The sizeable Newmarket support witnessed some sublime football in the opening twenty minutes but a Dohenys goal three minutes prior to the interval proved pivotal to the overall outcome.

Newmarket began in blazing fashion. Nicky Flanagan slotted over the clubs first point at senior level on converting a second minute free with T.J. Bodie doubling the advantage with an excellent effort off his trusty left boot. Dohenys opened their account with a fourth minute free but Newmarket were superb on the heavy surface, playing some sublime, attacking football.

Nicky Flanagan provided the finish to a terrific build up that spanned the length of the pitch involving the outstanding T.J. Brosnan, Tony O’Keeffe and Seanie Francis O’Connor in the fifth minute. The Newmarket attack then reacted fastest when a T.J. Bodie free struck an upright with Eddie Allen and Seanie Francis O’Connor on hand to place John Lane with a pass which he duly clipped between the posts in the eighth minute.

Newmarket stretched their advantage thanks to a T.J. Bodie free from distance before T.J. Brosnan kicked an inspiring point from distance that sailed between the posts after initially involving David O’Flynn and Ian Flanagan in a well worked score. Dohenys kicked their first point from play in the eighteenth minute but Newmarket responded with another memorable score from Tony O’Keeffe with Nicky Flanagan and John Lane providing the link up play, and this left Newmarket with a lead of 0-7 to 0-2 after nineteen minutes of the contest.

As the game entered the final five minutes of play, the home side began to turn matters in their favour as they added their third point of the evening. Crucially, Dohenys found a way through the Newmarket defence on finding the net from close range to cut the deficit to a single point and before the half concluded, Newmarket’s advantage was wiped out in minutes as an equalizing point left the score reading 0-7 to 1-4 at the turnover.

The home side resumed with the impetus and three quickfire points in four minutes established a clear advantage. Newmarket withstood further pressure to surge forward in the ninth minute of the half with Tony O’Keeffe and John Lane splitting the Dohenys rearguard to place Nicky Flanagan in on goal before his effort grazed over the crossbar. The sides then traded points with a T.J. Bodie converted free leaving the score reading 1-8 to 0-9 in Dohenys favour midway through the half.

Conditions took its toll at this stage, as fitness and strength began to flourish in the sapping underfoot terrain. Dohenys established a three point advantage with four minutes remaining and they sealed the contest when a powerful shot found the roof of the net for a second goal. Newmarket completed the scoring thanks to a Nicky Flanagan free but it was Dohenys who progressed to the semi final.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

Nicky Flanagan (0-4), T.J. Bodie (0-3), Tony O’Keeffe (0-1), T.J. Brosnan (0-1), John Lane (0-1).

Niall O’Connor
John Ryan		Denys O'Brien		Michael O’Leary
Sean Doody		Barry O'Leary		T. J. Brosnan
	Colin O'Sullivan		David O’Flynn
T.J. Bodie		Tony O'Keeffe		Seanie Francis O Connor
Eddie Allen		Nicky Flanagan		John Lane
Subs: Ian Flanagan, Daniel Culloty, Paudie Allen.

You might want to get David O’Flynn to sign the cover as well…

Original source: gaacork.ie

At the Cork County GAA Convention last Saturday evening, the senior football championship draw for 2012 was being awaited with much anticipation by all within the Newmarket club. The draw pitted Newmarket with a heavy weight contest against one of the most famous and successful clubs in Ireland, let alone within Cork GAA circles, the iconic St. Finbarrs club. A club that has tasted All Ireland club success at senior level in both football and hurling level, it promises to be a much awaited contest come the month of April. Newmarket and St. Finbarrs made acquaintance in 2008 when they contested the County Under 21 Football Final at Páirc Uí Rinn where the city side emerged victors by 1-14 to 1-8. The defeated side will have a second round contest against the losers of the Castlehaven verses Aghada encounter.

Newmarket GAA Club will be running a Victory Celebration Dance on Thursday, December 29th at Hourigan’s Lounge commencing at 9:30pm. Music will be provided by David John & Dave. Tickets are priced at €10 and proceeds will go towards a training fund for the Newmarket team that brought the County Premier Intermediate title to the club last October.

That great day in Newmarket’s history and meant the club would contest Intermediate Football in 1999. Constant improvement at the grade culminated in a final appearance in 2002, only to be defeated by Nemo Rangers. The competition was split in 2006 with the formation of an Intermediate and a Premier Intermediate grade. Newmarket were placed in the latter, due to the Club’s consistent form in the previous years.

The following period brought mixed fortunes, a semi final appearance in 2008, followed by relegation fights in 2009 and 2010.

Then came 2011, which had both relegation and championship battles. It couldn’t get any better. Less than two months ago, Newmarket sealed their place in history and the Senior championship with a fantastic victory in the Premier Intermediate County final.

So, for the first time since 1928, Newmarket will contest the Cork Senior Football Championship in 2012. It has been a bit of a wait, but we are happy to be there!

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Both sides tried to get the early initiative but both defences stood firm, with Newmarket led from the back by the excellent Denys O’Brien, T.J. Brosnan and Mark Reidy. A tight encounter developed before Newmarket opened the scoring in the eleventh minute. Denys O’Brien burst out from defence and found David O’Flynn with a well placed pass. As David O’Flynn surged forward, he was impeded before offloading quickly to outstanding Newmarket attacker John Lane and the vast majority of the spectators acclaimed an excellently executed point. Newmarket’s advantage was short lived as Milltown Castlemaine gained parity from their resultant kick out. As the game entered the second quarter Milltown Castlemaine edged in front. Scores were at a premium, and despite enjoying a sizeable amount of possession, Newmarket failed to add to their tally despite the exploits of John Lane who was tormenting his opponents with his ball winning ability. Unfortunately, for Newmarket, failure to add on scores in this period would ultimately prove decisive. Milltown Castlemaine added their third point in the twenty third minute before two further points within a minute stretched their advantage to four points. Crucially, as the half entered the final minute of normal time, the Kerry champions surged forward with an overlap and took full advantage to slam a goal to the net for a substantial lead. Newmarket regrouped and in the dying moments of the half, on being awarded a free in, T.J. Bodie struck the first of his afternoon’s points to end the half with Newmarket trailing by 1-5 to 0-2.

