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last updated the 7th October 2008

The draw for the O'Sullivan Cup took place on Thursday night May 1st, at the Gleneagle Hotel, and resulted as follows: The teams of Scartaglin B, Firies and Dr Crokes B recieved Byes to the quarter-finals. There are five first round games: Rathmore B V Glenflesk B, Gneeveguilla B V Currow B, V Firies B, Cordal V Spa B, Legion B V Kilcummin B, Dr Crokes B, Fossa V Listry.

The first round table looks as follows:

Home Team	Score	Opposing Team	Score	Information
Rathmore B	0-12	Glenflesk B	1-07	Wed 13th Aug.
Gneevguilla B	0-10	Currow B	0-14	Sun 7th September
Spa B	1-10	Cordal	0-10	Wed 20th at 7:15pm
Legion B	---	Kilcummin B	walk over	Tue 19th Aug at 7:15pm
Fossa	---	Listry	BYE *	bye to next round

* Fossa does not have a B team and having won the East Kerry Intermediate Championship (Fr Galvin cup) have withdrawn fom the O'Sullivan competition and therefore Listry now has BYE into next round
Only one game was played on the Wednesday 13th August...all the others postponed due to weather damage to pitches following the torrential rain of the last few days
Kilcummin got a walkover from Legion who had only 10 or 11 players on the night

1/4 Final table looks as follows:

Home Team	Score	Opposing Team	Score	Information
Firies	2-07	Kilcummin B	2-09	Tue 27th Aug 7:00p.m
Spa	3-07	Rathmore B	1-11	Mon 26th Aug 7:00p.m
Dr Crokes B	---	Scartaglin	---	Dr Crokes claimed a walk over from Scartaglin
Currow B	0-07	Listry	1-08	Sat 4th Oct. 5pm Currow

Semi-Final table looks as follows:

Home Team	Score	Opposing Team	Score	Information
Kilcummin B	1-13	Dr Crokes B	1-10	Sun 14th Aug
Spa	---	Listry	---	Date to be fixed

Spa 1-10 Cordal 0-10

In a close encounter at Spa on Wednesday evening last, the local side emerged victors at the expense of Cordal and so proceed to the semi-final of the O’Sullivan Cup. Anthony Sullivan registered the first point of the game for Spa but there followed a period of dominance for Cordal in which they recorded five points from Padraig O’Donoghue, Michael Cahill, Brian Reidy and Padraig Dignam (0-2). Pat Cronin replied with a point for Spa before a high ball into the Spa full forward line was well fielded by Kevin O’Regan who made no mistake for a goal. Pat Cronin converted a free followed by a good point from Brendan Doolan from 45 metres out to put Spa two points clear. On the stroke of half time, Cordal’s Brian Reidy reduced the lead to the minimum and the sides retired on a score line of 1-4 to 0-6 in favour of Spa. Scores were level within a minute of the resumption when Brian Reidy converted a free for Cordal. And in the reverse of what happened in the first half, it was Spa’s turn to put a string of four points on the board from Brendan Doolan, Pat Cronin, Anthony Sullivan and the evergreen Frank Hickey. Spa was now four points clear of their opponents but two points from Brian Reidy and a point from substitute James O’Donoghue saw Spa defend the narrowest of leads. And how well they did that for a period of seven minutes as Cordal threw everything at them. Paul Casey and Brian Devane were stalwart in the Spa defence as they kept Cordal at bay. The game came to a conclusion with Sean Moynihan and Shane Fenton registering points for Spa. Cordal will rue a number of missed chances including scorable frees as Spa progress to the next stage of the O’Sullivan Cup on a scoreline of Spa 1-10 Cordal 0-10.

