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Replying To eoinog:  "Congratulations to Easkey hurlers on their excellent win in the Connacht Junior Final. I'm not very familiar with the small ball so when do they move up another grade ? They have won a lot of Connacht titles at this level"
Have to win the Junior All-Ireland to get promoted to the Intermediate championship in Connacht. Likewise with Tooreen.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 618 - 23/11/2025 18:50:27    2645786

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Despite the weather I decided to make my way to Tubber on Sunday for the U20 final between Marys and Harps. A thoroughly entertaining game between two well matched side especially considering the weather. Marys got off to a good start and looked to be cruising with a range of scorers leaving them 7 points ahead at half time. Harps fought back well in the 2nd half getting two goals which the Marys defence probably should have dealt with at least one of them. Marys looked to have the game won with time essentially up when the referee awarded Harps a free from outside the arc for a foul which im pretty sure was inside the arc which Aaron Healy who missed 7 or 8 frees through the game, converted to bring the game to extra time. Extra time was tight with both teams exhanging scores but for me the winning fo the game was the 2 point free from Eli Rooney out on the left hand side at the end of the 1st period who judged the wind perfectly off the ground. Marys deserve huge credit as they played the whole of extra time with 14 men as they lost Connor Flynn to to a red card at the end of normal time. Harps kept plugging away and got a goal in the closing minutes to leave just a point in it with Marys failing to get a score at the other end to put the game to bed but Marys held on to come out on top by the narrowest of margins.
Also a good win for Castleconnor in the B final against Owenmore Gaels, hopefully something they can build on and try and challenge for intermediate.

manfromthewest (Sligo) - Posts: 46 - 24/11/2025 10:18:36    2645852

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Replying To manfromthewest:  "Despite the weather I decided to make my way to Tubber on Sunday for the U20 final between Marys and Harps. A thoroughly entertaining game between two well matched side especially considering the weather. Marys got off to a good start and looked to be cruising with a range of scorers leaving them 7 points ahead at half time. Harps fought back well in the 2nd half getting two goals which the Marys defence probably should have dealt with at least one of them. Marys looked to have the game won with time essentially up when the referee awarded Harps a free from outside the arc for a foul which im pretty sure was inside the arc which Aaron Healy who missed 7 or 8 frees through the game, converted to bring the game to extra time. Extra time was tight with both teams exhanging scores but for me the winning fo the game was the 2 point free from Eli Rooney out on the left hand side at the end of the 1st period who judged the wind perfectly off the ground. Marys deserve huge credit as they played the whole of extra time with 14 men as they lost Connor Flynn to to a red card at the end of normal time. Harps kept plugging away and got a goal in the closing minutes to leave just a point in it with Marys failing to get a score at the other end to put the game to bed but Marys held on to come out on top by the narrowest of margins.
Also a good win for Castleconnor in the B final against Owenmore Gaels, hopefully something they can build on and try and challenge for intermediate."
With nothing else to do and what I thought was going to be a fairly dry day I did the same. It turned out to be a good contest on a heavy looking pitch and fair play to both clubs for taking the competition serious. Harps as you mentioned struggled big time with the breeze particularly on frees, one of theirs over at the sideline ended going up in the air and out over the sideline it was so strong.

I thought Marys were the better outfit but lacked a bit of killer instinct, they had a chance at the end of normal time to kill it by taking a shot at for a point but opted bizzarly for a goal attempt. The 3rd goal for Harps was a peach that gave them a bit of hope but they had plenty of chances throughout and ya can't afford to be missing that many in a tight game. Wind played puck for both sides as it was right across the field.

As for the last free in normal time I can't comment on where it was from as couldn't see the lines beyond 20m from sideline with low sun so ya may be correct but I thought overall the ref did a good job in a tight game and the red card was correct. Ya can't go using a closed fist like that and to their credit Marys managed for the whole of extra time very well despite being a man down, which again may reflect on poor tactics by Harps. A good crowd in attendance too so I must compliment the county board for running the competition, despite my earlier reservations about its timing.

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 616 - 24/11/2025 13:08:13    2645888

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