Newmarket resumed with the aid of a breeze and as ever their unrivalled support rallied behind their heroes. T.J. Bodie gave an exhibition of free taking and claimed his second point of the hour two minutes into the half. Newmarket pressed their opponents and as in the first half Denys O’Brien, T.J. Brosnan, Mark Reidy and John Lane were central to the sides revival. Milltown Castlemaine converted a free seven minutes into the second half but a spirited Newmarket effort, so evident throughout the year was gaining momentum. T.J. Bodie pointed for a third time before a move that epitomized Newmarket’s work ethic ended with a penalty in their favour. John Lane did sensational work to dispossess a defender on the edge of the square against all the odds and the resultant passage of play involving a Kevin O’Sullivan shot at goal was foot blocked to force a penalty. Once more, as so often before, Brian O’Riordan strode up calmly from his corner back position, to dispatch a perfectly struck penalty to the bottom corner of the net past a static goalkeeper and the stand erupted in appreciation. The score now read 1-6 to 1-4 with seventeen minutes remaining. With everything to play for both sides threw every ounce of effort into the remainder of the game. Milltown Castlemaine pointed next to regain a three point lead. Newmarket swept forward but faced a packed rearguard. T.J. Bodie kicked a memorable point with nine minutes remaining and when he repeated the feat four minutes later, just a solitary point separated the sides. To the frustration of the Newmarket side they could not find an equalizer and at the other end with time closing out, Milltown Castlemaine reacted quicker to a free that struck an upright to score a vital point. As the game entered injury time they added an insurance score and the final whistle brought to an end an incredible Newmarket adventure.

True to form, the magnificent Newmarket supporters applauded and cheered the side from the pitch in appreciation of their epic achievements of 2011. A remarkable campaign of nine championship games in total that exceeded the wildest of expectations will forever be etched into the annals of history and the memory bank of all who witnessed the crusade from Macroom in May to Mallow in November. The exploits of all the players and management will be recalled and treasured for years to come by people both near and far as a spark of inspiration to all Newmarket folk.

Congratulations once again to our magnificent team and management trio of Danny Culloty, Donal O’Sullivan and Danny Hourigan and at the end of a long and winding playing season they can reflect with immense pride on their exploits and what it did and meant to the parish and people of Newmarket. Who will ever forget the scenes and images of October 16th, 2011, the greatest day in the history of Newmarket GAA Club. Well done lads, enjoy the short break and more celebrations of your feats before commencing 2012 as a senior football club.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

Brian O’Riordan (1-0), T.J. Bodie (0-5), John Lane (0-1)

Niall O’Connor
Brian O’Riordan		Denys O'Brien		John Ryan
Barry O'Leary		Mark Reidy		T. J. Brosnan
	Bart Daly		Colin O'Sullivan
David O’Flynn		Kevin O'Sullivan		Tony O'Keeffe
T.J. Bodie		Nicky Barrett		John Lane
Subs: Timothy Murphy, Mark Murphy.

So it’s time to get the flags out again and show the massive support that the team is accustomed to, as it bids to continue making history.

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Note, if you don’t want to cook the dinner, Mallow GAA will also be providing a food service on the day.

The incessant, torrential rain showers that preceded the game ensured terrible playing conditions with lots of water evidence of the appalling playing conditions. The highest of accolades must go to both sides on serving up a highly entertaining encounter in front of a large rain drenched attendance. Newmarket enjoyed a lot of possession in the opening half and their failure to capitalize on the scoreboard was ultimately to their downfall.

Rockchapel pointed the first point of the game in the fifth minute and a brace of frees increased the lead to three points after thirteen minutes. Newmarket failed to make an impact on the scoreboard as six wides were registered during the half and they suffered a huge blow midway through the half when the Rockchapel attack struck for a goal to take their advantage to a sizeable six points.

Newmarket eventually got off the mark in the eighteenth minute with a fine point kicked from distance by John Cronin. Seanie Francis O’Connor pointed a free two minutes later as at last Newmarket found their range. Unfortunately, their downfall of converting possession into scores surfaced again and a potent Rockchapel attack that recorded just a single wide in each half added two points to turn over in front by 1-5 to 0-2.

Newmarket resumed in full flow and hit the ground running. Seanie Francis O’Connor pointed a free within a minute before the influential Brian Daly found the target as Newmarket used the advantage of the wind to full effect. The impressive Michael Kenneally surged forward on one of his several rampaging runs to brilliantly kick a point before substitute Colin Stack made an immediate impact on slotting a point to bring Newmarket to within two points, eight minutes into the half.

Newmarket reigned in ball into their full forward line and once again reaped the benefits following some excellent approach play from Matthew Fitzpatrick and this time Robert Stack was rewarded for his industry by cutting the margin to a solitary point. Seanie Francis O’Connor tied the sides for the first time in the game halfway through the half to complete a superb Newmarket comeback within fifteen minutes.

The crowd were now enthralled and on gaining a free close in on goal, Rockchapel edged ahead again. Newmarket despite all the momentum came up against a resolute Rockchapel defence and this despite the commendable efforts of their own defensive rearguard with team captain Pa O’Brien and Anthony Crowley leading from the back. Seanie Francis O’Connor restored parity with eight minutes remaining to ensure a nail biting conclusion and warm proceedings even more on a truly gloomy afternoon.

