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Fixture -- Dr Crokes V St Brendans
on Thurs 3rd August at Lewis Road.
Dr Crokes 3-8 -------- St Brendans
3-14 (Played at Lewis Rd on Thurs August 3rd)
A well prepared St Brendan's team proved too good for us
in this Quarter Final of the under 21 County
Championship.Our opponents set the early pace and raced
into a 1-2 lead in the first six minutes. In one of our
sporadic raids of the first half Florence McCarthy
goaled. St Brendans continued to dominate around mid
field and built up a lead of 3-7 to 2-2 at half time.
We went on all out attack at the start of the
second half and were rewarded as early as the 2nd minute
when a penalty for a foul on Andrew Kennelly was
clinically converted by Shane Doolan.Even though up
against a better team our lads gave it their all and
reduced the deficit to four points midway through the
second half. St Brendans however were never in danger of
defeat and ran out comfortable winners by six points.
St Brendans could go the whole way in this
competition as they looked strong in all departments.
The County Board must change the rule which excludes
Minors from playing in this championship. We had to line
out without five Kerry minors, one of whom played in
last years Senior County final.
Team; James Hurley, Tommy Ryan, Shane
Doolan, Darren Coffey; Paudie Sheehan, Luke Quinn, James
O'Regan; Johnny O'Sullivan, Andrew Kennelly; Podge
O'Donoghue, Florence McCarthy, Billy O'Leary; Kieran
O'Leary, Pat Buckley, Brian Looney. Subs; John Payne,
Mark O'Connor, Anthony O'Carroll. |
