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