Senior Hurling League
St. Finbarrs 1-16 Ballyhea 0-7 (16/03/02)
Played At | Togher.
The seniors went under to St Finbarrs in the opening round of the
league at Togher on Saturday. Ballyhea were without the Ronan brothers Neil and Darran who were on duty with the cork hurlers in Derry. Noel Hanley and Johnny O' Callaghan were also unavailable owing to injury. Ballyhea had a let off in the first minute when Olly Morrissey brought off a brilliant save from close range. 16 yr old Barry
Coleman who was making his senior debut was forced to retire early with a head wound to be replaced by fellow 16 yr old Owen O' Sullivan who had a fine outing. Our opening score came in the 20 min from Ian Curtin to leave the scores 0-4 to 0-1. We had a number of wides in the first half which were to prove vital. At half-time we trailed 0-7 to 0-1. Early points from Jonathon O' Sullivan and Conor O' Riordan brought us back in contention but Brian Cunningham struck for
a goal in the 35 min. The Barrs added 4 further points to go 1-11 to 0-3 ahead. Ballyhea tried hard to get back in the game and had points from Jonathon O' Sullivan (2), Sean Curtin & Ian Curtin but the Barrs were much sharper on the day. Ballyhea also gave Senior debuts to Brian O' Shaughnessy and Kieran O' Leary. Best performances on the day came from Olly Morrissey, Timmy Shanahan, Ray Ronan, Aidan O' connor, Ian curtin and Owen O' Sullivan.
Scorers
Jonathon O' Sullivan 0-3 (0-2 frees)
Ian Curtin 0-2
Conor O'
Riordan 0-1
Sean Curtin 0-1 (free).
Ballyhea Team
Olly Morrissey, Stephen Dennehy, Ray Ronan, Timmy Shanahan, Barry Coleman, Aidan O' Connor, Sean Curtin, Eamon Morrissey, Derek Mackessey, Johnny O' Sullivan,
Aidan Crowley, Ian Curtin, Conor O' Riordan, Ian Ronan, Jonathon O'
Sullivan.
Subs
Owen O Sullivan for Barry Coleman (injured), Parick O' Connor for Derek Mackessy, Brian O' Shaughnessy for Johnny O' Sullivan, Kieran O' Leary for Sean Curtin, Padraig Morrissey,Liam
O' Connor, Sean Coleman, Kieran O' Riordan, Johnny O' Flaherty, John O' Riordan.
