Minor B Football Championship

 

Minor B Football Championship

Tomnafinnoge 3-5

Michael Dwyer’s 2-14

Eoin Horkan

Coolafancy

 

Monday evening saw the top of the table clash between Tomnafinnoge and Michael Dwyer’s. It was the visitors and table toppers Dwyer’s who ended up victorious in the end.

Dwyer’s flew out of the blocks as straight from the throw in the ball ended up in the hands of centre forward Callum McRea who slotted the first point of the game. The response was immediate from the home side with full forward Eddie Cullen levelling the tie in the next attack. With both sides looking to kick the ball long into the forward line it was Dwyers who scored next with full forward Mark Kinsella gathering a long ball on the d before making his way past two defenders before finishing into the net. The response from the home side was empathic with midfielder Killian O’ Keefe  splitting the posts from range . Ciaran Lambert drove a 45 over the bar to narrow the gap to the minimum. Cullen was moving well at full forward as he  gathered the ball his pointed effort dropped into the corner of the net to extend his sides lead.

The visitors looked in trouble as the home side were piling on the pressure this was until McCrea added two more white flags both coming from play along with Jack  O’ Toole who added two more place balls. Cullen then managed to stem the tide again as he drove in his second goal of the game for his side . With the game heading to the break and both sides scoring freely wing forward for Dwyers Eoin Canna fired over two efforts with the outside of his boot in between a Lambert goal bound effort that was tipped over the bar. This meant the tie was level at the break.

The second half was as free scoring as the first as Kinsella had the ref putting another point to his tally . The home side moved centre forward Conor Byrne to the edge of the square for the second half. This change had an immediate impact as Byrne landed his sides third goal driving low past a number of defenders. Kinsella responded again this time with a well taken mark. Cillian Murphy extended the home sides advantage with another minor . This turned out to be the last score of the game as Dwyers pushed on .

With subs coming on for both teams halfway through the half it was Dwyers sub Mark Tyrell who made an immediate impact with a point. O’ Toole extended his tally with a fine effort from play . Within the space of a few minutes Mark Kinsella a brother of full forward Adam drove through the defence to add another white and then a green flag to his sides tally.  Wing back Andy Corrigan struck a great score from out wide as he drove forward at the end of the game . It was Dwyers full forward Kinsella who finished the scoring with one final white flag for his side.

 

Michael Dwyers: Ross Harmon; Sean Kelly, Matthew Jackson, Ben Keogh; Andy Corrigan (0-1), James Boland, Daniel Byrne; Jack O’ Toole (0-3 2fs), Adam Kinsella (1-1); Eoin Canna (0-2), Callum McCrea (0-3), Alan Ryan; Daniel Nolan, Mark Kinsella (1-3 1m), Sean Walsh.

Subs : Noah Hughes for Daniel Nolan, Mark Tyrell (0-1) for Sean Walsh.

Tomnafinnoge: McDara O’ Neill; Jamie Purcell, Darragh Rawson, Ryan Purcell; Luke Dolan, Ciaran Lambert (0-2 1 45), Jamie Schoeb; Killian O’ Keefe (0-1), Thomas Kelly; Daniel Tighe, Conor Byrne (1-0), Ryan Hilliard; Cillian Murphy (0-1), Eddie Cullen (2-1), Jack O’ Keefe.

Subs: Samuel Driver for Ryan Hilliard, Pearse Byrne for Daniel Tighe, Rioghan O’ Callaghan for Cillan Murphy, Cormac Murphy for Jamie Purcell.

Referee: Max Molloy ( Annacurra)

Intermidiate Hurling Championship

 

Intermediate Hurling Championship

Arklow Rocks Parnell’s 2-15

Barndarrig 1-8

Pearse Park

Eoin Horkan

 

The second round of the intermediate hurling championship took place in Arklow on Friday night, with local rivals Arklow Rocks Parnell’s facing Barndarrig.

With both sides having lost there first match it was imperative that one of the sides got their championship campaign  off to a winning start. The Rocks made hometown advantage count by coming out on top in this local derby.

The Rocks were the first team to threaten the scoreboard as centre forward Paddy Mellon slotted the opening point of the game. Barndarrig’s response came from the hurl of Jacques McCall who carried on his scoring from the first round with an early free. PJ O’ Connor wing forward for the Rocks started to get his hands on the ball much more and using his speed managed to slot two points in a row in between an effort from his fellow wing forward Cathal Byrne. McCall added another dead ball in response before Shane Mellon extended the lead for the Arklow side raising another white flag.

McCall was keeping his side within touching distance with a further free. The Arklow side then managed to double their lead when corner forward Corner Jameson rifled a ball into the roof of the net. McCall responded again this time with a point from play before full forward Aaron Jackson grabbed the sliotar out of the air before firing into the net to narrow the gap again .This was the closest his side got to Arklow as they then went on to hit a goal and four points without reply before the half time whistle .Darragh Walker opened his account for the evening before PJ O’ Connor slotted a free and another effort from play . In between O’ Connor’s efforts ,midfielder Tom Somers collected a ball way out the field and his solo run ended up with him driving the ball into the far corner of the net. Paddy Mellon finished the scoring in the first half for his side.

 

The second half started with a bang when almost immediately Conor Doyle split  the posts from long range  twice in a number of minutes in between another minor from McCall. Mellon added a third point to his tally for the day this time from a place ball. Barndarrig’s corner forward Andrew Traynor who looked dangerous anytime the ball came into him let rip a goal bound effort that flew over the bar. With both sides starting to look for impact of the bench it was the Rocks who notched the next score through substitute Liam Somers. The two Mellon’ s then finished off the scoring for Arklow raising  two more white flags. Traynor spilt the posts from play with McCall adding one final place ball for his side before the full time whistle.

 

 

 

Arklow Rock’s Parnell’s: Daniel Reilly; Des Byrne, Darren Reilly, Daniel Long; Tyrone Byrne, Cian Doyle, Sean McCarthy; Tom Somers (1-0), Conor Doyle (0-2); PJ O’ Connor(0-4  1f), Paddy Mellon (0-4 1f), Cathal Byrne (0-1); Conor Jameson (1-0), Shane Mellon(1-2), Darragh Walker (0-1)

 

Subs: Liam Somers (0-1) for Cathal Byrne, Conor Gahan for Daniel Long.  

 

Barndarrig: David Boddy; Roger Belton, Michael Owen Byrne, Liam Dickenson ; James Cullen , Tim Byrne, Conor Crowley ; Tom Doyle , Malachy Stone; Peter Boddy, Jacques McCall  (0-6 4fs), Hugh Doyle ;Andrew Traynor (0-2), Joe Murphy (1-0) , David Dickenson.

 

Subs Used : Michael Doyle for Peter Boddy, Oisin Doyle for Conor Crowley.

Referee Mick Owens ( Avondale)

Intermidiate Hurling Championship

 Barndarrig 0-10

Kilcoole 7-18

Eoin Horkan

Ashford

Kilcoole made lightwork of Barndarrig in the first round of the

intermediate championship late Sunday morning .