Spa 3-7 Rathmore 1-11

Spa joins Dr Crokes and Kilcummin in the semi-finals of the East Kerry Junior Championship when they had two points to spare over Rathmore on last Wednesday at Spa. Spa will be thankful to a resolute defence which denied the Rathmore men in this closely fought contest where the lead changed hands five times. Rathmore opened the scoring with a point from a 20 metre free by Gerry Murphy only to see Brendan Doolan cancel it with a well taken point from 35metres out along the sideline. A great clearance by Rathmore’s Tim Lynch found Paul Reen and displaying brotherly love, Paul set up Patrick Reen whose burst towards goal was rewarded with a major. A 45 metre free by Brendan Doolan of Spa reduced the lead to a point. Spa introduced Michael Murphy at wing forward allowing his brother Donal take over the corner forward berth. Within a minute, Donal shook the net to put Spa ahead 1-3 to 1-2. The game was end to end fare with the lead swapping hands. Pat Cronin robbed the ball over the head of Rathmore full back Eoin Doherty and registered a point. And then came a well worked goal by Spa. Corner back Paul Casey took the ball out of defence and found Shane Devane with a perfect pass. Shane worked the ball along the left wing and sent a diagonal ball to Pat Cronin who quickly passed to corner forward Donal Murphy. The inrushing Brendan Doolan took the ball at speed from Murphy and shot the ball well to Jamie Cooper’s right corner to put Spa four points clear – 2-4 to 1-3. But Rathmore was not to be denied and in the 5 minutes before half time they recorded 3 points from a Gerry Murphy free, a 45m free by Mark Kelleher and on the whistle Michael D Cahill finished off a great Rathmore attack to leave the bare minimum between the teams – Spa 2-4 Rathmore 1-6.
On the resumption Rathmore drew level with a Gerry Murphy free, and pushed two points ahead with scores from Mark Nagle and Paul Reen. Spa’s Michael Murphy and Pat Cronin levelled the game but Dermie Fitzgerald put Rathmore one ahead after 15 minutes. Good interplay between Spa’s Anthony O’Sullivan and Brendan Doolan set up Pat Cronin who finished to the net and Spa went two points clear. Dermie Fitzgerald and Pat Cronin swapped the last two points of the game before an exciting rush by Rathmore saw as many as 12 players participate in a major onslaught on the Spa defence looking for the goal that would win the game. Rathmore’s John Hickey took possession of the final pass and entered the parallelogram. Spa was confronted with a do or die situation. The defence held its composure and surrounded Hickey effectively and legally while referee Pat Kissane consulted his watch to verify it was time to blow his whistle for the last time. And so Spa held on to record a good win to take them into the Semi-Final of the O’Sullivan Cup for 2008 on a final scoreline of Spa 3-7 Rathmore 1-11.
Teams
Spa: Andy O’Sullivan, Paul Casey, Brian Devane, Conor Gleeson, Shane Devane, Damien O’Sullivan, Colm Moynihan, Kevin O’Regan, Kieran Herlihy, Francis O’Roirdan, Pat Cronin (1-4), Donal Murphy (1-0), Brendan Doolan (0-2, 0-1f), Anthony O’Sullivan, Paul Cahill. Subs: Michael Murphy (0-1) Frank Hickey, Sean Moynihan.

Rathmore: Jamie Cooper, Dan O’Sullivan, Eoin Doherty, Tim Lynch, Philip Kelly, Mark Nagle (0-1), Mark Kelleher (0-1f), Daniel O’Sullivan, John Hickey(0-1), Patrick Reen (1-0), Donal Casey (0-1), Michael D Cahill (0-1), Donal Lehane (1-0), Gerry Murphy (0-3, 0-2f), Paul Reen(0-1). Subs Dermie Fitzgerald (0-2)

Kilcummin 2-9 Firies 2-7

Firies managed to fritter a nine point lead as Kilcummin booked their place in the East Kerry Junior Championship Semi Finals. Firies had a dream start when within four minutes Darren Courthy and N B Foley put two goals past the Kilcummin keeper. Courthy was dominant at full forward and by the tenth minute had Firies ahead 2-2 to no score. Kilcummin’s John Devane and Firies Ian Crowley exchanged points followed by Anthony O’Sullivan, who put two badly needed points on the board for Kilcummin. However, Firies tagged on a further two to leave them with an eight point margin at half time Firies 2-5 Kilcummin 0-3.
However, as we know from other more high profile matches in recent times, an eight point lead can be a perilous one and in the second half Firie managed to squander their lead. As the second half opened, Firies stretched their lead to nine points. Kilcummin’s Ritchie O’Connor who was introduced late in the first half had a major influence on the game. Four minutes into the second half he brought the Kilcummin tally to four points. Shortly thereafter Firies lost the influential Ian Crowley to injury, and they missed his contribution at midfield. Kilcummin was a revitalised side. Diarmuid O’Donoghue got the first of their two goals followed by two points from Ritchie O’Connor to leave just three points between the sides. Mike O’Sullivan had Firies last point of the game at the end of the quarter but Kilcummin was in control and went on to register a further goal and three points from J Devane (1-1), Anthony O’Sullivan and Ritchie O’Connor, a point each to bring the final score to Kilcummin 2-9 Firies 2-7. Dr Crokes await them in the semi final.
Teams
Kilcummin: K Fleming, M Healy, K McSweeney, K Bruton, D Doolan, C Lenihan, E Lane, P O’Donoghue, D Kelly, J Devane(1-2,0-1f), R Casey, A O’Sullivan(0-3), M O’Shea, D O’Donoghue(1-0), C Guilfoyle, Subs R O’Connor(0-4), M Gorman

Firies: P Dineen, B Spring, J Casey, L Hickey, G Brown, D Spring, A Courthy, I Crowley(0-1), D O’Shea(0-1), T Foley, N B Foley(1-1, 0-1f), M O’Sullivan(0-1), E O’Mahony, D Courthy(1-2), D O’Donoghue(0-1), Subs: B Foley, M Daly, N McCarthy.

