Wicklow Junior A Championship AGB Vs Lacken

AGB 3-13 

Lacken 1-9 

Pearse Park 

Eoin Horkan

Last Thursday night in Arklow The second round of the Wicklow Junior championship was played with some great scoring from both sides.

The home side AGB started the game off at a frenetic pace with the first score of the game been a goal. This coming from pacy wing forward Peter Hempenstall who burst through the defense before neatly placing the ball into the bottom corner. AGB followed this sore up with another point from play from corner forward Quentin o Reily.In reply, Sean Murphy slotted a free for Lacken before Hempenstall got another point from play/. Murphy slotted another free. AGB then went on a scoring spree getting 1-3 without reply. The first of these been another goal coming from through the other wing forward Garett Kenny Alan Mcbride and Kenny hit over two more points from play before Mcbride hit over a free. With the game heading towards half time, Lacken hit two more points both coming from full forward Sean Murphy both fine long range scores leaving the score 2-5 to 0 -4 at half time.

AGB started the 2nd half very much like they started the 1st. With Quentin O Reily scoring another fine point from play after some fine build up work. Murphy got two frees in reply for Lacken. AGB then hit another foray of scores with no reply from Lacken.  Midfielder Jack Furlong hit the first of these points from long range point. Before sub-Shane  Donoghue slotted another point before the aforementioned Kenny hit another one over the black spot. Lacken then won a penalty after some fine play. Corner forward David Reddy slotted the penalty under the body of the AGB keeper Bolger.AGB hit one final purple patch before the end of the game. With all the scores coming from the play The first of these coming from midfielder Tiernan Mcbride before sub-Gary Fennel Fennel got his name on the score sheet. Hempenstall got his name on the score sheet again before wing back Jonathan Doyle made a burst up the field to put over another fine score.Lacken then hit their purple patch before the end with Murphy hitting over two dead balls one from a free and one 45.before hitting a monster long range point. Reddy hit over Lacken final score of the game. AGB went on one final foray up the pitch with the ball ending up in the hands of the evergreen McBride who went to put the ball over the bar but his shot was under hit and it looped over the goalie's head into the back of the net. Leaving the score 3-13 - 1-9 at the end of the game.

Scorers AGB; G Kenny (1-2) P Hempenstall (1-2) Q O Reily (0-2) A Mcbride (1-2)  J Furlong (0-1) S Donoghue(0-1) G Fennell (0-1) J Doyle (0-1) T Mcbride (0-1)

Lacken D Reddy (1-1 S Murphy (0-8) 

AGB James Bolger; Micheal o Sullivan Tadhg O Callaghan, Tom Hurley; Jack Darcy, Donal O Keefe J Doyle, Tiernan Mcbride, Jack Furlong; Peter Hempenstall, Alan Mcbride, Garett Kenny; Quentin O Reilly, Gavin Bentley, Corey Mills

Subs Used Shane  Donoghue for Donal O Keefe, Brendan O Sullivan for Jack Darcy, Gary Fennell, for Quentin O Reily, Freddie Miller for Corey Mills Liam Gregory for Corey Mills

Lacken James O Neil; Paddy Nolan, Daniel Griffin, Kenneth Balfe; Tom Mcguire, Eoin Cripps, Jordan Balfe, Matt Cripps Paul Phibbs Aron Griffin Philp Gallagher Conor Phipps, Sean Murphy David Reddy

Gaelic Football ; Wicklow vs Wexford u16 Carlow Cup 20/07/17

Wicklow 2-11

Wexford 2-13

Pearse Park 

Eoin Horkan

Last Thursday night in Arklow the Semi final of the Carlow cup was played in what was at times some very unfavorable conditions. Even with this being the case both sets of forwards came out on top in a very topsy turby match.

Wicklow started off the game at a frenetic pace scoring 1-1 inside the first five minutes. The goal was the first score after some very good build up play Wicklow corner forward Ruairi Tomkins stepped inside his marker and slotted the ball into the back of the net Wicklow full forward Eoin Darcy followed up the goal with a fine point from play. Wexford then kicked into gear with their first score coming from wing forward Jack Finucan scoring a point from a free before dangerous corner forward Lee Jordan popped over a point from play. Darcy scored a free in reply for Wicklow. Wexford got two points in reply with wing back Adrian Breen getting the first of these after making his way up the field before Finucan got another free. Some good defending followed for the next few minutes before Wicklow forward Darcy managed to get his hands on the ball to fire over another point from play.  

From the resulting kick out Wexford went on the attack and the aforementioned Finucan found space in front of the Wicklow goal before burying the ball into the back of the net. In retaliation to the goal, Wicklow replied with a goal of their own through corner forward Tomkins. Wexford got two points in reply both coming from their half forward line the first coming from Niall Connolly and the next coming through big center forward Mark Boyle. With the game edging towards half time both teams went on meaningful attacks with Wicklow getting another few points coming from corner forward Alan  Barrett and  Tomkins getting another point from some great build up play. Full forward Darcy scored a point from play before Wexford midfielder Ciaran Kavanagh made a lung bursting run up the field before putting the ball over the bar. Wicklow finished the half of well with points from play coming through Darcy again and center forward Niall Gaffney getting his name on the scoresheet. Leaving the score 2-7 - 1-7 to Wicklow at half time. 

