CHARLEVILLE WIN A THRILLER

BY BARRY O MAHONY

                                              CHARLEVILLE 0-20         EIRE OG 0-19

                                                              (AFTER EXTRA TIME)

CHARLEVILLE EDGED OUT EIRE OG IN THE 1^ST ROUND OF THE COUNTY INTERMEDIATE HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP  BEFORE A LARGE CROWD IN MALLOW  ON SATURDAY EVENING.EIRE OG MUST NOW GO THE BACK DOOR ROUTE WITH ANOTHER TOUGH GAME AGAINST KANTURK AFTER THEY LOST TO AIRGIDGEN RANGERS 3-9 TO 1-9.

WITH THE WIND BLOWING ACROSS THE PITCH AND THE PITCH IN LOVELY CONDITION IT WAS ALL SET FOR A FASCINATING ENCOUNTER.CHARLEVILLE OPENED THE SCORING ON THE 2^ND MIN FROM A ANDREW CAGNEY PLACED BALL.EIRE OG THEN GOT THEIR OPENING SCORE FROM KEVIN HALLISEY.CHARLEVILLE WENT BACK IN FRONT FROM PAUL GAMMEL. ON THE 4THMIN EIRE OG KEEPER MADE AN OUTSTANDING SAVE FROM CHARLEVILLE CORNER-FORWARD PAUL GAMMEL.EIRE OG GOT THE NEXT 2 SCORES FROM CIARAN SHEEHAN FREES,  HALLISEY PUT EIRE OG AHEAD 0-3 0-2.CHARLEVILLE  TACKED ON THE NEXT 3 SCORES FROM CAGNEY 2 FREES AND A JAMES CASEY POINT TO LEAVE THE SCORE CHARLEVILLE 0-5 TO EIRE OG 0-3 AFTER 15MINS.

EIRE OG GOT ONE BACK FROM A SHEEHAN FREE, IMMEDIATELY CHARLEVILLE SCORED FROM A ANOTHER FREE FROM CAGNEY. EIRE OG DREW THE GAME FROM HALLISEY.BUT CHARLEVILLE HAD THE FINAL SAY OF THE 1^ST HALF FROM HARD WORKING CAPTAIN DANNY O FLYNN TO LEAVE THE HALF TIME SCORE CHARLEVILLE 0-7 EIRE OG 0-6.

THE SECOND HALF CHARVILLE PUT THE 2 SCORES OVER THE BAR FROM GAMMELL AND WING BACK BRENDAN DENNEHY FROM A FREE TO PUT 3 POINTS BETWEEN THE SIDES 0-9 TO 0-6.EIRE OG GOT THE NEXT 5 SCORES FROM 2 FREES FROM TONY DINEEN,JOHN DINEEN,KEVN HALLISSEY AND DERRY HERILLY  TO PUT EIRE OG AHEAD 0-11 TO 0-9 ON THE 41^ST MIN.CHARLEVILLE RESPONDED WITH A GAMMELL POINT.SHEEHAN FREE  PUT 2 POINTS BETWEEN THE SIDES FOR EIRE OG.CHARLEVILLE SCORED FROM ALAN O CONNOR POINT BUT AGAIN DERRY HERILLY SCORED A POINT FOR EIRE OG.CHARLEVILLE  CAPTAIN O FLYNN SCORED AGAIN FOR HIS TEAM.A BRILLIANT SCORE FROM  TONY DINEEN FREE PUT 2 POINTS BETWEEN THE SIDES AGAIN.EIRE OG SUB CATHAL  MURPHY  PUT 3 POINT S BETWEEN THE TEAMS.BUT AT THE CRUCIAL STAGE WITH 3 MINS LEFT THE JUNIOR CHAMPIONS FROM LAST YEAR TACKED ON 3 POINTS IN A ROW FROM O FLYNN, O CONNOR AND ON THE 62 MINUTE CHARLEVILLE WING FORWARD MERYVN GAMMELL PUT A LOVELY POINT OVER THE BAR TO DRAW THE GAME. EIRE OGTHEN  GOT A FREE FROM AROUND THE 45 ON THE WING AND UNLUCKY FOR EIRE OG THIS WENT WIDE AND BROUGHT THE GAME INTO EXTRA TIME.

INTO 1^ST HALF OF EXTRA TIME THERE WAS ONLY 2 SCORES AND THEY WERE FROM CHARLEVILLE FROM PAUL AND MERYVN GAMMELL POINT TO LEAVE THE HALF TIME SCORE OF EXTRA TIME 0-17 TO 0-15.

2^ND HALF OF EXTRA TIME WAS MORE FIREY .HALLISSEY  POINTED A FREE FOR EIRE OG BUT CHARVILLE GOT THE NEXT 2 SCORES FROM A VERY GOOD POINT FROM GAMMELL AND SUB MARK KAVANAGH FREE TO PUT CHARLEVILLE  AHEAD 0-19 TO 0-16 WITH 4MINS LEFT.JOHN DINEEN PUT 2 POINTS OVER THE BAR FOR EIRE OG TO REDUCE THE LEAD TO 1 POINT.CHARLIVILLE WENT 2 POINTS AHEAD FROM PAUL GAMMELL.HALLISSEY FOR EIRE OG PUT A POINT BETWEEN THEM. THE TALKING POINT WHICH WILL BE TALKED ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME WITH  4 MINS INTO INJURY TIME KEVIN HALLISEY WAS FOULED ON THE 20 METRE LINE AND HAD A CHANCE TO DRAW THE GAME AND A REPLAY NEXT WEEK BUT HE MISS HIT THE BALL AND THE CHARLEVILLE GOALIE SAVED WELL AND CATHAL MURPHY FOR EIRE OG BELTED THE BALL INTO THE BACK OF THE NET TO WIN THE GAME BUT THE REF DEEMED TIME WAS UP AND DID NOT ALLOW THE GOAL.   

SCORES.CHARLEVILLE;MERYVN GAMMELL 0-4,ANDREW CAGNEY 0-4 (4F)PAUL GAMMELL 0-3,DANNY O FLYNN 0-3,ALAN O CONNOR 0-2,,MARK KAVANAGH 0-1(F)BRENDAN DENNEHY 0-1(F),JAMES CASEY 0-1

EIRE OG;KEVN HALLISSEY 0-6 (1F)CIARAN SHEEHAN 0-4(4F)TONY DINEEN 0-3 (3F),JOHN DINEEN 0-3,DERRY HERILLY 0-2,CATHAL MURPHY 0-1,

TEAMS.CHARLEVILLE;CIRION CURTIN,MICHAEL O FLYNN,CONOR FLYNN,SHANE BUTLER,NOEL O KEEFFE,BARRY MCCARTHY,BRENDAN DENNEHY,DANNY O FLYNN© ALAN DENNEHY,DERRY MURPHY,JAMES CASEY,MERYVN GAMMELL,ANDREW CAGNEY,ALAN O CONNOR,PAUL GAMMELL

EIRE OG;PAUL RYAN,SHANE MCCARTHY,ALAN O MAHONY,CIAN O MAHONY,BARRY CORKERY,TONY DINEEN,EANNA LOWNEY,DERRY HERILLY,JOHN DINEEN,FIONN O ROURKE,TIM O LEARY,PAUL MCDONAGH,KEVIN HALLISSEY,CIARAN SHEEHAN© DANIEL GOULDING

Referee   Mr Derek Carroll  Kanturk