Both sides gave every ounce of energy into crossing the victory line but both defences stood up to the task in the telling conditions. As the game entered injury time both sides had chances but ultimately it was Rockchapel who snatched victory to bring an excellent contest to a conclusion to the agony of a brave Newmarket team.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

Seanie Francis O’Connor (0-4), Michael Kenneally (0-1), Robert Stack (0-1), Brian Daly (0-1), John Cronin (0-1), Colin Stack (0-1).

Shane McAuliffe
Anthony Crowley		John McSweeney		Pa O’Brien
Michael Kenneally		Brendan Stack		Matthew Fitzpatrick
	Shane A Murphy		Kieran Lehane
Eddie Allen		Seanie Francis O Connor		Gavin Forde
Robert Stack		Brian Daly		John Cronin
Subs: Colin Stack, Shane Murphy

The splendid weather conditions and awesome Newmarket support ensured the players took to the field in ideal circumstances. The magnificent John Lane settled early nerves and stamped his authority and class on proceedings by skilfully blitzing his opponents to punch a point in the fourth minute. A well fancied Clyda Rovers side showed their immense calibre by responding with three points in the following five minutes.

Bart Daly struck an unforgettable placed ball from over fifty yards for Newmarket’s second point in the eleventh minute. Newmarket were rewarded for their trademark teamwork and slick passing game in the fourteenth minute as the ever industrious David O’Flynn was impeded as he closed in on goal and a penalty was awarded. Brian O’Riordan strode up from his corner back position and as he has done so regularly and consistently in his career to date dispatched a perfect kick to the corner of the net to the raptures of the black and red brigade.

Clyda playing with the aid of a significant breeze recovered and in the twentieth minute a probing ball on the edge of the square was flicked to the net past an otherwise miserly Newmarket rearguard. Clyda established a two point advantage but Newmarket remained composed led from the back by club stalwarts Denys O’Brien, Barry O’Leary and Mark Reidy. Newmarket received the perfect tonic prior to the interval in the twenty seventh minute of the contest as Bart Daly delivered a dangerous ball into the goalmouth and the excellent Kevin O’Sullivan was on hand to pick up the break and crash the ball home to the roof of the net. This ensured Newmarket went into the break leading by 2-2 to 1-4.

Despite now playing with the advantage of the wind, it was Clyda Rovers who resumed the sharper side and two points within four minutes swung the scoreboard in their favour. The championships top scorer Nicky Flanagan ensured parity seven minutes into the half as a gripping skilful encounter progressed. Clyda Rovers edged ahead again eleven minutes into the half before another club legend Tony O’Keeffe rewarded an efficient Newmarket forward unit on pointing an equalizing point with twelve minutes remaining. Newmarket seized the initiative at this stage of a long rewarding campaign as their remarkable fitness and teamwork bore fruition in their finest hour. Nicky Flanagan edged Newmarket in front as the game entered the final ten minutes.

Seven minutes from time the dream was becoming reality when John Lane once again provided the spark and closing in on goal from a difficult angle he expertly placed a pass into the danger zone and the predatory Tony O’Keeffe was on hand to provide the finishing touch and the net bulged for a third time to the euphoria of the majority of patrons at the famous sporting venue. True to form Clyda Rovers dispelled the comfort of a four point margin on halving the deficit within a couple of minutes to ensure a compelling conclusion. Newmarket’s exemplary discipline and composure engineered a critical free and T.J. Bodie perfectly bisected the posts with an inspirationally struck left footed kick from underneath the covered stand.

As so often throughout the campaign the Newmarket rearguard answered the ominous onslaught and as the gap was reduced to two points, Newmarket support endured a painstaking wait for the final whistle. The resultant kick out proved to be final act of a truly remarkable fairytale as the field became engulfed in a sea of black and red in acknowledgement of their heroes who had just added the proudest chapter in the history of Newmarket GAA Club.

The most worthy of team captains, Barry O’Leary, an inspirational clubman, five years on from suffering an horrific career threatening injury overcome solely for his incredible affection for Newmarket GAA Club rightfully took his place on the podium of Páirc Uí Chaoimh and graciously accepted the cup amidst unforgettable scenes.

The team were greeted to incredible support led by the ever obliging and appreciated Newmarket Pipe Band amongst historic images at the West End. Club Chairman Victor Lane, Fr. Herlihy, Richard Murphy (Chairman, Duhallow Board), Tony McAuliffe (Duhallow Board), Danny Culloty and Barry O’Leary reflected on the remarkable success story before John Cronin capped the proceedings with a perfect rendition  of our famous anthem Up Up Newmarket!!!. Congratulations to one and all.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

Tony O’Keeffe (1-1), Kevin O’Sullivan (1-0), Brian O’Riordan (1-0), Nicky Flanagan (0-2), Bart Daly (0-1), T.J. Bodie (0-1), John Lane (0-1)

Niall O’Connor
T. J. Brosnan		Denys O'Brien		Brian O’Riordan
Barry O'Leary		Mark Reidy		John Ryan
	Bart Daly		Colin O'Sullivan
David O’Flynn		Kevin O'Sullivan		Tony O'Keeffe
T.J. Bodie		Nicky Flanagan		John Lane
Subs: Kevin O’Connor, Timothy Murphy, David Quinlan, Michael O’Leary, Sean Doody, Gerard Casey, Mark Murphy, Eddie Allen, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Gavin Forde, Luke McCarthy, Pa O’Brien

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Newmarket’s ace marksman Seanie Francis O’Connor mastered the tricky conditions by expertly judging two well struck pointed frees in the opening five minutes. Mattie Fitzpatrick was in outstanding form throughout as the Newmarket defence dominated but up front several scoring opportunities were squandered as eight wides were recorded during the half.

A terrific crossfield pass by Seanie Francis O’Connor found Robert Stack in the fourteenth minute and the influential corner forward found the target with a well struck left foot kick. Some well worked link play enabled John Cronin to score his first point of the afternoon before Eddie Allen gave Newmarket a five point lead by the eighteenth minute.

