John Brennan

Friday night’s visit to Kilclief proved just as difficult as it has been on the many occasions when the senior team has made the journey in past seasons.  Following a few missed Glasdrumman chances Kilclief opened the scoring after seven minutes but Glasdrumman hit back quickly when Connaire Harrison pointed. Kilclief responded almost immediately with a point followed a couple of minutes later by a goal when the ball was scooped up and dropped agoniously over the head of the advancing Ronan McDowell into the Glasdrumman net. Points from Cormac Murphy and Raymond Magorrian eased Glasdrumman back into the game but three unanswered points from Kilclief put them firmly back in the driving seat. Then almost on half time disaster struck for a second time. A high dropping ball coming out of the line of the sun deceived the backs and ended up in the Glasdrumman net to leave the halftime score Kilclief 2-5 Glasdrumman 0-3.

Kilclief opened the scoring  seven minutes into the second half with a point after some very wasteful shooting. Glasdrumman responded within a minute when Cormac Murphy pointed but Kilclief were in no mood to relinquish their grip on the game. Four unanswered points in a seventeen minute spell of dominance put the game beyond Glasdrumman’s grasp but the fought to the end and were rewarded with points from Connaire Harrison and substitute Shane Feeney to leave the final score Kilclief 2-10 Glasdrumman 0-6.

Glasdrumman: Ronan McDowell, Shaun McVeigh, Francis O’Neill, Daniel McCartan, Art McCartan, Kevin Burns, Martin O’Neill, Pat Mallon, Cormac Murphy (0-2), Gary McGreevy, Raymond Clarke, Ryan Doran, Colm Carr, Raymond Magorrian (0-1), Connaire Harrison (0-2).

Subs used:  James McDowell for Ryan Doran, Christopher McDowell for Shaun McVeigh, Shane Feeney (0-1) for Gary McGreevy.