Bally’ stock keeps rising

Ballymartle 1-16 Carrigaline 1-12

Carrigaline paid the price for having to field an understrength team without four regulars, Kevin Kavanagh and Rob O’Shea amongst them, but nothing should be taken from a dogged Ballymartle team that relished the physicality of an always intense and very sporting challenge.

Taking little heed of the pre-match prediction, Ballymartle recovered quickly from an opening salvo of Carrigaline points from Cian Barry and Killian McIntyre. They quickly drew level with points from Daniel O’Leary and Keith Fitzpatrick and each time they fell behind they managed to claw their way back into the contest.