AGB vs Blessington Senior Football League

 AGB 0-12

Blessington 5-11

Eoin Horkan

Pearse Park

Blessington ripped up the form book on Sunday when they hit 5 goals before midday when beating AGB in the league.

After travelling an hour down the road for this early Sunday morning game Blessington found it hard to trouble the scoreboard early on . AGB’s Stephen Hurley opened the scoring with a long range effort with the outside of his boot. Stephen Carroll at wing forward for the visitors responded with a minor score as he cut in from the wing to split the uprights . The home side playing against the wind fired over two more score with Sean Crowley firing over a forty five  . Cormac O’ Shea then drove over a second effort to extend  his sides lead . As AGB looked like they were going to kick on and extend the lead Blessington kicked into gear notching 1-4 without a response heading into the break . Anthony McLoughlin free narrowed the gap to the minimum . Corner forward  Jordan Nolan then manged to win the ball inside the danger zone and fire into the back of the net to change this contest completely . Michael O’ Connor in the opposite corner  to Nolan slotted over two points in quick succession the first from play before adding a free. Travers in the home side’s goal saved expertly at point blank range to keep his side in the contest . McLoughlin added one final free before the half time whistle to widen the gap between the sides

The second half of this game was a much higher scoring affair . The home side opened the scoring again this time through Cathal Kelleher before Curtis Geraghty responded in kind to keep that gap on the score board. The home side started to empty the bench . Conn Kinsella made an immediate impact scoring two minors in between an effort from Nolan .

Against the wind in  the second half the away side were starting to run the ball through the defence one of these runs ended up in the hands of full forward Dean Siney who rattled the back of the net . O’ Connor who was forever a danger inside managed to add a second major moments later . It was nearly three goals in a row only for the efforts of Travers who expertly kept out another goal bound effort . The resulting forty-five was converted by goalkeeper Michael O’ Toole . The home side were scoring in spurts this time sub Sean Hurley managed to split the posts with two fine  long range efforts before another sub Cian Cooney fired over from a tight angle . With the game petering out Nolan fired an effort from a narrow angle into the top of the Geraldines net. Cooney scored a carbon copy of his first effort to narrow the gap slightly . Geraghty added another minor to his tally  along side Mcloughlin who opened his scoring from play . Stephen Hurley aided by the breeze drilled a long  range free over as the game neared the final whittle . The final goal of the game was from the boot of Geraghty who expertly lobbed the onrushing Travers to kill the game completely . Kinsella’ slotted a close in free as a final consolation score . The visitors had the last laugh as that man Nolan dissected the uprights to finish of the scoring in this tie.

 

AGB: Mervyn Travers: Kyle Dowling, Ciaran Hyland, Karl Kirwan; Tom Maher, Cal Kelly, Niall O Reilly; Sean Crowley(0-1 45), Tiernan McBride; Daire McBride, Cathal Kelleher(0-1), Ciaran O Shea; Philp Healy, Stephen Hurley(0-2 1f), Cormac O Shea(0-1)

Subs Used: Conn Kinsella(0-3 1f) for Cal Kelly, Sean Hurley(0-2) for Daire McBride . Cian Cooney(0-2) for Ciaran O’ Shea, Corey Mills for Kyle Dowling ,Shane McBride for Cormac O Shea.

 

Blessington: Michael O’ Toole (0-1 45): Luke O Brien, Brian Bohan , Ethan Cotter; Kevin Hanlon, Paul Mcloughlin, Jordan McGarr; Thomas Fisher, Sean Byrne; Stephen Carroll (0-1), Anthony McLoughlin (0-3 2fs) Curtis Geraghty (1-2); Michael O’ Connor ( 1-2 1f), Dean Siney (1-0), Jordan Nolan (2-2)

Subs Used : Daniel Silke Featherstone for Stephen Carroll, Kevin John Rogers for Thomas Fisher, Adam Boland for Sean Byrne

Avonmore vs Greystones United Wicklow Cup

 Wicklow Cup

Avonmore 4

Greystones United 0

Ballygannon Park

Eoin Horkan

 

Avonmore United made home advantage count in this early Sunday morning cup tie running out comfortable  winners against Greystones United.

From the opening kick off the home side started to control the game with there front three players causing trouble from the start.  One of these front three carved out the first chance of the game when Fiacra O Hannain shot from the edge of the box flew narrowly wide . The same man had another chance to score this time from a free kick . His curling effort narrowly missed the post .

Mark Cullen was causing big trouble down the Avonmore right hand side. His shot in the ninth minute was well saved in the away sides goal.  Greystones playing in all green were finding difficult to get through a strong Avonmore rear guard . The only chance they got was from a dead ball .  Mac Darragh Kelly effort flew over the opposition bar .

Free kicks were starting to become a great chance for scoring . This  time it was Ryan Cahill for Avonmore  his effort grazed the outside of the post . It was until the thirtieth  minute when the game really burst into life .

The home sides Cian O Hannain swung in a great ball into the box and unfortunately for the retreating defender Dave O Sullivan he managed to divert the ball into his own net .

With the game minutes away from half time the home team won a corner . As the ball bobbled around the box . Cian O Hannain managed to head the ball into the net to give his side a deserving lead going into the break .

The second  half was nearly a carbon copy of with Avonmore carving out some early half chances but couldn’t get the third goal . It wasn’t until the sixty sixth minute when Avonmore managed to get a toe to a loose ball in the box to win a penalty .

Fiacra O Hannain stepped up and drove the penalty into the corner while the keeper stood motionless on his line . This goal effectively ended any chance of a comeback from Greystones .

The home side expertly controlled the game from there on out . As the crowd watched on and with five minutes to go Adam Tuke broke down the wing cut inside and unleashed and unstoppable  drive into the near post .

Avonmore are looking like one of the front runners to win this Wicklow Cup competition.

 

Avonmore :1, Jason Porter, 2 Paudie O’ Toole , 3 Shane Beever, 4 Eugene Dunne,5 Fiacra O Hannain, 6 Paddy Kennedy, 7 Cody Reid 8, Mark Cullen, 9, Ryan Cahill, 10 Cian O Hannain, 11 Adam Tuke

Subs Used : Ross Williams for Paddy Kennedy

 

Greystones United : 1 Eoin English , 2 Sam Gammell, 3 Jamie Plant 4 Sean Minogue , 5 Conor Mitchell, 6 Jack O Toole, 7 Sean Lawless, 8 Mac Darragh Kelly, 9 John Luke Kelly, 10 Sam Kerr, 11 Dave O Sullivan

Subs Used: Ryan Johnson for Jamie Plant, Richie Carroll for Sam Gammell , Jayson Healy for Mac Darragh Kelly

Referee David Jameson 

Arklow Town Vs Arklow United Wicklow Cup

 Wicklow Cup

Arklow Town 2

Arklow United 0

Travers Insurance Park

Eoin Horkan

 

A large crowd gathered in Arklow at  Saturday tea-time for the long awaited cup tie between  two Arklow sides . With only a couple of 100 metres separating both sides pitches this was always going to a tense affair .

