The junior C hurlers made the short trip to Caherlag for their opening match in the hurling championship.  They hit the ground running and put in a fine display on the evening.

The opening quarter was a pretty even contest, with the match level (1-06 to 2-03) after 15 minutes.  Alex Kidney opened the scoring for Carrig with a point.  Shane O’Hanlon notched four points (two frees) on the trot with two of them from distance.  Erin’s Own had struck for a goal either side of Shano’s run of scores.  Chris Keegan fed George McCarthy who split the posts and Keegan then fielded high from a long Jack Scully clearance and blasted to the net.  The teams traded two points apiece to keep level matters again (1-08 to 2-05) with five minutes to go to half-time; Alex Kidney and O’Hanlon (free) getting Carrig’s scores.  Carrigtwohill kicked on in the final five minutes, scoring an unanswered 1-4 in a five minute spell.  Keegan pointed with George the provider.  Chris then goaled again after fetching another long delivery, this time from Daragh Hannigan.  Keegan added a point immediately with Hannigan again supplying the ball in.  Alex Kidney finished Carrig’s flurry of scoring with two fine efforts that both landed over the crossbar; one from either sideline.  Erin’s Own added another point on the stroke of half-time to make it 2-12 to 2-06 in favour of Carrigtwohill.

Erin’s Own struck three unanswered scores early in the second half to reduce the margin to a goal.  Carrigtwohill dominated the remainder of the game.  Darragh McCann pointed and Shane O’Hanlon converted a ‘65’.  Ronan McCrave, who made a big impact after being introduced at half-time, deadened the ball and laid off a lovely pass to Shano, who split the posts.  Two minutes later, McCrave goaled after good interplay between McCann and O’Hanlon.  Darragh Hannigan struck a fine point from midfield and Liam Sciven worked hard to get the ball to Shano, who made it 3-17 to 2-09 on 48 minutes.  The scoring slowed for the rest of the half with the teams trading a brace of scores each.  Jack Barrett and Chris Keegan (free) finished the scoring for Carrig.

Well done to the panel and management on a very good championship performance.  Carrigtwohill will play Carraig na bhFear and Fr. O’Neill’s in the remaining group matches.

Carrigtwohill Team: Darren Flynn, Tim O’Connor, Éamonn Fitzgerald, Mairtín Neylon, Jack Scully, Liam Scriven, Ben Allen, Jack Barrett (0-1), Shane O’Hanlon (0-8; 0-3f, 0-1 ‘65’), Daragh Hannigan (0-1), Alex Kidney (0-4), Darragh McCann (0-1), Patrick O’Connor, Chris Keegan (2-3; 0-1f), George McCarthy (0-1).  Subs Used: Ronan McCrave (1-0), Cian Thornton.  Other Subs: Fionn Kidney, James Ahern, Daniel Covaci.

Management: Peter Hogan (manager), Kieran Horgan, Jim O’Connor.

Referee: PJ Dennehy (Glanmire).