Kilcoole flew out of the blocks with James Toner firing over from the

centre forward position before Luke Evans hit the first major as he

finished well into the corner of the net . Tim Byrne hit a solitary reply

for Barndarrig with a white flag this was their last score for a

number of minutes as Kilcoole added on plenty of scores . They hit

four points in a row all from play through Ronan Keddy, Evans and

two long range efforts from midfielder Chris Caroll . Captain and long

serving player Vinny Quigley landed another monster point to keep

the score board ticking over . Two more quick fire goals were added

through Evans and Eoin Keddy .

Barndarrig county star Jacques McCall landed two frees in response

to this scoring frenzy . With the game heading to the break Evans

slotted along with another goal Shane Collins. Evans, who was on

fire, raised two more white flags in between a score from Mikey O’

Brien before the half time whistle .

Barndarrig were a different side after the break with a mini

comeback in the tie firing over six points with a solitary point in reply

from Evans . McCall slotted two scores before wing back John

Kinsella. Joe Murphy managed to narrow the gap before McCall fired

over two extra points . Carroll and centre back Keddy added two

more to their tally. McCall added one final point from play for his

side . With the game effectively over both sides as a contest both

sides were reduced to fourteen men with John Kinsella and Charlie

Frawley getting red cards for an off the ball scuffle . Evans added

another goal and two points too his tally before sub and former

county minor Conor Murphy added another fine goal before slotting

a point from the edge of the d. It clearly wasn’t Barndarrig’s day as

one of their defenders inadvertently put the ball into his own net as

he attempted to control it . The final minor of the game through sub

Richie Ryan

Barndarrig: John Carlin; Michael Byrne, Liam Dickenson, Roger Belton

; Michael Doyle, Oisín Doyle, John Kinsella (0-1); Martin Cullen,

Malachy Stone; Tim Byrne(0-1) , Jacques McCall(0-7 2 fs), Hugh Doyle

; James Quinn , Joe Murphy(0-1), Shane Whelan

Subs Used: John Nolan for Hugh Doyle, Nicky Sinnott for Roger

Belton, Declan Kavanagh for Shane Whelan

Kilcoole : Luke Frawley; Shane Evans , Ciaran Doyle , Paddy O’ Brien ,

Séamus Grehan, Ronan Keddy(0-2), Fionn Mansfield, Chris Carroll (0-

3), Vinnie Quigley(0-1); Charlie Frawley, James Toner(0-1), Shane

Collins(1-0); Luke Evans(3-8 4fs) , Eoin Keddy(1-0), Michael O’

Brien(0-1)

Subs Used : Conor Murphy(1-1) for Shane Evans, Mark Curran for

Paddy O’ Brien, Richie Ryan(0-1) for Shane Collins .

Division 3 LGFA Final

 Bray Emmett’s 4-8

St Pats 5-9

LGFA Division 3 final

Eiré Óg

Eoin Horkan

St Pats managed to keep themselves ahead of Bray even after a very spirited

comeback from the Emmett’s in this high scoring final on Saturday evening.

Bray flew out of the blocks quicker than Pats with two early white flags , the

first coming from centre forward Ailbhe Whittle before corner forward Lauren

Rowe opened her account finishing after a good team move . Bray stayed on

top for the next few phases of play, but they couldn’t trouble the scoreboard.

The Wicklow town side opened there scoring with dead ball fired over by

Sophie Porter. Pats then took the lead against the run of play when captain

Justine Cronin fired into the back of the net . Aoife Caffrey used her left boot to

split the posts and extend the lead . With the game heading towards the water

break and Pats starting to control the game they added a second goal of the

quatre with Porter finding the back if the net .

After the break the Wicklow town side kept adding scores getting 1-4 without

reply before the half time whistle . Corner forward Erynn O’ Brien and Caffrey

added white flags . Porter was controlling the middle and causing trouble any

time she got hands on the ball this resulted in her getting her second goal of

the game after a great run through the defence . O’ Brien was causing havoc in

the corner as she added two more white flags before the half time whistle .

The second half of this contest was a much more exciting affair . Bray copied

what they did slotting the first two scores of the half . Rowe added another to

her tally for the game before Grace Redmond narrowed the gap with another

minor score . Pats responded with a minor Marie Gilligan . The next ten

minutes of the game turned into a goal frenzy . Bray midfielder Shauna Ryan

slotted a cultured point from play before substitute Emma Nesbitt narrowed

the gap even further with a second major . Not to be deterred Pats went down

the opposite end with the ball ending in the hands of O’Brien who finished

neatly into the corner . Nesbitt managed to get her hand to a dropping ball to

direct it past the keeper as she grabbed her second major in a matter of

minutes. Just before the second water break Cronin did what any captain

would do as she fired over to stem the tide on the scoreboard .

After the goal frenzy the crowd started to get behinds both teams . This was

evident as Bray pushed forward in the final quarter . Rowe added a free before

Saoirse Canavan finished into the net for her side . Wing forward Arrianna

Zeller pushed forward from wing back to split the posts from long range . Bray

kept pushing forward Amy Butler burst through the defence to add another

white flag .

With only a score between the sides Pats broke forward and the ever

dangerous O’ Brien managed to add what was an insurance score as she hit

the net with a great strike The Emmett’s added one final green flag as Canavan

finished to the net again . Pats finished the game with the final goal from

Naoise O’ Reilly .

Bray Emmett’s: Ella Cummins; Clodagh O’ Keefe, Laura Doyle, Aoife O’ Grady;

Robyn Lynch, Martha Lackey, Arrianna Zeller(0-1); Shauna Ryan(0-1 ), Saoirse

Canavan(2-0); Grace Redmond (0-1), Ailbhe Whittle(0-1), Amy Butler(0-1);

Lauren Rowe(0-3 1f), Orlagh Downey, Aoibhe Traynor.

Subs Used : Emma Nesbitt (2-0) for Aoibhe Traynor, Emily Ryan for Orlagh

Downey, Erica Brierton for Clodagh O’ Keefe, Cara Mahoney for Robyn Lynch,

Eileen Neenan- Henley for Grace Redmond

St Pats: Amy Kavanagh; Lucy Mooney, Emma Watters, Hope Downey; Leanne

O’ Neill, Luciana Hobbs, Eadaoin O’ Keane, Sophie Porter(2-1 1f), Brooke

Griffin; Aoife Caffrey(0-2), Naoise O’Reilly(1-0), Justine Cronin(1-1); Erynn O’

Brien(1-4), Holly McSorley ,Marie Gilligan (0-1)

Subs Used : Kirsty Dunne for Luciana Hobbs, Eva Deehan for Lucy Mooney

 .

U17 WNL

 U17 WNL

Bray Wanderers + Greystones Utd 0

Bohemians 4

Archfield

Eoin Horkan

Bohemians made their trip down the M50 on Saturday afternoon

with while as they came out on top against Bray in the sweltering

heat.

This game started evenly with both froward lines trying to run the

opposition defence in the heat and hope for mistakes . This wasn’t

the case as the goalkeepers on both sides swept up the attempted

long balls from both sides early on as chances were at a premium .

It wasn’t until after the first quarter when you could see patterns of

play from both sides coming to the fore . It was the visitors who

started to gain control in the middle of the park . they kept

possession expertly as they tried to break down as resolute home

side .

It wasn’t until the twenty fifth minute till this game burst into life .

The ball landed at the feel Ellie Spain who fired an effort towards the

goal from long range which nestled in the back of the net to give her

side the lead . Bohs kept controlling the game but couldn’t make

any major inroads into the home sides defence .

