Brave Killavullen Suffer Final Defeat - U14 Hurling Final
September 29, 2019
Despite a determined effort to get a grip on the game, Killavullen had little answer to the early Grenagh onslaught that saw them race in to a nine-point lead in the opening twenty minutes of the Division 2 Under 14 Hurling Championship Final played in Ballyclough last Saturday. Grenagh’s Dan Twomey scored the first point from a free and continued to give an exhibition of hurling, with eleven points in total over the hour.
Despite the valiant efforts of all players out the field, the Killavullen forward saw little of the ball for long spells and were confined to an Owen Magner point from play after twenty minutes and two converted frees from Colm Hannon at either side of the short whistle.
A never-say-die attitude from Killavullen right through yielded good points from Eoin O’Hanlon and Rory O’Regan. Charlie Cremin in goal and Colm O’Mahony at full back cleared a lot of ball and the backs in general worked hard to contain their opponents. James Lyons moved out the field from his full forward berth and energised the team to good effect.
A chink of light quickly clouded over when Grenagh got a second goal to stretch the lead once more. Still Killavullen didn’t surrender and a great run goalward by Owen Magner led to Shayne Cahill seizing on a goal chance with an excellent ground shot. This, and a fine goal scored by Owen Magner himself shortly afterwards, helped to put a respectability on the scoreboard, but Grenagh ran out comfortable winners on a final score-line of 2-13 to 2-5.
Charlie Cremin, Darragh O'Connor, Colm O'Mahony, Tomas Fennell, Dan Cronin, Eoin O'Hanlon 0-1, Fearghal Hogan, Barry Cotter, Willie Gifford, Stephen Rea, Rory O'Regan 0-1, Ian O'Mahony, Colm Hannon 0-2, James Lyons, Owen Magner 1-1, Evan Sheahan, Eoghan Forde, Shayne Cahill 1-0, Jamie Lowe, Dara O'Neill