Wexford must have got a good talking too at half time because they started the second half like a house on fire scoring 1-3 without reply in the first ten minutes.The first of these score coming from corner forward Jordan before that big center forward Boyle managed to get his hands on the ball in front of the Wicklow goal mouth before putting the ball into the back of the Wicklow net.That dangerous Wexford corner forward Jordan popped another score over the bar. Wexford followed up with another score from wing forward Finucan. This foray of scores kicked Wicklow into action scoring three points in reply all these scores coming from free kicks after some indiscipline from the Wexford defense.  Darcy scoring two of these frees with corner forward Ruari Tomkins hitting another free. Jordan fired over another free for Wexford to put them one point ahead. Wicklow leveled the game through Tomkins who scored a point worthy of winning any game swinning the ball over his right shoulder from a very difficult angle.    

Wexford finished the game off with Jordan scoring a free before getting an insurance point from play to put the game away from Wicklow in the final minute. Leaving the final score 2-11 - 2-13

Wicklow Kian Geraghty; Ben Fennel, Cian McHugh, Rory Whelan; David Lawlor, Dave Devine; Nicky Kearney, Cian Walsh Eoghan Byrne, David Maloney, Niall Gaffney, Oisin Cullen; Alan Barrett, Eoin Darcy, Ruarri Tomkins 

Scorers; E Darcy (0-6) R Tomkins(2-3)  N Gaffney (0-1) A Barrett (0-1)

Subs Johhny Kehoe for Eoghan Byrne, Gavin Fogarty for Nicky Kearney, Shaun Cranley for David Maloney, Dave Wright for Rory Whelan  Kevin Quinn  for Dave Wright 

Wexford Jack Nolan; Rob Murphy, Jason Deveraux, Gloudy Makvese, Darragh Canavan, James O Leary, Adrian Breen Ciaran Kavanagh, Harry Kehoe; Niall Connoly, Mark BoyleJack Finucan; Lee Jordan, James Dixon, Conor Hughes

Scorers  J Finucan (1-3) A Breen (0-1) L Jordan (0-6) M Boyle (1-1) N Connoly ((0-1) C Kavanagh(0-1)

Subs Ollie Gahan for Gloudy Makvese, Noel Rowsome for Adrian Breen, Gary hall Roche for Niall Connoly Ben Morris for Jack Finucan, Adam Mullins for James Dixon

Gaelic Football Junior A Championshp Carnew Vs St Pats 11/07/17

St Pats Wicklow 3-16

Carnew 0-3 

Eoin Horkan 

Pearse Park Arklow 

 Wow that was some display of scoring from Jonny Carton Last Tuesday night in Arklow when   the first round of the Wicklow Junior Championship was played between St Pats of Wicklow and Carnew 

The first five minutes of the game was very scrappy with both sides going on attacks but nothing meaningful came out of these attack. Pats then put the first score on the board through centre-forward Simon Boucher who scored a lovely point from play after some great play from the half back line. from the resulting kick out Pats won possession of the ball and after some very patient build up play midfielder Bosco Guinan scored a fine long range point. Carnew went up the other end of the pitch trying to get on the score sheet. They won a debatable free on the 21yard line. Evergreen full forward John Joe Myers put the ball over the bar. If his shot was a few inches lower the ball would have ended up in the back of the Pats net. This frightened Pats and kicked them into gear. From the free to the end of the 1st half Pats kept Carnew scoreless. While Pats themselves scored four unanswered points. The first of these coming from young corner forward Jack Kelly.For the next few minutes, Pats were very patient playing the ball around the 45-yard line before marauding wing-back Colin O Toole broke through the carnew defense and blasted the ball over the bar from inside the 21. Pats last two points of the half came from experienced corner forward Jonny Carton who scored a fine point from play before slotting the ball over from a close-in free. 

The 2nd half started off much like the first with Pats scoring the first point from play through full forward Joe Quinn.In reply Carnew full forward Myers got another score from a free This was Carnew last score until almost the end of the game  Pats then hit the first sucker with the aforementioned Carton getting the first goal of the game after some fine interplay. Caton the put on a scoring spree getting four points in a row two points from frees and then two from play.Boucher and Carton then traded scores for Pats. Boucher's coming from play and Carton coming from another free. Carton the buried another goal to really show Pats dominance at this stage. Pats started to empty their bench and this stage to give all their players game time. The first of these subs Brendan Cox scoring a great point from play. Carnew then scored a late consolation point through their player/manager Quentin House.In reply to this point, Pats scored another 1-2 before the final whistle. The points coming from Boucher and Kelly and the goal coming from Carton to top of a fine virtuoso display from him 

Wicklow scorers  J Carton (3-8 (4f )  S Boucher (0-3) J Kelly (0-2) B Guinan (0-1) B Cox (0-1) C O Toole(0-!)

Carnew JJ Myers (0-2F) Q House(0-1)

Wicklow Ian Murphy Kris Kavanagh, Lorcan Smullen Aron Dunne Ronan Conely David Byrne, Colin O Toole, Bill McHugh, Bosco Guinan Hugh Humby, Simon Boucher, Rhys Kelly; QuinnJack Kelly, Quinn Jonny Carton

 Subs used Shay Dunne for Colin O Toole, Brendan Cox for Rhys Kelly, Adam Cox for Joe Quinn, Eoin McGauley for Aron Dunne Sean Buckley for Hugh Humby 

Carnew; Colm Murphy; Graham Byrne, Patrick Nolan, Paul Murphy; Robert Roche, Micheal Collins, Stephen Murphy; Billy Rickerby, Dermot Doran; Micheal Osbourne, Gary Doran; Liam Kenny, Darragh Kelly, John Joe Myers, Padraig Doyle 

Subs used Quentin House for Stephen Murphy