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Kilnadeema/Leitrim 0.12
Killimor 0.12
Two sides coming off impressive
victories in round two of the Finnerty Plant
Hire Intermediate hurling championship
Killimor and
Kilnadeema/leitrim meet in a vital game in
Ballinasloe on Saturday May 17th. With the
outcome been a draw in the end of a game which
was riddled with free's all through. Killimor
needed the win maybe a bit more than their
opponents having only secured two points so far
in the group and this was evident all through.
Kilnadeema/Leitrim relied on brilliant accuracy
of Tom Tierney as usual for scores (he scored
eleven points in all). Tom opened the scoring in
the first minute with a pointed free and
repeated it two minutes later. Killimor free
taker Ger Lyons also got plenty of practice
during the game and he had them level by the
eighth minute with two pointed free's. The first
score from play arrived in the 10th minute when
Tom Tierney shot over for Kilnadeema/Leitrim to
restore their lead. He then added his fourth
point from a free before brother David added
another point at the midway stage in the first
half to open up a three point gap 0.05 to 0.02.
Shane McClearn, still going strong at full
forward for Killimor soon opened his account
with a point from play. Free's can win games as
well as lose them and Killimor's Ger Lyons put
more pressure on Kilnadeema/Leitrim in the next
few minutes as he pointed three placed balls.
Tom Tierney levelled up the game again with a
point from play after 29 minutes before Killimor
finished the half stronger with two more points,
first another Ger Lyons free and then a long
range effort from County man Andrew Keary which
was tipped over the bar by Mark Herlihy to close
out the first half on a score line of 0.08 to
0.06 in Killimor's favour. In what was a close
game all through Kilnadeema/Leitrim were soon
back level again with two more Tom Tierney
free's inside two minutes. Ger Lyons replied for
Killimor straight away with two more pointed
free's to put his side back in front by two.
Killimor substitute Robert Mitchell then put
over another point from play on 39 mins to open
up a three point lead. Tom Tierney kept
Kilnadeema/Leitrim ticking along with another
pointed free after 44 mins. With the game there
for the taking at this stage Killimor responded
very well to the challenge again on 49 mins with
Shane McClernan's second point from play to
restore the lead to three. Killimor were looking
like winners at this stage but amazingly they
didn't score again as Kilnadeema/Leitrim hanging
in there and putting them under severe pressure
which resulted in three free's been awarded
which Tom Tierney duely pointed to tie up the
game right on full time on a final score of 0.12
each. While this was a valuable point to both
sides and puts Kilnadeema/Leitrim on top of the
table, they will be far from happy with the
performance especially after the way they played
the previous week against Killimordaly. They
will now look forward to the Rahoon/Newcastle
game.
Scorers: Tom Tierney 0.11, David Tierney
0.01.
Team Lineout: Mark Herlihy, David Spellman,
Kevin Boyle, Ramie Larkin, Liam Geargthy, Eamon
Hyland, Aiden Spaight, Niall Tierney, Brian
Gardiner, Michael Regan, David Tierney, Brian
Daniels, Sean Burke, Tom Tierney, Brian
Costello.
Subs used: Michael Flanagan, Eoin Larkin,
Patrick Deely.
David Tierney and Kevin Callanan contest this
high ball
Aiden Spaight bursts out of defence against Killimor |
