U12 AGB vs St Pats

 

AGB 3-10

St Pats 3-8

Ballymoney

Eoin Horkan

 

AGB made home advantage count in the U13 D shield final on Sunday morning in Ballymoney  by beating local rivals St Pats by two points.

After a nervy opening few minutes it was the away side who managed to take control of this final by going five points ahead inside the opening ten minutes. It was Can Czwalina who opened the scoring before Pat’s centre forward Daniel Connolly added a second point before firing in a goal minutes later as his side were in complete control. Playing against the wind AGB broke forward on the counterattack and within minutes they had narrowed the gap to the minimum through midfielder Alex O’ Brien who slotted a fantastic score from a narrow angle before he goaled in the next phase of play to put this game back into the melting pot midway through the half. Pats were finding it easier to score as they added three points in between a solitary free from AGB’s Aleks Panic. With the aid of the breeze  Luke Connolly drove over from long range along with efforts from Czwalina and centre forward Connolly. The last few minutes of the half belonged to the Arklow men as Jamie Walker raised  the white flag twice in the space of a minute before O’ Bien levelled the tie on the halftime whistle.

The Wicklow town men flew out of the blocks after the interval  as Cal Reid goaled within minutes of the restart. This was the end of St Pats’s scoring as AGB took control of this tie with the aid the breeze at there backs. It was AGB’s midfielders who were causing damage as they drove through the middle of the opposition defence as O’ Brien and Conal Devereux narrowed the gap to the minimum. The game turned in the home sides favour when Devereux drove forward an unleashed a low shot which was deflected into their own net by an opposition defender. The AGB purple patched continued as Panic slotted a dead ball along with an effort from substitute James Byrne. The opposition stemmed the tide with a Reid effort against the run of play. With ten minutes to go in this tie the Gers goaled for a third time through Liam Flusk on top of boomer of a point from  Sean Jaworski. It was backs against the wall stuff as Pats pushed forward in the final few minutes. Two frees from Patrick Treanor and Harry Bowen narrowed the gap to two points but a couple of last ditch blocks was enough to see AGB over the line in this high scoring final.

AGB: Senan Byrne; Oliver Kazimirs, Ryan Flanagan, Daniel O’ Loughlin; Sean Jaworski (0-1), Sylvester Bourke; Conal Devereux (0-1), Alex O’ Brien (1-3); Jamie Walker (0-2), Aleks Panic (0-2fs), Liam Flusk (1-0); Matthew Hayden, Dylan Forde.

Subs Used: Euan Miller, James Byrne (0-1) Evan Fox, Charlie Kavanagh,

St Pats; Bill Guinan, Patrick Treanor (0-1f), Conor Marah, Luka Bennett; Harry Bowen (0-1f), Eoin Treanor; Ben O’ Leary, Cam Czwalina (0-2 1f); Cal Reid (1-1), Daniel Connolly (2-2), Tyler Devlin; Adam Armstrong, Luke Connolly (0-1).

Subs Used: Aaron Cullinan, Sep Phelan, Ryan Samson, Josh Murphy.

 

Referee Darragh Kelly (Carnew Emmetts)