Senior League Div 3B v Aghamore match report
Davitts 2-11 Aghamore 0-17
Davitts and Aghamore met in the first round of the Senior League Div 3B in Ballindine on Sunday and while both sides could legitimately claim that they should have won, a draw was probably the fairest outcome after a well-fought encounter.
The visitors started well and had four points on the board before wing-back Tom Corless opened Davitts account with a ninth minute point. Ronan Kelly shot another Davitts point in the 11th minute. A 13th minute Aghamore point was matched by Davey Hennessy two minutes later. Ronan Kelly narrowed the deficit to the minimum in the 19th minute but Aghamore sent over six unanswered points before half-time to lead by 0-11 to 0-4 at the break.
Davitts sub Darragh McGale pointed in the first minute of the second half but Aghamore responded well with a two-pointer and two single points to go ten points clear after 38 minutes. Davitts then got a major lift when Jack Devane fired home a brilliant goal after good approach work by Thomas Ronayne, Darragh McGale and Danny Corless. Points from Ronan Kelly, Davey Hennessy (2) and Tom Corless in the 44th, 45th, 47th and 54th minutes left just three between the teams and if Davitts shooting had been better they possibly could have been leading at this stage. Aghamore lifted the siege with another point in the 57th minute but a second Jack Devane goal, a carbon copy of his earlier one, created by Ronan McNamara, Danny Corless and Ronan Kelly, left just a point separating the teams. Wing-back Burke Briere levelled the match in the 60th minute. Aghamore thought they had won it when they pointed two minutes into injury-time but Davitts rallied and young Ronan Kelly held his nerve to point an awkward free-in to ensure a share of the spoils.
Jordan Flanagan, Tom Corless, Donie Ronayne, Burke Briere, Ronan Kelly, Danny Corless, Ronan McNamara, Davey Hennessy, Jack Devane and Darragh McGale played well for a battling Davitts team.
Davitts: Joe Prendergast, Ben Corless, Jordan Flanagan, Sean Keadin, Tom Corless (0-2), Donie Ronayne, Burke Briere (0-1), Ronan Kelly (0-4), Sean Clarke, Danny Corless, Liam Kearns, Fionn McTigue, Brian Eagney, Ronan McNamara, Davey Hennessy (0-3). Subs used: Thomas Ronayne, Darragh McGale (0-1), Jack Devane (2-0), John Kilkenny, Brian Birmingham.
