Lotto jackpot is €15,000

Well what are the highlights after the action on the fields last weekend? There was second hard earned success in the lower intermediate hurling championship. While Carrigtwohill confirmed a league cup victory from eight weeks previously, this time with a four point win over the Saints in round two of the East Cork junior B hurling championship. Match reports to follow.

Coming up shortly will be the latest instalment in the Rebels’ Bounty sequence of draws. But before that will be the next weekly lotto draw with a jackpot now standing at €15,000.

Results from Monday night, September 20, numbers drawn were: 10, 20, 21 and 23 and the jackpot of €14,800 wasn’t won. Consolation winners were: Paddy Condon, Glengoura (online), Michael Twomey (online), Aodhán Burke, Ballynoe, Michael Lane, Shanakill, Curraglass and Noelle Egan, Conna.

So next draw with an accumulated €15,000 jackpot goes ahead on Monday night, September 27.

ROUND 2 GROUP 3 CO-OP SUPERSTORES LOWER INTERMEDIATE HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP St Catherines 3-12 Barryroe 1-16

In keeping with the intermittent showers falling and the Saints were again making heavy weather of it like last week, eking out a narrow two point success from this round 2 lower intermediate hurling championship tie when played at the well prepared Eire Óg GAA grounds in Ovens. Ballincollig-based official Liam Barry throwing in the sliotar exactly on time for a 2pm start on Sunday last.

It’s ten weeks on from collecting his second All-Ireland medal as a goalkeeper yet it’s as a forward Eoin Davis is making a distinct impression this far in this competition.

Daniel Mangan was involved in its creation before Davis crashed in the first and lead goal for the Saints at 1-01 to 0-02 to eight minutes. Rory Galvin pointed a beauty just on the quarter hour before Brian Mulcahy, careering through from the left and flush with the end line, was on target when adding the second Saints’ goal on twenty five minutes. Solid defending with Philip Keane and Eoghan O’Riordan much to the fore. It all adds up and it was 2-07 to 0-05 for the Saints on the half whistle. Both teams now a man down.

Davis delightfully finished off his second and third Saints’ goals thus establishing a 3-09 to 0-08 lead to forty minutes. His freetaking was uncanny, nothing missed from any conceivable angle all afternoon with the lead standing at 3-10 to 0-11 to the second water break.

But like the Milford match from seven days previously and with Adam McSweeney doing a savage job with the frees for them, Shane Cotter provided momentary respite when pointing for the Saints on fifty six minutes but Barryroe weren’t finished.

Brought up from the back and his intention obvious and clear cut but goalkeeper Billy O’Donovan on target from a similar effort in the last championship meeting between the teams twenty five months ago in Ballincollig on this occasion was denied, albeit for a point. Then scrambling the sliotar over the line into time added on.

That said, the Saints would be relieved to hear the sound of the full-time whistle. The third and final game in the group v Ballygarvan is fixed for Rathcormac on the afternoon of Saturday, October 9.

Scorers: E Davis (0-08 frees)(2-09), B Mulcahy, D Mangan, R Galvin and S Cotter (0-01 each). St Catherine’s team: C Leahy, P Keane, E Condon, J Neville, E O’Riordan, S O’Brien (team captain), M Mulcahy, A Neville, S Cotter, C Hegarty, B Mulcahy, E Davis, D Mangan, R Galvin and B Davis. Subs: T O’Donnell for J Neville (26’ – blood), T O’Donnell for E Condon (46’), Rd Galvin for B Davis (51’).

Referee: Liam Barry (Ballincollig).

ROUND 2 GROUP 3 EAST CORK OIL SPONSORED EAST CORK JUNIOR B HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Carrigtwohill 1-14 St Catherines 0-13

Availing of a Jamie McCarthy delivery it was full forward and team captain Peadar Downey with the key score and only goal of the contest as early as the sixth minute of this round 2 junior B hurling championship tie when played in the rain in Dungourney on Saturday evening last.

Kevin Barry pointing twice for the Saints trailing on a 1-07 to 0-04 half-time scoreline. With the status quo more or less maintained at 1-13 to 0-08 to the second water break and beyond.

Catherines were now enjoying their most rewarding period of play and finished strongly through the fourth and final quarter. Back to back Niall O’Regan points scoring four all told on the change of ends to which impressive substitute William Leamy added to from the tightest of angles and had it down to a four point contest to fifty four minutes. Which is how it finished.

Final game in group 3 of the divisional against Castlelyons and the scenario is very straight forward – it’s now a must win championship match. While scheduled to start soon will be the junior C hurling championship.

