Ahane club notes
May 07, 2012Pride of the Parish
On Saturday night all roads led to Caherconlish where Ahane took on Kilfergus Gaels in the county final. The game took place before a big crowd. The game started brightly with Kilfergus Gaels getting the first scores of the night. Ahane were dealt a severe blow after 5 minutes when centre back Cathal Ryan suffered a leg injury and had to be replaced. Ahane then came in the game with scores from Richie Ryan,Tom Dohney and sub Shane Ahern . With both teams tagging on points teams were level a couple of times. With half time approaching Kilfergus Gael tagged on four points without reply and went in leading at half time. Ahane started the second half very strong and scored 2 points straight away. This seemed to settle them and their hurling improved. Ahane were guilty of giving away some silly frees and Kilffergus Gaels went 5 points ahead Ahane were dealt another blow with sub Shane Ahern getting injured and had to be replaced. This seemed to spur Ahane on and they scored some fine points to level the match. This match was now getting intense with both teams bringing the best out of one another. Ahane seemed to find another gear and with Richie Ryan scoring one of the finest goals ever scored in Caherconlish Ahane went into the lead with 6 minutes to go. Ahane then scored 2 more points to put them 5 points ahead.Kilfergus Gaels replied with a point and this left 4 between them. Ahane had with stand huge pressure for the last 4 minutes to hold on to their lead. With the final whistle approaching Kilfergus Gaels went searching for the goals to bring them back into the match but to no avail Ahane ran out winners by 4 points on a score line Ahane 1-18 Kilfergus Gaels 0-17. There was huge excitement after the final whistle with huge Ahane support coming onto the field to meet the players. Ahane captain Richie Ryan accepted the cup from Oliver Mann vice-chairman of the county board. Ahane Lined out as follows B Neville, C McNamara, A Dolan, J Enright, E Carroll, C Ryan, R McAuley, J Fox (0-1), S Hartnett, A Minihan(0-1), D Morrissey,(0-2) R Ryan,(1-09) K Enright,(0-1) M Kennedy, T Dohney,(0-2) Subs S Ahern,(0-2) S Po,wer,B McGinty,A .Walsh, P callinan, G O Keeffe, S Moran, J Hourgian, W Shanahan, G Byrnes,. This was a great victory for Ahane G A A club and a special thanks to the management or John Meskell and Dave Cuddy who had this team in top condition. During half time a match took place between the U/10's of Ahane and Garryspillane and they treated the huge attendance to an array of skills.
County Senior Hurling Championship
Ahane take on near neighbours Murroe/Boher in the first round of the county championship in Cappamore on Sunday 13th May @ 3.30pm please come out and support our senior hurlers.
Club Gear
Club gear available contact B Quirke also Club boots available can be seen on website
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