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CLUB LOTTO

THE LATEST CLUB LOTTO

NUMBERS WERE DRAWN ON

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WILL BE ON THE 23/03/2016,

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1999 East Cork U21 Hurling Champions

Senior Hurling Captain Mossy Carroll at this years RedFM SHL

Launch

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Senior Hurling Manager for 2016 Martin Bowen, Pictured with his coach Pa Kearney, Selectors Sean Cloghessy & Dave O Mahony, Logistics Timmy Lambe

Chairman Tom Aherne presenting 1st prize to this year’s Table

Quiz winners, A big thank you to all of you who made the effort to

come & support this fundraiser on the night

Well done to the U21

management team

Mark, Cathal & Jack

great victory in

Rathcormac, Erins

Own 3-11 Bride Rovers

1-8

2016 - East Cork Junior A

Hurling Championship

The Jamesey Kelleher

Cup

This year Erins Own play

Fr. O’Neills in the first

round, we would like to

wish Manager Patrick

Fitzgerald, his selectors

& team all the best

2016 - East Cork Junior B

Hurling The Eamonn

Fleming Cup

This Year Erins Own play

Cloyne in round one, All

the best to Manager

Timmy Lambe & his team

2016 - East Cork U21A

Hurling Championship

the Ben Purcell Cup

This year Erins Own face

Bride Rovers in round

one all the best to

Manager Cathal

O’Mahony & his team

Well done to the Under 21

Football management of

Mark, Cathal ,Jack & their

team great victory in

Rathcormac, Erins Own 3-

11 Bride Rovers 1-8 in the

first round of the U21

Championship

2016 - East Cork Junior A

Football Championship

The Jim Ryan Cup

The best of look to

Manager Brendan Lambe

his selectors & team in this

years championship when

they face Castlemartyr in

the first round, this is to be

played on or before Sat

26th March

RedFM Senior Hurling League Sarsfields 1-10 Erins Own 2-12

A good start to this year’s league with a win over Sars, The

weather wasn’t great It rained for the hour but the pitch was in

great order for this time of the year. Kieran Murphy opened for

Erins Own with a point from play, Mossie Carroll followed with

another Hero pointed again with Sean Kelly, Jack Sheehan &

Andrew Power all adding points & the on form Mark Collins put

two over from frees giving Erins Own a lead at half time of 3

points, 0-08 to 0-05, Sars came out in the second fired up &

quickly took the lead with a goal & two points, Mark Collins

continued to put them over with a further five points, one from

play & four from frees, Sars always looked dangerous but the

break came in the 19th minute for Erins Own with a goal from

Mark Collins & James O Flynn also found the net in the 24th

minute which secured the win for Erins Own in their opening

game of this year’s league, Mark Collins, James O Flynn, Sean

Kelly, Shane Murphy & Stephen Cronin played well on the night.

Team in Full: 1.Shay Bowen 2.Eolan Harrington 3.Cormac

Dooley 4.Kilian Murphy 5.Stephen Cronin 6.Shane Murphy

7.Shane Broderick 8.Mossie Carroll 9.Sean Kelly 10.Mark Collins

11.Jack Sheehan 12.Kieran Murphy 13.Andrew Power 14.James

O Flynn 15.Stephen Cronin, Subs used were Cian O Connor for

Shane Broderick, James O Flynn for Kieran Murphy, Sam

Guilfoyle for Stephen Horgan & Darragh Twomey for Cormac

Dooley

Some of the Erins Own coaching team who recently attended the "GAA Child Protection in Sport Awareness Workshop" held in Caherlag

