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Cobh Pirates Charity Game – A Huge Success

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The Cobh-Pirates Invitational Side

It is with great pleasure that we can report on, what was a massive success, last Saturday. Cobh Pirates RFC was the venue for a game between the Munster Junior team and a Cobh Pirates invitational side. All gate and bbq proceeds for the day are going to the Childrens Leukemia Ward at the Mercy Hospital Cork and Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin.

Ticket sales prior to the event were excellent with over 500 sold, but as the sun came out to play on Saturday, so did the people of Cobh. Almost 400 people payed on the gate to make the attending crowd soar towards 700 or more people. A sight to behold was the girls and boys who made their confirmation earlier in the day enjoying themselves in the Paddock.

The Munster juniors treated the day as a warm up for their upcoming inter-pro series, which is commencing this coming Saturday. So with this in mind the game was always going to be competitive in the best possible way.

The Munster Junior Side

The invitational team, whose panel contained no less than 10 Pirates, were indeed very strong and no ground was given. In the ideal conditions on a superb pitch a fast and hard game was to follow with the Juniors holding out for a narrow victory in the end. Credit and gratitude must be given to these players who took time out, some from very bust schedules , to make the day happen. Notably ex Irish player David Corkery and current senior rugby and ex Cork Hurler Diarmuid O Sullivan. Also a special thanks to Ronan O Gara and Anthony Horgan who popped in to show their support for the event. Below are the players that formed the Cobh side for the day, captained by u19 World Cup winner and Cobhs own Brendan Ronan.

Tom Ryan – Highfield 
Dave McAuliffe – Cobh Pirates
Joe Moynihan – Sunday’s Well
John Kidney – Sunday’s Well
John Maloney – Highfield
Darren Frahill – Cobh Pirates
David Corkery – Con
David Kelly – Highfield
Will Dunne – Cobh Pirates
Brendan Ronan – Cobh Pirates
Diarmuid O’Sullivan – Highfield
Colin Mahoney – Highfield
Mick Knowles – Highfield
Rob O’Donovan  – Cobh Pirates
Jack Hickey – Cobh Pirates
Chris Moore – Cobh Pirates
Mick Keating – Cobh Pirates
Cillian Casey – Cobh Pirates
Mark Chandler – Cobh Pirates

To date the total raised is €15000, with money still being donated.
Cobh Pirates would like to take this oppurtunity to thank the sponsors for the day who made this great event the success it was,

Wiser Recycling        Cobh Pirates XV Team Sponsors for the day
Advanced skip hire
John Malone Gala    BBQ sponsors
Krazy Castles
Axis Marquees        Sponsors of Marquee for the day
Kukri                       Match Ball sponsors
Turf Tech                Match Day grounds preperation
Ultimate Sports       Signed Munster jersey
GlaxoSmithKline     Energy Drinks for the players
Londis Newtown
Murphys Centra
Ahearn Carpentry
SergeBlanco Clothing
Garveys Supervalue
Marlouge Inn
Commercial Diesel and Electrical
Cobh Gardai Social Club

The organising committee would like to take those who helped on the run up to and on the day itself. There are far too many to mention, you all know who you are. But above all we in Cobh Pirates would like to thank the people of Cobh for supporting the event, and we would also like to take this oppurtunity to congratulate the organisers of the Great Island 10 on their fantastic achievements on Sunday. It was indeed a memorable weekend for the town of Cobh.

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