Three in a Row for Hazelwood College
The Senior Hurlers from Hazelwood College had their 3rd victory over teams from Tipperary when they defeated a fancied Killenaule team in Galbally. A brace of goals from Hazelwood with 5 minutes to go saw them emerge winners from this tightly contested affair. Both teams made the best of conditions that were not the best for Hurling. The first half was a tit-for-tat affair with neither side managing to establish a stranglehold. Despite only playing in patches Hazelwoods forwards were sharp in the first half making the most of their chances. Jamie Coughlan and Peter Irwin scored 2 points a piece. Padraig Nolan was having an outstanding game scoring 1-1 until a head wound saw him leave the field. He was then replaced by blood sub Shane Fitzgibbon until the second half. Patrick Molyneaux and Darren Lane chipped in a couple of points between them to ensure that 5 of our 6 starting forwards had scored by half time. The half time score read Hazelwood 1-7 to Killenaule 2-5. A fair reflection given that the backs were under severe pressure.
The second half was a much tighter affair with our excellent half back line of Shane Hehir, Brian Geary and Henry O Gorman clamping down on their pacey forwards limiting them to 3 points. We were guilty of shooting wide particularly from far out when we would have been better serving quality balls to our full forward line who were doing damage. Jamie Coughlan and Patrick Molyneaux both pointing before we took over coming to the end, with goals from Tim Fleming, Darren Lane and Jamie Coughlan to seal a 7 point win.
Team: Seamus O Connor (Milford), Peter Irwin (Feenagh/Kilmeedy) Jimmy O Sullivan ( Feenagh/ Kilmeedy) Tim Fleming ( Feoghanagh) Gavin Keane(Drom Broadford) Pa Molyneaux ( Konckaderry) Pat Watson (Tullylease) Brian Geary (Milford) Shane Fitzgibbon( Milford) Padraig Cunningham (Kileedy) Jamie Coughlan (Newtown Shandrum) Denis O Sullivan ( Feenagh / Kilmeedy) John Nix (Feenagh/ Kilmeedy) Seamus Sheehan (Liscarroll) Paddy O Gorman (Milford) Padraig Nolan (Feenagh / Kilmeedy) Tadgh O Flynn (Milford) Darren Lane( Newtown Shandrum) Paddy Sheehy (Tullylease) Patrick O Regan ( Feenagh Kilmeedy) Liam Mulcahy (Kileedy) Keith Lacey (Drom Broadford) Brian Hannigan (Feenagh / Kilmeedy)