Brave Performance Sees Cloyne Advance

JBFC:Cloyne 2-06 Bride Rvrs.1-08

Match predictions & forecasts have at times the uncanny nature defying a presumed outcome of a contest.It happened at Jamesy Kelleher Memorial Park on Saturday evening,when a Cloyne team upset the odds in this JBFC game.The game was heavily influenced by the performance of the Lynch brothers,Maurice & James.Maurice Lynch had an outstanding hour for Cloyne & one that belied his years and capped his performance with a great goal.Cloyne faced into the first half against a strong breeze but were first on the board with a well taken James Lynch point after five minutes.Six minutes later a Feargal O’Brien free put Cloyne two points up.Cloyne’s first half approach & workrate was outstanding.Brian Fleming at centre half back excelled.After 24 minutes of play Cloyne increased the margin by 3 points and were unlucky not to be further ahead when the Bride Rvrs.keeper palmed the ball into the incoming James Lynch who was unlucky not to score but the keeper recovered to make a wonderful save.It was 29 minutes before Bride Rvrs.registered their first score which was quickly followed by a free on the half time whistle which they converted.We faced the second half with the tie evenly balanced.It turned out to be a hugely entertaining half hours football.After a minutes play Maurice Lynch gathered the ball about sixty metres out,the Bride Rvrs.defence stood off him as he weaved within 35 metres of goal,the resulting lobbed kick caught the keeper unaware & off his line for a peach of a goal,it was the perfect opening for Cloyne,Five minutes later it was that man again when he slotted over a well taken free.Bride Rvrs upped the anti after ten minutes and the game took on a new life.Within a ten minute spell Bride Rvrs.managed to claw their way back into the game.Both teams swapped points,Cloyne with two, courtesy of Feargal O’Brien.With the score at 1-06 to 0-07 in favour of Cloyne,Bride Rvrs.were gradually breaking Cloyne’s grip on proceedings.Against the run of play Cloyne were awarded a penalty and Feargal O’Brien’s well placed kick gave the keeper no chance,it was an important goal at a crucial time in the game because Rovers had Cloyne on the rack.With eight minutes remaining the character of this Cloyne fifteen was well tested.On 22 minutes a converted free brought Rovers within striking distance.With eight minutes remaining it was all Bride Rovers and one wondered after all the hard work was Cloyne going to suffer undeserved disappointment.Cloyne’s back line were brilliant and duly did not panic.With 3 minutes to go Bride Rovrs.sustained pressure paid off when they got a goal,we now had a one point game.Cloyne managed to hold on and deservedly so.The work rate & commitment of this Cloyne fifteen fashioned this hard earned win,they were worthy of the result and every player must be congratulated in the disciplined manner in which it was achieved,well done.Final score Cloyne 2-06 Bride Rvrs.1-08.

Cloyne:Phil Considine,Tom O’Shea,Darragh Canavan,Pat Dineen,Maurice Lynch(1-01),Brian Fleming,James Northridge,Graham Fleming,Felix Sherlock,Ciaran O’Shea,James Lynch(0-01),David Ring,Feargal O’Brien(1-04),Kevin Lawton,Eoin O’Lomasney

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JAFC Cloyne 2-10 Carrigtwohill 0-07

There was a great amount of confidence about Cloyne and the manner in which they approached this championship game.It showed in the first five minutes.Their brand of football was entertaining & at the same time exciting.Every player played for each other with commitment & purpose,it was good to receive compliments from your opponents about the players approach & how they went about the task in hand.It was indeed a good football display from Cloyne,their off the ball running for the sixty minutes was a major factor,the manner in which they supported each other was another.From the throw in Cloyne never once took their foot off the pedal.Cluain Uamha can play football as Carrigtwohill discovered in the first ten minutes,they had a distinct swagger about their approach and how they went about their business,it was good to watch,it was effective and you knew Cloyne had only one outcome on their minds to win the game.Eoin O’Sullivan quickly opened Cloyne’s account after two minutes with a well taken point,three minutes later it was Colm O’Sullivan who pointed.We were then treated to a Kilian Cronin special,a replica goal to the one he scored on Sunday morning against Aghada in the league,Cloyne 1-02 & no reply from Carrigtwohill.After nine minutes Carrig settled & began whittling Cloyne’s lead.A well worked move in the 9^th minute saw them pull back a point quickly followed four minutes later by another.Both teams went through a ten minute spell of consecutive wides & the tempo dropped slightly.Iain Quinlan then pointed for Cloyne.Carrigtwohill pulled back a further three points(2 Frees).It was Paudie O’Sullivan who then pointed for Cloyne on the half time whistle to leave the score at 1-04 to 0-05 in favour of Cloyne.The second half kicked off with Carrigtwohill being first to register after a minute of play with a point.It was then that Cloyne called a halt.Donal Óg Cusack’s influence on proceedings had a huge bearing in the second half,he marshalled the defence & cajoled the midfield,his distribution play in the second half was brilliant.Aidan O’Brien was man of the match for Cloyne he never erred once,he gave an outstanding performance.In fact the entire Cloyne defence was brilliant.Iain Quinlan added a further two points & Paudie O’Sullivan followed with another point to bring the score to Cloyne 1-07 Carrigtwohill 0-06.With 11 minutes gone in the second half we witnessed a gem of a goal from that young man again Paudie O’Sullivan,a long ball in & he knew what he was going to do while the ball was in flight,he rounded his marker on the edge of the box,left hand corner of the goals,game,set & match to the red & black.Conor Cusack then scored the point of the game when he gave Cloyne an eight point advantage.Carrigtwohill managed to pull a point back which was to be their last score of the game while Colm & Paudie O’Sullivan added a further two points for Cloyne to wrap up the game at 2-10 to Carrigtwohill’s 0-07.Cloyne’s style of play was very impressive,the plan was effective and they completed the job with an air of confidence.