The home side managed to get one major chance in the half this

landed at feet of Amber Quinn, but her effort was expertly saved by

Ella Brennan . With the final play of the half Bohs captain Sophie

Halon broke down the wing before firing into the net from a narrow

angle .

With both sides tiring the second half became a much more open

affair with both sides creating more chances . The home side won a

corner which was delivered expertly but taken off the line by Robin

Baird . Holly McCarthy was casing big trouble any time she ran down

the wing any chance she could get but anytime she swung the ball in

her teammates couldn’t finish it into the net.

The visitors were carving out plenty of chances the next one fell to

the aforementioned Hanlon who turned expertly on the edge of the

box to fire low into the corner heading into the final quarter of the

game . The final quarter of this game started to petter out as Bohs

were in complete control . With 8 minutes to go they won a corner .

After an expert delivery the ball was bouncing in the eighteen yard

box . Centre back Caoimhe Creighton managed to control her half

volley and direct it into the net to finish the game of as a contest .

Bray Wanderers+ Greystones Utd: 1 Ciara McDonnell 12 Abie Ward,

4 Ava Godfrey 17 Aoibhe Donegan 14 Lorena Di Stefano 13 Emily

Short 15 Emma Cullen 18 Sorcha Melia 6 Ruth Leahy11 Amber

Quinn 7 Ruth McDonnell

Subs Used: 5 Olivia Morris for Ruth McDonnell, 16 Mia Walsh for Abi

Ward.

Bohemians; 1 Ella Brennan14 Robin Baird 10 Caoimhe Creighton, 4

Amy Ellis,5 Alisha Hughes 22 Leah Hughes 17 Savannah Kan 18 Mille

Webb 7 Sophie Hanlon 6 Ellie Spain 9 Hollie McCarthy

Subs Used: 2 Thi Kearney for Alisha Hughes,19 Cer McSherry for

Ellie Spain, 21 Annie Stanfield for Robin Baird

U14 Eddie Wallace Cup

 U14 Eddie Wallace Cup Group D

Bray Wanderers 2

Galway United 3

Ballychorus

Eoin Horkan

Bray’s youngsters were narrowly beaten by Galway in what was a

great cup tie between the two sides in tough conditions on Saturday

lunchtime .

Galway broke through the home defence in the opening five

minutes . Striker Cillian Tollett who rounded the keeper and finished

into an empty to open the scoring for his side . Bray started to gain

control the game after the early goal with Max Free creating a

chance for Cristiano Bramley who couldn’t level the tie .

Bray managed to level the tie inside the ten minute mark as

dangerous striker Billy O’ Brien disposed the centre back before

finishing neatly into the bottom corner of the net . With both

strikers causing havoc any time they touched the ball it was clear

that this game wasn’t going to be a drab draw. O’Brien had the next

half chance as his blocked effort from a clearance nearly flew past

the keeper. The visitors responded with a glancing header from

Tollett whose effort grazed the post on its way past the goal.

The second third of this game paved way too many more chances

from both sides but neither chance really threatened the goal till the

end of the half . Billy Martin was left almost one on one with the

Galway net minder , his goal bound effort was expertly blocked by

Daithi Casey . The home side’s biggest chance of the half came from

Jack Maguire whose header from a corner grazed the top of the bar

as it went over .

The away side started piling on the pressure in this final quarter as

they looked to extend their lead . This pressure finally paid off when

the aforementioned Tollett whipped in a sublime effort twenty yards

out. Minutes later Galway midfielder Darragh Sherlock let fly from

even further out . As the ball left his boot the crowd knew it was

destined for the net as it flew into the top corner .

Bray had to start pushing forward after these two sucker punches to

narrow the gap . With minutes left on the clock that man O’ Brien

again controlled the ball on the edge of the box before turning his

man and expertly finishing into the far corner of the net . This was

unfortunately just a consolation goal for the home side.

Bray Wanderers :1 Alex Forde,2 Tadhg Worthington 3 Evan Lynch 4

Callum Kenna 5 Jack Maguire 6 Max Free 18 Josh Delves 8 Darragh

Sherlock 9 Billy O’ Neill 20 Jake O’ Neill 17 Cristiano Bramley.

Subs Used : 14 Jake Fulton 13 Liam Billings 10 Billy Martin 15 Noah

Byrne 16 Ethan Doyle 11 Adam Keane 19 Sean Howard

Galway United : 1 Noah Carroll 20 Dara Flanagan 3 Luc Grialaid 21

Niall McCarthy 5 Harry Faherty 4 Michial Gauvasel 6 Daithi Casey

James Morahan 13 Shane Quirke 14 Shay Brady 9 Cillian Tollett

Subs Used : 10 Paraic Heinz Ward 12 Eoin Doyle 11 Dara Hislop 2

Stephen Martin 7 Pady Ryan 19 David Mcloughlin

Minor Hurling Wicklow

 Bray Emmett’s 5-15

Arklow Rocks Parnell’s/ Kilcoole 3- 15

Minor Hurling Championship

Eoin Horkan

Bray Emmett’s Gaa Club

A strong 2 nd half comeback wasn’t enough for Arklow Rocks Parnell’s/ Kilcoole

as Bray Emmett’s came out on top in this high scoring game in the first round

of the minor hurling championship.

Bray with home advantage flew out of the blocks quickly with centre forward

Adam Prunty driving through the opposition defence to grab his sides first goal

of the game . Not to be deterred the visitors pushed forward and got there first

goal from wing back Adam O’ Leary who finished well to level the tie . The

first half then turned into a dead ball competition between the centre

forwards on both sides . Prunty hit five scores in a row two from sixty fives

before adding three more frees to his tally . Midfielder Liam Egan opened his

account from play after the flurry of frees . The home side who were flying at

this point added two well taken goals. Both corner forwards Willie Cash and

Darragh Ward raising green flags one after the other. Prunty slotted a minor

from play before Arklow responded. With the game heading towards the

break the visitors pushed forward this resulted in centre forward Willie Cash

slotting four frees while his first cousin and namesake added one more score

for the home side to extend their lead.

After the games resumption Egan added two more white flags for his side .

Cash was keeping the visitors in the game with his expertly taking frees as he

fired over two more . Arklow then manged to narrow the gap when Nial O

Donovan managed to bundle the ball into the net . Liam Murphy came up from

centre back to narrow the gap even further . Bray started to empty their bench

and substitute Donnacha MacMaoláin made an instant impact grabbing his

sides fourth goal . Egan added yet another score moments later . Cash landed

another place ball before wing back Bartley Crummy split the posts with a long

range effort . The ever dangerous Cash stemmed the tide with a well taken

point for the home team . The visitors were then reduced to fourteen men

when Liam Murphy was shown a straight red for an off the ball incident . This

seemed to spur them on getting the net three point with O’ Donavan firing

over before cash added two more to his tally Conor Broderick managed to get

his name on the scoreboard with a free from close in . Tiernan Gahan then

came off the bench to fire into the net with Dale Van Dalen pointing from out

wide for the visiting team .

With the tie getting tighter Bray scored one – one against the run of play with

full forward Tristan Doherty raising a white flag before that man Cash drove in

another goal to effectively finish the tie off . Conor O’ Mahony drove two

fierce efforts towards the goal for Arklow , his efforts flew just over . Liam Egan

fired over the insurance score for his side leaving six between them at the final

whistle.

