U-21 Brennan Cup. Davitts defeated St. Gerards by 3-9 to 2-10 in a very exciting match in sunny Ballindine on Wednesday evening. Davitts led by 1-5 to 0-3 at the interval, Richie Kilkenny the goalscorer, after a sweeping move started by David Ryan. The dismissal of Davitts centre half back Tommy Mitchell, Johnno Clarke and St.Gerards Kevin Connolly, for separate second yellow card offences early in the second half, changed the complexion of the game. St. Gerards began to dominate, and after trailing by six points, they scored 1-5 without reply, to go two points up with ten minutes remaining. Davitts then showed great determination and a John Heneghan goal, flicking home Josh Ronayne's long range free, swung the game in their favour. Ronayne and Liam Kearns pointed impressively for the homeside and in one final attack St. Gerards almost snatched an equaliser, but a driving shot went just over for a point as the Davitts supporters held their breaths. Outstanding for Davitts were goalie Paddy Kirrane, David Ryan, John Heneghan, Josh Ronayne, Liam Kearns, Richie Kilkenny and Keith Prendergast, who played exceptionally well when moved to midfield late on in the game. Davitts: Paddy Kirrane, Kevin Gallagher, David Ryan, Johnno Clarke, Tommy Mitchell, Laurence Daly, Shane Mitchell, John Heneghan (1-0), Josh Ronayne (0-3), Keith Prendergast (0-3), Michael Waldron, Liam Kearns (0-3) and Richie Kilkenny (2-0). Sub used: John Paul Clarke. On Thursday evening the U-14's captured the County Div 3 League title in style, defeating St. Gerards by 3-14 to 1-6. When these sides met in Ballindine a few weeks ago, St. Gerards won with plenty in hand, but Davitts reversed that result in emphatic fashion in the final. Man of the match Tommy Waldron had Davitts 1-1 up after five minutes, and St. Gerards dominated the rest of the first half and led 0-6 to 1-1, but late points by the irrepressible Waldron and Liam Noone left the sides deadlocked, 1-3 to 0-6 at the break. The second half belonged to Davitts, with Donal Ronayne and Shane Cummins working extremely hard at midfield, and the attack scoring at will, with the creative Matthew Trench pulling the strings, and supplying the ammunition for Noone (1-6) and Waldron (2-7) to keep the scoreboard ticking over. St. Gerards tried hard, but when they got forward they ran into a defence that was very uncompromising, with Thomas Charles and William Freeley in outstanding form. As well as those mentioned, Davitts had other stars in goalie Michael Clarke, Liam Connolly, Jonathon Fahy, David O Toole, Jack Rodgers, Cathal Hennelly and Gerard Griffin. Mattie Joe Connolly presented the trophy to Davitts captain Donal Ronayne after the game. P.S. The Garrymore Club had the ground in tremendous condition for this game, it is a great credit to them. Tweet

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