Junior B championship Group 1 Round 2

Connacht Gold

Venue: St. Farnan’s Park

Friday, September 3rd 

Referee : Michael Conway 

Final score : St. Farnan’s 6-17; Ballymote 0-8

On a fine calm evening in St. Farnan’s Park, this game proved to be all too easy for the home side.

Shane Feeney opened the scoring for St Farnan’s with a point from play, quickly followed by a goal from David Culkin.

By the time Ballymote got their first score in the fourteenth minute from a Liam Óg Gormley free, St. Farnan’s had moved on to 1-6, with points added by Declan Cawley, Kieran Devaney and Shane Feeney.

With a dominant Nicholas Higgins preventing any ball from passing midfield the West Sligo side led 1-8 to 0-1 at the first water break.

A second goal from Shane Feeney after the water break was quickly followed by a third, this time from a long range Andrew McMunn shot which gave the goalie no chance.

Liam Óg got Ballymote's second point and followed with another from a difficult angle before Farnan’s hit back with further three points in reply before Gormley got his fourth point of the half after a good passage of play for Ballymote.

to be  replaced by Kieran Kilgannon St. Farnan’s further added to their tally when a Declan Cawley pass led to a second Shane Feeney goal to leave the half time the score read St. Farnan’s 4-11, Ballymote 0-4.

Sub Kieran Kilgannon, who had replaced David Culkin shortly before half time got the first point of the second half for St. Farnan’s who also introduced Jason Mc Guinness for Kieran Devaney and Enda Mc Dermott for John McNulty at half time.

Ballymote also introduced Jonathan Crosby in this half and the East Sligo side had its best spell in the game almost matching St Farnan’s scoring in the third quarter

Aaron Lang got Ballymote's first point of the second half. A goal chance  ensued shortly after, but was blocked by Fergus Hargadon. Gary Conlon did manage a fine point from play to leave the score at the second water break - St. Farnan’s 4-14, Ballymote 0-6.St.

Towards the end, Farnan’s had the luxury of emptying the subs bench with both Don Keeneghan and James Mc Gowan replacing Shane Feeney and Conor Feeney respectively.

James Sweeney added a point for Ballymote before Liam Óg's free was saved on the line by Karl Hannon to deny Ballymote a much needed goal.

It was St. Farnan’s who finished this quarter on a high with two goals from substitute Don Keeneghan. Ballymote's final point came from Conor Mc Getterick.

The result of this game was never in doubt as St. Farnan's cruised to victory - their second win in the championship having defeated St. Michael's last Sunday. Ballymote, by contrast have now gone down in both of their games with qualification for the knock out stages now behind them. 

St. Farnan’s : Fergus Hargadon, John Mc Nulty, Karl Hannon, Conor Feeney, Darragh Gillen, Patrick Flynn(0-2),Niall Hunt, Nicholas Higgins, Declan Cawley (0-4),Andrew Mc Munn(1-2),David Culkin (1-0), Shane Feeney (2-4), Kieran Devaney (0-4).

Subs: Kieran Kilgannon (0-1), Jason Mc Guinness, Enda Mc Dermott, James Mc Gowan, Don Keeneghan (2-0).

Ballymote Round Towers : Seán Stagg, Conor Mc Getterick, Mikey Finn, Oisín Moffatt, Gary Conlon (0-1), Diarmaid O'Malley, James Sweeney (0-1), James O'Brien, Kevin Conlon, Derek Tighe, Liam Óg Gormley (0-4(1f)Aaron Lang(0-1), Gabriel Rafferty. Sub : Jonathan Crosby.