Simonstown Gaels hang on to claim victory over battling Skryne
Simonstown Gaels 1-14 Skryne 0-11
Fairyhouse Steel Senior Football Championship. Group C – Round 1.
Skryne almost pulled off an escape reminiscent of Houdini when they came from 8 points down to reduce the deficit to only 2 points with less than five minutes remaining in yesterday’s Senior Championship Group C opening game against Simonstown Gaels in Pairc Tailteann. However a goal from Mark Gardiner thwarted their efforts and ultimately sealed their fate as Simonstown Gaels ran out winners by 1-14 to 0-11 in a game where Skryne were wasteful in front of goals accumulating 9 wides in comparison to 3 for Simonstown over the course of the game.
Skryne – Ian Gillette; Robbie Clarke, Ciaran Lenehan(0-1), Niall Lenehan; Andrew Moore, Eoghan Greene, Stephen O’Brien; Harry Rooney(0-1), Tommy Carpenter; Shane Smyth, Darragh Campion(0-4, 2 45s), Paddy Carpenter; Niall Finnerty (0-1, 1f), Mark Battersby(0-3, 3fs), Padraig Finnerty. Subs – Eoin Smyth for Carpenter, Conor O’Brien(0-1) for P Finnerty both half-time, Bryan Davis(0-1) for Carpenter 34 mins, Ian Davis for S Smyth 48m.
Simonstown – Robbie Burlingham; Michael Gavin, Stephen Moran, Josh Carolan; Brian McGrath, Brian Conlon, Mark Gardiner; Sean Tobin, Rory O’Connor; Ben Hoey, Padraig McKeever, Nicky O’Brien; Shane Barry, Shane O’Rourke, Andrew Kearney. Subs – Rory Connor for O’Brien 42 mins, Joe Lyons for O’Connor 52m, James Heaney for Hoey 56m.
See the full match report at the following links courtesy of Hoganstand Meath and Meath Chronicle.
