Ballymac made the long trip down to Dromid on Saturday last for their county league fixture. Ballymac were travelling more in hope than in optimism as they were missing five of their regular starters.
The game was five minutes old when Ballymac registered their first score with a point from a free by Paudie McCarthy. Aiden Breen followed with another in the sixth minute with a point from play. Dromid responded with a point from their midfielder Thomas Curran. In the 13th minute a long high ball into the goalmouth by Gene Griffin got a touch from Michael Herlihy and ended up in the Dromid net. Luke Sweeney added another point in the 17th minute from play. Denis Shine O Sullivan and Michael Herlihy exchanged points. . A great run by Aiden Breen from his own half back line ended up with him scoring Ballymac’s last point of the first half. D.J O Sullivan added another for the home side in the final minute of the first half to leave the half time score at Ballymac 1.5 to Dromid 0.4.
Dromid started the second half with a point in the first minute from play. Gene Griffin and Dylan O Donoghue exchanged points within the next five minutes.In the 8th minute Aiden Breen was fouled bearing down on the Dromid goal and scored the resulting penalty. This left the score at Ballymac 2.6 to Dromid 0.5. Dromid scored two more points through Thomas Curran. The outstanding Aiden Breen responded with a point from play. Gene griffin added another from play two minutes later. Three points from Dylan o Donoghue , ,Chris Farley and Denis shine O Sullivan reduced Ballymac,s lead to four points. Paudie McCarthy responded with a point from a free after Christopher Leen was fouled . In the 25th minute Aiden Breen settled things for Ballymac with a good goal.. Two minutes later Luke Sweeney tagged on another point. The never say die Dromid hit back with a goal through their best player on the night Thomas Curran .The last score of the game came from Ballymac in the last minute with a point from Denis Leen. Final score Ballymac 3.11 to Dromid 1.11
Ballymac Padraig Laide, Denis Leen, T.J. Casey , Brendan O Donnell, Cian Counihan, Con Reynolds , Alan Bonn, Aiden Breen , Kevin O Shea, Padraig McCarthy , Dermot Leen, Christopher Leen Luke Sweeney , Gene Griffin, Michael Herlihy. Subs Used Maurice Leen , Sean Brosnan.
TED O KEEFFE, FAMILY FUN DAY
The Ted O Keeffe family fun day which was held on Sunday last in the Club grounds once again proved to be a resounding success. Great credit is due to all involved in the organising of the event for the huge range of activities for young and old to participate in from tug of war for mums vs dads (congrats to mums on their victory), to U6’s egg and spoon race to mention just a few. Massive thanks also to all who volunteered of their services on the day to help make it such a success. The organisers would like to thank all who attended on the day and hope all enjoyed the fun and games.
It was great to see Club President Jerome McEllistrim in attendance keeping a watchful eye over proceedings, Jerome was a life long friend of Ted O Keeffe in whose memory the day is dedicated to.
SYMPATHY
The Club extends its deepest sympathy to the Brosnan Family the Spa and the Fitzgerald Rathanny on the recent death of Mrs Helen Brosnan, the Spa.