The Lee Strand Tralee/St Brendan’s League 2024
Round 2
18th February in Ardfert
Churchill 3-09 V Ballymacelligott 0-15
Another solid performance from our Senior team on Sunday last. Despite losing to Churchill the team played well. Jamie Burke made his 
senior debut with an accomplished performance and Shane Gilroy continues to show improvement. Vinnie Horan and Brian Cassidy had outstanding games and losing both to injury made a difference to the team’s dynamic.
The game was played in Ardfert on Sunday. Churchill’s Joe Lenihan got a blistering goal in the first minute of the game. It took Ballymac a good ten minutes to settle and when they did they performed solidly. Donal Daly scored Ballymac’s first point. This was followed by two more from Vinnie Horan and Daire Keane. Churchill added a point. Then Ballymac played nice football for the next ten minutes linking up well and scoring a further four points from Donal Daly, Daire Keane, Vinnie Horan, and Michael Herlihy.
After twenty minutes Ballymac had a three-point lead. However, Churchill scored another goal to narrow the margin to one point and added two more points before halftime. Churchill turned over a lot of Ballymac ball in these last ten minutes and it made the difference.
Half-time score: Churchill 2-03 to Ballymac 0-08.
Churchill opened the scoring in the second half with a point. Three points followed from Vinnie Horan. Heroic work done by Daire Keane who assisted in two. Josh O’Keeffe replaced Vinnie Horan who was injured after eight minutes of the half.
Ballymac continued to dominate for the next ten minutes and had just one point from Donal Daly added to the scoreline. Churchill added a point, Dara Broderick replied with a great point. Injured Brian Cassidy was replaced by Barry Lyons.
With eight minutes left, Churchill pushed on and leveled the game 2-06 to 0-13. In the next five minutes, Churchill scored a goal and two points. Donal Daly added two points before Churchill scored the last point of the game.
Full-time score: Churchill 3-09 to Ballymac 0-15.
It was good to see Donal Daly back and our senior players Daire Keane, Tadhg Brick, Darragh Broderick, Cathal Dunne, Vinnie Horan, and Brian Cassidy work hard and give great leadership to all the younger players. All are gaining confidence from the matches.
Many Thanks to Tralee/St Brendan’s Board for the competition and to Ardfert for the fine facilities on Sunday.
The next game in this competition is Round 3
Sunday 25th February at 12pm
Ballymac V Na Gaeil
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Team and scorers: Christy Leen, Darragh Sweeney, Brian Cassidy, Sean Rice, Shane Gilroy, Tadhg Brick, Jamie Burke, Cathal Dunne, Darragh Broderick (0-1), Michael Herlihy (0-1), Vinnie Horan (0-6), Darragh Regan (0-1), Sky Lynch, Donal Daly (0-4), and Daire Keane (0-2).
Substitutes used: Barry Lyons, Maurice O’Connell, Jonathan Brick.