U-15 FL Div2B Final
Wed 5th Dec St.Patrick’s 1-7 Seneschalstown 2-11
Div.2B Final played in Ardcath Wed.5th Dec.
H.T. St.Pat’s 1-5, Seneschalstown 0-6.
Seneschalstown put in a spirited team performance to win the Div.2B final on Wed. in Ardcath. This group of players had been beaten in three previous finals and St.Pat’s had beaten them in the league stages.
U-15 FL Div2B Final
Wed 5th Dec St.Patrick’s 1-7 Seneschalstown 2-11
Div.2B Final played in Ardcath Wed.5th Dec.
H.T. St.Pat’s 1-5, Seneschalstown 0-6.
Seneschalstown put in a spirited team performance to win the Div.2B final on Wed. in Ardcath. This group of players had been beaten in three previous finals and St.Pat’s had beaten them in the league stages.
Aided by a strong diagonal wind and some hesitant play from Seneschalstown St.Pat’s led by 0-4 to 0-0 at the end of the first quarter. Only for some outstanding defending from Cormac Noonan aided by Liam Tully and Dessie Seepersad the gap could have been wider. Gradually Seneschalstown played their way into the game and Niall Groome and Tim Kiernan started to win the midfield battle and play some good balls into the forwards. This resulted in 0-4 for the in form James Conlon to leave the sides level. St. Pat’s added a further point but Niall Groome levelled the game again. St.Pats replied with a well taken goal from Donal Landy who had for once escaped the attentions of Teane Cummins. Seneschalstown added a further point from a James Conlon free, after a foul on Colin Lynch, to leave the half time score St.Pat’s 1-5 Seneschalstown 0-6.
James Conlon posted the first point of the second half but St.Pat’s cancelled it out. A long range point from Niall Groome brought the gap down to the minimum. Tim Kiernan netted straight away to put Seneschalstown ahead for the first time. The game ebbed and flowed for the next ten minutes with scores hard to come by. With less than ten minutes remaining William Mullen scored a great goal to put significant daylight between the teams for the first time. James Conlon scored a further 0-2 worthy of any final. St. Pat’s could only manage 0-1 from a free before Tim Kiernan finished the scoring with a point in the last minute.
Seneschalstown scorers: James Conlon 0-8, Tim Kiernan 1-1, William Mullen 1-0, Niall Groome 0-2.
Others to play well for Seneschalstown: Cormac Noonan, Liam Tully, Adam Gargan, Joseph Darby, Dessie Seepersad, Teane Cummins.
Seneschalstown team: Ciaran Flynn, Thomas Duggan, Cormac Noonan, Liam Tully, Dessie Seepersad, Teane Cummins, Adam Gargan, Tim Kiernan(1-1), Niall Groome(0-2), Joseph Darby, Gerard McHendry, Sean Finlay, Colin Lynch, James Conlon (0-8), Donal Finnegan.
Subs: William Mullen for D.Finnegan, Jason McKeown for C.Lynch, Shane Cunningham for G.McHendry, Sean McDonnell for S.Finlay, Damian Clarke for J.Darby. Ross Walsh not used due to injury.
After the game Eddie Battersby presented the trophy to Seneschalstown captain Niall Groome.