Cloyne: Eamon Dunne,John Ahern,Domhnall O’Sullivan,Ross McCarthy,Donal Óg Cusack,Aidan O’Brien,Eoin O’Sullivan(0-01),Kilian Cronin(1-0),Conor Cusack(0-01),James Nyhan,Colm O’Sullivan(0-02),Kevin O’Lomasney,Padraig O’Sullivan(1-03),Diarmuid O’Sullivan,Iain Quinlan(0-03).

Substitutions:John Cotter for Iain Quinlan (inj.) Vincent Cusack for Kevin O’Lomasney,Sean Motherway for Conor Cusack (inj.)

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Cloyne Fail To Take Chances

U21BFC: Cloyne 2- 08 Fr.O’Neills 2- 13

You win games by taking your chances,Cloyne didn’t take theirs & lost this U21 BFC tie against Fr.O’Neills.Not taking any credit from a well balanced Ballymacoda side,in the end they deserved to win the game.Cloyne were first to score when man of the match Paudie O’Sullivan put them ahead after 5 minutes.Almost immediately Fr.O’Neills signalled their intentions when Cloyne’s keeper Philip Considine kept Cloyne’s slender lead intact with a great save.Within a three minute spell O’Neills went into a two point lead.Then on eighteen minutes an error by Maurice Lynch allowed Fr.O’Neill’s in for an all important goal.This was the catalyst for O’Neills with still no reply from Cloyne.Fr.O’Neills added a further two points to give them a solid lead of 1-05 to Cloyne’s 0-01 with about ten minutes to go before the break.Within that ten minute spell Cloyne totally transformed the shape of the game.We had two fast points from Thomas Ryan & Paudie O’Sullivan,Cloyne were gradually getting to grips with the situation.With about four minutes remaining of the first half Cloyne totally dominated.Cloyne were awarded a free which Paudie O’Sullivan failed to convert but within seconds Cloyne were awarded a penalty which was duly converted by that man again Paudie O’Sullivan,it now stood at 1-05 to 1-04 in favour of Fr.O’Neills.Paudie O’Sullivan levelled the game at 1-05 a piece just on the half time whistle.Prior to this, Cloyne squanderd at least three scoring chances which would have given them a commanding lead at the interval.Cloyne were first to register in the second half with a Thomas Ryan point and it seemed as if Cloyne were going to continue where they left off in the closing stages of the first half.The joy was short lived,Fr.O’Neills with a well worked move which started with their number 8 who was hugely influential throughout the entire game caught the Cloyne defence flat footed,Philip Considine made a great save only to parry the ball into the path of the incoming O’Neills forward to score the goal that brought them back into the game.Both sides swopped points in the intervening quarter of an hour,Thomas Ryan & Paudie O’Sullivan keeping Cloyne in touch.With 16 minutes gone in the second half Fr.O’Neills 2-09 Cloyne 1-08, a mix up in the O’Neills defence allowed Alan Reilly in to score a decisive goal to narrow the margin to a point.Game on!!.Unfortunately it was to be Cloyne’s last score.Fr.O’Neills added a further four points to finish on a scorline of 2-13 to Cloyne’s 2-08.Fr.O’Neills were impressive,they played a nice brand of football,kept their gameplan simple & adhered to it,on the other hand Cloyne will rue too many missed chances when the game was there for the taking.Domhnall O’Sullivan, James Northridge,Paudie O’Sullivan & Thomas Ryan were impressive for Cloyne.

Cloyne: Philip Considine,Alan Roberts,Domhnall O’Sullivan,Tom O’Shea,Maurice Lynch,Michael Naughton,Jamie Costine,James Northridge,Thomas Ryan(0-3),Padraig O’Sullivan(1-5) ,Stephen Ryan,Anthony Quinlan,Christopher Ring,Eamon Dunne,Alan Reilly (1-0)

Substitution:James O’Sullivan for Alan Reilly(15m 2^nd Half),Pat Dineen for Alan Roberts(20m 2^nd.Half)

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Junior Football League Div.1

Cloyne 5-17 Aghada 0- 04

Realistically the game never reached the heights one would expect in a local derby.Cloyne proved too strong for near neighbours Aghada in this Div.1 football league game,played in ideal conditions in Cloyne.It was over as a contest after twenty minutes with Cloyne leading by 1-10 to Aghada’s 0-01.It was a good solid performance from Cloyne which must have pleased Timmy O’Sullivan & John O’Lomasney very much with the St.Patrick’s Day championship encounter with Carrigtwohill on the horizion.It was good to see Paul O’Donoughue & Feargal Condon still turning out for Aghada,they have always been great campaigners for the green shirt.

Cloyne:Eamon Dunne,Ross McCarthy,Domhnall O’Sullivan,John Aherne,Donal Óg Cusack,Aidan O’Brien(0-1),Eoin O’Sullivan(0-2),Conor Cusack(0-1),Kilian Cronin(1-2),James Nyhan(1-5),Kevin O’Lomasney(1-1),Iain Quinlan(0-3),Padraig O’Sullivan(1-3),Seán Motherway,Maurice Lynch

Substitutions:James Northridge(17m 2^nd.H) For Padraig O’Sullivan;Anthony Quinlan(19m 2^nd.H – 1-0) For Maurice Lynch.

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