Primary Schools Finals: Goals boost Bohermeen to victory
When any team gets four goals in a game it's very difficult to stop them winning. When they add 15 points to their tally they really are on the road to success - and that certainly proved to be the case for Bohermeen NS in the Boys Div 2 final at Pairc Tailteann on Friday as they won 4-15 to 2-5.
Cheered on by their following Bohermeen (guided by coaches James Brennan and Mary Coyne) put an early stamp on this game. With the help of goals from Conn Brennan (who ended with an impressive 1-6) and Rhys Callan they led 2-8 to 0-2 at the interval and pushed on relentlessly from there.
They put the finishing touches on this scintillating, performance with not one but two high quality goals bagged early in the second-half, one scored by Aaron Reilly and other by Rhys Callan who teased and tormented the opposition backline all game. They were super scores, the culmination of fast-paced attacking moves.
It says a lot about the attacking ability of the Bohermeen team that seven of their personnel got on the scoresheet, including Brennan, Callan, Thomas Proudfoot, Patrick Smyth, Patrick Travers, Reilly and Dylan O'Mara.
Skryne, coached by former Meath footballer Mickey Newman and Tom Brennan, never gave up, of course, but they found it difficult to find a way through the well-organised Bohermeen battlements. Finn Naughton moved from midfield to full-forward and fashioned two goals while Jimmy Shorten and Oisin Giles also tagged on points. However, there was simply no stopping the Bohermeen contingent as they marched to victory
Bohermeen NS - Ryan McDonnell; Eoin Davis, Bobby Mullen, Finn Martin; Harry O’Brien, Tomás Proudfoot (0-1), Matthew Skelton; Conn Brennan (1-6) , Patrick Smyth (0-2); Patrick Travers (0-2), Dylan O’Meara (0-1), Patrick Monaghan; Oran Ball, Aaron Reilly (1-1), Rhys Callan (2-2). Subs - Eoin Mangan, Nathan Carroll, Cian English, Craig Ennis, Shay Kavanagh, Patrick Smith, Liam Fallon, Darragh Hilliard, Oisin McCormack, Darragh Monaghan, Kylan O’Reilly, Finn Reilly, Kevin Reilly, Josh Rennicks. Mentors - James Brennan, Mary Coyne.
Skryne NS - Ulick McDonnell; Patrick Purcell, Adam Fay, Ben McAvinchey; Brian Wall, Niall Smyth, Louis Crawley; Finn Naughton (2-0), Sean Clarke; Ronan Kealey, James Harrington, Charlie Reuter; Cian Hamill, Jimmy Shorten (1-2 one free, one '25'), Oisín Giles (0-2, one free). Subs - Adam Swan, Tadhg Hogan, Ben Walsh, Patrick Muldoon, Finn Noonan, Harry O’Farrell, Eoin Clarke, Christopher O’Connor, Oran Lynch, Daniel McCaughey. Mentors - Michael Newman, Tom Brennan.
Referee - Padraig Farrell (St Oliver's Navan).