Football

Feb 5th 2012 U21 Championship
Town 2-5 Na Piarsaigh 0-6

Fielding a young under 21 side, Bishopstown came out on top in this encounter played at Ballinlough with the aid of 2 well taken goals by Sam Oakes in the second half. The game was a tight affair in the first half with Na Piarsaigh holding a one point lead at the break on a scoreline of 0-4 to 0-3. Scores proved difficult to come by with points by Conor Dorman from a 45 in the 7th minute, Brian Coffey from play in the 10th minute and another by Conor Dorman from a free after 28 minutes. Na Piarsaigh scored points in the 3rd, 4th, 13th and 20th minutes and looked threatening at times when they attacked. Meanwhile the Town forwards missed a few chances and found the going difficult against tight marking from the Na Piarsaigh defence. Na Piarsaigh opened the scoring in the second half with another point. Then, in the 10th minute a wonderful move was finished to the net with aplomb by Sam Oakes. Na Piarsaigh then had a player sent off for striking and Bishopstown gradually began to get the upper hand.Points followed from full forward Dara O'Connor in the 10th minute and another well worked score by Sam Oakes in the 23rd minute. Na Piarsaigh scored their last point after 26 minutes and as the game went into added time Oakes was on hand again to finish to the net leaving 5 points between them at the final whistle. Team: C. Duggan, E Davin, S Lordan, N Murphy, D O' Brien, R Ryan, C Murphy, D O'Sullivan, A Power, B Coffey, C Dorman, E Costello, S Oakes, D O'Connor, D Lester.

Jan 15th 2012 Carbery Cup
Town 1-9 Beara 2-10

The first senior match of the season ended in defeat when Beara finished strongly with two points and a last minute goal after the sides were level going into the final ten minutes. Beara were up by 7 points to 2 at the break having had the better of the exchanges. However, a much improved Town gradually reduced the arrears thanks to a goal from a speculative lob that deceived the Beara keeper and points by Paddy Curran. The introduction of Paul Honohan, who combined well with Curran on a number of occasions, contributed to the turn around with the sides level at 1-4 to 0-7. But it was Beara who finished stronger with those late scores to take the spoils. Next match V Castlehaven in the Tadhg Crowley cup on Wednesday next Jan 18th in Castlehaven.