Sun. Mar. 8th. S.H.L. 

Blackrock 1 – 18 V 0 – 22 St Finbarrs

Report by Roger Ryan

In a highly competitive and entertaining game of hurling in Togher on Sunday morning, the Barrs were declared winners by a point on a score of Rockies 1 – 18, Barrs 0 – 22. There was a lot of confusion regarding the score as the scoreboard kept breaking down and gave conflicting results throughout the second half.

The Barrs had 3 points on the board before Robbie Cotter got us off the mark with our first point. The Barrs had the next [point to go 3 ahead again. Michael O'Halloran with a sublime sideline cut had our second point and Ryan Sweeney swapped points with the Barrs to leave the score at 0 – 03 to 0 – 05. Kevin O'Keeffe and Robbie then had us back on level terms with a point each but the Barrs replied with 2 further points to lead again by 2. Our boys then went on a spree and Robbie (2), Ryan Sweeney(1), Mark O'Keeffe(1), Michael O'Halloran(1) and Robbie with a free, had us leading by 4 points with 30 minutes on the clock. The Barrs scored again just before the whistle and the Ref. Blew time with the half-time score reading Blackrock 0 – 11, St.Finbarrs 0 – 08.

The second half proved equally as competitive as the first with aregular exchange of scores and no goal yet on the board. Midway through the second half I had us a point ahead at 0 – 14 to 0 – 13 but following a malfunction of the board the score came back a 0 – 14 to 0 – 14.

Beginning with Ciarán Cormack at half time, we introduced a further 6 more subs. We had quite a large panel of players and it was great to see Dylan Stokes and Mark O'Keeffe back in the fold. Despite the loss, this was a great workout for the boys and will stand them in good stead for future games.

Scorers: Robbie Cotter 1 – 08(1-00Pen, 0 – 03f), Ryan Sweeney 0 – 02, Michael O'Halloran 0 – 02, Alan O' Callaghan 0 – 01, Ollie Mc Adoo 0 – 01,

Mark O'Keeffe 0 – 01, Kevin O'Keeffe 0 – 01, Peter Linehan, 0 – 01, Ian O'Keeffe 0 -01.

Team: Gavin Connolly, Sean Healy, Alan O'Callaghan, Diarmuid Cormack, Ollie Mc Adoo, John Cashman, Mark O'Keeffe, Kevin O'Keeffe, Niall Cashman, Petter Linehan, Robbie Cotter, Ian O'Keeffe, Fionn O'Keeffe, Michael O'Halloran, Ryan Sweeney.

Subs Used: Ciarán Cormack, Jamie Ryan, Lee O'Sullivan, Joe Golden, Eoin Coughlan, Dylan Stokes, James Ryan.

Referee: Patrick O'Mahony.