New Club Shop

New Club Museum

RedFM Senior Hurling League Erins Own 1-13 Midleton 2-14

The sun was shining this afternoon for the first game of the year in

Caherlag, the pitch had been sanded & spiked two weeks prior to this

game & the rain had stayed away for the last few days so the ground

was as good as you were going to get for this time of the year, Midleton

were the visitors today for this senior hurling league clash and were

without the services of their inter county players, Erins own were also

not at full strength with Cathal O Mahony, Jack Sheehan, Mark Collins &

Andrew Power all away & Alan Bowen, Kieran Murphy, Cian O

Callaghan & Cian O Connor all out injured, Stephen Horgan opened the

scoring for Erins Own with a free from the 45 yard line, he also added

another two points before the break one from play & another from a

free, Midleton always looked sharp upfront & were toting up some fine

points, Sean Kelly, Colm Coakley, added a pont each, James Carroll in

good form today added two points from play & Mossie Carroll scored a

goal & a point before half time, Midleton were still in front by a goal at

half time, 2-08 to 1-08, Dara Twomey open the Scoring in the second

half for Erins Own with a fine point from play, Eoghan Murphy who had

came on at half time quickly put three over the bar from frees, James O

Carroll hit another point from play, but that was it for Erins Own two

points from play in the second half & despite an outstanding

performance from Man of the match Shane Murphy at centre back it still

wasn’t enough to hold of Midleton who claimed this win by a goal and a

point Shane Murphy, Cormac Dooley, Sean Kelly, Kilian Murphy &

James O Carroll played well.

Team in Full: 1.Shay Bowen 2.Eolan Harrington 3.Cormac Dooley

4.Barry Og Murphy 5. Stephen Cronin 6.Shane Murphy 7.Shane

Broderick 8.Ian O Mahony 9.Dara Twomey 10.Sean Kelly 11.Kilian

Murphy 12.Colm Coakley 13.Stephen Horgan 14.Mossie Carroll

15.James O Carroll, Subs Used: Ronan O Carroll for Eolan Harrington

(InJ) Patrick Fitzgerald for Cormac Dooley, Eoghan Murphy for Barry Og

Murphy, Cathal Hevey for Ian O Mahony, James Carr for Dara Twomey

& Sam Guilfoyle for Kilian Murphy (Inj)

Secretary Jamie Murphy presenting 2nd prize in this years table quiz fundraiser

IN MEMORY OF MR PAT

FOLEY

JUVENILE SECTION

HONOURY PRESIDENT

It is only fitting that we take time

to remember Mr Pat Foley, like us

all we are different things to

different people, fathers,

husbands, brothers indeed Pat

was also a radio celebrity through

his work in Cork Marts, but to us

here in Erin’s Own Pat Foley is

best remembered for being

instrumental indeed a driving

force to developing what is now

our home here in Caherlag.

His contribution is best

summarised from the Mr Paddy

Twomey book “From an Acorn to

an Oak” since 1965 Erins Own had

been seeking a permanent home

but it was not until 1977, twelve

years later when Pat secured 6

acres from Jerry Lucey for

£25,000. Pat went on to chair the

sub-committee which secured the

land and developed these 6 acres

and on a Sunday in May 1982 and

£15,000 later our main pitch and

2 dressing rooms were ready to

use. In 1983 Pat accompanied by

Dan Cahalane were tasked with

going about securing a further 6

acres from Mr Lucey which are

now our side and top pitches.

These now represent our

permanent residents to which

further plans are in progress.

For us like all homes it is now up

to us to ensure that our home

here in Caherlag is a sanctuary for

all who enter it.

Erins Own Juvenile chairman Brian O Shea & Secretary Liz Dillon

receiving the Rebel Og benchmarking 2020 award

Fe11-Fe12 players who recently travelled to Waterford to play

Ballygunner GAA in a series of friendly games

COURSES SECTION

DEVELOPING OUR COACHES

INTERNAL SKILLS WORKSHOP –

This was a practical session very

kindly prepared and facilitated

by our most experienced

coaches of Colman Dillon, Barry

Murphy & PJ Murphy which

proved to be exceptionally

informative. This course was

well attended by all age groups

and gave a unique insight and

tips on how to best approach

and develop player skill

development.

FOUNDATION COURSE – This is

for our new coaches and over

6hours over Friday evening an

Saturday morning and is an

essential course giving best

approach on coaching kids. This

course is essential for all

coaches and one developed by

GAA over many years.

CHILD PROTECTION COURSE –

All our coaches have been

Garda Vetted and to further

expand and ensure best practice

20 of us which included Juvenile

Officers and numerous coaches

from each underage team

undertook a detailed Child

Protection course resulting in a

Certificate at the end. This

course ensures at least 2

coaches at each age group has

knowledge in managing child

protection matters.

