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All-Ireland club IHC final: Lachtain's ease to glory
Match Reports - Intermediate Hurling Championship
Written by Hoganstand   
Sunday, 14 February 2010 00:00

Kilkenny and Leinster champions St Lachtain's added the All-Ireland club intermediate hurling championship crown to their season collection yesterday when they recorded a comfortable victory over St Gall's at Croke Park.

Favourites coming into this decider, St Lachtain's were well on their way to the title by the break when they lead by 1-10 to 0-6, with their goal coming from Ollie O'Connor in the added minutes.

Despite their efforts, the second-half wouldn't prove anymore successful for St Gall's, after CJ Gourty had registered their entire opening half tally from frees, as the Kilkenny men hit two quick points from Eoin Guinan and Robbie Dowling before wing forward John Fitzpatrick bagged a pair of goals to seal the title in emphatic fashion.

St Lachtain's (Kilkenny) 3-17
St Gall's (Antrim) 0-10

St Lachtain's - T Delaney; M McCormack, M Kavanagh, G Dalton; S Hayes, J Costelloe, N Phelan (0-1); N McGree (0-1), N Hickey (0-2); J Fitzpatrick (2-1), D Brennan (0-1), R Dowling (0-2); O O'Connor (1-1), B Beckett (0-2), E Guinan (0-6, 3f). Subs: B Kennedy for Fitzpatrick, P Guinan for O'Connor.

St Gall's - C Austin; D Sheehan, T Austin, S Morrison; J McDaniel, K McGourty, A Healy; J Flynn (0-1), K Stewart (0-1, 1f); S Burke, K McDonald, C Gallagher; CJ McGourty (0-7, 7f), A Gallagher (0-1), S McAreavey. Subs: S O'Hara for Gallagher, C O'Grady for Burke, A Hannaway for McDonald, E Cooke for Sheehan, A Gough for CJ McGourty.

Ref: D Copps (Cork).

Last Updated on Friday, 19 February 2010 16:25
 

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Like everyone else CES would be on the web site daily, looking for upcoming events, a bit of debate or maybe a bit of team news for a big match - some chance. Anyway at the weekend up pops ‘Ceist GAA le Hector’ and on further reading a potential holiday in the Algarve for ‘south Antrim’ players. Or so the article went. Well being a south Antrin player, nothing to do with being on the piss in the ’States’ for two months, due only to work and study commitments you understand, CES thought, “this will do me.” So at ten past eight on Sunday night CES was sitting in the girlfriend’s house with popcorn and sun factor ten waiting on ‘Hector’ and the best St Galls had to offer. And on it came. Now, it did take a little time to explain to CES’s potential mother-in-law why he was sitting on a couch in her house in a pair of ‘Speedos’ -they’re the in-thing now- but the ‘Algarve aspect swung it and we all settled down in anticipation of another great victory for the boys, and one girl, from Milltown Row. Alas however it wasn’t to be and the ‘Speedos’ have been put away until the next quiz, or more likely next summer. The team tried their best and fair play to them, although CES heard they got big cheques from TG4 in Galway that bought more than a few new tracksuits. But CES also learned a little and was able to give his beloved some advice. Ok, the female member of the team was a pretty wee thing for her age but what impressed CES, and probably a lot of other men, was that she didn’t say much. Now there’s a girl worth going out with! Anyway fair play for trying to get all us south Antrim playing ‘Speedo’ lovers a much needed holiday.