Moynalvey’s second string suffered a three point loss at the hands of St. Marys in the opening round of the Junior ‘B’ football Championship at Skryne on Sunday afternoon April 22^nd.

Moynalvey 0-9 St. Marys 2-6

Despite kicking one extra score than the Donore side Moynalvey ended up losing out by a single kick of the ball to St. Marys as their two goals proved decisive in the outcome of the game in this opening round Junior B Football Championship game played at Skryne on Sunday afternoon April 22nd .

St. Marys got off to a super start with their first score raising a green flag in the 6^th minute, but midway through the opening period Moynalvey had narrowed the gap to a single point courtesy of a Ciaran Ennis free and Ciaran Collins point. A Marys free pushed them two points ahead again in the 23^rd minute, before a superb point from the left wing by Ciaran Ennis left a solitary point between the sides again with four minutes of the half remaining. Two further converted free kicks left the goal separating the sides 1-3 to 0-3 at the interval.

Twenty seconds into the second period Moynalvey came close to levelling matters when a Robbie Quinlan goal effort was smartly palmed away by the St. Marys keeper. Eight minutes into the second period Moynalvey found themselves five points adrift of their opponents after Marys registered from play and a free. An Ennis free and a massive effort from centre forward Willie Harnan once again left the goal between the sides after 43 minutes. However three minutes later, St. Marys put further distance between themselves and their opponents when a quick free kick left Moynalvey goalkeeper Alan Donnelly in a one on one situation with little chance as Mary’s registered their second green flag of the evening. Over the remaining 14 minutes Moynalvey rallied hard and brought the deficit back to three points but couldn’t conjure up the goal chance to equalise the game.

Moynalvey: A. Donnelly, S. Whyte, D. Kane, D. Durkan, J. Carey, P. Conneely, A. Brien, B. Conneely, W. Mahady, C. McCabe (0-2), W. Harnan (0-1), R. Quinlan (0-2), L. Duffy, C. Collins (0-1), C. Ennis (0-3). Subs: P. Durnin for Duffy.