Cup action

It’s cup action this weekend for both our senior and junior teams. Park seniors welcome Carrigtwohill Utd to Brigown Pk on Friday night at 8pm in the Pop Keller Cup. Then on Saturday at 5pm Park juniors welcome Innishvilla in the John Hayes Cup. All support would be appreciated.

DEPLETED Ballinhassig 3 Park Utd Juniors 0

A somewhat depleted junior squad made the long trip to Ballinhassig on Sunday morning last and found the going tough. Park went into this game on the back of a great win the previous week but were missing some key personal on Sunday last and the team below them in the league proved stronger and claimed all 3 points. Park are still in a good position though and need only one more win from their remaining 4 games to guarantee their div 2 status for next season.

LATE LATE SHOW Park Utd U17 boys 4 Avondale 4

An unbelievable comeback from the visitors in this entertaining U17 league fixture in Brigown Park on Sunday morning last. Trailing 4-1 with 10 minutes to go, Avondale staged a miraculous comeback with 3 late goals, and shared the points with Park.

The visitors went 1 nil up but Park equalised through Clem Motherway. It remained 1 all at the break. The majority of the 2nd half was dominated by Park and goals from Jake Thornton, Matt Gould and Jack Piggott had Park cruising at 4-1 with 10 to go. Somehow Park pressed the self-destruct button and the visitors scored 3 late goals to level matters, a result that was disappointing for Park in the end.

TWO NICE Park Utd Senior ladies 4 Leeside 1

At Brigown Pk on Sunday last our senior ladies continued their preparations for the upcoming season with another well-deserved victory over Leeside in a friendly.

This group of girls under the management of Colm and Roisin O’Grady have now clocked up two nice wins thus far in their preparations in advance of the season starting in mid-April. There were notable performances throughout with Park’s goals coming from Abigail King, Mairead Coughlan and 2 from Stacey Dawson.

WEEKLY LOTTO

Jackpot €5,500. Our weekly lotto draw took place in Dexys Bar on Monday night last. The numbers drawn were 7, 15, 17 and 23 which yielded no winner. We thank you for your continued support. See lotto results elsewhere in this paper. Tickets are available from usual outlets or from our door to door seller John Ryan.

PITCH IN FOR PARK

Our fundraising continues as we try to defray some of the huge cost incurred in the development of our new all-weather pitch. You can write your name or family’s name in the club’s history by sponsoring sq metres of our new all-weather pitch. Square metres are on sale at The Kitchen Garden George’s St and are on display on the shop window.

Alternatively you can contact any club member or scan the QR code on our social media pages. We will be in a position shortly to display on our sponsors wall all of you who have already subscribed and we thank each and every one of you who have donated so far.

SYMPATHIES

We extend our deepest sympathies to the Coughlan family on your recent bereavement. Our prayers and thoughts are with you at this difficult time.

FIXTURES

Friday, March 31st - Pop Keller Cup (senior), Park Utd v Carrigtwohill: Brigown Pk 8pm. Saturday, April 1st - U17 league 2 Avondale Utd v Park Utd: Avondale Pk 2pm. John Hayes Trophy (junior) - Park Utd v Innishvilla: Brigown Pk 5pm. Sunday, April 2nd - Youths div 1 Park Utd v Leeside: Brigown Pk 2pm.