MFC: Walterstown hold off Bective/Dunsany
September 15, 2014
Walterstown 4-09
Bective/Dunsany 2-12
Walterstown faced a tough challenge against a very strong Bective/Dunsany combination side in their first round of the championship. Walterstown had home advantage however due to soccer and college commitments from both sides the match was changed to a 7pm throw in under lights in Skryne.
Walterstown got the first point of the match inside the first minute through Mark Foy, however the next 12 minutes saw Bective/Dunsany score 1-02 without reply to build a 4 point lead.
Walterstown reduced the gap to just 2 points when Brian O'Connell scored the next 2 points of the game. Bective/Dunsany increased the gap to 3 points before Brian O'Connell put the Blacks in front scoring 1-01 in 2 minutes to lead by 1. Mark Foy added a point before Paddy McCabe scored a goal in the 28th minute to leave the Blacks now leading by 5 points. The sides traded scores before the break to leave Walterstown leading at half time 2-06 to 1-05.
There was a delay at the start of the second half as Bective/Dunsany felt they should have had an extra point in the first half and their management asked the referee to add a point to their score, Walterstown management agreed to add the point to Bective/Dunsany meaning the combination side started the 2nd half 4 points behind.
This seemed to spur the Bective/Dunsany side on at the start of the second half as they scored the first 4 points of the half to bring the sides level.
Walterstown however were determined not to let the combination side go ahead and Jack Donnellan started a 10 minute scoring spree for the blacks scoring a goal before Sean Irwin added a fisted goal 2 minutes later, B.O'Connell and Andrew Moran then increased the blacks lead to 8 points by adding a point each. Bective/Dunsany were then awarded a controversial penalty however they could not take advantage of this and sent the resulting penalty wide. That spell proved to be crucial for the blacks as the Dunsany/Bective combination finished the strongest outscoring the blacks 1-03 to 0-1, however time ran out for the combination side and the Blacks secured the win in the championship.
Walterstown team: K McHale, A Dunphy (capt), C Cullen, L Irwin, S Crowley, P Allen, M Foy, K Ali, J Donnellan, N.Freeman, P McCabe, B.O'Connell, S.Irwin.
Subs: P Donnellan for N Freeman 31 mins, A Moran for P.Allen 49 mins, C O'Dowd for J.Donnellan (injured 54 mins).
Walterstown Scorers: B.O'Connell 1-06, P.McCabe 1-0, J.Donnellan 1-0, S.Irwin 1-0, M.Foy 0-2, A.Moran 0-1
Walterstown Minor Girls had a 10 point win over Slane in their opening round match on Sunday evening. It was a case of goals win matches with Walterstown scoring 5 first half goals to gain early advantage and go into the break with a 13 point lead - Half Time Score Walterstown 5-02 v Slane 0-4
Slane came out stronger in the second half and outscored the blacks 1-06 to 1-03 in the half, however Walterstown's big lead from the first half helped the Blacks secure the points in the first match of the season.
Walterstown team: R.Hennelly, K.McMahon, M.O'Neill, L.O'Neill, M.Geoghegan, M.Madden, O'O'Sullivan, A.Mullen, J.Daly, A.Laws, A.Treanor, A.Brady, A.McCormick, M.Grey, B.Duffy
Subs: M.Carolan for A.Laws (35 mins), C.McMenemy for McCormick (40 mins)
Walterstown Scorers: Molly Grey 2-2, Aimee Laws 1-1, Jenny Daly 2-0, Bex Duffy 1-0, Maria Carolan 0-1, Cora McMenemy 0-1
