May Reports 2007
 

30/05/07

Senior Co. League: Dr. Crokes 2-07 Kerins O`Rahilly`s 1-10 we finished level in this entertaining clash last weekend. Played on Saturday last in continuous rain which made handling very difficult we salvaged a point. Our best performers on the night were John Payne, Michael Moloney, Batt Moriarty Brian McMahon in defense, Ambrose O’Donovan at midfield while in the forwards Brian Looney, Kieran O’Leary, and Michael O`Grady stood out.

Hurling: At this stage of the year we have the Intermediate Championship and South Kerry Championship to play for as our league campaign is over after the sum total of 3 matches, with the Co Board having split the league into 2 sections due to the reluctance on North Kerry teams to travel South for games. So much for enhancing the game of  hurling.  That having been said Crokes with a relatively new side performed well even though we lost our 3 matches to Kenmare on the score line of 2 – 12, 0 –13; Kilgarvan 3 – 13, 0 –13 and St Brendan’s 2 – 12 to 1 – 7. The latter game had outstanding performances from Jim Kennedy, Adrian Brennan in goals, Kevin and Gary Landers in defence. With more scoring power up front the result may have been different. The management have not been too disappointed as it was a learning curve for the team with the retirement of John Cagney, Seanie O Shea, Tony Mackey, Earl Tuohy (transferred), along with injuries to key players Brian Darcy, Seanie Morris and Patrick Landers considerably weakening the team.  The club welcomes newcomers, David Hannon, Frank Synnott, Michael Roche, Pat Clifford, John Bradley, Mark O Donoghue and the return of Adrian Brennan (our new goalkeeper) and Keith Curtin.

The management would like to see a greater effort at training, which continues on Monday and Wednesday night, togged out for 7.30pm sharp. John Lenihan the manager can be contacted at 087 6534444

Coiste na Og: Our second round of the county league against Abbeydorney at
home  was a played in near artic conditions and both teams did well to serve
up an action packed match. Crokes started well and controlled the first half with Miceal Burns in excellent form at midfield, he was ably assisted by Jack Lenihan  and  their efforts were rewarded with Crokes leading at the break by 2 -1  to 0-4. The game was fast  and there was some good passages of play from both sides. Miceal Burns got  us off the mark with a goal from a free  and he followed this with  two well taken points after some good passing from Tony Brosnan
and Shane Lyne. Our defense  was holding tight in the first half  due to
the hard work of Aaron Murphy, Michael Owen Buckley and Laurence Byrnes. In the second half we played against the wind and the move of John  L Ivory to  midfield  helped to cut off the Abbeydorney supply. Abbeydorney got a few scores to go into the lead  by a goal with ten minutes remaining, however  another goal by Miceal Burns , his hat-trick epitomised the  fighting character in this team.  It was all action for the last ten minutes with Abbeydorney
adding a goal and a few points while  their 'keeper  was breaking our
hearts. Chris Doncel and John L Ivory added points for Crokes , but in the end  we ran out of time on the shoreline of 3-7  to 3-4.
This was a brave fight from our  boys and with a little luck the result
could have been in our favour  The boys are learning from their hard work in training  and games like this are invaluable in adding to their experience.
Team :- B Courtney O Buckley Byrnes,A Murphy White  L Ivory
O'Shea,M Burns, J Lenihan,T Brosnan Casey,S Lyne,S Hurley Doncel,D
O'Brien, M Hartnett Brosnan, D Hartnett.

Lotto: the jackpot of €3,300 on Sunday May 27th was not won. Numbers drawn were 8,11,19,22. 13 persons matched 3 numbers each receiving €40. Mary O’Donoghue 2 Mile School, Andy McHugh c/o Liebherr, Mairead Dineen Town Hall, Con Breen Room 9 Tatler Jack, Patricia McCarthy 12 St. Brendan’s Terrace, F. O’Keeffe c/o Jimmy O’Brien’s, Martin Galvin c/o Lyno, Joanne O`Sullivan rock Road, Ronnie Galvin Ballaugh, Tony Kearns Taxi, Padraigh O’Donovan Glenflesk, Freddie Galvin Ardriville Scartaglin, JJAKK c/o Lyno. Jackpot Monday June 4th €3,600.