The opening minutes of the game were played out exactly as predicted with both sides trying to wrestle control of the tie early on . It was the home side who eventually carved out an early effort as striker Joe Ledwith took a long -range shot which flew over the bar.  Town’s midfield general Philly Erasmus was starting to control the game in the middle. In the thirteenth  minute he managed to duck inside his defender and let fly from outside the box . His effort was easily saved in the United goal.

The home side were now starting to control the ball more as they pushed forward, they won a free on the edge of the box . Striker Ledwith stepped up to take it . He tried to fire it into the near post, but his effort narrowly missed the post . The home side kept piushign forward in search of the opening goal . Aaron Kelly broke through the defence but yet again Stephen Doyle kept it out at his ease in the united goal. 

With the game heading towards the break Kelly latched onto a through ball but his half volley inside the box blazed over the bar

It wasn’t until the forty third minute of the game when the away side got a shot on target this came from Zach Kilbride after controlling well from a free kick . It was a tame effort but still a shot none the less.

The town flew out of the blocks at the start of the 2^nd half with Ledwith bursting down the wing, but his goal bound effort was well kept out my Doyle in the goal.  The tie fell into a lull for the next ten minutes , then the game nearly changed against the run of play .

United won a free kick , the ball was controlled in the box and as Adam Walker was about to unleash a shot he was taken down and awarded a penalty . Mark Nolan stepped up to take the spot kick . His effort cannoned back of the crossbar . The away side kept the pressure on after this with Matthew Dempsey getting through one on one, but Town experienced net minder Travers smothered his effort expertly .

With ten minutes left in the game and looking like it was going to penalties Mark Fitzgerald swung in a teasing  cross . Philp Erasmus came in at the back post to header in the opening goal of the game .  With subs now starting to be brought on to change the game . One of Town’s subs made an impact but not for the right reasons .  Dan Doyle got booked for taking down an opposition player and before the free kick was taken, he managed to get a second yellow for decent .

With Town down to 10 men this didn’t change much in the last few minutes as they kept pushing forward.  A cross came into the box and that man Erasmus again managed to bundle the ball into the back of the net to finish off the tie with three minutes to go.

 

Arklow Town: 1 Mervyn Travers 2 Mark Fitzgerald, 3 Nathan Cullen, 4 Ciaran Burke,5  Sean Crowley,6  Conor Breslin, 7 Ryan Kenny, 8 Philp Erasmus, 9 Joe Ledwith, 10 Aaron Kelly, 11 Chris Furlong

Subs Used:  Jack Darcy for Chris Furlong , Conor Harris for Joe Ledwith , Dan Doyle for Aaron Kelly.

 

Arklow United : 1 Stephen Doyle, 2 Conor Blaney,3 Dan Doyle,4 Mark Nolan,5 Shane Kavanagh, 6 Stephen Kavanagh,7 Cian LT, 8 Sean Clare, 9 Adam Walker, 10 Matthew Dempsey, 11 Zach Kilbride

Subs Used : Denny Boyle for Adam Walker , Darren Reilly for Steven Kavanagh, Cian Mcloughlin for Shane Connolly.

 

Referee: David Jameson

Arklow CBS vs Temple Carrig U15 Schools Soccer Final

 

Arklow CBS 2

Templecarrig 1

 

This is no April fool’s joke . Arklow CBS’s  u15 soccer team managed to get the better of there Greystones’s challengers in the Wicklow- Wexford league final played in Gorey Rangers .

 

Arklow  CBS started the game much better than their opposition . They even managed to carve out an early chance in the fifth minute through Ryan Redmond who drove down  the wing, but his effort was well saved in the goal by Marco Nomesa Roe .

Moments later the CBS took a well deserved lead as Kyal Byrne managed to guide the ball to Tiernan Gahan whose low drive from the edge of the box found the net to give his side a well deserved lead in the sixth minute . CBS kept the pressure on for the next couple of phases of play but couldn’t make the pressure pay . In the thirteenth   minute Templecarrig won a free kick  out wide  . The cross landed at the feet at Dylan Bourke who controlled his shot expertly to level the tie against the run of play.

With the game now hanging in the balance Arklow  started to gain momentum once again with the aforementioned Gahan controlling the play in the middle .  The same man drove down the wing as the game headed towards the break . After some great work Ciaran Redmond’s  effort flew narrowly wide . With almost the last kick of the half Ryan Redmond attempted a long range effort as the crowd and keeper watched on the ball flew over the angle of post and bar.

After the break it was almost a role reversal with Templecarrig making the early running .  With striker Callum Britton in the centre of it .  Britton one on one  effort flew over the bar ten minutes into the half before his free kick moments later went narrowly wide .  Ryan Redmond broke through the defence again just  like the 1^st half but this time it was the defender Corey O’ Brien last ditch block which  saved a certain goal.

With the game in its final play’s the ball landed at the feet of Redmond again .His persistence finally paid off as he scored a volley/half volley worthy of winning any final at any level from the corner of the box .

Templecarrig piled forward in the last play, but Ryan Gleeson in the CBS goal smothered a last effort to keep his side ahead.

Arklow CBS: Ryan Gleeson, Harry McDonald, Tom Kavanagh , Ryan Morgan, Adam Lifely, Christian Dowling , Ciaran Redmond, Tiernan Gahan, Darragh Kinch, Ryan Redmond , Kyal Byrne

Subs : Jack O’ Reilly , Kian Scanlon

Templecarrig: Marco Nomesa Roe: Harry Gelbo ,Corey O’ Brien , David Black, Darragh Butler, Charles Lambert, Sam Cunningham, Caelen O’ Callaghan, Callum Britton, Evan Groghan Lenehan

Arklow Town vs Aughrim Rangers U 18 Wexford Cup

 U18 Wexford Cup 

Arklow Town 2

Aughrim Rangers 0 

Eoin Horkan

Travers Insurance Park

 

For anyone in attendance at this Friday night game under lights was treated to a great soccer match against  local rivals . Under heavy fog the referee John Carton  gave the go ahead to play the game .

 

This game started  off at 100 miles an hour with both sides putting each other under pressure early on . This pressure resulted in early chances for both teams with both goalkeepers coming out on top in the opening exchanges . Arklow were controlling the middle of the park, but the visitors always looked dangerous on the break . This proved to be the case when Laci Shannon latched onto a through ball to open her and her teams account for the night in the 28^th minute . Aughrim started to control the play after the goal with Shannon being the main danger . Her header from close range looped over the crossbar in the 34^th minute .  From the next play Shannon picked up the ball in the middle of the field and slalomed through the defence before finishing expertly into the corner of the net .

As the game petered towards half time and Aughrim looking well value for there lead the tide turned with the last play of the half . Arklow winger Niamh Kavanagh chased down what looked like a lost cause . As the defender tried to clear it Kavanagh’s leg managed to divert the ball into the net giving her side hope heading into the break.

