Ratoath 2-14 Skryne 4-9

Skryne mentained their unbeaten run in the B League Div 1 with this one point win over neighbours Ratoath. The match was played in bitterly cold conditions in Ratoath with Skryne having the benefit of the crossfield breeze in the first half. 

There were 12 minutes on the clock before Aidan Tuite registered Skryne's first point after they had kicked five wides in this period. By this time Ratoath had already scored 5 points. Ian Davis then left the minimum between the sides when he fired home a penalty after Jason Reddy had been fouled in the area. Ratoath restored their four point lead on twenty minutes when they got in on the goalscoring act. Aidan Tuite replied with another Skryne goal and the Blues went on to lead at half time when Jason Fox pointed almost on the half hour to leave the score at the break - Skryne 2-5 Ratoath 1-7.

The second half was just as close as the first and there was never more than 4 points between the teams at any time. While Ratoath scored exactly the same as they did in the first half, 1-7, Skryne added two more goals with Tuity getting his second after good combination football further out and James Hegarty raiding upfield to bag another major. 

In yet another great team effort, Mark Harrington, Darren Fox and Ronan McCabe marshalled a very tight defence with confidence. The Doherty Brothers - Michael and Colm - held their own against a fast moving Ratoath pair in the middle of the field. In the forwards, apart from the scorers, Jason Reddy was close to being back to his best after two serious knee injuries hampered him for the last two years. 

Overall this was a good result for Skryne considering 8 of their starting lineup played some part in yesterday's A League match against Kells. This also keeps their unbeaten run going with 5 wins from 5 outings. 

Skryne - Des McAvinney. Timmy Lennon, Mark Harrington, Darren Fox. Niall Lenehan, Ronan McCabe, James Hegarty (1-1). Michael Doherty, Colm Doherty. Niall Morley (0-1), Jason Fox (0-3), Aidan Tuite (2-1). Jason Reddy, Felim O'Rourke (0-1), Ian Davis (1-2). 
Subs Used - David Carroll, Ciaran Finnerty and Keith Donoghue. 

Ratoath Report

Skryne 4-9 Ratoath 2-14

Ratoath Junior B footballers just lost out to Skryne in this entertaining round 5 league game played In Brownstown on Monday night 

The first half began with Ratoath very much on top with Tom Fadden. Andrew Gerrard, Padraic Byrne & Colm Nugent all among the scorers. In fact the visitors hadn't scored in the first 15 minutes  with the score reading  in 5 to 0 in Ratoath's favour. Skryne though soon got going and a point soon followed by a goal from penalty put them well into the game. First Aidan Murray shortly replied with a goal for the hosts  but this was canceled out by a Skryne 3 pointer. Further points from Ahearne and Seanie Johnson put the home side 2 points in front . Skryne though rattled off the next 3 scores to take a narrow lead 2-5 to 1-7 at half time

The home side were rocked at the start of the second half off with the concession of a Skryne goal. They responded well though with Aidan Murray featuring among the scorers as they got back on level terms half way through the second half.  The visitors though hit back with a goal and 2 points of their own before Brian Daly raised a green flag for the home side . 

Despite a late point from Enda Cahill Skryne managed to hold on and eke out a win by the narrowest of margins

Foireann Ráth Tó: Eoghan Doody, Ryan Kelly, Paddy Quinn, Eoin Clayton, Padraig Byrne, Enda Cahill (0-1), Emmet Boyle, Tom Fadden (0-1), Peter Barry, Andrew Gerrard (0-1), Connell Ahearne (0-4), Aidan Murray (1-3), Colm Nugent (0-1), Sean Johnson (0-2), Eoin McMahon. Subs: Brian Daly (1-0), Nathan Dunne, Gareth Rooney, James O'Brien, Evan Donnelly, Michael Mulvey, Simon Barry

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