Trim 2-8
St Vincents 0-8

Mark Gilsenan was Trim's star turn as he propelled Trim into the final of the Meath junior B championship with a personal tally of 1-7.

Trim raced into an early lead scoring 1-3 in the first ten minutes without reply from their opponents. The goal came from a penalty in the sixth minute. St Vincents got off the mark with three points before Stephan Doyle finished off a superb Trim move to the net. A further point from each side left the half time score at 2-4 to 0-4 in favour of Trim.

St Vincents were first of the mark in the second half with four points to Trims one point inside the first 12 minutes taking the score back to three points difference. That was the last score of the game for the Vincents as Trim went on the score three more points to leave the full time score Trim 2-8, St Vincents 0-8.

The Trim defence was outstanding throughout, especially Stephan Farrell and Gay Kennedy at full back and centre half back. In the second half when Trim were under the cosh the wing backs of David Foley and Ryan Andrews chipped in with great contributions. Up front Gilsensan was the star and was ably assisted by Jimmy Canty and Paul Campbell.

Trim - Tosh Barry, Colm Flaherty, Stephan Farrell, Eoin Kelly, David Foley, Gay Kennedy, Ryan Andrews, Stephan Doyle, John Quinn, Damien McGee, Jimmy Canty, Paul Campbell, Andrew O'Brien, Mark Gilsenan, Diarmuid Higgins. Subs ~ Sean McDonagh for Jimmy Canty, Eoin Dunne, Kevin Higgins, Eddie Reilly, David McGuinness, Stephan Moriarty.

Trim scorers were ~ Mark Gilsenan 1-7, Stephan Doyle 1-0, Paul Campbell 0-1.


Match report on Meath junior D quarter final, Trim versus Summerhill, played in Bective last Saturday evening.

Half time score Summerhill 2-9, Trim 0-4.
Full time score Summerhill 2-14, Trim 0-10.

Trim were well beaten by a stronger and fitter Summerhill outfit. The signs were ominous early on in the game as the "Hill" raced into to a 0-4 to 0-0 in the first ten minutes. Trim scored their first point on thirteen minutes and some signs of a come back were on the cards but Summerhill responded immediately with two goals to put the game out of reach for the Trim lads. The first half ended on a score of 2-9 to 0-4 with Trim relying on the trustee boot of Gary Clarke who scored their four points from frees.

Although the game was out of reach the Trim lads put up a more spirited fight in the second half. They matched their opponents on the score board but were not able to reduce the large half time deficit.
Although being well beaten in their quarter final the team and management committee of Micky Fay, Sean Gilsenan and Dermot McGuiness must be complimented for getting to the play-offs.

The Trim team was : John Pedan; Barry Flynn, William Allen, Richard Walsh; Sean Foley, Martin Costello, Dara Kennedy; Davy Lynch, Richie Murphy; Gavin O'Neill, Ryan Kenny, Eddie Reilly; Gary Clarke, Gary Ayton, David Campbell. Subs : Cian Dunne for Dara Kennedy, Sean Murphy for Sean Foley, Brian Flynn for Eddie Reilly, Sean Fitzerald for Gavin O'Neill, Dermot Fitzsimons, Brian Murray, Trevor Golden, Mark Lenihan, Shane Butterly.

Trim scorers were Gary Clarke 0-8, Sean Fitzerald 0-1.

Best for Trim were : Martin Costello, Ryan Kenny, Cian Dunne, Gary Clarke and Sean Murphy. Tweet

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