Arklow looked like a different team after the whistle as they started looking for the equaliser . After a couple of early half chances, they still couldn’t make a breakthrough. In the 51^st minute the ball landed at the feet of Anna Byrne , who coolly   slotted the ball into the side netting to level the tie. With the game now in the melting pot and both sides creating half chances but nothing meaningful it was hard to see where the next goal was coming from . This was until Aughrim’s Abigail Whitney drove the wing , her cross come shot luckily looped over the home side’s keeper to give the away side the lead again in the 59^th minute. With thirty  minutes left in the game and subs being rolled on and off Aughrim were able to call on a Romanian u17 trialist Ana Dragusm who along with the aforementioned Shannon controlled the game till nearly the end . As the Town pushed forward Shannon broke away and finished the game off as a contest , while completing her hat trick at the same time .

Moments later the referee blew the final whistle giving the visitors a well deserved win .

 

Arklow Town : 1 Emilija Joncaite, 4, Amy Morgan, 5 Farrin Wholohan , 6 Ava O’ Brien, 7 Caoimhe Appeleby,8 Anna Byrne 11, Niamh Kavanagh, 9 Ciara Lancaster , 10 Amber Cronin Kenny, 13 Erin Barden, 12 Lizzie Bourke.

Subs Used 15: Micheala O’ Reily

 Aughrim Rangers :1 Niamh Whelan 13, Aoife Campbell, 3 Livia McDonagh,4 Shauna Rochford, 5, Alice Kirwan, 6 Leah O’Hare, 14 Willow Jordan, 8 Aoife Stafford, 15 Rebecca McCarthy, 10 Ciara Connolly, 11 Molly Hynes

Subs Used :  2 Ana Dragusm,  7 Laci Jane Shannon, 9 Abigail Whitney

Referee John Carton 

Arklow CBS vs St Mary's Edenderry Anne Mcinerny Cup Final

 

Arklow CBS 8

St Mary’s Edenderry 40

 Anne McInerny Cup Final .

 Arklow CBS travelled up to the hallowed turf of Donnybrook on Wednesday evening to play in the schools first ever Leinster rugby final .With nearly perfect conditions for a final this was going to be a great spectacle for anyone in attendance.

The first quarter of the game was a kicking battle between the two teams. CBS managed to engineer a penalty in the 7^th minute. Which was duly converted by fly half Conn Kinsella to give his side an early lead. St Mary’s then started to gain a foothold and after a break from a defensive  scrum. The fly half  Rory Allen ran under the posts  which he converted himself . There 2^nd try of the game came in the 21^st minute through  outside centre Stephen Cox , with Allen adding the extras again. CBS were piling pressure on the try line but some resolute defending from Edenderry kept them out . With the game heading to half time some more pressure resulted in a Oran Kelly try scoring effort deemed held up by the officials . With 5 minutes to go in the half the St Mary’s full back Paidí Farrell  used his quick feet and lightning speed to go from his own 22 to score under the posts. Allen slotted the extras before the half time whistle.

The 2^nd half was a much cagier affair with both defences on top until midway through the half when Edenderry’s  number 8 and captain Cian Conroy burrowed his way over. Allen did the needful again for his side.  St Mary’s added a 4^th try  in the contest with Cox adding a 2^nd try to his name scoring in the corner again. Allen expertly drilled conversion through the post . Arklow finished the game stronger even with 13 players on the pitch at one point . Oran Kelly managed to get his name on the try scoring list with a powerful run. With the game in it’s final play the CBS pushed forward in search of a second try which their efforts would have deserved . Unfortunately, they were turned over by the opposition who managed through Fionn O’ Grady to cross the whitewash for the final time in the game .

Arklow CBS : Jamie Wolohan, Tadhg Powell, Sean McCarthy, Darragh O Murchú, Scott Kavanagh, Conn Kinsella, Conor Healy; Josh Tunney, Philip Feokrytov, Eoin Byrne, Conn Keaney, Conor Gahan, Padraic Bermingham, Josh Robinson, Roan Freehill

Subs : Dean Kelly Farrell, Conn Keaney , Callum O’ Neil , Tómas Furlong Tom Byrne, Ben Clancy

 

St Mary’s Edenderry: Paidí Farrell, Cillian Foran, Stephen Cox,  Fionn O’ Grady, Ryan Dunne, Rory Allen, Mark Whelehan: Sean Brien, Shaun Donoghue, Conor McGrath, Dan O’ Connell, Eoin Sheehan, Ultan McIntyre, Brian Dunne , Cian Conroy

Subs Stevie Kane, Eric Hanley, Ademar Stones , Jack Coyne, Thomas O Connell, , Cathal Monohan, Eric Hanley, Iarfhlaith Killaly, Ryan Grace.

Arklow Town vs Lusk United LFAI U19

 

LFA U19 Cup

Arklow Town 4

Lusk United 2

Travers Insurance Park

Eoin Horkan

 Arklow Town overcame Lusk United  on Sunday evening in what was a free scoring cup game .

After a frenetic opening few minutes of the game the home side started to control the ball in the midfield which resulted in them getting the first couple of chances in the half

After four minutes of the game Abby Healy broke through the defence but her early effort from a narrow angle was saved well by the Lusk net minder. Arklow were controlling the ball more and midfielder Lucy Kindlon lofted a ball over the defence which Ciara Lancaster latched onto. As she touched the ball around the keeper the angle narrowed her shot hit the butt of the post.

In nearly the same play Healy broke through again and similar to her teammate her effort from a tight angle rattled the post to keep the game scoreless.

The first goal of the game after 13 minutes against the run of play when Emma Walsh broke onto a long ball from the Lusk defence to finish neatly into the bottom corner .   Arklow kept the pressure on with Nadine Kelly in goal  keeping Healy out again before they managed to level the tie.

Jodie Walsh broke down the wing as the home side piled forward,as she cut inside the opposition defence her curling effort from the edge of the box nestled in the far corner to level the game.

After the early flurry of chances from both sides the game fell into a lull for the next ten minutes with both sides cancelling each other out.  Twenty minutes in Healy made another burst down the wing and started making her way towards the end line . As she got there, she managed to square it to Lizzy Bourke who slotted into the net expertly.

Chances became few and far between as the half moved on until Lusk won a free about forty yards out . They cleverly lofted the ball over the defence and after a mix up in the Arklow defence they were awarded a penalty.  Winger Annie Boardman stepped up to the spot and levelled the game with a well taken penalty into the bottom corner . The half petered to its conclusion then leaving the sides level at the break.

Straight after the whistle Arklow piled forward again and after a mix up Healy finally managed to get her name on the score sheet finishing well from the edge of the box. Chances were few and far between after the 3^rd goal as both defences were clearing ball after ball .

As I say that Abby Healy pressured a defender coming out with the ball, she disposed them and casually finished into the goal to virtually kill the game of as a contest in the 60^th minute.

From there to the final whistle Arklow were in complete control with Lucie Kindlon showing plenty of nous to keep the ball the way from the opposition .

Lusk did try to push forward but Farrin Wholohan and Amy Morgan held them out expertly to finish off any last chance that Lusk had to narrow the final score .

