John Brennan

Glasdrumman’s winning ways continue

Friday night saw the visit of  Newry Mitchels to the Quarter Road for their first meeting in a couple of seasons. Glasdrumman looked the stronger side from the throw in and were three points up within seven minutes, all from the boot of Raymond Magorrian. Cormac Murphy added his name to the score sheet in the eighth and tenth minutes with a couple of points before Raymond Magorrian further extended the Glasdrumman lead with another point two minutes later. Cormac Murphy added a further three unanswered points in the thirteenth, fifteenth and twentieth minute before Mitchels opened their account with their first point in the twenty second minute. Raymond Clarke restored the Glasdrumman lead on twenty five minutes but Mitchels hit back almost immediately with their second point of the half. Glasdrumman added points from Raymond Clarke on twenty seven minutes and Raymond Magorrian two minutes later to leave the halftime score Glasdrumman 0-12 Mitchels 0-2.

The first score of the second half fell to Mitchels but Gary McGreevy cancelled this out after eight minutes with his first point of the game. A minute later Glasdrumman lost centre half back Brian Burns following an accidental collision with Daniel McCartan. Rather than unsettling Glasdrumman this seemed to drive them on and Cormac Murphy had the ball in the back of the Mitchels net within a minute to maintain his goal a game average. Four minutes later he added another point to his tally before Raymond Magorrian got in on the act with his first point of the second half. Mitchels hit back almost immediately with a point but almost straight from the kick out the ball fell to Sean McDowell who hit the back of the net for his first and Glasdrumman’s second goal of the game. Again Mitchels hit back with a point but this time Declan Grant got in on the act with a point in the twenty second minute. In the twenty sixth minute Colm Carr add a further point to the Glasdrumman tally with the final score of the game going Mitchels way to leave the final score Glasdrumman 2-17 Mitchels 0-6.

Glasdrumman: Ronan McDowell, Shaun Brennan, Martin O’Neill, Paul Brennan, Daniel McCartan, Brian Burns, Colm Carr (0-1), Pat Mallon, Declan Grant (0-1), Raymond Magorrian (0-6), Raymond Clarke (0-2), Sean McDowell (1-0), Gary McGreevy (0-1), Cormac Murphy (1-6), Mick Mooney.

Subs used: Kevin Burns for Brian Burns, Shane O’Neill for Paul Brennan, Mark Trimble for Gary McGreevy, Francis O’Neill for Daniel McCartan.

On Sunday the Glasdrumman team were victorious in the South Down sevens with an excellent display of controlled sevens football, especially in the final where they overcame old rivals Tullylish. The first half was keenly contested with Raymond Magorrian opening the scoring with a point. Tullylish quickly levelled the score before Pat Mallon score an excellent goal. Cormac Murphy add another point before Tullylish pulled themselves right back into the match with a goal. However the last score of the half went Glasdrumman’s way when Cormac Murphy pointed to leave the half time score Glasdrumman 1-3 Tullylish 1-1. The second half was totally dominated by Glasdrumman and they further extended their lead with points from Raymond Clarke, Pat Mallon and Raymond Magorrian in the opening minutes. Then in a two minute spell of intense Glasdrumman pressure Cormac Murphy hit two goals and two points before Pat Mallon finished the game with his second goal to leave the final score Glasdrumman 4-8 Tullylish 1-1.

Glasdrumman; Ronan McDowell, Martin O’Neill, Colm Carr, Pat Mallon, Cormac Murphy, Raymond Magorrian, Raymond Clarke, Sean McDowell, Daniel McCartan, Conairre Harrison.

 

***  The U-16 continued their winning ways on Tuesday night with a five point winning margin over Ballyholland.

***   The minors, playing with Attical, suffered their first defeat of the season away to Ballyholland on Wednesday night.

***    This Friday seniors match is away to Ardglass.

***    The club would like to send best wishes for a speedy recovery to Sean McVeigh following his recent operation.

***     Finally my thanks to the John, Gerard and Marty for their excellent teamwork in compiling a very thorough and complete report on Friday nights match in my absence.  It was much appreciated.