McCarthy leads Ballygarvan blitz

DEFEATED after a replay in the final of last year’s competition, Ballygarvan’s quest to go one better and claim the Cork IHC got off to a winning start as they swept past Aghada at Páirc Uí Rinn last night.

McCarthy leads Ballygarvan blitz

A pair of goals in the space of four first-half minutes helped to provide a half-time cushion for Ballygarvan. First, Ken Ashman reacted quickest in the 17th minute, after Martin Day saved a fine shot from Dan McCarthy, to poke the loose ball home and give his side a 1-3 to 0-3 lead. Then, four minutes later, the roles were reversed as Ashman played a dangerous ball into the Aghada goalmouth and McCarthy reacted quickest to nip in ahead of Aidan O’Connell before producing a tidy finish.

Before that, the game had been fairly even as the sides matched each other point for point and, after the goals, points from Trevor O’Keeffe (free), Cian Fleming and Eoin Savage left just three points in it, 2-3 to 0-6, at the break.

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