 

Arklow Town: 1 Emilija  Joncaite,13 Erin Bardon,4 Amy Morgan, 5 Farrin Wolohan, 6 Caoimhe Appelby, 17 Jodie Walsh, 8 Lucie Kindlon, 10 Paula De Cea Ibanez, 3 Ciara Lancaster 9 Lizzie Bourke , 11 Abby Healy ,

Subs Used :7 Ava O’ Brien ,  15 Micheala O’ Reilly

 

Lusk United:1 Nadine Kelly,2 Sophie Gibbons,3 Sorcha Cuevas,4 Luca Dudas, 5 Cliona Byrne, 7 Katie Sandford,8  Katie O’ Brien ,9  Lucy Sandford ,11 Anne Boardman,13  Emma Walsh,14  Aimee Cuevas

Subs Used: 15 Katie McBride, 16 Lynsay Cuevas

Avoca vs Michael Hogans U19 B Football Championship

 

Aughrim 1-10

Michael Hogans 2-14

Avoca

Eoin Horkan

U19 B Football Championship

 

Michael Hogans come out on top against their ex-teammates and current school mates in what turned out to be a tougher encounter than expected after the first water break in Avoca on Sunday morning.

Michael Hogans opened the scoring in this encounter through corner forward Alex Olohan who turned on a six pence before firing over the bar . From the resulting kick out Aughrim broke forward and were awarded an early penalty after Dara O Sé was fouled in the square . Adam Keegan stepped up to take the penalty . His effort was well saved by Danny Morley who got his hands to the ball directing it over the bar. Hogans started to pile the pressure on after that early scare. The pressure resulted in a goal and five points  without reply. Three of these points came from dead balls from the boot of Cormac McGraynor , he also added an effort from play .Midfielder Shane Browne started to control the ball in the middle of the park. This control ended up him firing over the bar before bursting through the defence just before the water break to hammer the ball into the net to extend his sides lead.

After the first break the side wearing Avoca jerseys added to more scores with Olohan from play before McGraynor slotted another dead ball .Aughrim were finding it tough to make it out of there own half at this stage . Centre forward Adam Keegan made his way passed numerous defenders before narrowing the gap. Olohan who was very tricky to handle in the inside line added to his scoring with two efforts that could have ended up in the net but flew over the bar . Keegan efforts were keeping his side in the game slotting over another point from range . It was then third time lucky for Olohan who eventually found the net just before the half time whistle

After the break Aughrim evened  the numbers on the pitch and this changed the game dramatically as they started to gain a foothold around the park  They started to narrow the gap between the sides with some well taken efforts Oisin Keegan opened his tally before his namesake Adam added another to his tally before Dara O Sé opened his account for the day. Browne made tapped over for his side against the run of play in this quarter to stem Aughrim momentum. The aforementioned Keegan, who was in great form, knocked over two more dead balls to get his side closer to the opposition before the second water break

With the gap narrowing minute by minute the final quarter was a much tenser affair. Hogans added another solitary effort to their tally with a free from Adam Arslan  Aughrim were stringing some great moves together one of these ended up in Keegan arms whose daisy cutter of a shot flew into the bottom corner. Keegan was running the show at this point firing over another great effort from play. Arslan fired a second free over in response to Keegan’s efforts. The final two scores of the game both came from new players adding to there teams’ efforts. Joseph McGuickan fired over Aughrim last point from play . With Cathal Baker making sure of his sides victory with a twenty-one yard free .

 

 

 

 

Aughrim: Colm McKenna ;Oisin Keegan(0-1), Oisin Dunne, Finn Byrne; Hugh Gunning, Sean Campbell, Dermot Toomey; Dylan Byrne, Robbie Doyle; Adam Keegan (1-7  1 p, 2f), Mark Shannon; Dara O Sé(0-1), Joseph McGuickan(0-1)

 

Michael Hogans:Danny Morley; Shane Arthur, Andrew Bracanto, Thomas Mulconry; Kelan Busher, Andrew Nolan; John Toomey, Shane Browne(1-2); Adam Arslan(0-2f), Cathal Baker(0-1f), Cormac McGraynor(0-5 4f); Alex Olohan(1-4), Ollie Matthews.

 

Subs Used: James Murray, Cian Ward, Conor Short, Andrew Nolan, Jack Bailey Johnson, Cian O’ Neil, Conor Cranley

 

Referee: Peader De Hora

Wicklow Rovers vs St Anthonys U14 Division 1 Playoff

 

U 14 Division 1 League Play Off

 Wicklow Rovers A  0

St Anthony’s 2

Celtic Park

Eoin Horkan

 St Anthony’s came out on top by two goals  with a win that showed a strong team performance from back to front. With all players showing experience well beyond there youthful years to carve out a great result for the Kilcoole based club

 St Anthony’s controlled the ball the ball from the opening whistle, but this didn’t stop Wicklow from carving out the first two chances against the run of play. Rovers Steven Kavanagh latched onto a long ball, but his goal bound effort was well blocked by the defence. Moments later Wicklow managed to win a free kick outside the box, but Jack Neville effort was easily kept out by the opposition net minder.

The Kilcoole side still kept control of the ball , as they did their pressure eventually paid off .There winger cut through the defence and was taken down inside the box. Left back Jack Ryan made his way up to calmly slot the penalty home to give his side a well-deserved thirteenth minute lead.  St Anthony’s second goal came two minutes later as ex St Joseph’s youth Sean Lawless pounced on a long ball to expertly finish into the back of the net from the edge of the box.

The game fell into a lull for the next twenty minutes as Anthony’s controlled the ball . As they did this, they also started to bring on subs . One of these crossed in a ball onto the foot of his teammate Mick Carroll  whose controlled volley flew narrowly wide.

Rovers started to gain a minor foothold in the middle of the park as the game edged towards the break . In added time Wicklow had two goal bound efforts expertly blocked by the defence to keep there lead at the break.

The 2^nd half was a much tighter affair with gaol chances being few and far between as both defences were on top of their opponents. Wicklow first opportunity was a shot in anger from a distance from winger Artur Curran this effort was saved comfortably though .

Wicklow major opportunity to rattle the next came through Curran again but his well-timed volley that was destined for the net was expertly saved by Jordan Murdill in the Antony’s goal. Wicklow kept the pressure on after this chance believing they could make a breakthrough but after a mix up in the Kilcoole sides defence defender Jack Ryan cleared the ball off the line to keep his side two goals to the good.

The second half was a game of chances for both wingers as Carroll managed to get his head on a ball for Antony’s, but his effort narrowly missed the upright . The final chance of the game fell to Carroll again . This time he was thwarted by Jacobs in the Rovers goal.

The Kilcoole outfit held out for what was a well-deserved  win in this very important tie for both sides.

 Wicklow Rovers A: 1. Joseph Jacob 2. Alfie Doyle,3.Chris Smith,4.  Hasan McGoven, 5. Jack Neville,6. Joe Culleton, 7.Senan O’ Donovan, 8.Jack O Kary ,9. Jack Byrne, 10. Steven Kavanagh ,11. Arthur Curran

Subs Used: Kyle Spratt, Harry Battams, James Dunne, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Aaron Czwalina

 

St Anthony’s: 1.Jaden Murdill, 2.Jack Finnegan ,3.Jack Lavery,4.Dylan  Hyland ,5.Jack Ryan, 6.Simon O Brien,7. Ryan Doherty,8. Finian Hughes, 9.Sean Lawless,10. Ben Heasley, 11.Mick Carroll

 

Subs Used :Cian O’ Brien, Eamon Ginest, Matthew Dowd, Oriol Salamero, Ben Betson, Alex Stonesow, Callum Merriman

 

Referee J Byrne

An Tóchar vs Barndarrig Junior C Ladies Final

 

Junior C Ladies Football Final.

