Match Reports 19-26th January 2013

ROVERS U14
After an easy victory over Skibbereen's 2nd team Rovers U14 team took on Skibbereen's first team in a league match in Kealkill on Saturday the 9th of January. Rovers U14's put in a great second half performance to complete an unlikely come back against Skibbereen to win 5-4 after going 3-0 behind within 25 mins. The game started evenly enough until Rovers centre back Thomas Flynn  had to go off for treatment to an injury. Before he returned to the action Skibbereen had taken the lead and and scored twice more soon after. It looked all over for a young Bay Rovers team but they rallied and pulled two goals back in two minutes around the half hour mark. Darragh McElhinney got the first when he finished to the top of the net after an accurate crossfield pass from Kuba Ratajczak. Shane McSweeney slotted the second into the bottom corner after being set up by Ryan O'Sullivan. Skibbereen came back again just before half time to lead 4-2 at the break. Bay Rovers dominated the second half and 10 mins in pulled another goal back. Ryan O'Sullivan picked up a clearance on the halfway line and beat three defenders before firing past the keeper having being denied another score when through a few minutes earlier. Kuba Ratajczak was denied another scoring opportunity by a Skibbereen hand which only resulted in a free kick soon after. With 15 mins left another Skibb hand ball in the area gave Shane Murray the opportunity to level the scores and he cooly dispatched the spot kick. Rovers pressed for the winner and it came with three mins left. Shane McSweeney went on a mazy run beating several defenders only to see his initial shot blocked by the keeper but he managed to head in the rebound to give Rovers an unlikely 5-4 lead which they managed to hang on to complete one of the best come backs in the clubs history. This was a fantastic team performance with everyony playing their part. Team - James Crowley, Shane Murray, Thomas Flynn, Kevin Coakley, Rudi Gaffney, Kuba Ratajczak, Billy Foley, Eoghan Minehane, Darragh McElhinney, Shane McSweeney, Ryan O'Sullivan, Timothy O'Driscoll, and Patryk Stanczak.
ROVERS U8
Saturday 26th January 2013 U8 Futsal Results in Dunmanway
Team A
Bay Rovers 0 V 3 Dunmanway
Bay Rovers 1 V 1 Lyre Scorer: Eoin Bowden
Bay Rovers 1 V 0 Riverside Scorer: Alex Cronin
Team: Eoin Bowden, Ben Clancy, Alex Cronin, Anthony O'Sullivan, Mark O'Sullivan, Tommy O'Sullivan, Peter Ozubko, Billie Sheehan
Team B
Bay Rovers 2 v 4 Riverside. Scorer: Fabian Wadolowska (2)
Bay Rovers 3 v 2 Lyre. Scorers: Christopher Cronin, Conor Cronin, Luke Salter-Townsend
Bay Rovers 3 v 1 Dunmanway. Scorers: Callum McElhiney (2), Ben O'Sullivan
Team: Christopher Cronin, Conor Cronin, Odyran Crowley, Phillip Harrington, Callum McElhiney, Ben O'Sullivan, Luke Salter-Townsend, Fabian Wadolowska

Match reports December 1-2-8-9 2012

MATCH REPORTS December 1-2-8-9 2012  

 Rovers U12

Bay Rovers u12 team recorded their first win of the season by six goals to one on saturday first of December at home to  Dunmanway Town. Rovers got off to a great start and were 3-0 up after 20 minutes through a stunning hat-trick from Joseph Cato. This was a terrific all round performance by the home side.  The Rovers back four of Kevin Clifford,James Hickey and the outstanding pair of Jack o Brian and Seth Thornton were in control throughout ,with Adah o Donovan solid in between the post  Ayrton Doyle impressed in a holding role in midfield, allowing Sean o Sullivan and Sebastian Milanowski to pull the strings and release the Rovers wingers, Shane Crowley and Joe Friedlander and the hard working Shane o Sullivan.  Man of the match Joseph Cato scored his fourth of the game midway through the second half,with  Sebastian Milanowski and William Coakley completing the scoring.

This was a great result for this young Bay Rovers team who had been very unlucky not to record a win before this game.

