Wicklow Junior A Championship AGB Vs Lacken

AGB 3-13 

Lacken 1-9 

Pearse Park 

Eoin Horkan

Last Thursday night in Arklow The second round of the Wicklow Junior championship was played with some great scoring from both sides.

The home side AGB started the game off at a frenetic pace with the first score of the game been a goal. This coming from pacy wing forward Peter Hempenstall who burst through the defense before neatly placing the ball into the bottom corner. AGB followed this sore up with another point from play from corner forward Quentin o Reily.In reply, Sean Murphy slotted a free for Lacken before Hempenstall got another point from play/. Murphy slotted another free. AGB then went on a scoring spree getting 1-3 without reply. The first of these been another goal coming from through the other wing forward Garett Kenny Alan Mcbride and Kenny hit over two more points from play before Mcbride hit over a free. With the game heading towards half time, Lacken hit two more points both coming from full forward Sean Murphy both fine long range scores leaving the score 2-5 to 0 -4 at half time.

AGB started the 2nd half very much like they started the 1st. With Quentin O Reily scoring another fine point from play after some fine build up work. Murphy got two frees in reply for Lacken. AGB then hit another foray of scores with no reply from Lacken.  Midfielder Jack Furlong hit the first of these points from long range point. Before sub-Shane  Donoghue slotted another point before the aforementioned Kenny hit another one over the black spot. Lacken then won a penalty after some fine play. Corner forward David Reddy slotted the penalty under the body of the AGB keeper Bolger.AGB hit one final purple patch before the end of the game. With all the scores coming from the play The first of these coming from midfielder Tiernan Mcbride before sub-Gary Fennel Fennel got his name on the score sheet. Hempenstall got his name on the score sheet again before wing back Jonathan Doyle made a burst up the field to put over another fine score.Lacken then hit their purple patch before the end with Murphy hitting over two dead balls one from a free and one 45.before hitting a monster long range point. Reddy hit over Lacken final score of the game. AGB went on one final foray up the pitch with the ball ending up in the hands of the evergreen McBride who went to put the ball over the bar but his shot was under hit and it looped over the goalie's head into the back of the net. Leaving the score 3-13 - 1-9 at the end of the game.

Scorers AGB; G Kenny (1-2) P Hempenstall (1-2) Q O Reily (0-2) A Mcbride (1-2)  J Furlong (0-1) S Donoghue(0-1) G Fennell (0-1) J Doyle (0-1) T Mcbride (0-1)

Lacken D Reddy (1-1 S Murphy (0-8) 

AGB James Bolger; Micheal o Sullivan Tadhg O Callaghan, Tom Hurley; Jack Darcy, Donal O Keefe J Doyle, Tiernan Mcbride, Jack Furlong; Peter Hempenstall, Alan Mcbride, Garett Kenny; Quentin O Reilly, Gavin Bentley, Corey Mills

Subs Used Shane  Donoghue for Donal O Keefe, Brendan O Sullivan for Jack Darcy, Gary Fennell, for Quentin O Reily, Freddie Miller for Corey Mills Liam Gregory for Corey Mills

Lacken James O Neil; Paddy Nolan, Daniel Griffin, Kenneth Balfe; Tom Mcguire, Eoin Cripps, Jordan Balfe, Matt Cripps Paul Phibbs Aron Griffin Philp Gallagher Conor Phipps, Sean Murphy David Reddy

Gaelic Football ; Wicklow vs Wexford u16 Carlow Cup 20/07/17

Wicklow 2-11

Wexford 2-13

Pearse Park 

Eoin Horkan

Last Thursday night in Arklow the Semi final of the Carlow cup was played in what was at times some very unfavorable conditions. Even with this being the case both sets of forwards came out on top in a very topsy turby match.

Wicklow started off the game at a frenetic pace scoring 1-1 inside the first five minutes. The goal was the first score after some very good build up play Wicklow corner forward Ruairi Tomkins stepped inside his marker and slotted the ball into the back of the net Wicklow full forward Eoin Darcy followed up the goal with a fine point from play. Wexford then kicked into gear with their first score coming from wing forward Jack Finucan scoring a point from a free before dangerous corner forward Lee Jordan popped over a point from play. Darcy scored a free in reply for Wicklow. Wexford got two points in reply with wing back Adrian Breen getting the first of these after making his way up the field before Finucan got another free. Some good defending followed for the next few minutes before Wicklow forward Darcy managed to get his hands on the ball to fire over another point from play.  

From the resulting kick out Wexford went on the attack and the aforementioned Finucan found space in front of the Wicklow goal before burying the ball into the back of the net. In retaliation to the goal, Wicklow replied with a goal of their own through corner forward Tomkins. Wexford got two points in reply both coming from their half forward line the first coming from Niall Connolly and the next coming through big center forward Mark Boyle. With the game edging towards half time both teams went on meaningful attacks with Wicklow getting another few points coming from corner forward Alan  Barrett and  Tomkins getting another point from some great build up play. Full forward Darcy scored a point from play before Wexford midfielder Ciaran Kavanagh made a lung bursting run up the field before putting the ball over the bar. Wicklow finished the half of well with points from play coming through Darcy again and center forward Niall Gaffney getting his name on the scoresheet. Leaving the score 2-7 - 1-7 to Wicklow at half time. 

