East Cork Junior B Hurling Championship Quarter-Final

Carrig 2-24 Erins Own 1-11 in Ballinacurra on Saturday, October 9^th

Carrig had a statement win on the way to the East Cork Junior B championship semi-final after defeating Erins Own on a warm Saturday evening in Ballinacurra.

Carrig were 0-7 to 0-3 in front at the water break and that was as close as Erins Own got. 3 Luke Kelly frees and fine scores from centre-forward Seamus Roche, full-forward Peadar Downey and midfielder Daire Crotty had Carrig on the board. It was in the second quarter that Carrig had the winning of the game however, adding another 1-10 before the half. Substitute Jack Scully netted the goal with Roche, Crotty and Kelly hurling superbly adding to their overall tally. Shane Healy also added 0-2 to Carrig’s total with Erins Own mustering 1-1 in response, 1-17 to 1-4 at the turnaround.

Carrig maintained their pressure in the second half outscoring Erins Own 1-7 to 0-7 with Kelly and Crotty again to the fore and further scores from wing-forward Adrian Browne and substitute Liam Scriven to run out comfortable winners.

Carrig will now meet St. Catherines in the semi-final next Sunday, October 24^th at 2pm. Carrig and Catherines already met in the group stage with Carrig victorious by 1-14 to 0-13 and they will hope for a similar outcome next weekend.

Scorers: L. Kelly 0-10 (0-7f, 0-1 s/l, 0-2), D. Crotty 1-3 (0-1f), J. Scully 1-1, S. Roche 0-4, S. Healy 0-3, A. Browne, L. Scriven, P. Downey 0-1 each.

Team: D. Flynn, C. Flynn, C.O’Mahony, P. Barden, O. Baverstock, S. Murphy, A. McNamara, C. O’Sullivan, D. Crotty, A. Browne, S. Roche, L. Kelly O’Regan, S. O’Sullivan, P. Downey, S. Healy. Subs used: J. Scully, L. Scriven.