Shels footballers see off Shamrocks

The Shelmalier Intermediate footballers had an easy 2-14 to 1-3 victory over the Shamrocks in the first round of the league championship on the 7th May played in Taghmon. 

The Shelmalier Intermediate footballers had an easy 2-14 to 1-3 victory over the Shamrocks in the first round of the league championship on the 7th May played in Taghmon.  The Shels started slowly and were 1-2 to 0-0 behind after 15 minutes. Shamrocks created 3 goal chances in this period and scored their goal from a penalty, a point from play and one from a free. The Shels then got on the score sheet with a point from Terry Gainfort and then a great goal from the same player from about 25 yards. Brian Malone, who was excellent at mid-field scored a point, and then Derek Walsh and Terry scored two points each. The Shels were now well on top and further scores from Chris Gordon (point), a second goal from Terry after a great flick pass by Brian Malone and a point after a good run by Ibar Murphy left the half time score at 2-8 to 1-2.
In the second half the Shamrocks went strongly at the Shelmaliers. The Shels had to defend tightly and their character was tested on many occasions after some robust tackles. Mark Walsh cleared one certain goal at one end while Terry Gainfort maintained his form on the other end by scoring a further 6 points (four frees). This was a more scrappy half with Shamrocks only scoring one point from a free. While the Shamrocks made a good start, the Shelmaliers were by far the better team but still have a lot of work to do before the next round.
Good performances from Mark Walsh, David Walsh, Brian Malone, Colin Redmond, Terry Gainfort and Ibar Murphy

 

Shelmaliers Vs.        Shamrocks              
 Competition: Intermediate  Football

Team Line out.

                                     1David Shiggins

      2Clive Lalor           3 Barry O’Connor          4Vinnie Parker

     5 Thomas Barron     6   David Walsh          7Mark Walsh

                 8 Brian Malone      9 Graham Power

    10  Colin Redmond   11 Ibar Murphy         12 Alan Griffith

   13   Derek Walsh     14  Terry Gainfort      15 Chris Gordon

Replacements: Aidan Murphy for Thomas Barron (inj) 45 mins
Mark Tobin for Derek Walsh(50 mins)
Cormac Smith for Graham Power (50 Mins)

Subs not used:   Seammie Harding, Mick Kelly, Darren Malone, Padraig Mc Mahon and Colm Parker