Wexford must have got a good talking too at half time because they started the second half like a house on fire scoring 1-3 without reply in the first ten minutes.The first of these score coming from corner forward Jordan before that big center forward Boyle managed to get his hands on the ball in front of the Wicklow goal mouth before putting the ball into the back of the Wicklow net.That dangerous Wexford corner forward Jordan popped another score over the bar. Wexford followed up with another score from wing forward Finucan. This foray of scores kicked Wicklow into action scoring three points in reply all these scores coming from free kicks after some indiscipline from the Wexford defense.  Darcy scoring two of these frees with corner forward Ruari Tomkins hitting another free. Jordan fired over another free for Wexford to put them one point ahead. Wicklow leveled the game through Tomkins who scored a point worthy of winning any game swinning the ball over his right shoulder from a very difficult angle.    

Wexford finished the game off with Jordan scoring a free before getting an insurance point from play to put the game away from Wicklow in the final minute. Leaving the final score 2-11 - 2-13

Wicklow Kian Geraghty; Ben Fennel, Cian McHugh, Rory Whelan; David Lawlor, Dave Devine; Nicky Kearney, Cian Walsh Eoghan Byrne, David Maloney, Niall Gaffney, Oisin Cullen; Alan Barrett, Eoin Darcy, Ruarri Tomkins 

Scorers; E Darcy (0-6) R Tomkins(2-3)  N Gaffney (0-1) A Barrett (0-1)

Subs Johhny Kehoe for Eoghan Byrne, Gavin Fogarty for Nicky Kearney, Shaun Cranley for David Maloney, Dave Wright for Rory Whelan  Kevin Quinn  for Dave Wright 

Wexford Jack Nolan; Rob Murphy, Jason Deveraux, Gloudy Makvese, Darragh Canavan, James O Leary, Adrian Breen Ciaran Kavanagh, Harry Kehoe; Niall Connoly, Mark BoyleJack Finucan; Lee Jordan, James Dixon, Conor Hughes

Scorers  J Finucan (1-3) A Breen (0-1) L Jordan (0-6) M Boyle (1-1) N Connoly ((0-1) C Kavanagh(0-1)

Subs Ollie Gahan for Gloudy Makvese, Noel Rowsome for Adrian Breen, Gary hall Roche for Niall Connoly Ben Morris for Jack Finucan, Adam Mullins for James Dixon

Gaelic Football Junior A Championshp Carnew Vs St Pats 11/07/17

St Pats Wicklow 3-16

Carnew 0-3 

Eoin Horkan 

Pearse Park Arklow 

 Wow that was some display of scoring from Jonny Carton Last Tuesday night in Arklow when   the first round of the Wicklow Junior Championship was played between St Pats of Wicklow and Carnew 

The first five minutes of the game was very scrappy with both sides going on attacks but nothing meaningful came out of these attack. Pats then put the first score on the board through centre-forward Simon Boucher who scored a lovely point from play after some great play from the half back line. from the resulting kick out Pats won possession of the ball and after some very patient build up play midfielder Bosco Guinan scored a fine long range point. Carnew went up the other end of the pitch trying to get on the score sheet. They won a debatable free on the 21yard line. Evergreen full forward John Joe Myers put the ball over the bar. If his shot was a few inches lower the ball would have ended up in the back of the Pats net. This frightened Pats and kicked them into gear. From the free to the end of the 1st half Pats kept Carnew scoreless. While Pats themselves scored four unanswered points. The first of these coming from young corner forward Jack Kelly.For the next few minutes, Pats were very patient playing the ball around the 45-yard line before marauding wing-back Colin O Toole broke through the carnew defense and blasted the ball over the bar from inside the 21. Pats last two points of the half came from experienced corner forward Jonny Carton who scored a fine point from play before slotting the ball over from a close-in free. 

The 2nd half started off much like the first with Pats scoring the first point from play through full forward Joe Quinn.In reply Carnew full forward Myers got another score from a free This was Carnew last score until almost the end of the game  Pats then hit the first sucker with the aforementioned Carton getting the first goal of the game after some fine interplay. Caton the put on a scoring spree getting four points in a row two points from frees and then two from play.Boucher and Carton then traded scores for Pats. Boucher's coming from play and Carton coming from another free. Carton the buried another goal to really show Pats dominance at this stage. Pats started to empty their bench and this stage to give all their players game time. The first of these subs Brendan Cox scoring a great point from play. Carnew then scored a late consolation point through their player/manager Quentin House.In reply to this point, Pats scored another 1-2 before the final whistle. The points coming from Boucher and Kelly and the goal coming from Carton to top of a fine virtuoso display from him 

Wicklow scorers  J Carton (3-8 (4f )  S Boucher (0-3) J Kelly (0-2) B Guinan (0-1) B Cox (0-1) C O Toole(0-!)

Carnew JJ Myers (0-2F) Q House(0-1)

Wicklow Ian Murphy Kris Kavanagh, Lorcan Smullen Aron Dunne Ronan Conely David Byrne, Colin O Toole, Bill McHugh, Bosco Guinan Hugh Humby, Simon Boucher, Rhys Kelly; QuinnJack Kelly, Quinn Jonny Carton

 Subs used Shay Dunne for Colin O Toole, Brendan Cox for Rhys Kelly, Adam Cox for Joe Quinn, Eoin McGauley for Aron Dunne Sean Buckley for Hugh Humby 

Carnew; Colm Murphy; Graham Byrne, Patrick Nolan, Paul Murphy; Robert Roche, Micheal Collins, Stephen Murphy; Billy Rickerby, Dermot Doran; Micheal Osbourne, Gary Doran; Liam Kenny, Darragh Kelly, John Joe Myers, Padraig Doyle 

Subs used Quentin House for Stephen Murphy 

Gaelic Football Limerick vs Wicklow Division 4 football

Limerick 2-13  Wicklow 2-09

Eoin Horkan at Newcastle West

April 8 2017 12:00 AM

 

Wicklow's last game in the national football league was played on Sunday away in limerick. On a beautiful day, Limerick came out on top of a very tight, tense affair.

