All too easy for Kickhams in opening round of West Tipperary Junior A Football

Maria Marron Palmers Hill Stud West Junior A Football Championship

Knockavilla Donaskeigh Kickhams 2-14 Emly 0-5 

Knockavilla Donaskeigh Kickhams got their Maria Marron Palmers Hill Stud West Junior a Football championship up and running with a comfortable victory over a disappointing Emly side at Pairc Ciocaim, Dundrum, on Friday evening last. 

Played in ideal conditions, on a good surface, Kickhams took control from the off and led by 0.5 to 0.1 after twelve minutes, with Elliot Thompson in fine form.

The second quarter saw Emly getting back in the game, but goals from Joe O’Dwyer and Ben Loughman just before the break, gave Kickhams an interval lead of 2.7 to 0.4. 

Kickhams were in total control for the second half and eventually ran out easy winners on the score 2.14 to 0.5. 

Scorers and Teams:

Kickhams: 

Elliot Thompson (0.5, 2 frees), Joe O’Dwyer (1.2), Orrin Jones (0.4, 1 free), Ben Loughman (1.0), Jamie Duncan (0.2), Dean Thompson (0.1)

Emly: 

James Cunningham (0.3, 2 frees), James Purcell (0.1), Aidan O’Heney (0.1 free)

Knockavilla Donaskeigh Kickhams: Derek Breen, Conor Farrell, Walter O’Carroll, Shane Farrell, Eoin McCormack, Dean Thompson, Lorcan Carr, Elliot Thompson, Joe Fitzgerald, Orrin Jones, Conor Farrell (D), Jamie Duncan, Adam Daly, Stephen Browne, Joe O’Dwyer. Subs used; Ben Loughman for Walter O’Carroll (8 mins.), Diarmuid Kinane for Conor Farrell (44 mins.), Sean Cannon for Ben Loughman (45 mins) 

Emly: Robert McEniry, John O’Brien, Pa McGrath, Christopher Lonergan, Diarmuid Carroll, Joey Lonergan, Sean McGrath, Aidan O’Heney, Brian Bourke, James Cunningham, Shane Carroll, Oisin Fawl, Paul O’Heney, James Purcell, Declan Hennessy

Subs used; Cian Quish for Joey Lonergan, John Purcell for Christopher Lonergan, David O’Brien for Brian Bourke, James Condon for James Purcell, Kevin McGrath for Oisin Fawl 

Referee: David Grogan (Aherlow)