Strand Road make step up to Division 1A look simple

DENNY DIVISION 1A

Strand Road 3 Ballyhar Dynamos 0

LAST season’s Division 1B champions Strand Road showed they are up to it in a higher division with a good win over Ballyhar Dynamos in a game that was much closer that the final scoreline indicates. The first half was a tight affair with Ballyhar dominating possession and the sides went in scoreless at half time.

Aided by the wind in the second half Strand Road scored 3 goals without reply to run out comfortable winners at the end, Richie Hurley, Daniel Kinsella and Tommy McCarthy scored for the winners. Best for Ballyhar were Pat Daly, Dan O’Shea, Diarmuid Brosnan, Padraig O’Connor and John McMahon.

QPR 3 CG Killarney 3

THIS was a good game that produced six goals and the sides had to settle for a point each at the end of the day. Hubert Dziedzic was the star performer for CG Killarney scoring a hat trick with assists from Mike Griffin, Ger Foley and Mike Beckett. Their best players on the day were Joe Hurley, Frank Cronin and Mike Murphy. Mark Reen (2), and Kieran O’Mahoney scored for QPR.

DENNY DIVISION 1B

Listowel Celtic B 3 St Brendans Park 6

THE Park made a welcome comeback in a lower division and they proved to be too strong for Listowel Celtic at Pat Kennedy Park winning the game with plenty left in the bag. The star of the game for the winners was Mikey Burke who bagged 5 goals. Listowel went ahead from the penalty spot after 12 minutes and 5 minutes later The Park equalised also from the penalty spot Mikey Burke scoring. Burke netted two more before half time to leave it 3-1 at the break.

Listowel fought back well in the second half and a brace of goals put the sides on level terms. The introduction of Nathan O’Leary gave The Park a more cutting edge and two more goals from Burke had the Tralee side almost home. They put the icing on the cake late on with Aaron Ward scoring their sixth goal.