Wicklow came flying out of the blocks in Limerick with a fine point from play from Darren Hayden before Paddy Byrne latched on to a bouncing ball on the 21-yard line before slaloming his way through the limerick defence before slotting the ball into the corner of the net.

In reply, Limerick opened the scoring through full-forward Danny Neville. Wicklow kept the pressure on after this and this resulted in them winning a 45. Wicklow goalkeeper Mark Jackson made his up the field and slotted the 45 over the bar.

Rory Finn won a ball in midfield before bursting through a few Limerick players and hitting a monster score from the 45-yard line. Limerick seemed stunned by this fast start by Wicklow.

They then kicked into action scoring a goal and the points without reply. The Limerick scoring spree was started off by their goalie Brian Scanlon who equalled his Wicklow counterpart by scoring a 45.

Limerick wing forward Seamus O'Caroll then latched onto a ball before putting it into the back of the Wicklow net.

Limerick continued there scoring with corner-forward Sean McSweeney before the aforementioned Neville scored another point.

The game ebbed and flowed for the next few minutes before Wicklow got yet another fine long range score coming from Hayden yet again.

In reply, corner-forward Padraig Scanlon slotted another point over the bar. With the game moving towards half-time Wicklow wing forward Mark Kenny got on a ball and drove towards the Limerick goal as he ran along the end line no one expected much but out of nowhere Kenny unleashed a raspier of a shot that flew into the back of the Limerick net.

McSweeney and Kenny then traded frees just before the break, leaving the scoreline reading Limerick 1-6, Wicklow 2-5 at half-time.

The second half was a much more defensive from the Limerick side. The half started off well for the home team with Neville yet again getting another point from play.

Wicklow forward Kenny got two scores in reply, with one lovely point from play before slotting over a free kick.

Limerick then got a decisive score through full-forward Danny Neville who got his foot too the ball as it was rolling around the Wicklow goalmouth and the ball ended up in the back of the net.

Limerick then started too empty their bench with substitute Jamie Lee making an immediate impact by scoring a point from play.

Neville hit another point from play before Lee got on the score sheet again with a free.

After this flurry of score from Limerick, Wicklow hit another score through Kenny from a free.

The Limerick forwards were doing more damage when the ball was near them, especially Neville and substitute Lee; Neville hitting another score from play with Lee slotting another free.

Wicklow substitute Mark Fitzsimons got a final point for Wicklow at the end of the game, before lee hit a final point from play, too, leaving the final score reading Limerick 2-13, Wicklow 2-9.

Johnny Magee said that his charges played well in Newcastlewest, controlling the play for some of the game.

"We played well, we were in control of the game for good periods over the 70 minutes. We were shutting them out well. They had soem possession but they were hitting wides and we were happy they were getting the shots off from where they were, out wide.

"We were organised and disciplined and when we went forward we were economical," he added.

The Wicklow players will now go back ot their clubs for two weeks before returning to the county set up for five weeks ahead of the Louth clash, a game they are going in to as rank outsiders.

Scorers

Limerick: D Neville 1-5, J Lee 0-4, S O'Carroll 1-0, B Scanlon 0-1, P Scanlon 0-1, S McSweeney 0-2.

Wicklow: M Kenny 1-4, D Hayden 0-2, Paddy Byrne 1-0, R Finn 0-1, M Jackson 0-1, M Fitzsimons 0-1.

Limerick: Brian Scanlon; Garrett Noonan, Johnny McCarthy, Sean O'Dea; Daniel Daly, Ian Corbett, Padraig Quinn; Darragh Tracey, David Ward; Peter Nash, James Naughton, Seamus O'Carroll; Sean Sweeney, Danny Neville, Padraig Scanlon. Subs: Tony McCarthy for Daniel Daly; Jamie McGarry for James Naughton; Brian Donavan for Jamie Lee; Jamie Ryan for Sean McSweeney; Paul White for Padraig Quinn.

Wicklow: Mark Jackson; Eoin Murtagh, Ross O'Brien, Jamie Snell; Darren Hayden, Dean Healy, Ciaran Hyland; Rory Finn, David Boothman; Conor Ffrench, Stephen Kelly, Mark Kenny; Paddy Byrne, John Crowe, Peadar Traynor. Subs: Brendan Kennedy for P Traynor; Mark Fitzsimons for Paddy Byrne; Caolan MacGorman for E Murtagh.

Referee: Kevin Murphy

Hurling Mary I vs NUIG Fitzgibbon cup quarter final

2017 Fitzgibbon Cup ¼  Final.

Mary I     4-18

NUIG       1-16

A great display from defending champions Mary I gave them a comfortable 11 point victory over the visitors  NUIG.

