Fechins maintain strong start

ST FECHINS NA PIARSAIGH 4-14 1-11

ST FECHIN’S continued their strong start to the Division 2 League with a comfortable home win over Na Piarsaigh.

In a hectic opening the visitors hit the net through Mark Larkin, followed by a Conal Shields point but two points from Ronan Holcroft and one each from Danny Burnell and Colm O’Neill saw the locals draw level in the eighth minute.

A David Boyle point edged Na Piarsaigh ahead. However a goal and point from Danny Burnell was quickly followed by points from Niall Devlin and Ronan Holcroft to give them a five point lead.

Na Piarsaigh struck back and enjoyed their best spell of the game. Four Alan McCartney points from play reduced the gap to a point but every time they looked like drawing level the Fechins replied with points of their own.

Two more Holcroft points were followed by another from Colm O’Neill, while at the other end a second Boyle point was soon followed by one from Eamon McAuley to leave the half time score 1-10 to 1-8 in favour of the Fechins.

The second half carried on in the same vein as the first. When Alan McCartney kicked his fifth point of the game to reduce the score to the minimum the locals were becoming uneasy. Gradually the Fechins superiority began to show on the scoreboard and Ronan Holcroft found the net in the seventh minute of the half while fellow county man Bevan Duffy followed suit three minutes later.

With Dermot McConnell and Duffy now in charge of midfield, the home team piled on the pressure. Two Holcroft points were followed by one from Niall Devlin while a second Duffy goal after a 60m run put the icing on the cake.

Two McAuley points were not enough for Na Piarsaigh and it was just reward that Duffy got the last score of the game with a long range point to lead the Termonfeckin men to a 12 point victory.