Glenealy and Carnew must battle it out again

Defending senior hurling champions Glenealy drew with arch-rivals Carnew in Saturday’s dogged semi-final encounter at Aughrim (1-11 apiece).

Leighton Glynn and his brother Enan opened the scoring for Glenealy with points in the first three minutes, but thereafter Carnew led for most of the game.

Carnew were ahead 0-7 to 0-4 at half time, three of those points from full-forward TJ Hennessy.

When the Glynn brothers narrowed the gap to a point after the restart, Hennessy struck again for a goal after good work from Robert Lambert.

Glenealy had the wind in the second half and when they drew level (1-8 apiece) after 50 minutes with a goal from Jonathan Bosco O’Neill, they looked set to push on to victory.

Glenealy’s new signing from Wexford, Stephen Nolan, started at centre-back and then switched to attack, scoring the second of their two lead points on 53 minutes (1-10 to 1-8). But Carnew showed great character and battling spirit, fighting back to send the game to a replay, the equalising point fittingly coming from evergreen Don Hyland.

The other senior hurling semi-final was a non-event, with Bray Emmets romping to a 2-17 to 1-7 win over a disappointing St. Patrick’s side.

Bray’s Mikey Lee showcased his scoring skills with 1-9 while centre-back John Henderson was man of the match.