Sillverhill Farm Minor Hurling Championship Final
Castleblayney 1-11 Carrickmacross 1-5
Castleblayney Hurlers gained revenge for their league final loss when they overcame Carrick hurlers in the final of the Silverhill Farm Minor Hurling Championship. It was definitely a case of two halves as Carrick were the strongest team in the first half with Blayney keeping in it thanks to the excellent hurling of David Irwin who was their only scorer in the first half while Carrick got their points from the Slevin’s and Ciarán Guinan grabbed Carrick’s only goal. James Slevin closed the half’s scoring in the 20th minute to leave Carrick ahead by a goal 1-4 to 4 by the half time whistle.
The tempo of the game upped slightly in the second half with Blayney taking control of the game and David Irwin scoring his fifth point and then eventually in the 8th minute Mikey Carville became Blayney’s 2nd scorer. This put Blayney ahead for the first time. Sub David Moorehead put four in it soon afterwards with Blayney’s only goal. Blayney increased their margin even further with points before Ciaran Guinan grabbed Carrick’s only score of the half but even with that point Blayney had the final say with a Mikey Carville free to leave the full time score Castleblayney 1-11 Carrick 1-5
Teams and Scorers – Castleblayney: Conor Brennan, Thomas Keenan, Senan O’ Brien, Zach Mc Ardle, Paudie Heavin, Gavin Kelly, Caleb Mc Ardle, Conall Mc Hugh, Mikey Carville 0-4 (2f), Craig Callan (c), David Irwin 0-7 , Joey Hughes, Cillian Hanratty, Hugh Brennan, Ciaran Duffy Subs : David Moorehead 1-0 for Hugh Brennan, Niall Carville for Cillian Hanratty
Carrickmacross: Niall Bermingham, Jack Guinan, Ciaran Slevin 0-2, Darragh Cassidy (c), James Slevin 0-1, Niall Mc Kenna, Niall Keenan, Jack Mohan, Ethan O’ Gorman, Micheal Maguire, Darragh O’ Callaghan, Shane Slevin 0-1, Ciarán Guinan 1-1, Fergal Delaney, Jordan Mc Garrell, Pauric Clinton Subs : Helvijs Douglas for Jack Mohan, Jack Mohan for Pauric Clinton, Pauric Malcolm for Jack Mohan, Adam Dowling for Fergal Delaney
By Majella Boyd Mon 24th Sep
