Both our U12 teams travelled to Gallarus to play An Ghaeltacht on Tuesday night last. The match reports from both games are as follows:
Blue Team
Ballymac Blue 4 09
An Ghaeltacht 1 08
Our Blue team travelled to Gallarus on Tuesday evening for our Div 1 Central Region Game.
This match was truly about a team performance.
On our previous visit in late June the hosts hit us for 4 23 playing excellent football on the night but it was Ballymac boys this time who showed a greater resolve and team spirit defending admirably and excellent attack play on a difficult night weather wise for football.
The years experience playing in Div 1 told throughout this game as boys showed excellent composure and work rate any time An Ghaeltacht had possession, our defending was a carbon copy of what was displayed by the Green and Gold in Croke Park from forwards to goalkeeper everyone worked as a unit continually turning over Ghaeltacht and denying them of scores. Credit to all 14 players involved for an excellent performance in the blue of Ballymac.
This match was truly about a team performance.
On our previous visit in late June the hosts hit us for 4 23 playing excellent football on the night but it was Ballymac boys this time who showed a greater resolve and team spirit defending admirably and excellent attack play on a difficult night weather wise for football.
The years experience playing in Div 1 told throughout this game as boys showed excellent composure and work rate any time An Ghaeltacht had possession, our defending was a carbon copy of what was displayed by the Green and Gold in Croke Park from forwards to goalkeeper everyone worked as a unit continually turning over Ghaeltacht and denying them of scores. Credit to all 14 players involved for an excellent performance in the blue of Ballymac.
Gold Team
Ballymac Gold 4-08
An Ghaeltacht B 1-03
On Tuesday evening we travelled to the hallowed pitch at Gallarus via bus to play An Ghaeltacht B team. We had played this opposition twice previously and had two facile victories.
On a wet and windy night both teams fielded 15 players on a tight pitch which combined with the wet conditions led to lots of handling errors by both sides and scores proved hard to come by for both teams. There was little to separate the teams at half time.
Our boys put in a much improved performance in the second half with some nice passing and support play combined with strong tackling from all our defenders to help us dominate the second half. We had strong performances from Eoghan Joy and Padraig Reidy in midfield while Luke Griffin and Jamie Tarrant got early goals to give us a lead. Our newest recruit Jorge Garcia from Madrid played very well in his first ever game of Gaelic football. Well done to the boys on a hard earned victory over a much improved An Ghaeltacht side.
On a wet and windy night both teams fielded 15 players on a tight pitch which combined with the wet conditions led to lots of handling errors by both sides and scores proved hard to come by for both teams. There was little to separate the teams at half time.
Our boys put in a much improved performance in the second half with some nice passing and support play combined with strong tackling from all our defenders to help us dominate the second half. We had strong performances from Eoghan Joy and Padraig Reidy in midfield while Luke Griffin and Jamie Tarrant got early goals to give us a lead. Our newest recruit Jorge Garcia from Madrid played very well in his first ever game of Gaelic football. Well done to the boys on a hard earned victory over a much improved An Ghaeltacht side.