Fr.O Neills 0:11 v Fermoy 0:09

We took on Fermoy in the 3rd.rnd.of the Minor Hurling C/ship.on Tues.the 21st last in Castlelyons.Looking at the physical size of the Fermoy lads coming out onto the field it was very evident that we were going to have to work extremely hard from 1 to 15 to have any chance of sucess,We started the game well reeling off the first 4 pts.without reply courtesy of 3 from Billy Dunne with 1 from a free from Joe.Millerick.Fermoy replied with 3 well taken pts.of their own.Exchanges were tough but fair from both Teams with scoring chances at a premium and the quality of Hurling on show from both sides was top class.Paudie McMahon was next to fire over a pt.for our lads with Fermoy replying with 1 of their own,Deccie Dalton and Aaron McEvoy scored 2 further pts.to extend our lead which saw us going in at the break leading on a score line of 7pts.to 4.Credit must also go to our defence unit which saw them snuff out most of the Fermoy attacks with Adrian Kenneally and Mark O Keeffe leading by example.

Fermoy were first out of the blocks in the 2nd halffiring over 2 well taken pts.we replied with a good score from Deccie and a superb pt.from Joe.from a long range free.Fermoy upped the ante once more and drew level with the next 3 pts.It was all hands on deck at this stage with Fermoy attacking left,right and centre but again our defence stood firm with some excellent tackling,hooking and blocking being done by our lads,all this pressure started to take its toal which resulted in Fermoy being awarded frees close to our goal but alas for them they were unable to capitalise on these and will be disapointed not to have scored at least 3 of them.With time runing out we booked our place in the 1/4 Final with 2 superbly taken pts.courtesy of Shane Lee and Daragh Sexton which saw us wining on the above scoreline,this was a fantastic advert for the game of Hurling and credit to both sides for making life easy for the referee Joe.Halpin who handled the game very well,we now play Sliabh Rua in the 1/4 final on Fri.the 7th of Sept.time and venue TBC.

Team: E.O Neill,T.Millerick,A.Kenneally,M.Motherway,Wm.Lane,M.O Keeffe,K.O Sullivan,A.McEvoy 0:01,J.Millerick 0:01fr.P.McMahon 0:02,D.Sexton 0:01,S.Lee 0;01,B.Dunne 0:03,D.Dalton 0:02,D.O Driscoll.Subs:D.O Reilly,Ger.O Connell,E.Motherway,P.Steele,S.O Connor.