Intermediate Hurling County League Division 4

Newcastle West 2-11 Drom-Broadford 0-15

The field was the venue on Saturday evening (June 22nd) and it was carpet like, ideal for the small ball game, on a dullish hurling friendly evening. The game itself was competitive, both teams flexing their muscles before eh resumption of the championships, county and west. At the end of the first half, we enjoyed a 5-point lead, 1-8 to 0-6. A comprehensive win looked on the cards. However, that easy win did not materialise, as Drom-Broadford came out of the blocks at pace on the resumption, hurling with the flair and fire that is association with their club since the days of the famous Derry McCarthy, Donie Broderick, Martin Geary – county men all legends of the camán. By minute 56, the gap was down to 0-3, 2-11 to 0-14, as they out scored us 0-8 to 1-3. However, they found only 0-1 in the final four minutes and we improved our position on the point table. All in all, a lovely game on a hurling-friendly evening, skill in abundance, competitive, a good bit of bite in the proceedings, big effort by all the players, John McGrath (himself a star hurler/footballer in the 70’s and 80s) in charge of the whistle.

Team: Lee Fitzgerald, Mike Mulcahy, Maurice Murphy, Oisín Brennan (debuting at this level after impressing at U21 Junior B), Seán Browne, Stephen Nix, Niall Enright, William Hurley, Eoin Hurley (0-5), Mark Kelly, Mike McMahon (0-1) Aaron McCarthy, Stephen Brosnan, Mikey Carroll (another U21 Junior B progressing to/adjusting to the pace of a higher level) 0-1, Michael Quilligan, Richard Kelleher, Conor Sullivan, Dylan O’Connell, Ross Donovan, Jason Dowling.

Training continues with games aplenty (challenges, county league, county championship, west championship) on the agenda.