JFC Round 2
20th August @ Hawkfield Centre of Excellence, Newbridge 
Castlemitchel 4-19 Ardclough 0-05

Led by the attacking prowess of veteran corner-forward Tadhg Fennin, who scored 2-02, Castlemitchel inflicted a heavy defeat on Ardclough to boost their hopes of making the knockout stages.

Barry Molloy

Castlemitchel opened the scoring with two Fennin frees early on and set about building their lead right away.

More points came Joe Maher and Karl Harris before Ardclough got off the mark after ten minutes with a Barry Molloy free.

Both sides then traded scores through Michael Lawless and another from Molloy, but Castlemitchel were about to put the result beyond doubt at an early stage.

An attack, worked from defence to attack, eventually found its way to Fennin who took no chances, blasting the ball past keeper Johnny Reeves.

From there on Castlemitchel dominated proceedings. Points from Emmet Hyland, Trevor Griffin (2), Karl Harris and Michael Lawless (2) gave them a twelve point lead late in the half.

In the closing minutes of the half Castlemitchel got another goal, again from Fennin, after he followed up on an initial saved shot from Hyland.

 

Half-Time
Castlemitchel 2-12
Ardclough 0-02

 

The opening ten minutes of the second half were more promising for Ardclough.

An early Molloy point was answered by two Castlemitchel points, but Andrew Conway curled his first score over the bar to add to Ardclough’s tally.

The middle third of the second period was where Castlemitchel showed no mercy and piled the pressure on Ardclough.

They tagged on 1-06 without reply. Kieran Harris getting 1-02 of it.

 The goal came after Fennin’s original effort was blocked down but the danger wasn’t cleared. Maher, Trevor Griffin and Ray Fitzgerald getting the other points.

Ronan Maguire did add a fifth point for Ardclough before full-time, but only before Castlemitchel got their fourth goal of the game, Trevor Griffin’s placed shot hitting the back of the net.

 

Ardclough:

Johnny Reeves; Seán Buggy, Ronan Maguire 0-01, Fergus Burke; Ger Cullen, Niall Coulston, Shane Griffin; Colm Buggy, Andrew Conway 0-01; Stephen Kirwan, Barry Molloy 0-03 (2f’s), Derek McNamara; Gary Finneran, Aidan Griffin, Tristan McGarr

Subs:
Cormac McCarthy for Burke (54mins), Niall Graham for Molloy (59mins)

 

Castlemitchel:

Stephen Foley; Ray Fitzgerald 0-01, Kieran O’Toole, Brian Kavanagh; John O’Connor, Brendan Harris, Fionn O’Rourke; Emmet Hyland 0-01, John Fennelly; Joseph Maher 0-02, Karl Harris 0-03, Trevor Griffin 1-04; Kieran Harris 1-03, Michael Lawless 0-03 (1f), Tadhg Fennin 2-02 (2f)

Subs:
Antoine Hyland for Maher (47mins), Paul McDonagh for K. Harris (47mins)

 

Ref: Shaun Duane (Sarsfields)