 

An Tochar 3-15

Barndarrig 5-3

Ashford

Eoin Horkan

 

An Tochar second half performance saw them come out on top in what was an enthralling ladies final in Ashford early Sunday morning. From the first whistle one could see this would be a high scoring gain as both sides piled forward at every opportunity.

Barndarrig hit the ground running two goals and a point from there first three attacks as they managed to gain an early advantage. The first score of the game was a white flag coming from the boot of Leonie Buckley before Eabha Siun Furlong and Roisin Stone managed to raise green flags in quick succession. An Tochar opened their account for the day with minor scores from Orla Fee and Marcella Price as the gap was narrowed before the water break.

The second quarter of this final was a much tighter affair with defences holding out for the most part. The only score was another green flag from Furlong again who was causing problems if she got her hands on the ball. An Tochar didn’t manage to trouble the scoreboard

An Tochar made changes at the break and this changed the game in their favour. Niamh Gorman raised a white flag from a dead ball before the game swung completely. Substitute Abby McGee managed to score a goal with her first touch before slotting over two long range frees to narrow the gap. Buckley responded with a point for Barndarrig. An Tochar kept piling on the pressure with Gorman pointing again before McGee notched her second goal. Eva Doyle managed to get her name on the score sheet with a point just before the second water break.

With only a kick of the ball in it going into the final quarter both teams started to make serious dents in the opposition defences as both backlines tired. Doyle added a second point to her tally. The game took another turn with Barndarrig full forward Rachel Murphy firing into the back of the net twice in the space of two attacks against the run of play.  This momentum change didn’t phase the opposition as they then started to pressure the Barndarrig goal. This pressure resulted in a goal and four points with no response from the opposition. Doyle and Gorman added more minors to their tally with McGee adding another long range free and calmly finishing a great team move into the back of the net to swing the tie back in her team’s favour. Gorman added one final score for her side.  With the game nearing its conclusion Murphy added a third goal to her and her sides tally.

Barndarrig did everything they could to level the tie  but the opposition held out for a well-earned victory.

 Barndarrig: Una Murray; Celine Murray, Karina Costello; Hannah Grant: Roisin Scales, Sophie Fogarty, Jessica Traynor: Roisin Stone (0-1): Leonie Buckley (0-2), Eilis Murray, Hannah Grant: Rachel Murphy (3-0), Amanda Hollingsworth, Emma Siun Furlong (2-0)

Subs Used: Nicole Fogarty for Eilis Murray, Laura Murphy for Emma Siun Furlong, Hannah O Shea for Roisin Scales

 

An Tochar: Laoise Cullen; Mia Power, Rosie McAuley, Jackie Nolan; Nina Wolohan, Emma Kavanagh, Alison O’ Toole; Rachel Leacy, Roisin Belton, Eva Doyle (0-3), Niamh Gorman (0-4 1f), Orla Fee (0-1); Shauna Healy, Marcella Price (0-1), Shauna Murtagh

 

Subs Used: Kerrie Langrell for Rachel Leacy, Abby McGee (3-3 2f) for Shauna Murtagh, Ami Louise Price for Orla Fee, Sally O’ Toole for Emma Kavanagh

 

Referee ( Iain Culbert)

Tinahealy vs Bray Emmetts Keating Cup

 Keating Cup Round 1

Tinahely 1-14

Bray Emmett’s 2-13

Tinahely

Eoin Horkan

 

Bray Emmett’s come out on top away to Tinahely in the opening round clash in the Keating cup on Sunday morning.

Tinahely flew out of the blocks on there home patch in this clash with full forward Alan Dillon gathering the ball in the large square and with a swivel of his hips the ball hit the back of the net to open the scoring in this game. The away side responded with a point from county star Paul Cunningham from a tight angle. The home side then added four scores on the bounce with Eoin Darcy opening his account with a free from the top of the d. Dillon added a minor to his tally before Darcy added a free before Tony Darcy added a fourth point on the trot. Bray’s response came from Aaron Murphy who landed a long-range effort before wing back Daire Lohan made his way up the field to dissect the post. Tinahely added two more points from Dillon who added one from play before slotting a free before the first wate break.

After the break Bray narrowed the gap with two frees from Cunningham. Dillon was on fire inside on is home turf adding another two points from play. Lohan and Murphy finished the scoring in the half with Lohan fisting his effort over just before the half time whistle.

With only four points between the side frees became a huge source of scores after the whistle with Dillon notching another free while Brian Walsh made his way up the field before firing over from the twenty-one-yard line. Cunningham’s frees were keeping his side in the game as he added two more place balls. Cathal Magee then managed to narrow the gap for Emmett’s as the game was becoming a much tighter affair. Darcy added yet another free in the quarter. Dillon landed another effort for his side. Cunningham finished the scoring in this quarter with two more place ball which left only a goal between them at the second water break.

The game took a huge swing in the final quarter after substitute Jack Treacy managed to raise a white flag. With only two between the sides Bray piled forward and a goal bound effort dropped short and way palmed into the net by Murphy to give his side the lead against the run of play. The home side levelled the game as Dillon got his final score of the game. With the game level Bray launched another attack.  Dara O hAnnaidh fired an effort towards the goal as it dropped short and somehow landed in the net despite the best efforts of the keeper.  The home side started to pile forward to narrow the gap which Darcy duly did with a place ball. In the final attack they hit the bar and the ball came back out into the square and the home side were awarded a penalty which would have won them the game. Eoin Darcy stepped up to take it, but it was well saved by Paul O’ Keefe in the opposition net to give his side a real smash and grab win in this first round game.

 

 

 

Tinahely: Alan Nolan: Noel Mulhall, Michael Byrne, Bradley Hickey; Adam Hadden, Curtis Keating, Shane Hogan; Stephen Dillon, Brian Walsh (0-1); Rory Stokes, Eoin Darcy (0-5 4f), Killian McDonald; Matthew Ging, Alan Dillon (1-72f), Tony Darcy (0-1)

Subs Used: Eamon Wolfe for Stephen Dillon, Eoghan Byrne for Tony Darcy, Jason Cush for Curtis Keating, Daniel Ging for Matthew Ging 

 

Bray Emmett’s: Paul O’ Keefe; Adam Benson, Sam Kearney, Cathal O’ Dualleachain; Ben Kearney, Shane Lohan, Daire Lohan (0-2); Rory Breslin, Mark Cullen, Ben McCormack, Des Kelly, Aaron Murphy (1-2); Paul Cunningham (0-7 6f), Cathal Magee (0-1), Dara O hAnnaidh (1-0)

 

Subs used: David Martin for Ben McCormack, Jack Treacy (0-1) for Sam Kearney, Eoin McCormack for Mark Cullen, Gavin Rochford for Cathal Magee

 

Referee: Stephen Fagan

Avoca vs Stratford Grangecon Junior D Football Championship

 

Junior D Football Championship

Avoca 2-12

Stratford Grangecon 0-10

Balinakill Centre of Excellence

Eoin Horkan

 Avoca came out on top of this battle in the Junior D championship on Friday night under lights in Balinakill.

