Author: Hazelwood College

The Hazelwood College U19 Basketball Team who defeated Roscarbery on a
score line of 50 – 42 points in the All Ireland Schools League.
Most valued player was Maire Flanagan.

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.