Intermediate Hurling Championship
A John Doyle inspired Carnew saw them get the
win they needed in Arklow on Saturday evening.
It was the hometown side who opened the
scoring with a quick fire double when PJ O’ Connor slotted a free before Shane
Mellon added a second score inside five minutes. The opposition took the lead
when Richard Greene fired in the goal before John Doyle opened his account with
a free. As the rain came down in Arklow scores were hard to come by early on
but O’ Connor kept his side in the game with three dead balls. Carnew response was
efforts from play from late change John Gregan and Dan Nolan along with another
Doyle dead ball. It was now the south Wicklow sides turn to take over with four
more white flags from Doyle from play and frees. Both sides traded scores on
the cusp of the final whistle with Larry Kinsella adding a second green flag.
The Rocks finished the scoring in the half with another Mellon effort to narrow
the gap to seven at the break.
Whatever was said to the Carnew men at the
break certainly worked as they pushed forward early in the second half. It was
that man Doyle who was on fire in the middle of the park as he added four more
white flags with two from play while adding two more dead balls. The Arklow men
narrowed the gap slightly with another free from O’ Connor. As the midway point
of the half came Dan Nolan added two more to his tally as the gap between the
sides widened.
From the midway point to the full-time whistle,
it was all the Emmets firing a goal and five points without reply. After
netting an early goal Kinsella added a white flag to his tally for the game.
With ten minutes to go Doyle extended his account with three frees and an
effort from play. With five minutes to go the opposition were reduced to
fourteen men when Liam Somers saw the line with his second yellow of the game.
The final scores of the game were a Doyle dead ball along with a third goal as
Aaron Remond finished the scoring in Arklow.
Arklow Rocks Parnells: John Cushe; Des Byrne,
Darren Riley, Sean Somers; Liam Murphy, Martin Gilbert, Tyrone Byrne; Liam
Somers, Conor Doyle; Shane Mellon (0-2), Cian Doyle, PJ O’ Connor (0-4fs);
Conor Jameson, Paddy Mellon, Tony Kinsella.
Subs Used: Ryan Bardon for Des Byrne (30),
Daniel Long for Tyrone Byrne (42), Eamon Doyle for Tyrone Byrne (45).
Carnew Emmets: Billy Molloy; Conor Byrne,
Ruairí O’ Brien, Paul Murphy; Adam Jordan, Mark Collins, John Walshe; Willie
Collins, John Doyle (0-13 8fs); Martin Molloy, Larry Kinsella (1-1), Cormac
Redmond; John Gregan (0-1), Dan Nolan (0-3), Richard Greene (1-0).
Subs Used: Paul Nolan for Willie Collins for
(45), Ciaran Lambert for Adam Jordan (48), Ben Gilligan for Richard Greene
(51), Aaron Redmond (1-0) for Dan Nolan (55).
Referee John Keenan.
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