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| By Derek Kiely Evening Echo In Ballinacurra CASTLELYONS Won the East Cork U21 B Final with something to spare
on Sunday evening in Ballinacurra with a win over Aghada. Scorers for Castlelyons: D Tobin 0-5 (3f) R Feeney 0-4, E Maye1-0, C Spillane, A O’Sullivan, R Fenton and D Lawlor 0-1 each. Aghada: F Day 1-3 (2f) E Savage 1-0, W Leahy0-1. CASTLELYONS: S O’Sullivan; P O’Regan, C Barry, L Murphy; C O’Leary, C Spillane, B Carroll; M O’Leary (Cpt) A O’Sullivan; D Lawlor, D Tobin, E Maye; R Feeny, R Fenton, A O’Regan. AGHADA: J O’Brien; A O’Connell (Cpt) C Rice, J Daly;
S O’Gorman, M Russell, D Rice; S Wall, T Hartnett; C Fleming,
E Healy, E Savage; W Leahy, F Day, T Dobbin. Referee: Tim Dineen (Midleton) |
| Aghada were well beaten by a far superior Castlelyons
team in this final played at a wet and windy Ballinacurra venue.Castlelyons
had the aid of a very strong wind in the first half,they settled quickly
and were 5 points to no score up after 15 minutes.We were being out
played in most areas of the pitch,our sole score of the half came courtesy
of William Leahy.Five minutes before half time the Castlelyons fullforward
flicked the sliotar to the after along delivery into the square.The
half-.time score was Aghada0-1VCastlelyons1-7.The second half began
with Castlelyons getting two early points before Finbarr pointed a free,Finbarr
then blasted a 21yard free to the net.Castlelyons got a few more points
and were leading by eight before Eoin Savage sent a bullet to the back
of the Castlelyons net with 10 minutes remaining.Their were no more
scores in the final minutes final score Aghada 2-4 Castlelyons 1-13.Best
for Aghada were John O Brien Conor Rice and Finbarr Day,best of luck
to Castlelyons in the county series.Aghada team and subs J O Brien A
O Connell capt C Rice J Daly S O Gorman M Russell D Rice S Wall T Hartnett
C Fleming E Healy E Savage1-0 W Leahy0-1 F Day1-3frees T Dobbin subs
K Higgins for T Hartnett G Corigliona for T Dobbin.
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| Aghada sweep Fr O’Neill’s aside with powerful finish.
A large crowd enjoyed a great game of hurling played by two good teams on a lovely summers evening in Ballinacurra. The game was slow to start with both sets of defence on top. Aghada scored 1st with two frees from man of the match Finbarr Day on the 5 and 6th minute. As the 1st Quarter finished both sides were level at 3 points a piece. By the 24th minute it was five all then O’Neills went two clear but a great point from Eoin Savage at full forward left us just a point be hide 6 points to seven at the short whistle. Scores were hard to come by as both sets of backs were on top for Aghada Michael Russell was outstanding at centre back as was Conor Rice behind him. To be fair to O’Neill’s our backs worked hard and closed their danger men down. On resumption Day landed a 65 to level the game a minute after the
restart. He followed with another free on the 33rd m but from the
puck out the sides were level again for the 7th and last time. Tim
Hartnett and Shane Wall started to made inroads at centre field and
the Aghada forwards enjoyed more ball as a result Eoin Savage finished
a good move to the net and Aghada were 3 clear. O’Neills hit
back for a minor but could not get the ball in the danger area (so
outstanding were our half backs) and never looked like scoring a goal
indeed with the exception of one point all O’Neill’s scores
came from long range. The next ten minutes were again had stalemate
as both sides failed to score, then on the 49m O’Neill’s
made a bit of a rally getting to points on the trot to leave just
the bare mi for 6th time minimum between the sides. |
| A great victory for Aghada in this semi final played in Ballinacurra on Mon night. This was a fine sporting game from start to finish played by 2 well prepared teams. In the first half it was tit for tat scoring wise, best for Aghada during the half were Seamus, Cian, Eoin Healy, and Finbarr. The score at half time was Aghada0-6 Fr O Neills0-7.Early in the second half Aghada took the lead with an Eoin Savage goal, the game remained tight with only a point separating the sides. Then with ten minutes remaining Finbarr Day got a cracking goal and from their to the finish Aghada saw out the game comfortably, final score Aghada2-12VFr O Neills0-12.A great victory for all concerned, our first appearance in a U21 Hurling final for a number of years awaits us on this coming Sunday night the 5th in Midleton@18.15.Best for Aghada were Seamus O Gorman, Tim Hartnett, Mike Russell and man of the match Finbarr Day. Aghada team J O Brien A O Connell capt C Rice J Daly S O Gorman M Russell D Rice T Hartnett S Wall E Healy 0-2 E Savage1-2 W Leahy R Kennedy F Day1-8 C Fleming sub K Higgins for J Daly. |
A funny game Aghada never looked in trouble but found it hard to
shake of the Rovers. Killeagh/Ita's or Fr O'Neills await in the semi final.
sub 21m Andy O'Donoghue for Higgins Aghada 0-15 Russell Rovers 0-9 |
| For a game with so many scores it was slow to ignite but when it
did it was a scorcher For the1st half Aghada were playing catch up until the 28m when the ever alert Finbarr Day got the 2nd of his two goals to take the lead for the first time. Before this it was tit for tat as Aghada answered every time Cloyne pointed. On the 16th m Cloyne got the 1st of their 4 goals after O’Brien saved the rebound was kicked to the net to put Cloyne clear for the 1st time. Aghada started to grow into the game as Michael Russell and Shane Wall commanded the centre back line. Aghada finished strongly as Day scored 2-1 to leave the half time score 2-4 to 1-4. If scores were like hens teeth in the 1st half we had a flood in the second as Aghada took control of the game and in reality should have won pulling up. Cian Fleming now on the 40 opened things up and by the 40th m Aghada were 3-8 to 1-7 to the good and worth it. Then Cloyne landed three unlikely goals all for long range frees. The 1st was going wide but the corner forward diverted it to the net. The 2nd deceived Johno and dropped under the bar and the 3rd was again a long free which came about when Johno saved a penalty at the expense of a 70. was again diverted into the net. And suddenly the game was level with 7 minutes left. To be fair to Aghada they hit back all the time with mighty scores from long range none better than Shane Walls effort to regain the lead. Healy and Day added three more points to put Aghada 4 ahead two minutes into injury time a minute later Cloyne pointed and how they attacked looking for the equaliser as the clock ran on and on. Aghada had to defend as their lives depended on it and such relive to here the final whistle which was eventually blown by ref Tim Dineen 7 minutes into injury time. they now meet Russell Rvs in the Q final John O’Brien Aidan O’Connell (capt), Conor Rice, James Daly Seamus O’Gormain, michael Russell Shane Wall(0-2) Cian Fleming (1-2), Tim Hartnett Eoin Savage, Eoin Healy (0-2), Dave Rice Willie Leahy (0-1) Finbarr Day (2-6 frees 0-2) Ronan Kennedy |