Results: County Junior B1 championship Abbey Rovers 1-07 0-04 Lismire

On Sunday last we travelled to Ballyclough to take on Lismire in the preliminary round of the County Junior B football championship.

Conditions were wet windy and very cold, and Lismire played with the wind advantage for the first half and we  limited them to just a single point. The sore at half time was Lismire 0-01 Abbey Rovers 0-02.

With a strong breeze at our back in the second half we got straight down to business and Mick Linehan was quick off the mark to register the first score of the second half followed by Muris that resulted with another white flag.

The decisive blow came about 10 minutes into the second half, a free just outside the 21 yard line after Wesley Walshe was fouled about 50 times; Mick Linehan stepped up for the free and with lots of dip the ball sailed in over the goal keepers head and gave us a healthy lead of 1-03 to 0-01.

The final score was Abbey Rovers 1-07 – Lismire 0-04.

Panel: Mick Divine, Will Madden, Batts, Tom Barrett, Pat Madden, Harry O’Farrell, Shay Mullane, Richard Relihan, Muris Browne (0-03), Wesley Walshe, Tom O’Shea (0-1), Owen Noonan, Mick Linehan (1-03), David Relihan and Tony Murphy. Subs used: Richard Relihan for Batts, Adrian Butler for Tony Murphy, David Butler for Tom Shea, James Lad for David Relihan and Mick Ryan.

TRAINING / FIXTURES

Division 3 Football League – Friday, April 12: Ballyclough v Abbey Rover in Ballyclough, 7pm.

Training continues every Tuesday and Friday night at 7.30pm in the pitch unless otherwise notified, all are welcome.

LOTTO

Next draw on April 22 at The Rock Forest Bar for a jackpot of €20,000.

CONGRATULATIONS

The club would like to congratulate Mick Devine and Natasha who were recently married and also Justin Murphy who recently refereed his first league game for the club.