Author: Hazelwood College

Dromcollogher-Broadford through to Munster Final

 

Captained by a former pupil of Hazelwood College Dromcollogher-Broadford are through to their first ever Munster Senior Football club final. 17 of the panel are past pupils of Hazelwood College. When the history of football in Limerick comes to be written Drom Broadford will be recognised as the  most successful team of the first decade of the new millennium. Most members of the team won medals with Hazelwood College during their school days. We wish them well in the Munster Final.

Hazelwood College’s U19 Basketball team advance to All Ireland Semi- Final

Hazelwood College’s U-19 girls basketball team advanced to the semi-finals of the Irish Schools’ Cup after a thrilling one point victory over an excellent Stella Maris side in Tramore on Monday.

Stella Maris dominated the initial exchanges with some strong driving by their inter-county star Aisling Hennebry. The Tramore side raced into an early six point lead as Hazelwood struggled to come to terms with the blistering attack. Hazelwood called a timeout, rearranged their defence and succeeded in stemming the strong Tramore tide. Baskets by MVP Emma Purcell and Maire Flanagan narrowed the gap to two points by the end of the quarter.

Hazelwood settled quickly in the second quarter but were not able to bridge the two point margin. Significantly though for the Dromcollogher side, five different players scored in this quarter underlining the strength in dept of the team. Celia Cremin scored from the free throw line while both Miriam Noonan and Vickie Harnett hit the net twice. A superb breakaway layup from Ciara Meaney and solid defensive play by Aoife Leahy had the team feeling confident as the half time buzzer sounded.

Strong contributions by both Jennifer Roche and Maria Korpesiova in the third quarter allowed Hazelwood to take the lead for the first time in the match. Emma Purcell, in devastating form under the basket, left carnage in her wake. Excellent distribution of the ball by Vickie Harnett and outstanding defence by Celia Cremin, Miriam Noonan and Jennifer Roche kept the Tramore side under control. Three baskets in a row from Maire Flanagan followed by another from Ciara Meaney saw Hazelwood finish the quarter with a three point advantage.

Stella Maris came out fighting in the final quarter, throwing everything including the proverbial kitchen sink at the Dromcollogher outfit. Hazelwood dug deep with Aoife Leahy to the fore in repelling the Tramore onslaught. Excellent shooting by Tramore from the free throw line narrowed the margin to just one point but Hazelwood were not to be denied. Congratulations to all the players and subs that never gave up and were still running hard when the final buzzer sounded.

 

 CJ Fitzpatrick – All Ireland Colleges Handball Champion

 

Thurles Handball club was the place to be last Saturday morning, November 8^th as it hosted one of the most exciting All Ireland Colleges Finals for many years. Hazelwoods CJ Fitzpatrick, having received a walkover in the semi, found himself in the 60 X 30 court facing his opponent Stephan Cooney of Colaiste Naíthí, Ballaghadireen, Co. Roscommon.

 

CJ got off to a great start in the first game scoring the first 4 points without reply. However, this scoreline was evened up at five points a piece. In the final minutes CJ was looking at a scoreline of 13 to 20 in favour of Cooney. CJ would have to focus himself for the second game having lost 21-16. Eddie Prunty an aspiring handballer himself reassured us that CJ would take the second game once he settled. This he did in dramatic style winning out on a scoreline of 21-11.

 

It was all to play for in the tie-breaker with two very determined competitors heading back into court to do battle. Not surprising CJ settled quickly and notched up the first ten scores in style. He looked solid throughout the game and although Cooney managed to claw back some well deserved points, the hard working CJ showed great skill to win out on a margin of seven points taking the Senior Colleges Gold medal. Well done CJ on a fine performance.

 

 

 

Hazelwood College Defeat SMI in quarter final of the Limerick Schools Competition

Hazelwood College 4-12

S.M.I.                      0-7

Reporter: Andrew Lenihan. Transition Year

On Thursday the 9^th     the Under 16 ½ Hazelwood College hurlers played SMI in the quarter final of the Limerick Schools Competition. The match was kicked off by Jerry Lane with a goal in the 2^nd minute. SMI responding with 2 points before Michael Fitzgibbon furthered the gap to 2 points. Points from Billy Naughton and Jerry Lane helped to keep Hazelwood’s slender lead of 2 points. A further point from Billy Naughton helped Hazelwood to a lead of 1-6 to 0-6 at the end of the first half.

 

Jamie Coughlan opened the 2^nd half scoring with a point from a free. Jerry Lane then scored another goal putting Hazelwood into a commanding lead of 2-7 to 0-6. The SMI responded with a point which was to be their last score of the game. Further points from John O Gorman, Michael Fitzgibbon and Jerry Lane increased the lead to 9 points. Michael Maguire scored another goal for Hazelwood. Jerry Lane and Daniel Collins added to the score with a point for each. Michael Fitzgibbon finished off the scoring with a goal. Hazelwood won the game 4-12 to SMI’s 0-7 with a great defensive performance by the back six.

