MUNSTER QF LEAGUE VICTORY

Munster Club League Quarter-Final 2002

Kilmoyley 1-15     Castlelyons 1-9

The Seniors defeated Cork Senior club Castlelyons by six points in this entertaining game played at Lerrig on Saturday 14th September. Following very heavy rainfall over the previous number of nights, the field became quite wet and conditions underfoot were not conducive to good hurling. But as the scoreline suggests Kilmoyley played exceptionally well even if Castlelyons did look as if they were lacking match practice.

Kilmoyley started brightly and in the first half they had notable contributions from Liam Walsh who was marking Cork star Timmy McCarthy, Darren Young and Ollie Diggin. Apparently the Castlelyons full-forward found it very hard to believe that Ollie was fighting for his place on the championship team having scored seven points from play. Castlelyons came more into the game in the second half and scored a fortuitous early goal to edge closer to Kilmoyley. But the home side, in front of a decent crowd rallied again, and in the end held out for the victory.

Overall, the game proved to be a very worthwhile excercise and Kilmoyley now go on to meet Glen Rovers of Cork in the semi-final. More importantly, Kilmoyley did not suffer any additional injuries although it was noticeable that both Padraig Regan and Shane Brick were not 100% fit.

Kilmoyley Team

Joe Walsh, Kevin Gentleman, Padraig Regan, Tom Murnane, Sean Fitzgerald, Liam Walsh, James McCarthy, Richard Gentleman, Darren Young, Maurice Murnane, Shane Brick, Billy Brick, Christy Walsh, Ollie Diggin, Padraig O'Sullivan.