Social Gathering; on Sun next at Dromhall Hotel we will hold a Social Gathering, Munster Club and O’Donoghue Cup medals will be presented to the Senior team. Various awards will also be presented on the night to the following recipients. Club Person of the Year.  Pat O Shea. Footballer of the Year.  Ambrose O Donovan. Young Player of the Year.  Gavin Tucker  Supporter of the Year. Ann Bartlett. Hurler of the Year.  Kevin Landers. Ladies footballer of the Year.  Elaine Kavanagh. Congratulations to all. Tickets cost €35 are available from Events Committee, Music by Crescendo followed by Disco.

Golf Society: this Saturday June 2nd we travel to dingle Links for an outing sponsored by Niall Brosnan. Tee times 10.00 – 12.00 noon.

Sympathy: to Bridie (Tatler) O`Sullivan on the recent death of her brother in law Pat Connolly in Mayo. And to player Kevin Smyth on the death of his father.

Birthday Wishes: to former player Sean Clarke who reached the magical 40, and to current player David Moloney who reached 30. Both celebrated last weekend. Congratulations lads.

Best Wishes:  to Eddie (Tatler) O`Sullivan who underwent an operation earlier this week.

 

23/05/07

Minor. Co. League Final: Dr. Crokes 2-07 Kerins O`Rahillys 2-10. On Sunday evening last in the Fitzgerald Stadium we came up short against a strong O`Rahillys side. This is the fourth year in a row that these sides have met at this juncture of the competition and the honors are now split evenly both Clubs having two victories each. This was a game we were always chasing and despite losing the influential Ruairi Mangan to injury in the opening half we were level at the break 1-05 each, our goal coming on the strokes of half time from Daithi Casey following a tremendous run through the Strand Road defense. On the resumption our opponents hit with an early goal following some clumsy defending when we failed to clear our lines and we fell 5 points behind. Another great run by Casey resulted in he expertly tucking it away to the bottom corner brought matters back to a 1 point game but we unable to seize the initiative and our opponents tacked on two points  to secure victory. On a night when many of players failed to reach our full potential we were best served by goalkeeper David Neeson who made some superb saves and could not be faulted, defenders Michael McMahon and substitute Eoin Clifton were the pick, at midfield Johnny Buckley tried hard while in the forwards Man of the match Daithi Casey, Philip O’Connor and Jamie Doolan were always dangerous.

Coiste Na Og: U12 hurling  Our first outing in the county league was an away game  in Kilmoyley against the locals. Unfortunately the weather spoiled  a good game of hurling for both teams and despite some heroic efforts and a never say die attitude  we lost by a few goals.
Playing with a breeze at our backs we had hoped to  build upon
our good opening and  get some scores on the board. A few good saves by the
Kilmoyley keeper and a few bad wides resulted in we trailing by  four points  at the break. The second half was always going to be tough against the wind however, it was in this period that
the Crokes lads showed true character and battled bravely all through .
Defending with great heart and making many  forays into the opposing
goalmouth. In the end we lost  but we had displayed many good skills and  it was encouraging to be complimented by the Kilmoyley mentors  on our skill levels.
We had many stars on the night  but it  was the combined team effort
by every player that  gives us optimism for the future.
Team :- B Courtney  C.O'Regan, J  L Ivory,(Capt), A Murphy, C McSharry, C
O'Donoghue, M O Buckley, L. Byrnes, J Lenihan,S Hurley M Burns, M O'Shea, O O'Connor, G White, M Casey, T Brosnan, S Lyne, M. Hartnett, D Healy, L McCarthy, D Griffin.
Our next game  is at home  v Abbeydorney on May 25th. Training continues on Saturdays at 9.45am and Tuesdays at 6.30pm.

U12 A Dr. Crokes 2-11 Kerins O`Rahillys 1-09. We hosted K. O`Rahillys on Thurs. last. We started this game very well playing some lovely football. The defense were tight and the forwards looked  menacing. After playing against the wind in the opening half the score at the break was 1-08 a piece. On the restart we came under pressure from strong and repeated Strand road attacks but we soaked it up and countered very well with all six forwards contributing with scores. The defense, midfielders, and goalkeeper in superb form we ended with a great result for a hard working team performance.

 Within 4 days we were in action again this time away to Rathmore, on this occasion we started poorly and our defense was under a lot of pressure. Gradually we began to influence proceedings and at the half way break we led by 3 points. On the resumption we conceded an early goal but we replied with 3 good points from play and ended up winning on a score line of 5-06 to 3-07.

