Ballyhea made a winning return to the Senior championship ,advancing to the fourth round of the championship after a tremendous performance in Fermoy today. Neil Ronan had an early point before the Rockies fired over two in a row. Gavin Morrissey equalised with a fine score in the 6th minute.The sides were level at 5 points each after 15 minutes with points from John Morrissey, Pa O'Callaghan and captain Maurice O'Sullivan. Ballyhea now took over with the strong breeze , a pointed free from Pa O'Callaghan followed by a well taken goal from Eugene O'Leary after great work by Pa put us in the driving seat.Further points from Pa (2)  and Gavin stretched our lead to 7 points. At half time we were full value for our lead  1-11 to 0-6. Blackrock started the second half well with two points in quick succession. Pa though was on the mark again with points in the 36th and 40th minutes. The latter from a glorious sideline cut. As the game entered the final quarter the margin was still at 7 , 1-13 to 0-9. Two Neil Ronan points put us 9 clear with 10 minutes remaining. Eugene and Niall Cashman exchanged points before Mikey Browne made a brilliant diving save to deny Cathal Cormack. Ballyhea finished the game in style with points from Neil and Pa to seal a famous victory. Well done to everyone involved on a wonderfull result and we can look forward to the fourth round draw which will take place in about 6 weeks time.
Scorers:
Pa O'Callaghan 0-9 ( 0-3 fr, 0-1 sideline), Neil Ronan 0-5 ( 0-3 fr), Eugene O'Leary 1-1, Gavin Morrissey 0-2, Maurice O'Sulllivan 0-1, John Morrissey 0-1.
Team:
Mikey Browne, Owen O'Sullivan, MIchael Morrissey, Luke Hanley, Timmy Shanahan, Barry Coleman, Trevor O'Sullivan, Maurice O'Sullivan, Dean Copps, Neil Ronan, Pa O'Callaghan, Jonathan McCarthy, John Morrissey, Gavin Morrissey, Eugene O'Leary: Subs; Daniel Relihan (used), David O'Riordan, Stephen Dennehy, Jonathan O'Sullivan, Christopher Hanley, Eamon Morrissey, Ryan Hanley, Kevin Copps, Liam O'Shea, Edward Rea, Niall Crowley, T J Garvey, James O'Leary, Mikey Mortell, Shaun Murphy, Liam Barrett, Kieran Morrissey, James Hennessy.