A first trophy of the year for our adult men’s footballers in their first competition of the year was secured at the club last Wednesday night.

After a shaky start when a few chances went begging the lads slowly got to grips with the game. Michael Deegan turned inside to fire a goal to the net on 20 minutes with the team pushing on from there with a series of points as Stephen Carton, Kevin Fenton and Daniel Doherty all got among the scores. Ethan Tormey also raided forward to help himself to a goal in an energetic display.

 

In the second half midfielder Cael Sullivan also got right up the pitch to finish neatly to the net with a low shot to the corner. Centre back Shaun Byrne also came up to fire over a point into the wind with Mattie Doran taking his tally to two points. Alex Ward came off the bench to make two good stops late on as St. Colmcille kept plugging away.

 

Afterwards, captain Sean Curran went up to accept the trophy after a good all round team performance, particularly defensively in the second half when the opposition had the breeze. It was a good campaign for the squad, who had group stage wins over Gaeil Colmcille, Navan O’Mahonys and Dunshaughlin.

 

Many thanks to referee Robbie Barrett for taking charge of the game and managing the many challenges of the new rules very well.

Donaghmore Ashbourne: Eoin Ryan, Dominion Agbaha, Sean Curran, Milo Connolly, Ethan Tormey, Shaun Byrne, Matthew Scanlon, Cael Sullivan, Killian Hogan, Kevin Fenton, Michael Deegan, Patrick Moran, Matthew Doran, Stephen Carton, Daniel Doherty,

Subs: Alex Ward, Cian Deegan, Simon Purcell, Oisin Gryson, Jack Keenan. 

 

Meanwhile, the senior men defeated Summerhill in the Feis Cup semi-final at the club last Thursday night to qualify for the final against Wolfe Tones. 

 

A gutsy second half performance was the key as the team overcame a significant half-time deficit. Goals from Sean Tyrrell, Dylan Brady and Kevin Cully were the key scores in a 3-12 to 2-11 victory. Two pointers from Andy Colgan, Conor Carton and Sean Tyrrell were the other significant scores in a hard fought win, while Andy Tormey knocked over four frees.

 

Dominion Agbaha was the latest player to make his senior football debut this season after goalkeeper Shayne Brady, Darragh Gleeson, James O'Sullivan, Alex Ward, Milo Connolly, Cael Sullivan and Daniel Doherty. Congratulations to the eight lads.