This completes our Div. 1Co. games for the present training continues each Saturday 12.15pm. We would like to send a get well  to Daniel Healy who presently is unavailable with a foot injury. Panel: J. O’Leary, C. Murphy, G. Murphy, d. Brosnan, M. Burns, C. Regan, N. Ashe, L. Byrnes, M. De Willis J. Kiely, T. Brosnan, J. Fitzgerald, D. O’Doherty, J. Brennan, S. Hurley, s. Lyne, N. O’Connor. D. Healy, O. Collins, M. Casey, D. Sheehan, M. Ryan, R. Clifford.

U 12 B team had a great win over Kerins O Rahillys on Thursday night on score line of 4-13 to 4-5.This was a great team performance from everybody involved. We were again slow out of the blocks at the start with Rahilly's piling on the pressure but our backs defended with great composure and we were only 1 point behind at half time. Some great scores were taken by Michael Casey, David Sheerin and John Kerrisk to keep us in touch. The second half we put great pressure on Rahillys and created great scores with Jason Farrell scoring 2 super goals to edge us ahead and further points from Jason o Sullivan we pulled away with a 8 point victory. Great performances on the night were from Kieran Courtney, Mark `O`Shea, Dylan O`Sullivan, Jack Lenihan, David Sheerin

U.11. East Kerry U11 competition begins this Wed. night. Dr. Crokes will be entering two teams in this competition.

U16 East Kerry Dr. Crokes 8-11     Gneevegulia 1-5

Back to winning ways against a Gneevegulia team that never gave up the fight. A great team performance with skill and determination which brought the game to their opponents from the word go. A number of fabulous individual displays from, in particular, Gordon Buckley and Joe Keogh in the backline from Timmy O' Donoghue and Eoin Clifton in the middle of the field and from Chris Brady in the forwards. All subs got a run and many contributed to the final score line. We await the outcome of the matches on the other side of the draw to see who emerges as our opponents in the final.

Team & Scorers: James Barry, Frank Lavery, Joseph Keogh, Sean Coppinger, Gordon Buckley, P.J. Lawlor, Conor O' Neill, Eoin Clifton, Timmy O' Donoghue , Chris Brady (2-1), , Kieran Ward, Keith O' Leary(0-4)Cian O' Neill (1-1), Cian Buckley(2-0), Alex O' Sullivan(1-3), ). Subs Steve Clifford(1-0) (Cian Buckley) , Gavin Corbett (Cian O' Neill), Evan O' Donoghue (1-1) (Alex O' Sullivan) Iggy Curtin (Keith O' Leary), Conor Magill(0-1)  ( Eoin Clifton), Neilus McEntaggart (Chris Brady), Michael Beckett (Kieran Ward)

Dr. Crokes 8-11     Gneevegulia 1-5

Senior Co. Championship: the draw was made on Sun. night for the 3rd round of the championship and it has thrown up a mouth watering clash with local rivals Legion. This game is penciled in for the weekend June 9th/10th.

Lotto: there was no winner of the Lotto Jackpot on Sun. May 20th. numbers drawn were 1,7,15,19. ( persons matched 3 numbers. Jack O’Neill  12 St. Brendan’s Tce., John Lyne, Morgan Vincent c/o Lyno, Ml. McCarthy c/o Chris, David a. O’Donoghue Muckross, Ger & Sheila Morris Shronederagh, Denis McCarthy 5 Glenview Drive, John Kerrisk 0876978817 Danny Jones c/o Joan O’Leary. Each receives €60. Jackpot Sunday next €3,300.

Social Gathering: Sun. June 3rd. in Dromhall Hotel, Music by Crescendo followed by Disco. Tickets €35. available from Events Committee members.

Golf Society: next outing on Sat. June 2nd, venue Dingle Links. Tee times 20.00- 12noon. Time sheet now open on www.drcrokes.com  or at Speakeasy and Tatler Jack.

