Junior B footballers played Knockane on Tue Sept
2nd in Caherelly in the east JBFC. Both sides exchanged points early
in the half with Denis Stack and Liam O’Rourke scoring for Bally. The team then
upped their performance rewarded with well taken points from John Stack, Liam
O’Rourke, Michael Wilkinson and Adrian Lennon leaving the half time score 0-6
to 0-2 in Bally’s favor. Knockea registered the first point of the second half
but Bally responded quickly with a well-executed goal from Adrian Lennon. Both
sides then exchanged scores and overall the second half was an even contest
with each side scoring 1-3. Larry Browne (0-1) and Michael Wilkinson (0-2)
adding the scores for Bally. This was an overall good team performance and the
4 point cushion built up in the first half was the difference between the sides
when the final whistle blew, final score 1-9 to 1-5 in Bally’s favor. Panel:
Jamie O' Donoghue, Hugh Leonard, Joe Teefy, Sean Browne, Mark O'Dea, Eoin
Lyons, Paul Martin, Christopher Coughlan, Michael Wilkinson, Adrian Lennon,
Denis Stack, Larry Browne, John Stack, John Casey, Liam O’Rourke, Kieran
McCarthy, Matt Mitchell, Kevin Blackwell, Conor Grene & David Ryan.
Minor Hurlers (13 a-side) played Cois Le
Gaels in the Championship on Mon eve last (Sept 8th) in Caherelly.
Bally got off to a good start with points from Conor Garvey (0-3) and Conal
Ryan (0-1), however CLG then dominated the rest of the half scoring 2-9
with Conor Garvey scoring a late point to leave the half time scoreline 2-9 to
0-5 and 10 point margin between the sides. Bally dug deep early in the second
half with Conal Ryan (1-1) and Colm Power (1-0) and closing the gap to 4
points. However a late surge from CLG opened their lead to 8 points, Final
score 2-6 to 3-11 and Bally fell short in the end. Unfortunately that finishes
this year’s activity for our Minor hurlers. Team Shane O’Neill, Jack Owens,
Alan O’Riordan, Liam Nicholl, Christopher Coughlan, Geroid Mitchell, Colm
Nicholl, Adrian Lennon, Conal Ryan, David Ryan, Sean Teefy, Conor Garvey &
Colm Power and Jason Cross.