Minor League Division 1

Ballymote/Bunninadden 0-16 Owenmore Gaels 3-7

Kyle Taheny at Bunninadden Community Park

Ballymote/Bunninadden scored a point with the last kick of the game to level the tie in a topsy-turvy, physical game played in Bunninadden this evening.

The Gaels started the brighter but failed to capitalise, dropping the first few kicks into the keepers hands from scorable positions. Ballymote/Bunninadden took encouragement from this and raced into a 5 point lead. It wasn’t until the 18th minute that the Gaels opened their account, with Kevin Healy converting a free kick. Both teams traded points over the next few minutes and on 27 minutes, the Gaels were reduced to 14 men with Derek Lynch dismissed. The half ended with a fantastic point from 40 metres out on the right sideline by Jack Foley, leaving the score 0-8 to 0-4 in favour of the home team

The second half started more evenly, with neither team adding to the score, before Kevin Healy had to leave the field of play due to a nasty injury. Shortly after this, the game burst into life, with Aaron Walsh finding the net. The home team responded with scores of their own before Rolly Anderson finished off a great team move with a goal. Walsh quickly added his second and the Gael’s third. As the half neared thirty minutes, Owenmore Gaels found themselves in a four point lead. There was enough injury time however for Bunninadden/Ballymote to claw back and level the game.

Overall it was a great battling team performance, with the Gaels showing great​ character to play the game for so long with fourteen men and could and perhaps should have taken the two points in the end. Wishing a speedy recovery for Kevin Healy.

Owenmore Gaels: D O’Grady, E Willis, J Duffy, M Walsh, R Anderson, R Conneely, B McPartland, J Foley, D Lynch, K Healy (C Tonry), O Geraghy, S Fallon, D Mahon, R Trill, A Walsh