Mary I started got off to flier with wing forward Darragh O Donavon scoring his first point. Nuig then levelled with a fine point from play from midfielder Ian fox. O Donavon the hit another fine long range point before  Mary I then went on their meaningful attack, midfielder Colm Galvin using his pace to get free from his marker his belter of a shot but  hit the crossbar with the quick - thinking corner forward Tadhg Gallagher finishing the rebounding sliotar into the back of the net, giving them a three point cushion

NUIG got two frees in reply. The first coming from centre back Connor Cleary bagging a fine long range free from well inside his own half, then  Corner forward Ger Hennely  slotted another from long range . The scores then started coming thick and fast from both sides with Mary I wing forward scoring two points from play before the aforementioned Hennely got a free in reply.  Aaron Gillane slotted the next two points, one from  a placed ball. Hennely scored two more long ranges frees for the visitors.

Mary I  had two  the next two white flags Corner forward Luke Meade had a fine point from play while the ever more influential Gillane slotted yet another free for Mary I .

NUIGs Conor Whelan then got the ball on the sideline then turned his marker inside out before hitting a point from an outrageous angle over the bar.. Not to be outdone by that great score Mary I then went on attack and after some great play from corner forward Tadhg Gallagher the ball was sent across the square to fellow corner forward Meade and after some amazing stick work  finished the ball ending up in the back of the NUIG net.

Yet again Hennely replied with two more scores one from a free and the other from play. The final few minutes of a pulsating half saw both teams put on scoring spurts getting three points each Mary I scores all coming from the stick of Gillane scoring two from play and one from a free , NUIG scores came from full forward Sam Conlan a majestic side-line cut from Conor Whelan and a fine point from Ian fox.  Leaving the half time score Mary I 2-11…..   NUIG 0-11…...

Much like the first half Mary I came out of the traps quicker with centre forward Michael O'Neil putting the ball over the black spot almost immediately after the restart. Like most of the game NUIGs response from the hurl of Hennely who scored two more points one from play and another from a free. Mary I then hit NUIG with a real sucker punch wing forward Gillane found himself at the edge of the square and after a fine bit of play buried the ball into the back of the net. Whelan and Gillane then traded scores with Whelan scoring from play and Gillane hitting over another excellent free. O'Neill popped up with another fine score for the home team. Yet again Hennely kept the scoreboard ticking over  with a badly needed  point.

Gillane sealed the visitors fate, again gaining possession  on the edge of the square  and  expertly finished the ball into the net. Yet again Gillane and Hennely traded frees.

As the game started to fizzle out both sides started to empty their benches. Meade got another lovely score for Mary I before NUIG scored a consolation goal through wing forward Gearoid Loughnane . Mary I finished the game two more points one from sub Tommy Monaghan and the other coming from the aforementioned  O'Neill, finishing off a rather facile win  4-16…...... to    1-18….... and booking their spot in this years semi final.

Mary I ( C Barrett, ; D Sweeney , R English, E Quirke; ,C Twomey,R Maher ,A Flynn , C Galvin , S Cahill D O Donavan(0-2) , M O Neill(0-3) A Gillane (2-10)  T Gallagher (1-0) C Lynch  L Meade (1-2)

Subs Used ; T Monaghan(0-1) for T Gallagher , T Grimes for D O Donavon , C Stapleton for C Twomey, T O Mahony for C Lynch , L Ryan for A Gillane

NUIG  C Tuohy ; C Cosgrove , B Fitzpatrick, C Ryan; M Connelly, C Cleary(0-1), G Forde , I Fox (0-2)  G Loughnanne(1-0) , K Mchugo, C Whelan (0-3) G Henelly (0-9) S Conlan (0-1) A Helebert

Subs Used G Fennely for A Helebert J Commins for K Mchugo C Cosgrave for G Forde S Barrett for G Loughnanne

Hurling: Kilcoole Vs Arklow Rocks Parnell’s, 29/08/16

Kilcoole 2-18

Arklow Rocks Parnell’s 4-13

Eoin Horkan

Pearse Park

A very strong second half performance gave Arklow a great win over Kilcoole in the Intermediate league.

The game started off at a flying pace with Kilcoole dominating the play with Midfielder Ronan Keddy and corner forward Luke Evans getting two early points from play. Then against the run of play Arklow centre forward T.J Byrne went on a meandering run through the Kilcoole defence before putting the ball into the back of the net. In reply to that goal Kilcoole went straight back on the attack and after a long ball was played into their full forward line. Full Forward Gary Coady plucked the ball out of the air and buried it into the back of the net. In reply Arklow got two quick fire points coming from Cian Doyle from play before midfielder Paddy Mellon got a score from a free. Scores were coming quick and fast from both sides with Kilcoole getting two fine scores from play from there midfielders Eoin and Ronan Keddy.  Both sets of midfielders were bossing the game. This resulted in Arklow midfielder Paddy Mellon getting two points one from play and one from a free. Kilcoole wing forward Kris Farrell then scored a monster score from out the field. The aforementioned Evans and Keddy got two more scores from play for Kilcoole. T J Byrne stemmed the flow of Kilcoole with a lovely score from play. Just before half time Kilcoole went on a scoring spree scoring four unanswered points before half time with midfielder Ronan Keddy getting two of them  along with midfield partner Eoin getting another and centre back Ciaran Doyle hitting an inspirational score from long range. The final blow of the first half for Arklow was when Ronan Keddy got the ball on the 21 yard line and buried a ball into the back of the net. Leaving the score 1-5 to 2-11 at half time.