Bray Emmett’s: Adam Windsor; Ronan Hogan, Tadhg Treacy, Senan Croke;

Éanna Hayes, Séan Kenny, Finn Redmond ; Conor Broderick(0-1), Liam Egan(0-

5); Ryan Harrison, Adam Prunty(1-6 3 fs 2 65s), Ciarán Kelly; Darragh Ward(1-),

Tristan Doherty(0-1), Willie Cash 2-2)

Subs used : Donnacha MacMaolain (1-0) for Darragh Ward, Matthew

McGovern for Senan Croke

Arklow Rocks Parnell’s/ Kilcoole : Cian Redmond; Donnacha Murphy, Miley

Connors, Padraig Kelly; Bartley Crummy(0-1), Liam Murphy(0-1) ,Adam O’

Leary(1-); Darragh Shannon, Ben Campbell; Dale Van Dalen(0-1), Willie Cash(0-

9 8 fs) , Nial O’ Donavan (1-1); Jack O’ Reilly , Conor O’ Mahony(0-2) , Chris

Horan

Subs Used: Tiernan Gahan(1-0) for Jack O’ Reilly , Adam O’ Farrell for Chris

Horan

Junior Hurling Championship Wexford

 Ferns – St Aidan’s 1-15

Davidstown- Courtnacuddy 1-10

Junior Hurling Championship

St Aidan’s GAA Pitch

Eoin Horkan

A strong second half performance was enough to see St Aidan’s pull

away from there visitors Davidstown on Sunday lunchtime in the

junior hurling championship .

The home side were the first to threaten the scoreboard with a free

from Brian Stafford . The visitors played a long ball in the next phase

of play . Wally Furlong managed to grab the ball and finish into the

back of the net for the first major of the game .

After this early blow it didn’t really affect Aidan’s as they fired over

the next three scores, two coming from Jack O’ Hagan while Seb

Rynhart fired over a great run through the defence . The sides then

traded scores with Liam Lynch stemming the tie raising a white flag

before Stafford added another free.

Sean Fitzpatrick came of the bench for the visitors and within

minutes he spilt the posts from his own half this score was a catalyst

for his side . David Dunne fire over points from either side of the field

before Colin Kirwack raised another white flag . With the game

heading to the break Pádraig Kinsella extended his sides lead before

Dunne added his third point in quick succession. The final score of

the half was a major from Padraig Walsh who levelled game on the

whistle .

The second half was a tight affair for the first half of it . The first

score of the half came from the home sides wing back Conor O’

Toole whose effort from the side-line split the posts . Stafford raised

another white flag with a free . The visitors responded with Lynch

and a sixty fix from Oisin Hayes . Scores were coming into twos with

sub Peter O’ Toole with a point wide out on the wing. The

aforementioned Stafford was controlling the game around the

middle firing over three of the next four scores with Lynch breaking

up this scoring spree . Davidstown last score of the contest game

from a free from Hayes . Aidan’s notched the last three scores of the

game to finish off the contest . Both corner forwards Derek Thorpe

and Kinsella raised white flags . The final point of the game came

from sub O’ Toole to insure there was no way back for the

opposition.

Ferns- St Aidan’s: Mick Walsh; Brian O’ Neil, Peter Nolan, Paddy O’

Hagan; Brian O’ Neil ( Capt.), Sean Walsh, Conor O’ Toole(0-1); PJ O’

Neill, Seb Rynhart(0-1) ; Padraig Walsh(1-0), Jack O Hagan(0-2), Brian

Stafford;(0-6 5 frees ) Derek Thorpe(0-1), Pádraig Bolger, Pádraig

Kinsella(0-2)

Subs- Peter O’ Toole (0-2) for O’ Neil (40), James Kinsella for J O’

Hagan (45), Andy Cash for Walsh (54)

Davidstown- Courtnacuddy: Stephen Kennedy; Sean Cooper ,

Andrew Shore( Capt.), Daryl Freeman; Dylan Sharkey, Eddie Kelly,

Jack O’ Regan; David Dunne(0-3), Tom Quigley; David Dwyer, Liam

Lynch(0-3) Bill Harrington; Oisin Hayes(0-2 I free 1 65), Wally

Furlong(1-0), Colin Kirwack (0-1)

Subs – Sean Fitzpatrick(0-1) for Freeman (8 inj), Stephen Dunbar for

Furlong (30)

Referee: Eddie O’ Sullivan

AGB vs Blessington Senior Football League

 AGB 0-12

Blessington 5-11

Eoin Horkan

Pearse Park

Blessington ripped up the form book on Sunday when they hit 5 goals before midday when beating AGB in the league.

After travelling an hour down the road for this early Sunday morning game Blessington found it hard to trouble the scoreboard early on . AGB’s Stephen Hurley opened the scoring with a long range effort with the outside of his boot. Stephen Carroll at wing forward for the visitors responded with a minor score as he cut in from the wing to split the uprights . The home side playing against the wind fired over two more score with Sean Crowley firing over a forty five  . Cormac O’ Shea then drove over a second effort to extend  his sides lead . As AGB looked like they were going to kick on and extend the lead Blessington kicked into gear notching 1-4 without a response heading into the break . Anthony McLoughlin free narrowed the gap to the minimum . Corner forward  Jordan Nolan then manged to win the ball inside the danger zone and fire into the back of the net to change this contest completely . Michael O’ Connor in the opposite corner  to Nolan slotted over two points in quick succession the first from play before adding a free. Travers in the home side’s goal saved expertly at point blank range to keep his side in the contest . McLoughlin added one final free before the half time whistle to widen the gap between the sides

The second half of this game was a much higher scoring affair . The home side opened the scoring again this time through Cathal Kelleher before Curtis Geraghty responded in kind to keep that gap on the score board. The home side started to empty the bench . Conn Kinsella made an immediate impact scoring two minors in between an effort from Nolan .

Against the wind in  the second half the away side were starting to run the ball through the defence one of these runs ended up in the hands of full forward Dean Siney who rattled the back of the net . O’ Connor who was forever a danger inside managed to add a second major moments later . It was nearly three goals in a row only for the efforts of Travers who expertly kept out another goal bound effort . The resulting forty-five was converted by goalkeeper Michael O’ Toole . The home side were scoring in spurts this time sub Sean Hurley managed to split the posts with two fine  long range efforts before another sub Cian Cooney fired over from a tight angle . With the game petering out Nolan fired an effort from a narrow angle into the top of the Geraldines net. Cooney scored a carbon copy of his first effort to narrow the gap slightly . Geraghty added another minor to his tally  along side Mcloughlin who opened his scoring from play . Stephen Hurley aided by the breeze drilled a long  range free over as the game neared the final whittle . The final goal of the game was from the boot of Geraghty who expertly lobbed the onrushing Travers to kill the game completely . Kinsella’ slotted a close in free as a final consolation score . The visitors had the last laugh as that man Nolan dissected the uprights to finish of the scoring in this tie.