St. John’s opened their account with a point in the twentieth minute but the rest of the half failed to produce a score despite several openings and Newmarket turned over in front by 0-5 to 0-1 at the half time whistle.

Four minutes into the second half as Eddie Allen closed in on goal he was upended by a defender and he went on to slot the resultant free over the crossbar. Centre half back and team captain Kevin O’Connor stormed forward on one of many solo runs before blasting a point a minute later before Seanie Francis O’Connor stretched the lead to seven points. Newmarket were now in full flow with Seanie Francis O’Connor dictating the attack. He blitzed through the defensive rearguard to place Brian Daly in on goal and despite his goalbound shot being smothered, Robert Stack was on hand to finish the rebound to the corner of the net from close range.

Jonathan Flaherty was next to get on the scoreboard with an excellent point before a second Newmarket goal followed. On this occasion it was Kevin O’Connor that burst through the middle and once again Brian Daly was thwarted on finding the net but this time John Cronin supplied the finishing touch. Seanie Francis O’Connor added two sublime points before St. John’s pointed midway through the half to leave the score reading 2-11 to 0-2.

John Cronin superbly pointed twice within a minute before once more Seanie Francis O’Connor stamped his class on the contest with his sixth point of the hour. Eddie Allen and John Cronin added to their increasing individual tallies before St. John’s blasted home a goal with five minutes remaining. Jerry McCarthy clipped over the final point of the game as Newmarket now progress to a final date against Rockchapel.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

John Cronin (1-4), Seanie Francis O’Connor (0-6), Robert Stack (1-1), Eddie Allen (0-3), Kevin O’Connor (0-1), Jonathan Flaherty (0-1), Jerry McCarthy (0-1).

Shane McAuliffe
Brendan Stack		John McSweeney		Pa O’Brien
Michael Kenneally		Kevin O'Connor		Matthew Fitzpatrick
	Jonathan Flaherty		Shane A Murphy
Eddie Allen		Seanie Francis O Connor		Kieran Lehane
Robert Stack		Brian Daly		John Cronin
Subs: Anthony Crowley, Jerry McCarthy, Paul Murphy, Alan Dugdale, Jerry McCarthy

Newmarket were on the scoreboard in the first minute thanks to a huge effort from Daniel Culloty before Gavin Forde raced in on goal and punched a second point in the sixth minute.

Mallow had their first point in the eighth minute before the prolific Barry O’Connor scored a neatly taken point midway through the half. Mallow had a couple of goal chances that narrowly missed the Newmarket net but they made no mistake when netting in the sixteenth minute. Daniel Culloty restored parity before Barry O’Connor edged the home side in front by a point after twenty minutes.

Mallow found the net for a second time but Newmarket responded with a fine individual point from industrious midfielder Jonathan Flaherty. Mallow finished the half with two points and they turned over in front by 2-3 to 0-6.

A fine Mallow side stretched their advantage upon the resumption with two points in four minutes. Daniel Culloty kept Newmarket in touch on pointing a free before Mallow restored their five point advantage, seven minutes into the half. Barry O’Connor punched a point following some excellent approach play before Gavin Forde pointed superbly from a forty five to leave the score at 2-6 to 0-9.

Mallow were next to score but once again Barry O’Connor was unerring on scoring his fourth point of the game midway through the half.

Newmarket came agonizingly close to finding the net on a couple of occasions, however they were indebted to substitute goalkeeper Eoin O’Connell for producing an outstanding save in preventing a near certain goal.

Mallow took their lead to four points with what proved to be their final score of the game, but once again Barry O’Connor kept the scoreboard ticking over for Newmarket with two points within a minute.

Now within two points and needing a victory to ensure qualification to the semi finals, Newmarket stepped up the momentum but saw a number of opportunities go wide. Michael Cottell was proving a handful to the Mallow defenders and Daniel Culloty brought Newmarket back to just a point in arrears on slotting over a free with little over two minutes remaining.

The vital breakthrough arrived in the next attack with Jonathan Flaherty placing Michael Cottell in possession and his shot found the net to the raptures of his team mates and bench. Newmarket held on to claim an excellent win that was borne out of some great all round determination and never say die attitude.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

Barry O’Connor (0-6), Daniel Culloty (0-4), Michael Cottrell (1-0), Gavin Forde (0-2), Jonathan Flaherty (0-1).

Shane McAuliffe
Danny O'Connell		Jack Birthley		Alan Ryan
Con McAuliffe		Paudie Allen		Billy Lane
	Jonathan Flaherty		Patrick Kelly
Barry O'Connor		Gavin Forde		Daniel Culloty
Nicky Barrett		Luke McCarthy		Donncadha Drumm
Subs: Peter Lynch, Eoin O’Connell, Michael Cottrell, Jeremy Murphy and Daniel O’Doherty

Rain showers that preceded the game made for a slippery surface and initially the home side adapted better with a point after four minutes. Newmarket settled and were buoyed by a great move in the eighth minute which led to an excellent goal. Colin O’Sullivan drilled a pass forward into the path of Nicky Flanagan who quickly offloaded to Tony O’Keeffe and in turn he found John Lane, who side stepped the advancing goalkeeper to slip the ball into an empty net.

Nicky Flanagan converted a twelfth minute free as Newmarket found their rhythm. Denys O’Brien and Mark Reidy led in defence as several moves swept the length of the pitch. Newmarket eventually found their scoring touch in the final ten minutes of the half. Bart Daly converted a forty five before John Lane cut through the Mallow defence to punch a point. T.J. Bodie’s accuracy was unerring on the night and he kicked over his first point with a well taken score in the twenty fourth minute. Nicky Flanagan and Kevin O’Sullivan increased the advantage before a memorable score completed Newmarket’s tally for the half. Mark Reidy instigated a move deep in defence with Colin O’Sullivan, T.J. Brosnan and Nicky Flanagan involved in setting up T.J. Bodie to kick an excellent point.

