Ballymac u16’s travelled to Ardfert on Monday night to take on their very physical under 16 team. From the outset Ardfert were in control.
In the first minute a long ball from the hosts into the Ballymac square was punched to the Ballymac net by Daragh Courteney. Ballymac were quick to respond with a goal from corner forward Daire Keane in the second minute..This was followed by. two more points from David Rogers and Cillian Gallagher .Nathan Driscoll and Cillian Gallagher exchanged points.
Halfway through the first half , Ardfert’s ace forward, Gavin Dooley broke through the Ballymac defence to score their second goal.Thomas Healy increased their lead with a point form play. Ballymac registered three more scores before half time with a pointed free from Daire Keane and two points from play from Cillian Gallagher. Ardfert had three more scores to leave the score at half time Ardfert 2.6 to Ballymac 1.6
On the restart Daire Keane and Thomas Healy exchanged points. Ten minutes into the second half Barry Lyons was pulled down in the Ardfert square and Josh O Keeffe made no mistake with the penalty . The sides were level for only one minute when Ardfert edged in front again with a point from Gavin Dooley. The game changed completely in the next five minutes when Ardfert scored two goals and a point. Both sides managed one more point each before the final whistle to let the score at Ardfert 4.9 to Ballymac 2.8,
Ballymac tried very hard throughout this game but found Ardfert to be very physical and fit..
BALLYMAC TEAM: Darragh Lynch , Eoin Culloty , Tadgh Brick , Kevin Lenihan, Diarmuid Lynch , Liam O’Brien, Cathal Dunne ,Joshua O’Keeffe , James McDonnell , Daire Connor Chawke , David Rogers , Barry Lyons , Daire Keane , Cillian Gallagher , Dylan McHuge,
Subs Used : Dylan Dunne Moriarty , Cian Godley , Brian Cassidy , Aidan O Brien