Seniors: Churchill 4-15 ; Kilgarvan 0-11. Both teams came into this match just outside the top three and looking to keep touch with the leaders in search of a promotion place.
Churchill started brightly with a point from Dara O’Shea and could have been in for early goals, but for some fine defending from Micheal O’Sullivan and Keith Harrington.
After 10 minutes Churchill led by 3 points to 1, but Kilgarvan took control of the game for the next 10 minutes and registered 5 unanswered points, including 3 from full forward Patrick O’Shea.
Churchill regained a grip at midfield through Matt Finnerty and Thomas Lenihan and scored 5 of their own on the trot, with 4 from Ivan Parker and another for O’Shea.
Kieran O’Sullivan temporarily stopped the rot for the visitors with a point when a goal might have been on.
However, Churchill fired over 3 more points before the break through Pa McCarthy, Parker and Michael O’Brien to give the hosts a 4 point lead at halftime (0-11) to (0-07).
Churchill really killed off the game from the restart with 2-02 without reply to lead by 12 points, 2-13 to 0-07, the goals coming from Micheal O’Brien straight from the throw in, and the second from Dara O’Shea.
Pa McCarthy, playing at centre forward for Churchill, was covering every blade of grass and linking play between defence and attack, until he had to go off injured. Kilgarvan’s cause was not helped when O’Sullivan received a red card and Churchill’s Ivan Parker grabbed 2 more goals before the end to ensure Churchill ran out winners by 4-15 to 0-11.
For Kilgarvan, Patrick O’Shea looked dangerous in attack and Shane O’Sullivan defended resolutely.
As the score line suggests, Churchill were dominant throughout the field and Matt Finnerty, Thomas Lenihan, Pa McCarthy, Dara O’Shea and Micheal O’Brien really excelled.
However, with 2-08 from play, Ivan Parker gets the nod for man of the match. Next up for Churchill is a trip to Asdee next weekend. That one is currently fixed for Sunday at 2pm.
Academy: We are continuing to see great numbers at Academy training every Sunday morning at 11am and it is great to see the improvement in players skills week to week. Remember the Kelloggs GAA Cul Camps takes place in Churchill from 31st July for boys and girls aged 6-13. More details can be found at https://www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie
U12: Training continues at 7pm on Tuesdays in Spa pitch.
U:14: The U 14 team travelled to Glenbeigh on Monday evening the 10th of July to play their fourth round of Division 2 Central league, playing a combination team of both Glenbeigh and Cromane clubs. Short a number of players, our boys started well and were up 4 points after 10 minutes. The home side responded and drew level with four points of their own. Just before the interval we conceded two goals and were chasing the game from then onwards. Despite our team’s best efforts we could not close the gap and Glenbeigh/Cromane ran out winners by 3-13 to 1-10. Best for Churchill on the night were Ben Donnellan, Eddie McCarthy (scoring 1-2),Dylan Walsh and Harvey Brosnan.
U16: Churchill U-16 football team play Na Gaeil at home on Wednesday 19th July at 7 pm. In our two remaining games in the County League, we are away to Milltown/C’maine on Wednesday 26th July at 7 pm, and in our final game we play An Ghaeltacht at home on Wednesday 2nd August at 7 pm.
