Club Notes 23/1/13

The U21’s were in action again last Sunday when they took on Beal Atha Ghaorthaidh in the second game of the Glenville Invitational Football tournament. On a bitterly cold day in John William Goulding Park on a very wet  sod, both sides played out a superb game of attacking football. With a lightning start Beal Atha stormed into the lead, but with Richie O Sullivan and John O Sullivan getting into their rhythm the Kilmac lads soon set about eating into the lead. With some flowing moves the Kilmacs only trailed at the break by a point, Kilmacabea 2-3  Beal Atha 1-7. With both sides continuing the same brand of football in the second half, ever score was crucial and with Richie O Sullivan hitting his third goal of the game the Kilmacs were looking the likely winners. But this Beal Atha don’t know when their beaten, they drew level with time almost up.  With time up the Kilmacs thought the game was won but the ref had a different score to most of the crowd and extra time was the order of the day. The relentless pace of the game eventually caught up with the Kilmac lads and they succumbed to the men from the North West but two points on a score of Kilmacabea 3-10 Beal Atha Ghaorthaidh 2-15. While it was a disappointing way for the game to end the team will benefit from these early season games and hopefully they will take this form into the upcoming West Cork championship.

All club members are invited to attend a medal presentation for the victorious U13 championship winners and Minor football league winners this Saturday night 26^th January at the GAA Pavilion at 8:00pm. Donal Og Hodnett from O Donovan Rossa is the special guest on the night. Donal was a member of the Cork u21 football team that defeated Kerry in the Munster U21 football last year and also captained the CIT footballers against Cork earlier this month in the McGrath Cup. Also on the night the club will present the Player, Young player and Club person of the year awards. So come along to celebrate these two great team’s achievements.

Everyone is reminded that the club is still collecting scrap metal at the club grounds until the end of the month.