Davitts 1-12  Ardnaree 0-3

Davitts senior team made it two wins from three games in Div 1A of the league on Saturday evening when they defeated Ardnaree by twelve points in Ballindine. An extremely slippery surface and the greasy ball made conditions quite difficult but the home side adapted better and ran out the comfortable winners.

Davitts played with the advantage of the breeze in the first half and had points from Ciaran Treacy, Dylan Gallagher (2), Shane Treacy and a classy two-pointer from Tommy Waldron on the board before Ardnaree opened their account with a 16^th minute point. A Cathal Corless point in the 21^st minute and a 26^th minute reply from the visitors left Davitts ahead by 0-7 to 0-2 at the break. Ardnaree were playing well in that second quarter but poor shooting and the tenacious defending of the home side made life very difficult for the North Mayo team’s attack.

Ardnaree had lots of possession in the opening ten minutes of the second half but were restricted to just a single point in the 38^th minute. Davitts pushed on and the excellent Dylan Gallagher pointed two minutes later. In the 42^nd minute Davitts’ dynamic wing-back Tommy Waldron got on the end of a slick move involving Mark Birmingham, Sean Keadin and Dylan Gallagher, to finish a great goal and put the home team firmly in command. Points followed via Dylan Gallagher, Ciaran Treacy and Ronan Kelly (2) as Davitts saw the game out impressively.

Dylan O Brien, Cathal Higgins, Tommy Waldron, Jack Melvin, Mark Birmingham, Shane Treacy, Cathal Corless, Andy Peters and Dylan Gallagher were most impressive for Davitts.

Davitts: Dylan O Brien, Patrick Keadin, Cathal Higgins, Brian Birmingham, Tommy Waldron (1-2), Thomas Ronayne, Sean Keadin, Jack Melvin, Charlie Phillips, Mark Birmingham, Shane Treacy (0-1), Cathal Corless (0-1), Dylan Gallagher (0-4), Andy Peters, Ciaran Treacy (0-2). Subs used: Jordan Flanagan, Ronan Kelly (0-2), Jack Devane, Tom Corless, Danny Corless.