 

AGB: Mervyn Travers: Kyle Dowling, Ciaran Hyland, Karl Kirwan; Tom Maher, Cal Kelly, Niall O Reilly; Sean Crowley(0-1 45), Tiernan McBride; Daire McBride, Cathal Kelleher(0-1), Ciaran O Shea; Philp Healy, Stephen Hurley(0-2 1f), Cormac O Shea(0-1)

Subs Used: Conn Kinsella(0-3 1f) for Cal Kelly, Sean Hurley(0-2) for Daire McBride . Cian Cooney(0-2) for Ciaran O’ Shea, Corey Mills for Kyle Dowling ,Shane McBride for Cormac O Shea.

 

Blessington: Michael O’ Toole (0-1 45): Luke O Brien, Brian Bohan , Ethan Cotter; Kevin Hanlon, Paul Mcloughlin, Jordan McGarr; Thomas Fisher, Sean Byrne; Stephen Carroll (0-1), Anthony McLoughlin (0-3 2fs) Curtis Geraghty (1-2); Michael O’ Connor ( 1-2 1f), Dean Siney (1-0), Jordan Nolan (2-2)

Subs Used : Daniel Silke Featherstone for Stephen Carroll, Kevin John Rogers for Thomas Fisher, Adam Boland for Sean Byrne

Avonmore vs Greystones United Wicklow Cup

 Wicklow Cup

Avonmore 4

Greystones United 0

Ballygannon Park

Eoin Horkan

 

Avonmore United made home advantage count in this early Sunday morning cup tie running out comfortable  winners against Greystones United.

From the opening kick off the home side started to control the game with there front three players causing trouble from the start.  One of these front three carved out the first chance of the game when Fiacra O Hannain shot from the edge of the box flew narrowly wide . The same man had another chance to score this time from a free kick . His curling effort narrowly missed the post .

Mark Cullen was causing big trouble down the Avonmore right hand side. His shot in the ninth minute was well saved in the away sides goal.  Greystones playing in all green were finding difficult to get through a strong Avonmore rear guard . The only chance they got was from a dead ball .  Mac Darragh Kelly effort flew over the opposition bar .

Free kicks were starting to become a great chance for scoring . This  time it was Ryan Cahill for Avonmore  his effort grazed the outside of the post . It was until the thirtieth  minute when the game really burst into life .

The home sides Cian O Hannain swung in a great ball into the box and unfortunately for the retreating defender Dave O Sullivan he managed to divert the ball into his own net .

With the game minutes away from half time the home team won a corner . As the ball bobbled around the box . Cian O Hannain managed to head the ball into the net to give his side a deserving lead going into the break .

The second  half was nearly a carbon copy of with Avonmore carving out some early half chances but couldn’t get the third goal . It wasn’t until the sixty sixth minute when Avonmore managed to get a toe to a loose ball in the box to win a penalty .

Fiacra O Hannain stepped up and drove the penalty into the corner while the keeper stood motionless on his line . This goal effectively ended any chance of a comeback from Greystones .

The home side expertly controlled the game from there on out . As the crowd watched on and with five minutes to go Adam Tuke broke down the wing cut inside and unleashed and unstoppable  drive into the near post .

Avonmore are looking like one of the front runners to win this Wicklow Cup competition.

 

Avonmore :1, Jason Porter, 2 Paudie O’ Toole , 3 Shane Beever, 4 Eugene Dunne,5 Fiacra O Hannain, 6 Paddy Kennedy, 7 Cody Reid 8, Mark Cullen, 9, Ryan Cahill, 10 Cian O Hannain, 11 Adam Tuke

Subs Used : Ross Williams for Paddy Kennedy

 

Greystones United : 1 Eoin English , 2 Sam Gammell, 3 Jamie Plant 4 Sean Minogue , 5 Conor Mitchell, 6 Jack O Toole, 7 Sean Lawless, 8 Mac Darragh Kelly, 9 John Luke Kelly, 10 Sam Kerr, 11 Dave O Sullivan

Subs Used: Ryan Johnson for Jamie Plant, Richie Carroll for Sam Gammell , Jayson Healy for Mac Darragh Kelly

Referee David Jameson 

Arklow Town Vs Arklow United Wicklow Cup

 Wicklow Cup

Arklow Town 2

Arklow United 0

Travers Insurance Park

Eoin Horkan

 

A large crowd gathered in Arklow at  Saturday tea-time for the long awaited cup tie between  two Arklow sides . With only a couple of 100 metres separating both sides pitches this was always going to a tense affair .

The opening minutes of the game were played out exactly as predicted with both sides trying to wrestle control of the tie early on . It was the home side who eventually carved out an early effort as striker Joe Ledwith took a long -range shot which flew over the bar.  Town’s midfield general Philly Erasmus was starting to control the game in the middle. In the thirteenth  minute he managed to duck inside his defender and let fly from outside the box . His effort was easily saved in the United goal.

The home side were now starting to control the ball more as they pushed forward, they won a free on the edge of the box . Striker Ledwith stepped up to take it . He tried to fire it into the near post, but his effort narrowly missed the post . The home side kept piushign forward in search of the opening goal . Aaron Kelly broke through the defence but yet again Stephen Doyle kept it out at his ease in the united goal. 

With the game heading towards the break Kelly latched onto a through ball but his half volley inside the box blazed over the bar

It wasn’t until the forty third minute of the game when the away side got a shot on target this came from Zach Kilbride after controlling well from a free kick . It was a tame effort but still a shot none the less.

The town flew out of the blocks at the start of the 2^nd half with Ledwith bursting down the wing, but his goal bound effort was well kept out my Doyle in the goal.  The tie fell into a lull for the next ten minutes , then the game nearly changed against the run of play .

United won a free kick , the ball was controlled in the box and as Adam Walker was about to unleash a shot he was taken down and awarded a penalty . Mark Nolan stepped up to take the spot kick . His effort cannoned back of the crossbar . The away side kept the pressure on after this with Matthew Dempsey getting through one on one, but Town experienced net minder Travers smothered his effort expertly .

With ten minutes left in the game and looking like it was going to penalties Mark Fitzgerald swung in a teasing  cross . Philp Erasmus came in at the back post to header in the opening goal of the game .  With subs now starting to be brought on to change the game . One of Town’s subs made an impact but not for the right reasons .  Dan Doyle got booked for taking down an opposition player and before the free kick was taken, he managed to get a second yellow for decent .

With Town down to 10 men this didn’t change much in the last few minutes as they kept pushing forward.  A cross came into the box and that man Erasmus again managed to bundle the ball into the back of the net to finish off the tie with three minutes to go.

 

Arklow Town: 1 Mervyn Travers 2 Mark Fitzgerald, 3 Nathan Cullen, 4 Ciaran Burke,5  Sean Crowley,6  Conor Breslin, 7 Ryan Kenny, 8 Philp Erasmus, 9 Joe Ledwith, 10 Aaron Kelly, 11 Chris Furlong

Subs Used:  Jack Darcy for Chris Furlong , Conor Harris for Joe Ledwith , Dan Doyle for Aaron Kelly.

 

Arklow United : 1 Stephen Doyle, 2 Conor Blaney,3 Dan Doyle,4 Mark Nolan,5 Shane Kavanagh, 6 Stephen Kavanagh,7 Cian LT, 8 Sean Clare, 9 Adam Walker, 10 Matthew Dempsey, 11 Zach Kilbride

Subs Used : Denny Boyle for Adam Walker , Darren Reilly for Steven Kavanagh, Cian Mcloughlin for Shane Connolly.

