Under 21 hurling championship Preliminary Quar final replay played in Loughrea on Saturday Oct 12th
Kilnadeema/Leitrim 2.09  Kilbeacanty  0.11

A majestic display of centre half back play from Liam Geargthy, wonderful accuracy from Sean Burke, a brilliant save from Mark Herlihy in the second half when it was most needed and the addition of an extra point in the first half from referee Mike Conway which was never scored were some of the highlights of Kilnadeema/Leitrim's preliminary quarter final championship replay against Kilbeacanty when the competition resumed after a four month break from the drawn game when the sides meet in Loughrea on Saturday October 13th. Kilnadeema/Leitrim coming off the disappointment of an Intermediate and Minor quarter final defeats just two weeks previous were now fully focused on making a big push at winning the Under 21 championship, especially after losing so disappointingly in the semi-final last year to Beagh. Kilnadeema/Leitrim who started with Eoin Larkin playing in a very unfamiliar roll as a full forward were slow to get going even though playing with the breeze. Even if they did score a goal very early on. County minor Stephen Lambert opened the scoring with a point from play after only one minute for Kilbeacanty. Kilnadeema/Leitrim soon stole a march on their south Galway opponents when corner forward Shane O'Looney reacted first to crash home the opening goal on 4 minutes. From here on until the 13th minute we had no further scores even though the play was very competitive. Sean Burke, who was brilliantly accurate all day from play and free's took a pass from Liam Geargthy and shot a great point from midfield to open up a three point lead. Noel Glynn replyed with a hugh free two minutes later and he soon added another point, this time from play. Sean Burke and Stephen Lambert then swopted points from free's after 25 mins before Sean added another wonderful point from play, again from over 70 yards out to put three points between the sides. Eoin Larkin was causing plenty problems for Kilbeacanty's full back and first he drew a free off him which Sean Burke slotted over and then really changed the game right at the end of the first half when after Eoin O'Toole had a great shot at goal brilliantly saved, Eoin was quickest to react and soon had the ball nestling in the back of the net to leave the score reading 2.04 to 0.04. Kilnadeema/Leitrim added another point just on the stroke of half time when Sean Burke converted his fifth point of the half, again from a free to finish off the half and leave Kilnadeema/Leitrim leading by seven points as we thought. Immediately after blowing for half time referee Mike Conway confirmed that the half time score was 2.06 to 0.04 and an eight point lead. Whatever about the point that wasn't Kilnadeema/Leitrim didn't mind in the slightest. While Kilnadeema/Leitrim would be fairly happy with their first half performance, they would be a lot less happy with what went on in the second half . Stephen Lambert miss hit a free on three minutes which Mark Herlihy did well to save and push away. Sean Burke extended his sides lead on 8 mins with another point from a free. Kilbeacanty under the guidance of former Galway great Steve Mahon did not take their chances very well in this half went about reducing the lead on 14 minutes when Noel Glynn scored his second point, this time from play. Stephen Lambert then added another pointed free a minute later as Kilbeacanty came at Kilnadeema/Leitrim in droves . Team captain Michael Hedderman who has been out injured for most of the year made a welcome comeback when he replaced Ruairi Costello. Lambert continued to pile on more pressure on his opponents with two more points, one each from a free and play to leave the score reading 2.07 to 0.08 with twelve minutes remaining. Eventually Sean Burke scored his seventh point of the game after 19 mins with another free. Lambert and Burke then swopted points as six still separated the sides after 22 mins. Steven Lambert, who never gave up for Kilbeacanty tacked on another point a minute later from play. Then Kilnadeema/Leitrim goalie Mark Herlihy was called upon to make a brilliant save when he had to stretch full length to push out the ball and avert a certain goal which Kilbeacanty needed to have any hope of winning. Noel Glynn scored the last point of the game from play on the 27 minute to leave the final score line according to the Referee 2.09 to 0.11. And so every team bar the Junior C's have qualified for at least the quarter final of the championship in 2007, something to be proud of. This team will hope to go much further but first they must defeat high flying Padraig Pearses in the quarter finals. 

Scorers: Sean Burke 0.08. Eoin Larkin 1.00, Shane O'Looney 1.00.
Team Lineout: Mark Herlihy, Kevin Kelly, Patrick Deely, Gearoid Whelan, Brian Gardiner, Liam Geargthy , Padraig McLoughlin, , Sean Burke, Fergal Nevin,  Tomas Barrett, Ian Burns, Ruairi Costello,   Eoin O'Toole, Eoin Larkin, Shane O'Looney.
Subs used: Michael Hedderman Michael McLoughlin.,