Category: Sports

Hazelwood College advance to County Semi- Final

Hazelwood College: 7-7
Colaiste Iosef: 3-7

Hazelwood College defeated Colaiste Iosef, Kilmallock in the quarter final of the U14 VEC Championship on Tuesday last. The Dromcollogher side played their best football in the opening ten minutes of the game. Early goals from Jimmy Kiely and Patrick Jewitt gave Hazelwood the upper hand. John Barrett, John O Gorman and Ross Egan added points before the break for the home side. Kilmallock responded with a goal just before the half time whistle to leave Hazelwood leading 3-4 to 1-4.

The quality of football in the second half was very mixed. John Barrett made the most of his move to full forward scoring 2-2. Ross Egan and Paul Madigan also added to the score board for the home side. Despite being well in arrears in scoring terms Kilmallock battled well to the end. Hazelwood College will now have the tough task of facing Croom or Castletroy in the next round. Best on the day for Hazelwood were John Barrett. Michael Fitzgibbon and Gary Hanley.

Hazelwood Cruise to Munster Final Victory

Hazelwood College: 2-8
St Patricks: 1-0

Despite the harsh weather conditions, the Hazelwood college camogie team displayed a gutsy performance to find victory over St. Patricks, Cork City. The first fifteen minutes saw an extremely close contest with no score. The Hazelwood forwards put the St. Pats backs under extreme pressure and were unlucky not to score sooner. The game burst into life when Siobhan Enright placed a bullet into the left corner of the net leaving the Cork city goalkeeper with no chance. From here Hazelwood displayed their skill and fitness and began to dominate the first half. The second-half was a close run affair and followed a similar pattern to the first with Hazelwood dominating the early exchanges only for St. Pats to rally back. A late goal from St. Pat’s gave the school a new lease of life and the Hazelwood backs were put under enormous pressure. Sinead Kiely was simply outstanding and make many fine clearances from the full back line. Joanne O’ Gorman’s Trojan work at midfield didn’t go unrewarded scoring four points during the game and reeked havoc in all positions in the field for St. Patricks. Niamh Cagney showed what a true hurler she is and terrorised the backs throughout the game. Great performances from every player on the field were displayed and ensured that Hazelwood cruised to their first ever Camogie Munster title.

Team: Marie Galvin. Niamh O’ Brien, Ciara Meaney, Sinead Kiely (Capt), Emma Browne, Clodagh Reidy, Joanne O Gorman(0-4), Jamie O’ Leary, Siobhan Enright (1-4), Niamh Cagney (1-0), Mairead Geary, Katie Dillane
Subs: Elaine Noonan, Aideen O’ Flynn, Sarah Curtin, Laura Coleman, Annette Lordan, Kate Bergin, Mary O Gorman, Sarah O Sullivan, Maire Flanagan, Ciara Fitzgibbon, Katie O Leary, Katie Lordan, Helen Bradley, Cliona Mullane.

Hazelwood College 1st Year Hurlers win County Final

Hazelwood College: 7-7
Desmond College : 1-3

Played in tough and heavy conditions recently Hazelwood College met near neighbours Desmond College in the County Final of the Co Limerick VEC Hurling Competition. The Dromcollogher side put on a great display of skill and fitness to run out clear winners on the day. Hazelwood were outstanding in the first half holding Desmond College scoreless for the entire half. In the second half Desmond College put up a great fight for ten minutes scoring a goal and causing Hazelwood to hit the upright twice. However experience and fitness prevailed and the Dromcollogher boys took control of the game. Great performances from Liam O Shaughnessy, Paul Madigan, Billy Naughton, Michael Fitzgibbon, Jimmy Kiely and Denis Murphy helped Hazelwood to a deserved victory. Hazelwoods success on the day was largely due to the commitment and hard work of James Hartnett who has been managing the team.

Hazelwood College Team: D. Egan, T Fitzgerald, M Fitzgerald, C Dillon, D Boyce, D Mc Carthy, K Quaid, L O Shaughnessy, P Madigan, B NAughton, J Kiely, B Lynch, M Fitzgibbon, D Murphy, R Egan.
Subs: S Callaghan, D Collins, S Brosnan, D Coleman, S Murray, D O Donnell, S Morrissey.

