MFL V Nemo Rangers – 19/2
Published February 19, 2012Shamrocks 2-11, Nemo Rangers (3) 1-2
A very satisfactory performance all round was the verdict of ‘stand-in Manager’ Kieran Lynam, after Shamrocks proved too accomplished for their City visitors in Division 3 of the Minor Football league, played in Shanbally on Sunday last.
Team Captain Tony O’Mahony led the charge with a commanding performance at centre back and his colleagues both big and small responded in kind. Shamrocks led at half-time 2-2 to 1-1 having played with the hill.
Some words of advice from Kieran and his assistant Alan Geary at half-time saw the team move up a gear in the second half and went on to record a very merited win.
Team; Dave Raleigh (goal), Conor Walters, James Raleigh (0-2), Daniel O’Reilly, Sean Kidney, Tony O’Mahony (0-2), Darragh Scriven, Sean O’Brien, Rory Horgan, Angus Boland (0-1), Roy Twomey (0-5), Brian Coffan (1-1), Coby O’Grady (1-0), Luke Garvan and Nathan Hayes (great grandson of the ledgendary Dave Dunne).
Special advisers on the day - Kevin O’Mahony, John Hanley, John Twomey, Liam Shanahan, Black Sid and Hing Pong Lee, Chinese Vice-president visiting with Christy Cooney.
JAFL V Ballygarvan – 19/2
Published February 19, 2012Shamrocks 2-9, Shamrocks 0-5.
This was the first league game for both and Ballygarvan opened it up with a comfortable victory over Shamrocks in Ballygarvan on Sunday morning last. From a Shamrocks point of view the managers and selectors expected a bit of rustiness at seasons start but allowing for that, the display was most definately below par and will not suffice for the year ahead. Manager Pat McCarthy was a disappointed man afterwards and let the players know in the dressingroom afterwards – lots of improvement needed and expected, both on and off the field.
Shamrocks actually started much the brighter and put together some lovely moves, none more so than the games opening point from one of Shamrocks best players on the day, Barry Mulqueen, a flowing team move finished off from 40 yards out. Shamrocks were enjoying plenty of possession at this stage but things seemed to break down inside the 40 yard line. In the meantime Ballygarvan had started to inch their way slowly into the game and kicked a few scores. They punished some sloppy play in the Shamrocks defence by blasting home two quick fire goals coming up to half time to give themselves a 5 point cushion at halftime, 2-1 to 0-2.
Shamrocks again started brightly after the throw in and sub Seanán Collins kicked a great score to bring the deficit back to 4 points. It went to 5 and back to 4 after Stephen O’Neills point. Whatever chance Shamrocks had of clawing back the gap disappeared after Ballygarvan got completely on top for the next 15 minutes and basically did as they pleased and kicked over 6 points in a row and the game was all over. Shamrocks plugged on until the end with one goal chance going abegging with time almost up.
One positive from the mornings events was the return of Michael O’Neill and Eoin O’Mahony to the Shamrocks colours and im sure they will be good additions as the year goes on. Also, 23 players togged out bodes well for the Junior B’s who’ll be swinging into action soon enough. Colin Brady, who had to go to hospital as a precaution after receiving a blow to the mouth, is fine after treatment.
Team: F. O’Neill, D. O’NEill, S. Hurley, J. Tuohy, M. Prout, C. Kidney, N. Hayes, B. Sweeney, B. Mulqueen, M. O’Neill, E. O’Mahony, C. Caffrey, S. Keane, A. McCarthy, S. O’Neill. Subs used – C. Brady, S. Collins, J. Browne, S. Jordan
U13 Football V Grenagh – 11/2
Published February 11, 2012Shamrocks 7-9, Grenagh 3-3
Shamrocks got off to a good start in the league after a fantastic second half performance against Grenagh on Saturday afternoon. Due to ongoing work at Grenagh’s pitch, the match was played on Shanballys bottom pitch which has taken on a lot of water in the last 2 weeks or so; the top half of the pitch near the clubhouse is particularly heavy. However, both teams turned in a whole hearted display in the conditions which is typical of this age group anyway.
Grenagh played down the hill in the first half and settled faster and led 1-3 to 0-1 after 15 minutes. However, from there until the half time break, Shamrocks began to dominate from defence out and the inside forward line, in particular Shane Flavin started to get the ball in the right places. Shane stuck away 2 goals and a point while David O’Sullivan, ever dangerous throughout, slotted over some frees. The halftime score read Shamrocks 3-5, Grenagh 3-3.
