Category: Sports

1st year North Munster league

St. Clement’s College 1

Hazelwood College 2

Hazelwood College maintained their 100% league record with a hard-fought victory in Annacotty on Thursday. The away team dominated the early exchanges despite playing against a strong breeze. Mikey O’Connor was busy in the first quarter and his clearances from the ground were very impressive. Once Colin Burke and Olly Stokes began to dominate midfield, opportunities to open the scoring were bound to come. Hazelwood had a few half chances before scoring in the ninth minute. Following some excellent work by Charlie O’Mahony on the left wing, Olly Stokes produced a powerful drive the keeper could only deflect. Darragh O’Sullivan showed his attacking instincts to react quickest and side footed the ball to the corner of the net. The central defensive duo of Adam Curtin and Patrick O’Donnell had to be at their best to keep Clement’s attack at bay for the remainder of the half. Noah Finn and Matthew Lynch were doing well in midfield, creating further chances just before half time.

Charlie O’Brien was introduced at half time and was well suited to this physical battle. On the left, Bobby Gore was leading by example winning some key tackles. Hazelwood continued to produce good goal chances especially from a series of well taken corners. Eventually Hazelwood doubled their tally and it was well worth the wait. A ball bounced around the square, was half cleared and fell to the left foot of Charlie O’Mahony. With excellent technique he hooked the ball over his shoulder over the heads of the advancing keeper and defense. The home team upped their performance for the remainder of the game, scoring a consolation goal with few minutes remaining.

Squad: Mikey O’Connor, Bobby Gore(C), Patrick O’Donnell, Adam Curtin, Cathal Geary, Matthew Lynch, Colin Burke, Naoh Finn, Olly Stokes, Charlie O’ Mahony, Darragh O’Sullivan. Charlie O’Brien, Frankie Geary, Brian Noonan, Shane O’Brien, Brian Burke, Micheal Donegan, Fionn O’Brien, Jack McAulliffe, Rhys McCoy, Joshua Coffey, Ian Fitzgibbon. TY Coaches: Billy Howard, Scott Berry.

1st yr hurlers who were undefeated in the limerick schools first year blitz today in UL. They are through to the final on the 23rd November.

Under 16 1/2 team that was victorious today against Mercy Mounthawk Tralee.

Draw game in Ennis !Hazelwood did v well against a tough physical Colaiste Mhuire, Ennis!

Well done our Senior Camogie team who beat SMI in the County Semi Final. The girls now play Laurelhill this Thursday in the Devision 1 County Final in UL at 1pm. Best of luck to all the girls and management team.

Success for our Senior Footballers in Tournafulla against Mungret College today. Great win. Final score 14 – 12.

Well done to Kieran O’Connor 2nd year who competed at the Athletics Munster Schools Combined Event in Nenagh on Tuesday

In tough conditions and an extremely hard fought battle, well done to our Junior Camogie team who got their Munster Campaign off to a great start with a win over Carrick on Suir

Hazelwood College 4

Salesian College 1

Hazelwood kicked off their season against Salesian College in Broadford last Wednesday. They produced a very impressive performance for a team playing together for the first time. From the beginning, the home team settled into the game creating the better of the chances. Matthew Lynch and Charlie O’Mahony went close before Darragh O’Sullivan open the scoring midway through the half. The defence looked well organised with Adam Curtin and Patrick O’Donnell dominating the central positions. Ronan White was busy down the right hand side, giving very little chances away. Bobby Gore and Colin Burke were causing the opposition all sorts of trouble in the first half with their clever movement and accurate passing. Charlie and Bobby were combining very well on the left hand side especially. Hazelwood College were well worth their 1-0 half time lead.

Rua Daly and Ollie Stokes were introduced at half time and both had a very positive impact on the second half performance. Ollie was on the scoreboard early in the second half with a strike from outside the box. The midfield trio of Alan Cussen, Jack Sheehy and Colin Burke were having to work really hard to keep an improving Pallaskenry team at bay. The away team scored a deserved goal to make the score 2-1. Then Hazelwood really showed what they were made of and pushed on for the win in devastating fashion. Ollie Stokes stuck first from 35 yards out on the left wing. Cathal Geary was heavily involved in the build up. The final goal of the game came from close range by Colin Burke. It was a well deserved goal following a typical power-packed display from Colin. Fintan Maloney and Rhys Mulcahy made valuable contributions when called upon after coming on in the final quarter. Despite not having many saves to make, Mikey O’Connor had a very impressive debut. He directed operations in front of him very effectively, showing leadership skills you might expect from a senior student.

Squad: Mikey O’Connor, Ronan White, Bobby Gore, Patrick O’ Donnell, Adam Curtin, Colin Burke (C), Alan Cussen, Jack Sheehy, Charlie O’Mahony, Matthew Lynch, Darragh O’ Sullivan. Rua Daly, Ollie Stokes, Fintan Maloney, Cathal Geary, Rhys Mulcahy, Fionn O’Brien, Ethan Boles, Ian Fitzgibbon, Frankie Geary, Eddie Broderick, Rhys McCoy, Jack McAulliffe. TY Coaches: Scott Berry, Killian Devitt.

Thanks to Paraic and Fionn in TY for their comprehensive report on the recent senior hurling game

On the 12th of October at 12:30 in Golden, Co.Tipperary the senior hurlers of Hazelwood College played their first round of Munster championship against Ard Scoil na Mara Tramore Co. Waterford

We started well on the day leading the first half 2.9 to 9 points. There were no substitutions made in the first half but all but two of our points were from frees. Both our goals were scored by Ruari O’Connor who had a fantastic game.

Half time substitutes. Tommy Ryan came on form Diarmuid Curtin who upped the tempo in the second half.

Ciaran O Brien came off injured replaced by Patrick Kirby after 10 minutes into the second half. Christopher Dunne who had a stormer of a game was replaced by Diarmuid Ryan who’s physicality made a difference. Tomas Galvin was replaced by Cillian Quinn who had made wonderful contributions to the victory. Cillian getting on the scoresheet with a wonderful goal and had a shot narrowly waved wide with the last puck of the ball. The

Final score on the day was 4:17 to 1:15 to Hazelwood College

Paraic O Connor & Fionn O’ Beirne TY2