Ballymac 0-19, Ballyduff 2-10
Ballymac reached the quarter final of the Junior Championship following a three point victory over Ballyduff on Sunday last. At the end of the first quarter the sides were level (0 – 5 – 0 – 5) Ballymac points from Aidan Breen (2), Padraig McCarthy, Shane O Reilly and Luke Sweeney with Jack Goulding (2) Barry O Grady (2) and JP Leahy replying for Ballyduff. Further points by Shane O Reilly and Aidan Breen saw Ballymac lead but Ballyduff hit back with an excellent individual Jack Goulding goal. Three further points by Padraig McCarthy (free), Vincent Horan and Luke Sweeney saw the half time score Ballymac 0 – 10 Ballyduff 1 – 5. Two early Padraig McCarthy frees extended the home side lead but the excellent Barry O Grady kept the North Kerry side in touch with some excellent point taking. Ballymac goal keeper Paudie O Connor brought off a tremendous save mid way through this half. Vincent Horan, Aidan Breen and Shane O Reilly pointed which saw Ballymac lead by 3 pints with five minutes remaining, but a superbly taken Padraig Boyle goal levelled the game and at this stage the game was in the melting pot. The home side finished the stronger with points by Padraig McCarthy, Luke Sweeney and Daniel O Shea to progress in the competition on a final score of Ballymac 0 – 19 Ballyduff 2 – 10.A feature of this game was all six starting Ballymac forwards scoring from play.
Team: P O Connor, B O Donnell, C Reynolds, TJ Casey, M Galvin, K O Shea, N O Shea, M Shanahan, G Arthurs, L Sweeney, A Breen, S O Reilly, P Mc Carthy, D O Shea, V Horan. Subs: E Reidy, A Bonn.
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER FINAL
Ballymac now travel to Glenbeigh on Sunday next for the quarter final of the Junior Championship. Please make every effort to travel and support the lads as they strive to make the semi final of this competition. This game is due to throw in at 2.00pm.
MINOR TEAM
In our final group game of this years Co. League our minor team were defeated by Beale in Ballymac on Friday evening last.
BWILDERED
With Saturday 2nd May fast approaching all perspective participants are reminded that this Friday April 24th is the deadline for the early bird entries to the event. Full details on http://www.bwildered.ie
On the day of the run Ballymac GAA Clubs main function will be the stewarding of the event. We would urge as many volunteers as possible to make themselves available on the day. Please contact one of the following officers if you are in a position to help out. Fionnan Fitzgerald 0879860441, Joanne Riordan 0876768634 and Gerard Collins on 0876430693. All help would be greatly appreciated on the day.