MINORS
CHURCHILL 1-10 BALLYMAC 1-8
Blennerville was the venue for our County final game against Churchill last Friday evening.Strong performances from Micheal Reidy, Tadhg Brick, Tomas O Connor, and Darragh Reagan, narrowily failed to win us this trophy.
Despite a poor start we were a point up at half time ,but it was our inability to make the most of our chances that was probably the cause of our undoing in a tight game. Churchill got off to a great start getting 3 points inside the first 5 minutes. Dara Reagan was fouled and pointed from the free.Again our opponents pointed while Ml Reidy drove through and pointed for us. Robert Dowd climbed high and punched to the net for us,from a Dara Reagan free and ML Hoare passed to Keelan Brosnan who put over a long range point.Churchill got two more points and in injury time a cracking shot by Gary Horan hit the crossbar and went over leaving the half time score 1-4 to 0-6 in our favour.
Liam O Malley pointed for us straight from the off,quickly followed by an opposition point. Dara Reagan pointed from a free but then disaster struck as Churchill got through for a goal. Dara Reagan was fouled after a fine catch and converted the free while our opponents again pointed. Ml Hoare was fouled and Tomas pointed from the free to tie the game with ten minutes to go. Again Churchill pointed while sustained Ballymac pressure didn’t get its just reward. An injury time point sealed the win for our opponents and saw our first defeat in the county league campaign. A big thank you to team mentors, Tony Silles, Martin Lowe, Willie Costelloe and Aidan O Connor for the time they have dedicated over the last couple of months to this minor squad. A massive thank you also to all those who came out to support us on the evening.
TEAM & SCORERS:
Barry Lyons,David Long, Eddie Rodgers,Max O’Brien (capt), Tadhg Brick,Micheal Reidy,(0-1) Josh O’Keeffe, Keelan Brosnan (0-1) Liam O Malley (0-1) Michael Hoare, Eoin O Malley, Gary Horan (0-1) Dara Keane, Tomas o Connor (0-1) Dara Reagan (0-3). Gary Horan (0-1) Dara Keane, Tomas O Connor (0-1) Dara Reagan (0-3) Subs Robert Dowd (1-0) Kevin O Connor, Ross Mansfield,Chris Lowe, James McDonnell,, Cathal Dunne, Dara O Connor Chawke.