Minors fall agonisingly short

Glenville 3-14 - Mitchelstown 3-16

Our minors were out last Wednesday night with a home game vs. Mitchelstown. It was a glorious Wednesday evening in the sunshine in Glenville and the two teams served up a free-flowing game of football, played in a great spirit. Mitchelstown opened the scoring with two points before Jayden scored our first at the end of a flowing team move. Another Mitchelstown point was followed by a flurry from Glennville, with David and Shayne pointing and David finding the net to push us into a 1-3 to 1-2 lead. We struggled to deal with Mitchelstown attacking flair however, and they scored 1-2 before Louie put over another point, showing quick reflexes to first time the ball over the bar. Rio and Mike scored our final two points of the half to match two from Mitchelstown, leading us to a half time deficit of 2 goals, 1-6 to 3-6. In truth, it was a fair reflection of the first half as Mitchelstown were sharper throughout. It also probably reflected a little rustiness in the team as it was 6 weeks since our last game, the fixture calendar not helping us. The boys knew they had to be better for the second half and by the 45-minute mark they had hauled themselves level, with two points from Jayden, another goal from David, and two 2 pointers from frees for Shayne cancelling out a point and a two pointer from Mitchelstown. Mitchelstown steadied however and scored four without reply and in Glenville’s efforts to force the game in the last minutes we made a few mistakes that led to turnovers and couldn’t bring ourselves back again. Further points from Jayden and David and a last gasp penalty from Shayne weren’t quite enough and we finished on the wrong side of a 3-14 to 3-16 defeat. While the lads were disappointed, they played some terrific football at times and have plenty to work from for their next game, away to Clyda Rovers on Wednesday night. Team and scorers: C.Sheehan; D.O’Connor, S.O’Leary, C.Buckley; C.McHugh, B.Ryan, Z.Curtin; E.Forde, D.Barry (2-1); A.Hennessy, J.Hennebry (0-5), M.O’Riordan (0-1); L.Guichard (0-1), S.Curtin (1-5)’s, E.Hartnett; J.Long, R.Horgan (0-1).

 

Cork Minor

Club Chairperson Peter Curtin made a presentation to Billy Ryan to recognise his selection for the 2024 Cork Minor panel.

Congratulations Billy.

Club Bottle Recycling Initiative 

Our club are delighted to introduce Return Recycling Orange Bins inside our grounds as part of our fundraising and environmental awareness initiative. ♻️♻️

We encourage you to donate empty plastic bottles and cans that have the Return symbol displayed.♻️

Every bottle and can collected will be recycled, and the funds raised will go directly towards supporting our Juvenile Section of the Club. This is a great way to help the environment while also contributing to the future development of our underage teams.

We encourage everyone to get involved; every small effort makes a big difference! Just bring along your plastic bottles or cans and pop it in our ORANGE BINS which are located by the Astro and another inside the main gate in the GAA Pitch beside the Shop. 

Please no other rubbish, only cans and plastic bottles in the orange bins.

Thank you for your support.

LOTTO 

JACKPOT €7,300

Numbers drawn 

3,7,27,30

No Jackpot winner

Lucky Dip Winners 

Bernard Doolan 

Richie Cahill 

Denis Cashman 

Mossie O'Riordan 

Weekly qualifier for monthly draw of €100

Dara, Isabella, and Jamie McHugh 

Next week's Jackpot is €7,400 and will take place in Kades Kounty on 16/05/2025

REPLAYING THE YEARS -

Copies of this magnificent book, detailing the history of Gaelic games in Glenville and Watergrasshill from 1885 - 2012 are available to purchase for €10. Please message John on 085 7102290 for details.

Dads and Lads football 

Anyone who would like to get involved, our sessions continue on a Sunday night at 8.30pm and are growing week on week. No experience or level of fitness required. Contact John on 085 7102290 for details

Gaelic for Mothers and Others (G4M&O)

G4M&O training continues Thurs evening 8.30 pm - 9.30. New members welcome, No experience needed, just be prepared to laugh.

Contact Details: 087-2799956

Glenville Astro Pitch.

Our Astro pitch is available to rent on an ongoing weekly basis or as a once-off booking. The pitch is ideal for team training, club training or a group of friends who are looking for a venue for their casual 5/6/7 or 8 a side game. 

It's also ideal and very popular for children’s birthday parties of all ages. 

Enquiries and bookings contact Peter 086-0438046

The Corner Flag

The club are delighted that we have a cafe in our grounds. This will be open when events are taking place on the pitch. Please drop down to sample the delicious coffee and teas available.