Scorers: R Clancy (0-06 frees), N O’Regan, K Barry (0-02) and W Leamy (0-01). St Catherine’s team: E Sheehan, S O’Brien, L O’Connor, P Ryan, S O’Regan, P O’Neill (team captain), D Galvin, C Kearney, J Hayes, C England, R Clancy, D O’Donnell, H Draper, N O’Regan, K Barry. Subs: W Leamy for S O’Donnell (33’), M Geary for P O’Neill (38’), T Hartnett for H Draper (45’) and P O’Connor for C Kearney (59’).

Referee: James Daly (Youghal).

CAMOGIE

Well done to the ladies on a first round victory of 1-14 to 2-08 in the SE Systems county senior camogie championship against Seandun and played at Castle Road, Mahon following a 3.15pm throw in on Saturday afternoon last.

JUVENILE SECTION OF THE NOTES

Semi-final division 1 Rebel Óg East U13 hurling league St Catherines v Kinsale, match deferred until further notice.

ROUND 4 DIVISION 1 REBEL ÓG NORTH U17 HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP St Catherines 5-23 Kanturk/Banteer 1-13

Opposition Kanturk/Banteer were giving as good as they were getting and largely through the prominent play of county minor panellist Rory Sheehan had momentarily forced themselves ahead at 1-05 to 0-07 through eighteen minutes of this division 1 U17 hurling championship tie played under the lights at Ballynoe on Wednesday evening, September 15 last.

However, the response was emphatic. Shane Cotter setting up older brother Stephen to crash in a well taken goal and in the twinkling of an eye the Saints had turned it right around and were enjoying a six point lead on a half-time scoreline standing at 1-12 to 1-06. Continuing their monopoly from there on in against sporting opposition who hurled right to the end.

Scorers: K Wallace (0-08 frees) (0-02 65’) (1-10), S O’Donoghue (0-01 free) (1-06), Stephen Cotter (2-01), K O’Donoghue (1-02), D Morrison (0-02), Shane Cotter and F O’Connell (0-01 each).

St Catherine’s team: D O’Connell, E O’Driscoll, O Fitzgerald, C MacCarthy, D O’Donovan, F O’Connell, C McAuliffe, B O’Connor, D Morrison, C Sheehan, K Wallace (team captain), K O’Donoghue, Shane Cotter, Stephen Cotter and S O’Donoghue. Subs: C Leamy for Shane Cotter (47’), T Barry for C McCarthy (49’), D Murphy for K Wallace (50’), C Hayes for B O’Connor (52’) and A Bryan for D Morrison (59’). Referee: Arthur Murphy (Killeagh). Note that round 5 division 1 Rebel Óg North U17 hurling championship - St Catherines w/o St Colmcille’s scr.

CLOSER LOOK AT U6 TRAINING AND MATCHES

Every Saturday morning since early May St Catherines have had a huge attendance at U6 girls and boys training. There are over sixty girls and boys in the group and they are having great fun practising their camogie, hurling and football skills each week.

Contact and team manager, Paddy Ryan a proud Limerick man tells us that real progress was shown over the summer months and they also have had the opportunity to demonstrate their new skills in a number of competitive matches against local clubs including Castlelyons, Dungourney, Bride Rovers and Killeagh.

Their most recent match was against Youghal GAA in Ballynoe. This was a mixed match in both football and camogie/hurling with over forty five players taking part. St Catherines GAA would like to thank the coaches for their time and also the parents for their great attendance each week. Keep up the good work!

NEXT ON A STILL BUSY FIXTURE LIST

Friday, September 24 at Ballynoe round 4 division 3 Rebel Óg East U17 football championship v Castlelyons at 6.30pm. Sunday, September 26 at Ballinacurra final division 1 Rebel Óg East U17 football championship v Castlelyons at 6.30pm. Sunday, September 26 at Ballinacurra final division one Rebel Óg East U15 hurling championship v Kiltha Óg at 11.00am. Sunday, September 26 at Ballynoe quarter-final Bon Secours sponsored county junior C football championship Araglin v Ballinacurra at 2pm. Wednesday, September 29 round 5 division 1 Rebel Óg North U17 hurling championship in Kilavullen at 6.15pm.

COMMISERATIONS

Deepest sympathy to Oliver and Matt Twomey, Conna on the recent death of their sister Betty O’Gorman, Lismore.

Commiserations also go to Mary and Jimmy Mangan, Curraheen, Conna on the recent passing of Mary’s father Denis O’Brien of Tallow. Ar dheis Dé go raibh na nainmeacha dílis.

ST CATHERINES GAA CLUB SPONSORS

T&A Building and Civil Engineering Contractors, Ballynoe are sponsors of St Catherines GAA Club, Mulcahy Steel are juvenile club sponsors.