ACFL Division 1
Kickhams 5-11 to Rossa 0-05
A brilliant goal by Dominic McAteer in the 5th minute of the opening half sent Kickham’s Creggan on their way to a facile victory over a depleted Rossa side in Creggan on Wednesday night
On a great night for football it was Rossa who registered the opening point in the 2nd minute before Conor Small replied with his first of the evening quickly followed by a brilliant individual goal from Dominic Mc Ateer.
Colm Fleming responded with Rossa’s second point but slowly Kickham’s took control with Kealan McCann kicking 2 excellent long range points and then on 12 minutes Jake Mc Ateer ghosted in to the edge of the box and blasted to the net.
Conor Small, Sean Duffin, Joe and Dominic McAteer were proving a handful in attack and with Paddy McAuley controlling midfield the home side really upped the tempo and in an 8 minute spell Conor Small helped himself to 2 goals and 2 points.
Colm Fleming scored the third and last point of the half for Rossa before Dominic Mc Ateer hit his second goal in the 29th minute to leave the score at half time Kickhams 5-05 to Rossa 0-03.
Given their first half display it was always going to be difficult to keep that tempo going in the second half but the hard working Tiernan McLarnon added 2 points in the 6th and 15th minutes and Conor Small added 2 more points by the end of the third quarter.
Rossa kept plugging away and were rewarded with 2 more Colm Fleming points but Kickham’s two danger men Dominic McAteer and Conor Small kicked the last 2 points of the evening to leave their side convincing winners