Mallow ended the half with a point but Newmarket turned over from a productive display with a lead of 1-7 to 0-2.

Newmarket drove forward immediately upon the throw in and as Kevin O’Sullivan advanced in on goal he laid the ball off to T.J. Bodie to once again bisect the posts with a fine score.  A minute later, Newmarket had to call upon goalkeeper Niall O’Conner to produce an excellent stop with Brian O’Riordan helping the resultant rebound to safety. Newmarket stretched their advantage thanks to points from T.J. Bodie and Nicky Flanagan as they enjoyed an eleven point lead, ten minutes into the second half.

Mallow struck for a goal in the following minute but the clinical Nicky Flanagan ensured a lead of 1-11 to 1-2 midway through the half. Mallow finished the game strongly. A quickly taken free was dispatched to the net eleven minutes from time and two further points brought the deficit to four points with six minutes remaining. Nicky Flanagan scored a point to quell the comeback but Newmarket were grateful to substitute goalkeeper David Quinlan who produced a stunning save to spread himself and thwart a certain goal when one on one with an advancing attacker.

The excellent Denys O’Brien drove a ball in the direction of John Lane who did superbly to split the Mallow rearguard and kick over Newmarket’s final score on the night. Mallow did have the final score but Newmarket ended victors and now all talk and roads will lead to Pairc Uí Chaoimh and a historic county final appearance against Clyda Rovers on October 16th.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

Nicky Flanagan (0-5), John Lane (1-2), T.J. Bodie (0-4), Bart Daly (0-1), Kevin O’Sullivan (0-1).

Niall O’Connor
John Ryan		Denys O'Brien		Brian O’Riordan
Barry O'Leary		Mark Reidy		T. J. Brosnan
	Bart Daly		Colin O'Sullivan
David O’Flynn		Kevin O'Sullivan		Tony O'Keeffe
T.J. Bodie		Nicky Flanagan		John Lane
Subs: Kevin O’Connor, David Quinlan, Timothy Murphy, Mark Murphy, Sean Doody

Newmarket began well in the soggy conditions and some excellent approach play involving Kevin O’Sullivan and John Lane placed Nicky Flanagan in on goal and he drilled the ball past the Kinsale goalkeeper for a well finished fifth minute goal. Mark Reidy pointed superbly a minute later and T.J. Bodie converted a free in the eighth minute to give Newmarket a five point advantage. Kinsale opened their account with a thirteenth minute point before they found the target on a regular basis during the final ten minutes of the half. They reeled over five points in succession in an eight minute period to turn the game in their favour. Newmarket did regain parity with a T.J. Bodie free from the final kick of the half to leave the scoreline reading 1-3 to 0-6 at the interval.

Kinsale had the first point after the restart before John Lane levelled the scores for a third time with a fine point seven minutes into the half. Kinsale added the next two points before T.J. Bodie brought Newmarket to within a point with his third pointed free of the game midway through the half. The game then took a significant turn in Kinsale’s favour as they scored a goal in the next minute. Newmarket struggled for the remainder of the game and were made pay for some sloppy play on several occasions as Kinsale punished errors with points on the scoreboard. During the final quarter of the contest, Kinsale added four further points to their total to run out convincing winners.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

Nicky Flanagan (1-0), T.J. Bodie (0-3), Mark Reidy (0-1), John Lane (0-1).

Niall O’Connor
Kevin O'Connor		Denys O'Brien		John Ryan
Barry O'Leary		Timothy Murphy		T. J. Brosnan
	Bart Daly		Colin O'Sullivan
Kevin O'Sullivan		Mark Reidy		Tony O'Keeffe
John Lane		Nicky Flanagan		T.J. Bodie
Subs: Sean Doody, Mark Murphy

A strong wind and driving rain made conditions extremely difficult from the outset for both sets of players. Glenlara adapted better in the early stages and despite a Seanie Francis O’Connor point, Glenlara hit three of the first four points. Kieran Lehane scored Newmarket’s second point of the night but Glenlara maintained their good start by registering a fourth point. At this stage of the game, Newmarket assumed control as Seanie Francis O’Connor and the excellent Kevin O’Connor pointed to tie the contest at 0-4 apiece. A well pointed free by Shane Murphy edged Newmarket in front before the midfield pairing of Shane Anthony Murphy and Jonathan Flaherty increased the advantage to 0-7 to 0-4 at the halfway mark.

Newmarket strengthened their position with early second half points from Shane Murphy and John Cronin. The Newmarket rearguard was faultless during the half as they coped admirably in the difficult conditions and launched several attacking options thanks to their excellent distribution. At the other end Newmarket were prolific as Shane Murphy, Eddie Allen, Kevin O’Connor and Brian Daly brought the tally to thirteen points at the three quarter mark. Several substitutions were introduced but Newmarket maintained control as Shane Murphy and John Cronin stretched the lead further. The game concluded with Brian Daly driving the ball home to the net to ensure a decisive advantage at the end for Newmarket.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

Shane Murphy (0-4), Brian Daly (1-1), Seanie Francis O’Connor (0-2), Kevin O’Connor (0-2), John Cronin (0-2), Shane Anthony Murphy (0-1), Jonathan Flaherty (0-1),  Eddie Allen (0-1), Kieran Lehane (0-1).

