Simonstown 1—14 (0—6) St.Colmcilles 2—10(1—6)
Simonstown put in great finish coming from two down to score the last three points and top Croup C in the Fairy Steel Senior Championship under lights in Skryne on Thursday night with David Gough on the whistle.
Ben Hoey was the hero converting a difficult free in fourth minute of injury time to clinch victory their attacking play deserved. Hoey also opened the Navan mens account after six minutes. Further points from Eoghan Gough,Padraig McKeever(f),Aaron Farrelly and Hoey had the teams level at 0—5 each with twenty seven minutes played.St.Colmcilles got their first goal when Eoghan McCloughlan fisted a loose ball to the net. They added apoint in the next minute having gained possession from kick out but Hoey again stroked over from distance to the leave Sea Siders leading at the break 1—6 to 0—6.
A McKeever free and Stafford point for Cilles started the second half scoring. Sean Conlon then found Aaron Farrelly with a delightfull foot pass and he rounded the keeper and slid to net to tie scores 1—7 each. St.Colmcille second goal arrived a minute later as McCloughlan again reacted sharpest and posted past Robbie Burlingham to put Cilles in front 2—7 to 1—7. Hoey Josh Carolan and Farrelly popped over three points in the following four minutes to tie the score 2—7 to 1—10. Ben Brennan converted two frees for Cilles while Luke Caffrey tapped over for Simonstwon.Matt Breen split the posts for Cille to put them two up 2—10 to 1—11 with two minutes to play. Eoghan Gough and Farrelly slotted over to level the contest before Hoey stroked a late free over to claim victory by one point for Simonstown and winners in Group C.
**** Quarter Final; Sat; Sept 21st; Simonstown v Wolfe Tones..P. Tailtenn 3pm
Simonstown;
Robbie Burlingham,...Mark Devlin, Michael Gavin, Aaron Chinchilla..Eddie Nash, Briain Conlon, Stephen Moran,..Sean Conlon, Tadgh Hanrahan,..Shane McEnery, Josh Carolan(0—1), Ben Hoey (0—5)1f...Aaron Farrelly (1—3), Padraig McKeever (0—2)2f, Eoghan Gough (0—2)..
Subs; Shane Barry/ T.Hanrahan 45m..Shane D Gallagher/S.Moran 48m,.. Luke Caffrey (0—1)/S.McEnery 50m..
Extd Panel;David McKeever, Shane Kavanagh, Peter Duffy, Jack Melia, Mark Gardiner, Eoghan Foley, Kyle McEvoy, Ruairi Brady, Colin Wickham, Fionn O Hanluain, Robert Smyth...
St.Colmcilles; Andrew Beakey..Adam Lynch, Carl Mullen, Cathal Monaghan..Matthew Breen(0—1), Liam Stafford (0—1), Oisin Brennan...Evan Breen, Ruairi O Grady,..Cathal Hillard (0—1), Sean O Donoghue, Shaun Leonard...Eoghan McCloughlan (2—1), Ben Brennan (0—4)4f, Jack Reynolds (0—2)2f..
Subs; Oisin McAleenan/S.Leonard 36m..David O Byrne/R.O Grady 42m..Luke Hanan/ J.Reynolds 49m..Danny Ehchoya/E.McCloughlan 57m..David Bell/ S.O Donoghue 60m..
