The Credit Union SFL Div 6B Round 3
Ballymacelligott 1-4 Dr Crokes 6-11
Venue: Dr Crokes Date: 5th April 24
Ballymac GAA wishes to thank Dr Crokes for facilitating our home game on Friday evening.
This was a tough game in tough weather conditions on Friday night. It has already been a tough season for our players who have had no pitch to play on and have trained in various places with very little ball work since the start of the season. There is great credit due to all the players who turn up for training week in and week out and also turn up for games at the weekend.
Ballymac started well with three great attacks. Two wides followed by a point from Darragh Regan opened the scoring for Ballymac. Dr Crokes notched up two points but for a great save by Conor Martin in goal -things could have been worse. After fifteen minutes of play, the score was Dr Crokes 0-4 to Ballymac 0-1. Dr Crokes dominated after scoring a goal in the eighteenth minute and adding two more goals and a point before Ballymac reduced the margin with points from Michael Herlihy, Shane McGillicuddy, and Skye Lynch.
The Half Time score was: Ballymacelligott 0-4 Dr Crokes 3-07
Darragh Regan scored Ballymac’s only goal, and Dr Crokes went on to win the game to add two points to their County League tally of four.
Full-Time score was: Ballymacelligott 1-4 Dr Crokes 6-11
The margin of defeat exceeded the expectation based on the previous form of these two teams. Coming into this game, the only yardstick we had to gauge how this game would go, was that both teams had played Spa in earlier rounds. Spa defeated Ballymac by a point and Dr Crokes won their game by three points. Our players battled hard, blocked well, and overall played well.
We wish James Kenny a speedy recovery from his injury in the first half of the game.
Team and scorers: Conor Martin, Ciarán Brosnan, Jonathan Brick, Eoin Culloty, Cathal White, Andy Rogers, Jamie Burke, Skye Lynch (0-1)Brian Cassidy, Maurice O’Connell, Michael Herlihy (0-1), Darragh Regan (1-1), Barry Lyons (Capt), Shane McGillicuddy(0-1), and Micheál Savage
Subs Used: Cathal Culloty, Eoghan Leahy, Conor Brick, Brian Godley and James Kenny.