An adult approach to a juvenile problem

The silverware flowed their way throughout last year and when the 2011 calendar of games spilled over into last January, the winning run kept going for Kilmeen-Kilbree.

The tiny West Cork club, March winners of the Rebel Óg award which the Irish Examiner is a media partner of, claimed nine underage titles last season and rounded it off two months ago with a momentous triumph in the county U16A football final. Victory capped a remarkable rise for a club which was unaccustomed to such success.

“The U16 county football win was the climax of a great year,” said Kevin O’Donovan, Kilmeen-Kilbree adult chairman and Cork County Board GDA for the Carbery-Beara region.