Our Under 16 footballers will play their cup final this Saturday, October 29th at 3pm in the Community Centre. Towers beat St Annes in the Community Centre last Saturday to claim the final spot and folowing a draw, we now have home advantage against Cu Chulainn. The semi-final match report is provided below, thanks to mentor Barry Gavin, and best of luck to all involved in Saturday’s final. All support is encouraged and welcome.
Round Towers 4-12
St Anne’s 1-12
A good crowd turned out to see the U16 footballers progress to the Final of the U16 Cup with a nine point win over St Annes in the Community Centre last Saturday. This was a good weekend for the club as the U16 hurlers also progressed to theU16 shield final. St Annes won the toss and decided to play into the wind. However it was Towers who were out of the blocks quickest with an early score from midfielder Michael Cleary. This was followed by two points from Aaron Whelan and Fergus Callaly, to put Towers in to an early three point lead. The game was very finely balanced with both teams competing well in every sector of the field. St Annes managed to break through the Towers defence for a well worked point which was followed shortly after by a close in free. Just as Annes seemed to be getting a foothold, Towers got one of the scores of the match when a move started by Michael Cleary in his own half back line, involving three other players, was finished to the net by corner forward Aaron Whelan. This put Towers back into a four point lead. Cian Clarke added a point (free) and Fergus Callaly scored a great individual point; winning the opposition kick out and finishing a strong run through the opposition offence with a well executed point. St Annes never backed off and continued to put pressure on the Towers defence. The full back line led by Eoin Barrett were not found wanting and time again Eoin and Sean Flynn repelled the Annes attack with a series of well timed tackles. St Annes did manage to tack on a couple of points before they got a somewhat fortuitous goal. Goalkeeper Justin O’Hanlon made a fine save and seemed to be impeded as he attempted to clear the ball. The referee waved play on, and St Annes grabbed the opportunity to close the gap to one point. Garrett Looney showed a clean pair of heels to the Annes defence to score a fine point and the teams exchanged scores and went into the break level on a score line of 1-7 apiece. St Annes would have been the happier of the two sides at half time, having played against the wind.
