Carlow Town are brushed aside
Tuesday July 20 2010
BALLINKILLEN comfortably advanced to the semi final of the Carlow under 21 hurling championship when they met less than expected resistance from Carlow Town at Spellman Park Kildavin on Tuesday last.
Ballinkillen adapted better to the heavy rain that was falling and got a tonic of a start with a Darren Dalton goal in the opening minute. Colm Kennedy opened the Town men's account pointing from play followed by a neat Cian Clancy free, 1-0 to 02.after six minutes. The battle for dominance was on and it was a further eight minutes before David English with a long range point put two between the sides.
Evenly matched Ballinkillen found it hard to break through a stubborn Carlow town defence where Sean Wogan, Conor Lawler, David Jenkins, and Conor Wall, were hurling defiantly. It was the same at the other end as the Ballinkillen defence of Pakie and John Hughes, Pauric and Lauren Kinsella the lively Joe Roberts and David English who had an excellent game, were also on top denying the best efforts of scores from Carlow Town's John Doyle, Colm Kennedy, Cian O'Brien, and Colm O'Gorman.
Ballinkillen 1-1 Carlow Town 0-2 with twenty minutes on the clock before Ballinkillen's their third score came. However this was a defining score, a goal from Marty Dalton changed the pattern of the game, as the blue and gold Ballinkillen players just ignited and lifting their performance in all sections of the field went on to score 1-6 in the last ten minutes of the opening half to two points from Carlow Town. Darren Dalton 1-1 David English a '65 two points from Tomas Kinsella, Sean Murphy and Daryl Roberts opened up a nine point gap at the break Ballinkillen 2-7 Carlow Town 0-4.
Carlow Town rallied on the restart and within two minutes had reduced the lead to five points, Colm O'Gorman sending a super ground shot to the Ballinkillen net from fourteen metres out at an acute angle, Cian Clancy followed pointing from play. However this is where it finished for Carlow Town as heads seemed to drop and they failed away as the Ballinkillen men completely took over, with good team work went on to score a further 2-10 to 0-2 for the remainder of the half, the goals coming from Tomas Kinsella and Daryl Roberts. David English contributed five points from centre half back. Ballinkillen's work rate was good all through, with all players willing to help out and in particular the forwards when they got going the two Dalton's Darren and Marty, Sean Murphy Aidan Murphy, Daryl Roberts and Tomas Kinsella who contributed 1-3 from play. Carlow Town's work rate was intermittent, in fairness they had some fine players, Conor Wall, Sean Wogan, Conor Lawler, Ciaran Moran, John Doyle Cian Clancy Cian O'Brien tried their best.
