Cumann na mBunscol Finals Bright start helps Moynalvey
DIV 3 HURLING - Moynalvey NS 3-8 Boardsmill NS 1-5
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James Hanifin launches an attack for Moynalvey. Photo Gerry Shanahan / www.cyberimages.net Gerry ShanahanImage 2 of 5
Moynalvey NS captain's James Hanifin (left) and James Byrne received the Div 3 Hurling Cup from Cumann na mBunscol's Barbara Munnelly. Gerry ShanahanImage 3 of 5
Moynalvey NS's James Hanifin received the Spirit of the Final award from Meath Chronicle's Jimmy Geoghegan and Cumann na mBunscol's Barbara Munnelly. Gerry ShanahanImage 4 of 5
The Moynalvey NS players and mentors (from left) were: back - Anna Flynn (mentor), Niamh Debek, Senna Treacy, Robert Walsh, Odhran Donne, James Byrne, Ciarán Mongey, Dáire Conneely, Jack Byrne, Liam Hanifin, Tom Hanifin (mentor); front - Chloe Gannon, Hannah White, Grace Pender, Rachel Clarke, James Hanifin, Matthew Quinlan, Ollie Bruton, Holly McArdle, Sophie Drum. Photo: David Mullen/www.cyberimages.net David MullenImage 5 of 5
The Boardsmill NS players (from left) were: back - John O’Connor, Culainn McLoughlin, James Bagnall, Robert Egan, Donagh Fitzgerald, Paudie Reilly, Kyle Winston, Tadhg Gibney, Luca Fahy, Isaac O’Brien, Tadhg Dempsey, Keishin Kirwan, Seán O’Brien, Kieran Healy, Liam Boyne; front - Stewart Pratt, Cormac McLoughlin, Johnny Harper, Adam Christie, Thomas Cribbin, Adam Dixon, James Gibney, Leon Quinn, Kyle Reilly, Conor Guy. David MullenWhen a team is on their game, in the zone, it is very difficult to stop them and that proved to be case in this Div 3 Hurling final at Trim on Friday.
Moynalvey NS were the team who were very much in the zone from the start, a fact demonstrated in the way they found the net in the opening minute, their goal scored by James Byrne who went on to help himself to 2-2.
He was only surpassed on the scoring front by his fellow captain James Hanifin who hit 1-6. Their colleagues didn't manage to get on the scoresheet but they all performed their tasks with diligence and determination. No team is a one-man or even two-man show. It takes many others and Moynalvey's success was certainly a combined effort with starters and subs all contributing in one way or another.
Boardsmill fought bravely but they seemed really rocked by the concession of that early goal and never managed to get themselves in front. The dimensions of the challenge they faced could be seen in the way they trailed 0-5 to 2-5 at the interval.
Tadgh Gibney was a very prominent figure for Boardsmill and he ended up with 1-1 his goal a brilliantly struck effort. Paudie Reilly and Tadhg Dempsey were other prominent figures for them, that reality underlined in the way they helped themselves to two points apiece.
Moynalvey won all their games on the way to the final and they hurled in this contest like a team full of confidence and assured of their destiny. Boardsmill battled bravely throughout. They were just edged out in this contest by slick opponents who know how to win.
Moynalvey NS - Ciaran Mongey; Daire Conneely, Liam Hanifin; Odhran Donne, Robert Walsh, Ollie Bruton; Matthew Quinlan, James Hanifin (1-6 four frees, one '45'); Jack Byrne, Sophie Drum, Rachel Clarke; Niamh Dabek, James Byrne (2-2 one free). Subs - Grace Pender, Holly McArdle, Senna Treacy, Hannah White, Chloe Gannon, Ian Carey, Kyle Kiernan. Mentors - Anna Flynn, Tom Hanifin.
Boardsmill NS - Thomas Cribbin; Kai Winston, Donagh Fitzgerald; Robert Egan, Paudie Reilly (0-2 frees), Adam Dixon; Tadhg Gibney (1-1), Keishin Kirwan; James Bagnall, Kieran Healy, Culainn McLoughlin; Callum Wildman, Tadhg Dempsey (0-2). Subs - Liam Boyne, Luca Fahy, James Gibney, Kieran Healy, Shay Bagnall, Sean O'Brien, John O'Connell, Adam Christie, Conor Guy, Johnny Harper, Kyle McLoughlin, Leon Quinn, Kyle Reilly, Colin Eivers, Isaac O'Brien, Stewart Pratt, Adam Daly, Callum Wildman. Mentors - C Tighe, J Battersby.
Referee - John Byrne (St Columban's, Ballivor).