U12 Challenge game v Naomh Moninne
Date: 5th April 2014
Venue: Fairgreen Pitch Dundalk
Thanks to Darren for compiling the report.
Brid Og’s U12 hurlers were invited to a challenge game in the Wee County of Louth and the host club was Dundalk side Naomh Moninne who donned the yellow and black kit similar to Kilkenny. The game was 2 halves of 20 minutes with full rules including soloing and all 17 players were allowed to play although this made the match a bit scrappy at times.
The Og’s started in great style with Connla and Sean linking well together as well as giving possession to our forwards. This resulted in scores from themselves as well as goals and points from our forwards Andrew, Dylan, Fintan, Jack,Martin, Niall and PJ. Although Pearse did not score himself he had several chances and gained possession of the sliotar on regular occasions.
In the second half Shane who had taken a knock replaced Brendan in nets. To be honest our opponents altered their players positions and this meant our back lines of Brendan, Ciara, Gerard,Joe, Luke and Nathan were under more sustained pressure in the second half and they got several fine scores of their own but at the final whistle the Og’s had came away with a great victory which will hopefully set them up for their forthcoming league games.
Thanks
I would like to thank Josephine and the other Naomh Moninne mentors for the invite to field and thanks to the referee who had to listen to the odd comment from our players!. Thanks to our parents and family for travelling to the Dundalk venue and apologies for the wait at the supermarket and the laps of Dundalk for some of them and I hope the victory made up for these inconveniences. Special thanks to Nuala and Martin who supplied the players with drinks and snacks at the end of the game.
Finally thanks to our players who turned out in great numbers for the game. A special thanks to Joe who hurled the entire game even though he was not feeling well. Also to Dylan, Fintan , Jack, Luke, Nathan and PJ who debuted for Brid Ogs U12s today.
Brid Og Panel
Andrew
Brendan
Ciara
Connla
Dylan
Fintan
Gerard
Jack
Joe
Luke
Martin
Nathan
Niall
Pearse
PJ
Sean
Shane
