Junior "B" Football Championship
Ballyhea 3-12 Churchtown 4-6 (18/05/01)
Played At | Buttevant.
The Footballers made in 2 wins out of 2 in the Junior "B" Football Championship with this dramatic 3 point victory over neighbours Churchtown at Buttevant on Friday night. We started brightly but an early injury to Aidan Crowley was a big blow to our hopes but a brilliant solo goal by Sean Curtin in the 19th minute and another goal from his brother ian in the 27th min had us 2-5 to 1-2 ahead at half-time. Churchtown to their credit got on top in the 2nd half and had surged into a 4 point lead with 10 mins remaining (4-5 to 2-7) thanks to 3 very well worked goals. Ballyhea though never gave in, and points from Ian Ronan (51 min), Aidan O Connor (52+55 min), and
Sean Curtin (53+57 Min) had us a point ahead with 3 mins to go. Then with 2 mins remaining an excellent move involving Eamonn Crowley and Sean Curtin ended with Jonathon O Sullivan being brought down for a penalty which Sean Curtin tucked away to put us 4 points clear.
Churchtown tried hard for a goal but our defence stood firm and a late
Churchtown point saw us run out 3 point winners.
Ballyhea Team | Padraig Morrissey, Tommy McNamara, Olly Morrissey, Stephen Dennehy, Jonathon O' Sullivan, Neil Ronan, Eamon Morrissey, Aidan Crowley, Aidan O' Connor (capt), Denny Mortell, Ian Ronan, Sean Curtin, Kieran O' Riordan, Darran Ronan, Ian Curtin
Ballyhea Subs | John Mortell, Eamon Crowley, Dave Copps, Michael Mortell, Diarmuid O Riordan.
Scorers | Sean Curtin 2-7, Ian Curtin 1-0, Denny Mortell 0-2, Aidan O' Connor 0-2, Ian Ronan 0-1.
