John Brennan

Glasdrumman find the going tough in Saval

Following on the heels of their victory over Glenn earlier in the week Glasdrumman came back down to earth with a bump when they travelled to Saval on Friday night. Playing against a strong wind, Glasdrumman were slow to start, as in their earlier matches this season, with their first score coming after seventeen minutes when Raymond Magorrian pointed after Saval had gone into a five point lead with scores in the second, ninth, tenth, twelfth and sixteenth minutes.  Raymond Magorrian added his and Glasdrumman’s second point a minute later but Saval hit back with two points almost immediately to restore their five point lead. Glasdrumman responded with a point from Cormac Murphy after twenty five minutes followed a minute later by a Connaire Harrison point with the last score of the half falling to Saval to leave the halftime score Saval 0-8 Glasdrumman 0-4. Martin O’Neill further cut the Saval lead with a sixth minute point but then disaster struck when a speculative Saval shot came back off the woodwork into the path of an inrushing Saval forward who punched the ball to the Glasdrumman net. Spurred on by this score Saval added a point a minute later before Martin O’Neill reduced the defecit with a point from a forty five. Again Saval responded with a quick point followed almost immediately by their second goal of the game and another point which effectively put the game beyond the grasp of Glasdrumman. Not to be outdone Glasdrumman added a further four points without reply through Martin O’Neill after nineteen minutes, Raymond Magorrian after twenty one minutes, and two from Cormac Murphy after twenty three and twenty five minutes before Saval got the final score of the game with a twenty sixth minute point to leave the final score Saval 2-12 Glasdrumman 0-10.

Glasdrumman: Ronan McDowell, Daniel McCartan, Francis O’Neill, Kevin Burns, Art McCartan, Brian Burns, Martin O’Neill (0-3), Pat Mallon, Declan Grant, Shaun Brennan, Raymond Clarke, Raymond Magorrian (0-3), Colm Carr, Cormac Murphy (0-3), Connaire Harrison (0-1).

Subs used: Shane Feeney for Shaun Brennan, Shaun McVeigh for Daniel McCartan.

Saval: Peter Murphy, Mickey Havern (0-1), Donal Murphy, Johnny Hughes, Darren Cunningham (0-2), Declan McCarthy, Ronan Digney, Collie Turley, Peter Turley (1-1), Gareth Dobbin, Patrick Donnelly, Stephen Sands (0-4), Paul Greenan (1-3), Gavin Quinn, Darren Quinn(0-1).