Coachford News

Anti Litter Challenge

Coachford Tidy Towns Association are appealing to all residents and visitors to Coachford to be careful how they dispose of their litter, cigarette butts and chewing gum. The group have entered Coachford in the Cork County Anti Litter competition and are hoping to improve on last year’s score. The PRO of the Association, Henry Delaney has pointed out that points will be lost for every piece of litter found inside the 50km speed limit boundary of the village. “ Coachford is a big village and one of the largest in the competition so we will have to try harder to keep our place tidy. It is the responsibility of all of us to dispose of our soft drinks bottles, coffee cups, sweet wrappers and chewing gum properly. I hope people realise that this is a great opportunity to show how Coachford can be a clean and tidy place to live in and to visit. This will benefit all of us. Don’t fling it  – Bin it”

First Holy Communion

First Holy Communion mass will be celebrated in Coachford on Saturday at 11.00am. Niamh Barry Murphy, Muireann Ní Bhuachalla, Orna Chaill, Amy Dineen, Danny Herlihy, Gabriela Kaczoch, Daniel Leahy and Jack Murphy will receive Holy Communion for the first time.

Hectic week ahead for Soccer Club

Coachford AFC will face into possibly the busiest and pressure laden four days in their history. The Killanardrish/Coachford under 15s play Carrigtwohill in the league decider on Saturday in Tramore Park at 12noon in a winner takes all game. The Premier team face their long term rivals, Park United in the second last game of the season three hours later at home in a tie that both teams must win to keep the pressure on Killumney  United who top the table and who Coachford must play in the last game of the season on Tuesday away. We wish both teams the very best of luck. Killanardrish/Coachford under 13s emerged victorious by 5-4 in a nine goal thriller last Monday evening when they played Douglas Hall in the 2^nd round of the Under 13 Cup.

Soccer Lotto

There was no winner of the €7,000 jackpot when the numbers were drawn out last Monday night in Hogan’s Bar. The numbers were 1, 18 and 25. The lucky dip winners were, Helen Barrett (€40), Dawn Carroll, Mary McCarthy, Hancie Casey and Ellen O Donovan (€20 each). Next week’s jackpot will be €7,200 and the draw will take place in O’Riordan’s Bar.

County Cup for Coachford College

Well done to the Coachford College under 14½ hurlers who captured the county title on last week by defeating Kinsale College on a score line of 2-20 to 2.07

GAA President to visit Aghabullogue

President of the GAA, Mr. Liam O’Neil will pay a visit to the children ofAghabullogue National School at 1pm on Tuesday May 28^th. The President will also view the 1890 memorial located in the village. This Memorial commemorates Cork’s first ever all Ireland Hurling title when Aghabullogue hurlers represented the county in the All Ireland final.  

Coachford Autumn Festival

A 5 mile run, a Major Gathering, a Bonny Baby, Glamorous Granny and a Yummy Mummy competition, Funfair, Bachelor of the Festival, Tim O’ Riordan of Natural Gas in Concert, Dog Show, High Nelly Run, Photography competition, Children’s sports, Vintage show and Agrilympics are just some of the events confirmed for the fourth Coachford Autumn Festival to be held on August 16th, 17th and 18th. The organisers are working on making sure that there will be something at the festival that will suit all ages and all interests. There is huge interest already in the Bachelor competition and many of the ladies in the area are looking forward to seeing these fine available men dressed up in their tuxedos. Some Festival Events will be sponsored and if anyone would like to sponsor a specific event you can contact the Festival Secretary on 086 8030086.  All owners of Fordson Majors are invited to attend the festival for a MAJOR Gathering. These  iconic  tractors were produced in the USA , Cork and Dagenham and brought affordable vehicles to the farmer the same way as Henry Ford did with cars.

Information night on Mental Health

Kinsale Youth Services (KYSS) will hold and Information night on mental health, drugs and alcohol issues in Coachford GAA Complex on Saturday 8^th June at 8.00pm.  Garda James O’Mahony and other members of Riverstick Foroige Club will address this meeting.  

Summer Sporting Camps in Coachford

The summer is here and so are the GAA and Soccer camps. Coachford is hosting the Cúl Camps in the GAA grounds from July 8^th to 12^th. The cost of the GAA camp is €55 (plus online booking fee)  per child. The Soccer Camp takes place in the Coachford AFC grounds from August 12^th to 16^th and the cost is €65. Both camps offer discounts for 2^ndand 3^rd children from the same family. Prices also include free kits. The soccer camp participants will also receive a backpack and a football. Kelloggs are sponsors of the GAA Cúl camps and have special promotional packs where you can get €5 discount. These promotional packs are available in all the grocery shops in the village. Early online bookers for the FAI soccer camp also get a free adult and child’s ticket to a senior international game at the Aviva Stadium. All we need now is good weather!  For further information and to book a place for your child log on to http://www.summersoccerschools.ie/  and http://www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie/