Team :Adah o Donovan,Jack o Brian,Kevin Clifford,Seth Thornton,James Hickey,Sebastian Milanowski,Sean o Sullivan,Shane Crowley,Joe Friedlander,Joseph Cato,Ayrton Doyle.  Subs:William Coakley for Joseph Cato,Shane o Sullivan for Joe Friedlander. Rovers followed this win with a home game against Leeside last Sunday. They won 3-0 to make it 2 wins out of the last 2 games. Unfortunately no match details were available at time of writing. Goals were scored by Shane Crowley, James Hickey and an own goal.

  Rovers U14

  Rovers U14 team were away to Dunmanway Town. In the first half both teams were evenly matched leaving the first half scoreless. In the second half Dunmanway went 2-0 up with goals in the 45th and 55th minute. Rovers did pull a goal back through Shane Murray in the 60th minute but it was Dunmanway who got the final goal in the 65th minute to leave the final score 3-1 to Dunmanway. Rovers man of the match was Kevin Coakley. Eric Dowling and Eoghan Minehane also played well.

Rovers U16

Rovers U16 team played Drinagh away last Saturday in the league. At half time the teams were level at 2-2 with Barrt O Driscoll scoring in the 16th minute and Shane Keevers getting Rovers second on the 23rd minute. Despite Arthur Coakley scoring Rovers third goal in the second half it was Drinagh who were victorious on a 5-3 scoreline. The team are showing signs of improvement but are prone to lose concentration and make costly mistakes. Best for Rovers were Mikey O Driscoll, Daniel Murray and Aaron Barry

Rovers Juniors

Rovers junior team played 2 league matches over the last 2 weeks. First up was an away game against Clonakilty AFC on the 2nd of December .   Rovers who have been struggling to get any consistency going this season were put under a lot of pressure from the start by Clonakilty . Rovers defense dealt well with the attacks and the Rovers goalkeeper Donal Casey was in good form. In the second half Rovers got more into the game but were unlucky to concede a penalty 15 minutes from time. This proved to be the only goal of the game and Rovers fell to another defeat. Last Sunday rovers were away to Ballydehob. On a soft pitch Rovers played well but didn't trouble the Ballydehob goalkeeper despite having most of the possession. Rovers did finally go 1-0 up through Shaun O Sullivan 10 minutes from time. This proved to be the winning goal that lifted Rovers off the bottom of the table. With some more commitment by some Rovers can climb up the table to safety. Next Sunday they are at home to an in form Togher Celtic team who are currently in 3rd place in the table. In cup draws Rovers were drawn at home to Cloughduv in the West Cork Cup quarter final which will be played on st Stephens day. In the www.mygapp.ie cup( formerly known as the Beamish Cup) they were drawn at home to Clonakilty AFC on the 6th of January at 2pm. Results and fixtures can be found here in the Southern Star or at www.bantrybayrovers.com.

 USED CLOTHES APPEAL

Rovers are holding an used clothes appeal to raise more funds for improving our facilities. We are looking for used clothes, shoes, books and mobile phones. Bags can be dropped at our grounds in Kealkill on Saturday mornings or if u are unable to come contact the club and we will collect.

Match Reports Saturday 10-17th November 2012

U8 BLITZ

On Saturday the 10th of November Rovers U8 team played in a blitz at their home ground in Kealkill. Results, Bay Rovers[Yellow]- Bunratty 2-3, Scorers Callum McElhinny,Fabian Wadolowska.

Bay Rovers[Yellow]- Leeside 2-1, Scorers Fabian Wadolowska[2]. Team Yellow: Fionn Dullea, Liam Kelleher, Callum McElhinny, Anthony O'Sullivan, Mark O'Sullivan, Tommy O'Sullivan, Luke Salter-Townsend, Fabian Wadolowska.