Shamrocks turned to play with the hill in the second half and after a close opening 5/6 minutes, really got on top of Grenagh throughout the field. Led by James Lynam in defence who was outstanding, the other backs rose to the occasion and gaps seemed to open up in the Grenagh defence. Again Flavin was on the end of two moves to blast to the net while Seán Andrews really made a difference after bring introduced, scoring 1-2. Dylan O’Flaherty, emergency goalkeeper on the day, did very well and his handling was excellent.
A few positional switches were made in the last 10 minutes to find out more about the players should the need arise later in the season. The one thing this team does is that they play at 100% until the final whistle – a good attribute that every team needs.
Team: Dylan O’Flaherty, Evan Seymour, Cathal Murphy, Daniel O’Mahony, James Lynam, Shane Downey, Stephen Fox, Cillian Hayes, David O’Sullivan, David Fox, Keith O’Donoghue, Shane Flavin, Killian O’Mahony. Sub used – Seán Andrews
Underage Master Fixtures Planner
Published February 1, 2012Please Click on the image below to view the Underage Master Fixtures Planner (PDF required).
Maureen O’Sullivan RIP
Published January 19, 2012The death has taken place of Maureen O’Sullivan late of Coolmore in her 87th year.
Maureen was a former winning Captain of the Shamrock Camogie team. In 1949 she captained the Shamrock Junior Camogie team to win the County final played in Cobh. She was one of the youngest members of the team and was a very skillful player. The team was coached by Georgie Andrews . The other members of the team were the Harding sisters from the Kennel boreen, Hannah, Kathleen and Noreen, Kathleen Farrell (still going strong at 95 years of age), Norrie Dunne, Minnie Jeffers, Mary Hayes, Faye Kind, Nell Bradley, Ettie Hayes, Pat Livesey, Pauline Nugent, Marie Murphy and Dolly Crowley.
In 1999 to mark the 50th anniversary of the victory The Club organised a re-union for members and next of kin of the deceased at The Monkstown Golf Club. Ar dheis De go raibh ah-Anam dilis.
Players Meeting – 17/1
Published January 10, 2012There was a players meeting last Tuesday night in the Clubhouse after training (in the Marine College).
The various selectors/mentors for the Junior teams were announced to the players by Pat McCarthy and John Twomey (Shanbally). They are as follows – Junior A Football: Pat McCarthy, Tony O’Sullivan, Paddy O’Mahony and Dave O’Flaherty. Junior A Hurling: John Twomey (Shanbally – chairman of selection committee), Pat O’Neill, Declan O’Neill, John Hanley and Dick Andrews. Junior B Football – Patrick Andrews, Peter Prout, Stephen Jordan. Shamrocks will also be entering the Junior B Hurling League later on in the year. As of now, nobody knows what Regional leagues Shamrocks will be playing in, which is a most disappointing situation to be in at this time of year.
Training will continue for all Juniors and U21′s on Tuesday nights in the Maritime College in Ringaskiddy, incorporating a fitness test in early February. Thursday nights will be resuming in the next few week at the Track, more to follow on that.
There will be Junior Hurling and Football Training for the next few weeks from 3pm to 4pm on the Saturday and Sunday from 12pm to 1pm STARTING THIS COMING WEEKEND. The idea is to just get everyone back into using a ball and getting the touch going in the hurling. If you train on the Saturday, you dont have to train on the Sunday and vice versa. Of course, players are welcome to train both days if they wish!
John Twomey (Ringaskiddy) spoke briefly about forthcoming changes to the running of the Club Lotto, incorporating the players. He thanked the players on behalf of the Fuindraising Committee for their support in the Floodlighting project last October.
Training this Saturday (January 21st) at 3pm at the pitch.
St Nicks U21 Football Tournament Plate Final – 8/1
Published January 8, 2012Shamrocks 1-6, St Nicks 0-3
Back Row, l to r – Pat McCarthy (manager), Conor Walter, Alan McCarthy, Joey Brady, Jack Wilson, Cathal Kidney, Roy Twomey, Philip Brady, Brian Cusack, Stephen Downey, Dave O’Neill (selector).
Front Row, l to r: Jonathan Tuohy, James Raleigh, Cannice Caffrey, Stephen Hurley, Tony O’Mahony, Shane Horgan, Seán O’Brien, Aaron Hickey
Underage AGM – 5/1
Published January 5, 2012The underage section of the club held their AGM in the Grace McCarthy Rooms in the Clubhouse on Thursday night last, before a reasonable attendance.
Outgoing officers John Twomey (Chairperson), Patrick Andrews (Secretary) and Paddy Andrews (Treasurer) gave their full and comprehensive reports to the meeting. After a brief few words for the Adult Club Chairperson Pat McCarthy, all the Outgoing Officers were re-elected unopposed.
After a discussion on the new format that came into effect in 2011 and verious grades that the club will be playing in, it was decided to enter teams in the following age groups (H & F) with the mentors names following on -
U8’s and U9’s – Kieran and Jonathan Kramer, Paul Lordan, Jonathan Tuohy, Cannice Cafferey.
