John Brennan
Friday night’s
visitors to the Quarter Road were
Saul. This was the first meeting
between the teams since Saul’s
promotion to Division 2 and it proved
to be a tight game despite Glasdrumman
fielding a weakened team due to
illness and work commitments. The
first half proved to be an even
affair with Saul leading at half
time by 0-4 to 0-3 for Glasdrumman
with Glasdrumman’s points
coming from two frees for Cormac
Murphy and a point from play by
Raymond Clarke.
As in their
previous game against Tullylish
the home side conceded a goal immediately
after half time following a mix
up in the Glasdrumman defence but
they dug deep and showed great character
to pull the game back level with
a few minutes to go with two points
from Cormac Murphy and three from
Raymond Clarke with Saul having
scored another point.
Glasdrumman
were awarded a free about forty
metres out on the sideline. Up stepped
Cormac Murphy to hit an absolutely
superb point to secure the two points
for Glasdrumman with a final score
of Glasdrumman 0-9 Saul 1-05.
Glasdrumman:
Paul Brennan, Francis O’Neill,
Kevin Burns, Shaun Brennan, Brian
Burns, Ronan McDowell, Martin O’Neill,
Pat Mallon, Cormac Murphy (0-5),
Paul McDowell, Sean McDowell, Eugene
Smith, Daniel McCartan, Declan Grant,
Raymond Clarke (0-4).
Subs:
Arthur McCartan for Eugene Smith,
Andrew Doran for Daniel McCartan,
John McAteer.
** Congratulation to Christopher
McDowell, Darren Joyce and James
McDowell who were part of the St
Louis’s squad which became
Ulster champions following their
defeat of Keady in Parc Esler on
Saturday to win the Treanor Cup.
** The U-16’s put up a great
performance on Thursday night against
a very strong Clonduff side running
out winners on the night by a single
point.
** The minors, playing with Attical
as St Patricks, secured a 3-16 to
2-3 victory in the minor championship
against St Johns in Attical on Wednesday
night.
** The U-14’s playing with
Attical were narrowly beaten by
a strong Saval side in the first
round of the championship on Saturday.
** This week the senior team are
away to Downpatrick on Friday night.
