Under 12
 

Under 12 team off to great start with victory over Tynagh/abbey-Duniry

Kilnadeema/Leitrim 4.01 Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry 3.03

The first real signs that Summer has arrived is when the Under 12 championship kicks into action and even though it was a far from Summer's evening with a biting coal wind Kilnadeema/Leitrim and Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry served up a brilliant opening round in the A Championship at Tynagh on Monday May 26th. A game which had plenty of goals went right down to the wire before Kilnadeema/Leitrim came out on the right side of a one point victory. Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry played with the strong breeze in the first half and soon were a point in front through a Niall Maloney point from play. Johnny Conroy then made it two with a second point from play after 5 mins. The first of seven goals arrived a minute later when Evan Dowling got on the end of a loose ball to crack home a vital score for Kilnadeema/Leitrim. The score involved great build up play from Daniel Mottrom and Jack Kenny. Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry soon replied with a very good goal of there own when Niall Maloney gave James Donnellan no chance in the goal to put Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry back in front. Then we had a brilliant save by Arran O'Halloran the  Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry goalie from a Daniel Mottrom goal bound shot. Almost immediately Shane Fahy at corner forward followed up with a  goal to put Kilnadeema/Leitrim back in front 2.0 to 1.02. Niall Maloney then replied with another point from play before centre back Stephen Roche pointed a free from close in right on the stroke of half time to leave Kilnadeema/Leitrim leading by 2.01 to 1.03 at the break. Kilnadeema/Leitrim got the vital break early in the second half when after sustained pressure Sean Callagy squeezed home a crucial goal to open up a four point gap. We had to wait another 14 minutes before we had another score and a vital goal it was for Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry when substitute Johnny McLoughlin crashed home a goal past James Donnellan to leave just a point in it again and now it was anybody's game. Kilnadeema/Leitrim responded very quickly when Jack Kenny hit a high ball in over the goalkeeper's head for a very important goal. Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry did not give up the ghost though and scored another goal on 20 minutes through Rory Cunningham to leave us with a nail biting finish before the referee ended it all on a final score line of 4.01 to 3.03. This was  a great advert for Under 12 hurling and gives Kilnadeema/leitrim a good chance of making the quarter finals, while Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry will prove very hard to beat for the other teams in the group.
 

Scorers: Evan Dowling 1.00, Shane Fahy 1.00, Sean Callagy 1.00, Jack Kenny 1.00, Stephen Roche 0.01.

Team Lineout: James Donnellan, Mickey Lynch, Liam Kelly, Justin Moran, Ciaran Connors, Stephen Roche, Mark Lawless, Patrick Halpin, Niall Broderick, Kevin Roche, Daniel Mottrom, Jack Kenny, Shane Fahy, Sean Callagy, Evan Dowling.
Sub used: Arran Murray.

Kilnadeema/Leitrim captain Stephen Roche takes this ball in his stride as Liam Casey of
Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry puts him under pressure

 

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