De La Salle turned on the style at Walsh Park on
Sunday afternoon to record a comprehensive victory over Roanmore.
The game was over as a contest after just over a
quarter of an hour by which time De La Salle held a 3-5 to 0-3 lead with John
Mullane, Jake Dillon and John Keane all finding the net.
In the second half the 2008 and 2010 County and
Munster Champions through substitute Thomas Kearney added a fourth goal which
helped them to a 4-23 to 0-9 victory.
Mount Sion on Friday evening recorded their first win in
this year’s championship when they had six points to spare over Tallow at
Fraher Field.
Despite first half goals from Sean Ryan and Martin
O’Neill, the Monastery Men trailed at the break but in the second half superbly
lead by Martin O’Neill and Ian O’Regan, they put in a near faultless
performance proving to be the better side and running out winners on a 2-15 to
0-15 scoreline.
At Walsh Park on Friday evening, Ballygunner got
their quest to put back to back titles together back on track with a win over
Passage.
Goals from Eoin Kelly had helped Passage to a 2-7
to 0-5 lead at the break but with Shane Power in fine form finding the range at
regular intervals, the Gunners did enough in the second half to secure a 1-16
to 2-11 victory.
In the first game at Fraher Field on Saturday
evening in far from ideal conditions, Fourmilewater even without the services
of Shane Walsh in their starting line out proved too strong for last years
intermediate champions Dunhill. Leading 0-13 to 0-2 at the break, Fourmilewater
let up somewhat in the second half and ran out comfortable winners on a 0-18 to
1-11 scoreline.
In the second game at Fraher Field on Saturday
evening, Lismore and Abbeyside ended in stalemate. Lismore at the break lead
0-9 to 0-4 but in the second half Abbeyside faired much better and with time
almost up actually lead the Cathedral Town men.
In added time Dan Shanahan looked as if he had won
the game for Lismore when he finished to the net but the score was ruled out
after the former hurler of the year was adjudged to be in the square before the
ball. However seconds later he again used his height and strength in around the
square to win a penalty for his side which younger brother Maurice put over the
cross bar for a share of the spoils.
The best game of the weekend and possibly the best
played in this years championship this year was the final game of the weekend
when Ballyduff Upper and Dungarvan clashed at Fraher Field.
In ideal weather conditions, the supporters of both
sides and from across West Waterford turned up expecting to see a good game and
they were not to be disappointed.
Cormac Curran was to prove to be Dungarvan’s hero
in this game hitting thirteen points for his side. For Ballyduff Upper they had
a real hero in Adrian Power. The former inter county panel member will have
hurling anoraks searching their records to see when a goal keeper last scored
three goals in a championship match which Adrian Power did here in his last
game for the club before he heads to live in the United States for the
foreseeable future. His impressive display was not all about his scoring of
goals, one of which was from a penalty and the other two from twenty metre
frees. In the second half he went very high to pull a Cormac Curran effort from
a free sailing over the crossbar.
With four rounds of the championship played, there
is just three teams assured of a place in the knockout stages of the
championship, Fourmilewater, Lismore and De La Salle. For the other nine, the
results of their games, coupled with that of others, will determine what clubs
will reach the quarter final stages of the championship, what teams will secure
their senior status for 2013 and what two clubs will have to fight to retain
their place.
League Tables and Next Fixtures
Group One
Lismore
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
78
|
69
|
9
|
6
|
Dungarvan
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
81
|
71
|
10
|
5
|
Abbeyside
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
65
|
66
|
-1
|
4
|
Ballygunner
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
58
|
61
|
-3
|
4
|
Passage
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
76
|
81
|
-5
|
3
|
Ballyduff
Upper
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
65
|
75
|
-10
|
2
|
Ballyduff Upper
|
V
|
Abbeyside
|
11/08/2012
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Passage
|
V
|
Dungarvan
|
11/08/2012
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Ballygunner
|
V
|
Lismore
|
11/08/2012
|
Venues to be announced.
Group Two
Fourmilewater
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
78
|
46
|
32
|
8
|
De La
Salle
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
105
|
52
|
53
|
6
|
Tallow
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
62
|
85
|
-23
|
3
|
Roanmore
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
50
|
89
|
-39
|
3
|
Mount Sion
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
71
|
82
|
-11
|
2
|
Dunhill
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
65
|
77
|
-12
|
2
|
De La Salle
|
V
|
-
|
Dunhill
|
11/08/2012
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Mount Sion
|
V
|
-
|
Roanmore
|
11/08/2012
| ||||
Tallow
|
V
|
-
|
Fourmilewater
|
11/08/2012
|
Venues to be announced.
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