Cappawhite lay down a marker in the Maria Marron Palmers Hill Stud West Junior championship

Report by John O’Shea

Cappawhite registered their first victory in the Maria Marron Palmers Hill Stud West Junior A Football championship with a good second half display over Emly at Cappawhite on Friday evening.

The open half was even and entertaining with Emly getting most of the possession. An Oisin Fawl goal three minutes before the interval gave them a slight advantage coming up to the break, but Kevin Stapleton got in for a Cappa goal in injury time to give the home side a two-point advantage at the break, Cappawhite 1.7, Emly 1.5.

The second half continued to produce good football, but goals from Noel Ryan and Gearoid Lennon early on proved to be the difference between the sides. It’s all to play for with both sides still in contention for a semi-final place.

Scorers;

Cappawhite: Eoghan Ryan (0.4, 2 frees), Kevin Stapleton (1.0), Gearoid Lennon (1.0), Pakie Barry (0.2), Noel Ryan (1.0), Gearoid Ryan (B) (0.1), Conor Martin (0.1), Willie Barry (0.1, free), Sam Carmody (0.1)

Emly: Bob McNairy (0.6, 3 frees), Oisin Fawl (1.0), James Condon (0.1), Diarmuid O’Carroll (0.1), James Cunningham (0.1)

Teams:

Cappawhite: Aidan Mair, Noel Ryan, Ben White, Pakie Barry, Jack Armshaw, Philip Gantly, Conor Martin, David Buckley, Colm O’Dwyer, Kevin Stapleton, Willie Barry, Sam Carmody, Cormac Heffernan, Eoghan Ryan, Gearoid Lennon

Subs used; Gearoid Ryan (B) for Cormac Heffernan, Daire Duggan for Jack Armshaw, Fraser Allen for Conor Martin, Sean Cleary for Gearoid Lennon, Mikey Carmody for Eoghan Ryan

Emly: Sean McGrath, Christopher Lonergan, Pa McGrath, John Purcell, John O’Brien, Brian Burke, Paul O’Heney, Joey Lonergan, James Cunningham, Diarmuid O’Carroll, Declan Hennessy, Oisin Fawl, James Condon, James Purcell, Bob McNairy

Subs used; Jack Murphy for Joey Lonergan, Eoin Pipps for James Condon

Referee; Paul Carew (Lattin Cullen)