Platinum Tanks RFC Crawley Cup Semi Final
Drumhowan 2-11 Inniskeen 3-11
Drumhowan Bs made the journey to Páirc Grattan last Friday 31st May to take on the locals in the semi final of the Crawley Cup. Micheal Duffy opened the scoring with a free and JP O’ Neill doubling it in the 6th minute. Inniskeen then hit 2 points before Niall Duffy opened his account at the end of the 1st quarter. 2 further points put three in it before Inniskeen hit back with a point. Micheal Duffy then hit another free to close Drumhowan’s scoring for the half with Inniskeen hitting two to leave the bare minimum in it at half time- Drumhowan 0-6 Inniskeen 0-5
Inniskeen opened the 2nd half strongly with 3 unanswered points before Drumhowan hit back with points. However Inniskeen then got 2 goals in a four minute spell to put 6 in it and Drumhowan were now facing an uphill battle. Frees from Kieran Mooney and Micheal Duffy left only 4 in it with 10 minutes left but the killer blow came in the 21st minute when Inniskeen kicked a 3rd goal to leave 7 in it. Drumhowan then got back in the game with two goals one from sub Ciaran Deery who was harshly sent off minutes later . The 2nd came from Kieran Mooney with a penalty rebound to leave only one it with 4 minutes left. Inniskeen however kicked the next 2 scores to leave a goal in it with Micheal Duffy scoring a free in injury time but Inniskeen finished the scoring to leave the full time score Drumhowan 2-11 Inniskeen 3-11
Team and Scorers: Tom Mc Guirk, Dermot Mooney, Paddy Mulligan, James Mc Elearney, Niall Mooney, Barry Mc Guirk, Niall Duffy0-1, Kieran Mc Elroy, John Paul O’ Neill 0-2 , Michael Atkinson, Christopher Mc Ginnity, Cathal Mooney 0-1 , Daragh Mc Elearney, Kieran Mooney 1-3 (3f), Micheal Duffy 0-4 (4f) Sub Ciaran Deery 1-0 for Cathal Mooney, Finbarr Brennan for Niall Duffy