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Hazelwood College Senior Hurlers reach Munster Final

Hazelwood College : 0-14
Nenagh Vocational : 0-13

It was a close run contest, but Hazelwood College triumphed over Nenagh in Mick Neville Park to reach the Senior ‘B’ Munster Vocational Schools hurling final. Nenagh, the favourites who had narrowly lost the Junior All-Ireland Final two years ago, looked dangerous from the outset scoring a point within seconds of the throw-in from Heffernan, their All-Ireland medal winning Tipp minor. However this was only a prelude to a spell of Hazelwood dominance. After ten minutes the score read 4 points to 1 in favour of Hazelwood who had scored twice through the unerring free-taker Jamie Coughlan and once each from Benji Sheehy and Pa Molyneaux. As Nenagh settled into the game both teams exchanged point for point.Jamie Coughlan again scored twice from frees and Jimmy O Sullivan chipped in from mid-field on the twenty-first minute to put Hazelwood ahead 0-7 to 0-4. This was however our last score in the first half and Nenagh, aided by a wind, put up four unanswered points giving them a one point advantage at the half time whistle.

The second-half was a close run affair and followed a similar pattern to the first with Hazelwood dominating the early exchanges only for Nenagh to rally back. Jamie Coughlan was again on song scoring three more points from placed balls. Ger O Gorman scored the point of the game from well inside his own half, two more points from Benji Sheehy and one from Pat Quaid left us 14 points to 11 up with only five minutes to play. True to the quality of their players and their ‘Never say die’ attitude Nenagh rallied back to leave just one point in it. The relief of the final whistle was just reward for the whos effort and skill from no 1 to 22 cuold not be faulted. Henry O Gorman was outstanding in goal as were the full back line who kept out what had been a goal scoring machine in the previous rounds. The work-rate of the half back line was immense and our forwards lethal given the chance. Hopefully we can carry this form through into the final to be played in Mallow at 12 O Clock on Wednesday January 31st against Clonakilty- The Cork Champions. We would like to take this chance to thank all those involved in the West Limerick U 18 Panel who provided us with a tough challenge the previous weekend. Though they ran out winners on the day this tough challenge was just what we needed.

Team and Scorers:
H O Gorman, G Keane, G O Gorman (0-1), S Fitzgibbon , P O Regan, M Whelan, P Cunningham, J O Sullivan (0-1),T Fleming, S Hehir, B. Sheehy (0-3), P Molyneaux( 0-1), A Butler, P Quaid(0-1) J Coughlan (0-7) (0-6 frees) Subs:S Sheehan, P O Sullivan, E Broderick, E Lowe, N Stokes.

Congratulations to the first year ladies basketball blitz who won the County Limerick VEC blitz in Desmond College Today

Limerick Colleges Senior Ladies Football Championship

“Hazelwood reach the Final once again”

Hazelwood College: 4-7
St Josephs Doon : 4-5

A great semi-final played in good conditions in Rathkeale ended with the Dromcollogher side advancing to its fourth in a row. The Hazelwood girls will now meet Abbeyfeale and try to make it four victories in a row.

Hazelwood College had the better of the exchanges in the first half and led 4-3 to 2-2 at half time. Two goals from Bernie Stokes, one from Ciara Meaney, a point from Niamh Greaney and a goal and two points from Joanne O Gorman set the ball rolling for the Drom girls.

Doon fought back well in the second half but never got ahead of the Dromcollogher side. Two points from captain Clodagh Reidy and Joanne O Gorman helped keep Doon at bay with a full time score of 4-7 to 4-5.

Hazelwood Team: S. Kiely, C O Regan, M Galvin, M Geary, S. Enrighth, J Stokes, N Greaney, J O Gorman, J O Leary, E Browne, B Stokes, C Reidy, C Meaney and A Leahy.
Subs: A O Brien, R Mathews, Z O Connell, H Lenihan, M Noonan.

Hazelwood College Win Munster Hurling Quarter Final

Hazelwood College : 4-13
Abbeyfeale: 2-11

Hazelwood College recently met Abbeyfeale in a hard fought Munster B Hurling Final. This match was exceptional both in the standard of Hurling from both sides and in its intensity. The first 10 minutes was end-to-end stuff with both sides exchanging some fine points. Abbeyfeale looked to have some control until Hazelwood burst back with two goals from Pat Quaid before half time. The mid way score was 2-4 to 1-5 in favour of the Dromcollogher side. Hazelwood College dominated in the second half but failed to make this pressure count and with only ten minutes to go had a narrow two point lead. At this point Hazelwood took control with some excellent goals first from Jamie Coughlan, then from Aidan Butler who hit a purple patch scoring 1-4 in the last ten minutes. It was an excellent performance both in terms of skill and effort with 100% given by all players in this fiercely competitive match.

