The Sligo Champion

Tourlestra­ne meet Calry

- BY RIAN BAILEY

TOURLESTRA­NE played host to Calry/St Joseph’s in the Senior League on Sunday. With all county players back in action, both sides could play with their full teams. The weather was perfect for this one, as Calry looked to upset the county champions.

Calry looked as though they were going to do just that, with a goal from Darragh Cummins within 30 seconds of the throw in. Tourlestra­ne took four minutes to respond to this setback, as Pat Harte levelled the game, slotting his shot past Aidan Devaney in the Calry net.

Tourlestra­ne kept the scoreboard ticking, with points from players Conan Marren, Brian Egan and Liam Gaughan. Damien O’Boyle and Darragh Cummins scored points for Calry to keep them within distance of the home side.

Tourlestra­ne began to pull away and gained a 7 point lead.

The half-time score, was Tourlestra­ne 1-10 Calry 1-3.

The second half began as the first ended, with Tourlestra­ne keeping their scoring up.

Substitute­s such Aaron Murtagh and Cathal Henry were introduced and took scores very well.

Tourlestra­ne looked very impressive at the back, with players including Adrian McIntyre, Diarmuid Dunne and Gary Gaughan carrying the ball very well.

The O’Boyle’s in midfield for Calry played strong roles, although they did have their hands full with John Kelly and Stephen Henry.

Devaney made some good saves for Calry to keep Tourlestra­ne from scoring only the one goal, as too did his opposite number Padraig McVeigh.

The final Score was Tourlestra­ne 1-18 Calry 1-6.

TOURLESTRA­NE scorers:

PAT Harte (1-3) Brian Egan (0-4) Liam Gaughan (0-3) Aaron Murtagh, Gary Guaghan (0-2) Conan Marren, James Leonard, John Kelly, Cathal Henry (0-1 each). TOURLESTRA­NE team:

P McVeigh; D Leonard, C Neary, D Dunne; G Gaughan, A McIntyre, J Leonard; S Henry, J Kelly; A Dunne, B Egan, L Gaughan; J Marren, P Harte, C Marren.

SUBS: C Henry for J Marren (39) A Murtagh for A Dunne (48) N Egan for L Gaughan (50) E Kelly for J Kelly (55). CALRY scorers:

D Cummins (1-4) D O’Boyle, A Devaney (0-1 each).

CALRY team:

A Devaney; B Shannon, A Cummins, M Fowley; C Heraghty, C Nicholson, C McGovern; D O’Boyle, B O’Boyle; M Flynn, D Cummins, B McGovern; A Flynn, C Griffin, P Heraghty.

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