennedy scoring fine points Killeagh couldn’t cope. A fine victory for all involved. Aghada team J Hayes J O Leary B Condon G O Brien K Looney T Hartnett M Daly S O Gorman 0-1 D Rice 0-1 O Lynch W Leahy T Dobbin 0-1 R Kennedy 2-5 G Gorrigliano1-0 R O Keeffe 0-2 subs M McCarthy F Culligan |
A funny game Aghada never looked in trouble but found it hard to
shake of the Rovers. Killeagh/Ita's or Fr O'Neills await in the semi final.
sub 21m Andy O'Donoghue for Higgins Aghada 0-15 Russell Rovers 0-9 |
Fri 13th U16 H C Aghada1-3 St Catherine's 2-11
| On Monday 16th August,Aghada put in their best performance against a
much stronger Ballynoe side played in Rostellan.The Aghada team made up
of eight of the under 14 side and this imbalance showed with the opposition
imposing their strength and dominance throughout the game.Their was good
efforts from Goalie James O'Leary,Jack Hayes,Evan McGee,and Kane Looney
in defence.Upfront Ryan O'Keeffe,Scott coyle garde and Kevin O'Sullivan
tried ther best. Aghada Team; James O'Leary,Andrew Murphy,Evan McGee,Jack Hayes,Shane Crowley,Kane Looney,Mathew Stafford,Conor O'Driscoll,Aaron Stafford(1-0),Ryan O'Keeffe(0-3),Jake O'Donaghue,Shane Dorney(0-1),Scott Coyle Garde(0-1),Kevin O'Sullivan(0-1),Stephen Murphy.Substitutes made Robbie Steele and Sean O'Leary. |
Tues 10th JFL DIV 2 Aghada 4-10 Cobh 4-19
Mon 9th Aug Under 12 A hurling championshipCarrigtwohill 2-8 Aghada 2-7
It was an heroic performance from Aghada and the lads can feel very
proud of their efforts.Charlie Terry led the charge scoring an impressive
2-2 on the night but nobody could feel they let anyone down. If Charlie
drove the team on in the forwards, captain Aaron Berry kept us in the
game on numerous occasions with a great performance between the posts.
Aaron was helped hugely by Luke O Connell, a tower of strength at full
back. Overall, Carrig just deserved the win but this panel did their parents, their club and their mentors proud, as usual. Team; Subs: Scorers |
| Last year against Drispey we saw the return of the Aghada determination
and how welcome come it was. Tonight saw another chapter a result dug out of hard work, determination and a never say die attitude. After 2 minutes of the start we were 1-1 down as Fermoy were rampant. Trevor settler matters with two points one from a placed ball. After that it was point for point until Aghada hit 3 in a row to bring it back to a one point game despite some outstanding Fermoy running. Fermoy added a point before Aghada were awarded a harmless free 40 metres out on the sideline. Trevor’s free deceived all and found the net and Aghada were away. Trig added two frees and the ever improving Pearse O’Neill added a point to put Aghada ahead on the call of half time by 1-9 to 1-5 having played with a strong wind hardly enough. Indeed Aghada were lucky enough to be so far ahead as Fermoy ghosted into scoring areas and Aghada were at the pin of their collar to hold out. Aghada’s rearguard held out against all comers especially Paul Kilbane who excelled through out. For the first ten minutes Aghada suffered at centre field by then Melvin and O’Keeffe took over and Aghada were motoring On resumption Fermoy pressed hard and reduced the gap to a point after a minute. Then came their goal a long long range free taken by their goal keeper landed on top of the full back line and was ushered over the goal line for to level the game. Aghada were now under constant bombardment but some how held out Trig added two points against the run of play to led again. Then came the second long long range free taken by their goal keeper which was only just held out by a might save from Day, but at the expense of a 65 which was converted. Aghada by now found it hard going against the wind as Fermoy piled on the pressure and when the Fermoy goalkeeper again hit another might free it again found the net only to be ruled out for a square ball. Aghada finished with two goals one from Trig and the other from Pearse which came at the death as we led by a point, to give us a four point win. In between Fermoy could only add four points from frees such was the grip that Aghada imposed playing into the teeth of a gale. An old style Aghada victory and most welcome Team |
O’Keeffe and O’Neill strike late as Aghada earn battling victory
Aghada had to dig deep in this Evening Cork IHC fourth-round tie at
a windswept Youghal last evening, but grinding out results is nothing
new to the east Cork men. Scorers for Aghada: T O’Keeffe 2-7, 1-5 frees), |
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