Maria Immaculata College finish top of the class
Winning Senior Boy's-Davin Ross, Conor Hourihane & Kevin Courtney from Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí
Ból Chumann na hÉireann ran off their annual Secondary School’s day, with one of the largest attendances to date to descend at Shannonvale. Over a total of four hours 62 teams participated in the Senior & Junior Boy’s Cycle and the Senior & Junior Girl's cycle.
COLÁISTE POBAIL BHEANNTRAÍ'S SENIOR BOY'S TEAM TOOK FIRST PLACE
Winning the senior boy's were the team from Coláiste Pobail Bheanntraí of Kevin Courtney, Davin Ross & Conor Hourihane with 1768mt. In 2nd place we had the team from Marie Immaculate, Dunmanway of Adrian Dean, Oisin Murray & Ethan Hurley with 1743mt and in 3rd place De Le Salle College, Macroom Evan O’Riordan, Dylan O’Shea & Eoghan Kelly with 1649mt. The senior girl’s was won by Marie Immaculate, Dunmanway, Emma Hurley, Grace Ahern & Shauna O’Driscoll with 1359mt well ahead of 2nd place Sacred Heart Secondary School, Clonakilty Laura Sexton, Emer Whelton & Louise Coleman with 980mt and in 3rd place Mount Saint Michael, Rosscarbery, Méabh Cuinnea, Sarah Marie O’Sullivan & Laura Deasy with 944mt. The junior boy’s was won by Marie Immaculate, Dunmanway, Jason Deane, Tadhg Farrell & Rory Hurley with 1518mt, in 2nd place we had Clonakilty Community college, Fionán Twohig, Cathal O’Donovan & Rian Keohane with 1500mt and in 3rd place Saint Brogan’s College, Bandon, Tadgh Hickey, Luke Barry & Shane Murphy with 1426mt, and finally the junior girl’s cycle was won by Marie Immaculate, Dunmanway, Nicola Hurley, Grace O’Sullivan & Alison McCarthy with 995mt, in 2nd place Saint Mary’s College, Macroom. Anna O’Driscoll, Robyn O’Brien & Caroline Creedon with 933mt and in 3rd place Mount Saint Michael’s, Rosscarbery. Niamh Hehir, Lucy Callinan & Sophie Dullea with 915mt.
GOULD TAKES BINTAGE A TITLE
Both the Vintage A & Vintage B finals were played this past weekend, at Jagoes Mills in the Vintage A final, Noel Gould was a trap to line winner over Jerry Murphy and Kieran O’Driscoll with a stake of 1700 between Murphy and Gould. O’Driscoll took an injury into this final. Gould made O’Brien’s cross in two huge opening shots where he had a bowl on both his opponents. Murphy knocked big odds with a well-played bowl through O’Brien’s Cross. O’Driscoll had to retire here due to injury. At the kerbing Murphy had the odds back to thirty meters, but Gould raised the bowl again after two more to the railway entrance, he held this odds on past the power station, and on for the finish line.
WALSH IN ANOTHER OVERALL VINTAGE FINAL
In the Vintage B final at Clondrohid, David Walsh took the spoils from Patsy O’Sullivan and David Walsh playing for a stake of 3 x 400 as and 350 between Walsh and O’Sullivan. This score started at Tier Beg cross because of road re-surfacing. Walsh went out the Black House in two shots where he was throwing his odds over both his opponents. Callanan fell a bowl down back of the Bell Inn and O’Sullivan was keeping it under the bowl of odds. Five for Walsh and six each for Callanan and O’Sullivan to Kelly’s, where Walsh still held a bowl on Callanan and O’Sullivan still kept it under the bowl. Walsh raised the bowl in full in two more big bowls to Geoff's lane, both Callanan and O’Sullivan missed sight for Kellehers farm and Walsh extended his lead when he went full sight with his ninth shot. Walsh made it past Kelleher’s farm in another shot and raised a second bowl of odds on both. We now have two of our three overall finalists, the Vintage C final will be played at Lyre on Saturday October 31st.
WEST CORK FUND-RAISER
The West Cork region held their annual fund-raising weekend, at the Clubhouse and Derrinasaffa, Gearoid Lucey beat Alan Brickley for €3,050 as. Sean Paul/Timmy McDonagh beat Tim Young/Brian O’Driscoll by one bowl for €5,000 as. Sean Paul McDonagh beat Brian O’Driscoll €3,500 as. Dylan O’Brien beat Darren Cronin last shot €900 as. Dylan O’Brien beat Thomas Maloney last shot, for €1,250 a side. Jim Coffey/Deckie O’Mahony beat Tom Allen/Kevin Courtney for €2,000 as.
AGM'S
AGM’s of the various regions will take place over the coming weeks, the Ladies Committee held theirs at Cookies Bar Castletown, no change in officer ship, Caroline O’Leary Chairperson, Gretta Cormican Secretary and Bernie O’Donovan Treasurer, the South West region held theirs on Bank Holiday Monday and all Officers were returned, John O’Leary Chairman, Greta Cormican Secretary, and Bernie O’Donovan, Treasurer.
