Skryne travelled to Moynalvey this evening needing a win to guarantee their place in Division 1 next year, a win which would also condemn Moynalvey to the dreaded drop to Division 2. 

Moynalvey 0-12
Skryne 2-15

Skryne flew out of the traps and had 1-06 on the scoreboard inside the first ten minutes without a reply from Moynalvey. Ian Davis fired home the goal after been put in by Ciaran Lenehan. Skryne despite their dominance failed to trouble the scoreboard again until the 25th minute when Paddy O’Rourke pointed a free, by which time Moynalvey had tacked on their only 3 points of the opening half. Ciarán Lenehan added another point immediately before Jason Reddy slipped in behind the Moynalvey defence and picked up a brilliant layoff from Paddy O’Rourke before showing coolness personified when dispatching low past the onrushing Moynalvey keeper for Skryne’s second goal. Two further points, one each for Jason Reddy and Ciarán Lenehan saw Skryne lead at half-time on a scoreline of Moynalvey 0-03, Skryne 2-10. Moynalvey also lost their centre back to a red card a minute before the half ended which didn’t help their cause. 

Skryne had a healthy lead at half time and after a poor opening half from Moynalvey, they would have been forgiven for thinking a winning outcome was inevitable. However, Moynalvey were not willing to go down without a fight and despite the mountain they had to climb they battled well in the second half and moving Mark O’Sullivan out to midfield paid immediate dividends as he went on to score 5 points for the Moynalvey men who outscored Skryne by 9 points to 5 in the second half. Despite this, Skryne never looked in any real danger of losing this game even after losing Harry Rooney to a second yellow midway through the half and ran out convincing winners on a scoreline of Moynalvey 0-12, Skryne 2-15.

Ian Davis and Jason Reddy were on fire up front in a dangerous Skryne forward line with Ciarán Lenehan also chipping in with a fine performance which saw him bag a hat-trick of points. Stephen O’Brien, Darren Fox and Michael Doherty were excellent at the back in what was a good team performance from the Skrynemen. Skryne will face O’Mahonys in the last game of the League but can go into this game with nothing to lose as they have now secured their status in the top tier for another year.

Skryne – Ian Gillett. Dermot Brennan, Michael Doherty, David Carroll. Niall Lenehan, Stephen O’Brien, Darren Fox. David McGoldrick, Harry Rooney (0-1). Ciarán Lenehan (0-3), Ian Davis (1-4), Aidan Tuite. Colm Doherty (0-1), Patrick O’Rourke (0-3, 1f), Jason Reddy (1-2).

Subs  used – Jason Fox(0-1), Paddy Carpenter, Andrew Moore, Colm Craigie.

Moynalvey Report

Moynalvey’s loss to Skryne in this penultimate round A league game on Thursday 6th June confirms relegation to Division 2 next year.

Moynalvey 0-12
Skryne 2-15

Moynalvey’s three year stint in the top tier of the A League inevitably came to an end with last night’s loss to Skryne condemning them to automatic relegation to Division 2 with one round left.

Not surprisingly, having not picked up a league win all year Moynalvey suffered the inevitable drop, having diced relegation the past couple of years.

While unlucky not to pick up points in a couple of games, all Moynalvey have to show from their twelve league games to date is two points, both draws, first round v Syddan and round 11 v Donaghmore/Ashbourne.

Starting with the bare 15 before the half time arrival of a 16th man, Moynalvey’s fate wasn’t helped by their slow start with Skryne racking up 1-6 before Moynalvey eventually opened their account in the 15th minute through David McLoughlin.

Two McLoughlin frees left it 1-6 to 0-3 with 22 minutes played. A further 1-4 without reply from the Tara men left the score 2-10 to 0-3 at half time, while Moynalvey were reduced to 14 men just before the break with the dismissal of centre back Fearghal McCabe.

Following the break Moynalvey looked to improve their performance and that they did, outscoring Skryne 0-9 to 0-05 in the second thirty minutes with Mark O’Sullivan having made the move from full forward to midfield leading the charge accounting for six of his side’s second half points. Skryne’s numerical advantage was wiped out with 10 minutes remaining when midfielder Harry Rooney was sent to the line for a second bookable offence.

David McLoughlin, Shane Lenehan and Ray Ryan accounted for Moynalvey’s other second half points to leave the final score read 2-15 to 0-12.

Already selecting from a small pool of players, 2019 was one of the worse years ever for injuries within the club combined with four players tied up with county panels for the majority of the league left Moynalvey’s league a tough ask.

Minus Cillian O’Sullivan for the complete league campaign and Padraic Harnan for the second half due to county football commitments, Cathal McCabe and James Kelly for the majority due to county hurling commitments, Moynalvey’s poor league run was made worse by injuries to key players Mark O’Sullivan, David McLoughlin, Conor Harnan, Adam Murphy, James Weldon, William Mahady and Brian O’Reilly reducing the activity of each to less than half of the twelve league games.

The 2019 League campaign will be one Moynalvey will want to erase from the memory quickly.

Moynalvey: Conor Egan, Darragh Branigan, Brian Harnan, Darren Brennan, William Mahady, Fearghal McCabe, David Donoghue, Donal Smith, Conor Shirren, Shane Lenehan (0-1), David McLoughlin (0-4, 2f), Eoghan Murphy, Ray Ryan (0-1f), Mark O’Sullivan (0-6, 1f), Ciaran Harnan.
Sub: Padraig Kelly for Murphy.

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