JFC: Bective slump to Simonstown
April 20, 2014
Bective's Ben Malone gets in his pass against Simonstown in the Meath JFC game at Kilberry
Bective 0-11
Bective's hopes of bridging a 17-year gap since our last championship honours took a blow when Simonstown ran out eight-point winners in the Group C opener at Kilberry on Saturday.
With a fairly strong breeze favouring Davy Cahill's lads in the first half, a half-time lead would have been expected and things started well enough with Junior Championship debutant Paraic McConnell and a Marty Mulhall free putting Bective two points up.
Mulhall added three from play and Paul Lyness also registered a point to keep Bective in the ascendancy.
However, things took a bad turn after 15 minutes when midfielder Ciaran Reilly was black-carded.
A goal from Ian O'Rourke compounded that blow and Simonstown led by a point (1-4 to 0-6) at the turnaround.
It was one-way traffic for much of the second half with Gaels tagging on nine points on top of a fine goal.
Bective: Martin Sherlock; Ben Malone, Ger Cahill, Dara Maguire; Craig Roche, Keith Dunne, Paul McCabe (0-2 , frees); Ciaran Reilly, Ronan Murtagh; Brian Cantwell, Marty Mulhall (0-6, 3 frees); Paraic McConnell (0-1), Cathal McConnell, Ruairi Russell, Paul Lyness (0-1). Subs: Jack Grant (0-1), David Keating. Tweet
