Milltown / Castlemaine claim league crown from Beaufort

MID KERRY SENIOR LEAGUE FINAL

Miltown/ Castlemaine 1-11 Beaufort 1-9

MILLTOWN/CASTLEMAINE defeated Beaufort to become Mid Kerry Senior League Champions at Keel last Saturday.

There was a very strong breeze which aided Beaufort in the first half and rain earlier in the day left conditions on the pitch quite slippery. Beaufort won the breaking ball and were off to a great start with James Coffey and Danny Healy each scoring a point within the first four minutes.

Following a tackle on Liam Carey Beaufort was awarded a free, this was taken by Fergal Hallissey who safely kicked the ball over the bar. A few minutes later Gavin Horan of Milltown/ Castlemaine was awarded a free which he converted by Jonathan O’Sullivan.

O’Sullivan had an opportunity to score his first goal of the game but this was skilfully saved by Beaufort keeper Mike Moriarty, however, the ball was still in play and a point was fisted over the bar by Gavin Horan.

Ronan Ferris answered this a few minutes later scoring a great point putting Beaufort two points ahead after ten minutes. Following great workmanship between Padraig Hallissey, Niall O’Connor and Liam Carey the latter scored a further point for Beaufort.

A free was awarded to Milltown / Castlemaine in the fifteenth minute, this was taken by Jonathan O’Sullivan who brought the sides tally to three points. A tackle on Ronan Ferris who needed medical attention but recovered well and was able to continue playing.

After a lull in play Beaufort’s Fergal Hallissey went on to score a goal. A free was given to Milltown / Castemaine, but was kicked wide. Yet another free Courtney took the free and scored a point.

Courtney scored his second point of the game two minutes later after a great run of play involving Jason Foley, Liam Carey, James Coffey and Fergal Hallissey. There was great defensive work shown by Nathan Breen who put his man under serious pressure and managed to regain possession for Beaufort but the final attempt at scoring was kicked wide by Jason Foley.

A free was given to Beaufort towards the end of the first half, this was taken by Fergal Hallissey but it was caught in front of the goal, however another free was awarded to Beaufort following a tackle on Jason Foley, this was taken by Francis Courtney who scored a point. The half time score was Beaufort 1-8 Milltown / Castlemaine 0-3.

Beaufort again won breaking ball in the second half but the opening scores went to Milltown / Castlemaine’s Jeremiah Hayes who scored a point following a free and another there was a point from play for Donal Dennehy.

Another free was awarded to Milltown / Castlemaine, but this was kicked wide by Jonathan O’Sullivan. Beaufort made its first substitution after six minutes when Jason Foley was replaced by Shane O’Sullivan and Milltown/ Castlemaine scored another point from play moments later.

Over the next ten minutes both teams defended their respective goals well until a free was awarded to Milltown / Castlemaine, this was taken by Jonathan O’Sullivan who scored a point.

Beaufort made their second substitution when Darragh Coffey came on for Padraig Hallissey. Another free was awarded to Milltown / Castlemaine, this was taken once again by Jonathan O’Sullivan who scored a point, and again scored another point from a free after Beaufort player was shown a Black Card, he was replaced by Jeremiah O’Sullivan.

Milltown / Castlemaine’s Gavin Horan was shown a yellow card, but this did not have an effect on the side as Jonathan O’Sullivan went on to score a point and Horan scored a goal minutes later putting them two points ahead of Beaufort.

Just as the rain started Beaufort made its final substitution when Ronan Ferris was replaced by Kevin Ferris. Shane Murphy of Milltown / Castlemaine scored the sides final point of the evening in the twenty-ninth minute and towards the end of added time Kevin Ferris scored the final point of the game for Beaufort.

The Dermot Twiss Memorial Cup was awarded to Miltown / Castlemaine’s captain Donal Kelleher, while Donal also accepted the Man of the Match Award which was sponsored by Sean & Kathleen Counihan of Griffin’s Bar Castlemaine. BEAUFORT: Mike Moriarty, Michael John O’Connor, Nathan Breen, Ger Hartnett, Jason Foley, James Coffey (0-1), Sean Kelliher, Padraig Hallissey, Sean Foley, Fergal Hallissey (1-2), Liam Carey (0-1), Ronan Ferris (0-1), Naill O’Connor, Francis Courtney (0-2), Danny Healy (0-1) Subs: Brendan Cronin, Kevin Ferris (0-1), Conor Breen, Shane O’Sullivan, Jeremiah O’Sullivan, Sean Fogarty, Gary Coffey, Darragh Coffey, Gary Tangney, Padraig O’Sullivan, Cian O’Sullivan, Patrick Howell, Kevin O’Brien MILLTOWN/CASTLEMAINE: Kevin Tangney, Stephen Roche, Damian Murphy, Paul Carroll, Pa Wrenn, Shane Murphy, Davis Roche, Mike Burke, Donal Dennehy, Eoin O’Brien, Donal Kelleher, Gavin Horan, Cathal Moriarty, Jeremiah Hayes, Jonathan O’Sullivan Subs: Cormac Leane, Cathal O’Connor, Thady O’Sullivan, Kieran O’Connor, Tadhg McCarthy, Alan Looney, Gavin McKenna, Eoin O’Mahony, Kieran Griffin, Thomas Hayes, Mike Dennehy

FIXTURES

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 Mid Kerry U-14 Competition Round 1 Keel/Listry v Beaufort Miltown/Castlemaine v Glenbeigh/Glenbeigh/ Cromane Laune Rangers A v Laune Rangers B