Senior

County Senior Football Championship - Round 1

Moyle Rovers  ....................... 1.14  Arravale Rovers ..................... 1.8

After an entertaining battle in Golden this afternoon  Moyle Rovers  started their  championship campaign  in winning fashion when they saw off the spirited challenge of Arravale Rovers in this group two game.  Moyle Rovers opened their championship with a flourish  putting in  a powerful first half  which saw them  hold a seven point lead at the break  and that margin was just too much for a dogged Arravale to reel in  despite a strong second half performance.  Arravale Rovers had that deficit reduced to four points when Moyle Rovers registered the first goal of the game to regain control.  The goal, which was against the run of play, came midway through the second half when corner back  Paddy Morrissey attempted to pick out Shane Foley with a crossfield delivery. The ball never reached its intended  target as the swirling wind intervened deceiving goalie Timmy Dalton and the ball ended up in the back of the net.  It was a score Moyle Rovers badly needed at that stage as Arravale Rovers, playing with the wind, had put in a very strong opening to the second half.  Moyle Rovers ,with excellent points  from Shane Foley and Dara Ryan, extended the lead back out to nine but Arravale  showed great character to power their way back into the game again.   A Brian Lowry point from a free was followed by a deserved goal  for Shane Leahy after thirty minutes who struck a powerful shot to the net when Arravale Rovers found themselves outnumbering defenders in front of the Moyle Rovers goal.  Dara Ryan scored his second point of the game for Moyle Rovers in injury time to give his team a six point lead but  only for Ciaran Kenrick onthe Moyle Rovers goal who pulled off a point blank save from Shane Leahy , the winning margin  would have been cut to just three points.  The south side, for the opening game of the season, displayed  impressive fluency  from the throw in taking some excellent scores with the variation in their attacking play causing all kinds of problems for Arravale.  They mixed up their attacking approach  which yielded dividends  as they switched from  playing incisive ball from the half  back line  from Ross Mulcahy and Jack Harney,makinghis senior championship debut fitting seamlessly into the Moyle Rovers defence, to building up  possession with quick passing  moves up the length of  the field.  There was intelligent movement inside   from  the two Foleys, Liam Boland and Aidan McGrath  while the workrate of Dara Ryan, David McGrath and  Brian Gleeson combined with the surging  runs of Danny Owens and  Tadgh Fitzgerald was too strong a force for Arravale Rovers to handle. Arravale Rovers were restricted to just two points  , one of them from play, in the first half , but they set about their task of forcing their way back into the game in the second half  with great tenacity.  The two Leahy's, NiallDonovan  and Bryan Lowry were prominent in that second half as they kept Moyle Rovers back intheir own half for long periods.  The Moyle Rovers goal came at the wrong time for Arravale Rovers who will take a lot from this game by the manner in which they set about their business in the second half.

Moyle Rovers Team: Ciaran Kendrick,Paddy Morrissey,Alan Campbell,Tadgh Fitzgerald,Ross Mulcahy,Luke Boland,Jack Harney,David McGrath,Danny Owens,Brian Gleeson,Liam Boland,Diarmuid  Foley,Shane Foley,Aidan McGrath,Dara Ryan. Subs.Craig Condon for Shane Foley,Dannny Lyne for Paddy Morrissey. 

Scorers - Liam Boland (0.5,3f's),Paddy Morrissey(1.0),Aidan McGrath and Dara Ryan 0.2 apiece,Brian Gleeson,David McGrath,Diarmuid Foley,Shane Foley,Danny Owens 0.1 apiece.

County Intermediate Football Championship - Round 1

Moyle Rovers ....................... 1.6 Loughmore Castleiney ..................... 0.14

After a tough battle with Loughmore, we ended up regretting the goal chances missed throughout the game.   Loughmore  got the scoring underway after 7minutes played and added a further 3 point before we got our name on the scoreboard.  It was in the18th Minute a well work plan resulted in captain Paul Shanahan sending the ball to the back of the net and putting a single point between the sides.   Loughmore score 4 more point during the remainer of the halfm while Paul Shanahan & Riain Quigley score a point each to leave just 3 points between the sides at half time.  Half time score Moyle Rovers 1-2 Loughmore Castleiney 0-8.  In the second half we had a least 2 goal chance and struggled to kick points.  Paul Shanahan(2), Luke Fogarty & Ciaran Luttrell kick 4 point between them in the second half, while Loughmore scored 6 points.  Final score Moyle Rovers 1-6  Loughmore Castleiney 0-14.

South Intermediate Hurling  Semi Final

This weekend see our Intermediate Hurler take on Ballybacon Grange in the South Semi Final, fixed for Cahir at 7pm on friday Night.  Please come out to support the team and management in hope of reach a south Final.

Minor Football

Our Minor Footballers are due to play 3 games over the next week. 

Juvenile

U12's

Our U12 C team took on  Newcastle on Monday evening last, With Goals galore on display, we had a comfortable win on a scoreline Moyle Rovers 5-2  Newcastle 0-3.

OUr U12 D took on Commercials Last night ( Wednesday) on a lovely sunny evening.  After a very competitive game between the sides we came out on top on a scoreline Moyle Rovers 3-5  Commercials 3-1.

Ladies Football

The senior team travelled to Killea to play Templemore on Saturday evening. After a slow start we were in significant arrears at half time. A very heartening and much improved second half performance was not enough and we just came up short by a few points. The under 12s played Clerihan on Sunday morning and got their championship off to winning start. Well done to all these young players. Next up are Galtee Rovers.

The Tipperary y senior team played Armagh in the League semi Final last Sunday in Kinnegad. They recorded a famous victory to reach the Division two final. We had Gillian O’Brien and Niamh Lonergan on the starting team. Sarah Everard came on as substitute and Rosin McGrath and Jenny Everard were on the panel on the day. We wish them the best of luck in the league Final which is due to be played on May 6th against Cavan. The game will be played in Parnell Park Dublin. Both the Ladies Football club and the Camogie club extend their sympathy to Paddy McMeel on the death of his sister Finola Treacy of Cashel.

Camogie

The juniors travelled to Dundrum on Sunday. We were missing a number of players and conceded our game but played a worthwhile challenge