Moynalvey rack up another victory in the A League

Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:03
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Moynalvey racked up another victory in Division 3 of the A league with a 2-14 to 0-12 victory over Kilmainhamwood at Kilmore Park Moynalvey on Sunday afternoon August 28th.

Moynalvey 2-14 Kilmainhamwood 0-12

The visitors opened the scoring in the 1st minute with a free, but Moynalvey’s first score was a goal which was expertly finished by Ray Ryan. Kilmainhamwood added another point, before James Weldon registered Moynalvey’s first point of the afternoon in the 9th minute following a good pass from Anthony Forde. Two quick fire points from Kilmainhamwood saw the side’s level three minutes later, 1-1 to 0-4. For the next 18 minutes little separated the sides as they traded scores to remain tied 1-4 to 0-7 after 27 minutes. A Mark O’Sullivan point in the 29th minute put Moynalvey ahead by a point at the break.

A five minute period after the break laid the foundation for a Moynalvey victory, with four quick fire points, two from David Donoghue and a point apiece for Stephen Donoghue and Ray Ryan. Kilmainhamwood replied with a converted free in the 39th minute, before Ken Hyland put Dan Treacy through to rattle the back of the Kilmainhamwood net, giving Moynalvey a seven point lead after 41 minutes. Moynalvey’s advantage was furthered to nine points at the three quarter mark, courtesy of a free from Ryan and an Anthony Forde effort. In the remaining 15 minutes Moynalvey pointed three more times, with Mark O’Sullivan, Ken Hyland and Barry O’Keefe splitting the posts. Kilmainhamwood pointed four times in this period to leave Moynalvey running out eight point victors over their North Meath opponents on a score line of 2-14 to 0-12.

Moynalvey: C. O’Malley, R. Kiernan, P. Weldon, P. Donoghue, A. Forde (0-1), B. O’Keefe (0-1), W. Mahady, B. Conneely, S. Donoghue (0-1), J. Weldon (0-1), K. Hyland (0-1), D. Donoghue (0-2), R. Ryan (1-4), M. O’Sullivan (0-2), D. Treacy (1-1). Subs: C. Collins for B. Conneely, P. Conneely for S. Donoghue.