DR CROKES

SENIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FINAl Dr. Crokes 3 -20 Kenmare Shamrocks 2 -- 20 - After Extra Time In a very exciting game (sometimes too exciting), we ran out winners 3-20 to 2-20, after extra time. The teams finished 2-16 each in normal time. While this was a contest that neither side deserved to lose, we got our heads in front in extra time because of our greater experience. We had the advantage of the very strong breeze in the first half and while our mentors would have been happy with our tally of 2-11 at the interval, they would not have been happy with our defending as we conceded two goals and four points in this first thirty minutes. As it was very hard to score when playing into the strong wind one wondered if our seven points lead would be enough to carry the day. It was nip and tuck in the first ten minutes of the 2nd half each side scoring three points. We would have been happy at this stage as we still had held on to our seven points lead. Kenmare had a purple patch in the next eighteen minutes as they sent over eight points without reply to go into a point lead. Colm Cooper equalised in the 29th minute with a free from a very difficult angle. Gavin White had a point a minute later to put us a point in front, as we went into injury time. Our opponents however did not capitulate but went down the field and sent over the equaliser to send us into extra time. I don’t think Kenmare had any wide in the second half. Our opponents had two points at the beginning of extra time (they had the strong breeze at their back in this half). The defining moment of the game came in the fifth minute of extra time when substitute Ambrose O’Donovan had a Crokes goal and this was the only other score in this ten minutes. This gave us a one point lead at the interval in extra time. Despite having the elements at our back in the second half of extra time and a one point lead we had to fight hard for victory. The teams exchanged points on two occasions in the first five minutes of the second period but we finished the stronger with points from Daithi Casey and substitute Tony Brosnan. We had nine scorers on the day. Team and scorers : Shane Murphy; John Payne; Fionn Fitzgerald; David O’Leary; Shane Doolan; Alan O’Sullivan; Gavin White 0-2; Johnny Buckley 1-1; Daithi Casey 1-4 (0-1 free); Micheal Burns 0-3; Gavin O’Shea; Brian Looney 0-1; Colm Cooper 0-6 ( 0-4 frees); Chris Brady; Kieran O’Leary 0-2. Subs : Mike Moloney; Luke Quinn; Ambrose O’Donovan 1-0; Paul Clarke; Tony Brosnan 0-1. Lotto Lotto 10, 14, 20,21. Jackpot €3600 one winner Mary Mc Sweeney from Tomies. Next draw Sunday 17th of September in The Speakeasy. Jackpot €3000.