Shane McAuliffe
Brendan Stack		John McSweeney		Pa O’Brien
Michael Kenneally		Kevin O'Connor		Anthony Crowley
	Shane A Murphy		Jonathan Flaherty
Eddie Allen		Seanie Francis O Connor		Shane Murphy
Kieran Lehane		Robert Stack		John Cronin
Subs: Nicky Barrett, Brian Daly, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Donnacha O’Dea, Allan Dugdale

Newmarket, playing with the aid of a rather strong breeze began very brightly as Nicky Barrett and Daniel Culloty pointed within three minutes. Kanturk pointed in the fifth minute as they began an amazing ten minute scoring deluge. Two goals followed within three minutes which stunned the Newmarket side. Worse was to follow as two more points and a third goal put ten points between the sides after just thirteen minutes of play. Newmarket tried to recover from this crushing setback and were led by T.J. Brosnan who brought a nine minute barren scoring spell to an end by scoring four points in succession in the space of six minutes. Kanturk ended the half with two points for a very commanding advantage of 3-5 to 0-6 at the turnover.

To their credit, Newmarket put in a fine effort in the second half despite the large deficit and playing against the elements which now included persistent rainfall. Jack Birtley led from defence as the Newmarket rearguard looked far more resolute and confident. The scoring rate dropped considerably as two Kanturk points was all that was added during the first fifteen minutes of the second half. T.J. Brosnan scored Newmarket’s first point of the half as despite a much improved performance, scores proved elusive. Kanturk withstood Newmarket’s best efforts which included a superb save by their goalkeeper from a screaming T.J. Brosnan’s goalbound effort. The prolific Newmarket midfielder did add another point to his tally but Kanturk registered the final score of the game to clearly take their place in the final.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

T.J. Brosnan (0-6), Daniel Culloty (0-1), Nicky Barrett (0-1).

Shane McAuliffe
Jamie Hayes		Jack Birthley		Alan Ryan
Paudie Allen		Patrick Kelly		Billy Lane
	Jonathan Flaherty		T. J. Brosnan
Daniel Culloty		Gavin Forde		David Enright
Nicky Barrett		Luke McCarthy		Barry O'Connor
Subs: Con McAuliffe, Michael Cottell, Danny O’Connell and Daniel O’Doherty

Newmarket got off to an excellent start in the game with Shane Congo Murphy pointing from a free after 5 minutes. Conditions proved testing for both sides and Newmarket were particularly guilty of some very poor shooting throughout the hour. Eddie Allen and Jacko Flaherty kicked the next two in the game to leave Newmarket leading 0-3 to no score after 17 minutes.

Kiskeam responded with a point but Newmarket finished the half stronger with Seanie Francis O’ Connor and Shane Anthony Murphy kicking two further points to leave the score line 0-5 to 0-1 at the interval.

The second half did not see any improvement in terms of the shooting as it took ten minutes for Newmarket to register the first score of the game via a Seanie Francis point. This was followed by a John Cronin point three minutes later to make the score 0-7 to 0-1. Kiskeam pegged back a point but the final quarter saw Newmarket gain greater control and three Eddie Allen points and one Shane Congo Murphy point saw Newmarket win 0-11 to 0-2.

The Newmarket rearguard performed excellently with John McSweeney, Brendan Stack and Kevin O’ Connor particularly outstanding. Shane Anthony Murphy and Jacko Flaherty operated as excellent link men to the forwards while up front Eddie Allen dispatched any chance he got to finish with a tally four points.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

Eddie Allen (0-4), Seanie Francis O Connor (0-2), Shane Congo Murphy(0-2), Shane Anthony Murphy(0-1), Jacko Flaherty (0-1), John Cronin(0-1).

Shane McAuliffe
Brendan Stack		John McSweeney		Pa O’Brien
Michael Kenneally		Kevin O'Connor		Anthony Crowley
	Shane A Murphy		Jonathan Flaherty
Eddie Allen		Seanie Francis O Connor		Shane Murphy
Luke McCarthy		Robert Stack		Kieran Lehane
Subs: Jack Birtley, John Cronin, Jerry McCarthy, Nicky Barrett, Mick O’ Keeffe

Playing against the stiff breeze in the opening half was always going to pose its own problems and after initially settling well early, Newmarket had to withstand the inevitable pressure from St. Vincents. The city side hit the front with a fourth minute point and with the play pinned into the Newmarket half, two further points followed by the tenth minute.

Newmarket broke forward a minute later and got off the mark thanks to a sweetly struck left footed point by T.J. Bodie.

Newmarket gained the impetus at this stage and competed admirably in the middle sector of the pitch. The outstanding Denys O’Brien burst forward moments later and from deep in the opposition’s half he set an attack in motion which ended with Kevin O’Sullivan keeping his composure before his well placed crossfield kicked pass picked out David O’Flynn and the dynamic half forward, who got married just two days previous to the game, produced a sublime finish to split the posts.

Having withstood the early onslaught, Newmarket played extremely well in the difficult conditions and used their pace and neat flowing passing game to excellent effect. Team captain Barry O’Leary, John Ryan and Denys O’Brien led from the defence as a confident display unfolded. St. Vincent’s ended their thirteen minute spell without a score with a point in the twenty third minute.

The city side were guilty of inaccurate shooting and Newmarket were let off the hook on a few occasions as scores went a begging. As the half entered the final minutes St. Vincent’s increased their advantage to three points but Newmarket crucially kept their opponents within sight.

The half ended in the ascendancy for Newmarket, with the lively and influential John Lane kicking an excellent point and this proved to be the final score of the half as St. Vincent’s went into the break with a 0-5 to 0-3 lead.

Newmarket resumed with the advantage of the stiff breeze and in the third minute they cut the deficit to a single point with John Lane offloading to Tony O’Keeffe to kick a point. Two minutes later and St. Vincent’s added a point but amazingly due in no small way to the exemplary defending by the Newmarket defensive unit this proved to be their only and final score of the half.

Exchanges were tight, close and physical as a gripping encounter unfolded. Every ball was eagerly contested and scores were well earned.

Ten minutes into the half and Newmarket reduced the deficit to a point again as Kevin O’Sullivan let fly from distance from a wing forward position and let the wind carry the ball between the posts.

