Hogues shine in local derby
Adamstown lose by seven
BALLYHOGUE ADAMSTOWN 1-16 1-9
BALLYHOGUE RAN out deserving seven-point winners over Adamstown in the quarter-final of the Permanent TSB Junior ‘A’ hurling championship in Killurin on Saturday.
A dominant first-half display which left them leading by eight points laid the foundations for the victory.
After a fast start in which Ballyhogue were a point ahead, Adamstown were given a penalty when full-forward John Connors was fouled. He stepped up and calmly dispatched it to the net.
What could have been a setback only served to spur Ballyhogue on as points from Graham Parker and Enda Minogue (two) plus frees from Ronan Minogue put them into a three-point lead after 20 minutes.
Barely a minute later Ballyhogue were gifted a goal when a long-range free from Ronan Minogue was fumbled into the net by an Adamstown defender.
As the referee blew the half-time whistle, Ballyhogue were ahead by 1-8 to 1-0 after holding their opponents scoreless from play in the first period.
With the aid of a slight breeze, Adamstown made a good start to the second-half. Shane Bradley got their first score from play which was immediately followed by a John Connors free.
Every time Adamstown looked like they were going to gain a foothold in the game, Ballyhogue responded, and a Graham Parker point steadied the ship.
The game was beginning to get away from Adamstown and a fine brace from Shane Byrne put eight points between the sides (1-12 to 1-8) with just over ten minutes to play.
The remainder of the game petered out as Adamstown, try as they might, could not bridge the gap.
Ballyhogue ran out easy seven-point winners and are unbeaten so far this year. They advance to a semi-final and look to have more to give as they won the game playing in third gear.
Ballyhogue: Niall Maher; Fionn Rochford, Eddie Galavan, Shane Fenlon (0-1); Colm Parnell, Seán Rochford, Seán Ring; Graham Parker (0-3), Conor Byrne; James Parle, Shane Doyle, Shane Byrne (0-2); Ronan Minogue (1-7, 1-5 frees, 0-1 ‘65), Denis Leacy, Enda Minogue (0-2). Subs. - Peter Kelly for C. Byrne (35), Shane Roche (0-1) for E. Minogue (41), Peter Hughes for Leacy (53).
Adamstown: Paul Delaney; James Furlong, M.J. Cooper, J.P. Furlong; Michael Doran, Ian Bradley, Mosey Delaney; Pat Delaney, John Dunleavy; Shane Bradley (0-2), Paudge Kavanagh (0-1), Michael Dunleavy; Liam McDonald, John Connors (1-6, 1-0 pen., 0-3 frees, 0-2 ‘65s), Michael Foley. Subs. - Eoin Furlong for J. Furlong, inj. (13), Rory Foran for McDonald (50), Lar Roche for M. Dunleavy (52),
Referee: Seán Slaven (Faythe Harriers).