Currow 0-14 Gneeveguilla 0-10

Currow booked itself a place in the O'Sullivan Cup quarter finals against Listry when it overcame Gneeveguilla last Sunday in Gneeveguilla. This was a disappointing performance by Gneeveguilla on their home ground as Currow completely dominated the first half, leading at half time by 0-10 to 0-2. The game was as good as over early in the first half when after fifteen minutes Currow was ahead by seven points to no score. It is to the credit of the local men that they made Currow work for the victory in the second half as they reduced an eight point deficit to three coming to the end of the game. However, Currow's Eugene Cronin closed out the game for his side with some good points to bring the final tally to Currow 0-14 Gneeveguilla 0-10. Best for Currow were Kieran Scanlon, Timmy O'Leary and Eugene Cronin while Gneeveguilla had triers in Philip Cremin, Aeneas O'Leary and Padraig O'Connor

Listry 1-8 Currow 0-7

Listry earned a place in the semi-finals of the East Kerry Junior Football Championship when they defeated Currow last Saturday evening. Playing in heavy rain throughout, the two teams served up a competitive and attractive game of football on a good Currow sod despite the very bad weather conditions. Currow was most wasteful of their chances in the first half when they could only manage 1 point having put eight shots wide of the mark. Listry, on the other hand, was more effective and wasted few chances to lead at half time by 0-7 to 0-1. Listry was the fitter team and their forwards in particular were fast and accurate. They forced Currow into fouls and punished those indiscretions. Listry’s Derry Ahern opened the scoring with a point in the first minute. Their midfield pairing of Stephen Brosnan and John Foley was in control of their domain. Centre forward Paul Darmody was distributing good ball to the fast Listry inside forwards, which allowed Listry to set up good combination moves. Corner forwards Mike Tangney and Derry Ahern benefited and Listry put four points on the board early on. Wing forwards Anthony Sweeney and David Nolan won their own free and duly slotted over to put their side six points ahead of Currow at the break.

However, Listry’s comfortable half time lead of six points was strongly challenged after the resumption as Currow mounted a resolute reply on their home turf. This past year has seen the theory of the safe six point margin exploded. Currow had no respect for the Listry lead and the Listry back division was obliged to withstand a major second half effort by Currow who clawed their way back into the game. The Currow forwards ran at the Listry defence and in the poor underfoot conditions, Listry gave away a number of close-in frees. In the first ten minutes of the second half, Currow’s Mike King brought his side back in contention with four well taken frees to reduce the Listry lead to two points. Listry was missing good chances in front of goal as the Currow defence marked their men closely. Derry Ahern increased their lead to three points in an attack which saw Mike Tangney forced to retire. The next Listry attack saw wing back Aidan O’Donoghue carry the ball along the wing to find substitute Tadgh Ahern whose angled shot found the roof of the net and Listry went six points clear. The goal was to be Listry’s last score of the game and in the remaining fifteen minutes, they were obliged to mount a stout defence to keep Currow at bay. There followed a period of end to end play by both teams which failed to produce scores. Listry’s centre back Stephen Darmody, keeper Colm Counihan and corner backs Danny Wrenn and Cathal Donoghue had a torrid time as they cleared their lines under intense pressure. Currow desperately sought the necessary goal but Listry kept their net intact. Kieran Scanlon and Mike King registered Currow’s last two points but it was not enough. With a final score line of 1-8 to 0-7, Listry advance to the semi-finals of the O’Sullivan Cup competition where they will meet Spa.

Listry: Colm Counihan, Danny Wrenn, John Paul Mannix, Cathal O’Donoghue, Aidan O’Donoghue , Stephen Darmody, Kieran Murphy, John Foley, Stephen Brosnan, Anthony Sweeney (0-1 free), Paul Darmody, David Nolan (0-1 free), Derry Ahern(0-5), Jimmy O’Leary, Mike Tangney (0-1). Subs: Tadgh Ahern (1-0) and Paul O’Donoghue

Currow: Kevin Moran, Ray Mahoney, Niall O’Sullivan, Thomas O’Sullivan, Dan Dunleavy, Kieran Scanlon (0-1), Owen Collins, Mike McCarthy, Seamus Flynn, Mike King (0-6, 0-5 frees), Pat O’Sullivan, Michael McCarthy, M J Scanlon, David Fleming, Eugene Cronin.