Aghaderg Senior Footballers entertained
Dromara last night. It was the locals
who got off to thebest start with
Conor Lavery surging forward to
find Cathal Mc
Grath and he placed Christopher
Conlon who put the ball straight
between the uprights for an excellent
point. Dromara broke up field and
sent over the equaliser
before taking the lead from an
easy 13m free. The reds then imposed
themselves on the game with strong
defending from Barry Quinn and Paul
Rodgers who released good ball into
the midfield area. Fromthat area
the trio of Conor Lavery, James
Mc Grath and Cathal mc Grath provided
a supply of good ball into the inside
forward line. Cathal found Andrew
Carr on the 30m metre line and the
quick thinking Carr hit an accurate
diagonal ball to the on running
Eugene Devlin who blasted to the
back of the Dromara net. Conor
Lavery followed this up with a well-taken
point and Kevin Anderson then got
on the scoreboard with a free kick
to give Aghaderg a four-point cushion.Dromara
were finding the going tough but
did manage a long range
pointed free from the 45m line.
The reds then upped the anti once
more and Conor Lavery was put through
by Rory Simpson for his second point
of the night. Andrew
Carr then got in on the scoring
act with a well taken point. Three
more points from the home team in
quick succession from Christopher
Conlon, Rory Simpson and Kevin
Anderson saw the locals race into
an eight point lead as the game
closed in on halftime. Dromara did
score twice more before the break
but an easy win looked likely for
the Reds.
HALF TIME: Aghaderg 1-8 Dromara
0-5
Dromara had other ideas however
and within five minutes of the restart,
they had hit a goal and a point
to leave only two between the sides.
Kevin Anderson relieved the pressure
once more however with a 14m free
and a fisted point. The
good flowing football from the
first half seemed to have deserted
the locals. Dromara narrowed the
gaponce more from a free but this
was cancelled out by a Kevin Anderson
free from about 30m out. As the
game entered the final ten minutes,
Dromara hit three unanswered points
one of which was a massive strike
from out around the 45m line on
the sideline. The sides were now
level for the first time in the
game and a nail biting final few
minutes saw the reds attack and
win a 45’. Kevin Anderson
stepped up to the mark to launch
an excellent placed ball straight
between the posts to clinch a victory
by the narrowest of margins.
Final Score: Aghaderg 1-12 Dromara
1-11
Team: Mark Mc Grath, Thomas Lennon,
Barry Quinn, Martin Fitzpatrick,
Aaron Mc Avoy, PaulRodgers, Paul
Mc Givern, James Mc Grath, Conor
Lavery (0-2), Christopher Conlon
(0-2), Rory Simpson (0-1), Eugene
Devlin (1-0), Cathal Mc Grath, Kevin
Anderson (0-6), Andrew Carr (0-1).
Subs: Ciaran Connolly for
Christopher Conlon 40mins, ConalSands,
Jack Devlin, Myles Cahill.
