Macroom U16s bow out of championship

MACROOM lost to Canovee by a point under lights at the Castle Grounds.

Canovee started well and were 1-4 to no score ahead before Bradley O’Shea’s first point in the 12th minute. Macroom added a further three points in the next five minutes but Canovee also added 1-1 in this period; they finished the half with a further four points to leave Macroom adrift by 11 points at half time.

Macroom looked to be out of contention. However, to their credit, they fought back admirably in the second half and dominated the remainder of the game, scoring 3-5 to Canovee’s 0-4.

Macroom’s first goal came in the 45th minute, scored by Liam Lenihan. Their next goal came five minutes later after the move of the match, with several players combining to leave Mark Hunt free and he made no mistake from close range. Macroom’s last goal came two minutes from the end from Liam Lenihan and this left just one point between the sides.

Macroom had one final chance when they were awarded a score-able free which was to be the last kick of the game; unfortunately, it went wide.

Overall, Macroom were bitterly disappointed with the result but showed great heart to almost rescue a match that few, if any, gave them a chance of winning at half-time. Team: Reece Lee, Robert Lucey, James Galvin, Darragh Kiernan, Luke Aherne, David Hunt (capt.), Jack Sexton, Liam Lenihan, Ben O Connell, Shane Sweeney, Bradley O’Shea, Martin Sosa, Gerry Kelleher, Mark Hunt, Kieran Doody. Substitutes: Seán De Lacey, Darragh Neville, Robert Coleman, Barry Galvin Liam Holland, Ben Herlihy and Conor Seerey.

U-10s: they had a busy weekend hosting the Padraigh Dervin Blitz on Saturday Fielding 2 teams, they beat Kenmare but lost to Dromtarriff and Castlehaven. On Sunday they won Canovee’s Neily Twomey Blitz.