Boardsmill 4-14 St Mary’s 3-13

The large crowd that turned up at a well appointed Cortown were treated to a very entertaining game of football between two sides that will have their eye on more silverware during the year.

St. Mary’s got a great start and were two up before Boardsmill opened their account. Full forward Niall Durkan sent over a quick brace and soon after Stevie Gibbons had the men in blue in front. Mary’s levelled before Boardsmill enjoyed a purple patch. Danny Dixon won a kickout, the ball was brought forward for dissent and the former Meath senior found himself one on one with the Mary’s keeper on the 20 yard line and he duly dispatched to the net. This rocked the Donore outfit and soon after James Ashe was in for goal number two. Ashe raised a second green flag and before the break half forward Liam O’Brien was in for goal number four. Boardsmill took a 4-5 to 0-9 lead to the dressing room.

Dixon increased the lead with two two pointers in the early stages of the second half and from then on the James McNally trained outfit just had to keep the scoreboard ticking over. Mary’s kept battling and were rewarded with three goals to reduced the lead to four. A brace from full forward Durkan in the closing stages kept the Donore men at arms length and the silverware was heading home with the ‘Mill’ at the final whistle.

After the game TJ Reilly presented the Tailteann Shield to Boardsmill captain Niall Durkan.

Boardsmill scorers: Danny Dixon 1-5, Niall Durkan 0-5, James Ashe 2-0, Liam O’Brien 1-1, Stevie Gibbon 0-2, Darren McDowell 0-1 

Referee Adrian Corcoran Drumbaragh

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