AHL 3 – An Fear Cliste reports from Silverpark
Ballyboden St Endas continued with their drive and ambition to obtain promotion by recording an excellent win over Kilmacud Crokes in the AHL Division 3 match on Thursday 8th August in Silverpark. The final score was Crokes 1 -15 Ballyboden 0 – 20.
This game was always going to be a tough assignment and that is how it turned out to be. Our team made a slow start and after 10 minutes play, Crokes were leading by 1 – 1 to 0 – 2 despite Boden playing with the advantage of a strong wind. However thereafter, our team played really well and hurled with great intensity. At half time the score was Boden 0 – 12 Crokes 1 – 6.
After half time, despite Crokes getting a few scores to reduce the lead, they never overtook our team. Our defence were outstanding and not only cleared their lines on many occasions but also set up scores for our forwards. In defence everyone played well, especially Karl Reddy and Darragh O’Reilly. Our midfield of Conor McKeon and Fionn Maguire worked tirelessly throughout the game. Up front, every player worked hard and once again Mark Lambert had an epic game scoring 10 points, including 2 points from side line cuts. Mattie Weldon made a big contribution by scoring 4 points.
It was an excellent victory and our next big match is on Wednesday 14th August when we play St Maurs in Rush.
Scorers for Ballyboden were
Mark Lambert 0 – 10
Matt Weldon 0 – 4
James Enright 0 – 2
Gavin Corrigan 0 – 2
Ronan Dooley 0 – 1
Shane Kennedy 0 – 1