On Saturday afternoon last in Pilmore St Itas faced Cloyne in the final league match of the year for St Itas. St Itas needed a win in order to progress any further this year,  a draw or a loss would see their run in this years league come to an end. A draw or win for Cloyne would see them progress instead. On a very  wet evening in Pilmore the ref Michael Welsh threw in the ball at 5pm. Itas very mush understrength faced into a mild breeze in the first half. 

Cloyne started well winning a free in the first min on the 45 to see them go into a one point lead. from the puck out they again won their second free fromt he same area and again this was pointed putting them 2 up in the first 5 mins. From the puck out however Seamie Harnedy got on the end of a great pass and rounded the full back and blasted the ball into the cloyne net  bringing St Itas ahead. From the Cloyne puck out The ball was played into corner forward Ciaran O Brien who pointed for a second score in the space of a minute.however Cloyne fought back and won two more frees in a row to bring the sides level on the 20 min mark.  From a good puck out from Padraig O Brein St Itas went on the attack and when the forward was brought down inside the 21 it was a clear 21 yard free whcih Padraig O Brein took. with conditions wet he struck the ball low and it rattled the back of the net. However Cloyne didnt get this far in the league by laying down and the responded well with 4 points in a row unanswered to bring them back into contention. Alan Loughlin having a good game got a great point in the 24 min of the half before Cloyne again were awarded 2 more frees in a row which were converted. on the stroke of half time Cloyne finished strongly with their full forward getting a vital goal in the last minute to see the sides going in at half time St Itas 2-3 to Cloyne’s 1-10

The second half saw St Itas make some changes to the team and pushed Sean Supple from full back into centre forward and within 2 minutes of the restart it paid off when a high ball into the fullforward beat both him and the fullback to see Sean Supple running in behind both players to drive the ball into the cloyne net. for the next 10 minutes St Itas battled hard and Don O Rouorke added a point but Seamie Harnedy got some freedom when he was moved out of full forward to get 4 points in a row and one from a free before corner forward Kevin Cotter added his first score of the day. Cloyne fought hard and they managed to pull back 3 more points in the half but Seamie Harnedy was on a run and managed to get a further 4 points to finish out the game with St Itas 3.14 to Cloynes 2-13.

Well done to the lads this puts them in contention for a league final and with the points and goals scored leaves them topping the league table at the end of the year. They will now face Bride Rovers in a league Final and a chance to go up a grade next year.

St Itas

St Itas :  Padraig O Brien, Paddy Ahern, Sean Supple, Jim Hallorhan, Michael Cunningham, Warren Terry, Finbar Foley, Don O Rouorke, Michael Cronin, Kevin Cotter, Neilus Foley, Alan Loughlin, , Caran O Brien , Seamie Harnedy, Brian Gaynor, John O Hallorhan, and Shane Supple.

St Itas Scores:
Seamie Harnedy 1-10 (4 from frees)
Kevin Cotter 0-1
Shane Supple 0-1
Padraig O Brien 1-0
Don O Rourke 0-1
Alan Loughlin 0-1
Sean Supple 1-0

Comments are closed