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Templenoe 0-09, Ballymacelligott 3-09.

Templenoe will remain in Division 2 of the County Senior Football League for 2022, after losing out to Ballymac by 3 goals on Sunday. In the process, Ballymac have also gained the automatic promotion spot to Division 1, as they had already seen off Gneeveguilla in the previous round, so they top the table on the head to head rule.

Conditions were ideal and the game was nicely attended, with both sides vying to make the step up to top flight. However, the first quarter failed to really ignite with both sides squandering chances and coughing up possession on countless occasions. Aidan Breen opened the scoring from a free for the visitors, but Templenoe hit back with 2 points in a row from Josh Crowley Holland and Brian Crowley. The former also went close with a goal chance, only to see his effort cleared off the line. Then 13 minutes in, Ballymac centre half back Dan O’Shea make a great run up the field evading the tackles of the Templenoe defenders, to fire the ball to the net for their first goal. This put the visitor 0-02 to 1-01 ahead at the water break.

Templenoe who were forced line without the services of their sharpshooter Stephen O’Sullivan, did enjoy a purple patch early in the second quarter, which begun with Teddy Doyle nailing a placed ball from a difficult angle to bring back the deficit to one point. Then the hosts followed this up with a brace of points from Sean Sheehan and Danny Cahalane to put them in front for the second time. But this was as good as it would get for Templenoe, who were not helped by loss of their other marksman Brian Crowley to injury in this period. Soon after Ballymac upped their game and hit 1-02 in quick succession to turn this contest in their favour, with Vinny Horan showing his class to score 1-01, while his partner in crime Daire Keane popped over the other score. Templenoe centre half back John Spillane then showed good determination to split the posts with a long range attempt just before the interval.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 0-06, Ballymacelligott 2-03.

Buoyed by their lead and the prospect of automatic promotion, Ballymac pushed on and had the next three scores on the trot from Daire Keane, Aidan Breen (f) and Vinny Horan. Templenoe on the other-hand were just having one of those days in front of goal with the excellent Ballymac net minder Brian Lonergan denying 2 strikes from Templenoe substitute Daniel Crowley and then at the very finish of the match he also did brilliant to keep out a Teddy Doyle penalty, after Sean Sheehan was fouled.

Shortly before the second half water break, a high ball in towards the Templenoe goal was finished to the net by Mike Herlihy and despite protests that he may have been in the square, the goal stood following a consultation between the referee and umpire. Daire Keane then added another point to this tally to put the visitors in a very commanding position at the end of the third quarter to lead by 0-06, 3-07.

To their credit Templenoe fought to the end and did tag on three more points before the final whistle with Danny Cahalane, Teddy Doyle and John Rice all finding the range. But the day belonged to the St Kieran’s outfit, who closed out the game with 2 more Vinny Horan points and the final whistle was greeted with joy by their players and travelling supporters alike

Final Score: Templenoe 0-09, Ballymacelligott 3-09.

Congratulations to Ballymacelligott.

For Templenoe attention will now turn towards the club championship in a few weeks time.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Teddy Doyle 0-02 (0-01f), Danny Cahalane 0-02, Josh Crowley Holland 0-01, Brian Crowley 0-01, Sean Sheehan 0-01, John Spillane 0-01, John Rice 0-01.

Ballymacelligott: Vinny Horan 1-04, Daire Keane 0-03, Dan O’Shea 1-00, Mike Herlihy 1-00, Aidan Breen 0-02 (0-02f).

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Tom Spillane, Kieran O’Neill, Kieran McCarthy, Mark Casey, John Spillane, John Rice, Josh Crowley Holland, Colin Crowley, Teddy Doyle, Danny Cahalane, Martin Reilly, John Moriarty, Sean Sheehan, Brian Crowley.

Subs: Cian Hallissey, Daniel Crowley, Joseph Sheehan, Hugh Granville, Dan O’Connor.

Ballymacelligott: Brian Lonergan, Mike Sweeney, Michael Reidy, Con Reynolds, Josh O’Keeffe, Dan O’Shea, Darragh Sweeney, Aidan Breen, Darragh Broderick, Luke Sweeney, Darragh O’Regan, Mike Herlihy, Mike Hoare, Vinny Horan, Daire Keane.

Subs: Tomas O’Connor, Adam Kelly, Adam Sheehy, Genie Griffin.

