Junior
Championship
Ardagh
led by sharpshooter Lee Traynor produced
some fine football on the foot of Nephin to ensure top spot in there group
Within five minutes of the throw in, the away side
raced into a two-point lead with strikes from a dead ball from Kevin Moran
before Ruairí O’Boyle added a second in the following play. The tie was level
on eight minutes as Michael McCormack and Rory Conway had raised white flags.
Just before the ten-minute mark Lee Traynor opened his account for the day with
a cultured effort after rounding his marker. The home side then took the lead
as Michale Conway found his range from distance judging the swirling breeze
expertly to slot over a long range free.
The
last four minors of the half came from the visitors with Moran and Traynor
adding to their tallies, before the
final members of the half back line Brendan Carr and Thomas Varkonda ensured
their side would go in at the break leading by a goal.
It
was Ballycroy who struck first when the game resumed as Conway slotted over a
free, this was quickly cancelled out by Traynor and Carr. The home side was
finding it difficult to trouble the scoreboard from play but a second long
range free from M Conway had the gap narrowed again by two. The north Mayo side
was causing danger every time the ball went inside , it was Traynor alongside
Varakonda who raised white flags midway through the half, before another dead
ball this time from R Conway. With twelve minutes left on the clock the
aforementioned Traynor struck a glorious effort between the posts for another
for his side's first orange flag of the day. His teammates Fionn Barrett and
Paddy Walsh added to their sides tall. A final effort from Conway close in
finished the scoring for his side while captain Stephen Rochford along with
Traynor and Varkonda added three more white flags before the ref blew the full-time
whistle.
In the dying embers of the game Ballycroy’s
Aiden Grealis was also given a straight red for an off the ball incident which
could affect his side's chances in the do or die clash against Ballycastle in
the next round especially with a number of other players out injured at the
moment.
Ballycroy:Jack
Deane;Bryan Grealis,Ronan Grealis,Jason Calvey;Kevin Conway,James Deane,Michael
Grealis;Shane Ginty,Michael Conway(0-4 2 2pfs);Michael Mcmanamon,Rory
Conway(0-4fs),Cillian Conway;Michael McCormack(0-1),James Grealis,Kevin Ginty.
Subs
Used: Aiden Grealis for Bryan Grealis, Colm Grealis for Michael McManamon.
Ardagh:Gary
Kenny,Oisin McAndrew,Joe Carr,Liam Pritchett;Ruairí O’ Boyle(0-1),Brendan
Carr(0-2),Thomas Varkonda(0-3);Sean Moore,Fionnan Barrett(0-1);Adam Foody,James
Carr,Stephen Rochford © (0-1f);Lee Traynor(0-7 2fs 1 2pf) Diarmuid
Barrett,Kevin Moran(0-2fs).
Paddy
Walsh(0-1) for Fionnan Barrett,Declan
O’Boyle for Liam Pritchett,Enda O’ Hora for Kevin Moran,Donal O’Boyle for Sean
Moore,David Kelly for Ruairí O’Boyle
Referee
Declan Corcoran
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