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- IFC – Group 2- Naomh Seosamh 6-12 Mac Dáibhéid 1-10
Unfortunately, this Intermediate Championship game got away from our senior footballers early on and by half-time the Chapel Hill men had more or less put the game to bed as they led 3-8 to 0-5. We were second best all over the park and while we battled hard to the end we came away with little to show for our endeavours as the home side added another 3 second half goals.
Naomh Seosamh kicked the opening point from Ciaran Loney and followed up with a two pointer from a central position by Finn Shannon to give the home side the perfect start. We replied with a point from a 45, after 6 minutes, but a Fergal Henry point restored the goal advantage. Paul McLaughlin then cut inside and kicked a fine point with Fiontan Boyle responding before Gerard Slane kicked a point from a 20 metre free to leave two between the sides.
(more…) - JHC – Group 1 – Mac Dáibhéid 3-12 Naomh Bríd 1-21
James Kelly, Naomh Bríds sharpshooter proved to be the difference between the two sides as he gave an exhibition of free taking in this Junior Hurling Championship group game at Páirc Mhic Ionnrachtaigh.
Naomh Bríd opened the scoring in the 2nd minute from a pointed free before Oskar Deevy brought the sides level with a nice finish follwing a cute handpass from Stephen McGivern. A further 2 points from frees, 1 from the left side of the pitch and the other right side edged Naomh Bríd in front with Chris Gallagher pointing a free from 20 meters to keep us in touch. Naomh Bríd extended their lead with a goal in the 8th minute and immediately added a point from the subsequent puck out when a high ball ball was fetched on the edge of the square and duly struck over the bar.
We fought back into the game when Anthony Rowntree flicked the sliotar to the net but it was short lived as a brace of Naomh Brid points, a free from a central position and the other a good finish on the run extended the Musgrave sides lead. However, Anthony Rowntree struck an excellent point while under pressure before the sliotar was scrambled to the Naomh Bríd net by CJ Sullivan and after 18 minutes the sides were level.
Both teams then traded points with Deaglan Mooney firing over on the run from the right side and Cormac Maguire on the run from the left. The Naomh Bríd response came from points from a free and a 65 and again the sides could not be separated. Naomh Bríd finished the half on the front foot with Kelly continuing his excellent free taking as he added a further 5 points to his tally to leave us trailing 2-5 to 1-13 at the break.
Naomh Bríd struck two early points on the restart (1f) while Anthony Rowntree got another point before a nice move culminated in Chris Gallagher cracking the sliotar to the back of the Naomh Bríd net to leave us a goal in arrears. However, Naomh Bríd out-battled us in a 10 minute spell tagging on 4 points (1f) to leave us with an uphill battle going into the latter stages of the game.
Two outstanding points from Deaglan Gallagher made some in-roads to the defecit and we reduced it further when Chris Gallagher nailed 2 points (1f) and it was down to a 3 point game. Naomh Bríd hit back with 2 consecutive points (1f) but we managed to get the defecit down to a goal with points from Jay Park and Colm McKee.
Unfortunately, the final whistle brought the game to an end and we had come out on the wrong end of proceedings, which now leaves us needing a huge effort in our final group game against the leaders Conn Mag Aoidh where we need to get something if we are to progress further in the competition.
Scorers: O Deevy 0-1, C Gallagher 1-3, A Rowntree 1-2, CJ Sullivan 1-0, D Mooney 0-3, C Maguire 0-1, J Park 0-1 and C McKee 0-1
- IFC Group 2 – Naomh Comhghall 0-11 Mac Dáibhéid 3-5
The senior footballers opened their account in this years Intermediate Football Championship with a well deserved win away to Naomh Comhghall at Dunsilly.
We played some nice football and the old cliche that goals win games was definitely highlighted. Naomh Comhghall battled hard and made us work right to the end. However, while the winning margin was three points, if we are realistic we were guilty of missing several glaring other goal opportunities which would have given the final scoreline a truer reflection of our performance.
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Our next outing is also an away game, this time we travel to Glenavy to take take on table toppers Naomh Seosamh on 16 August at 6.30pm.
- JHC – Rd 1 – Ard Eoin 3-9 Mac Dáibhéid 1-15
The senior hurlers let slip an eight-point advantage at the break to get out of Fennell Park with a draw after Ard Eoin fought back in the second half in this opening fixture of the Junior Hurling Championship.
We were on the scoreboard early on, when a puck out from Gearoid Cosgrove found Chris Gallagher who fed the sliotar to Marcas Toner, Deaglan Mooney supported the play on the outside, took possession and finished with an excellent opening point. Chris Gallagher then doubled our advantage with a pointed free from a central position about 35 metres out. Ard Eoin opened their account in the 4th minute also from a pointed free, but Chris Gallagher was again on target as he pointed a free from the right-side line and then followed up with another point after good work from Cormac Maguire. Stephen McGivern then struck a nice point before Ard Eoin registered their second point from a free. We opened a nice lead after 17 minutes when Stephen McGivern went on a great solo run, fed a handpass inside to Anthony Rowntree who struck to the net and from the resultant puck out he added another point. Colm McKee then struck the final point of the half after blocking the sliotar and the subsequent break was passed to him, and he duly converted to give us a 0-2 to 1-7 lead.
(more…) - ACHL Div 3 – Conn Mag Aoidh 4-23 Mac Dáibhéid 0-11
The senior hurlers travelled to Glenravel to take on Conn Mag Aoidh in their latest league game and were comprehensively outplayed all over the park, resulting in a heavy defeat.
Playing against a strong wind we didn’t do enough to nullify the Conn Mag Aoidh onslaught, and they opened up a commanding lead at the break 2-12 to 0-6, with our scores coming from Chris Gallagher 0-4 and points from Colm McKee and Stephen McGivern.
The second half wasn’t any better and we were never able to get anywhere near to mount any sort of challenge. Points from Chris Gallagher 0-2, Stephen McGivern 0-2 and Deaglan Mooney were merely consolation scores as Conn Mag Aoidh ran up a big score for a deserved win 4-23 to 0-11.
Scorers: Chris Gallagher 0-6, Colm McKee 0-1, Stephen McGivern 0-3 and Deaglan Mooney 0-1