Details: Category: Match Reports 2021; Published: 02 August 2021

Central Region U17 League Division 4 Final

Templenoe/Sneem/Derrynane/Tuosist 1-14, Dromid/Waterville 0-12.

A goal from Templenoe/Sneem/Derrynane/Tuosist Midfielder Darragh O’Sullivan just before the interval proved crucial, as they progressed to overcome Dromid/Waterville in the Central Region U17 League Division 4 final at Derrynane last Friday evening.

It was entertaining contest played in ideal conditions and there was little to choose between the sides for the most part. The away side had wind advantage for the first half, but it was the hosts that lead by 0-4 to 0-3 at the first water break.

The second quarter was ebb and flow with both sides continuing to match each other score for score. For Dromid/Waterville Donncha O’Sullivan and Cian Murphy were very impressive throughout, while target man Aiden Crowley provided the bulk of the scores for Templenoe/Sneem/Derrynane/Tuosist.

29 minutes in the teams were deadlocked at 8 points a piece and then a high ball in from an Aiden Crowley free was gathered by Darragh O’Sullivan who dispatched the ball to the net for the all-important goal.

Half Time Score: Templenoe/Sneem/Derrynane/Tuosist 1-08 Dromid/Waterville 0-08.

Soon after resumption Templenoe/Sneem/Derrynane/Tuosist extended their lead to 5 points, but the away side fought back well and reduced the margin to just 2 going points going into the second half water break to make the score 1-10 to 0-11. At a time when the hosts were temporarily down a player following the issuing of a black card.

It was all to play for going into the final quarter with both sides giving it everything. A pivotal score by wing back Fiachra Breen helped steady the ship for Templenoe/Sneem/Derrynane/Tuosist, before 2 pointed frees on the trot by Aidan Crowley put some daylight between the sides coming into the closing minutes. All the while Dromid/Waterville powered forward every chance they got in search of a goal, but goalkeeper Adam Corridon and his defence were rock solid and they successfully managed to keep their opponents at bay, who ended up having to settle with an injury time point from Donncha O’Sullivan.

After the final whistle the trophy was presented to the victorious team captain Darragh O’Sullivan.

Final Score: Templenoe/Sneem/Derrynane/Tuosist 1-14, Dromid/Waterville 0-12.

Congratulations to all the Templenoe/Sneem/Derrynane/Tuosist players and management and best of luck in the County Minor League Division 9 Semi-Final vs An Ghaeltacht on Monday evening.

Scorers:

Templenoe/Sneem/Derrynane/Tuosist: Aiden Crowley 0-09 (0-05f), Darragh O’Sullivan 1-01, Conor Murphy 0-01, Zak Fayen 0-01, Darragh Murphy 0-01, Fiachra Breen 0-01.

Dromid/Waterville: Donncha O’Sullivan 0-05 (0-03f), Cian Murphy 0-04, Padraig O Mangain 0-01, Ruairi O Duineacha 0-01, Evan O’Shea 0-01

Team and panel:

Templenoe/Sneem/Derrynane/Tuosist: Adam Corridon, Mike Frank O’Connor, Jack Donnelly, Ciaran Crowley, Fiachra Breen, Jim Clifford, Ronan O’Connor, Adem Gul, Darragh O’Sullivan, Zak Fayen, Conor Murphy, Connor Hennessy, Cathal Murphy, Aiden Crowley, Oisin Galvin.

Billy Noonan, Dara Casey, Oisin Breen, Darragh Murphy, Tom Clifford, Senan Gul, Donnacha O’Sullivan.

Details: Category: Match Reports 2021; Published: 16 August 2021

Kerry Petroleum Senior Football Club Championship, Round 2.

Templenoe 3-09, Dr Crokes 1-10.

What a historic evening it was for Templenoe last Saturday, that will surely rank right up there with the best of them, after Templenoe overcame the Dr Crokes senior team for the first time in the club’s history. The win also means that Templenoe have now defeated every club in the county at some stage, be it in the county league or as in case of this contest a club championship game.

Make no mistake about it, Templenoe were full value for their win. The foundations for this famous victory were laid in the first 2 minutes, when Stephen O’Sullivan and Brian Crowley both got in on the end of two good team moves to bury ball past Shane Murphy to get the home side off to a dream 2 goals start . However, no one was getting carried away with the Templenoe players in particular remaining 100% focused with the task on-hand. Jordan Kiely replied with neat point from play, before Gavin White powered forward to force a good save from Mark Looney. A 45 resulted, but Shane Murphy’s effort went wide of the posts. This was no doubt a let off for Templenoe, but they heeded the warning and soon after Gavin Crowley and Killian Spillane found the range with two well taken scores. Tom Doyle and Brian Looney split the posts for the visitors to reduce margin back to 5 points, but Templenoe refused to let this unsettle them, with Killian Spillane adding another score to his tally to make it 2-03 to 0-03 at the end of the first quarter.

