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Latest News - Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

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• Best wishes to the Under 21 hurlers in Sundays County Final re-play v Duhallow in Pairc Ui Rinn @ 4pm.

• Congratulations to the Under13 footballers who had a great win over Nemo Rgs in the league final recently.

• Congratulations to the Junior Hurlers who won the City C'ship and to Seanie Mc Grath who was named man of the match.

• Congratulations to the Cork senior camogie team on their win in the All-Ireland Final especially to Jim McCarthy the coach and Denise Cronin the team manager.

• Evening Echo Senior Football Relegation play-off.: St Nick's 2-8 Mallow 1-10. This win secures our senior status for 2009, well done to all involved. See a match report from the game and an interview with David Brosnan below.....

• Congratulations from St Nicks to Nicole O'Brien who represented Cork at the National Camogie Feile Na nGael skills competition last weekend.. For a report of Nicole's success go to the camogie page here>>

• The Annual St Nicks Golf Classic was held recently, for photos of the event click here>>

• Read a full report and see all the photos from the Dubai 7s here>> See below for a picture of the team as well as a report from the trip.

• Glen Rovers & St Nicks Hurling & Football Academy Street Leagues: Photos from the finals will be posted on the site soon so check back again soon!

• Under-Age AGM: The following oficers were elected
  • Chairman .............. Mick Hackett
  • Vice-Chairman ...... Terry Buckley
  • Runai .................... Cian O'Brien
  • Treasurer .............. Glendon Hackett
    

   

• Senior Championship: \Well done to the senior team on a wonderful C'ship campaign last year. See all the match reports from the 2007 campaign on the Senior Football Page here>>

• New St Nick's shirts and tops now available in Club Shop on Monday nights from 7.30 to 9oc. St Nick's casual jackets for sale €30.00 contact Jerry Howe or Finbarr.

Bullish Nicks quell Mallow onslaught

St Nicholas 2-8 Mallow 1-10

Cork SFC: ST NICHOLAS survived a tremendous second-half fightback by Mallow to preserve their senior status for another season following a thrilling one-point victory in their Cork SFC relegation semi-final at Donoughmore last night. It looked as if the city side had done enough in the opening half when playing with the wind to lead by three goals at the break. But a goal and two points in quick succession for Mallow just after the restart threw the issue wide open, and Nicks were grateful for the final whistle, four minutes into injury time, as they survived by the narrowest of margins. Mallow now have one final chance to keep their senior status when they play Bantry Blues in the final game, and on the evidence of their second half display, are more than capable of winning that game.

Nicks had many stars, but the Brosnan brothers David and Robert stood head and shoulders over the rest. Not far behind was Graham Callinan, whose forceful running caused endless problems for the Mallow defence, while Brian McSweeney and Liam Leahy gave little away in the Nicks back line. Mallow won the toss, elected to play into the strong wind and made the perfect start with a Cian O'Riordan point after just 50 seconds showing Nicks they clearly had a battle on the hands. The city side needed a sizeable half-time lead if they were to survive this relegation contest, and set about building that lead with goals from Niall Harte and Robert Brosnan inside the opening minutes. The aerial dominance of the Brosnan brothers Robert and David gave Nicks control of midfield but for all their territorial advantage, they proceeded to kick a succession of wides. Mallow, without a score for 18 minutes, eventually got a point back when O'Riordan landed a free. But Nicks were excellent going forward and Callinan replied almost off the kick out, and they finished the half strongly, with three further points to take a 2-6 to 0-3 lead into half time.

However, whatever Mallow coach Ronan Sheehan said to his charges at half time, it certainly worked. They played the towering figure of Denis Hayes in at full forward, and in their first attack he set Pa Dineen up for a goal. Maintaining the pressure, the North Cork side added two points and in the space of five minutes they had the deficit down to four points, and it was very much a case of game on. With so much at stake, tempers became frayed both on and off the field, but wiser heads prevailed and the impressive David Brosnan eased the pressure for Nicks with two points. To their credit, Mallow weren't going down without a fight, and taking inspiration from Dineen and Riordan, they laid siege to the Nicks goal. Amid tremendous excitement, they cut the deficit to the minimum with five points in a row, and the city side were hanging on grimly. Brosnan had the chance to ease the pressure, but amazingly he missed a 13-metre free after the Mallow 'keeper was penalised for picking the ball off the ground outside the square, drawing moans around the ground from the Nicks supporters worried that it could prove a costly miss. However, as the game drifted into injury time, Nicks played the possession game to perfection to frustrate Mallow. When the final whistle came, the relief on the faces of the Nicks officials was very evident.

