Arklow Town 1
Glencormac 3
Eoin Horkan
Bridgewater Centre Park
Last Sunday morning there was
a great cup game played in Arklow in very warm conditions
Both sides went after the
game from the opening kickoff playing some lovely attacking football. Try as
they might they couldn’t break down the opposition rear guard with both defences
clearing ball after ball. The first real incident of the game came when the
home side broke up field from a corner. The counter attack looked dangerous
until the opposition goalie Charlie Frawley came out to foul the Arklow
attacker. This resulted in a yellow card for the keeper. Arklow resulting free
kick from nearly 30 yards was shot tamely into the keepers hands. From nearly
the next attack Glencormac striker Oisin Kelly latched onto a ball at the edge
of the box and after some beautiful skill he put the ball past the Arklow
keeper but fortunately for the home side there centre back managed to clear the
ball off the to keep the game scoreless. With the heat of the day the ref
decided to give the teams a water break. Immediately after the break Oisin
Kelly got the ball 52 yards out from goal his looping shot sailed over the head
of the home town keeper to give Glencormac the lead. This goal kicked the home side into action as
they went on the attack to get the levelling goal. This goal came a few minutes
later through winger Cian O Neil who fired home a great shot from inside the
box after some fine interplay between himself and striker Sciead. With the game back now level both teams tried
to grab a lead again. There was some fine passing from both sides but most of
the attacks were sniffed out by good covering defenders. Just before half time
Glencormac winger Bobby Dowling went a mazy run down the wing as he got to the
end line he managed to lay the ball back to that man again Kelly who managed to
fire a shot low into the corner to give the opposition a lead at the break.
The early stages of the
second half was much like the first with both sides trying to score. The first
chance of the half coming to Glencormac midfielder Luke Frawley who’s shot from
the edge of the box flew narrowly wide.
Arklow then had a great chance to level the game after the water break
through O Neil who was around the back of the defence but the angle ultimately
ended up been to tight and his hot went wide. With the game still going from
end to end Glencormac nearly hit the 3rd goal after some fine wing
play but unfortunately Dean Bradshaw couldn’t manage to get anything on the
cross to finish the game off. O Neil had
one finally opportunity for the home side but the half volley he hit from the
edge of the box flew over the crossbar. That man Bradshaw managed to get his
name on the score sheet after collecting a ball from a kick out a firing low
into the corner of the net from the edge of the box to finish the game off. For
the last 5 minutes Arklow tried everything to get back into the game but this
was to no avail. With the final whistle eventually blown to end the game.
Arklow Town; Niall Byrne,
Kasey Clarke, Markus Wolfe, Thomas Burke, Connor Hannon, Peter Bodied, Graham
Martin, Oran Dunne, Jamie Paine, Skied Mare, Cian O ‘ Neil
Subs used; Padraig Bermingham,
Patrick Doyle, Marcel Siek
Glencormac ; Charlie Frawley, Evan Bowman , Ben Campbell, Michael Shannon, Jamie
Greenan , Luke Frawley Dean Bradshaw,Kieren
Griffiths , Oisin Kelly, Bradley Cullen, Adam Dutton
Subs used; Sam Morgan, Bobby Dowling,
Cian Longmore
Wicklow Senior Hurling
Championship
Kiltegan 0-13
Eire Óg Greystones 2-15
Eoin Horkan
Pearse Park
The 1st round of
the Wicklow senior hurling championship took place last Tuesday night in Arklow
between age old rivals Kiltegan and Eire Óg.
Eire óg started the game off
well hitting the opening scores of the game. The first of these points coming
from nimble corner forward James Cranley, before wing forward Nathan Unwin
added another score from long range. Kiltegan responded with three points the
first a fine long range point from centre forward Eoghan Byrne. Both defences
then equalled each other out for the next few phases of play before Kiltegan
wing forward Seanie Germaine slotted a free over the bar before midfielder
Padraig O Toole fired Kiltegan into a lead with a fine point from play. Cranley
responded with a free to level the game. Geramine fired two more points over the bar
the first coming from a free before hitting a 65 over. With the game heading
towards the break Eire óg fired over the last two points of the half. Cranley
added another free, before midfielder Peter Keane got the last score of the
half to level the score at half time.
Whatever was said to both
sides at half time definitely made for a better game. With scores coming thick and fast from the word go. Kiltegan hit the opening score of the half
through corner forward Mark Murphy. The two dead ball specialists then traded
scores Cranley slotting a free over before Germaine responded in kind. Eire óg
managed to nudge themselves ahead again with three more quick fire scores ,
Unwin firing over again before corner forward Hugh O Neil firing over after
some fine interplay. Anthony Byrne won a puck out and put the ball straight back
over the black spot. Germaine responded with another dead ball. Byrne fired over
another for Eire Óg. Rory Finn then hit over a ball from near the sideline for
Kiltegan. Those two specialists got on
the score sheet again twice in succession. Cranley hitting a great score from
play over his shoulder before, that man Germaine
fired over another free. Cranley hit yet another free before Germaine
responded yet again. Padraig O Toole
managed to split the posts after been moved into the full
forward line. With the game in the melting pot Eire óg managed to hit the first
goal of the game coming from sub Danny Nolan who managed to get his hurl to the
sliotar as it was bobbling around the square. Germaine hit Kiltegan final score
from yet another 65. Eire óg finished the game with a flurry of scores. The aforementioned
Unwin fired over again. Cranley fired over two more dead balls. Eire óg final
score of the game was a well worked goal which was eventually fired high into
the net by marauding wing back Kristen Flynn . This finished the game off as a
contest
Kiltegan; Aron Byrne , Colm Keogh Brian Kearney, Eoin o’
Neil; Liam Keogh, Darragh Byrne, M.J Moran; Padraig O Toole Padraig Byrne;
Seanie Germaine, Eoghan Byrne, Rory Finn; Mark Murphy, Cathal Fitzgerald, James
O Brien
Scorers; Seanie Germaine (0-8) , Padraig O Toole (0-2),
Eoghan Byrne (0-1) Mark Murphy(0-1) ,Rory Finn (0-1)
Subs Used ; Conal Byrne for James
O Brien , Stephen Coogan for Cathal Fitzgerald , Seamus Coogan for Colm Keogh
Eire óg Dan O Neil ; Daniel O Conor Billy Cuddihy Brian Lawless;
Eoghan Potts, Andrew Walsh, Kristen Flynn; Peter Keane, Micheal Walsh; Leon
Browne, Anthony Byrne , Nathan Unwin; Hugh O Neil, Daniel Salmon, James Cranley
Scorers; James Cranley(0-8)
Nathan Unwin (0-3) , Peter Keane
(0-1), Hugh O Neil (0-1) Anthony Byrne (0-2) Danny Nolan (1-0) Kristen
Flynn (1-0)
Subs Used ; Danny Nolan for
Hugh O Neil
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