U11’s – Jed O’Flaherty, Frank Van Pelt, Bobby McGinty.
U13’s – Patrick Andrews, Anto Meighan, Matthew Laffan, Jed O’Flaherty.
U15’s – Peter Crowley, John Herlihy, Kevin O’Grady.
Minor (and U21 Hurling) – Liam Shanahan
Minor Football to follow.
John Twomey finished the meeting by thanking everyone for being present and wishing everyone the best for 2012
Puc Fada 2012
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MFL V Nemo Rangers – 19/2
Published February 19, 2012Shamrocks 2-11, Nemo Rangers (3) 1-2
A very satisfactory performance all round was the verdict of ‘stand-in Manager’ Kieran Lynam, after Shamrocks proved too accomplished for their City visitors in Division 3 of the Minor Football league, played in Shanbally on Sunday last.
Team Captain Tony O’Mahony led the charge with a commanding performance at centre back and his colleagues both big and small responded in kind. Shamrocks led at half-time 2-2 to 1-1 having played with the hill.
Some words of advice from Kieran and his assistant Alan Geary at half-time saw the team move up a gear in the second half and went on to record a very merited win.
Team; Dave Raleigh (goal), Conor Walters, James Raleigh (0-2), Daniel O’Reilly, Sean Kidney, Tony O’Mahony (0-2), Darragh Scriven, Sean O’Brien, Rory Horgan, Angus Boland (0-1), Roy Twomey (0-5), Brian Coffan (1-1), Coby O’Grady (1-0), Luke Garvan and Nathan Hayes (great grandson of the ledgendary Dave Dunne).
Special advisers on the day - Kevin O’Mahony, John Hanley, John Twomey, Liam Shanahan, Black Sid and Hing Pong Lee, Chinese Vice-president visiting with Christy Cooney.
JAFL V Ballygarvan – 19/2
Published February 19, 2012Shamrocks 2-9, Shamrocks 0-5.
This was the first league game for both and Ballygarvan opened it up with a comfortable victory over Shamrocks in Ballygarvan on Sunday morning last. From a Shamrocks point of view the managers and selectors expected a bit of rustiness at seasons start but allowing for that, the display was most definately below par and will not suffice for the year ahead. Manager Pat McCarthy was a disappointed man afterwards and let the players know in the dressingroom afterwards – lots of improvement needed and expected, both on and off the field.
Shamrocks actually started much the brighter and put together some lovely moves, none more so than the games opening point from one of Shamrocks best players on the day, Barry Mulqueen, a flowing team move finished off from 40 yards out. Shamrocks were enjoying plenty of possession at this stage but things seemed to break down inside the 40 yard line. In the meantime Ballygarvan had started to inch their way slowly into the game and kicked a few scores. They punished some sloppy play in the Shamrocks defence by blasting home two quick fire goals coming up to half time to give themselves a 5 point cushion at halftime, 2-1 to 0-2.
Shamrocks again started brightly after the throw in and sub Seanán Collins kicked a great score to bring the deficit back to 4 points. It went to 5 and back to 4 after Stephen O’Neills point. Whatever chance Shamrocks had of clawing back the gap disappeared after Ballygarvan got completely on top for the next 15 minutes and basically did as they pleased and kicked over 6 points in a row and the game was all over. Shamrocks plugged on until the end with one goal chance going abegging with time almost up.
One positive from the mornings events was the return of Michael O’Neill and Eoin O’Mahony to the Shamrocks colours and im sure they will be good additions as the year goes on. Also, 23 players togged out bodes well for the Junior B’s who’ll be swinging into action soon enough. Colin Brady, who had to go to hospital as a precaution after receiving a blow to the mouth, is fine after treatment.
Team: F. O’Neill, D. O’NEill, S. Hurley, J. Tuohy, M. Prout, C. Kidney, N. Hayes, B. Sweeney, B. Mulqueen, M. O’Neill, E. O’Mahony, C. Caffrey, S. Keane, A. McCarthy, S. O’Neill. Subs used – C. Brady, S. Collins, J. Browne, S. Jordan
U13 Football V Grenagh – 11/2
Published February 11, 2012Shamrocks 7-9, Grenagh 3-3
Shamrocks got off to a good start in the league after a fantastic second half performance against Grenagh on Saturday afternoon. Due to ongoing work at Grenagh’s pitch, the match was played on Shanballys bottom pitch which has taken on a lot of water in the last 2 weeks or so; the top half of the pitch near the clubhouse is particularly heavy. However, both teams turned in a whole hearted display in the conditions which is typical of this age group anyway.
