Junior B Football Championship
An exceptional performance from start to
finish saw Roundwood get the better of their neighbors away on Thursday night.
The opening half quarter of this tie belonged
to the Roundwood full forward line as they all got on the scores sheet. It was
the David Kavanagh show early on as the corner forward netted two early goals
along with raising two white flags inside the opening ten minutes. The lead was
extended when Dale Brady in the posit corner raised another white flag. Nearing
the midway point, the home side were reduced to fourteen men when their goalie
Ciaran McGurl was given a black card. The opposition pressed forward with the
extra man as Niall Gaffney opened his account with two efforts before wing
forwards Enda Foley and Kevin Lynchehaum extended the lead. The home side finally
managed to open their account with a free from Sean Odlum.
With ten minutes left in the half another
Kavanagh effort along with a Gaffney dead ball was canceled out when Sean
Heffernan scored for the opposition. The final scores of the half were from the
boots of Martin Gaffney and wingback Bobby Doyle as both drove up the field
just before the half time whistle.
The home side were the first to trouble the
scoreboard in the second half as Odlum added his second before cornerback
Michael Kelly drove forward to narrow the gap. Roundwood was using the long
ball into full forward Gaffney, and this paid off as he fired over three more efforts
from play in between an Odlum effort from a free kick. Midway through the half
Gaffney netted another goal as Brady did likewise minutes later. The opponent’s
final consolation score of the game was an excellent point from an acute angle
as Terry Murphy slotted over. It was then a Gaffney dead ball and a final goal
from Kavanagh that guaranteed a win for Roundwood in this local derby.
Newtown Mount Kennedy: Ciaran McGurl; Cian Fenelon,
Justin Owens, Michael Kelly (0-1); Ross Carthy, Andrew Waters, James Lennox;
Paul O’ Riordan, Craig Dalton; Terry Murphy (0-1), Sean Heffernan (0-1), Karl
Carthy; Dean Taylor, Sean Odlum (0-3 2fs), Stuart Synnott.
Subs Used: Owen Mayew for Cian Fenelon (55),
Luke Dease for Dean Taylor (44).
Roundwood: Hugh Kenna; Luke Wrynn, Lorcan
Nolan, Roan Hayes; Enda Murphy, Gavin Staunton, Bobby Brady (0-1); William
Halligan, Martin Gaffney (0-1); Kevin Lynchehaum (0-1), Liam Kenna, Enda Byrne
(0-1); David Kavanagh (3-2), Niall Gaffney (1-8 3fs) f, Dale Brady (1-1).
Subs Used: Luke Ferguson for Luke Wrynn (30),
Johnny Tobin for Enda Byrne (30), Sean Lacey for Liam Kenna (32).
Referee Pamela Prendergast
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