 

16/05/07 

Senior Co. Championship: Dr. Crokes 0-16 Dingle 0-07. we started our 2007 senior championship campaign with a win over Dingle on Sun. played in the Fitzgerald Stadium in bitterly cold conditions it was a lack luster affair with the result never in doubt. Mike Grady opened the scoring in the first minute with a well taken point, Dingle equalized in the 3rd minute with a free, David Moloney put Dr. Crokes ahead in the 7th minute and they never looked back. Ambrose O’Donovan & Eoin Brosnan began to dominate midfield proceedings and were giving an amble supply of ball to the forwards but over elaboration at times meant this supply was going to waste it took the intervention of the half-back  Batt Moriarty after driving run through the Dingle defense to extend the lead with marvelous score. Kieran O’Leary who subsequently had to retire was beginning to come more into the game and kicked a delightful point in the 15th minute. Centre-back Luke Quinn after another searching run stretched the lead in the 22nd minute and Colm Cooper closed our first half scoring with a pointed free in the 29th. Dingle only other score in the opening half came in the 29th minute leaving proceedings at the break Dr. Crokes 0-06 Dingle 0-02. following the dismissal of Keith McMahon management had to re-jig the lineout for the second half and introduced Gavin Tucker for his championship debut. In the opening period of the second half we stretched our lead to 7points 0-10 to 0-03. and the game was virtually over as a contest despite a spirited Dingle fight back which yielded 3 unanswered points Dr. Crokes again took control and kicked six points without reply, the final Dingle score was deep in injury time to leave us with a nine point winning margin. The new management will be pleased with the win that gets them off to what hopefully will be a successful campaign but they will be aware that a huge improvement is required. Team: Kieran Cremin, Keith McMahon, Michael Moloney, John Payne, Batt Moriarty, Luke Quinn, Brian McMahon, Ambrose O`Donovan, Eoin Brosnan©, James Fleming, Kieran O’Leary, Brian Looney, Com Cooper, David Moloney, Mike O`Grady. Subs; Johnny Buckley, Gavin Tucker, Jamie Doolan.  

Minor Co. League Div. 1 s/final; Dr. Crokes 4-14 Austin Stacks 1-05. on Mon. night last we qualified for our 4th Minor Co. League final in a row with an overwhelming win over Stacks. After getting off to the worst possible start conceding a goal in the opening attack we were level in the 6th minute with points from Daithi Casey, Jamie Doolan, & Johnny Buckley, Doolan put us ahead with a further point and the same player added a further 2-01along with points from Buckley and Philip O’Connor before the break to leave the half time score 2-08 to 1-02. the second half began with Crokes stretching further ahead with points form Doolan & O’Connor and in the 8th minute T. J. Cronin found the net after a good interchange with Doolan. Buckley who was dominating the exchanges at midfield continued to give a wonderful display of point kicking off both hands and off the ground and finished a another great move to the net in the 25th minute. This was a tremendous display of football by Dr. Crokes with quick movement of ball into the forward line. The backs as a unit were tremendous and gave very little away, midfield exchanges were dominated by Buckley ably assisted by J. Bartlett while in the forwards expertly led by Doolan all had the beating of their individual opponents. Team: David Neeson, Michael McMahon, Fionn Fitzgerald, Donal Cronin, David O’Leary, Timmy Dudley, Johnny Buckley, John Bartlett, Niall O’Connell, Ruairi Mangan, Daithi Casey, T.J.Cronin, Philip O’Connor, Jamie Doolan. Subs: Shane O’Neill, Eoin Clifton, Pat Fuller, P. J. Lawlor.

Junior Football: it is the time of the year when there is a plethora of football for junior players. On Mon. May 7th. we traveled to Tralee for the opening fixture v Strand Road in the Co. Junior league. Both teams will feel they left a win behind them having dominated at various stages. Dr. Crokes playing with the aid of a strong wind got off to the worst possible start conceding a goal in the first few minutes. After ten minutes we reached parity with points from Nicholas Murphy, Michael O’Donoghue and Shane Horgan. A few missed opportunities from frees did not help our cause, further points from Denis Galvin and James Jones left us leading at the break 0-05 to 1-01.

