Garrymore 3-12 Mayo Gaels 1-10
Garrymore defeated a youthful Mayo Gaels on a score line of 3-12 to 1-10 in the second round of the county Junior b Championship played in a very wet and windy Garrymore on Tuesday evening. In an entertaining and lively first half the Gaels fought back from a poor start to leave a halftime score of Garrymore 2-5 Mayo Gaels 1-6. The Gaels goal coming from Damien Quinn following excellent work from Alan Morris and Liam Duggan.
Mayo Gaels got the first score of the second half with a point from James McGing however in the following ten minutes Garrymore responded with an unanswered 1-3 and it was these scores that ultimately determining the outcome of the game. The Gaels battled hard for the remainder of the half and were unfortunate not to have taken one of several excellent goal scoring chances that presented themselves in the closing minutes of the game.
Mayo Gaels team: Eammon Malee, Brian Heneghan, Brian Moran, Aaron Connor, Kevin Jordan, Liam Duggan, James McGing, Adrian Heneghan, Alan Morris, Jonathan Griffin, PJ Larkin, Damien Quinn, Joe Gilroy. Subs: Allyn Brett for Joe Gilroy.