Skryne 3-09 St. Brigids 2-11
Teach na Teamhrach Junior A Football Championship
Skryne made the motorway journey to Kells old pitch for a double header in the Senior and Junior football championship matches yesterday.
First up was the Junior match against a much fancied St. Bridget’s team on a sunny day with a light breeze which had little effect on the games.
Both teams started well and shared four points early on until Brian Smyth sparked the game into life when he finished to the net after a Neal Burke free had dropped short. This seemed to awaken the Bridget’s who may have underestimated the blues and they went on to score 1-5 to Skryne’s 0-2 for the rest of this half. That left the score at half time St. Bridget’s 1-7 Skryne 1-4.
The second half was nip and tuck all through and further goals from substitute Declan Mulvey and Brian Smyth again gave Skryne the edge. It still required two late frees, the first from Allan Carty and the winner almost on full time from Neal Burke to settle the tie.
This was a good game of Junior football and both sides deserve great credit for the intensity of the play and closeness of the match overall.
In a great team performance from the Blues it seems almost unfair to name individual players but some deserve special mention starting with Felim O’Rourke in goals who made two excellent saves when we were under severe pressure in the first half. In front of him Martin Mulvaney showed all the experience necessary to control his area. In midfield David McGoldrick was ably assisted by Paddy Doherty who came of age in this match. Up front the old staggers came to the fore with Smythy taking the scoring honours.
Skryne – Felim O’Rourke. Dermot Brennan, Martin Mulvaney, James Looby. Cian Lynch, Mark Harrington, David Lynch. David McGoldrick, Paddy Doherty (0-2). Allan Carty (0-4) Neal Burke (0-1), Jamie Jordan. Jason Fox, Brian Smyth (2-1), Conor Keogh (0-1).
Subs. – Declan Mulvey (1-0), Des McAvinney, Pauric Murphy, John Quinn, Niall Morley.