Grenagh played down the hill in the first half and settled faster and led 1-3 to 0-1 after 15 minutes. However, from there until the half time break, Shamrocks began to dominate from defence out and the inside forward line, in particular Shane Flavin started to get the ball in the right places. Shane stuck away 2 goals and a point while David O’Sullivan, ever dangerous throughout, slotted over some frees. The halftime score read Shamrocks 3-5, Grenagh 3-3.
Shamrocks turned to play with the hill in the second half and after a close opening 5/6 minutes, really got on top of Grenagh throughout the field. Led by James Lynam in defence who was outstanding, the other backs rose to the occasion and gaps seemed to open up in the Grenagh defence. Again Flavin was on the end of two moves to blast to the net while Seán Andrews really made a difference after bring introduced, scoring 1-2. Dylan O’Flaherty, emergency goalkeeper on the day, did very well and his handling was excellent.
A few positional switches were made in the last 10 minutes to find out more about the players should the need arise later in the season. The one thing this team does is that they play at 100% until the final whistle – a good attribute that every team needs.
Team: Dylan O’Flaherty, Evan Seymour, Cathal Murphy, Daniel O’Mahony, James Lynam, Shane Downey, Stephen Fox, Cillian Hayes, David O’Sullivan, David Fox, Keith O’Donoghue, Shane Flavin, Killian O’Mahony. Sub used – Seán Andrews
Underage Master Fixtures Planner
Published February 1, 2012Please Click on the image below to view the Underage Master Fixtures Planner (PDF required).
Maureen O’Sullivan RIP
Published January 19, 2012The death has taken place of Maureen O’Sullivan late of Coolmore in her 87th year.
Maureen was a former winning Captain of the Shamrock Camogie team. In 1949 she captained the Shamrock Junior Camogie team to win the County final played in Cobh. She was one of the youngest members of the team and was a very skillful player. The team was coached by Georgie Andrews . The other members of the team were the Harding sisters from the Kennel boreen, Hannah, Kathleen and Noreen, Kathleen Farrell (still going strong at 95 years of age), Norrie Dunne, Minnie Jeffers, Mary Hayes, Faye Kind, Nell Bradley, Ettie Hayes, Pat Livesey, Pauline Nugent, Marie Murphy and Dolly Crowley.
In 1999 to mark the 50th anniversary of the victory The Club organised a re-union for members and next of kin of the deceased at The Monkstown Golf Club. Ar dheis De go raibh ah-Anam dilis.
Players Meeting – 17/1
Published January 10, 2012There was a players meeting last Tuesday night in the Clubhouse after training (in the Marine College).
The various selectors/mentors for the Junior teams were announced to the players by Pat McCarthy and John Twomey (Shanbally). They are as follows – Junior A Football: Pat McCarthy, Tony O’Sullivan, Paddy O’Mahony and Dave O’Flaherty. Junior A Hurling: John Twomey (Shanbally – chairman of selection committee), Pat O’Neill, Declan O’Neill, John Hanley and Dick Andrews. Junior B Football – Patrick Andrews, Peter Prout, Stephen Jordan. Shamrocks will also be entering the Junior B Hurling League later on in the year. As of now, nobody knows what Regional leagues Shamrocks will be playing in, which is a most disappointing situation to be in at this time of year.
Training will continue for all Juniors and U21′s on Tuesday nights in the Maritime College in Ringaskiddy, incorporating a fitness test in early February. Thursday nights will be resuming in the next few week at the Track, more to follow on that.
There will be Junior Hurling and Football Training for the next few weeks from 3pm to 4pm on the Saturday and Sunday from 12pm to 1pm STARTING THIS COMING WEEKEND. The idea is to just get everyone back into using a ball and getting the touch going in the hurling. If you train on the Saturday, you dont have to train on the Sunday and vice versa. Of course, players are welcome to train both days if they wish!
John Twomey (Ringaskiddy) spoke briefly about forthcoming changes to the running of the Club Lotto, incorporating the players. He thanked the players on behalf of the Fuindraising Committee for their support in the Floodlighting project last October.
Training this Saturday (January 21st) at 3pm at the pitch.
St Nicks U21 Football Tournament Plate Final – 8/1
Published January 8, 2012Shamrocks 1-6, St Nicks 0-3
Back Row, l to r – Pat McCarthy (manager), Conor Walter, Alan McCarthy, Joey Brady, Jack Wilson, Cathal Kidney, Roy Twomey, Philip Brady, Brian Cusack, Stephen Downey, Dave O’Neill (selector).