 

Hazelwood College Capture Cork Camogie Title

On Wednesday last Hazelwood competed in the Cork Colleges first year blitz in Inniscarra for the first time. The girls got off to an excellent start beating Carrigaline (6-0 to 0-0). Next up were Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Hazelwood recorded another victory (5-3 to 0-0). The full back line of Aine O Sullivan, Caroline Watson and Gemma Barrett were supreme and were in “thou shall not score” mood throughout the day. Our final game of the group was versus St Marys Mallow. This was an extremely tough game as Mallow had strong players all over the field. The inside forward line of Katie Coughlan, Kara Clifford and Emer Cunnigham utilised every ball. The scoreline of 3-2 to 1-1 does not reflect the intensity that both sides played with throughout the entire game. This was a heart stopping game and were it not for the hard working midfield of Grainne Sheehy, Katie O Sullivan and Orla Cunnigham a victory wouldn’t have been recorded. Our goal keeper Amy Ryan had an unbelievable day between the posts only allowing one goal to be scored in 5 games despite the tough opposition. Having won all our games we then played the semi final against Coachford. At this stage Hazelwood were unstoppable and had their sights firmly fixed on a place in the final. The entire team had the game of their lives. Having beaten Coachford (5-1 to 0-0) we waited to see our opponents. Kinsale emerged as the other finalists. Kinsale were tough opposition, having won this title last year. Kinsale got off to a great start scoring a point within the opening ten seconds. Goalkeeper Amy Ryan responded with a long puck picking out her club mate, Katie Coughlan. Katie made no mistake placing the sliotar in the back of the net. This gave Hazelwood the confidence they needed and began their scoring spree. Grainne Sheehy having found her scoring touch in the semi final contributed 1-2 in the final. Katie O Sullivan was Kinsales worst nightmare scoring 2-0. Kara Clifford and Emer Cunnigham hassled the backs and goal keeper and did not allow any ball to be cleared without huge pressure. Orla Cunnigham worked extremely hard throughout the entire game and gave huge relief to the backs whenever she was needed. Caroline Watson (0-2) despite playing in the full back position emerged from the back line looking for scores and was successful on several occasions. Hazelwood College surfaced deservedly as winners in a scoreline of 6-3 to 0-3.

Team: Amy Ryan (Newtown), Gemma Barrett (Kileedy), Caroline Watson (Milford), Aine O Sullivan (Newtown), Katie O Sullivan (Ballyagran), Grainne Sheehy (Milford), Orla Cunnigham (Kileedy), Katie Coughlan (Newtown) Captain, Kara Clifford (Newtown), Emer Cunnigham (Kileedy), Niamh Cunnigham (Kileedy).

Hazelwood wins Munster first round

Hazelwood College: 4-15
Cahir :1-5

Hazelwood won the first round of the Munster Vocational Championship by a convincing 19 points. It was no easy victory on a wet day in Galbally where every ball was hard fought for. Peter Irwin opened the scoring with a fine point from half forward. Cahir quickly levelled before Hazelwood scored four on the trot. Peter Irwin again, Jamie Coughlan from a free, Henry O’Gorman who was outstanding throughout at mid-field and Darren Lane the other wing forward also getting in on the act. The next five minutes were all Cahir, scoring 1-3 without reply. Hazelwood were at this stage under some pressure falling behind for the first time in the match. It was also to be the last time as the final ten minutes of the first half were all Hazelwood. First Jamie Coughlan pointed from a free and then Patrick O’Regan put one over from mid-field. The scores were now level at 7points to 1-4. Hazelwood went in 9 points up at half time due to a brace of goals from Seamus Sheehan, both rockets to the back of the net, Jamie Coughlan knocked over another two and Micheal Brosnan popped over another one after burning his man on the wing.

The second half started off where the first finished with Jamie Coughlan scoring two points, one from play and the other from a free. Patrick O’Regan then scored two brilliant points, both almost carbon copies of eachother soloing through from mid-field before firing over the bar from 45 yards out. Cahir scored their first and only point of the second half before Seamus Sheehan buried the ball into the back of their net, doubling on it first time as it came across the goals. Michael Brosnan scored another point before Jamie Coughlan finished the scoring with a tremendous finish after beating two players.

Team and Scorers: K Lacey, P Cunningham, T’O Flynn, L Clarson, B Hannigan, P Sheehy, S O’Connor,H O Gorman (0-1), P O Regan(0-3) D Lane (0-1), P Nolan, P Irwin (0-2), S Sheehan (3-0) J Coughlan (1-6, 5 frees), M Brosnan(0-2) . Subs: M Brosnan, J Nix, G Lane, C Moxey, T O Carroll, K O Callaghan, C O’ Brien, P Cantillon, K Dore and I Carroll