As the game entered the final quarter, Newmarket who upped the tempo at this stage gained parity for the first and only time of the game as T.J. Bodie pointed a glorious long distance free accurately to tie the sides at 0-6 apiece. Newmarket were not going to be outdone at this stage as their incredible hunger and industry came to the fore with Tony O’Keeffe particularly outstanding.

Newmarket swept forward in waves from defence on every occasion it demanded with considerable and impressive composure. Experienced campaigners Denys O’Brien, Barry O’Leary, Tony O’Keeffe, Mark Reidy and David O’Flynn excelled amongst a supreme team effort while up front, John Lane caused numerous problems for the St. Vincents defence.

With ten minutes remaining, Newmarket hit the front for the first time and after John Lane was upended close in on goal, Nicky Flanagan pointed the resultant free. Newmarket dominated possession at this stage but were also guilty of failing to add to their advantage. Eventually, they increased their lead with five minutes to play with David O’Flynn and T.J. Bodie linking up to place John Lane in on goal and he expertly punched a crucial point. The defence were called upon to keep their composure and discipline as the clock ran down and they did so in resounding fashion to close out a most famous and historic win for the club.

Newmarket previously contested the county intermediate final in 2002 and now following a fifth semi final appearance since 2001 they have completed a memorable journey to reach a County Final which is presently fixed for October 16th and which promises to be a special few weeks and occasion for all involved.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

T.J. Bodie (0-2), John Lane (0-2), David O’Flynn (0-1), Kevin O’Sullivan (0-1), Tony O’Keeffe (0-1), Nicky Flanagan (0-1).

Niall O’Connor
T. J. Brosnan		Denys O'Brien		Brian O’Riordan
Barry O'Leary		Timothy Murphy		John Ryan
	Bart Daly		Colin O'Sullivan
David O’Flynn		Kevin O'Sullivan		Tony O'Keeffe
T.J. Bodie		Nicky Flanagan		John Lane
Subs: Mark Reidy, Mark Murphy

The contest had a lot to live up to following a thrilling draw at the same venue six days previous, but the game began in whirlwind fashion. Naomh Aban struck the opening point within seconds of the throw in and from the resultant kickout, Bart Daly won primary possession at midfied leading to Kevin O’Sullivan being on hand to kick an equalizer seconds later.

Naomh Aban edged in front again with a fifth minute point but Newmarket settled much quicker into the game on this occasion and received a major boost in the ninth minute. Kevin O’Sullivan intercepted possession for Newmarket and a move leading to the excellent David O’Flynn closing down on goal resulted in a penalty as his goal bound shot was stopped with a foot block. Corner back, Brian O’Riordan who also had an outstanding game, stepped forward to dispatch the kick expertly to the corner of the net.

Naomh Aban replied with a point but Newmarket grew in confidence as they extended their advantage. In the twelfth minute a sweeping move ended with David O’Flynn placing an exquisite cross field  pass perfectly in front of the on running John Ryan who sent the ball over the bar for a memorable score. Seven minutes later a point resulted in similar vein thanks to the industry of John Ryan and Tony O’Keeffe with Nicky Flanagan on hand to point. Newmarket stretched their lead as Nicky Flanagan converted a free to leave the score at 1-4 to 0-3.

Naomh Aban set a comeback in motion with two quickfire points and in a three minute spell fortunes turned completely as a goal forged them ahead by a single point. Newmarket ensured parity at the break as T.J. Bodie slotted over a pointed free from a difficult angle, and the sides remained deadlocked at 1-5 apiece at half time.

Upon the resumption, with the game so delicately balanced both sides endeavoured to take a grip of the contest. In spite of the efforts of both teams a scrappy spell followed and a scoreless period of fourteen minutes elapsed. At this stage, Newmarket gathered momentum as their terrific balanced team effort began to pay dividends. Nicky Flanagan ended the barren scoring spell in what proved to be the beginning of a five minute scoring purple patch for Newmarket. David O’Flynn doubled the advantage before team captain, Barry O’Leary surged forward from his half back position to kick an inspirational point. A rampant Newmarket side were clinical in front of goal at this stage as talisman Nicky Flanagan and midfieder Colin O’Sullivan gave the side a commanding five point lead in a matter of minutes.

Naomh Aban tried to recover from this flurry of scores and did register two excellent points within a minute to cut the deficit to three points. The momentum was with Newmaket however, and the decisive score of the game arrived with seven minutes remaining. Full back, Denys O’Brien burst forward to place a well struck pass in the direction of John Lane who performed admirably in his position, especially in the second half. With plenty still still to do,  John Lane engineered himself into a scoring position to plant the ball into the corner of the net, despite the attention of several defenders.

Newmarket capped a memorable result in the final moments as John Lane kicked a final point to complete an outstanding team effort. Newmarket now advance to the semi final on Sunday next in Ballyclough where they will meet St. Vincents in a repeat of a game at the same stage in 2008.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

Nicky Flanagan (0-4), John Lane (1-1), Brian O’Riordan (1-0), Barry O’Leary (0-1), John Ryan (0-1), Colin O’Sullivan (0-1), David O’Flynn (0-1), Kevin O’Sullivan (0-1), T.J. Bodie (0-1).

Niall O’Connor
T. J. Brosnan		Denys O'Brien		Brian O’Riordan
Barry O'Leary		Timothy Murphy		John Ryan
	Bart Daly		Colin O'Sullivan
David O’Flynn		Kevin O'Sullivan		Tony O'Keeffe
T.J. Bodie		Nicky Flanagan		John Lane
Subs: Mark Reidy

A tense opening to the game saw the action flow from end to end but scores proved elusive until Naomh Aban registered the first point in the eighth minute. The Gaeltacht side settled into their stride and three further points quickly followed by the midway point of the half. Newmarket struggled to make an impact and were punished by a further two points to Naomh Aban which gave them a commanding six point lead by the twentieth minute.

