Mount Sion silence Gunners

ON a weekend when all the qualification and relegation issues in the Waterford SHC were determined, pride of place goes to Mount Sion who brought Ballygunner’s hitherto unbeaten group stage run to a shuddering halt at a fiery Walsh Park encounter on Saturday evening.

Just three points separated the arch rivals in the end, 2-15 to 2-12, but it took a late rally by the Gunners and a brace of Harley Barnes goals to set up an exciting and tense finale.

It was all Sion in the opening half and a goal by veteran full forward Anthony Kirwan in the third minute gave them the perfect start. They added a second from Ian Galgey on the quarter hour and with Ken McGrath reviving memories of some of his greatest inter-county days from the centre-forward berth they went in at the break with a commanding 2-10 to 0-7 lead.