NURSERY CLINIC – Out Schools

Coach Niall McIntyre has agreed

to share is extensive knowledge

of managing our young (Nursery)

players and will be running a

Nursery Clinic in early April to

share his vast tricks and secrets

on how to best engage our

youngest members while

developing their skills.

JUVENILE CHAIRMAN BRIAN O’SHEA UPDATE

Welcome

Firstly I wish to extend welcome to all our players and parents and

wish to invite any person interested in helping out this year in any

small way please feel to let us know as the more

Since the AGM in November we have been joined by Mark Hoare as

Registrar and Peter Kelly as our Coaching Officer, and for both

December and January we have been busy planning our 2016.

This year will be following 2 simple principles in how we will be

approaching everything we do in our Juvenile Section

1. Erins Own must always be fun place for coaches, player and

parents

2. We approach our training to ensure we develop the players

to the best of their abilities

Since the start of the year we have planned and held various

development courses to add to our coaching knowledge as these

are the very people who give of their time and who will be

developing the players, plus we will be introducing various new

initiatives to further develop players across all ages in the club. More

details of these are contained in this newsletter.

Finally to ensure our players enjoy their time in Erins Own please

feel free to approach me or any of the coaches in Erins Own should

you have an issue you wish to discuss so we can help resolve, as

early intervention is essential to ensuring your child has a positive

experience.

. Fe13-Fe14 panel getting ready for the 2016 Fe13/Fe14

hurling league

DEVELOPING OUR PLAYER

This year all our focus is

on player development as

these are the guys that will

be our Senior players in

the future.

In January both under

13/14 & u 15/16 retuned to

training and it was great to

see their enthusiasm so

much so that on a

miserable Saturday

morning in St Vincent’s

Erins Own had 11 u15/16

out of 30 players attend a

Cork Regional

Development squad

session and while

conditions was poor feed

back from Cork

Development Officers was

excellent.

We also had 19 u13 attend

a Cork Development squad

session on 19th February

again we have received

hugely positive an

encouraging feedback on

our players and the players

also enjoyed the

experience.

This strong attendance by

these players is evidence

that we have players with

great interest in developing

further as players and we

must support them in their

development.

Easter (Teen) Camps – In addition to the normal Easter Camp ,

one of the initiatives this year is to host a specific course designed

for our teenage players coordinated by Niall McIntyre our Schools

Coach and Peter Kelly our Coaching Officer and follows the format

designed for Cork development squads with Peters unique

knowledge from his intercounty experience. The cost will be

€20/day and will be held on Wed 30th and Thur 31st from 10:0-

2:00.

Finally we will be in hosting a Parish League for our u7&8 in

memory of our recently deceased Honoury President Mr Pat Foley

and we plan to make this real occasions for the kids to enjoy

Members who completed the foundation course in Caherlag this year

Partnership with COPE Foundation

This year we have been most fortunate to be able to avail of the fantastic

facilities in Cope, which includes both All-weather pitch and hurling wall.

Since the start of January both our u13/14 and u15/16 squads are

availing of these facilities and will continue to do so while out pitches

remain out of service due to the weather.

In turn for making these superb facilities available these squads (and

their parents) are raising funds to donate to Cope through their

donations for the use of the facilities and other fund raising initiatives but

the players will also be volunteering at Cope for a couple of hour

through-out the year.

This contribution by both players and parents is an initiative and these

players deserve great credit for their efforts as the service Cope

foundation provide is truly remarkable.

There moto is something we as a club must aspire to achieve.

Fe16 panel training under lights at the Cope Foundation

Under 15 & U16 panels how completed an event to Spike Island

Erinsown girls walking in

the St Patrick's Day parade

Enjoying the crack in this

years St Patricks day

parade

The U16 & U15 panel are a dedicated hardworking group whom

returned to training in early January they train twice a week

Mondays & Fridays, once the pitches are back open they will be

training 3 times a week Mondays/Wednesdays & Fridays. We are

very luck to avail of the facilities in Cope Foundation on a Friday

night & on Sunday 28th February we went on a team building event

to Spike Island. Best of luck to all players for their league &

championship this year!