The first quarter of this tie belonged to Avoca who flew out of the blocks notching 1-3 without reply. In one of the first attacks of the game Avoca weaved there way through the Stratford defence before Dale Moran managed to collect the ball and fire into the net. Midfielder Stephen McAuley made his way up the field to tap over the bar before the same man added a point from a dead ball. Moran added another point this time with a fisted effort.  The opposition eventually responded with a pointed effort from Charles Canning. This was only a slight reprieve as the black and amber side added another point from Moran before full forward James Murray added a second goal just before the water break.

The second quarter was a much tighter affair as Stratford added two more points both coming from the boot of Conor O’ Neill. Avoca responded in kind with two more efforts flying over the black spot. The first came from the ever-green Ger Doyle before that man McAuley added another score.

McAuley opened the scoring in the second half adding to his tally, before the opposition fired four scores in a row to narrow the gap. Two of these were dead balls from O Neill in between a fine long-range effort from Pauric Russell. McAuley kept his sides lead as he added two more points running through the middle. Canning and wing back Thomas Russell finished the scoring with two efforts that dissected the posts before the second water break

The final quarter ended up with both sides adding 3 more points between them. O Neill and McAuley added ones from play and dead balls. Doyle added one last score for the black and amber before Dean Valentine finished the scoring with a consolation effort.

 

 

 

Avoca: Zach Wolohan; Robbie Warde, Chris Canavan, Paddy Kinsella; Colin Doran, Niall McCauley, Anthony Doran; Stephen McCauley (0-8 2f) Connor Short; Declan Doyle, Gerard Doyle (0-2), Dylan Doran; Darren Keogh, James Murray (1-0), Dale Moran (1-2)

Sub Used: Justin Fagan, Tony Heffernan, Brandon Doyle, Ryan O Leary, Eoin Murtagh

 

Stratford Grangecon: Declan Bollard; Paul Tallon, Conor Kinsella, Ross Edghill; Dylan Hosey, Alan Kealy, Sean McCarthy; Thomas Russell (0-1), Dean Valentine (0-1); Charles Canning (0-2), Pauric Russell (0-1), Paul Sleator; Conor O’ Neill (0-5 3f), Larry Cullen, Drew Moor

Sub Used: Lee Valentine, Tony Kearney, Jack Curran

 

Referee: Mick Owens ( Avondale)

An Tóchar vs Eire Óg Minor B Championship

 

Minor B Championship Semi Final

An Tóchar 0-8

Eire Óg 1-8

Dunbar Park

Eoin Horkan

 

A last gasp goal was enough to see Eire Óg get the better of An Tóchar in the Minor B Championship on Sunday morning in Wicklow.

The opening stages of this game was very evenly matched with both defences coming out on top with scores from play at a premium. An Tóchar opened the scoring in the game with a free from u15 player Éanna Nolan who fired between the posts. Eire Óg responded with another place ball from Oisin Shanahan. The opening score from play came from the boot of Ryan Coleville for Eire Óg whose effort from an angle flew over the bar.  The response from the opposition came from wing back Cameron Brady who made his way up the field to level the game. Eire Óg put pressure on the opposition goal after the levelling score this pressure resulted in two fine points from play. The first coming from midfielder Callum O’ Connor whose long-range effort sailed over the black spot, the second point was from full forward Taylor O’ Sullivan who turned on a sick pence and extended the lead for his side before the first water break.

The second quarter of this battle was much tighter than the first as scores became tougher to get as the battle for the ball in the middle third came to the fore. An Tóchar narrowed the gap with through centre forward Enda Byrne whose cultured effort from a narrow angle managed to dissect the post to narrow the gap. Both sides traded frees before the half time whistle with Nolan and Shanahan equalling each other out.

Both sides still found it difficult to make any headway after the resumption as both sets of defenders were winning their individual battles. That man Nolan added another place ball to level the game as the tension began to rise. Frees were the only way either team could manage to trouble the scoreboard as Shanahan slotted two more frees before the second water break

The final quarter saw the best score of the game from Enda Murphy who scored a point from an angle that deserved to win any game. Moments after this score the game changed as Eire Óg’s corner back made his way up the field. His effort on the posts landed short of a score but as the ball bobbled around Coleville managed to get his boot to the ball to fire into the empty net. The response of this major score was another fine solo effort from Brady again who slalomed his way to fire over the bar. As An Tóchar pushed forward, they lost the ball and on the counter, Darragh Shanahan did the needful for his side as he put the ball calmly between the sticks. The final score of the game was one final place ball from that man Nolan.

An Tóchar couldn’t get that major to level the game as much as they pushed forward Eire Óg held on for the win

 

 

 

 

 

An Tóchar: Lee Ireland; Killian Byrne, Aharon Smith, Matthew Fox; Evan Burke, Lorcan Smith, Cameron Brady (0-2); Enda Murphy (0-1), Éanna Nolan((0-4f); Sean McHugh, Enda Byrne (0-1), Alex Hassett; Josh Healy, Joe Haelty, Mikey Nolan

Sub Used: Conor Fee for Evan Burke

 

Eire Óg: Kevin Booth; Cian O’ Lionagh, Spenser O’ Connor, Gordon Bailey; Colin O’ Shea, Ruari Parker, Mark Hayden; Callum O’ Connor (0-1), Geroid Murphy; Darragh Shanahan (0-1), Ciaran Foley, Oisin Shanahan (0-4f); Chris Stewart, Taylor O’ Sullivan (0-1), Ryan Coleville (1-1).

Sub Used: William Mitchell for Spenser O’ Connor

Referee: Eddie Leonard

Bray Emmetts vs Newcastle Junior B Football Championship

 

JBFC

Bray Emmets 1-12

Newcastle 1-9

Bray Emmets GAA Club

Eoin Horkan

 

Bray used their home advantage to beat Newcastle in their opening round game of the Junior B championship at teatime on Saturday.

Bray took control of  the game from nearly the opening whistle. This control led to the first point of the game through Tim Harrington. Both sides centre forwards then traded place balls. The first came from the boot of Ryan Heffernan for the away side before Niall McGraynor responded in kind. Newcastle roaming wingback Ethan Mackey levelled the scores before McGraynor put his side in the lead this time from play. Shane Cloake scored a point worthy to win any game with an exquisite left footed effort from a narrow angle. Heffernan  struck over  his first from play, with Harrington responding with another white flag. The two free takers McGraynor and Heffernan equalled each other out leaving the score level at the first break.

Bray took control of the next quarter with McGraynor firing over two cultured points from long range to give his side the advantage. Heffernan was doing his best to keep his side in the game with another free to narrow the gap. With the half time whistle moments away Bray’s Nathan Prunty managed to get the first major of the game firing in from close range.