The second half started off with a score each from frees one from Paddy Mellon before Ronan Keddy got one in reply. Arklow then hit a purple patch scoring 2-2 without reply. The first goal coming from midfielder Mellon before two point’s one coming from the Mellon and the other coming from corner forward Jimmy Dignan. T J Byrne then got another goal to help in this mini revival. The two teams then started trading score with R Keddy starting the scoring before wing forward for Arklow Conor Doyle hitting a magnificent score from out on the sideline.  R Keddy hit another from play in reply T J Byrne got one back for Arklow. E Keddy then hit over another score for Kilcoole. Before Arklow got two points in reply from Dignan and a free from the 21 yard line which Mellon could have went for goal but instead put it over the bar. This point levelled the game.  Kilcoole then went on the attack and after some indiscipline from Arklow R Keddy hit three frees over the bar. Just as we thought this was the winning of the game Arklow sent a long ball in towards the Kilcoole goal mouth and after a bit of a scramble Jimmy Dignan pulled on the ball and went into the back of the net Arklow then went on one last attack and one a free which P Mellon duly slotted over the free to win the game for Arklow.

Scorers Arklow; T J Byrne (2-2) P Mellon ( 1-7) , Cian Doyle (0-1) Conor Doyle (0-1)  J Dignan (1-2)

Scorers Kilcoole  R Keddy (1-10) ,  E Keddy (0-4) L Evans (0-2) K Farrell (0-1) , G Coady (1-0) C Doyle (0-1)

Arklow; Paddy Kinsella; Kevin O Reilly, Eamon Doyle,  Craig Kelly ; Tyrone Byrne, Charlie Monaghan , Tony Kinsella; Paddy Mellon John Furlong; Cian Doyle , T,J Byrne, Conor Doyle; Jimmy Dignan Danny Curran, Brian Byrne

Suns used John Foxton for Brian Byrne

Kilcoole; Jason Walsh ; Conor Toole, Vincent Quigley, Patrick O Brien; Eoin O Brien, Ciaran Doyle , Dara Keddy; Ronan Keddy , Eoin Keddy ; Kris Farrell , Gerry Moore, Fintan Donnelly; James Toner , Gary Coady , Luke Evans

Subs used Jim Keddy for Dara Keddy , Michael O Brien for Patrick o Brien

Gaelic Football: Ballinacor Vs Carnew, 21/08/16

Ballinacor 0-18

Carnew 0-6

Eoin Horkan

Pearse Park

The old saying of goals win games was certainly not in display in Arklow on Sunday morning in the intermediate Championship.

Ballinacor started off the game with a tremendous pace with wing back Danny Byrne getting two fine early scores from play .Corner forward Ger Byrne then got a point from a free. In Reply Carnew midfielder Eoin o Donoghue scoring a fine long range free from the ground .Baliinacor scored another free this time from centre forward Conor Parsons. Carnew scored a free from corner forward Conal Mccrae. Ballinacor midfield started to come out on top and just to prove my point midfielder Paddy Byrne scored a point from play. This was before the ballinacor inside line started to cause havoc with corner forward Byrne and full forward James Murphy scoring points from play. Carnew full forward Eoin Coleman started to cause havoc inside this resulted in him scoring two points from play.  Just before the break though ballinacor full back Christopher Kennedy scored a monster score from play before the aforementioned Ger Byrne got another point from play. Leaving the score 9-4 at half time.

Ballinacor started the 2nd half in much the same fashion as the first.  With their midfield winning a lot of ball which gave the platform for their forwards to cause damage. Midfielder Byrne got another score from play before the dangerous forward of Murphy and Byrne got scores from play while Parsons put over another dead ball over the black spot.  Murphy and parsons got two more scores from play one each before dangerous Carnew forward Coleman put over a score in a last ditch attempt to salvage something. To cancel out that carnew point Parsons put over another dead ball before Kennedy scored another point after some fine interplay. Ronan Phelan got one lastr point for ballinacor before a late consolation score for Carnew came from substitute John Kavanagh.

Ballinacor ; Ciaran O Neill; Sean Boyle , Christopher Kennedy , Dennis Heffernan; Martin byrne , James Byrne D Byrne ; Danny Dowling , Paddy Byrne; Peter Kennedy , Conor Parsons , Ronan Phelan ;  Jamie Nolan , James Murphy , Ger Byrne

Scorers Christopher Kennedy (0-2)  D Byrne (0-2)  G Byrne (0-4) C Parsons (0-5) P Byrne (0—2) J Murphy (0-3) R Phelan (0-1)

Subs used Philp Byrne for Ger Byrne , Micheal Dowling for Dennis Heffernan Kevin Byrne For Jamie Nolan John Devit for James Murphy Andrew Rodgers for D Byrne

Carnew; Thomas Kinsella, Willie Collins, TJ Hennesy , Cormac Doyle; William Osborne , Andy Hughes Niall Osborne ; Thomas Kennedy , Enda Donoghue; Mark Collins , Padraig Doran , Nick Skelton ; Jack Doyle , Eoin Coleman, Conal Mccrae

Scorers E Coleman(0-3) E Donoghue (0-1) C Mccrae (0-1)  J Kavanagh (0-1)

Subs used ; Graeme Keogh for Cormac Doyle , John Kavanagh for Nick Skelton ,Billy Rickerby for Mark Collins

Hurling: Arklow Rocks Parnells Vs Glenealy, 16/08/16

Arklow Rocks Parnell’s 2-8

Glenealy 3-14

Eoin Horkan

Pearse Park

The old saying take your points and the goals will come was certainly on display last Tuesday night in the Wicklow hurling championship.

