Ladies Football
Since the creation of the ladies football club in 1995 (Adult section) the underage setup followed in 1999 and in their first year they captured the U14 C County. From there the club has gone from strength to strength fielding from U8-Intermediate, winning all the major underage grades and reaching the finals every year in some age group. The club competes in both the West Cork League and County championship. The adult teams have enjoyed success in recent years with a Junior B title in 2008 and an U21B title in 2009. Recent underage success was the capturing of an U16 county in 2009. A new grading system was brought in for 2010 with the Junior A Championship being regraded as Intermediate.
Cork Representatives: Inter county teams have also had their share of Valley Rovers players over the years. Margeret Murphy (U14-U18), Anne O Donavan, (Primary Game-SeniorA), Maryanne Hawkes (U14, Senior B), Sinead O Callaghan (U16), Eimear Cummins (U14), Tessa Crowley (U16), Sile Johnson,(U16-Senior A), Vivien Melia, (Primary game-Senior B),Sarah O Donavan, Clodagh Deasy, Orla Deasy and Lucy Hawkes (Senior B) with many others playing for the Cailin Oga over the years.
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Famous quotes containing the words ladies and/or football:
“The ladies here probably exchanged looks which meant, “Men never know when things are dirty or not;” and the gentlemen perhaps thought each to himself, “Women will have their little nonsense and needless cares.””
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)
“People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)