Wicklow Junior Hurling Championship

 

Arklow Rocks Parnell’s 1-10

 Barndarrig 0-20

 Eoin Horkan

 Parnell Park

 

An Andrew Kavanagh inspired Barndarrig saw them get the better of their neighbors Arklow on Tuesday night in the Junior championship.

 

From the opening whistle it was the village side that took control with Andrew Kavanagh four early scores from dead balls and efforts from play. His teammate Tom Doyle then extended the advantage before Kavanagh slotted in two more efforts. Midway through the half the home side's full back Kevin O’ Reilly was given his marching orders with Kavanagh adding another with the resulting free. Down to fourteen men Arklow started to play with Jason Redmond raising white flag from play and a free in between efforts from county star Kavanagh and James Cullen. On the stroke of half time Redmond raised a green flag from a twenty-one-yard free to narrow the gap to five.

After the interval, the Rocks started narrowing the gap with a glorious effort from Redmond before Cormac Whitmore added a long range free. The opposition added to their tally inside ten minutes with another Kavanagh dead ball. It was now the turn of Whitmore to take control as he put three more white flags on the scoreboard as the gap narrowed midway through the half. Not to be out done Malachy Stone and a Kavanagh double canceled out the scoring. Both Whitmore and Kavanagh traded two frees as the final whistle grew closer. With eight minutes left on the clock Jacques McCall, who played as the sweeper got his name to the scoresheet first from play. After a bit of confusion on the sideline Kavanagh was given his second yellow of the game. His teammates Liam Dickenson and McCall finished the scoring with an Elliot Young effort in response at the final whistle.

 

Arklow Rocks Parnell’s: John Cushe; Keelan Brake, Kevin O’ Reilly, Paul Gilbert; Stephen Shorthall, Charlie Monaghan, Jimmy Dignam; Colin O’ Connor, Cormac Whitmore (0-6); Jason Redmond (1-4), Danny Long; Keith Barnes; Seosamh Kelly; Elliot Young, Matt Curran.

Subs Used: Jonathan Roche for Danny Long (45), Danny Curran for Keith Barnes (52),

 

Barndarrig: Michael Crowley; James Cullen (0-1), Kevin Cullen, Roger Belton; David Boddy Shane Whelan, James Quinn; Liam Dickenson (0-1), Andrew Kavanagh (0-14 8fs); Sean Leonard, Malachy Stone (0-1); Tom Doyle (0-1); David Dickenson, Aaron Jackson, Jacques McCall (0-2 1f)

Subs Used: Chris Fitzpatrick for Shane Whelan (30), Ryan Skidmore for David Dickenson (40), Oisin Doyle for Andrew Kavanagh (60)