As with the first half a quick goal from Strand Road swung the game in their favor and they continued with two further minors. A great Denis Galvin goal re-awoke the Crokes challenge and we followed with a Nicholas Murphy point. James Jones after a penetrating run from midfield was dragged down in the square and the resultant penalty was expertly converted by Nicholas Murphy. Strand Road seized the initiative with a couple of quick points. Shane Horgan gave us the minimum lead with time almost up but Strand Road leveled matters at the end with a pointed free. Panel : Alan Kelly Kevin Landers, Mike Cooper, Alan Brady, Dave Looney, Shane Kavanagh, James Jones, Andrew O Connell, Philip O Connor, Brian Clarke, Mike O Donoghue, Nick Murphy, Denis Galvin, Shane Horgan, James Cahillane , Pat Hand, Timmy Hourigan,

On Tues. May 8th we concluded the group stages of the EKJL with a well merited 1-12 to 0-04 win over Spa and in the process qualified for the knock-out stages. Fielding a much changed side from the previous evening we were fast out of the blocks and lead after 15minutes 1-04 to 0-01. Denis Galvin again finding the net with a well taken goal in the ninth minute. Spa began to come more into the game and had 3 unanswered points to leave the half time score 1-05 to 0-04. the second half was all Dr. Crokes and we kicked some good scores. Young David Neeson was very solid in goal with the Kevin’s Landers & Smyth dominating the central positions ably assisted by Diarmuid O’Donovan. James Jones was always in top at midfield while in the forward line expertly lead by Mike Cooper David Looney was a revelation and finished with a tally of 5 points getting good support from Michael O’Donoghue, Denis Galvin, and Philip O’Connor. Team: David Neeson, Tim Hourigan, Kevin Landers, Aaron Fahy, Diarmuid O’Donovan, Kevin Smyth, Tommy Brosnan, James Jones, Alan Brady, David Looney, Michael O’Donoghue, Denis Galvin, Pat Hand, Mike Cooper, Philip O’Connor. Subs; Michael McMahon, Daithi Casey, Ruairi Mangan.

Co. Senior Hurling League: Dr. Crokes played their second round Division 2 league game at home to Kilgarvan on Wednesday night. After a close opening encounter Kilgarvan eventually ran out easy winners on a score line of 3-13 to 0-12. Kilgarvan started well and went in to an early three-point lead before Crokes came back into the game with good scores by John Bergin and Jim Kennedy. The halftime score was 0-08 to 0-05 in favour of Kilgarvan.

Dr. Crokes started the better in the second half and closed the deficit to one point. However, Crokes never really recovered from an easy Kilgarvan goal mid way through the second half. The Crokes defence played well, in particular Gary Landers and Cian O’Toole while in the forwards John Bergin and Jim Kennedy did well. Crokes next game will be away to Ardfert next week.

Coiste Na Og: U12 Div. 1  Dr. Crokes 5-08 Listowel Emmetts 4-07. on Wed. may 9th we played Listowel away. Playing against a strong wind in the opening period our defense was under pressure in the first half and we trailed by a goal at the half way stage. Listowel dominated the opening period of the second half and extended their lead to 8 points. Dr. Crokes upped the tempo and a tremendous commitment by our defenders paved the way for our midfielders and forwards to take control and haul us back into contention. With 4 minutes remaining we took the lead that we were not going to relinquish and ran out winners by 4 points. This was a just reward for the lads who have trained hard and they will improve considerably from this win. Panel: D. Healy, J. O’Leary, G. Murphy, C. Murphy, M. Burns, C. Regan, N. Ashe, L. Byrnes, M. de Willis, T. Brosnan, d. O’Doherty, J. Fitzgerald, J. Kiely, J. Brennan, N. Clifford, S. Lyne, s. Hurley, d. Brosnan, S. Sheehan, M. Casey, N. O’Connor, O. Collins, M. Ryan.

The U12 B team traveled to a windswept and cold Listowel on Wednesday night. Unfortunately we were beaten by a more  physically stronger Listowel outfit on the night. However our gallant team were very unlucky in the  end in which a couple of near misses and some wayward decisions cost us. It was a great team performance from this young team. We were 1-2 to 0-3 ahead at half-time with a goal from Chris Doncel and points from Gavin White and Michael Casey. A goal and a point from Adam O Shea in the second half brought
us to within 2 points of Listowel.Some great goalkeeping from Eoin Walsh and stout defending from Paul Clarke, Jack Lenihan and Caman Mangan kept Listowel at bay several times. Up front Michael Casey, Chris Doncel, Killian Fleming and Adam O Shea showed lovely touches and great scores. Well done to everyone for a great gutsy performance

