Penalty save vital as Navan side earn draw

Parkvilla fell behind in this NEC u-15 Div 1 encounter however, they recovered well to earn a draw against Kingscourt on Saturday. Glen Connolly caused all sorts of problems for the Cavan side without managing to make a breakthrough and at the interval the sides were scoreless. Kingscourt were awarded a penalty soon after the break, but Parkvilla"s netminder Jack Walsh made a brilliant save. Soon after Gary Power fired the ball high to the corner of the net, but Kingscourt grabbed a late equaliser. Jonathan Forde, Shane Lynch, Aaron Fitzsimons and Connolly excelled for the Navan side. Parkvilla - J Walsh; A Fitzsimons, M James, J Nestor, G Power, P McEntaggert, J Forde, M Lupo, S Lynch, G Connolly, A Bakare. Subs - W Cahill for Bakare, P Nevin for McEntaggert. Kingscourt Harps 1 Kells Blackwater 6 Cain O"Brien scored three goals as Kells / Blackwater hit hosts Kingscourt Harps for six in this encounter on Saturday between the two bottom teams in the NEC u-13 Div 1. This win was based around a fabulous comeback by Kells / Blackwater who trailed at the interval. Excellent for the winners were Daniel Muldoon, Alex Millington, Carl Jordan and Farrelly. Kells/Blackwater - A Brown; K O"Brien, T Flanagan, A Millington, D Muldoon, D Phillips, P Dillon, C McGivern, C Cole, Sergi, C O"Brien. Subs - P Farrelly for Phillips, C Jordan for Cole, K Kavanagh for Muldoon, C McGovern for Sergi. Borora White 5 Trim Celtic 2 Borora White turned on the style to overcome Trim Celtic in this entertaining NEC u-13 Div 2 encounter on Saturday. Ronan Lynch and Oran Meehan rattled the ball to the net for Borora before the interval. A strike from Gary Dolan added to goals from Lynch and Daniel Murphy wrapped up the win for the Borora. Excellent for the winners were Jonathan Lynch, Peter O"Connell and Edwina Olwill. Borora Whites - J Lynch; P O"Connell, K Doyle, J Moran, J Reilly, D Moran, J O"Brien, E Olwill, O Meehan, G Dolan, J Maloney. Subs - R Lynch for O"Brien, D Murphy for Maloney. Johnstown 0 Parkvilla 6 Derby games are usually tight affairs, but this NEC u-12 Div 1 tie proved to be one-sided with Parkvilla firing home six goals. Sharpshooters Dylan Byrne and Ciaran Fitzsimons each netted two goals apiece to put Parkvilla 4-0 up at the break. Further goals from Ben Hoey and Jerome McLoughlin wrapped up the win for Parkvilla. Impressive for the winners were Finian Donnelly, Niall Moyles, Darren Johnson and Patrick Leahy. Parkvilla - F Donnelly; S Lambe, N Moyles, D Johnson, E Lee, B Hoey, S Williamson, J McLoughlin, P Leahy, D Byrne, C Fitzsimons. Subs - D Griffiths for Lee, E Kelly for Lambe. Parkvilla 2 Trim Celtic 2 Although they ended up with a draw Parkvilla created enough chances to comfortably win this entertaining contest, but somehow trailed 0-2 at the interval. The second-half resembled the Alamo with the home side launching a series of attacks and they were rewarded with goals from Charles Tennison and Harry Shivmangel. The winners had first rate outings from Lee Gaynor, Darren Connolly, Cody Rogers and Ben Adeyemo. Parkvilla - C Lawless; E Reilly, H Shivmangel, G Clerkin, J Gielty, L Gaynor, A Coombes, C Tennison, B Adeyemo, D Connolly, C Rogers. Subs - D Maher for Gielty, D Ahern for Gaynor. Parkvilla 7 Athboy Celtic 4 After building up a comfortable 4-0 cushion at the interval Parkvilla went on to hit seven past Athboy Celtic in this NEC u-11 Div 1 clash on Saturday. Goals from Jason Keegan (two), Sean Lally-Starrs and Mike O"Reilly gave Parkvilla their interval lead. Further goals from Shane McHugh, John Byrne and Lally-Starrs capped a fine win. Scott Amadi, Brandon Scott, Conor Shaffrey and Paddy Carpenter were among those to sparkle for the winners. Parkvilla - C Shaffrey; K Crocock, M Dolan, J Byrne, P Carpenter, C O"Hanlon, S Lally-Starrs, T Duignan, M O"Reilly, D Kavanagh, C O"Hanlon. Subs - B Scott for Crocock, S Amadi for Duignan, S McHugh for Keegan, M Farren for Kavanagh. Borora Juniors 4 Johnstown 1 Borora turned on the style to defeat Johnstown in this u-11 Div 2 encounter. Fiachra Gallagher opened the scoring, but Johnstown levelled before a goal from Ronan Lynch put the home side 2-1 up. Two fine saves from Ben Owens kept Boroara in front and further strikes from Lynch (penalty) and Robert Nevin who fired a defelected Eoin Donegan shot to the net, sealed the win. Borora - B Owens; C Drew, P O"Connor, M Dunne, S McCormack, A Nevin, F Gallagher, R Lynch, R Nevin, A Reilly, R Reilly. Subs - N O"Connor, E Donegan.