Glenealy were on top from the start from the game when almost immediately centre forward David Nolan weaved his way through the arklow defence before kicking the ball into the back of the net.  Glenealy then scored two more points from play through centre forward James Manley Arklow then got on the scoreboard through a free from wing forward Jason Redmond before glenealy got another score through roaving wing forward Lee Kavanagh. Arklow then kicked into gear with a score from play from full forward TJ Byrne then centre forward Conor Doyle played a dangerous ball into the glenealy square and full Forward Byrne got a vital touch on the sliotar to direct it into the back of the net. Glenelay attack then started to come out on top scoring three unanswered points starting with a Paul o Brien free before o Brien then got one from play. Corner forward glen o Gorman then nailed another fine score from play.Arklow midfielder Paddy Mellon then nailed a fine long range score. Glenealy then landed a second sucker punch when the ball was loose around the Arklow goalmouth wing forward Ben o Neill got on the ball and put it into the Arklow net. The teams traded scores just before the break with Redmond getting a free for arklow before Nolan got a point from play Arklow got one more point from play just before the break from Byrne. Leaving the score 1-5 to 2-7 going in at the break.

The second half continued in the same vein as the first with Glenealy coming out on top in most areas of the field. Centre Forward Nolan got another fine score from play before centre back Gary Byrne hit a monster score from way out the field. Arklow kept plugging away at the scoreboard with points from play from the aforementioned Redmond and Byrne .Glenealy started to empty their bench and this made an immediate impact when sub Alan Conyard scored a lovely point from play. Byrne got another score for arklow. Glenealy then got three unanswered scores including a goal from wing forward Kavanagh and points coming from Nolan and Manley. Arklow then got a very late consolation goal through sub Danny Curran As the final whistle was about to low Conyard got the final score of the game from play.

Arklow Rocks Parnells; Patrick Kinsella; Kevin O Reily , Martin Gilbert, Eamon Doyle; Colm O Conor Chris Monaghan, Tony Kinsella; Paddy Mellon , John Furlong l Jason Redmond, Conor  Doyle , Olagh Redmond; Cian Doyle , TJ Byrne Jimmy Dignan

Scorers J Redmond  (0-4) ,  TJ Byrne (1-3) P Mellon (0-1)  D Curran (1-0)

Subs Used  Tyrone Byrne for Olagh Redmond , Danny Curran for Jimmy Dignan  John Foxton for Conor Doyle

Glenealy ;  Cormac Geraghty ; Colm O Neil Niall Keogh , Shane Keogh ; Declan Conyartd , Gary  Byrne, Tony Doyle; E O Neill Liam Horan , Lee Kavanagh , David Nolan , B O Neill ; Glen O Gorman J Manley , Paul O Brien

Scorers  D Nolan (1-3),  J Manley (0-3) L Kavanagh (1-2)

P O Brien (0-2) , G O Gorman (0-1) B O Neill (1-0) , G Byrne (0-1) A Conyard (0-2)  

Subs Used Wesley Manning for Niall Keogh , Alan Conyard for Eoin O Neill Stefan O Brien for Tony Doyle ,Robert Browne for B O Neill Carrick Driver for J Manley

Junior Camogie: Bray Emmet’s Vs Arklow Rocks Parnell’s, 9/08/16

Bray Emmet’s 13 -2

Arklow Rocks Parnell’s 0-0

A fine virtuoso display from Bray Full Forward Kelly Gilbert gave Bray a fairly comfortable win in the ladies Junior hurling championship in Arklow last Tuesday night.

The game started off quite evenly with both defenses coming out on top if the early exchanges.  After a tight opening few minutes Bray then started the scoring in earnest with full forward Gilbert hitting a shot from outside the 21-yard line without a doubt she was going for a point but instead of the ball going over the bar it dropped into the back of the Arklow net. This goal was a sign of things to come. A few minutes later Gilbert scored a typical full forward goal with a high ball coming in and Gilbert catching it and turns and buries the ball into the back of the net. Bray kept the pressure on after them goals this pressure leads to corner forward Claire Holland getting another great goal from play before midfielder Niamh McCormack scored a fine point from play after some fine interplay. Just before halftime bray went on one last attack and the ball ended up in the hand of Gilbert again who got another goal to top off a great 1st half performance. For the Bray Woman.  Leaving the score 4-1 to 0-0 at half time.

Bray kept pilling forward relentlessly in the second half. Scoring an early goal after a melee in front of the Arklow goal. Gilbert then scored a very unconventional goal pulling on the ball between her legs as the ball was rolling around in front of the Arklow goalmouth. Bray midfielder McCormack then one the ball from a puck out and after soloing past a few Arklow defenders she went for a point but similar to Gilbert goal in the first half the ball dropped just underneath the crossbar resulting in another bray gaol. Bray corer forward Aoife Cunningham got a lovely goal from play after some good work by Gilbert. The goals kept coming thick and fast first through Amy Barry and midfielder Caoimhe Lohan before wing back Vicki Crimmins got Bray 2nd point from play.  Gilbert scored one last goal from play to really ensure brays dominance and cap off a great display from the girls from Bray.