LOTTO: former club chairman Mike Neeson won the Lotto Jackpot of a whopping €10,500 on Sun. last. Mike successfully chose the winning numbers of 7,9,11,13. Congratulations Mike. 16 players matched 3 numbers. Mary Corkerry c/o Lyno. Ted O`Shea c/o Enda, John & Jack Lenihan 13 Priory Paddocks, Orla McCarthy 33369, Mike O’Leary Tralee road, Barbara Keane c/o Speakeasy, Scott McGkashan c/o Klinge, Rachel Lynch 25 Pairc Cuimin, Maura Fenton c/o Lyno, Lorcan & Fintan Martin Tiernaboul, Pat Clancy c/o Chris, Denis Casey Arbutus, Mary a. O’Doherty Knockanes, Kevin Healy Lissivegeen, Shane Mc c/o speakeasy. Each received €35. Jackpot next Sun. €3,000.

Congratulations: to the eight Dr. Crokes girls Emma Cronin, Rheanne O`Shea, Laura Moloney, Megan Kiely, Megan Buckley, Eileen Buckley, Lauren O`Sullivan, Arianne Kennedy who were part of the St. Brigids team who won the 1st year All Ireland Schools Basketball. Also to the Kerry Minors who qualified for the Munster Final, well done Johnny Buckley, Jamie Doolan and selector Vince Cooper.

Best wishes: to Club Vice President Thade Counihan who recently underwent surgery.

 

09/05/07

East Kerry U21 Championship Q/F.:Dr. Crokes 3-22 Firies 1-04. we had a comprehensive win over Firies on May 2nd. The result does not tell the true story of the game as our opponents were much better than the final score suggests and actually started the much brighter leading by 1-01 to 0-00 after 4 minutes. Denis Galvin opened the scoring in the 7th minute with a well taken goal followed quickly with points from Jamie Doolan, Michael O`Grady, and Ian Howard to give us the lead after 11 minutes we never looked back and left us leading at the break 1-11 to 1-02. On the resumption our forwards continued in the same vein kicking points with consummate ease despite the best efforts of our opponents and ran out comfortable winners. Team: Alan Kelly, Tommy Ryan Michael Moloney, John Payne, Barra O’Connell, Luke Quinn, Gavin Tucker, Johnny O`Sullivan, Ian Howard, Ruairi Mangan, Kieran O’Leary, Brian Looney, Jamie Doolan, Denis Galvin, Michael O`Grady, Subs: Philip O’Connor, John Bartlett, Patrick Buckley.

E.K.J.L. Dr. Crokes 2-08 Glenflesk 1-06. Dr. Crokes overcame a gallant Glenflesk side on Wed. May 2nd. Played at Lewis Road. Crokes started the brighter early minors from Denis Galvin, Brian O’Donoghue, & Ian Howard gave them an early lead. After 20mins. Glenflesk narrowed the gap but a strong finish to the half with further points from Brian Clarke, David Looney and Shane Horgan gave us a half-time lead of 4points the score being 0-06 to 0-02. early points from Shane Horgan & Denis Galvin stretched Dr. Crokes lead, Glenflesk replied with a goal to narrow the gap but Brian Clarke immediately with a goal following a great passing movement, despite the best efforts of our opponents we finished the stronger with a great goal from Andrew O’Connell. Team: Alan Kelly, Tommy Ryan, Mike Cooper, John Payne, Gavin Tucker, Brian O’Donoghue, Kevin Smyth, James Jones, Ian Howard, Ruairi Mangan, Tomás Regan, David Looney, Denis Galvin, Brian Clarke, Shane Horgan Mike O’Donoghue, T.J.O`Sullivan, Philip O’Connor, Andrew O’Connell.

EKSL: Dr. Crokes 1-5 Fossa 0-12 fielding a side that was largely under strength many of whom it was their third game in as many days we went down to a much determined Fossa side.