Front Row, l to r: Jonathan Tuohy, James Raleigh, Cannice Caffrey, Stephen Hurley, Tony O’Mahony, Shane Horgan, Seán O’Brien, Aaron Hickey
MFL V Nemo Rangers – 19/2
Published February 19, 2012Shamrocks 2-11, Nemo Rangers (3) 1-2
A very satisfactory performance all round was the verdict of ‘stand-in Manager’ Kieran Lynam, after Shamrocks proved too accomplished for their City visitors in Division 3 of the Minor Football league, played in Shanbally on Sunday last.
Team Captain Tony O’Mahony led the charge with a commanding performance at centre back and his colleagues both big and small responded in kind. Shamrocks led at half-time 2-2 to 1-1 having played with the hill.
Some words of advice from Kieran and his assistant Alan Geary at half-time saw the team move up a gear in the second half and went on to record a very merited win.
Team; Dave Raleigh (goal), Conor Walters, James Raleigh (0-2), Daniel O’Reilly, Sean Kidney, Tony O’Mahony (0-2), Darragh Scriven, Sean O’Brien, Rory Horgan, Angus Boland (0-1), Roy Twomey (0-5), Brian Coffan (1-1), Coby O’Grady (1-0), Luke Garvan and Nathan Hayes (great grandson of the ledgendary Dave Dunne).
Special advisers on the day - Kevin O’Mahony, John Hanley, John Twomey, Liam Shanahan, Black Sid and Hing Pong Lee, Chinese Vice-president visiting with Christy Cooney.
JAFL V Ballygarvan – 19/2
Published February 19, 2012Shamrocks 2-9, Shamrocks 0-5.
This was the first league game for both and Ballygarvan opened it up with a comfortable victory over Shamrocks in Ballygarvan on Sunday morning last. From a Shamrocks point of view the managers and selectors expected a bit of rustiness at seasons start but allowing for that, the display was most definately below par and will not suffice for the year ahead. Manager Pat McCarthy was a disappointed man afterwards and let the players know in the dressingroom afterwards – lots of improvement needed and expected, both on and off the field.
Shamrocks actually started much the brighter and put together some lovely moves, none more so than the games opening point from one of Shamrocks best players on the day, Barry Mulqueen, a flowing team move finished off from 40 yards out. Shamrocks were enjoying plenty of possession at this stage but things seemed to break down inside the 40 yard line. In the meantime Ballygarvan had started to inch their way slowly into the game and kicked a few scores. They punished some sloppy play in the Shamrocks defence by blasting home two quick fire goals coming up to half time to give themselves a 5 point cushion at halftime, 2-1 to 0-2.
Shamrocks again started brightly after the throw in and sub Seanán Collins kicked a great score to bring the deficit back to 4 points. It went to 5 and back to 4 after Stephen O’Neills point. Whatever chance Shamrocks had of clawing back the gap disappeared after Ballygarvan got completely on top for the next 15 minutes and basically did as they pleased and kicked over 6 points in a row and the game was all over. Shamrocks plugged on until the end with one goal chance going abegging with time almost up.
One positive from the mornings events was the return of Michael O’Neill and Eoin O’Mahony to the Shamrocks colours and im sure they will be good additions as the year goes on. Also, 23 players togged out bodes well for the Junior B’s who’ll be swinging into action soon enough. Colin Brady, who had to go to hospital as a precaution after receiving a blow to the mouth, is fine after treatment.
Team: F. O’Neill, D. O’NEill, S. Hurley, J. Tuohy, M. Prout, C. Kidney, N. Hayes, B. Sweeney, B. Mulqueen, M. O’Neill, E. O’Mahony, C. Caffrey, S. Keane, A. McCarthy, S. O’Neill. Subs used – C. Brady, S. Collins, J. Browne, S. Jordan
U13 Football V Grenagh – 11/2
Published February 11, 2012Shamrocks 7-9, Grenagh 3-3
Shamrocks got off to a good start in the league after a fantastic second half performance against Grenagh on Saturday afternoon. Due to ongoing work at Grenagh’s pitch, the match was played on Shanballys bottom pitch which has taken on a lot of water in the last 2 weeks or so; the top half of the pitch near the clubhouse is particularly heavy. However, both teams turned in a whole hearted display in the conditions which is typical of this age group anyway.
Grenagh played down the hill in the first half and settled faster and led 1-3 to 0-1 after 15 minutes. However, from there until the half time break, Shamrocks began to dominate from defence out and the inside forward line, in particular Shane Flavin started to get the ball in the right places. Shane stuck away 2 goals and a point while David O’Sullivan, ever dangerous throughout, slotted over some frees. The halftime score read Shamrocks 3-5, Grenagh 3-3.
