Premier S.H.C Semi Final
Sun. Oct. 6th 2024
Blackrock 1 – 20 V 1 – 29 Imokilly @ Pairc Uí Chaoimh
Report: Roger Ryan
Our Senior Hurlers bowed out of the championship at the semi-final stage when they were defeated by Imokilly at Pairc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday. Our winning streak ended at the hands of the East Cork divisional side who won out on the score of Rockies 1 – 20, Imokilly 1 – 29.
Early dominance by Imokilly playing with the wind, saw us trailing by 11 points. Then with half-time looming, Robbie Cotter was pulled down close to goal and the resultant penalty was expertly sent to the back of the net by Alan Connolly to reduce their lead to 8 points, (1 – 05 to 0 – 13) as the Ref blew for half-time.
Playing with the wind in the second our boys set about reducing the deficit and thanks to some great scores by Peter Linehan, Alan Connolly and Robbie Cotter, we eventually got within 3 points, 1 – 12 to 1 – 15 on the 40 minutes mark. A further exchange of scores saw Imokilly leading again by 6 points, 1 – 14 to 1 – 20 but a point each from Alan Connolly, Tadhg Deasy and Robbie Cotter had us back within 3 points once again, 1 – 17 to 1 – 20. Imokilly stretched their lead to 5 points again. Alan Connolly swapped points with Imokilly, Ryan Sweeney did the same and Ryan had our last point to bring the score to 1 – 20 to 1 – 24. Imokilly closed out the game with the remaining 4 points to run out winners by 9, 1 – 20 to 1 – 29.
Scorers: Alan Connolly 1 – 09(07f. 1-0Pen), Robbie Cotter 0 – 04, Ryan Sweeney 0 – 02, Peter Linehan 0 – 01, Kevin O'Keeffe 0 – 01, Gavin Connolly 0 – 01(01f), Tadhg Deasy 0 – 01, Ciarán Cormack 0 – 01.
Team: Gavin Connolly, Stephen Murphy, John Cashman, Mark O'Keeffe, Cathal Cormac C, Alan O'Callaghan, Niall Cashman, Kevin O'Keeffe, Daniel Meaney, Peter Linehan, Ciarán Cormack, David O'Farrell, Fionn Coleman, Alan Connolly, Robbie Cotter.
Subs Used: Tadhg Deasy, Shane O'Keeffe, John O'Sullivan, Ryan Sweeney.
Referee: Colm Lyons.