John Brennan

Friday night’s opposition at the Quarter Road were Drumaness fresh from a win at home to Glenn and a narrow defeat away to Aghaderg. Glasdrumman drew first blood and were two points up after three minutes with scores from Raymond Clarke and Cormac Murphy. Drumaness were back on level terms within three minutes with points from Conor Walsh and Tony Ferris. However Glasdrumman started to stamp their superiority on the game and they were rewarded with points from Raymond Magorrian, Cormac Murphy and Martin O’Neill after seven, nine and eleven minutes respectively. Conor Walsh slotted over a point from a free in the twelfth minute before Declan Grant rose on the edge of the square to fist a high dropping ball over the bar in the sixteenth minute to further extend the Glasdrumman lead. Mark Trimble got his name on the score sheet  in the twenty first minute with a point. Then disaster struck for Drumaness as full forward Raymond Clarke slipped his marker and hit a beautiful shot low and hard into the corner of the net. Glasdrumman now had their tails up and they added a point from Raymond Magorrian and two goals and a point from Cormac Murphy before half time. Conor Walsh pulled a point back for Drumaness to leave the halftime score Glasdrumman 3-9 Drumaness 0-4.

Conor Walsh got the first point of the second half after four minutes for Drumaness which Mark Trimble cancelled out a minute later with a similar score. Martin Savage and Mark Trimble exchanged points in the seventh and ninth minutes respectively. Martin Savage got his name on the score sheet again six minutes later but this was quickly answered by a similar score from Cormac Murphy. Two minutes later Raymond Clarke again found the Drumaness net for his second goal of the game following a good save from the Drumaness goalkeeper. Conor Walsh again hit the target with a well taken point in the twentieth minute but two minutes later Sean McDowell got his first point of the game to extend the Glasdrumman lead. Three minutes later Drumaness were awarded a penalty. Up stepped Willie Megoran only to see his shot tipped over the bar by the Glasdrumman net minder Ronan McDowell. Sean McDowell added his second point of the game a minute later from an acute angle on the left wing before a foul on the Drumaness full forward resulted in their second penalty of the game. This time Martin Savage made no mistake with the penalty spot. Inspired by this Drumaness added a further three unanswered points , two from their top scorer Conor Walsh and one from Willie Megoran to leave the full time score Glasdrumman 4-14 Drumaness 1-12.

Glasdrumman:  Ronan McDowell, Paul Brennan, Kevin Burns, Shaun Brennan, Martin O’Neill (0-1), Brian Burns, Colm Carr, Declan Grant (0-1), Pat Mallon, Mark Trimble (0-3), Raymond Magorrian(0-2), Sean McDowell (0-2), Cormac Murphy(2-4), Raymond Clarke (2-1), Gary McGreevy.

Subs used: Daniel McCartan for Colm Carr, Gary Trimble for Declan Grant, Connaire Harrison for Mark Trimble.

Drumaness: G O’Hare, G Toman, C Noade, P Armstrong, P Bell, N Gelson, T Ferris (0-1), N McAlinden, D McAleenan, S Brennan, C Walsh (0-7), W Megoran (0-2), N McAleenan, P Rice, M Savage (1-2).