Ballygarvan 1-12 Castlemartyr 0-9
(JJ Hurley)
Ballygarvan eased past Castlemartyr in the McCarthy Insurance Group Junior A Football Championship semi-final at Pairc Ui Rinn on Sunday.
In what was a workman like performance from Ballygarvan, a Sean Brady goal just after the break was decisive in making the difference here.
Castlemartyr were first to get to the pace of the game with the opening score from Jack McGann.
Ballygarvan were not standing still as Ray O’ Halloran converted an Evan O’ Connor pass and they hit the front on six minutes as Daniel O’Mahony fired over.
The early exchanges had Castlemartyr dominating the contest and were rewarded with a Mike Kelly score to tie the game at 0-2 to 0-2 after ten minutes.
Ballygarvan responded with points from O’Connor and O’ Halloran but were pegged back on 15 minutes as Kelly claimed his second point.
Stephen Fenton raced onto an Evan O’ Connor pass and stroked the ball over the bar before O’ Halloran and O’Connor added two more points as they led 0-7 to 0-3 on 27 minutes
The hardworking Kelly managed to fire a point over just before the interval as Ballygarvan went in at the break leading by 0-7 to 0-4.
Ballygarvan had the perfect start to the second half as the referee played an important advantage as Sean Brady fired the ball to the Castlemartyr net.
The goal was followed up with a Piaras O’ Halloran point as Ballygarvan began to hit cruise control.
With Ballygarvan taking control of this contest, Ray O’ Halloran added another point.
Castlemartyr scored their first score of the second half on 44 minutes as Jack McGann fired over and it was followed by two more points in quick succession from Billy Mc Gann and Kelly.
With the score at 1-9 to 0-7, Ciaran Joyce reduced the deficit by another point on 48 minutes, but Ballygarvan’s response was a point a piece from O’ Connor and Niall O’ Dowd.
With time almost up O’ Connor linked up with O’ Halloran and he added a fine score to the Carrigdhoun side’s tally.
The final score fell to the East Cork men as Jamie Stack sent over the last point of the game.
Now Ballygarvan advance onto the final where they face Inniscarra next weekend.
Scorers:
Ballygarvan: R O’Halloran 0-5, E O’Connor 0-3 (2F), S Brady 1-0, N O ‘Dowd, P O’ Halloran S Fenton, D O’ Mahony (0-1 each)
Castlemartyr: M Kelly 0-4(1f), J McGann 0-2(1f), J Stack, Kieran Joyce, B McGann 0-1 each
BALLYGARVAN: G White; P Ryan, R O’Leary, Z Davidson; S Brady, S O’Donovan, M O’Mahony; S Fenton, C O Regan; E O’Connor, P O’Halloran, D O’Mahony; D Mackey, R O’Halloran, N Dowd.
Subs: D O’Connor for D Mackey (40), C Mackey for Z Davidson (50), J Fenton for M O’Mahony (52), M Cussen for C O Regan (54), S Buckley for N Dowd (56)
CASTLEMARTYR: C White ; C Martin, E Ronayne, N O’Donovan; B O Tuma, C Joycey, J Lawton; D Joyce, D Coughlan; M Kelly, J McGann, L Martin, D Mackey, B Lawton, B McGann.
Subs: B Lawton for D Coughlan (HT), C Ronayne for L Martin (50), J Stack for E Martin (54). R Murphy and A Kelly for B Lawton and Billy MC Gann (56).
Referee Canice Walsh (Nemo Rangers).
Ballygarvan are one match away from adding to their SE title
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