St. Michaels 3-14, Bective / Dunsany 2-8.

St. Michaels opened their U-16 Division 4 league campaign in impressive fashion thanks to a strong second half display in Bective last evening. Credit must go to both sets of players who tried their best to make a contest of this match as a strong and bitterly cold cross wind and heavy downpours made playing conditions very difficult.

Patrick Tobin was the star of the show as he notched up 3 goals and finished with a personal tally of 3-7 for the evening. Both sides traded 2 points apiece in the opening quarter with Tobin and Cian Sheridan getting on the scoreboard for the visitors. Bective / Dunsany got their noses in front on 17 minutes but two minutes later Tobin got the first of his hat-trick to go back in the lead, three minutes later he bagged goal no 2 to leave 5 points between the sides. Ciarán O'Reilly added a further point for St. Michaels, however Bective / Dunsany finished the half strongly with 1-1 to trail by just two points at the interval 2-3 to 1-4.                                                                                     

A goal just 30 seconds into the second half put the home side into a one point lead but they failed to keep the momentum going and allowed St. Michaels to regain control and register 1-7 without reply. Bective / Dunsany enjoyed a seven minute spell of dominance in which they popped over 4 points to reduce the margin to 5 points however they failed to raise another flag for the remainder of the match as Jimmy McGivern 0-2, Patrick Tobin 0-1 and Ciarán O'Reilly 0-1 completed the scoring for St. Michaels.                                                                                                                

Together with the scorers, others to impress for St. Michaels were Harry Dunne, Ewan Moran, Scott Doyle, Cory McGivern, Ben Reilly and Alex Farrell. 

St. Michaels: Jason O'Donnell, Alex Farrell, Harry Dunne, Scott Doyle, Conor Moran, Brian Reilly, Ewan Moran, Cory McGivern, Jimmy McGivern 0-2, Ben Reilly, Ciarán O'Reilly 0-4, Patrick Tobin 3-7, Cian Sheridan 0-1, Jack Dunne.                       

Referee: Tom Lorton.

Report and photo Pascal Reilly

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