TJ Codd sends it to a replay
Two late frees save the day
TAGHMON/C’ROSS ADAMSTOWN
TAGHMON-CAMROSS and Adamstown will have to do it all over again after they played out a nerve-wracking draw in the Permanent TSB New Ross District Junior B Hurling Championship final in Cushinstown on Saturday evening last.
In a game that swung back and forth, without either side every getting away, it took two dead-balls from the high scoring T.J. Codd in the second half of extra-time to finally see the contest to a replay.
As well as finishing well, Taghmon got off to a cracking start. Codd was on the board inside three minutes only for John Connors to respond in kind. Still, three more scores from dead-ball specialist Codd ensured that his side ended the first quarter 0-4 to 0-1 ahead.
Just when Taghmon looked set to get up a head of steam, Andrew French found the net for Adamstown. Codd and Pauric O’Gorman did put their team 0-6 to 1-1 in front after twenty minutes but it wouldn’t last for long.
Instead, Adamstown finished the half on the front foot. John Connors split the uprights with a pair of frees before Shane Bradley gave his club their first lead of the evening in the 26th minute. After late dead-balls were successfully traded, Adamstown went in 1-5 to 0-7 ahead at the interval.
Codd added three more after the break as Taghmon snatched the lead right back. However, a twelve minute spell without a score soon followed for his club. James Delaney registered and the sides were deadlocked for the seventh time (1-7 to 0-10) at the end of the third quarter.
Connors brought his tally to eight as Adamstown edged two points clear with five minutes of normal time left but Codd held his nerve with a brace of late dead-balls to send the game to extra-time (1-10 to 0-13).
Codd cancelled out a Connors free early in overtime but when Delaney raised his second white flag of the evening, in added-time at the end of the first period of extra-time, Adamstown held a 1-13 to 0-14 advantage.
Yet they couldn’t add to their tally after the change of ends and Codd, registering his second free of the period as time expired, ensured the sides would have to do it all over again.
TAGHMON-CAMROSS: Stephen O’Keeffe; James Doran, Robert Nolan, Thomas Banville; Pete Murphy, Denis Banville, Darragh Winters; T.J. Codd (0-15, 13 frees), Conor O’Keeffe; Pauric O’Gorman (0-1), Derek O’Hanlon, Mark Waters; Richard Stafford, Garvan Kelly. Michael O’Gorman. Subs. - Brian O’Gorman for Kelly, Anto Roche for M. O’Gorman, Declan Carroll for Doran, James Carroll for Waters. Extra-time - Mark Waters for Stafford.
ADAMSTOWN: Paul Cooper; James Furlong, Colm Boland, J.P. Furlong; Nick Doran, Vinnie Doheny, Mosie Delaney; James Delaney (0-2), Podge Wickham; Podge Kavanagh, Shane Wickham, Mark Dunphy; Andrew French (1-0), John Connors (0-10, 9 frees), Eddie Connors. Subs. - Shane Bradley (0-1) for Dunphy, inj, Michael Curtis for E. Connors, Stephen English for Kavanagh, Tommy Furlong for French, Michael Foley for Doheny, inj. Extra-time - P. Kavanagh for S. Wickham, A. French for English.
REFEREE: John Diskin (Bannow OULART-THE BALLAGH dismantled Oylegate-Glenbrien on their way to the Wexford Camogie Junior ‘C’ Championship in Bree on Saturday night.
Oulart controlled the game from start to finish and the 26-point margin of victory does little to flatter them or their performance.
With Diane Ryan’s first of ten points, they got the scoreboard ticking with less than a minute on the clock.
Oulart never lost their lead after Ryan’s early score and by the 10th minute they were already seven ahead. Niamh Sinnott pulled home after Aine Sheridan’s shot was saved to register the game’s opening goal during this period.
While Oylegate cancelled out two Sheridan and Ryan points with their first scores of the game - Aleisha Cullen and Megan Storey on target for the Glenbrien side - The Ballagh soon had the ball in the net again as it looked clear that the game as already getting away from their opponents.
The green flag was raised on this occasion by Ryan, she finished low after Laura Sinnott’s pass.
Sheridan and Ryan pointed once more each before the interval, leaving the score at 2-8 to 0-2 at the break.
Oulart’s first score after the restart ended any real hope of an Oylegate comeback. Orla Nimmo got herself on the scoresheet as she quickly stepped inside and fired high past Yvonne Doyle.
From there, Oulart began to pick their points as they opened up a sizeable lead. Ryan pointed five more times, while Rachel Sinnott, Eimear O’Connor and Rebecca O’Sullivan all notched to extend the advantage.
Oylegate only managed one point in the opening 25 minutes of the second half when Caroline Doyle found Mairead Cummins to tap over and by the time their second point of the half came around the scoreline was looking even more bleak.
Substitute Aoife Brown raised the green flag for the final time as she finished across Doyle’s goal into the right bottom corner and Sheridan, Laura Sinnott and Ryan all minored to complete Oulart’s impressive tally of 4-19.
Laura Kelly and Aleisha Cullen added late points for the girls in blue but it did little to spoil Oulart’s evening as they closed out a comforable win to take the Junior ‘C’ Championship trophy home.
OULART- THE BALLAGH: Niamh Dempsey; Mairead O’Brien, Rachel Sinnott (0-1); Katie Roche, Rebecca O’Sullivan (0-1); Diane Ryan (1-10, 3 45’), Eimear O’Connor (0-1), Aine Sheridan (0-3); Niamh Sinnott (1-0), Laura Sinnott (0-2, capt.); Lauren Sinnott (0-1), Orla Nimmo (1-0). Subs: Sarah O’Dowd for Niamh Sinnott (42), Aoife Brown (1-0) for Lauren Sinnott (42), Dervla O’Dowd for Nimmo (50). Also, Sabrina Kehoe.
OYLEGATE-GLENBRIEN: Yvonne Doyle; Roisin Barlow (capt.), Anne Dempsey; Polly Maher, Mairead Cummins (0-1); Aine Fortune, Caroline Doyle, Leanne Cullen; Aleisha Cullen (0-2), Eimear Nolan; Megan Storey (0-1, free), Michelle Jordan. Subs: Laura Kelly (0-1, free) for Maher (31), Ciara Moulton for Jordan (54). Also, Emma MacDonald.
REFEREE: John O’Rourke (Shamrocks)