Shamrocks turned to play with the hill in the second half and after a close opening 5/6 minutes, really got on top of Grenagh throughout the field. Led by James Lynam in defence who was outstanding, the other backs rose to the occasion and gaps seemed to open up in the Grenagh defence. Again Flavin was on the end of two moves to blast to the net while Seán Andrews really made a difference after bring introduced, scoring 1-2. Dylan O’Flaherty, emergency goalkeeper on the day, did very well and his handling was excellent.
A few positional switches were made in the last 10 minutes to find out more about the players should the need arise later in the season. The one thing this team does is that they play at 100% until the final whistle – a good attribute that every team needs.
Team: Dylan O’Flaherty, Evan Seymour, Cathal Murphy, Daniel O’Mahony, James Lynam, Shane Downey, Stephen Fox, Cillian Hayes, David O’Sullivan, David Fox, Keith O’Donoghue, Shane Flavin, Killian O’Mahony. Sub used – Seán Andrews
Underage Master Fixtures Planner
Published February 1, 2012Please Click on the image below to view the Underage Master Fixtures Planner (PDF required).
Maureen O’Sullivan RIP
Published January 19, 2012The death has taken place of Maureen O’Sullivan late of Coolmore in her 87th year.
Maureen was a former winning Captain of the Shamrock Camogie team. In 1949 she captained the Shamrock Junior Camogie team to win the County final played in Cobh. She was one of the youngest members of the team and was a very skillful player. The team was coached by Georgie Andrews . The other members of the team were the Harding sisters from the Kennel boreen, Hannah, Kathleen and Noreen, Kathleen Farrell (still going strong at 95 years of age), Norrie Dunne, Minnie Jeffers, Mary Hayes, Faye Kind, Nell Bradley, Ettie Hayes, Pat Livesey, Pauline Nugent, Marie Murphy and Dolly Crowley.
In 1999 to mark the 50th anniversary of the victory The Club organised a re-union for members and next of kin of the deceased at The Monkstown Golf Club. Ar dheis De go raibh ah-Anam dilis.
Players Meeting – 17/1
Published January 10, 2012There was a players meeting last Tuesday night in the Clubhouse after training (in the Marine College).
The various selectors/mentors for the Junior teams were announced to the players by Pat McCarthy and John Twomey (Shanbally). They are as follows – Junior A Football: Pat McCarthy, Tony O’Sullivan, Paddy O’Mahony and Dave O’Flaherty. Junior A Hurling: John Twomey (Shanbally – chairman of selection committee), Pat O’Neill, Declan O’Neill, John Hanley and Dick Andrews. Junior B Football – Patrick Andrews, Peter Prout, Stephen Jordan. Shamrocks will also be entering the Junior B Hurling League later on in the year. As of now, nobody knows what Regional leagues Shamrocks will be playing in, which is a most disappointing situation to be in at this time of year.
Training will continue for all Juniors and U21′s on Tuesday nights in the Maritime College in Ringaskiddy, incorporating a fitness test in early February. Thursday nights will be resuming in the next few week at the Track, more to follow on that.
There will be Junior Hurling and Football Training for the next few weeks from 3pm to 4pm on the Saturday and Sunday from 12pm to 1pm STARTING THIS COMING WEEKEND. The idea is to just get everyone back into using a ball and getting the touch going in the hurling. If you train on the Saturday, you dont have to train on the Sunday and vice versa. Of course, players are welcome to train both days if they wish!
John Twomey (Ringaskiddy) spoke briefly about forthcoming changes to the running of the Club Lotto, incorporating the players. He thanked the players on behalf of the Fuindraising Committee for their support in the Floodlighting project last October.
Training this Saturday (January 21st) at 3pm at the pitch.
St Nicks U21 Football Tournament Plate Final – 8/1
Published January 8, 2012Shamrocks 1-6, St Nicks 0-3
Back Row, l to r – Pat McCarthy (manager), Conor Walter, Alan McCarthy, Joey Brady, Jack Wilson, Cathal Kidney, Roy Twomey, Philip Brady, Brian Cusack, Stephen Downey, Dave O’Neill (selector).
Front Row, l to r: Jonathan Tuohy, James Raleigh, Cannice Caffrey, Stephen Hurley, Tony O’Mahony, Shane Horgan, Seán O’Brien, Aaron Hickey
MFL V Nemo Rangers – 19/2
Published February 19, 2012Shamrocks 2-11, Nemo Rangers (3) 1-2
A very satisfactory performance all round was the verdict of ‘stand-in Manager’ Kieran Lynam, after Shamrocks proved too accomplished for their City visitors in Division 3 of the Minor Football league, played in Shanbally on Sunday last.
Team Captain Tony O’Mahony led the charge with a commanding performance at centre back and his colleagues both big and small responded in kind. Shamrocks led at half-time 2-2 to 1-1 having played with the hill.
Some words of advice from Kieran and his assistant Alan Geary at half-time saw the team move up a gear in the second half and went on to record a very merited win.
