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Seniors:
Glenflesk, with the aid of the strong breeze, opened the scoring in the 2nd minute when Cian Horan raised a white flag; we responded with two pointed frees from Darragh O’Connor before half back Michael Mullane pointed to level matters in the 7th minute.
Glenflesk were not to score again until the final act of the half and amazingly when Ian Roche pointed from a close in free, they were only one point adrift, 0-04 to 0-03.
That we were not comfortably ahead at this juncture was due to our profligacy in front of goal which allowed Glenflesk stay in the game. Despite dominating proceedings and creating 3 good goal chances we failed to capitalise, and the worry was that these misses could come back to haunt us.
David and Tom controlled proceedings in the middle, Jake marshalled our defence superbly ably assisted by the outstanding Daniel Bowler and an equally impressive Ben Hanafin; our half forward line worked tirelessly with Tomás Kennedy and Shane McElligott hungry for every ball and Barry John was linking play splendidly.
Tommy was winning possession at will and plying his corner men with plenty of opportunities, but it was one of those nights when the ball would not go in the net – even a penalty awarded after Conor Hayes was upended in the square was saved when David’s effort was parried by the keeper Eoin Moynihan, who it must be said, was outstanding in this period.
The result was that we only added another two points to Darragh’s opening brace with Darragh again on target followed by our only score from play from Shane McElligott.
The second half resumed with Donagh Buckley on in place of Sam Pituch and Gearóid Savage replacing Barry John who tweaked a hamstring.
Glenflesk attacked from the throw in and found the net in the first minute when corner forward Tommy Bowler slipped in behind the defence and he gave báideior Rob no chance with a neat finish to the corner.
This setback elicited a quick riposte however with points from Darragh (2), Conor, Ben, and Gazza before Glenflesk struck back to leave just one point between the sides, 0-09 to 1-05 with ten minutes gone.
We continued to take the game to the East Kerry side applying a lot of pressure and Daniel Bowler overlapping on the left struck a sweet left footed effort to restore our two-point advantage again.
Darragh again from a free plus a long-range effort from David had us four to the good but Glenflesk were not going away though, and with Dan O’Brien now playing further up field they came forward at every opportunity – again they raised white flags but we were not to be denied and with time running out we closed out the scoring with lovely efforts from play from Conor and Tommy.
In summary, our lack of clinical finishing made this game closer than it should have been, but we were not discouraged by our missed chances and instead drew on all our reserves of a never say die attitude and a relentless work ethic to achieve a precious two points which will see us into our final game with Ballymac with a fighting chance of avoiding relegation.
Final Score:
KO’R 0-15
Glenflesk 1-09
Team: Rob O’Connor, Darragh McElligott, Ross O’Callaghan, Sam Pituch, Ben Hanafin, Jake Foley, Daniel Bowler, David Moran, Tom Hoare, Tomás Kennedy, BJ Keane, Shane McElligott, Darragh O’Connor, Tommy Walsh, Conor Hayes.
Subs: Donagh Buckley, Gearóid Savage, Ryan Carroll.
Weekend results:
All eyes were on the remaining 3 fixtures in county league division 1 yesterday ( Sunday).
Victories for Legion and Dr Crokes leaves An Ghaeltacht on 5 points with one game left to play ( vs Milltown/Castlemaine), with Milltown remaining on 3 points – they will play An Ghaeltacht and Dingle.
Dingle’s victory in Rathmore lifts them to 5 points with crucial games upcoming vs Milltown/Castlemaine next weekend and their final game vs Spa.
It’s still all to play for and a win against Ballymac in two weeks time is imperative but may not be enough to save our division 1 status should Dingle gain maximum points from their remaining two games.
Div 6A:
Our division 6 team will be in action on Monday night next, 10th June when they take on Milltown/Castlemaine in Strand Road where throw in is @ 7.30 pm
Juvenile Academy:
Ballyrickard was a hive of activity on Sunday morning with great numbers again attending training throughout all age groups and we also welcomed Austin Stacks U8 and U10 girls and their coaches and parents for go games.
Our academy is growing and new members are always welcome to join the club. It’s great to see so many girls and boys enjoying the sport we all love so much.
Some of our U8 Girls with Coach Kelly Ann
U8 Girls:
Our U8 girls hosted Austin Stacks on Sunday morning in Healy Park.
We showed great teamwork and scored some fabulous goals and points. All of our girls put their heart and souls into the game. Great support from all our team members and a fine display of our U8 girls skills. Well done to everyone. Thanks to Austin Stacks for coming to us.
U8 Girls with Coach Liam
U9 Boys:
Wednesday evening, our U9 boys hosted Kilcummin in the fifth round of Go-Games. Our lads played some fantastic football and kicked some impressive scores. Many thanks to Kilcummin for making the trip and we wish them the best for the remainder of the season.
U10 Girls
U10s:
We had a great turn out Sunday morning and were able to field two teams to play against Stacks U10s. Both teams put in great performances and managed to dominate the games. There was some lovely interplay between the girls that ended up in some lovely team scores. The girls have grown in confidence with the ball in hand and were excellent at bursting out of the trouble area into space. It was great to see how they all kept trying. Well done girls. Thanks to Austin Stacks for coming to us.
U13 Boys Divison 3 County league Final
U13 Boys:
U13 Division 3 County League Final result , Kerins O’Rahillys 2-08 John Mitchels 3-08.
The boys in blue came up short Sunday evening in Austin Stack Park . Our boys gave everything they had in a final worthy of Austin Stack Park. Our opponents clicked on the day and showed why they have been a top Division side these last few years. The Journey this KOR U13 team is on is still emerging but what an achievement this has been from Division 9 just 2 years ago to a Division 3 County Final. We are proud of everyone involved in this group and look forward to the next chapter. Well done boys.
Bucket Collection:
Our Juveniles are holding a bucket collection this Saturday 15th June. We need volunteers from our club to cover time slots. Please contact a member of the committee or send a message through Clubzap, Facebook or Instagram. Please support our club if you’re out and about Saturday.
Do you have unwanted football boots, club jerseys/tops etc?
In a bid to reduce, reuse and recycle we are seeking donations! If you have some usable and clean unwanted gear that no longer fits your child and would like to donate, please bring it to Academy Sunday mornings. We will then have a stall setup over the coming weeks with all items received available to our members for a small donation.
Ladies Notes:
U12 Girls:
The U12s took on Castleisland Desmond’s on Tuesday evening in a closely contested battle. Unfortunately we did not come out on top this time. Even though we were down on numbers, we led for a decent part of the game but we couldn’t find our range in the final quarter. However the girls tried hard and gave it their all. Thanks to Castleisland Desmond’s who made the journey to Healy Park.
U14 Girls:
Our U14 Strand Rd team lost to Laune Rangers in Killorglin on Thursday night in the County League. A very strong home team was well in control by half time, but our girls battled hard in the second half and never gave up.
Our backs in particular worked tirelessly throughout. Stand out players for us on a difficult night, were Lily Hussey, Rachel Ahern, Ruby Foley and Hanna O’Sullivan. The girls will learn from this and move forward.
The girls had a second game on Sunday evening against Churchill away. Again the opposition proved to be the stronger team on the night.
Despite some great scores and chances our girls came up short against a strong Churchill side. Well done to all the girls who left everything on the pitch and tried their best. Well done to Churchill.
U16 Girls:
With the Junior Certificate in full flow we trained once this week; we went for Thursday night but with exams on and a birthday we had very little number so 7 of our girls hit the gym instead of the field a good effort was put in and with a tug of war at the end for a bit of craic.
Happy Birthday to Greta from the team and management.
Keeping in touch:
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