Newmarket’s challenge took a noticeable change following the introduction of substitute T.J. Brosnan who inspired a revival for the remainder of the half. In the twenty second minute he surged forward to kick an excellent point to get Newmarket on the scoreboard and the team lifted their level of performance in the attacking department instantly.

The influential T.J. Bodie was on hand to slot over a point from a free four minutes later. From the resultant kick out, Newmarket with Bart Daly and Colin O’Sullivan contesting admirably at midfield won possession from which they were awarded a free. Bart Daly dispatched a diagonal cross field ball which was well gathered by John Lane. He offloaded to the on running David O’Flynn who closed down on goal before placing a pass to Kevin O’Sullivan and he made no mistake to dispatch the ball to the back of the net and put a completely different complexion on the scoreboard.

The comeback was complete within a six minute spell as T.J. Bodie split the uprights to tie the sides, 0-6 to 1-3 less than two minutes to the interval. Naomh Aban ended the half with a point to take a slender advantage into the break, 0-7 to 1-3.

With Newmarket clearly gaining the impetus following the end of the half and playing with the advantage of a growing breeze the half resumed with Naomh Aban bursting forward from the throw in to point within seconds.

Newmarket settled into their pattern of play and revived their hopes seven minutes into the half. One of several well worked passing movements ended with John Lane shooting for a point and as his effort struck off the upright, T.J. Bodie reacted fastest to the rebounding ball and crashed the ball home to the back of the net past defenders and goalkeeper to give Newmarket the lead for the first time, 2-3 to 0-8.

Little separated the sides for the remainder of the game. Naomh Aban tied the sides thirteen minutes into the half as a similar pattern of scoring followed for the remainder of the game. Newmarket hit the front again at the three quarter mark as Bart Daly landed a spectacular point from distance. However, this was answered within a minute by an equalizing point.

Newmarket’s clever build up play saw a number of excellent performances with David O’Flynn central to several Newmarket attacks as the midfield and defenders placed well distributed passes into their forwards. T.J. Bodie pointed for the lead once more but yet again Naomh Aban gained parity as the game entered a tantalizing final ten minutes.

Newmarket seized the initiative once more as again T.J. Bodie was clinical on finding the target. An engrossing encounter saw the Naomh Aban side respond once again as neither side could forge out a telling advantage. Both sides saw possible goal chances go a begging but as the game entered the final moments both sides pressed forward and failed to settle for a draw. Newmarket hit the front for a final time in the second minute of injury time as an inspirational effort from distance by Kevin O’Sullivan was worthy of crowning any occasion. However, amazingly for one final time, yet again, Naomh Aban would not be outdone and on being awarded a free, it was duly converted for the ultimate score of the contest. There was still time for Newmarket to muster a final attack and an excellent effort from distance dropped agonizingly into the hands of the Naomh Aban goalkeeper before an exhilarating contest was brought to a conclusion.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

T.J. Bodie (1-4), Kevin O’Sullivan (1-1), Bart Daly (0-1), T.J. Brosnan (0-1).

Niall O’Connor
Sean Doody		Denys O'Brien		Brian O’Riordan
Barry O'Leary		Timothy Murphy		John Ryan
	Bart Daly		Colin O'Sullivan
David O’Flynn		Kevin O'Sullivan		Tony O'Keeffe
T.J. Bodie		Nicky Flanagan		John Lane
Subs: T.J. Brosnan, Mark Reidy

Newmarket got off to the perfect start when corner forward Nicky Barrett finished clinically for a fine point within the first minute. Three minutes later the game swung in the favour of Glanworth when they surged through what proved to be a most resolute defence for a well taken goal and quickly followed with a point. Newmarket recovered from this setback and despite kicking a succession of wides throughout the encounter, they found their way back into the contest on being awarded a penalty in the eleventh minute. Impressive midfielder T.J. Brosnan stepped forward and dispatched the spot kick to the net despite the best efforts of the Glanworth goalkeeper to level the scores.

Midway through the half T.J. Brosnan kicked a sublime point with his left boot with Glanworth answering with a point of their own in their next attack. At this stage of the game, Newmarket began to take control and they settled after scoring a well taken goal in the twenty third minute. A quickly taken free by T.J. Brosnan found Barry O’Connor in an advanced position and he offloaded to Luke McCarthy who buried the ball to the back of the net. Points followed from the influential Gavin Forde and a Luke McCarthy free before Glanworth scored their final point of the half. Newmarket completed the scoring with Nicky Barrett pointing for a second time giving them a lead of 2-5 to 1-3 at the turnover.

Newmarket flew out of the traps as the game resumed with Patrick Kelly surging forward and passing on to T.J. Brosnan who found the target with another spectacular point from distance within seconds of the restart. Barry O’Connor and Gavin Forde increased the lead before Glanworth replied with a point. Newmarket proceeded to dominate and points by Gavin Forde and T.J. Brosnan gave them a commanding 2-10 to 1-4 advantage at the three quarter mark. Newmarket maintained their level of performance for the remainder of the game with a number of excellent individual displays throughout the team. They built on their lead through points by Daniel Culloty, Nicky Barrett and Gavin Forde before Nicky Barrett ended the game as it began with a point in the closing moments.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

T.J. Brosnan (1-3), Gavin Forde (0-4), Nicky Barrett (0-4), Luke McCarthy (1-1), Daniel Culloty (0-1), Barry O’Connor (0-1).

Shane McAuliffe
Jamie Hayes		Jack Birthley		Danny O'Connell
Billy Lane		Patrick Kelly		Alan Ryan
	T. J. Brosnan		Jonathan Flaherty
Peter Lynch		Gavin Forde		Daniel Culloty
Barry O'Connor		Luke McCarthy		Nicky Barrett
Subs: Daniel O’Doherty, Jeremy Murphy, Eoin O’Connell, Jerry Murphy, Michael Cottrell