Clarke’s Bar Junior II Championship: Garrycastle 4-11 Mullingar Shamrocks 0-5.
This was always likely to be a one sided affair and so it transpired as our third choice team faced the Garrycastle second team. The achievement was in fielding a team in this championship and providing young and not so young lads with an opportunity to play football without engaging with the training process. Full marks to Gary Corroon, Ritchie Daly and Derek Sheridan for their recruitment work during the season. Garrycastle led by 2-5 to 0-2 at the interval with Mickey Green in flying form and doing a lot of damage. They added another 2-6 to their first half total after the break and enjoyed the luxury of 21 wides compared to 8 by Mullingar Shamrocks. Garrycastle benefited from 35 turnovers while Shamrocks achieved 21. Darren Keena (0-2), Luke McCabe (0-2) and Mark Shaw landed the scores and Liam English had a few great saves worthy of mention.
Mullingar Shamrocks: Liam English; Ciaran Luby William O’Reilly, Stephen Hassett; Edro Siode, Ben Egan, Tadhg Sheridan; Jack Kelly, Aaron Russell; Adam Boyle, Peter Collins, Mark Shaw, Luke McCabe, Darren Keena, Seán Óg Hynes. Replacements: Shane Colleary, Mike Ayibiowu