Congratulations and well done to the Killanardrish/Coachford under 12s who defeated Blarney United in the second round of the cup tonight at the Glebe. Both teams started well and Blarney showed their intent early on with quick probing runs down the middle of the pitch putting the home sides defence of Alan O’Sullivan, Jack O’Connor, Josh Martin and Tony Nolan under early pressure. Fifteen minutes into the game  Killanardrish/Coachford’s midfield of Mark Murphy,Keelin O’Sullivan, Adam Murphy and Luke Casey worked hard to get the ball up to their strikers, Jack Oldham and Jack Murphy who fought hard and won a corner. From the resulting ball, Mark Murphy rattled the back of the net to put the home side ahead. However Blarney kept their composure and equalised ten minutes later. The second half saw Killanardrish/ Coachford a better side and their defence was solid throughout the next 30 minutes however both sides failed to score and the game went to extra time. With only one minute to go in the second half of extra time and the tie destined to end in penalties up stepped Jack Oldham to evade the defenders with some lovely footwork and give Luke Casey a wonderful pass for him to slot home the winner. The home side were much the better team and fully deserved the win.

Coachford ‘At Your Service’

The new edition of the RTE TV series “At Your Service” will feature a visit by the Brennan Brothers of the Park Hotel, Kenmare to Coachford and to Breathnachs Bar in particular. The series’ hosts, Francis and John Brennan visited Coachford last Monday to film with the owner of Breathnach’s Bar and Gala Supermarket, Mary Cronin. The programme will look at developing and growing the business on Main Street Coachford to include luxury accommodation as a Bed and Breakfast. The village was a buzz with excitement on Monday when the television crew and the celebrities spent most of the day filming in the village.  Mary and Colm Cronin’s supermarket and bar business is located on the ground floor of the once famous Burke’s Hotel. The hotel was a very welcome stop over by many visitors on their way from Killarney to Cork and Mallow to Bandon as they crossed the county by horseback and coach in years gone by. The series is expected to be aired later this year or early in 2014.

RTE hosts More Dancers from Coachford

A group of dancers from Coachford will take part in the TG4’s Television series ‘An Jig Gig’. The girls, Julie Tarrant, Sarah Byrne,  auditioned for the show in April with hundreds of others and were picked to go through to the television shows. The winners of the series will be crowned TG4’s Best Traditional Irish Dance Act.This Irish dance competition sees dancers of different ages, styles and organisations battling it out head to head on the same stage. All forms of Irish dancing are eligible for the series, from step dancing to brush dancing, from Sean-nós dancing to set dancers. This is the ultimate free-for-all Irish dance competition and a celebration of all the Irish dancing traditions. The Coachford group who are from the O’Sullivan School of Dancing will travel to the RTE studios in Dublin next week to take part in the show which will be aired in Autumn. This is the second group of dancers from the village to compete in a TG4 show. Earlier in 2013 an older group of Irish dancers qualified for the finals of Scór Encore.

 Under 15s play off for title.

Killanardrish/Coachford AFC under 15s enjoyed a superb win over neighbours Lakewood last weekend on a score line of 5-1 to end the season on the top of the table on equal points with Carrigtwohill. This result ensured that both teams must now play off for the title of Division 4 champions. Team manager Seamus Murphy said “ We are thrilled to be in this position after 16 very tough encounters. The lads played brilliantly all year. They are a very balanced team and although we have been scoring some great goals our defence has also been rock solid. The younger lads in the side at the start of the campaign have grown throughout the season and have developed as fine soccer players and young men and isn’t one of the benefits of sport” The final is expected to be played within the next ten days.

Under age teams look for more success in cups

Fresh from their success in securing the Under 13 league title, the Killanardrish/Coachford boys will play Douglas Hall at 7.00pm in Carrigadrohid in the second round of the Con Elliot cup while the following night the Under 12s entertain Blarney United at the same venue and the same time in the Albert Conboye cup. The season is nearing it’s finale for the under 12s and many of them will be asked to play for both teams next week as fixtures back up.

Lotto

€7,000 is the huge amount that the Coachford AFC Lotto Jackpot has reached. As can be imagined, there is huge interest in the draw each week and a substantial increase in ticket sales as everyone is eager to win this lovely amount of lolly.  Tickets are on sale in all the shops and pubs in the village or from any club member. There was no winner this week and the numbers drawn were 11, 21, 32. The  Lucky dip winners were Eileen Milner(€40), Lisa Murphy, Nan O Sullivan, The Crowley Girls,  and Pods, (€20) each  Next week’s draw will be held in Hogan’s Bar.

Coachford Tidy Towns

The Cork County Council Litter challenge for 2013 has begun and the Coachford Tidy Towns committee are appealing to everyone to make an extra effort to keep the village tidy and to avoid littering. The committee are hoping to improve the score that the village attained in 2012 and have asked the businesses to continue the excellent work they are doing outside their premises.

Dripsey Table Quiz

A huge number of people turned up to take part in and support the Table Quiz in aid of FRIENDS OF LEUKEMIA CORK held in Griffins Garden Centre, Dripsey last weekend. The quiz, organised by the Fitzgibbon family and the Dripsey Community Association was a tremendous success. Over €5,000 was raised for this worthy cause. Over 40 tables took part and everyone had a very enjoyable night filled with fun and good humour. A special word of thanks to Margaret Griffin for hosting the event and for turning off the wi-fi so everyone was forced to rely only on their wits and not Google.

News from the Village May 9th 2013.