Moynalvey had an easier than expected win over Syddan in the second round of the B league played in Kilmore Park, Moynalvey on Sunday March 22nd.
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Moynalvey 3-16 Syddan 0-4
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Moynalvey opened the scoring through P.J Walsh after 2 minutes before adding another fine point from Brian Conneely who started the move in the middle of the field before finishing off the move in front of the posts. James Weldon added a third before Conneely added his second, Syddan then opened their account after 14 minutes. P.J Walsh then added his second point of the game before James Weldon broke through the Syddan defence to crack home to the back of the net. Syddan replied with their second and their last score of the half in the 20th minute, before Moynalvey rattled off the next three points of the game through Weldon, Walsh & Ray Ryan to leave the score 1-8 to 0-2 at the interval.
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With Moynalvey holding a commanding half-time lead it was them who opened the scoring after the restart through another point from the boot of top scorer Weldon. Syddan responded with their 3rd point of the game of the game in the 35th minute. A purple patch for Moynalvey over the next 15 minutes saw them add another 1-4 through points from Ryan, Durkan, Reilly & Weldon along with an expertly finished goal from substitute Ger McHale. With 5 minutes remaining Syddan added their 4th & last point of the game before Moynalvey finished the game strongly though points from Ennis (2), Ray Ryan and another goal from James Weldon to leave the final score 3-16 to 0-4 in favour of Moynalvey.
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Team & scorers: G. Drum, S. White, P. Conneely, A. Brien, S. Reilly(0-1), W. Mahady, B. Dixon, Paul Garvey, B. Conneely (0-2), J. Weldon (2-4), C. Ennis (0-2), Phillip Garvey, D. Durkan (0-1), P.J Walsh (0-3), R. Ryan (0-3) Subs: P. Corcoran for Paul Garvey, J. Duffy for B. Dixon, G. McHale (1-0) for P.J Walsh, S. Courtney for S. White, L. Duffy for Phillip Garvey.