Ballymore shade it by one over Athgarvan
Tight game all the way in very testing conditions
Ballymore Eustce came out on top in this evening’s Tom Cross Trnsport Round 3 game on an extremely went and miserable evening. It took a Shane Barrett in the 54 minute to win it and try as they did Athgarvan could not get the leveler.
It took Tadhg Barrett a mere 40 seconds to open the scoring for Ballymore Eustace which Cian Doyle replied to after five minutes, quickly followed by an excellent David Butler two-pointer for Athgarvan.
Jordan Deegan, wearing no. 24 in the green and gold, landed the first of his three 45s scored in the opening half and Niall Murphy hit an excellent two-pointer Ballymore led 0-4 to 0-3 with 12 gone.
The impressive David Butler leveled matters; Deegan landed his second 45 before Eoghan Dunne had them level again.
Two quick points from Simon Murphy and Jordan Deegan (45) saw the gap go to two but Cian Scanlon hit a fine point after a solo run to leave one in it.
Points from Sean Broderick and Shane Barrett saw the lead out to three and that was the way half ended with Ballymore leading 0-9 to 0-6.
Athgarvan dominated after the interval and on 47 minutes led 0-12 to 0-10. However Ballymore got their act together and came again to lead by one; Eoghan Dunne leveled but tha point krom Shane Barrett got the Ballymore boys over the line.
Final score: Ballymore 0-14 Athgarvan 0-13.
Scorers: Ballymore Eustace, Jordan Deegan 0-3 (3 45s), Niall Murphy 0-3 (two-pointer, 1 free), Tadgh Barrett 0-2, Simon Murphy 0-1, Sean Broderick 0-1, Shane Brrett 0-3, Eoin Sheehy 0-1.
Athgarvan: David Butler 0-4 (1 two-pointer), Jordan Nolan 0-3 (1 free, 45), Eoghan Dunne 0-3, Cian Doyle 0-1 (free), Cian Scanlon 0-1, Euan Brown 0-1,
BALLYMORE EUSTACE: Sean McNally; Mark Barrett, Callum Ashmore; Jack Sammon; Tadgh Barrett, Michael Stewart Byrne, Caolan Halpin; Shane Barrett, Patrick Murphy; Eoin Sheehy, Sean Gallagher, Sean Broderick;Jordan Deegan, Niall Murphy, Simon Murphy. Subs: Liam Crowe for Patrick Murphy (42 minutes); Charlie Litton for Sean Broderick (48 minutes); Enda Stewart Byrne for Simon Murphy (52 minutes); Danny McGarvey for Shane Barrett (55 minutes); Michael Fisher for Tadgh Barrett (61 minutes).
ATHGARVAN: Daragh Dempsey; Daniel Connolly, Calum Sourke, Jamie Harrington; Dani Vali, Mark Donnolly, Kevin Curran; Cameron Hughes, Niall Murphy; Euan Brown, David Butler, Alan Sourke; Cian Doyle, Eoghan Dunne, Cian Scanlon. Subs: Jordan Murphy for Alan Sourke (half-time); Derek Craddock for Cian Scanlon (59 minutes).
REFEREE: Kevin Murphy