THE D TEAM. Austin Stacks 5-14; Scartaglin 1-1.
We have official permission to name them the D Team and what a performance they gave in their very first outing in the Club’s 106 year history. Team Mentors Shane and Liam Lynch and Eamonn O’Reilly will be well satisfied with the performance they gave on a sunny, warm afternoon in Connolly Park (16th April).
Scartaglin opened the scoring with a point from play inside the first minute and that was the only score they got from play during the course of the game. Now it has to be said that most of the Scart boys were at a wedding the day before and some of them were collected from Ballygarry Hotel on their way in to Connolly Park. Playing 13 a side we also used three subs and nine of our 16 players got on the score sheet. We led at half time by 3-8 to 0-1.
Scarts only score in the second half was from a penalty goal in the 39th minute while we added a further 2-6 to our first half total.
Team: (13 a-side). Brian Horgan, John Murphy, Joe Reidy (0-2), Ruairí O’Connell, (No Number 5), Ciarán O’Connell, Luke Casey (2-0), Dean Rusk (0-1), Luke Chester (0-1), Evan Foley (1-4), Noah Townsend, Seán Moynihan (0-1), Damien Hogan (1-0), Dean Scanlon. No Number 15.
Subs used: Donagh McKivergan (23m) (1-4 – one free), Gavin Slattery (ht) (0-1), Ger Teahon (ht).
After missing our opening Co. League outing away to Duagh a few weeks ago (an unplayable pitch in Duagh due to the adverse weather) we are now due to travel to Beaufort for around 3 game on the week-end of 6th May.
After the match Evan Foley with 1-5 from play was awarded the Celsius MOTM. Pictured here receiving his prize from Team Manager Eamonn O’Reilly after the game. Our thanks as always to the lads at Celsius for their ongoing support of all things Austin Stacks.
