Kilcoole 1-15
Kilmacanogue 4-7
Eoin Horkan
Pearse Park
A goal ladened second half from the men from the foot of the sugarloaf saw them beat their near neighbors by a point In Arklow in atrocious conditions.
In a perfect start to the game for the Kilcoole men, it was full forward Jack Bellamy who managed to get his hands on the ball before firing into the back of the net inside five minutes. With the middle third of Pearse Park becoming a battle ground the lead was extended when midfielder Shane Collins drove the ball between the posts before Bellamy added a two-point free inside twelve minutes.
The full forward Bellamy was causing havoc as he added another minor before his teammate Sean Byrne finished off with a final white flag before the twentieth minute.
As the half-time whistle loomed the opposition managed to get on the scoreboard when John Fox rattled the back of the net against the run of play. The side with the advantage tagged on five final scores through Byrne Eoin Keddy and three more efforts from that man Bellamy, in between a sight reprieve from Rob Conan from midfield . This left nine between the sides at the break.
In a lightning start to the second half Conan found himself through on goal on the counterattack to slot home for his side. The gap was then extended by Blake Ryan adding his name to his sides tally before Kilmac hit a purple patch. With a free advantage Stephen Flynn finished a third goal expertly weaving his way through the defence before Simon Doyle added a minor along with John Fox adding three to his name from center forward midway through the half.
This woke the Goosebank men up with Bellamy and Ryan stemming the tide as we moved into the championship quarter.
The final goal of the game was a fourth when Ben O’ Callaghan managed to raise a final green flag before Fox slotted over an outrageous effort for an orange flag to give his side a four-point lead.
In the final eight minutes it was all the favorites with a goal line scramble kept out before two more Bellamy dead balls had narrowed the gap to the new minimum with two left on the clock.
The final chance of the game fell to Bellamy but his two point free narrowly missed the post on the final whistle.
Kilcoole:Jaden Murduff;Conor Murphy Toole,Keith Reynolds,Conor O’Mahony;James Scullion,Ronan Keddy,Luke Evans;Shane Collins(0-1),Sean Byrne(0-2);Finian Hughes;Eoin Keddy(0-1),Blake Ryan(0-2);Roy Byrne,Jack Bellamy(1-9 3fs 1 2pf 145),Charlie Frawley.
Subs Used:Jack Collier for James Scullion, Lee Dutton for Charlie Frawley
Kilmacanogue:Peter O’Toole;Mick Whelan,Cian Rafferty,Eoin Tuohy;Gavan Burke,Kevin Redden,Adam Dutton;Josh Mould,Rob Conan(1-1);Simon Doyle,John Fox(1-,6 2 2pf)Mikey Doyle;Stephen Flynn (1-0),Niall Meldon,Ben O’ Callaghan(1-0).
Subs Used:Stephen Cahill for Josh Mould,Donal Tuohy for Kevin Redden, Finn Kelly for Ben O’ Callaghan
Referee Kieron Kenny
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