Jenkinstown Gaels chalked up their 3rd league win on the Bank Holiday Monday in Moynalvey, in the tight game which had been anticipated in advance.
Jenkinstown Gaels 3-15 Skryne 2-15
The home team quickly reeled off the first 3 scores – all points. However Skyrne who had come with a reputation for playing fast open football were not cowed but stirred into action and a ding dong battle ensued for the entire first half. The teams were level at the break on a scoreline of 9 points for the Gaels, to the visitors 1-6. Neil Burke from Skryne (from the same gene pool as Cillian O’Sullivan of Jenkinstown) was a constant thorn scoring 8 points from play and was excellent throughout the match.
On the resumption the home team changed their formation with John F Martin playing the role of sweeper between the half back line and the midfielders. It worked a treat leaving plenty of space up front for the home teams forwards to exploit. They did this most notably in the first ten minutes of the second half to leave a mountain to climb for the visitors and at one stage in this quarter of the game lead by 10 points, 3-12 to 1-8. However Jenkinstown took their foot off the pedal which allowed Skyrne back into the game and were outscored by 1-7 to 0-3, in the last quarter. This was the teams stiffest test to date and but for the late fadeout the majority of the display augurs well for the season to come.
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