Senior Co League Div 1: Austin Stacks 1-12; Glenbeigh/Glencar 2-14.
We had a good start to this round 9 Co. League game played in ideal conditions in Connolly Park on this Sunday afternoon (23rd July) and were two points up inside the 3rd minute with David Mannix and Pa McCarthy on target. By the 10th minute the visitors had leveled matters, but the scores that really put this game to bed came in the space of the next two minutes – two quick goals for the opposition. They went on then to score six more points before the break .
A pointed free by David Mannix in the 25th minute and a brilliant goal by Darragh O’Brien in added time gave us some chance but it still left the Mid Kerry boys ahead at half time by double scores (2-8 to 1-4).
We tried our very best in the second half , outscoring the visitors by 0-8 to 0-6, but those crucial first-half goals by the visitors were the difference in the end. Seven of those eight second-half points came from David Mannix – five from frees – with the other point coming from play by Darragh O’Brien. It was good to see Cathal O’Reilly making his Senior debut, coming on as a sub late in the game.
The result still leaves us second from bottom with only two more rounds of the League to be played. The first on these is fixed for the weekend of 13th August – a home game against An Ghaeltacht, and the final round (w/e of 24th Sept) is an away game against Rathmore. Both teams currently lie in 2nd and 3rd spots on the League table.
Team: David Hennessy, Colin Griffin, Jack O’Shea, Denis Costello, Pa McCarthy (0-2), Seán Ryan, Darragh Scanlon, Alan Duggan, Shane Guthrie, Fiachna Mangan, Shane O’Callaghan (Capt) (0-1), Michael Collins, David Mannix (0-9 – six frees), Darragh O’Brien (1-0), Seán Dukes.
Subs used: Barry Walsh (10m), Paul Galvin (30m), John Murphy (45m), Theo Diggin (51m), Cathal O’Reilly (55m).
Blood subs used: Barry Walsh 5m – 8m), Theo Diggin (20m – 51m).