Football league success continues

CAVANAGHS OF FERMOY DIV 1 FOOTBALL LEAGUE Ballyhooly 3-6 Mallow 1-7

Ballyhooly claimed a further win in round three of the Division 1 Football League last Sunday against Mallow. In surprisingly good conditions given the previous week's weather Ballyhooly stayed ahead all the time on the scoreboard, despite a hefty challenge from Mallow at times.

Within five minutes full forward Tom Crowley created a chance on goal and was only denied by good goalkeeping. Seamus Roche finally opened the scoring after ten minutes with a point from play; we had a few more chances that just didn't work out after that until a flick by Tom Crowley set Kevin Kiely up for goal number one to put us ahead 1-1 to no score after a quarter of an hour.

Mallow responded with two points from play and were denied a certain goal by a brilliant save from Cian Murphy. Kevin Kiely added a point from a free to our tally before scoring his second goal of the half twenty minutes in.

Dylan Collins converted a great pass from Haydn Kelleher and Diarmuid Linehan took a point from play to leave us up 2-4 to 0-4 points at half-time.

A less breezy second half seemed to favour Ballyhooly but it took some time to settle back in. Mallow had a good start and pressed hard for the first quarter of an hour but only managed to add two points to their score. Ballyhooly weathered the pressure making changes for fresh legs after ten minutes. Kevin Kiely extended the lead with points in the 14th and 18th minutes to which Mallow couldn't respond.

Ballyhooly were now up 2-6 to Mallow's 0-6. Further changes were introduced after twenty minutes and new man on Shaun O'Mahony sealed the win with a goal straight away. A point from a ‘45 and a fortuitous goal closed Mallow's account, leaving the final score Ballyhooly 3-6 Mallow 1-7. A great team effort and another good win for Ballyhooly.

Team: Cian Murphy, Colm Crowley, Eoin Twomey, Jeff Gowen, Gearoid Roche, Barry Johnson, Dan Cooney, Denis Kiely, Seamus Roche (0-1), Haydn Kelleher, Diarmuid Linehan (0-1), Dylan Collins (0-1), Kevin Kiely (2-3, 0-1f), Tom Crowley, Fintan Linehan. Subs: Brian Lombard, Eoin Sykes, Mark Burdett, Shaun O'Mahony (1-0), Fergal O'Connell.

Referee: Dave Farrell Snr.

FIXTURES

Div 1 Hurling League v Clyda Rovers on Sunday, 2nd April at 11am in Mourneabbey. All support appreciated.

LOTTO

Our next lotto draw will be on Monday, 3rd April at 9.30pm in the Roundy House. The jackpot is now €1,400 and tickets can be purchased on Clubforce, the shop, pub or your usual seller.

REBELS’ BOUNTY DRAW

Thank you to everyone for the amazing response we got to Rebels’ Bounty this year. Your support will mean great work can be carried out over the coming months at the club. Best of luck to everyone in the draws.

Quintas and Ballyhooly Homes.