IFC Group 2 Round 2
Glenavy 0-16 St. Teresa’s 1-7
St. Joseph’s Glenavy have one foot in the IFC quarter finals following their second win in 4 days when they overcame the challenge of St. Teresa’s at Chapel Hill on Saturday evening.
On Wednesday night St. Joseph’s travelled to Gort na Mona and recorded a good Group 2 opening day win and they produced some of that good form against the men from the Glen Road.
The home side held the upper hand for most of the hour and raced into an early two point lead through full-forward, James Gallagher who was causing early problems on the edge of the square.
Pierce O’Rawe replied for St. Teresa’s with an excellent point from distance and Fergal Henry and Anto Taylor exchanged further points to leave it 0-3 to 0-2 with8 minutes gone.
Henry extended the St. Joseph’s lead from a free and the number 15 was to have an increasing influence on the game as it proceeded.
John Mallon pulled one back for the Glen Road side as Owen Gallagher limped out of the contest to be replaced by his brother Dominic and the scoring dried up for a spell as the slow build up by the visitors frustrated the home side.
Unfortunately for St. Teresa’s these long periods of possession did not produce the scoring opportunities they were aiming for and it was Glenavy corner-backRuairi Forester who got forward for the next point with 2 minutes remaining.
Those final minutes would prove most beneficial to the home side with the impressive Fergal Henry tagging on two fine points to move his side 0-7 to 0-3 ahead in a low scoring opening half.
It was Henry who once again led the Glenavy charge on the restart as he hit the opening two points of the half to move his side 7 ahead by the 2nd minute and it was difficult to see where the St. Teresa’s score were going to come from.
Come they did however as they began to enjoy a period of ascendancy with John Mallon punishing the breech of the 3 player rule with a point and Anton Taylor followed with an excellent point from play.
The Glen Road side continued to hold the upper hand at this stage of the game and an excellent build up involving several players saw Eoghan Hamill finish to the net in the 10th minute and there was now only two between the sides.
They failed to build on this early period of dominance however as Glenavy slowly regained control with Fintan O’Boyle, Finn Shannon and roving corner-back, Ruairi Forester, with his second of the evening, moving the Chapel Hill men five clear again by the 20th minute.
Both sides rang he changes at this stage as John Mallon responded from a free but it was Glenavy who were calling the shots with |Fergal Henry from a free and James Gallagher putting it out of reach of the opposition whose final point of the game came from Eoghan Hamill.
This win puts Glenavy in a strong position to top the group and an even stronger one to qualify for the quarter-finals while St. Teresa’s might well have to win their remaining two games to ensure qualification.
St. Teresa’s entertain Gort na Mona on Friday 15th August while Glenavy are at home to Daviit’s the following day.
Glenavy: 1 Matthew Lawlor, 2 Timmy Honeyford, 3 Darragh Doherty, 4 Ruairi Forester, 5 Pearse O’Neill, 6 Conor Hamill, 7 Ryan Phillips, 8 Ciaran Loney, 9 Michael Johnston, 10 Owen Gallagher, 11 Fintan O’Boyle, 12 Patrick Gallagher, 13 Finn Shannon, 14 James Gallagher, 15 Fergal Henry
Subs: Dominic Gallagher for Owen Gallagher, Darragh Armstrong, Michael McCourt, Ben McCambridge
St. Teresa’s: 1 Mark Small, 2 Ryan Mallon, 3 Paul Johnston, 4 Aodhan Dougan, 5 Pierce O’Rawe, 6 Eoin Connolly, 7 Conor O’Rawe, 8 Darren McCann, 9 Sean Maguire, 10 John Mallon, 11 Paul McGoldrick, 12 Niall McCann, 13 Eoghan Hamill, 14 Anton Taylor, 15 Colm McGoldrick
Subs: Robbie Gallagher, Philip Maguire, Matthew Mallon
Referee: Seamus Shannon, Rossa
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