 

Referee: David Jameson

Arklow CBS vs Temple Carrig U15 Schools Soccer Final

 

Arklow CBS 2

Templecarrig 1

 

This is no April fool’s joke . Arklow CBS’s  u15 soccer team managed to get the better of there Greystones’s challengers in the Wicklow- Wexford league final played in Gorey Rangers .

 

Arklow  CBS started the game much better than their opposition . They even managed to carve out an early chance in the fifth minute through Ryan Redmond who drove down  the wing, but his effort was well saved in the goal by Marco Nomesa Roe .

Moments later the CBS took a well deserved lead as Kyal Byrne managed to guide the ball to Tiernan Gahan whose low drive from the edge of the box found the net to give his side a well deserved lead in the sixth minute . CBS kept the pressure on for the next couple of phases of play but couldn’t make the pressure pay . In the thirteenth   minute Templecarrig won a free kick  out wide  . The cross landed at the feet at Dylan Bourke who controlled his shot expertly to level the tie against the run of play.

With the game now hanging in the balance Arklow  started to gain momentum once again with the aforementioned Gahan controlling the play in the middle .  The same man drove down the wing as the game headed towards the break . After some great work Ciaran Redmond’s  effort flew narrowly wide . With almost the last kick of the half Ryan Redmond attempted a long range effort as the crowd and keeper watched on the ball flew over the angle of post and bar.

After the break it was almost a role reversal with Templecarrig making the early running .  With striker Callum Britton in the centre of it .  Britton one on one  effort flew over the bar ten minutes into the half before his free kick moments later went narrowly wide .  Ryan Redmond broke through the defence again just  like the 1^st half but this time it was the defender Corey O’ Brien last ditch block which  saved a certain goal.

With the game in its final play’s the ball landed at the feet of Redmond again .His persistence finally paid off as he scored a volley/half volley worthy of winning any final at any level from the corner of the box .

Templecarrig piled forward in the last play, but Ryan Gleeson in the CBS goal smothered a last effort to keep his side ahead.

Arklow CBS: Ryan Gleeson, Harry McDonald, Tom Kavanagh , Ryan Morgan, Adam Lifely, Christian Dowling , Ciaran Redmond, Tiernan Gahan, Darragh Kinch, Ryan Redmond , Kyal Byrne

Subs : Jack O’ Reilly , Kian Scanlon

Templecarrig: Marco Nomesa Roe: Harry Gelbo ,Corey O’ Brien , David Black, Darragh Butler, Charles Lambert, Sam Cunningham, Caelen O’ Callaghan, Callum Britton, Evan Groghan Lenehan

Arklow Town vs Aughrim Rangers U 18 Wexford Cup

 U18 Wexford Cup 

Arklow Town 2

Aughrim Rangers 0 

Eoin Horkan

Travers Insurance Park

 

For anyone in attendance at this Friday night game under lights was treated to a great soccer match against  local rivals . Under heavy fog the referee John Carton  gave the go ahead to play the game .

 

This game started  off at 100 miles an hour with both sides putting each other under pressure early on . This pressure resulted in early chances for both teams with both goalkeepers coming out on top in the opening exchanges . Arklow were controlling the middle of the park, but the visitors always looked dangerous on the break . This proved to be the case when Laci Shannon latched onto a through ball to open her and her teams account for the night in the 28^th minute . Aughrim started to control the play after the goal with Shannon being the main danger . Her header from close range looped over the crossbar in the 34^th minute .  From the next play Shannon picked up the ball in the middle of the field and slalomed through the defence before finishing expertly into the corner of the net .

As the game petered towards half time and Aughrim looking well value for there lead the tide turned with the last play of the half . Arklow winger Niamh Kavanagh chased down what looked like a lost cause . As the defender tried to clear it Kavanagh’s leg managed to divert the ball into the net giving her side hope heading into the break.

Arklow looked like a different team after the whistle as they started looking for the equaliser . After a couple of early half chances, they still couldn’t make a breakthrough. In the 51^st minute the ball landed at the feet of Anna Byrne , who coolly   slotted the ball into the side netting to level the tie. With the game now in the melting pot and both sides creating half chances but nothing meaningful it was hard to see where the next goal was coming from . This was until Aughrim’s Abigail Whitney drove the wing , her cross come shot luckily looped over the home side’s keeper to give the away side the lead again in the 59^th minute. With thirty  minutes left in the game and subs being rolled on and off Aughrim were able to call on a Romanian u17 trialist Ana Dragusm who along with the aforementioned Shannon controlled the game till nearly the end . As the Town pushed forward Shannon broke away and finished the game off as a contest , while completing her hat trick at the same time .

Moments later the referee blew the final whistle giving the visitors a well deserved win .

 

Arklow Town : 1 Emilija Joncaite, 4, Amy Morgan, 5 Farrin Wholohan , 6 Ava O’ Brien, 7 Caoimhe Appeleby,8 Anna Byrne 11, Niamh Kavanagh, 9 Ciara Lancaster , 10 Amber Cronin Kenny, 13 Erin Barden, 12 Lizzie Bourke.

Subs Used 15: Micheala O’ Reily

 Aughrim Rangers :1 Niamh Whelan 13, Aoife Campbell, 3 Livia McDonagh,4 Shauna Rochford, 5, Alice Kirwan, 6 Leah O’Hare, 14 Willow Jordan, 8 Aoife Stafford, 15 Rebecca McCarthy, 10 Ciara Connolly, 11 Molly Hynes

Subs Used :  2 Ana Dragusm,  7 Laci Jane Shannon, 9 Abigail Whitney

Referee John Carton 

Arklow CBS vs St Mary's Edenderry Anne Mcinerny Cup Final

 

Arklow CBS 8

St Mary’s Edenderry 40

 Anne McInerny Cup Final .

 Arklow CBS travelled up to the hallowed turf of Donnybrook on Wednesday evening to play in the schools first ever Leinster rugby final .With nearly perfect conditions for a final this was going to be a great spectacle for anyone in attendance.

The first quarter of the game was a kicking battle between the two teams. CBS managed to engineer a penalty in the 7^th minute. Which was duly converted by fly half Conn Kinsella to give his side an early lead. St Mary’s then started to gain a foothold and after a break from a defensive  scrum. The fly half  Rory Allen ran under the posts  which he converted himself . There 2^nd try of the game came in the 21^st minute through  outside centre Stephen Cox , with Allen adding the extras again. CBS were piling pressure on the try line but some resolute defending from Edenderry kept them out . With the game heading to half time some more pressure resulted in a Oran Kelly try scoring effort deemed held up by the officials . With 5 minutes to go in the half the St Mary’s full back Paidí Farrell  used his quick feet and lightning speed to go from his own 22 to score under the posts. Allen slotted the extras before the half time whistle.

The 2^nd half was a much cagier affair with both defences on top until midway through the half when Edenderry’s  number 8 and captain Cian Conroy burrowed his way over. Allen did the needful again for his side.  St Mary’s added a 4^th try  in the contest with Cox adding a 2^nd try to his name scoring in the corner again. Allen expertly drilled conversion through the post . Arklow finished the game stronger even with 13 players on the pitch at one point . Oran Kelly managed to get his name on the try scoring list with a powerful run. With the game in it’s final play the CBS pushed forward in search of a second try which their efforts would have deserved . Unfortunately, they were turned over by the opposition who managed through Fionn O’ Grady to cross the whitewash for the final time in the game .