Coiste Na Og Under 10 &  U 12 hurling-.  May 1st, 2007. On May day our U10 & U12 hurlers traveled to Kenmare for  challenge matches against the locals. It was a great evening and good experience for all .For the U 10 team it was their first game of the year  and the experience will benefit them in time to come. After scoring a few fine goals and leading the way Kenmare eventually ran out winners in thone.
Team :- F O'Donoghue,Ml o Buckley, John A Harrington McCarthy, A O’Doherty Brown,D Marcus McAuliffe Griffin Clarke O’Connor White,DHartnett.M Hartnett.
U12:-  This game was a re-match for our under 12's who had lost to Kenmare
in the recent South Kerry league. Playing against the wind in the first half
posed a stiff test for our defense  and despite a few goal concessions  they can be satisfied with their efforts.
In the second half the wind was used well and  with some quick hurling the
scores arrived and we  turned the tables on Kenmare and overturned the league result. This is a good confidence boost for the team in advance of the county league  and it is also a good reward for  all their recent hard work in training.
Team :- L Byrne, A Murphy, J L Ivory O'Regan,C McSharry,T Brosnan
Lenihan,M O'Shea,C Doncel, M Casey,S Lyne,S Hurley, D O'Brien.
On behalf of the players, the mentors which to acknowledge the
"after -match- treat " provided for all the players in Kenmare THANK YOU .
Training continues for both U10 and U12 on Saturdays at 9.45am and Tues.

Co. Championship; yes it is that time of the year when the Co. Championship begins. On Sun. evening next in the Fitzgerald Stadium @ 7pm we face Dingle @7pm. This is going to be an extremely close contested game and hopefully the lads can rise to the occasion and give the new management team a major fillip for the season.

Lotto: there was no winner of the Lotto Jackpot of €10,200 on Mon. May 7th. numbers drawn were 3,7,20,24. 13 people matched 3 numbers. Siobhan Coffey Barleymount, Peter Fleming 3 O’Connell’s Tce., Diarmuid O`Mahoney Woodlawn Road, Gerh Moynihan c/o J.Cs, Diarmuid O`Riordan c/o 80 Hawthorn Ave., a. Doherty Knocknahoe, Brid Brosnan Tralee Road, Meabh Dineen 0879933159, Stephanie McCarthy 180 Ballyspillane, Timothy O`Sullivan 30 St. Brendan’s, Pa Joe Sweeney c/o Chris, Eileen Cahillane, 158 Pinewood, James Lynch c/o Jim Connolly. Each receives €40. Jackpot on Sun. next €10500.

Congratulations to Senior player Batt Moriarty who recently graduated from the Garda College and to Eoin Clifton, Shane O’Neill, & Keith O’Leary who were members of the successful St. Brendan’s Frewn Cup winning side.

Birthday Wishes: to Orna Cleary O`Shea who celebrated last weekend.

Best Wishes: to Senior players Shane Doolan who is currently indisposed and Andrew Kenneally who is to undergo knee surgery this week.

Social Gathering: the Munster Club Championship medals along with O’Donoghue Cup medals will be presented at a Social gathering on Sun. June 3rd.@ Dromhall Hotel more details next week.

 

02/05/07

Co. League Div. 1. Gaeltacht 1-17 Dr. Crokes 1-08 we suffered a very heavy defeat in Gallarus on Sat. evening last. Again fielding an experimental side this was a wake up call for everyone with the Co. championship game against Dingle only a fortnight away. If further progress is to be made we will have to improve considerably. Our best performers on the night were Michael Moloney, John Payne, Eoin Brosnan, Johnny Buckley, and Jamie Doolan. Team: Kieran Cremin, Gavin Tucker, Michael Moloney, John Payne, Ian Howard, Luke Quinn, Brian McMahon, Eoin Brosnan(Capt.) Ambrose O’Donovan, Brian Looney(1-01) Kieran O’Leary(0-03), Johnny O`Sullivan, Mike Grady, Johnny Buckley, Jamie Doolan(0-02). Subs: Rory Mangan, Tommy Ryan, James Jones.

Minor Co. League: Dr. Crokes 2-16 Austin Stacks 1-11 this wins makes three from three in this stop/start league. We got off to a great start scoring 4points without reply. Johnny Buckley ably assisted by John Bartlett controlling the midfield exchanges our forwards had ample possession and led at half time 0-10 to 0-04 with captain Jamie Doolan contributing 5 points. Our defense was rock solid all through with Fionn Fitzgerald, Jonathan Clarke & David (Buddy) O’Leary particularly outstanding. Our goal scorers  on the night were Johnny Buckley & Jamie Doolan. Team: David Neeson, Michael McMahon, Jonathan Clarke, Timmy Dudley, Donal Cronin, David O’Leary, Fionn Fitzgerald, Johnny Buckley, John Bartlett, Niall O’Connell, David Casey, T.J.Cronin, Shane O’Neill, Rory Mangan, Jamie Doolan(Capt.) Philip O’Connor, Pat Fuller, Eoin Clifton, Keith O’Leary, Kieran Ward, P.J.Lawlor.

