"It is that time of year again when the U-21's donn the red and
white to seek championship glory. Caherconlish provided the venue
and Oola the opposition. As last year against south Liberties it
rained heavily but that did not dampen the spirits or enthusiam
of both teams that took to the field.

The game began with a frantic pace with the ball travelling from end to
end the wind favouring Oola in the first half. Oola opened the score with
a point and then a second. A good move up the field resulted in Kieran Murphy
slotting in a goal. It was pretty even up to half time and our lads were 2 points
behind and playing with the wind in the second half.

The second half proved to be very exciting with Oola stealing in behind our defense
to score a soccer type goal we were 5 points behind at that stage. Many teams
would have thrown in the towel but our lads battled on and Colin Ryan managed
to find the net a second time for Kilteely/Dromkeen only 2 points behind and
not so many minutes remaining on the clock. The last few minutes were tense
we missed some scorable chances but kept on trying until we reduced the
margin to one point. A fast ball into our forward line saw the Oola defense
under pressure and caused them to conceed a 21 yard free. Anthony McCarthy
stepped up and put it over the bar. There was very little time left and we
were after a victory it ended in a score of 2-8 a side.

The referee called for extra time, but Oola clearly shaken by the ordeal were
having none of it and walked off the field. The outcome has yet to be decided.

The team lines out as follows,
D. Greene, L Smalle, J. Ryan, R. English, M. O'Dea, M. Smalle, J. Hennessy,
P. Redfern, F. Ryan, J. Hanley, P. Keogh, A. O'Connell, K. Murphy, A. McCarthy,
C. Ryan. Subs introduced; J. English, L. O'Sullivan.

Our U-12 football team did us proud last Monday night week when they beat Fedamore
in the 9 a-side competition well done lads. Players present, G. Murphy, D. O'Neill,
C. O'Dea, M. Daly, K. Daly, P. Ahern, M. Ryan, B. O'Connell, D. Ahern. They were
out against Cappamore last monday night, see next week for a result. Their next
game is against Ballybricken on Mon May 1st in Ballybricken at 7pm. And they take
on Fedamore in hurling in Kilteely on Friday night May 5th at 6:45.

The final of the Junior B football will take place on Saturday night against Bally-
bricken in Caherconlish at 7pm.

U-16 hurling V's Templeglantine in Templeglantine at 7:30pm on Wednesday May 3rd.
This is the last U-16 hurling game until july.

There will be Junior hurling training in the field at 7:30 every Friday night
from now on all junior and U-21 hurlers must attend.
 

Regards,
Eoin English.