Arklow CBS : Jamie Wolohan, Tadhg Powell, Sean McCarthy, Darragh O Murchú, Scott Kavanagh, Conn Kinsella, Conor Healy; Josh Tunney, Philip Feokrytov, Eoin Byrne, Conn Keaney, Conor Gahan, Padraic Bermingham, Josh Robinson, Roan Freehill

Subs : Dean Kelly Farrell, Conn Keaney , Callum O’ Neil , Tómas Furlong Tom Byrne, Ben Clancy

 

St Mary’s Edenderry: Paidí Farrell, Cillian Foran, Stephen Cox,  Fionn O’ Grady, Ryan Dunne, Rory Allen, Mark Whelehan: Sean Brien, Shaun Donoghue, Conor McGrath, Dan O’ Connell, Eoin Sheehan, Ultan McIntyre, Brian Dunne , Cian Conroy

Subs Stevie Kane, Eric Hanley, Ademar Stones , Jack Coyne, Thomas O Connell, , Cathal Monohan, Eric Hanley, Iarfhlaith Killaly, Ryan Grace.

Arklow Town vs Lusk United LFAI U19

 

LFA U19 Cup

Arklow Town 4

Lusk United 2

Travers Insurance Park

Eoin Horkan

 Arklow Town overcame Lusk United  on Sunday evening in what was a free scoring cup game .

After a frenetic opening few minutes of the game the home side started to control the ball in the midfield which resulted in them getting the first couple of chances in the half

After four minutes of the game Abby Healy broke through the defence but her early effort from a narrow angle was saved well by the Lusk net minder. Arklow were controlling the ball more and midfielder Lucy Kindlon lofted a ball over the defence which Ciara Lancaster latched onto. As she touched the ball around the keeper the angle narrowed her shot hit the butt of the post.

In nearly the same play Healy broke through again and similar to her teammate her effort from a tight angle rattled the post to keep the game scoreless.

The first goal of the game after 13 minutes against the run of play when Emma Walsh broke onto a long ball from the Lusk defence to finish neatly into the bottom corner .   Arklow kept the pressure on with Nadine Kelly in goal  keeping Healy out again before they managed to level the tie.

Jodie Walsh broke down the wing as the home side piled forward,as she cut inside the opposition defence her curling effort from the edge of the box nestled in the far corner to level the game.

After the early flurry of chances from both sides the game fell into a lull for the next ten minutes with both sides cancelling each other out.  Twenty minutes in Healy made another burst down the wing and started making her way towards the end line . As she got there, she managed to square it to Lizzy Bourke who slotted into the net expertly.

Chances became few and far between as the half moved on until Lusk won a free about forty yards out . They cleverly lofted the ball over the defence and after a mix up in the Arklow defence they were awarded a penalty.  Winger Annie Boardman stepped up to the spot and levelled the game with a well taken penalty into the bottom corner . The half petered to its conclusion then leaving the sides level at the break.

Straight after the whistle Arklow piled forward again and after a mix up Healy finally managed to get her name on the score sheet finishing well from the edge of the box. Chances were few and far between after the 3^rd goal as both defences were clearing ball after ball .

As I say that Abby Healy pressured a defender coming out with the ball, she disposed them and casually finished into the goal to virtually kill the game of as a contest in the 60^th minute.

From there to the final whistle Arklow were in complete control with Lucie Kindlon showing plenty of nous to keep the ball the way from the opposition .

Lusk did try to push forward but Farrin Wholohan and Amy Morgan held them out expertly to finish off any last chance that Lusk had to narrow the final score .

 

Arklow Town: 1 Emilija  Joncaite,13 Erin Bardon,4 Amy Morgan, 5 Farrin Wolohan, 6 Caoimhe Appelby, 17 Jodie Walsh, 8 Lucie Kindlon, 10 Paula De Cea Ibanez, 3 Ciara Lancaster 9 Lizzie Bourke , 11 Abby Healy ,

Subs Used :7 Ava O’ Brien ,  15 Micheala O’ Reilly

 

Lusk United:1 Nadine Kelly,2 Sophie Gibbons,3 Sorcha Cuevas,4 Luca Dudas, 5 Cliona Byrne, 7 Katie Sandford,8  Katie O’ Brien ,9  Lucy Sandford ,11 Anne Boardman,13  Emma Walsh,14  Aimee Cuevas

Subs Used: 15 Katie McBride, 16 Lynsay Cuevas

Avoca vs Michael Hogans U19 B Football Championship

 

Aughrim 1-10

Michael Hogans 2-14

Avoca

Eoin Horkan

U19 B Football Championship

 

Michael Hogans come out on top against their ex-teammates and current school mates in what turned out to be a tougher encounter than expected after the first water break in Avoca on Sunday morning.

Michael Hogans opened the scoring in this encounter through corner forward Alex Olohan who turned on a six pence before firing over the bar . From the resulting kick out Aughrim broke forward and were awarded an early penalty after Dara O Sé was fouled in the square . Adam Keegan stepped up to take the penalty . His effort was well saved by Danny Morley who got his hands to the ball directing it over the bar. Hogans started to pile the pressure on after that early scare. The pressure resulted in a goal and five points  without reply. Three of these points came from dead balls from the boot of Cormac McGraynor , he also added an effort from play .Midfielder Shane Browne started to control the ball in the middle of the park. This control ended up him firing over the bar before bursting through the defence just before the water break to hammer the ball into the net to extend his sides lead.

After the first break the side wearing Avoca jerseys added to more scores with Olohan from play before McGraynor slotted another dead ball .Aughrim were finding it tough to make it out of there own half at this stage . Centre forward Adam Keegan made his way passed numerous defenders before narrowing the gap. Olohan who was very tricky to handle in the inside line added to his scoring with two efforts that could have ended up in the net but flew over the bar . Keegan efforts were keeping his side in the game slotting over another point from range . It was then third time lucky for Olohan who eventually found the net just before the half time whistle

After the break Aughrim evened  the numbers on the pitch and this changed the game dramatically as they started to gain a foothold around the park  They started to narrow the gap between the sides with some well taken efforts Oisin Keegan opened his tally before his namesake Adam added another to his tally before Dara O Sé opened his account for the day. Browne made tapped over for his side against the run of play in this quarter to stem Aughrim momentum. The aforementioned Keegan, who was in great form, knocked over two more dead balls to get his side closer to the opposition before the second water break

With the gap narrowing minute by minute the final quarter was a much tenser affair. Hogans added another solitary effort to their tally with a free from Adam Arslan  Aughrim were stringing some great moves together one of these ended up in Keegan arms whose daisy cutter of a shot flew into the bottom corner. Keegan was running the show at this point firing over another great effort from play. Arslan fired a second free over in response to Keegan’s efforts. The final two scores of the game both came from new players adding to there teams’ efforts. Joseph McGuickan fired over Aughrim last point from play . With Cathal Baker making sure of his sides victory with a twenty-one yard free .