Arklow Rocks Parnells; Nicola Walker; Katie Breen, Katie O Reily, Orla Kelly,; Carmel Redmond, Mary Geraghty, Rachel Redmond, ; Emma Breen, Chloe Dobson;  Emma Mcgreary, Emer Lee, Danielle Curran; Aoife O Brien, Bride Mcarthy Heather O Gorman

Bray Emmets Emily Stevenson; Emma Davis, Lauren Sweeney, Brona Murphy; Vicki Crimmins Jane Butler Amy Barry; Sadhb Eglington, Niamh Mccormack; Caoimhe Lohan, Roisin Quigley, Jenny Molloy; Claire Holland Kelly Gilbert, Aoife Cunningham

Subs Used  K walker For Brona Murphy

Hurling: Glenealy Vs Bray Emmet's, 2.8.16

Glenealy 2-15

Bray Emmet’s 1-5

The semi final of the Wicklow Junior B Championship was played last Thursday night in Arklow.

Glenealy started the game at a faster pace because directly from the throw in midfielder Aaron Meade picked up the ball ran at the bray defence and slotted a nice early score to settle Gleanely. Glenealy put over two more scores from centre forward Ben o Neil from play before Meade got another from a free. Bray then went on their first meaningful attack getting a point from play through wing forward David Ebbs. O Neil got another score from play before midfielder Eddie Doyle slotted another over the black spot. Then completely against the run of play Bray played a ball behind the Glenealy Back line where wing forward was left alone with the time and space he had he calmly slotted the ball into the back of the net. Then a pivotal moment came in the game when Glenealy midfielder Eddie Doyle got involved in an off the ball scuffle with Bray midfielder Colin Salmon. As a result of this scuffle the referee sent the two players off.  Glenealy then started to put the foot down with wing forward o Neil getting a goal from play. Bray Corner forward John warde then got a fine score from play. Glenealy then tagged in two more scores from play from centre forward o Neil and a fine score from wing back Robert Browne.  Bray full forward Brian Duggan then got a point from play after some hard work from the midfield. Glenealy then got their second goal through wing forward James Manley before both sides cancelled each other out with points Brays coming from midfielder Connor Doherty and Glenealy point coming from centre forward O Neil. Leaving the score 2-8 to 1-4 at half time.

The second half was very much like the first with Glenealy dominating and with Aaron Meade getting another early score this time from a free. |Hard working Glenealy Full Forward Dean Franey getting another score from play before Meade put over two monster frees. Both teams started to empty their benches at this stage with bray Sub Philip Lee scoring a real consolation score for Bray. Then very much like the first half there was another incident where Glenealy sub R o Brien got involved in an altercation with the Bray full back Ed Keating which led to the two of them been. The game was petering out to its inevitable conclusion at this stage but just to rub salt into the Bray wounds Glenealy got 3 more points before the end. Two of them from centre forward o Neill and the final score of the game coming from substitute Brendan Hawes.

Glenealy,  D Doyle , S O Brien, P Dunne, T Conyard; D Franey, D Nolan, R Browne ; A Meade, E Doyle; D O Neil , B O Neil, J Manley; C Driver , D Franey, R Farrely

Scorers ; A Meade (0-5)  B O Neill (0-5) D O Neill(1-1) E Doyle (0-1 ) R Browne (0-1 J Manley(1-0)  D Franey(0-1) B Hauwes (0-1)

Subs used Teo Smitf for D Franey , Brendan Hawes for C Driver R O Brien for R Farrely P Brady for B O Neil ,  C Renoylds for J Manley

Bray Emmets C Munally; , D Eglington Ed Keating ,B Cowan  J Lee C Reddin P Barry; C Doherty, C Salmon ,; , David Ebbs Enda o Maolmhuaidh , S Anders; J Warde , B Duggan , R Mason

Scorers D Ebbs (0-1), S Anders(1-0)  J warde (0-1) B Duggan(0-1) C Doherty (0-1) P Lee (0-1) 
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Gaelic Football: Ballinacor Vs Ballymanus, 29/07/16

Ballinacor 1-11

Ballymanus 1-7

Eoin Horkan

Parses Park

Last Friday night in Arklow there was a fiercely contested Intermediate Championship game played between two close rivals that were hard to separate.

The game started brilliantly for Ballinacor when their  corner forward James  Nolan got on to a ball on the 21 yard line and went to put the ball over the bar but it was one of those days for ballinacor as his miss hit shot dropped short of a point and surprised the Ballymanus goalkeeper as it dropped into the back of the net. This was just the start ballinacor needed as this was a must win game for them. This goal sparked Ballymanus into life getting a couple of unanswered scores. With wing forward Roan Lynch getting the scoreboard ticking over with a point from play before full forward P Byrne scoring a fine point from play before getting another one from a free.  After the few unanswered scores Ballincor then started to play again with wing forward B Hanlon and corner forward Ger Byrne  scoring two fine points from play.  The scores started coming thick and fast from both teams then with ballyamnus corner forward Ger Farrar getting a point from play before wing forward K Byrne also slotting a ball over the bar  Brian Hanlon  then got another score from play before some great play from ballymanus ended up with the ball in the hands of the corner forward Ger Farrar who calmly slotted the ball into the back of the net. Coming into half time this was a great score to get but just as Ballymanus thought they were going into the break with a lead Ballinacor Full forward Ronan Phelan got the ball on the half way line  and started slaloming through the Ballymanus defence before putting the ball over the black spot this score made the game level at half time.

