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County Senior Football League, Division 2, Round 8.

Templenoe 1-11, Beaufort 1-09.

Templenoe earned another two valuable county league points at home against Beaufort on a damp evening in round 8 of the competition. Ironically, it was the hosts first win on home soil in this year’s county league. Templenoe had to do it the hard way though, trailing by five with eleven minutes of normal time remaining, but credit to the players they kept battling, and came good when it mattered most to defy the odds.

Beaufort started the brighter with Sean O’Brien and Liam Carey putting them two points to the good inside the opening five minutes. Beaufort dominated the exchanges in the first quarter but failed to make it count on the scoreboard, hitting at least five wides in this spell. At the other end, Templenoe had chances too, but their efforts were either dropping short or going wide. Liam Carey with a point from play and a point from a mark extended the visitors lead to four points, before Templenoe finally raised their first white flag of the evening through Sean Sheehan twenty minutes in. Further points immediately followed with Stephen O’Sullivan and Aidan Crowley both landing frees to make it 0-03 to 0-04 after twenty-three minutes. Beaufort upped the ante again to pull three points clear courtesy of Kieran Dennehy and Ronan Murphy, but Templenoe were keeping with them and responded with Aidan Crowley slotting over his second free.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 0-04, Beaufort 0-06.

Shortly after the restart, Colin Crowley brought Templenoe back to within a point of the visitors kicking a lovely long range score. The game then entered another period of stalemate, but this time it was mostly Templenoe that were guilty of squandering chances up front. Beaufort’s Fergal Hallissey made no such mistakes with two converted frees in the 41^st and 44^th minutes. Stephen O’Sullivan eventually ended Templenoe scoring drought with a free to reduce the margin back to two points mid-way through the second half. Soon after the match took a dramatic turn, when Beaufort were awarded a penalty after Sean O’Brien was adjudged to have been fouled. Centre forward Danny Healy dispatched the spot kick with aplomb to make it 0-6 to 1-08. The hosts reply was imminent with Sean Sheehan using his experience well to calmly pop over a point and keep the home side in contention. Stephen O’Sullivan added another free, but then Beaufort substitute Jonathan Kissane looked to have sealed Templenoe faith with point to make it 0-08 to 1-09 with only five minutes of normal time left to play. Then came the fight back, with Kieran McCarthy getting forward to split the posts, before a great team move started by Stephen O’Sullivan ended with a fist pass across the square with Josh Crowley Holland rising highest to palm the ball to the net. Suddenly the score was 1-09 apiece. Templenoe sensed blood and less than a minute later Brian Crowley put the hosts in front for the first time after 57 minutes of play. Beaufort came close to equalizing, but it just wasn’t their night, Aidan Crowley secured the win with the last kick of the game from a placed ball.

Final Score: Templenoe 1-11, Beaufort 1-09.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Stephen O’Sullivan 0-03 (3f), Aidan Crowley 0-03 (3f), Josh Crowley Holland 1-00, Sean Sheehan 0-02, Colin Crowley 0-01, Kieran McCarthy 0-01, Brian Crowley 0-01.

Beaufort: Liam Carey 0-03 (1f), Danny Healy 1-00 (1-00p), Fergal Hallissey 0-02 (2f), Sean O’Brien 0-01, Kieran Dennehy 0-01, Ronan Murphy 0-01, Jonathan Kissane 0-01.

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Kieran McCarthy, Kieran O’Neill, John Moriarty, Mark Casey, Joseph Sheahan, Brian Crowley, Sean Sheehan, Josh Crowley Holland, Colin Crowley, Danny Cahalane, John Rice, Stephen O’Sullivan, Aidan Crowley, Hugh Granville.

Subs used: Michael F O’Connor,

Beaufort: Sean Coffey, Kieran O’Sullivan, Ger Hartnett, Sean Kelliher, Sean O’Brien, Ethan Coffey, Ian McGillicuddy, Nathan Breen, Ronan Murphy, Fergal Hallissey, Danny Healy, Jack O’Connor, Padraig Doona, Liam Carey, Kieran Dennehy.

Subs used: Darragh Dennehy, Jonathan Kissane.

Senior Football Division 2