Seniors: Inter Kenmare 0 Fenit Samphires 3
We kept up our winning streak with a trip to Kenmare last Sunday. The first half was a close affair and we went in nil all at the break. Ger McCarthy broke the deadlock for us and scored a brace on the day. Peter McCarthy added to the tally to ensure that we got the points.
Our 18s gave a very good account of themselves last weekend going down 2-1 to a very good Dingle team who are up near the top of the table. We played with the wind in the first half and went ahead through a Bobby O’Regan penalty. We had as much of the play as our opponents and might have added to our lead but unfortunately it was Dingle who got two in quick succession.
Our opponents when on the offence were very good and we had to be at our best to limit their efforts on goal. Our centre backs of Thomas Dwyer and Antoin Stanton organised things well and made their tackles when needed.
On the other side of things we posed our own problems for the Dingle defence through Luke Dalton who is doing very well up front. It was great to see our lads attacking from the back with Padraig O’Connor and Jamie Hogan getting forward especially as the game progressed.
Our midfield of Oisin O Brien, Sean Higgins, Jack McCarthy and John Dillane(who replaced David Murphy after 10 minutes injured) all played well and are developing into very good players as they get stronger. We had two great chances at the end through John and Oisin but both were thwarted by two great saves from their keeper. So it finished 2-1 to Dingle but well done to all our lads on the day.
U16s: Inter Kenmare 5 Fenit Samphires 3
The U16s made the long trip to Kenmare last weekend for a league fixture against a team we had beaten earlier in the campaign. Unfortunately we were not able to replicate our form from previous games, being second to the ball on too many occasions. Our midfield in particular were below par and were on the back foot for too many periods in the game. Still we probably deserved to get a point as we had at least as many chances as our opponents but they scored 5 to our 3. Best for us were stand in keper Ciaran Murray (whose presence was missed in defence), Ossie Clifford at the back, and front players Christopher Murphy, Jack Lynch and Conor Lowe. Scorers for us were Jack, Conor and Cormac O’Brien.
