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Men's Junior Shield Final 2009 |
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2009 Junior Shield
Final played Saturday January 23rd 2010 in The Downs at 1.30pm. |
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The 2009 Junior Shield final between Ballycomoyle and Loughnavalley took
place on Saturday January 23rd 2010 in The Downs. This fixture had to be
postponed on a number of occasions previously but in the end proved to
be well worth the wait for Ballycomoyle. From the throw in our lads were
straight into action and had the better of the play for the opening
exchanges. The first score of the game came Ballycomoyle’s way with a
free perfectly taken by Kevin Gavigan. This settled our lads even more
and they went on to dominate the first twenty minutes of the half with
some great passage play and further points from Dan Carty, Alan
Fitzsimons (3) Bill Ryan and a second from Kevin Gavigan. In this
period Loughnavalley registered only 2 points both from frees. In the
last ten minutes of the first half Loughnavalley with whom we have had
many a hard battle over the years showed that we weren’t going to have
it all our own way. They scored a further 3 points to finish the half 2
points adrift on a scoreline of 7 points to 2.
The second half started as the fog was beginning to descend on the field
and turned out to be more of the ding dong battle that we would have
expected. Loughnavalley scored a point in the first exchanges to come
within one point and put the pressure on Ballycomoyle. We replied with a
point from the boot of Derek Cheevers. Two further points from
Loughnavalley brought the sides level. It was at this stage that
Ballycomoyle’s true grit emerged. The introduction of stalwarth Tossy
Brady and a mammoth effort by all on the Ballycomoyle side combined to
give us another point from Alan Fitzsimons and the goal from Roaney
Fagan that would eventually see us over the line. Loughnavalley
registered a further 3 points but by now we could smell victory and
weren’t letting go. It finished 1-9 to 11 points. In addition to those
scorers mentioned there were fantastic individual performances
throughout the field from all those who started as well as the three
substitutes used. I don’t like to single out particular players but our
midfield pairing of Dan Carty and Bill Ryan were exceptional as were
Gerry Rynne and Captain Fantastic James McHugh in the backs. This
victory was just reward for a Ballycomoyle panel and management who had
put in huge effort throughout the year. As James McHugh said in his
victory speech the next thing we want is “The one with the lugs on it”.
The team on the day were as follows: Niall McKenna, Maurice Gavigan,
James McHugh, Damien Fagan, Keith Weldon, Paul Dermody, Gerry Rynne, Dan
Carty, Billy Ryan, Kevin Gavigan, Ronan Fagan, Pauraic Fitzsimons, Alan
Fitzsimons, Derek Cheevers, Paul Molloy Subs: Tossy Brady (Came on),
Gary Farrelly(Came on), Mark McNicholas (Came on), Brian Caffrey, David
O’Rourke, Jamie Ward, William Corrigan, Robert Cooney, Andrew Dowdall,
Noel Morgan, Ray Farrelly and Eddie Boylan.. |
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(Courtesy of Danny Boyce) |
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Back Row: Wiliam Corrigan,
Tossy Brady, Eddie Boylan, Noel Morgan, Bill Ryan, Damien Fagan, James
McHugh, Robiie Cooney, Derek Cheevers, Roanie Fagan, Gerry Rynne,
Maurice Gavigan, Ray Farrelly, Kevin Gavigan.
Front Row: Paul Dermody, Brian Caffrey, Jamie Ward, Andrew
Dowdall, Gary Farrelly, Niall McKenna, Alan Fitzsimons, Paul Molloy, Dan
Carty, Keith Weldon, Pauric Fitzsimons. (Missing from photo David
O'Rourke) |
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| Action Photos (Courtesy of
Danny Boyce) |
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Team Captain, James McHugh is
presented with the Shield by Tom Farrell, County chairman. |
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James makes his victory
speech. |
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The victorious Ballycomoyle
Team and Management with a few missing (and a few added in) |
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