Junior Hurling Championship Wexford

 Ferns – St Aidan’s 1-15

Davidstown- Courtnacuddy 1-10

Junior Hurling Championship

St Aidan’s GAA Pitch

Eoin Horkan

A strong second half performance was enough to see St Aidan’s pull

away from there visitors Davidstown on Sunday lunchtime in the

junior hurling championship .

The home side were the first to threaten the scoreboard with a free

from Brian Stafford . The visitors played a long ball in the next phase

of play . Wally Furlong managed to grab the ball and finish into the

back of the net for the first major of the game .

After this early blow it didn’t really affect Aidan’s as they fired over

the next three scores, two coming from Jack O’ Hagan while Seb

Rynhart fired over a great run through the defence . The sides then

traded scores with Liam Lynch stemming the tie raising a white flag

before Stafford added another free.

Sean Fitzpatrick came of the bench for the visitors and within

minutes he spilt the posts from his own half this score was a catalyst

for his side . David Dunne fire over points from either side of the field

before Colin Kirwack raised another white flag . With the game

heading to the break Pádraig Kinsella extended his sides lead before

Dunne added his third point in quick succession. The final score of

the half was a major from Padraig Walsh who levelled game on the

whistle .

The second half was a tight affair for the first half of it . The first

score of the half came from the home sides wing back Conor O’

Toole whose effort from the side-line split the posts . Stafford raised

another white flag with a free . The visitors responded with Lynch

and a sixty fix from Oisin Hayes . Scores were coming into twos with

sub Peter O’ Toole with a point wide out on the wing. The

aforementioned Stafford was controlling the game around the

middle firing over three of the next four scores with Lynch breaking

up this scoring spree . Davidstown last score of the contest game

from a free from Hayes . Aidan’s notched the last three scores of the

game to finish off the contest . Both corner forwards Derek Thorpe

and Kinsella raised white flags . The final point of the game came

from sub O’ Toole to insure there was no way back for the

opposition.

Ferns- St Aidan’s: Mick Walsh; Brian O’ Neil, Peter Nolan, Paddy O’

Hagan; Brian O’ Neil ( Capt.), Sean Walsh, Conor O’ Toole(0-1); PJ O’

Neill, Seb Rynhart(0-1) ; Padraig Walsh(1-0), Jack O Hagan(0-2), Brian

Stafford;(0-6 5 frees ) Derek Thorpe(0-1), Pádraig Bolger, Pádraig

Kinsella(0-2)

Subs- Peter O’ Toole (0-2) for O’ Neil (40), James Kinsella for J O’

Hagan (45), Andy Cash for Walsh (54)

Davidstown- Courtnacuddy: Stephen Kennedy; Sean Cooper ,

Andrew Shore( Capt.), Daryl Freeman; Dylan Sharkey, Eddie Kelly,

Jack O’ Regan; David Dunne(0-3), Tom Quigley; David Dwyer, Liam

Lynch(0-3) Bill Harrington; Oisin Hayes(0-2 I free 1 65), Wally

Furlong(1-0), Colin Kirwack (0-1)

Subs – Sean Fitzpatrick(0-1) for Freeman (8 inj), Stephen Dunbar for

Furlong (30)

Referee: Eddie O’ Sullivan