Team; Dave Raleigh (goal), Conor Walters, James Raleigh (0-2), Daniel O’Reilly, Sean Kidney, Tony O’Mahony (0-2), Darragh Scriven, Sean O’Brien, Rory Horgan, Angus Boland (0-1), Roy Twomey (0-5), Brian Coffan (1-1), Coby O’Grady (1-0), Luke Garvan and Nathan Hayes (great grandson of the ledgendary Dave Dunne).
Special advisers on the day - Kevin O’Mahony, John Hanley, John Twomey, Liam Shanahan, Black Sid and Hing Pong Lee, Chinese Vice-president visiting with Christy Cooney.
JAFL V Ballygarvan – 19/2
Published February 19, 2012Shamrocks 2-9, Shamrocks 0-5.
This was the first league game for both and Ballygarvan opened it up with a comfortable victory over Shamrocks in Ballygarvan on Sunday morning last. From a Shamrocks point of view the managers and selectors expected a bit of rustiness at seasons start but allowing for that, the display was most definately below par and will not suffice for the year ahead. Manager Pat McCarthy was a disappointed man afterwards and let the players know in the dressingroom afterwards – lots of improvement needed and expected, both on and off the field.
Shamrocks actually started much the brighter and put together some lovely moves, none more so than the games opening point from one of Shamrocks best players on the day, Barry Mulqueen, a flowing team move finished off from 40 yards out. Shamrocks were enjoying plenty of possession at this stage but things seemed to break down inside the 40 yard line. In the meantime Ballygarvan had started to inch their way slowly into the game and kicked a few scores. They punished some sloppy play in the Shamrocks defence by blasting home two quick fire goals coming up to half time to give themselves a 5 point cushion at halftime, 2-1 to 0-2.
Shamrocks again started brightly after the throw in and sub Seanán Collins kicked a great score to bring the deficit back to 4 points. It went to 5 and back to 4 after Stephen O’Neills point. Whatever chance Shamrocks had of clawing back the gap disappeared after Ballygarvan got completely on top for the next 15 minutes and basically did as they pleased and kicked over 6 points in a row and the game was all over. Shamrocks plugged on until the end with one goal chance going abegging with time almost up.
One positive from the mornings events was the return of Michael O’Neill and Eoin O’Mahony to the Shamrocks colours and im sure they will be good additions as the year goes on. Also, 23 players togged out bodes well for the Junior B’s who’ll be swinging into action soon enough. Colin Brady, who had to go to hospital as a precaution after receiving a blow to the mouth, is fine after treatment.
Team: F. O’Neill, D. O’NEill, S. Hurley, J. Tuohy, M. Prout, C. Kidney, N. Hayes, B. Sweeney, B. Mulqueen, M. O’Neill, E. O’Mahony, C. Caffrey, S. Keane, A. McCarthy, S. O’Neill. Subs used – C. Brady, S. Collins, J. Browne, S. Jordan
U13 Football V Grenagh – 11/2
Published February 11, 2012Shamrocks 7-9, Grenagh 3-3
Shamrocks got off to a good start in the league after a fantastic second half performance against Grenagh on Saturday afternoon. Due to ongoing work at Grenagh’s pitch, the match was played on Shanballys bottom pitch which has taken on a lot of water in the last 2 weeks or so; the top half of the pitch near the clubhouse is particularly heavy. However, both teams turned in a whole hearted display in the conditions which is typical of this age group anyway.
Grenagh played down the hill in the first half and settled faster and led 1-3 to 0-1 after 15 minutes. However, from there until the half time break, Shamrocks began to dominate from defence out and the inside forward line, in particular Shane Flavin started to get the ball in the right places. Shane stuck away 2 goals and a point while David O’Sullivan, ever dangerous throughout, slotted over some frees. The halftime score read Shamrocks 3-5, Grenagh 3-3.
Shamrocks turned to play with the hill in the second half and after a close opening 5/6 minutes, really got on top of Grenagh throughout the field. Led by James Lynam in defence who was outstanding, the other backs rose to the occasion and gaps seemed to open up in the Grenagh defence. Again Flavin was on the end of two moves to blast to the net while Seán Andrews really made a difference after bring introduced, scoring 1-2. Dylan O’Flaherty, emergency goalkeeper on the day, did very well and his handling was excellent.
A few positional switches were made in the last 10 minutes to find out more about the players should the need arise later in the season. The one thing this team does is that they play at 100% until the final whistle – a good attribute that every team needs.
