Single point defeat in the 2023 Division 2 Football League final
Last Tuesday we headed for Churchtown to play Deel Rovers in the Division 2 Football League Final.
The ball was thrown in at 7.30pm sharp. First minute scores were denied at both goals until Eoin O’Regan was successful in getting the opening point on the board. Darragh quickly followed suit with another score. A kick out that found Billy on the wing, where there was serious skill demonstrated, flicking the ball over his opponents head and into Cory who added our 3rd point.
Our opponents were kept scoreless until the 8th minute when they found the back of the net. Deel Rovers dominated the play midway in the opening half but thankfully, didn’t take their chances. We also lost possession with the ball being turned over by our opponents.
A 20 minute lull in scoring was broken, a free won by Billy landed to the hands of Darragh who found Cory who converted. Noah added our fifth coming into half time when he was fouled and a ball perfectly positioned for his left boot was converted. Half time scoreline stood at 0-5 to our opponents 1-3.
Scoring in the second half was poor on both sides with only 3 points added from each team. Cory got us on board with a converted free but that 2 point gap haunted us until almost the final whistle. We introduced a number of subs who lifted our spirits but we still could not find the posts. A late free taken by Cory reduced the deficit to a single point but despite a number of opportunities we could not redeem it back to a drawn game. The final scoreline was 0-8 to 1-6, a disappointing single point loss. Well done to Deel Rovers on the win.
Team and scorers: Stevie Donegan, Conor McDonnell, Barry Sheedy, Paudie Fitzgerald, Leon Fitzharris, Brian O’Reilly, Billy O’Grady, Darragh Palmer (0-1), Shane Looney, Jamie Sheedy, Eoin McHugh (0-1), Cory Buckley (0-4, 2F), Eoin O’Regan (0-1), Noah Butler (0-1 F), Jake Buckley. Subs used: Paul Burke, Richard Hallinan, Haulie Burke.
Best wishes to Conor McDonnell who suffered an injury during the game.
ANOTHER WIN IN THE DIVISION 1 HURLING LEAGUE
Last Friday night we welcome Ballyhooly for a home game on an idyllic summer’s evening. We had a super win in this game which started slowly but we found our rhythm. Defence was outstanding with notable performances from Eoin McHugh at fullback and Barry Sheedy at centre back. Stalwart Paul Burke was corner forward and kicked in a nice goal. A great second half was played, where we kept our opponents to 3 points. We finished the game out very strongly on a scoreline of 2-14 to 0-10.
Team and scorers: Stevie Donegan, Paudie Fitzgerald, Eoin McHugh, Richard Hallinan, Eoin O’Regan (0-4), Barry Sheedy, Brian O’Reilly (1-2), Darragh Palmer (0-2), Jamie Sheedy (0-1), Shane Looney (0-1), Alan Sheedy (0-2), Cory Buckley, Paul Burke (1-2), Colin Palmer, Shaun Cronin. Subs used: Haulie Burke, Jimmy Burke, Winston Barry.
FIXTURES
Saturday, 3rd June - Junior B County Football Championship v Doneraile in Castletownroche at 7.30pm. Sunday, 11th June – Division 1 Hurling League v Charleville in Shanballymore at 3pm. Fixtures are at time of writing, please keep an eye on social media pages for any updates/changes to same. All support welcomed.
WEEKLY CLUB LOTTO
No winner of this week’s jackpot – our lucky dip winners were: Paddy Irwin, Jamie Jordan and
Donal Corkery.
Next week’s jackpot is a whopping €8,350, tickets available from any club committee member. Thanks to everyone for their ongoing support every week.
SAVE THE DATE
Our Annual Golf Classic is taking part on Saturday, 24th June – more details to follow.