E.K.J.L. Dr.Crokes  3-10  Currow  1-7.

Played in Lewis road on Tuesday night our junior team recorded a comprehensive victory over a young but spirited Currow side. We got off to a great start putting on 1-5 before could register a score. The defense was well on top through the game with some excellent performances, and The Currow forwards  found it tough to get easy scores. The half-time score was Crokes 2-06  Currow 0-4. The game ended as a contest when we got another goal early and we went on to record some well taken points,  Currow didn’t give up and got rewards for their efforts with a well taken penalty, and then some nice points. This was a good solid performance from the Crokes and should provide the platform to build consistency and enable us to improve our overall play. Our next game is against Glenflesk and no date has been set as our u21 game is fixed for next Tuesday night in Lewis Road. Panel : Alan Kelly, James Hurley, Mike Cooper, Gavin Tucker, Alan Brady, Tommy Ryan, Mike Nash, Pat Hand, Philip O` Connor, Mike O` Donoghue, Ian Howard, David Looney, James Jones, Denis Galvin, Rory Mangan, Shane Horgan, Johnny O Sullivan, Tim Buckley, Brian Clarke, Aaron Fahy, TJ O Sullivan, Kevin Smith,

Coiste na Og: U12 Co. League Div. 1 Dr. Crokes 1-08 Austin Stacks 3-09. we started rather slowly with Stacks taking early command, very little possession was going to the forwards and our opponents led by 7points at he the half way stage. We battled back in the second half but could not turn good possession into scores. Panel: D. Healy, G. Murphy, J. O’Leary, S. Lyne, N. Ashe, M. De Willis,  K. Regan, M. Burns, L. Byrnes, J. Kiely, D. O’Doherty, T. Brosnan, J. Fitzgerald, C. Murphy, M. Ryan, J. Brennan, O. Collins, M. Casey, N.O`Connor, r. Clifford, D. Brosnan, E. Sheehan, S. Hurley.

Our u12 B had a great win on Sunday night against a good Austin Stacks B team. With the aid of a strong breeze we were ahead 2 - 7 to 1 point at half time with goals coming from Adam O`Shea and Michael Casey. The second half we were under severe pressure with Stacks pulling us back to 2 points but with great resilience and hard grafting we managed to weather the storm and pulled away with a win of 7-10 to 4-5 with a great hat-trick of goals from Chris
Doncol. Other goal scorers were Jason Farrell ,John Kerrisk.This was a great team performance from a very young team who seem to be gelling into a very promising team and whom most of them are only 10 years of age this year. There were  too many good performances to mention on the night so well done to all twenty players.
Team:Eoin Walsh,Creagh Courtney, Paul Clarke, Ian Griffin,Caman Mangan,Dylan O Sullivan, Jack Lenihan,Ryan O Connor, Jason o Sullivan, Michael Casey, John Kerrisk,Chris Doncol,Adam O Shea, Jason Farrell, Killian Fleming, Sylvie Bartlett, John o Shea, Mark O Shea, Oisin Shannon, Michael Eoin Buckley.

Lotto: there was no winner of the Lotto Jackpot of €9,900 on Sun. last. Numbers drawn were 1,2,9,15.  9 persons matched 3 numbers Keith O’Leary, Tralee Road, U.J.Daly c/o P.O., Donal Shine c/o Lyno, Joan Connor c/o Gene Doc, Tim O`Sullivan 160 Pinewood, Rose Doyle 34592, Ann Connor c/o John Daly, Aoife Cronin Cronin’s shop, Denis Looney Liebherr. Each receives €60. Jackpot on Mon. May 7th €10,200.

Fixtures:  Sun. May 6th U12 Emmett’s v Dr. Crokes 7pm.Emmetts v Dr. Crokes B 6pm. Mon. May 7th Co. Junior League Strand Road v Dr. Crokes .  Wed. May 9th Co. Hurling League  Dr. Crokes v Kilgarvan. Sun. May 13th 7pm Co. championship Dr. Crokes v Dingle @ Fitzgerald Stadium.

Sympathy: to the Duggan Family O’Connell’s Tce., on the death of Frank a former player with the club.