INTERMEDIATE HURLING: Our Intermediate Hurlers travelled to Kill last Friday night to play Dunhill in ther third game in this years Eastern championship and after putting up an excellent performance over the 60 minutes ,were very unfortunate to be defeated by 6 points on a scoreline of 5-10 to 2-13. They say goals win matches and thats was the difference in the end. Despite missing a number of players, this didnt deter Ferrybank from putting in a much improved effort from there last game. Early scores from Cormac O' Driscoll got the Villagers of to a good start before Dunhill quickly replied with a goal from a "21" which could have been handled better. Points from Damien Walsh and Eoin O' Neill restored our advantage, before 3 unanswered points from Dunhill gave them a two point lead mid way through the first half. A second Dunhill goal followed from a deflected shot, put them four clear but points from Damien Heff, Cormac O' Driscoll, and Eoin O' Neill put us all square, and Shane Flynn was very unlucky when his shot cannoned of the crossbar, that would have given us a three point lead at half time, but instead it was all square at 2-5 to -11pts. Facing the breeze in the second half Damien Walsh restored the lead with a well taken score but Dunhill replied with a third goal and tagged on two points to go five points clear. Then Damien Heff lined up a "21" yard free, and facing six on the goal line rifled the ball to the net to reduce the gap to two points, but diaster struck immeadiately, when straight from the puck out Ferrybank failed to clear the ball, and ended up in the back of the net to give Dunhill breathing space. Refusing to throw in the towel, sub Greg Murphy picked up a loose ball in the Dunhill area and struck a great shot to the net to reduced the gap to a goal with minutes remaining, try as they might Ferrybank couldnt get that goal to draw level, and with the last puck of the game Dunhill scored a fifth goal which sealed our faith. Credit to the team for never giving up in the game and to be fair deserved something from this game. We are still in a good position to qualify for the knockouts, its in our own hands now with games against Mt Sion and Portlaw remaining, though it wont be easy, the lads are well capable of doing it, based on this performance. Many thanks to those who travelled and supported the team. TEAM: Sean Flynn, Pat O' Neill, Chris Hoban, Conor Hogan, Tommy Carew, Damien Walsh, Paul Martin, Shane Sullivan, Phil Blake, Eoin O' Neill, John Byrne, Damien Heffernan, Shane Flynn, Mark Drennan, Cormac O' Driscoll. SUBS Greg Murphy for Mark Drennan. SCORES Damien Heffernan 1-2, Cormac O' Driscoll, -6, Eoin O' Neill -3, Greg Murphy 1-0, Damien Walsh -2.
JUNIOR FOOTBALL: Our Junior Footballers will play game four in this years championship on Friday June 18th at 7:30pm away to Roanmore in CLEABOY. Victory will almost gaurantee us a play in the semi finals. This will be a tough test for the lads. Please come along and support the team.
REMAINING FIXTURES: INTERMEDIATE HURLING Friday 9th July Mt Sion Walsh park at 7:45pm. Friday July 23rd Portlaw Walsh Park at 6:30pm.
JUNIOR FOOTBALL: SUNDAY JUNE 27th at home to St Pauls time to be confirmed: SATURDAY 3RD JULY HOME TO FENOR AT 7:30PM: SATURDAY 17TH JULY HOME TO KILMACTHOMAS AT 7:30PM.
DEISE DRAW: Tickets are still on sale from any committee member for the June draw which will take place on Friday 25th in Killrossanty. Many thanks to those who have purchased tickets so far, and hopefully we can keep up our strike rate by having another winner in this months draw.