Ballincor started the second half well with midfielder P Byrne scoring a great point from play before industries wing forward Brian Hanlon working hard to put another one of the bar. Ballymanus then got a score back through full forward P Byrne from a free.  Then the game started to two and fro with the defenders coming out on top. Ballinacor then went on the attack this is when the pivotal moment in the match occurred when Ballymanus midfielder  Ronan Stapleton made a fairly innocuous challenge in the midfield and got a 2nd yellow card and was sent off. This was the game changing moment as there was only one score in the game. Soon after the red card Ballinacor started to empty their bench to get fresh legs on the pitch and almost immediately this worked when sub James Murphy scored a fine point from play. Ballinacor then started to use their extra man to great advantage. They started playing direct football and it started to pay dividends when corner forward G Byrne won a breaking ball on the 21 yard line and slotted it over the bar before the same man got another point from a free. At this stage Ballinacor had gone two scores up but Ballymanus hadn’t given up hope with centre back Martin  Kenny trying to burst through a stern Ballinacor defence nut Ballincaor defence never let the ball into the net. Some great defending with a bit of luck involved with ballymanus putting the ball wide on a few different occasions. Then Kenny went on one last run combining well with some of the forwards before a goal bound shot was blocked by a Ballinacor defender. Ballymanus got a free kick for a foot block but as Ballinacor had everyone back on the line Kenny had to just tap the ball over the bar and hope there was time for one last attack. There was time for one last attack but it was for Ballinacor as full forward R Phelan got one last monster score to put the game  to bed. After a great game the Sending off for Ballymanus made a huge difference .

Ballinacor; C O Neil; S Boyle, C Kennedy, JP Byrne; M Byrne J Byrne D Byrne ;D Dowling P Byrne , ; C Murphy, D Carter B Hanlon;, J Nolan, R Phelan, G Byrne

Scorers J Nolan (1-0) ,B Hanlon (0-3)  G Byrne( 0-4)  R Phelan (0-2) P Byrne (0-1) J Murphy (0-1)

Subs used B Heffernan for JP Byrne , P Byrne for C Murphy J Murphy for D Carter

Ballymanus; B Doyle ;, A Byrne , S O Neil , D Byrne ; , S Whelan, M Kenny , L Byrne ;, D O Keefe R Stapleton ;, R Lynch, P Byrne K Byrne, ; C Coogan, P Byrne , G Farrar

Scorers P Byrne (0-3) , R Lynch (0-1) G Farrar (1-1) M Kenny  (0-1) K Byrne (0-1)

Subs used G Farrar for A Byrne,  C Whelan for D O Keefe, P Murray for G Farrar, P Coogan for G Farrar, A Byrne for P Coogan ( Black card)

Gaelic Football: Arklow Gerlandines Ballymoney Vs Hollywood, 28/0716

AGB 0-10

Hollywood 1- 12

Eoin Horkan

Pearse Park

AGB 2nd match in the Junior championship was played in Arklow on Thursday night last. As the old sane goes goals win matches.

The game started off at a quick pace with an early score from both sides with Hollywood corner forward Ross Tyrell scoring an early point from play before the score was cancelled out by AGB centre forward Richie Neary got a score from play. Hollywood started get on top in midfield and just to prove a point midfielder  John Mooney got a fine long range point .Hollywood then went on a meaningful attack and after some great interplay corner forward Tyrell got the ball straight in front of the AGB goal and tapped it into an empty net. AGB then got a score back through midfielder Darragh Culleton. Hollywood tagged on two more scores one from wing back Nathan O Sullivan and full forward John Burke AGB then got a score back through corner forward Gary Fennel. Both teams then swapped scores just before with Hollywood full forward John burke scoring from play before AGB got one back through early sub Padraig Kelleher leaving the score 1-5  to 0-4 at half time.

Hollywood came out after half time firing on all cylinders getting a few scores early on in the half through Tyrell and on from centre forward Brian Flynn.

Kelleher then got another point for AGB. John Mooney then popped up with another fine score from play. This score made AGB start playing they knew if they lost this game they would be out of the championship. AGB wing forward Shane Donohoe started the mini revival by fisting a point over the bar when in hindsight he could have went for goal. AGB started to get on top then with sub Ross Hynes scoring another point in the mini revival before centre forward Neary getting another. John Mooney stopped the mini revival with another great point. AGB then another score through sub Jason Redmond. This late revival came in vain with the effort AGB put in they were running on empty when Hollywood tagged on points from the aforementioned Mooney Flynn and Burke. AGB got  went on one last attack and sub Kelleher got another point. Just to prove a point at the end Hollywood midfielder Mooney got another point from play to make sure of the Hollywood win.

AGB  ; M. Travers, m o Sullivan, R Tyrell, K O Connor; K  Dowling, R Stafford,  C Darcy; C Doyle, D Culleton,; E Horkan, R Neary, S Donohoue; G Fennel, T Jameson, D Keenan

Scorers  R Neary {0-2}  P Kelleher (0-3)  D Culleton {0-1} , G Fennell {0-1} S  Donohoue {0-1} R Hynes {0-1} J Redmond {0-1}

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Hollywood;  I Burke;, C Callanan , S Burke R Mac Dermott; S O Keefe , R Houlihan, K Cullen;, J Mooney N O Sullivan;, D Burke, B Flynn, C Corrigan, ; D Coyne, J Burke R Tyrell

Scorers R Tyrell ( 1-3) J Burke (0-2) J Mooney (0-4) B Flynn (0-2) N O Sullivan( 0-1)

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