Ardglass GAC Notes

Minor B Championship Semi Final

Ardglass 3-8 Clonduff 0-17

Ardglass managed a draw in this tight semi final after coming from behind on several occasions only to see Clonduff draw level with an injury time free kick.

The Hilltown men started the brighter taking an early Five point lead, four of which came from frees, this was to be a feature of the came over half of Clonduff’s scores on the day came from frees as Ardglass continually made poor challenges within scoring range. Ardglass found some composure after ten minutes and frees from Matthew Rooney and Michael Magee and a Brian Crangle goal brought the sides level. Magee hit a further three points as clonduff responded with two more scores to leave it 1-5 to 0-7 at the break.

Ardglass started the second half with a Philip Curran goal before Clonduff hit four unanswered points to regain the lead. Ardglass then had Matthew Rooney dismissed for a second bookable offence. Magee Hit another score from play to level the scores before clonduff’s numerical advantage saw them take a three-point lead with ten minutes remaining. However a battling last ten-minute performance saw Ardglass regain the led as sub Anto Conlon scored a goal and a point with his first two touches and another from Magee saw Ardglass lead by two going into injury time. However a point from play and a free from 14 yards saw the Hilltown men snatch a draw.

Time and venue of replay TBC