Bay Rovers[Blue]- Leeside 3-2. Scorers Alex Cronin, Fionn Donovan[2]. Bay Rovers[Blue]- Bunratty 2-0. Scorers Dan Andrews, Ben O'Sullivan. Team Blue: Dan Andrews, Alex Cronin, Conor Cronin, Fionn Donovan, Shane Murnane, Ben O'Sullivan, Peter Ozubko, Bryan Togher

 

U9 Indoor Futsall

Rovers U9 team competed in the indoor Futsall in Dunmanway on the 10th of November. Results, Bay Rovers- Ardfield 1-6. Scorer Cillian O'Brien. Bay Rovers- Lyre A 2-2. Scorers: Sean Cronin[2]. Bay Rovers- Lyre B 1-6. Scorer: Joey O'Sullivan. Bay Rovers- Dunmanway 1-3. Scorer: Joey O'Sullivan. Team: Robert Cronin, Sean Cronin, Soni Gaffney, Dara Mc Sweeney, Cillian O'Brien, Marc O'Shea, Joey O'Sullivan, Kieran O'Sullivan, Sean Power.

Results from 12.45 Futsall. Bay Rovers- Drinagh 0-2, Bay Rovers- Riverside A 0-3, Bay Rovers- Drinagh B 0-3, Bay Rovers- Riverside B 0-2. Team: Alec Battenti, Paddy Cronin, Robert Cronin, Soni Gaffney, Kyle O'Leary, Owen O'Neill, Eoghan O'Sullivan, Ronan O'Sullivan. 

 

U14

On Saturday the 17th of November Rovers U14 team were at home to Clonakilty AFC in the Premier Division of the West Cork Schoolboys League. At half time Clonakilty were leading 2-1 but Rovers won the match 4-3 and could have won by a bogger margin if they had taken their chances. Rovers goals were scored by Shane Mc Sweeney, Darragh McElhinny, Ryan O'Sullivan[2], Rovers man of the match was Darragh McElhinny. Also playing well were Ryan O'Sullivan, Shane Mc Sweeney and Daniel Crowley.    

MATCH REPORT NOVEMBER 12th 2012

Bantry Bay Rovers News.
Last weekend saw 3 Rovers teams in action. First team up were the Rovers U13 team who traveled to Carrigaline to take on the local team in the 3rd round of the U13 National Cup. This was the first time a Rovers team played a match on the Astro turf. A very good Carrigaline team who have a lot of players on the Cork team ran out easy winners. Well done to the lads for reaching the 3rd round. In the afternoon Rovers U16 team played Clonakilty at home. A young team were well beaten by a good Clonakilty side with Shane Keevers getting the Rovers consolation goal. On Sunday Rovers junior team hosted Clonakilty AFC in Ballycomane Park in a crucial league game. Rovers who have been struggling to pick up points this season were hoping to build on their 3-3 draw with Baltimore. They started well with David Power and David Casey causing the Clonakilty defense all sorts off trouble early on. In the 9th minute it paid off as good play between David Power and David Casey set up Joe Downey who scored into the corner. In the 14th minute Clonakilty were on level terms when a free by Jeff Donoghue ended up in the top corner despite all efforts by Rovers goalkeeper Donal Casey. Just 4 minutes later Clonakilty should have taken the lead when a Martin White overhead kick flew just over the crossbar. With the game flowing at fast pace a few yellow cards were shown to both teams. Halftime score was 1-1. In the first minute of the second half Clonakilty took the lead when a defensive mistake left Martin White to score an easy goal. Rovers didn't sit back and Shane Drummey was unlucky to see his header been deflected for a corner. Ten minutes into the half saw both teams reduced to 10 men when two players received their second yellow cards after a tackle. Rovers responded well and started to put Clonakilty under pressure. The introduction of Aidan Mullins in the 59th minute gave Rovers more possession in the middle and they could push up more into the Clonakilty half. Rovers pushed centerback Paul Drummey, who scored some fine goals this season, up forward. This move paid off in the 88th minute when he played a tight 1-2 with Shane Drummey inside the Clonakilty penalty area where he shot into the far corner to bring Rovers level. Both teams went for the win in the final minutes with Rovers creating the better chances but the final score was 2-2. This was a much improved performance by Rovers who are beginning to show more consistency and determination. The draw moved Rovers of the bottom of the Premier League. Our online shop is now open. Orders for Christmas must be in by this Friday the 16th of November.