Juvenile Hurling

Top Oil South Leinster Juvenile Hurling C Championship v Carnew
Wednesday March 9
in Carnew

Wexford CBS………………………………………………….1-10
Colaiste Bhride Carnew…….…………………………………0-2

WEXFORD CBS enjoyed a hard earned 11 point victory over Carnew to set themselves up to top the group. The game was ruined as a spectacle by the gale force wind which was also icy and made conditions uncomfortable for the players.

CBS lost the toss and were forced to play into the gale in the first half. The home side took the lead with an early point and doubled their advantage in the tenth minute with a converted free.

Incredibly this was to be their final score as a determined CBS defence totally shut them out and any time they got through, goalkeeper Darragh Kehoe proved equal to their efforts as he kept a clean sheet.

Eventually CBS got on the scoreboard through a Glen Murphy-Butler free and Reece Murphy levelled after good work by Adam Feery. The vital goal arrived when Eoin Kavanagh was on hand to lash the ball to the net.

Slowly, CBS began to exert their influence even into the wind and went further ahead when Adam Feery stinging ground shot went over the bar, Eoin Kavanagh added a point to his goal and Glen Murphy-Butler directed a free over the bar.

This left the half-time score at 1-5 to 0-2 and CBS had the wind to look forward to. However, it was crucially important that they maintained their excellent work rate in the new half.

It was more of the same in the second half as both sides thundering into each other. The next few score were crucial and they went to the away side as Emmett Nolan and two from Glen Murphy Butler stretched the lead to 1-8 to 0-2.

Emmett Nolan and Paul Leonard finished the game with points to seal the victory as CBS also struck a large number of wides.

Man of the match was split between Darragh Kehoe and Josh Shiel who was given a man marking job on Carnew’s danger man and did a superb job. However, credit goes to the group for a massive effort and a massive win. Next up is a home game v Bridgetown VC.

Wexford CBS: Darragh Kehoe (Faythe Harriers); Joe Barrett (St. Martin’s), Francis Dempsey (St. Martin’s), Josh Murphy (Faythe Harriers); Shane McGuinness (Faythe Harriers), Paul Leonard (Glynn-Barntown, 0-1) Ben Hynes (Faythe Harriers); Emmett Nolan (Faythe Harriers 0-1), Glen Murphy-Butler (Faythe Harriers, 0-4 2f); Reece Murphy (Faythe Harriers, 0-1), Josh Shiel (Faythe Harriers), Cillian Larkin (Buffers Alley 0-1); Eoin Kavanagh (Faythe Harriers, 1-1), Dan Browne (Faythe Harriers), Adam Feery (St. Martin’s, 0-1)
Subs: Jason Gordon (Faythe Harriers) for Murphy inj., Ruairi Fenlon (Glynn-Barntown) for Larkin, Owen McNulty (Buffers Alley) for Barrett, Oisin Waters (St. Martin’s) for Feery, Sean Byrne (Faythe Harriers) for McGuinness, also Wen Geng Lin, Conor Byrne.