Belgooly far too strong

Belgooly      2-11    Garnish 2-5

(JJ Hurley)

Belgooly simply blew Garnish away in the second half of the McCarthy Insurance Group Confined Junior B FC Championship in Dunmanway on Saturday.

Despite leading by 2-3 to 0-5 at the interval, the West Cork side had no answer to the Carrigdhoun team in the second period as Ryan Long led the line with a goal and two points.

Notching up just two points in the second half, Garnish were in all sorts of trouble as Long, and Joe O’ Sullivan hit the net twice in the second half.

In truth, Belgooly failed to take three gilt edge chances for green flags in the opening half as Joe O’ Sullivan (2), Ronan Power all came close.

Despite opening with the first score, Belgooly found themselves trailing after ten minutes by 2-2 to 0-3, as Garnish had twice carved opened the Carrigdhoun side’s defence.

However, some outstanding defending from Sean Kiely had settled his team’s nerves as they began to take control of the game, with Conor O’Donovan deadly in front of the posts, adding two points as the score board read 2-3 to 0-5 to the men from the West at the break.

It was all one-way traffic for the second half as Belgooly pushed home their advantage, the O’Donovan brothers, Conor and Eoin, aided by Long and helped by an impressive Liam Og O’ Riordan were pulling the strings.

DJ Cotter pushed up from the back and was rewarded with two points but with goals on 35 and 50 minutes from Long and O’Sullivan, Garnish had no answer to Belgooly but they did score a late consolation point.

Belgooly  now face a tough encounter with Ballyphehane in the next game of the round robin stage of the contest 

  Scorer for Belgooly: R Long 1-2 (1F) C O’ Donovan 0-4 (1F), D J Cotter 0-2,  J O’ Sullivan, A Daly E O’ Donovan 0-1 each.

Garnish: E Murphy, A O’ Sullivan 1-1 each, J O’Dwyer, T Millen, S O’Sullivan, 0-1 each.  

Teams:

Belgooly: C Crowly; S Kiely, D Walsh, F Walsh; D J Cotter, N O’Sullivan, D O’Callaghan; G O’ Riordan, L O’Riordan; E O’ Donovan, R Long, C O’ Donovan; A Daly, R Power, J O’Sullivan.

Subs J O’ Regan

Garnish Island:  E O’Neill; M O’Leary, B Walsh, D O’Sullivan; K O’Sullivan, E Murphy, J O’Sullivan; T O’Sullivan, A O’Sullivan, C McCarthy, S O’ Sullivan, T Millen; C Collins, J O’ Dwyer, N Jeisy.

Sus R Maher

Referee Olan O’ Donovan. Clonakilty

Belgooly take points in Dumanway