Garvey’s County Senior Football Championship, Quarter-Final.
Templenoe 0-09, Dingle 1-16.
Templenoe bowed out of the county senior championship last Sunday in Fitzgerald Stadium after a powerful second half display from Dingle saw them safety through to the last four.
Templenoe started very well and had the first two scores of the contest courtesy of Killian Spillane and John Rice with a long-range effort. Dingle replied with Niall Geaney splitting the posts before John Rice put over a second point from distance. But Dingle were now starting to settle into the game and had three of the next four scores with two of their county players Paul Geaney (2) and Tom O’Sullivan reducing the margin to one point before the end of the first quarter. In between Mark Casey was on target with his effort for Templenoe. The score after 15 minutes of play was Templenoe 0-04, Dingle 0-03.
Soon after Paul Geaney levelled the scores, before his counterpart at the other end Killian Spillane fired over three points on the trot to put Templenoe three points ahead with 22 minutes played. Templenoe were good value for their lead at that stage and hopes were high that Templenoe could keep it going and be there or there abouts by the final whistle. However, it was Dingle who had the better finish to the first half with Dylan Geaney (2), Paul Geaney and Matthew Flaherty all chipping in to flip the lead in their favour just before the break. Templenoe did put together a few attacks in between but crucially they failed manufacture scores.
Half Time Score: Templenoe 0-07, Dingle 0-08.
At the restart Dingle immediately laid down a marker for the second half with Barry Dan O’Sullivan extending their lead with a white flag, before Paul Geaney added two more to put Dingle four points clear. Then Templenoe suffered a scare when Cathal Bambury fisted a dropped short free from Paul Geaney to the net, but the goal was disallowed after the referee adjudged that Bambury was in the square. Killian Spillane ended a 16 minutes scoring drought for Templenoe with a pointed free to keep Templenoe well in the contest. However, minutes later Templenoe would endure a double whammy that effectively put the game to bed by the end of the third quarter. The first of which was a goal for Dingle’s Paul Geaney that came about from a turnover and this time the goal stood despite protests as to whether the turnover in the lead up was legit. This made the score 0-08, 1-11. The second sucker punch came when Josh Crowley Holland was issued a second yellow card which reduce Templenoe to 14.
Killian Spillane did pull one score back with a pointed free but try as they might Templenoe never really looked getting a badly need goal to bring them back into the game. Instead, Dingle pushed on and comfortably closed the game out with Cathal Bambury, Tadhg Browne, Paul Geaney (2) and Niall Geaney all finding the range to book their spot in the county semi-final.
Final Score: Templenoe 0-09, Dingle 1-16.
Templenoe senior footballers are now finished for another year, so well done to all the players and management who have continued to do the club proud by reaching the last eight of the county championship for the fifth year in a row and staying up in the Division 2 which was a key objective. Templenoe were also very close to making to the semi-final stage of the County Club Championshipa and only narrowly missing out.
Scorers:
Dingle: Paul Geaney 1-07 (3f), Niall Geaney 0-02, Dylan Geaney 0-02, Tom O’Sullivan 0-01, Matthew Flaherty 0-01, Barry Dan O’Sullivan 0-01, Cathal Bambury 0-01, Tadhg Browne 0-01.
Templenoe: Killian Spillane 0-06 (4f), John Rice 0-02, Mark Casey 0-01.
Wides:
Templenoe: 4
Dingle: 3
Teams:
Templenoe: Mark Looney, Michael Hallissey, Kieran O’Neill, John Rice, Mark Casey, Tadhg Morley, Kieran McCarthy, Sean Sheehan, Gavin Crowley, Colin Crowley, Josh Crowley Holland, Adrian Spillane, Killian Spillane, Daniel Crowley, Aidan Crowley.
Subs Used: Patrick Clifford, John Spillane.
Dingle: Gavin H Curran, Tom O’Sullivan, Connor O’Sullivan, Michael Flannery, Brian O’Connor, Darragh O’Sullivan, Tom Leo O’Sullivan, Barry Dan O’Sullivan, Billy O’Connor, Brian Devane, Matthew Flaherty, Niall Geaney, Dylan Geaney, Paul Geaney, Tadhg Browne.
Subs Used: Cathal Bambury, Conor Flannery, Sean Og Moran, Eoghan de Hora, Brendan Kelliher.
Referee: Eamonn Moran (Ballydonoghue)