Newcastle pushed forward after the getting three points in a row the first coming from the newly married centre back Sean Ryder, before his half back colleague Ciaran Doyle added a second white flag. The third point came from sub–John Paul Kelly who made an immediate impact with a long-range effort. Bray’s response was a fine effort pointed effort from Harrington again. This score was against the run of play as Newcastle kept the pressure on this led to them winning a penalty, which was duly converted by Robert O Gara to level the game. The final score before the second water break was a cultured finished from Donnchadh O’Mideach who gave his side the lead again.

The home side kept the opposition scoreless to see out the game while they added the last two scores from the boots of that man Harrington again before Prunty finished the scoring with a well timed point on the final whistle

 

Bray: Jamie Queeney; Mark Cusack, Matt Thompson, Conn Benville; Mark Lenihan, Donnchadh O’Mideach (0-1), Fin Green; Liam Morgan, Rob Walsh; Michael Healy, Niall McGraynor (0-7 2f), Oisin Drury ; Nathan Prunty(1-1), Tim Harrington (0-3), Declan Snow

Sub David Nesbitt for D Snow, John Kinch for O Drury, Jamie Ryan for N Prunty

 

Newcastle: Ian Lucey; Darren O’ Brien, Alan Daly, Shane Synott; Ciaran Doyle (0-1), Sean Ryder (0-1), Ethan Mackey (0-1); Shane Cloake (0-1), Shane Doyle; Graham O’ Brien, Ryan Heffernan (0-4 3f), Robert O’ Gara (1-0 pen); Adam Longmore, Shane Magee, Nathan Corkish

Sub: John Paul Kelly (0-1) for N Corkish, Luke Rankin for D O’ Brien, Kyle Sheridan for A Longmore

 

Referee; Nick Nolan

Dunlavin vs St Pats Junior B Football Championship

 JBFC

Dunlavin 1-14

St Pats 1-7

Balinakill Centre of Excellence

 Dunlavin took the spoils in the 1^st round of the Junior B Championship under lights in Balinakill last Friday night.

After the opening few minutes of this game it was clear that the underfoot conditions were going to cause both sides problems. Scores were at a premium with both sides cancelling each other out.

St Pats opened the scoring when Gerry Connors latched onto a loose ball to tap over the first point of the game. His centre forward counterpart notched his sides first score moments later. Both full forwards opened their accounts with the Pats man George O’ Brien firing over two frees in quick succession. Dunlavin sharpshooter Jack Reid did like wise for his side with two more frees to level the game at the first water break.

Dunlavin took complete control of the game after the first break firing 1-5 with only a point in response from the opposition. Reid added a third free before Mark Rigley raised a white flag after some great interplay. Conor Deering raised a green flag firing into the net from close range. Reid shooting came to the fore with two more well taken frees before opening his account from play. Pats consolation score before half time came from another place ball from O’ Brien.

The break didn’t help Pats whatsoever with Dunlavin firing over three more scores in a row after the break. Reid’s masterclass of frees carried on with yet another this was inbetween points from Timmy Metcalfe and Shane Carty who added his second score of the game. O’ Brien responded again with another dead ball before James Kelly slotted the final point before the 3^rd break.

Pats made a big change at the last whistle to try adding more scores. This change worked a treat with Andy O’ Brien moving from full back into the forward line. He added a white flag nearly immediately before Dunlavin’s Kelly added his second before Thomas Kelly finished their scoring. The last few minutes was the O’ Brien show with him scoring another 1-1. The goal was well finished after he made his way past 3 or 4 defenders. He added one more consolation point before the final whistle.

 

Dunlavin: Nick Byrne; Oisin Sinnott, Michael Phelan, Patrick Healy; James Kelly, Thomas Davis, Enda Bowes; Thomas Kelly (0-1), Harry Coleborn; Timmy Metcalfe (0-1), Shane Carty (0-2), Mark Rigley (0-1); James Kelly (0-2), Jack Reid (0-7 5f), Conor Deering(1-0)

Sub: Alan Deering for J Kelly, Dean Phelan for M Rigley, Dean O’ Rourke for C Deering.

 

St Pats: Pat Sammon; Mikey Griffin, Andy O’ Brien (1-2), Thomas Keogh; Bill O’ Brien, Conor Daly, Christy Moorehouse; Joe Quinn, Tom O’ Brien; Michael Connor, Gerry Connors (0-1), John (Red) O’ Brien; Tom Connors, George (Bee) O’ Brien (0-4 4f)), Kevin Cody.

Sub: Fionn O’ Brien for J O’ Brien, George O’ Brien for C Moorehouse, James (Bonner) O’ Brien for G Connors

 

Referee: Anthony Nolan

Kilcoole vs Kiltegan Junior C Championship

 

JCFC

Kilcoole 2-6

Kiltegan 1-9

Ballinakill Centre of Excellence

Eoin Horkan

 

The first round of the Junior C Championship took place up in Balinakill on Thursday night. Anyone in attendance witnessed a tight tense affair between two evenly matched sides.

Kilcoole flew out of the blocks from the first whistle scoring a goal within the opening few minutes, when wing forward Patrick Woods drove down the wing and fired the ball into the net. Wing back Darren Bourke added there first white flag to extended Kilcoole lead. Eoin Byrne responded for Kiltegan before his teammate Joey Maher added his sides second score to narrow that gap. Conor Scullion extended Kilcoole lead with the first free of the game before the first water break.

 Kiltegan notched there first free of the game through there centre forward Anthony Furlong before Kilcoole’s Jason Walsh added a second free for his side before Kiltegan kicked into gear. They scored 1-2 with no response before the half time whistle. Darren Hobson rifled into the back of the net for his side before he added a point from play. Furlong notched his second point this time a long-range effort from play to extend his sided lead before the break.

Kilcoole opening to the second half was nearly a carbon copy to the first as they made the umpire raise the green flag for a second time. This time Jonathan Maguire finished well after some patient build up play. Joey Maher and Coady traded white flags from play. Hobson added another point to his and his sides tally before Eoin Byrne slotted between the posts. As the game tensed up just before the water break. An off the ball scuffle led to players being sent off on both sides. Furlong for Kiltegan and his counterpart Tyrone Houlahan. Leaving the narrowest of margins going into the final quarter.

Hobson slotted over his sides final score of the game with a pointed free after the water break. Kilcoole now two points down piled forward, they managed to level the score Peter O’ Brien, before James Scullion levelled the game with the final point of the game.

 

Kilcoole:  Luke Doyle; Jonathan Maguire (1-0), Ronan Whiston, Shane Evans; Brian Devereux, Tyrone Houlahan, Darren Bourke (0-1); John Dunning, James Scullion (0-1); Conor Scullion(0-1f), Eoin O’ Brien, Patrick Woods (1-0); Peter O’ Brien (0-1), Gary Coady (0-1), Jason Walsh (0-1f)

Sub: Luke Whelan for J Walsh, Conor Murphy for C Scullion

 

Kiltegan; Emmet Murphy; Faustas Andrulenis, Gavin Keogh, Jamie Daly; Paul Boland, John Farrell, James O’ Brien; John Whelan, Liam Kennedy; Colm O’ Connor, Anthony Furlong (0-2 1f), Eoin Byrne (0-2); Joey Maher (0-2), Darren Hobson (1-3 1f), Wayne Nolan

Sub: Brian Carroll for W Nolan, Liam Kavanagh for J Daly, Darren Nolan for J O’ Brien

Referee: Martin Molloy ( Annacurra)

Avoca vs Barndarrig U13 D Plate Final

 

Avoca 4-4

Barndarrig 3-6

Balinakill Centre of Excellence

Eoin Horkan

 

In what was a repeat of one of last year’s u13 D plate final that was played in June in Ballymoney. Avoca did the needful by winning out in this final by the narrowest of margins.