Team and Scorers: H O Gorman, G. Keane, S. Fitzgibbon, D Lane, P O’Regan, G O’Gorman, M. Whelan, J. O’Sullivan (0-1), T Fleming, P Molyneaux((0-1), B. Sheehy (0-1) S. Hehir( 0-3), J Coughlan(1-2), P Quaid (2-0) A Butler(1-5). Subs: J. Nix, E. Broderick, S O Connor, S.Sheehan, P. Cunningham, P.Nolan, N.Stokes, E.Lowe, P.Irwin, D.O’Sullivan

The Leaving Certificate Applied 1 class will be running a first year sports day as part of their physical education task.

Hazelwood College First Years make their mark against Croom

Hazelwood College Dromcollogher: 8-9
Colaiste Chiaran Croom : 3-3

On the 10th November the Hazelwood College first year hurlers took on Colaiste Chiaran Croom in Dromcollogher in what turned out to be a very exciting game. Hazelwood got off to a great start with a point by Paul Madigan followed quickly by a goal and a point from Denis Murphy. Hazelwood continued to cause problems for the Croom defence as Michael Fitzgerald and Ross Egan scored to bring Hazelwoods total to 4:3. However Croom were down but not out of this contest and scored two goals in quick succession to bring themselves back into contention. Jimmy Kiely scored a point for Hazelwood but this was quickly matched by the Croom side. Paul Madigan and Barry Lynch stepped up with two great points pushing Hazelwood further out of Crooms grasp. After that Hazelwood surged ahead with goals from Jimmy Keily, Michael Fitzgerald, Liam O Shaughnessy and Barry Lynch. The final score was Hazelwood 8:9, Croom 3:3.

Hazelwood team: Daniel Egan, Daniel Collins, Martin Fitzgerald, Conor Dillon, Darren Boyce, Danny Mc Carthy, Seanie Callaghan, Liam O Shaughnessy, Paul Madigan, Billy Naughton, Jimmy Kiely, Barry Lynch, Ross Egan, Denis Murphy, Michael Fitzgerald.
Subs: Conor Egan, Seamus Brosnan, Diarmuid Coleman, Patrick Duggan, Sean Morrissey, Sean Murray.

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Munster Colleges Senior Ladies Football

“Clodagh bags five goals as Hazelwood College triumph over the Kerry girls”

Hazelwood College: 6-9
Mount Hawk Tralee: 2-9

Played in Tralee on a very uneven surface, Hazelwood had this game in safe keeping by half time. A brilliant performance from captain Clodagh Reidy , a thorn in the the Mount Hawk defence, Clodagh helped herself to five goals and seven points.

Jamie O Leary opened the scoring with a well taken point from the twenty metre line, Clodagh made it two points to nil only two minutes later. Mount Hawk hit back and were ahead, three points to two, fifteen minutes into the half. Some great play from the half back line and centre field put Hazelwood on top, feeding Clodagh inside which yielded 2 goals and four more points before half time. Jennifer Stokes then found some gaps, weaving her way past seven defenders before scoring a goal on the stroke of half time. Half time score was Hazelwood College 3-6, Mount Hawk 0-5.

Mount Hawk started well in the second half and had a goal and a point on the scoreboard before Hazelwood settled. The teams exchanged two more points each before Clodagh scored her hat-trick. Two more goals from Clodagh and a point from Jennifer settled the game and Mount Hawk had a consolation goal at the end.
Final score: Hazelwoo 6-9, Mount Hawk 2-9

Best on the day for Hazelwood College were Clodagh Reidy, Jennifer Stokes, Mairead Geary, Joanne O Gorman, Sinead Kiely, Marie Galvin and Siobhan Enright.

Hazelwood Team:
S. Keily, B Stokes, M Geary, T Leahy, J Stokes, C O Regan, J O Gorman, S Enright, A Leahy, E Browne, J O Leary, T Hurley, C Reidy, S Browne, Subs: A O Brien, H Lenihan, R Mathews, Z O Connell, V Hartnett