U21 Hurlers Defeated in Championship Opener   16/07/2015

Buttevant 1-20 Kilshannig 1-13

Kilshannig suffered a disappointing defeat to Buttevant in the opening round of the North Cork U21 B Hurling Championship in Mourneabbey on Wednesday. Kilshannig must now turn their attention to a Round 2 meeting with Harbour Rovers and they can have no complaints as Buttevant were the better team on the night. While John Quinn, Jack Kearney and Dylan O'Callaghan performed admirably throughout for Kilshannig, Buttevant proved too strong in most sectors and were worthy winners. The opening quarter was a relatively close affair with both sides trading the lead on a number of occasions. Dylan O'Callaghan was in excellent form striking Kilshannig's first three points and with further scores from Jack Kearney and Tadhg O'Sullivan, Kilshannig edged 0-6 to 0-5 ahead by the 20th minute. Buttevant though took over in the closing stages of the half, adding five unanswered points to move into a 0-10 to 0-6 advantage at the break. Buttevant continued to dictate matters in the second period and they made the most of their dominance to gain a further foothold on the game. They struck for an all important goal ten minutes after the restart and following a number of excellent points they extended their lead, 1-15 to 0-09 entering the final quarter. Kilshannig kept going until the end however with O'Callaghan and Colin Twomey pointing while Twomey found the net late on to reduce the deficit. Buttevant, at this stage though, had secured their place in the knockout stages while Kilshannig must enter the back door route to keep their championship hopes alive. 

Scorers for Kilshannig: D O'Callaghan 0-9 (0-5 frees, 0-1 65), C Twomey 1-1, J Kearney 0-2, T O'Sullivan 0-1.

Kilshannig: J Quinn; M Ring, C Casey, E Curtin; D Cronin, J Cronin, J Kearney; C Twomey, C Murphy; D O'Callaghan, T O'Sullivan, L Singleton; J Linehan, E O'Sullivan, W Kelleher.

Subs: C Sexton for J Linehan (45).





Player Profile

Colin Twomey
Colin Twomey Profile

CALENDAR OF EVENTS