Moville suffer heavy defeat
GAA - Daly Brothers Intermediate League Championship, first round, first leg Naomh Mhuire 0-11 Moville 0-4
A low-scoring Moville side were sent home from Annagry at the weekend with plenty to think about if they are to make it through to the next round of the intermediate championship.Despite a spirited first half performance which saw them down by only one point at the break, the visitors suffered an overwhelming seven point defeat at the hands of Naomh Mhuire.It was actually the Inishowen men who opened the scoring, as Sean O’Hare latched on to a pass by Joe McBride to send the ball over the bar five minutes into the game.Naomh Mhuire gave Moville plenty to think about over the next 20 minutes of the game as they hit four unanswered points.However Moville showed they were not prepared to back down, as Nigel McMonigle fought his way through the Naomh Mhuire defence to score Moville’s second point, before PJ Barr brought them to within a point of the hosts on the stroke of half time.As Moville went into the second half they could be forgiven for believing the game was well within their grasp, but the home side ended any notion of an away win with two points from Thomas McHugh, a free from Ciaran McGinley and a point from Paul Boyle to bring the score to 0-8 to 0-3.Moville got a point back through PJ Barr as they tried to play catch-up with a home side who were at this stage looking extremely confident.But super-subs Ciaran Doherty, Kevin Sharkey and Sean Boyle were all on target for Naomh Mhuire to bring the full time score to 0-11 to 0-4.Moville will face Naomh Mhuire at home in the second leg.
Naomh Mhuire: Lee Boyle, Thomas Duffy, Charlie Doherty, James McBride, Paul Boyle, Ownie McGarvey, Daniel Gallagher, Joe Kelly, Brian Gillespie, Mel O’Donnell, Thomas McHugh, Seamus Gallagher, Sean Gallagher, Paddy McCafferty, Ciaran McGinleySubs: Ciaran Doherty (O’Donnell), Kevin Sharkey (Seamus Gallagher), Sean Boyle (Sean Gallagher)Moville: Maurice McGeady, Gearoid McQuillan, Tony McGeady, Mark Henry, Conor O’Donnell, Seamus Hegarty, John McGeady, Michael Browne, PJ Barr, Danny Murphy, Sean O’Hare, Eunan Hegarty, Ryan McMonagle, Joe McBrideSubs: Michael Bonner (McMonagle)