Team: Dylan O’Flaherty, Evan Seymour, Cathal Murphy, Daniel O’Mahony, James Lynam, Shane Downey, Stephen Fox, Cillian Hayes, David O’Sullivan, David Fox, Keith O’Donoghue, Shane Flavin, Killian O’Mahony. Sub used – Seán Andrews
Underage Master Fixtures Planner
Published February 1, 2012Please Click on the image below to view the Underage Master Fixtures Planner (PDF required).
Maureen O’Sullivan RIP
Published January 19, 2012The death has taken place of Maureen O’Sullivan late of Coolmore in her 87th year.
Maureen was a former winning Captain of the Shamrock Camogie team. In 1949 she captained the Shamrock Junior Camogie team to win the County final played in Cobh. She was one of the youngest members of the team and was a very skillful player. The team was coached by Georgie Andrews . The other members of the team were the Harding sisters from the Kennel boreen, Hannah, Kathleen and Noreen, Kathleen Farrell (still going strong at 95 years of age), Norrie Dunne, Minnie Jeffers, Mary Hayes, Faye Kind, Nell Bradley, Ettie Hayes, Pat Livesey, Pauline Nugent, Marie Murphy and Dolly Crowley.
In 1999 to mark the 50th anniversary of the victory The Club organised a re-union for members and next of kin of the deceased at The Monkstown Golf Club. Ar dheis De go raibh ah-Anam dilis.
Players Meeting – 17/1
Published January 10, 2012There was a players meeting last Tuesday night in the Clubhouse after training (in the Marine College).
The various selectors/mentors for the Junior teams were announced to the players by Pat McCarthy and John Twomey (Shanbally). They are as follows – Junior A Football: Pat McCarthy, Tony O’Sullivan, Paddy O’Mahony and Dave O’Flaherty. Junior A Hurling: John Twomey (Shanbally – chairman of selection committee), Pat O’Neill, Declan O’Neill, John Hanley and Dick Andrews. Junior B Football – Patrick Andrews, Peter Prout, Stephen Jordan. Shamrocks will also be entering the Junior B Hurling League later on in the year. As of now, nobody knows what Regional leagues Shamrocks will be playing in, which is a most disappointing situation to be in at this time of year.
Training will continue for all Juniors and U21′s on Tuesday nights in the Maritime College in Ringaskiddy, incorporating a fitness test in early February. Thursday nights will be resuming in the next few week at the Track, more to follow on that.
There will be Junior Hurling and Football Training for the next few weeks from 3pm to 4pm on the Saturday and Sunday from 12pm to 1pm STARTING THIS COMING WEEKEND. The idea is to just get everyone back into using a ball and getting the touch going in the hurling. If you train on the Saturday, you dont have to train on the Sunday and vice versa. Of course, players are welcome to train both days if they wish!
John Twomey (Ringaskiddy) spoke briefly about forthcoming changes to the running of the Club Lotto, incorporating the players. He thanked the players on behalf of the Fuindraising Committee for their support in the Floodlighting project last October.
Training this Saturday (January 21st) at 3pm at the pitch.
St Nicks U21 Football Tournament Plate Final – 8/1
Published January 8, 2012Shamrocks 1-6, St Nicks 0-3
Back Row, l to r – Pat McCarthy (manager), Conor Walter, Alan McCarthy, Joey Brady, Jack Wilson, Cathal Kidney, Roy Twomey, Philip Brady, Brian Cusack, Stephen Downey, Dave O’Neill (selector).
Front Row, l to r: Jonathan Tuohy, James Raleigh, Cannice Caffrey, Stephen Hurley, Tony O’Mahony, Shane Horgan, Seán O’Brien, Aaron Hickey
Underage AGM – 5/1
Published January 5, 2012The underage section of the club held their AGM in the Grace McCarthy Rooms in the Clubhouse on Thursday night last, before a reasonable attendance.
Outgoing officers John Twomey (Chairperson), Patrick Andrews (Secretary) and Paddy Andrews (Treasurer) gave their full and comprehensive reports to the meeting. After a brief few words for the Adult Club Chairperson Pat McCarthy, all the Outgoing Officers were re-elected unopposed.
After a discussion on the new format that came into effect in 2011 and verious grades that the club will be playing in, it was decided to enter teams in the following age groups (H & F) with the mentors names following on -
U8’s and U9’s – Kieran and Jonathan Kramer, Paul Lordan, Jonathan Tuohy, Cannice Cafferey.
U11’s – Jed O’Flaherty, Frank Van Pelt, Bobby McGinty.
U13’s – Patrick Andrews, Anto Meighan, Matthew Laffan, Jed O’Flaherty.
U15’s – Peter Crowley, John Herlihy, Kevin O’Grady.
Minor (and U21 Hurling) – Liam Shanahan
Minor Football to follow.
John Twomey finished the meeting by thanking everyone for being present and wishing everyone the best for 2012
Puc Fada 2012
Published January 2, 2012