District Junior B Hurling
Final
Fr O’ Regan’s Craanford 0-17
Naomh Eanna 0-17
Eoin Horkan
Camolin
The junior b district final on
Friday night in Camolin turned into a classic battle between two local rivals
as Craanford and Naomh Eanna could not be separated in sixty minutes. With
light fading extra time could not be played as there was no floodlights in the
venue.
After missing an early goal
chance, it was Naomh Eanna full forward Barry Levingston who pointed an early free.
Opposition full forward Martin Doyle slotted over from play to level the tie.
Kevin Poole managed to fire over four points in a row for Fr O’ Regan’s , three
of these were long range frees with the aid of a very strong breeze before
pointing another effort from play. Gorey’s response came through Oisin Hobbs
before Levingston narrowed the gap with
another place ball. Poole was on fire from the frees adding another one to his
increasing tally. O’ Regan’s were using the strong breeze to fire ball into the
full forward line resulting in two quick fire scores from dangerous corner
forward James Nolan. Opposition corner forward Eddie O’ Brien Murphy pointed
from a narrow angle before Levingston added two more, one from play before slotting
a place ball minutes after Poole had
done the same for Cranford. Leaving three points between the sides at the
break.
Cranford made a substitute at
half time with John Fleming coming on in the inside line. He made an immediate
impact slotting an outrageous side-line
cut from a near impossible angle. Gorey narrowed the gap with midfielder
Paddy Dwyer using the strong breeze to his advantage. Fleming responded this
time with an effort from play along with sharpshooter Poole.
Levingston frees were keeping
his side in the game as he narrowed the gap again . John Langan Murphy came of
the bench as he fired over immediately . With fifteen minutes left in the tie
Gorey pushed forward this resulted in them winning a penalty. Levingston stepped up but his
effort was expertly saved by Thomas Tobin who kept out the rebound to keep his
side ahead. Missing this penalty kicked Gorey into gear as they won four frees
in a row which were all converted by Levingston. Cranford solitary reply after
this purple patch came from the hurl of
centre forward John Lancaster this score was massively against the run of play
and stemmed what seemed to be a flurry
of Gorey scores. Naomh Eanna’s back line was well on top at this point as there
half backs pushed forward at every opportunity this resulted in Oran
Fitzpatrick landing a monster score before Langan Murphy levelled the tie from
out wide.
With the final whistle minutes
away, Aaron Byrne was brought on for Gorey. Within minutes he managed to put two
points over the bar. It looked like this had sealed the deal for his side, but
this didn’t happen . Kevin Poole managed to narrow the gap to the minimum with
an effort from the side-line. With the last puck of the game Poole levelled the
tie with a free from sixty-five yards out.
Fr O’ Regan’s Craanford:
Thomas Tóibín; Padraig Tobin, Pat Kenny, Jack Kenny; Michael Shortall, James
Byrne, Paraic Redmond; William Conroy, Cian O’ Toole; Martin Kenny, John
Lancaster (0-1), Kevin Poole(0-11 8 frees); James Nolan (0-2), Martin Doyle
(0-1), Padraic Donohue.
Subs- John Fleming (0-2 1 side-line) for Padraic
Donohue (30), Des Kavanagh for Cian O’ Toole (54).
Naomh Eanna: Declan O’ Dwyer;
Dean Dowling, John O’ Brien, Rossi Kavanagh; Oran Fitzpatrick (0-1), Brian Sunderland,
Kevin Molloy; Paddy Dwyer, (0-1) Darragh Fitzpatrick; Noel Kennedy, Jack
Molloy, Oisín Hobbs (0-1); Jamie Kinch, Barry Levingston (0-9 8 frees), Eddie
O’ Brien Murphy(0-1).
Subs- John Langan Murphy (0-2)
for Noel Kennedy (30), Aaron Byrne (0-2) for Jamie Kinch (54), James McGraynor
for John Langan Murphy (60).
Referee: Shane Quinn
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