Ballygiblin get Premier JHL campaign off to a winning start

Ballygiblin 1-16 Ballygarvan 0-14

Ballygiblin with a good second half performance emerged 5 point winners over Ballygarvan in the RedFM Co Div 3 HL at Ballygiblin on Sunday.

Ballygarvan opened the scoring with an early point by Miceal O’Mahony. They followed with another point by Cormac Dowd. Ballygiblin opened with a goal by Colin English after Sean O’Sullivan’s effort was saved by keeper Garry White. Cormac Dowd (free) and Joseph O’Sullivan (free) exchanged a point. Michael Cussen levelled at 1-1 to 0-4. By the 18th minute they were level 1-2 to 0-5. Ballygiblin hit the front by Ryan Donegan. Stephen Fenton levelled again. Points for the home side by Colin English and impressive Joseph O’Sullivan opened up a close lead 0-8 to 1-4. Evan O’Connor levelled once more. By halftime the sides were deadlocked 0-9 to 1-6.

On the resumption Ballygiblin introduced Shane Beston and Lorcan Finn who made a huge difference. Ray O’Halloran and Joseph O’Sullivan had them tied at 0-10 to 1-7. They were also deadlocked at 0-11 to 1-8 and at 0-12 to 1-9. They were level for the 9th and last time at 1-10 to 0-13. Ballygiblin finished well in the last quarter Aaron

O’Brien, Colin English and Joseph O’Sullivan (2) made it 1-15 to 0-14 by the 56th minute. Good play by impressive Mark Keane led to the final score by Sean O’Sullivan.

Scorers for Ballygiblin: Joseph O’Sullivan 0-12 (0-6f) Colin English 1-1, Ryan Donegan 0-1, Sean O’Sullivan 0-1, Aaron O’Brien 0-1. Ballygarvan: Cormac Dowd 0-4 (0-2f) Ray O’Halloran 0-2, Stephen Fenton 0-2, Miceal O’Mahony 0-2, Evan O’Connor 0-2, Donald O’Sullivan 0-1, Michael Cussen 0-1.

Ballygiblin: Christopher Noonan, Cian O’Brien, Fionn Herlihy, Brian O’Gorman, Barry Coffey, Mark Keane, James Mullins, Joseph O’Sullivan, Ryan Donegan, Shane Doyle, Colin English, Dylan Sheehan, Kieran Duggan, Sean O’Sullivan, Dean Barry. Subs: Shane Beston for Shane Doyle, Lorcan Finn for Brian O’Gorman, Jack Lewis for Cian O’Brien, Aaron O’Brien for Kieran Duggan, Aidan Donegan for Dean Barry.

Referee: Simon Stokes (Tullylease).