Simonstown 3—8 (0—6) Summerhill 2—15.(0—7)
A goal with the last kick of game ensured Summerhill took the Div 1 League points on offer in Simonstown on Tuesday night. The hosts started brightly with Briain Conlon,Tadgh Hanrahan winning ball at midfield and directing their passes to Luke Caffrey and Aaron Farrelly who had the better of their markers and were being fouled. Padraig McKeever converted two frees and Ben Hoey one. Luke Caffrey himself clipped over from a mark and Simonstown were in front 0—4 to 0—1 after ten minutes. Sean Tobin and Josh Carolan were late withdrawals due to injury for the Navan men.
Aaron Farrelly wriggled free from several Summerhill defenders and slotted over. The Hill then had a period dominance and with Barry Dardis on free taking duty (3fs)they went into a 0—7 to 0—5 lead by the twenty eight minute. McKeever with a free completed the first half scoring to see Summerhill leading 0—7 to 0—6 at the break.
The second started with good Simonstown play as Luke Caffrey set up Aaron Farrelly whose shot was saved by the goalie but the inrushing Padraig McKeever finish the rebound to the net to put Simons 1—6 to 0—8 in front four minutes. The Hill levelled with a point from play. A low ball into the Summerhill square was met by Luke Caffrey and he set up Farrelly who finished to the net to put Simons 2—6 to 0—9 in front with thirty six minutes on the clock. Three minutes later Summerhill were level when Kevin Ryan bursting through the middle collected an astute pass and sent a rocket to net. The momentum was now with the Hill and they added five points including a free and 45 while P McKeever clipped over a free and Ben Hoey a mark see the scorebaord reading Summerhill leading by three 1—14. Simonstown 2—8 with twenty three minutes on clock. A centre into the Summerhill square was met by Aaron Farrelly among a clutter of defenders and he fisted to the net and the teams were level Sims 3—8 Sumhill 1—14 with four minutes left. A Summerhill attacked yielded a point and as Simonstown threw everyone into attack to find an equaliser, a sharp counter attack by the Hill resulted in a goal by corner back John Lavelle with the last kick of the game and leave four points between the teams. Final Score Simons 3—8 Summerhill 2—15 .
Simons;
R.Burlingham.., Mark Devlin, Stephen Moran, Aaron Chinchilla,..Brian McGrath, Briain Conlon, David Mckeever...Shane barry, Tadgh Hanrahan,...Shane McEnery, Ben Hoey(0—2)45,M...Jimmy Heanay...Luke Caffrey(0—1)M, Padraig McKeever(1—4)4f, Aaron Farrelly(2—1)...
Subs; Eoghan Gough/S.McEnery..David Kavanagh/T.Hanrahan...Peter Duffy/L.Caffrey..
*****Summerhill; Sean Muddiman,...Ben Moran, Iarla Hughes, John Lavelle,...Padraig Geraghty, Jack Davies, Jamie O Shea...Adam Flanagan, Diarmuid McCabe,... David Larkin, Kevin Lyons, Kevin Ryan...Conor Frayne, Sean Dalton, Darry Dardis...