St Patricks Day Parade 2016

ERINS OWN CAMOGIE :

Erin’s own camogie season has kicked of big time. With our

numbers growing each year it shows the commitment of all the

girls and coaches. This year so far as in every other parishes

around our fields have taken a battering with bad weather as a

result of this all teams have opted for various types of training eg

running the roads, using the local gyms.

U10s Camogie has been using the hall in Erin’s own thanks to ken

and Lorraine. They train at the moment on Friday evenings but

will soon move outdoors they will train on Saturdays morning

10.30 to 12 anyone looking for information on this please contact

Ken o Donoughue on (087 2444750)

U14, 16s

These girls have been training very well since January again with

restrictions with the fields the girls trained every Monday night by

running the roads of little island and on Wednesdays by stven in

the local NRG gym which was fantastic the girls loved training at

the gym and with numbers of 30 odd turning up each night the

girls gain a lot from this experience. We look forward now to

competing in all competition’s and going from strength to strength

if anyone needs any information please contact Michelle on

0863839413

We would like to

congratulate Helen

Savage and Maeve Wall

on representing Erin’s

Own after being chosen by

the Imokily u13 and u14

Camogie teams this is a

great achievement for both

girls Well done girls !

Registration forms for all

girls are now available

from each coach the girls

will have to be registered

before the girls can play

for insurance reasons

please talk to the coaches

about this.

U14

On a sunny and dry Sunday

morning we travelled to Fermoy

to play the U14A team. It was

our first game of the season and

first run out on the sod.

Both teams got into the game

immediately. Play was kept

around the middle with our

backs doing a great job keeping

them out. Fermoy got a break in

our defence and landed a goal

in the 7th minute.There was

only one answer for this and

with skill and pace we took on

the game and returned the

compliment by putting the ball

in the back of the Fermoy net in

the 10th minute. Jenny

Fitzharris, Sarah Mc Carthy &

Helen Savage maintained good

position in mid field. There was

great play between both teams

and we went into half time with

1-1 to 2-2 to Fermoy.

The second half started as lively

as the first with Leah O Shea

planting the ball in the back of

the net. The backs were

outstanding, with Allanah Mc

Mahon, Gwen O Brien & Aoife

Kelleher making sure our Keeper

Sophie O Neill was well covered.

We went on to put the ball over

the bar when the opportunity

arouse. Kate Cogan, Rachel

Kelliher & Abbey Smith were

instrumental at finishing off the

ball.

It was a great game enjoyed by

both sides.Well done to Fermoy

on the win.

Final Score 3-4 to 3-6.

Junior: Well done to the Junior Footballers who made a fantastic

start to their league campaign. The girls traveled to Dripsey last

Sunday where they gave a fantastic display of heart and effort.

The home side got off to a good start with a few scores, but the

Erinsown girls fought back to go in at half time almost level.

Clodagh Lane and Ana Cruceanu were outstanding in the back

line, while Emma O Keeffe showed real class in front of goal. Beth

Zito kicked a fantastic point and Emma Wallace scored a hat trick

in the second half. Ciara Milner took over from Andrea Collins

between the posts and made a super save. Olwyn Patterson came

on to battle hard, assisting Wallace in two of her goals. The

Erinsown side came out on the winning side after a very sporting

game, in very heavy conditions. Well done to all involved.

Junior ladies first game of the year v Dripsey

Junior, minor and u16 footballers after their weekly 5k in Eastgate

Erins Own GAA Pairc Ui Chonaill, Caherlag, Glounthanue, Co Cork.Tel: 087-3285986

A Big turn out this year from Erins Own in the Glounthaune St

Patrick’s Day Parade

Special thanks to everyone who supported and helped out at the

annual cake sale in Glounthaune village on St Patrick’s Day

Up Coming Evevts:

The Erins Own Golf

Classic will be held this

year on the 10th of June

2016, Contact Michael

O Connor or any club

officer,

Senior Hurling

Championship 1st

round will take place on

Sunday the 29th of May

in Church road

Blackrock at 18:00pm

Junior A Football will

take place next

Saturday the 26th in

Ballinacurra at 14:30pm

We currently have over

750 likes on our

Facebook page

we have over 1,950

followers on twitter,

which is a great we to

keep in touch with match

updates & what’s going

on in Caherlag.

As Always a warm

thanks to all those

who support our club

in every way.