HL Div 3: Kildalkey go down at the Village

May 02, 2023

Kildalkey's Padraig Geoghegan

Kildalkey 2-9 Rathmolyon 2-15

Kildalkey travelled the short journey to Rathmolyon on Sunday morning for the next round of the Division 3HL.

After a good win midweek against Kells, Kildalkey were optimistic of another 2 points but it was Rathmolyon who went in at the break ahead 1-6 to 0-5 .

Mattie Cully hit 3 frees and 2 from play in that first half and was Kildalkey’s only scorer as Rathmolyon capitalised on a few mistakes. The second half was Rathmolyons as they scored a goal early on and also hit some lovely points as the heavy rain came down Luke Rickard Shane Reilly and Sean Heavey all hit points for Kildalkey .

Kelvin lynch scored a good goal to keep his team’s hopes alive but Rathmolyon replied in

kind as the points kept coming 

Mattie Cully pointed another free and 

Podger Geoghegan scored a late late goal but Rathmolyon weren’t going to be denied as the finished up 2-15 to 2-9 winners on the day 

Kildalkey team and scorers: C Barry, S Reilly (0-1), B Coffey, T Bird, M Rickard, B Kelly, M Doran, R Byas, P Geoghegan (1-0), K Lynch (1-0), L Rickard(0-1), B Rickard, M Cully (0-6)(4f), W Power, N McNally 

Subs: C Colhoun for Coffey, S Heavey (0-1) for Power, A Rickard for B Rickard, C McGourty for R Byas, K Murray for B Kelly


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