In this exciting opening round of the intermediate championship it was St. Micheals who got off to a winning campaign with a 7 points win in Moynalvey on Sunday evening last.

Moynalvey 1-9 St. Michaels 2-13

There wasn’t much between the two sides in the opening half with only 1 point splitting the teams at half time in favour of St. Micheals. St. Miche...als started the second half with a blistering pace that Moynalvey couldn’t manage to control. Micheals struck 2 goals that were crucial in the win. Hopes of a comeback were restored when Tara Smith struck a late goal from a 21 yard free but it was too late. St. Micheals went down to 14 players after 55 minutes when one of their prominent was shown a yellow card for a late tackle on Kate Lawless but St. Micheals held on and ran out eventual winners.

Moynalvey: M. Conneely, R. Mallee, A. Smith, K. Little, C. Donoghue, T. Little, T. Smith (1-0), L. Donoghue, J. Mc Loughlin, N. Murphy (0-1), E. Conneely (0-1), O. Hegarty, C. Harnan (0-6), R. Pender (0-1)