Scorers for St Nicks: R Brosnan 1-1; D Brosnan 0-4 (0-3 frees); N Harte 1-0; G Callinan 0-2; N Horgan 0-1. Scorers for Mallow: P Dineen 1-2 (0-1 free); C O'Riordan 0-4; S Cronin, K McCarthy, D Hayes, D Kerrrisk 0-1 each. ST NICHOLAS: P Cuthbert; S Kenefick, D Og O'Donovan, B McSweeney; L Leahy, N Horgan, D Cunningham; R Brosnan, D Brosnan; G Callinan, D Busteed, N Harte; G Moylan, D Goggin, K Herlihy. Sub: D Brosnan for Busteed. MALLOW: C Sheehan; J Collins, A Cashman, R Willis; P Riordan, K McCarthy, C Kerrisk; D Kerrisk, D Hayes; J O'Sullivan, C O'Riordan, M O'Brien; J Hayes, P Dineen, S Cronin. Sub: B Doyle for C Kerrisk. Referee: N Barrett (Carrigtwohill)

HAVING led by nine points at half-time, 2-6 to 0-3, in their Evening Echo SFC relegation play-off with Mallow, St Nicholas looked to have the outcome of the game secured, writes DENIS HURLEY.

However, the north Cork side showed great resolve in the second-half to almost pull the game out of the fire, eventually coming up just short on a 2-8 to 1-10 scoreline. St Nick's midfielder David Brosnan said, though, that he felt his side had enough belief within them to get the victory and ensure that the Blackpool side would still be playing senior football next year. "Well we were kind of expecting, coming into this, to be able to pull this one out after last year," he said. "We felt we let ourselves down in the previous two games, we got too confident after last year and we didn't give everyone else enough respect. "Tonight we wanted to make sure we gave Mallow enough respect to make sure we got the job done," Brosnan added. Having had such a lead at half-time, did Brosnan feel that the job was done by the end of the first half, or was he expecting Mallow to come at Nick's as strongly as they did? "Well we hoped we had done enough but we know that in every game every team is going to get a run, an we knew that they'd get a run in the second half," he said. "It was about being able to take their run and turn it back on them again." Brosnan himself had a fine game, scoring 1-2 from midfield in the first half, the goal coming after he was quickest to react when David Goggin's attempted point hit the post, though he said that he felt he owed it to his team-mates to put in a good performance. "Yeah I was pleased with my display, but in the Ballincollig game I felt I let everyone else down more than anyone, so I was determined tonight to come out and make amends for that match," he said. Having helped ensure that St Nick's stay senior for 2009, Brosnan says that the focus now will be on getting ready for that. "Well it's about getting back to where we were last year. "We've a very young team, a lot of talent, so we've got to make sure that we put the training in the off-season to come back next year and be ready."

Annual Golf Classic

The officers and committee of St Nicks would like to thank all who helped make our Golf Classic 2008 a great success! Click for more photos of the event here>>

Dubai 7s Tournament

St Nick's enjoyed a great trip to Dubai in which we played in the Dubai Duty Free sponsored 7 a side competition in both football and hurling/. The competitions were splendidly organised by the Dubai Celts GAA which has very strong Cork connections. The highlight was the winning of the football competition defeating Erins Own in the final after extra time, with Graham Callanan fisting the winning point.

Football Group stages; In the opening game of the group stages we defeated Erin's own and followed this with wins over Qatar and Abu Dhabi to top the group and set up a semi-final against host club Dubai Celts on Saturday. This resulted in a 1 point win 1-9 to 1-8 and as Erin's Own had beaten Longstone from down in the other semi-final the stage was set for an all Cork Final. The final was a thriller, Nick's opened up a good lead were pegged back, fell behind before eventually drawing level, extra-time failed to produce a winner, before Graham fisted the winner as the 'golden score' rule came into play. Donal Og O'Donovan was named footballer of the tournament. Final result ............. St Nick's 0-9 Erin's Own 1-5.

Hurling; To facilitate the organisers we entered a team in the hurling and after wins over Civil Service and Castleblayney in the group we bowed out to Erin's Own in the semi-final, the Cork county champions went on to win the competition and we congratulate them on their victory. Panel: Donal Og O'Donovan, Peter Cuthbert, Damien Byrne, Shane O'Donoghue, Shane Kennefick, Niall Horgan, Paul O'Brien, Kevin Herlihy, Graham Callanan, and Killian Spain. A few interesting stats from the games, in hurling and football all players contibuted to the scoring, Niall Horgan was scoring goals for fun, Peter Cuthbert nailed two vital '45's', while Damien Byrne even managed a goal in one of the hurling games. Congratulations to all who travelled for the manner in which they uphled the proud tradition of our club on and off the field they were wonderful ambassadors for St Nick's. The trip included a days golf, a night at races in the wonderful Sheik Mhaktoun stadium, while several of the lads took part in a Desert Safari.

A special thanks to Dubai Celts for their hospitality especially Corkmen Conor O'Riordan, Daithi Hanley and the man who made it all possible for us Carrigtowhill's Doney Mc Carthy.