Mayobridge 3-11 Kilcoo 0-12 With both teams missing many regular players it was an opportunity for both management teams to try out some new blood and it was the new faces on the Mayobridge side which came out top in an entertaining game played in excellent conditions in Mayobridge.  From a Mayobridge point of view the first quarter of the game was the Cathal Magee show with the big full forward contributing 2-3 in the opening 17 minutes.  The first goal came when Magee was able to beat Kilcoo keeper James Kane to a ball in the square and flick it to the net, the second came from the penalty spot after Darren Fegan was pulled down when going  through on goal.  Magee s other three scores came from two well hit 50 s and a pointed free.  Kilcoo had two points in a minute from Down U21 player Paul Devlin.  An excellent long range point from Emmett Devlin closed the gap momentarily in the 21st minute but Mayobridge replied quickly with points from John Quinn and Ryan Brady.  Barry Kane scored a nice Kilcoo point on 25 minutes but John Quinn came back with two well taken points for the home side to leave the half time score Mayobridge 2-7 Kilcoo 0-4   John Quinn continued where he left off in the first half scoring a point just after the break but Sean O Hanlon was able to reply immediately for Kilcoo.  Another Cathal Magee point was followed by a Gavin Barry goal, the corner back came out of defence and played a number of passes the length of the field and when Cathal Magee fed him back the ball he made no mistake in finding the Kilcoo net.  With just 6 minutes gone in the second half Mayobridge were now 13 points to the good but to Kilcoo s credit they battled back into the game and it was to be another 24 minutes before Mayobridge were to register another score.  In this period Kilcoo went on to score 6 unanswered points with their scores coming from the excellent Paul Devlin (3), Sean Devlin (1) and Barry Kane (2).  This period of Kilcoo dominance did not however produce enough scores to threaten the Mayobridge lead and the game ended with two more Cathal Magee points in injury time to a single point in reply from Paul Devlin for Kilcoo. Kilcoo s most effective performers on a disappointing night for the them were Paul Greenan, Domnic McEvoy and Paul Devlin.  For the Bridge Gavin Barry was back to his best after coming back from injury, Micheal Lively and Shane O Hare were very effective at wing back.  Conleth O Hare and John Quinn were also impressive but star man was Cathal Magee who ended the game with a very impressive tally of 2-6.  Mayobridge Team & Scorers: Liam Coulter, Gavin Barry (1-0), Brendan Grant, Caolan Lynchaoun, Shane O Hare, Ronan Lively, Micheal Lively, Darren Fegan, Eoghan Woods, Ciaran Bradley, John Quinn (0-4), Conleth O Hare, Ryan Brady (0-1), Cathal Magee (2-6), Caolan Gallagher. Subs Used: Shane McNamee for Ronan Lively, Kevin McClorey for Caolan Lynchaoun, Michael Butterfield for Caolan Gallagher Kilcoo Team & Scorers: James Kane, Dermot McLaughlin, Sean O Hanlon (0-1), Sean Devlin (0-1), Gerard McEvoy, Aidan Brannigan, Brian O Hanlon, Cathal Morgan, Paul Greenan, Emmett Devlin (0-1), Niall Morgan, Barry Kane (0-3), Jerome Johnston, Domnic McEvoy, Paul Devlin (0-6). Tweet

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