The team in black and gold made a flying start scoring 1-2 without reply before the first water break. Conor Daly got the first goal with Luke Purser 45 dropping into the net, Darragh Harper notched a point. 

Avoca got another goal and point from Jack Power. Barndarrig finally kicked into gear notching 1-4 before the half time whistle. The goal coming from Jack Nolan who added a point before Daniel Jones and John Murray narrowed the gap.

Both sides powered forward after the whistle with Power getting another green flag and Lucas Reid adding a free. The opposition added three points from DJ Williams before Daniel Jones added a free and one from play.

The last quarter was a much tighter affair with Reid notching a 2^nd dead ball to extend the lead to 7 for Avoca. Barndarrig’s final 2 scores were both major’s from Colcough Byrne and Daniel Jones. Avoca kept them out for the last few attacks to win by a point

 Avoca: Dylan Fitzpatrick; Conor Healy Prince Poku, Luke Purser (1-0 45); Lucas Reid (0-2 2f), Ryan Doyle, Liam Kinsella; Sean Og O Neil, Darragh Harper (0-1); Aiden Fleming, Conor Daly (1-0), Jack Power (2-1)

Sub Used: Kyle Fluskey, Evin Kinsella, Thomas Nolan,

 

Barndarrig: Cian Jones; John Murray (0-1), Ronan O’ Shea, Daniel Delahunt; Jack Nolan (1-1, Daniel Jones (1-3 1f); Colcough Byrne (1-0); Hugh Keaney, D.J. Williams (0-1 f) Ronan Wynne, Sasha Shearer; Evan Doyle, Brian Jones

Subs Used: Benny Williams, Fionnan Doyle

Referee: Mick Owens (Avondale)

Roundwood vs Blessington U13 Final

Roundwood 1-4

Blessington 3-7

Balinakill Centre of Excellence

Eoin Horkan

 

Blessington outclassed Roundwood in what was a very enjoyable final to watch at noon on Sunday in Balinakill.

From the opening whistle Blessington powered forward hitting 5 points in response to Roundwood’s solitary reply. The scores came from Jamie O’ Toole, Cillian Behan, Daniel Smith and 2 from Ciaran Butler who hit a dead ball and from play. The response was a free from Jack Leacy. After the break there was 2-2 with no response. Butler adding 2-1 of the tally with the point from James McCarney.

After the whistle both sides fired into the net with Jack Murray extending the lead before O’ Toole narrowed the gap with another dead ball. Roundwood goal came from an attempted block by the opposition which ended in the net to help narrow the score line again before the 2^nd water break. From that 2^nd break to the end the last two consolation points were frees from Roundwood’s Evan Rooney.

Blessington held out to the final whistle to win by 9.

 Roundwood: Fintan Byrne; Tadhg Fanning, Joe Wolohan; Enda Leacy, Leo Kavanagh, Leighton Gahan; Evan Rooney (0-2 f), Kyle Murray; Alex Wolohan, Jack Leacy (0-2 f), Oscar Nolan; Daire McGuirk, Alex Kelly

Sub Used: Shane Hamilton, Oran Finnerty, Alex Leahy

 

Blessington: Owen Vickers; Conor Ellis, Tadhg Broe, Patrick Balfe; Daniel Smith (0-1), Harry Lyon; Cillian Behan (0-1), Daniel Caldwell; Jack Murray, Ciaran Butler (2-3 2f), Jamie O’ Toole (0-1), Patrick Murray; James McCarney (0-1), Ethan Elliot

Sub Used: Jonah Lynch, Conor Ellis, Alfie McDonald

Referee: Colm Gaskin (Eire Óg)

Aughrim vs Blessington Junior A Championship

 

Aughrim 2-9

Blessington 1-15

An Tóchar Gaa Club

Eoin Horkan

 

Aughrim couldn’t get there second win in two weeks in the Junior A championship against Blessington on Saturday evening.

Both defences came out on top in what was a cagy opening couple of attacks from both sides. With scores from play at a premium, frees were the only way either side could get on the board. Sean Price opened Blessington tally with a dead ball before Conor Phelan responded with two dead balls for Aughrim. The ref then awarded a penalty to Aughrim, it was duly dispatched into the net by wing back Dan O’ Hare. Blessington responded with two points from play through Jordan Nolan and wing back Ethan Cotter to narrow the gap before the first water break.

After the break Blessington went on a scoring spree up until half time notching five points in a row. The scores coming from Jordan Nolan, full back Ciaran Mescall Price with another dead ball before Ruairi Finan fired over a great team play. Centre back Aaron Curran made his way up the field to slot over another point. Aughrim solitary response was another free from Phelan just before the half time whistle.

Both sides traded scores after the break. Adam Keegan opened Aughrim account from play, before Cotter added his second score. Conor Lambert kept up Aughrim scoring from play with another white flag, Michael O’ Toole added two dead balls in response.  With the forwards from both sides starting to get on top of their opponents Keegan added another point with Fisher doing the same for Blessington. With the game heading towards the 2^nd water break Aughrim piled forward, the ball landed in the hands of Dean Newsome who fired high into the roof of the net.

Directly after the final break Michael O’ Toole managed to evade his marker and bury the ball low into the corner of the Aughrim net. Sub Bryan Carroll extended the lead for Blessington.  With the game heading towards the final whistle Conor Lambert added three more points for Aughrim with O Toole replying every time for Blessington whether from dead balls or play.

These responses endure that Blessington would come out on top in this classic championship encounter.

 Aughrim: Cillian Donegan; Dean Newsome (1-0), Alan Cotton, Jason Doyle; Dan O’ Hare (1-0 pen), Ian Clancy, Robert Lambert; Eoin Forsyth, Pierce Lawlor; Adam Rochford, Conor Lambert (0-4), Shane McGuckian; Adam Keegan (0-2), Conor Phelan (0-3 fs), Michael Brennan

Sub: Paul Lacey for S McGuickian,

 

Blessington: Stephen Kitt; Luke O’ Brien, Ciaran Mescall, (0-1), Eoin Howlin; Barry Murphy, Aaron Curran (0-1), Ethan Cotter (0-2); James Kearns, Gavin Murray; Ruairi Finan (0-1), Thomas Fisher (0-1), Sean Mescall; Sean Pierce (0-2 fs), Jordan Nolan (0-2), Michael O’ Toole (1-4 3f)

Sub; Cillian Bailey for S Price, Bryan Carroll (0-1) for S Mescall

 

Referee: Ian Culbert (Rathnew)