IHC Group A: O'Mahonys make it two from two
June 21, 2017
Jack Walsh - Navan O'Mahonys
Navan O'Mahonys maintained their bid to regain senior status at Trim on Tuesday night when outscoring Kildalkey.
O'Mahonys ...... 2-13
Kildalkey ......... 0-8
Kildalkey's second string side were on the cusp of causing an upset when trailing by 0-7 to 0-9 after 54 minutes.
Backed by the breeze coming from the town end, O'Mahonys outscored Kildalkey by 2-4 to 0-1 thereafter.
O'Mahonys were hindered by a tally of 20 wides as against six for Kildalkey.
Paddy Skehan's accuracy from frees was again a feature of O'Mahonys' win. He landed his eighth free before Barry McEvoy poached the opening goal in the 59th minute.
Ross Flynn (free) closed Kildalkey's account before Mikey Kelly's brilliant goal with a first time pull enhanced the winning margin. Skehan's sole point from play closed the scoring.
On a good evening for hurling on a excellent surface, a competitive opening half yielded just six scores. It finished 0-3-each.
From the resumption, the scoring rate improved. Entering the final quarter, O'Mahonys moved 0-8 to 0-4 clear following an excellent Richie Hogan score.
Kildalkey rallied with three of the next four scores. Padraig Keogh - who was sent off before the end - completed the sequence.
That was as good as it got for Kildalkey as O'Mahonys found their bearings and claimed the points.
O'Mahonys scorers - Paddy Skehan 0-9 (8 fs); Barry McEvoy 1-1; Mikey Kelly 1-0; Jack Walsh 0-2; Richie Hogan 0-1
Kildalkey scorers - Ross Flynn 0-3 fs; Eoin Kelly; Brian Conneely; Padraig Keogh; Matt Rickard; Aaron Byas 0-1 each.
Navan O'Mahonys - John Gleeson; Diarmuid Rogers, Cormac Reilly, Mark Usher; Dermot McKenna, Kevin O'Rourke, James Murphy; Dylan Regan, Jake Regan; Paddy Skehan, Barry McEvoy, Jack Walsh; Mikey Kelly, Richie Hogan, David Quirke. Subs - Shane Crosby for McKenna (49).
Kildalkey - Stephen Masterson; Sean Kirke, Daire Lahart, Cathal O'Sullivan; Matt Rickard, Stephen Forde, Kevin Murray; Scott Shelly, Ross Flynn; Brian Conneely, Kevin McKeown, Padraig Keogh; Aaron Byas, Dan Fagan, Eoin Kelly. Sub - Ben Rickard for Kirke (25).
Referee - Martin Bartley (Trim)
