Ballinlough 4-15  Syddan  2-11

Ballinlough turned on the style in the semi final of the Corn na Boinne at Carlanstown on Thursday night.

In their first outing since loosing the IFC final the ‘Lough were in control from start to finish. Goals in the first half from Ronan McGuiness and Simon Deevey left Syddan with a mountain to climb. With Peader Byrne on target with the free taking and Sean Geraghty working tirelessly the Reds were fluent in attack and went in at half time 2-10 to 0-07 ahead .

Brian Donohoe‘s men continued to push on in the second half and a spectacular goal was blasted to the Syddan net by Mark McCullen ten minutes later. With Emmet Smith working hard and the Reds full back line tenacious Syddan were finding it hard to make progress but to their credit never gave up and were rewarded with two well taken goals late in the game.

Man of the match Ronan McGuiness put away the ‘Lough ‘s fourth goal in clinical fashion to leave thoughts of a final yet again in supporters minds. Others to impress on the night were Johnny Reilly, Benjy Smith, Derek Muldoon and Lorcan Maguire. 

Ballinlough: D Muldoon, R Farrell, P Muldoon, M Farrell, E Smith, L Maguire, J Reilly, S Geraghty, T McCullen , M Geraghty, R McGuiness, M McCullen, B Smith, S Deevey, P Byrne. Subs used : C Briody, P Briody, N Farrelly, E McCabe 

Syddan Report

BALLINLOUGH 4-15 SYDDAN 2-11

Ballinlough showed no ill effects from their recent defeat in the intermediate decider as they registered an impressive Corn na Boinne semi-final win in their first outing since the loss to Longwood at Carlanstown on Thursday night.

Syddan who scored a big win over Dunderry in a quarter final tie never led at any stage and their chances of making the decider were all but over at half-time after they conceded 2-4 in the final 10 minutes of the half. It left Ballinlough leading 2-10 to 0-7 at the break and Syddan never threatened to make inroads into that deficit in the second half.

With Peadar Byrne on target with four points Ballinlough built up a 0-6 to 0-3 lead by the 16th minute. However that lead was down to the minimum following scores from Daire Rowe and Michael Fedigan (both frees).

Byrne doubled his sides advantage before Ballinlough struck for the opening goal, a simple slap in from Simon Deevey on 21 minutes. Ballinlough piled on the scores with Byrne, Ronan McGuinness and Sean Geraghty all pointing before Tommy McCullen struck for a second goal on 29 minutes.

Syddan only managed two points in that same period, both scored by Kevin Traynor.

Daire Rowe converted two frees within four minutes of the restart but in between those scores Ballinlough pounced for another goal, from Mark McCullen.

Rowe converted another brace of frees and when he cut in from the left wing before finishing low to the net on 50 minutes it left the scoreboard reading 3-12 to 1-11.

That was as close as Syddan got however as a wayward pass was punished by a fourth goal from Ronan McGuinness on 51 minutes.

Sean Clare accounted for Syddan's second goal before the winners rounded off an excellent display with late points from Johnny Reilly and sub Conor Briody.

BALLINLOUGH - Derek Muldoon; Robbie Farrell, Padraig Muldoon, Matty Farrell; Emmet Smith, Michael Geraghty 0-1, Johnny Reilly 0-1; Lorcan Maguire 0-1, Tommy McCullen 1-0; Sean Geraghty 0-1, Ronan McGuinness 1-2, Mark McCullen 1-0; Benji Smith, Simon Deevey 1-0, Peadar Byrne 0-8 (6f). Sub: Conor Briody 0-1.

SYDDAN - Peter Sheehy; Mark Fedigan 0-1, Ronan Mooney, Kevin Garland; Stuart Fedigan 0-1, Andrew Garland, Michael Fedigan 0-1f; Sean Clare 1-0, Cathal Dardis; Graham Garland, Kevin Traynor 0-2, Gary McManus; Cormac Rowe, Daire Rowe 1-5 (5f), Padraic Dillon 0-1. Subs - Jack Reid for Dardis, Gary Farrelly for McManus, Stephen Tallon for S Fedigan, Ben Bashford for K Garland, Ben Blakemore for G Garland, Robbie Farrelly for Dillon.

REF - Liam Reddy (Duleek-Bellewstown)

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