Div 1 Points shared in Gibbstown
Simonstown 0—10 (0—4) Wolfe Tones 0—10 (0—8)
Simonstown and near neighbours Wolfe Tones shared the Div 1 League points on a dry !!! windy Saturday evening in Gibbstown. With both teams near the bottom of League table,they set up to limit each others scoring opportunities. Tones with wind assistance chalked four up points ( 2fs) while David McKeever replied for the visitors to leave Tones leading 0—4 to 0—1 after twelve minutes. Jimmy Heaney rode several takles to split the posts and wing back David McKeever surged forward to record his second point to see scoreboard reading Tones 0—5 Simonstown 0—3 after twenty minutes. Tones with aperiod of dominance then tagged on three points (2fs) and full back Stephen Moran for Simons completed the first half scoring. The Tones defense set up( although they wind assisted) made it difficult for visiting forwards to get room to score with the result that 0—3 of Simons first half total came from the backs. At the break Tone 0—8 Simons 0—4.
Padraig McKeever (inj) was replaced at half by Shane Barry and the omens didnt good with Sims scorer in chief in the dugout and Sean Tobin also on the injured list. His team mate David McKeever at wing back went on to register four points from play. David McKeever with two points form play and a Ben Hoey free left Tones leading by two 0—9 to 0—7 with twenty second half minutes gone. Aaron Farrelly after earning the free himself converted to leave just a point between them Tones 0—9 Sims 0—8 after twenty nine minutes. Shane Barry landed the equaliser form forty five metres out on thirty one minutes. From the resultant kick out and Tones broke down field and recorded a point (their second of the half—the other was a free)to see them 0—10 to 0—9 ahead . Simonstown gained possession from kick out and worked the ball up field. Shane Barry again landed a massive point from forty metres out with thirty four minutes played. A very exciting and entertaining second half as Simonstown clawed their way to a draw. Final Score ; Simons 0—10
Wolfe Tones 0—10.
***Simonstown**
Rob Burlingham, Mark Devlin, Stephen Moran (0—1), Aaron Chinchilla,...Brian McGrath, Josh Carolan, David McKeever (0—4)....Briain Conlon, Tadgh Hanrahan,...Shane McEnery, Ben Hoey (0—1)f, Jimmy Heaney(0—1),...Luke Caffrey, Padraig McKeever, Aaron Farrelly(0—1)f
Subs*** Shane Barry (0—2)/ P.McKeever..Peter Duffy/ L.Caffrey..David Kavanagh/S.McEnery..
Extd Panel; Liam Purvis, Jack Melia.
*** Wolfe Tones; Ciaran Gallagher,..Conor Sheppard, Shane Glynn, Sean Kendal...Bruach O Fionnagain, Dan O Neill, Gary McFadden...Alan Callaghan, Sean Penny,..Alan O Laiguedain, Stephen Sheppard, Adrian Crawford...Kyle Moran, .Saran O Fionnagain, Oisin Martin...