 

 

 

 

Aughrim: Colm McKenna ;Oisin Keegan(0-1), Oisin Dunne, Finn Byrne; Hugh Gunning, Sean Campbell, Dermot Toomey; Dylan Byrne, Robbie Doyle; Adam Keegan (1-7  1 p, 2f), Mark Shannon; Dara O Sé(0-1), Joseph McGuickan(0-1)

 

Michael Hogans:Danny Morley; Shane Arthur, Andrew Bracanto, Thomas Mulconry; Kelan Busher, Andrew Nolan; John Toomey, Shane Browne(1-2); Adam Arslan(0-2f), Cathal Baker(0-1f), Cormac McGraynor(0-5 4f); Alex Olohan(1-4), Ollie Matthews.

 

Subs Used: James Murray, Cian Ward, Conor Short, Andrew Nolan, Jack Bailey Johnson, Cian O’ Neil, Conor Cranley

 

Referee: Peader De Hora

Wicklow Rovers vs St Anthonys U14 Division 1 Playoff

 

U 14 Division 1 League Play Off

 Wicklow Rovers A  0

St Anthony’s 2

Celtic Park

Eoin Horkan

 St Anthony’s came out on top by two goals  with a win that showed a strong team performance from back to front. With all players showing experience well beyond there youthful years to carve out a great result for the Kilcoole based club

 St Anthony’s controlled the ball the ball from the opening whistle, but this didn’t stop Wicklow from carving out the first two chances against the run of play. Rovers Steven Kavanagh latched onto a long ball, but his goal bound effort was well blocked by the defence. Moments later Wicklow managed to win a free kick outside the box, but Jack Neville effort was easily kept out by the opposition net minder.

The Kilcoole side still kept control of the ball , as they did their pressure eventually paid off .There winger cut through the defence and was taken down inside the box. Left back Jack Ryan made his way up to calmly slot the penalty home to give his side a well-deserved thirteenth minute lead.  St Anthony’s second goal came two minutes later as ex St Joseph’s youth Sean Lawless pounced on a long ball to expertly finish into the back of the net from the edge of the box.

The game fell into a lull for the next twenty minutes as Anthony’s controlled the ball . As they did this, they also started to bring on subs . One of these crossed in a ball onto the foot of his teammate Mick Carroll  whose controlled volley flew narrowly wide.

Rovers started to gain a minor foothold in the middle of the park as the game edged towards the break . In added time Wicklow had two goal bound efforts expertly blocked by the defence to keep there lead at the break.

The 2^nd half was a much tighter affair with gaol chances being few and far between as both defences were on top of their opponents. Wicklow first opportunity was a shot in anger from a distance from winger Artur Curran this effort was saved comfortably though .

Wicklow major opportunity to rattle the next came through Curran again but his well-timed volley that was destined for the net was expertly saved by Jordan Murdill in the Antony’s goal. Wicklow kept the pressure on after this chance believing they could make a breakthrough but after a mix up in the Kilcoole sides defence defender Jack Ryan cleared the ball off the line to keep his side two goals to the good.

The second half was a game of chances for both wingers as Carroll managed to get his head on a ball for Antony’s, but his effort narrowly missed the upright . The final chance of the game fell to Carroll again . This time he was thwarted by Jacobs in the Rovers goal.

The Kilcoole outfit held out for what was a well-deserved  win in this very important tie for both sides.

 Wicklow Rovers A: 1. Joseph Jacob 2. Alfie Doyle,3.Chris Smith,4.  Hasan McGoven, 5. Jack Neville,6. Joe Culleton, 7.Senan O’ Donovan, 8.Jack O Kary ,9. Jack Byrne, 10. Steven Kavanagh ,11. Arthur Curran

Subs Used: Kyle Spratt, Harry Battams, James Dunne, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Aaron Czwalina

 

St Anthony’s: 1.Jaden Murdill, 2.Jack Finnegan ,3.Jack Lavery,4.Dylan  Hyland ,5.Jack Ryan, 6.Simon O Brien,7. Ryan Doherty,8. Finian Hughes, 9.Sean Lawless,10. Ben Heasley, 11.Mick Carroll

 

Subs Used :Cian O’ Brien, Eamon Ginest, Matthew Dowd, Oriol Salamero, Ben Betson, Alex Stonesow, Callum Merriman

 

Referee J Byrne

An Tóchar vs Barndarrig Junior C Ladies Final

 

Junior C Ladies Football Final.

 

An Tochar 3-15

Barndarrig 5-3

Ashford

Eoin Horkan

 

An Tochar second half performance saw them come out on top in what was an enthralling ladies final in Ashford early Sunday morning. From the first whistle one could see this would be a high scoring gain as both sides piled forward at every opportunity.

Barndarrig hit the ground running two goals and a point from there first three attacks as they managed to gain an early advantage. The first score of the game was a white flag coming from the boot of Leonie Buckley before Eabha Siun Furlong and Roisin Stone managed to raise green flags in quick succession. An Tochar opened their account for the day with minor scores from Orla Fee and Marcella Price as the gap was narrowed before the water break.

The second quarter of this final was a much tighter affair with defences holding out for the most part. The only score was another green flag from Furlong again who was causing problems if she got her hands on the ball. An Tochar didn’t manage to trouble the scoreboard

An Tochar made changes at the break and this changed the game in their favour. Niamh Gorman raised a white flag from a dead ball before the game swung completely. Substitute Abby McGee managed to score a goal with her first touch before slotting over two long range frees to narrow the gap. Buckley responded with a point for Barndarrig. An Tochar kept piling on the pressure with Gorman pointing again before McGee notched her second goal. Eva Doyle managed to get her name on the score sheet with a point just before the second water break.

With only a kick of the ball in it going into the final quarter both teams started to make serious dents in the opposition defences as both backlines tired. Doyle added a second point to her tally. The game took another turn with Barndarrig full forward Rachel Murphy firing into the back of the net twice in the space of two attacks against the run of play.  This momentum change didn’t phase the opposition as they then started to pressure the Barndarrig goal. This pressure resulted in a goal and four points with no response from the opposition. Doyle and Gorman added more minors to their tally with McGee adding another long range free and calmly finishing a great team move into the back of the net to swing the tie back in her team’s favour. Gorman added one final score for her side.  With the game nearing its conclusion Murphy added a third goal to her and her sides tally.

Barndarrig did everything they could to level the tie  but the opposition held out for a well-earned victory.

 Barndarrig: Una Murray; Celine Murray, Karina Costello; Hannah Grant: Roisin Scales, Sophie Fogarty, Jessica Traynor: Roisin Stone (0-1): Leonie Buckley (0-2), Eilis Murray, Hannah Grant: Rachel Murphy (3-0), Amanda Hollingsworth, Emma Siun Furlong (2-0)

Subs Used: Nicole Fogarty for Eilis Murray, Laura Murphy for Emma Siun Furlong, Hannah O Shea for Roisin Scales

 

An Tochar: Laoise Cullen; Mia Power, Rosie McAuley, Jackie Nolan; Nina Wolohan, Emma Kavanagh, Alison O’ Toole; Rachel Leacy, Roisin Belton, Eva Doyle (0-3), Niamh Gorman (0-4 1f), Orla Fee (0-1); Shauna Healy, Marcella Price (0-1), Shauna Murtagh

 

Subs Used: Kerrie Langrell for Rachel Leacy, Abby McGee (3-3 2f) for Shauna Murtagh, Ami Louise Price for Orla Fee, Sally O’ Toole for Emma Kavanagh

 

Referee ( Iain Culbert)