Moynalvey GFC

Moynalvey’s second string suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of St. Ultan’s in this Junior C Championship game played in Simonstown on Wednesday evening 10^th June.

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Moynalvey 1-5 St. Ultan’s 2-15

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Fielding without a number of regular starters & facing a strong St. Ultan’s team this was always going to be a struggle for Moynalvey. By the 4^th minute Ultan’s had opened up a two point lead, before Moynalvey eventually found their feet, coming within two points of their opponents after Denis Hoban & Giles Drumm had pointed, only to loose their full back Paul Conneely to a red card in the 20^th minute. With the advantage of the extra man, Ulltan’s went on to lead 0-8 to 0-2 at half time.

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Things got no better for the 14 men of Moynalvey after the interval. Shane Collins added a pointed free, only for Ultans to break up the field & goal twice within three minutes, leaving them 2-10 to 0-3 ahead after 12 minutes of the half. With the contest over at this stage, Moynalvey’s valiant effort over the remainder of the game saw Shane Collins converting a penalty & two P.J Walsh points. However these ended up being consolation scores, as St. Ultan’s coasted to a well deserved victory on an end score of 2-15 to 1-5.

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Best for Moynalvey were Stephen White, William Mahady & P. J Walsh.

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Team & scorers: B. Reilly, S. Carroll, P. Conneely, S. White, A. Brien, W. Mahady, B. Byrne, P. Corcoran, P. Garvey, D. Hoban(0-1), S. Collins(1-1), L. Duffy, G. Drum(0-1), G. McHale, P.J Walsh(0-2). Subs used: S. Courtney for Hoban, P. Kelly for Garvey, S. Cummins for Byrne, P. Kiernan for Drumm, S. McGann for Duffy.