After the water break, Josh Crowley Holland showed great composure to kick a point on the run, after catching a ball out around the middle of the field. A brace of points followed from Brian Crowley and Killian Spillane to extend Templenoe’s lead to 9 points. Dr Crokes realising they now had a fight on their hands introduced David Shaw and then Kieran O’Leary gave them some hope with a badly needed score. Crokes had chances to reduce the lead further, but uncharacteristically for them they failed to hit the target with a number of point chances before the interval, although in between Tony Brosnan did show good technique to fire over points from play and from a placed ball.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 2-06, Dr Crokes 0-06.

Templenoe used the half time break to regroup and no doubt emphasised the importance of not letting Dr Crokes eat any further in their lead. A point from Colin Crowley preceded Templenoe’s 3^rd goal of the day, when Teddy Doyle found himself in a bit of space in front of the Crokes goal and he made no mistake with the finish. This set pulses racing with the home supporters daring to dream of a positive outcome. Templenoe now had a 10 points cushion and prior to the goal a spectacular overhead catch from Gavin Crowley in the half back line, prevented a likely goal chance for Dr Crokes. Templenoe’s purple patch continued with Stephen O’Sullivan popping the ball over the ball to extend their lead even further. But Dr Crokes were far from done and hit back with 3 unanswered points courtesy of Tony Brosnan (2) and Micheal Burns. Then came the penalty for Dr Crokes after the referee spotted a foul inside the square, Tony Brosnan stepped up and stroke it brilliantly passed Mark Looney. Suddenly the margin was back down to 5 points again. But then another crucial point from Colin Crowley, which also turned out to be Templenoe’s last score helped steady the ship going into the second half water break with the scoreboard reading 3-09 to 1-09.

Dr Crokes tested the resolve of the Templenoe defence rigorously in the last quarter, but the hosts remained resolute and answered all the questions asked. Indeed throughout the game the aggressive tackling, and turnovers forced by Templenoe was a joy to watch with all four of Templenoe’s County panellists Tadhg Morley, Gavin Crowley, Adrian and Killian Spillane leading by example in what a great team display with everyone including the subs that came on contributing. Templenoe too had their chances to increase their advantage in the final quarter, but just could not quite find the range. The closest Dr Crokes came for a second goal, was when David Shaw had a goal bound effort well stopped by Mark Looney. Instead the visitors had to settle with one last score from Tony Brosnan on an evening where things just didn’t go their way. Templenoe closed out the game efficiently and their first ever win in this competition was greeted with joy at the final whistle.

Final Score: Templenoe 3-09, Dr Crokes 1-10.

Before the game a minute silence was held in honour of the late Dr Crokes Patron Donie Sheahan.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Stephen O’Sullivan 1-01 (0-01f), Brian Crowley 1-01, Killian Spillane 0-03, Teddy Doyle 1-00, Colin Crowley 0-02, Gavin Crowley 0-01, Josh Crowley Holland 0-01.

Dr Crokes: Tony Brosnan 1-05 (1p-02f), Jordan Kiely 0-01, Tom Doyle 0-01, Brian Looney 0-01, Kieran O’Leary 0-01, Micheal Burns 0-01.

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Mark Casey, Kieran O’Neill, Tadhg Morley, Tom Spillane, Gavin Crowley, John Rice, Josh Crowley Holland, Adrian Spillane, Teddy Doyle, Brian Crowley, Colin Crowley, Stephen O’Sullivan, Sean Sheehan, Killian Spillane,

Subs: Kieran McCarthy, Martin Reilly, Michael Hallissey, Daniel Crowley.

Dr Crokes: Shane Murphy, John Payne, Michael Maloney, Fionn Fitzgerald, Mark Cooper, Gavin White, Michael Potts, Mark O’Shea, Tom Doyle, Brendan Falvey, Micheal Burns, Brian Looney, Jordan Kiely, Tony Brosnan, Kieran O’Leary.

Subs: David Shaw, Gavin O’Shea, Daithi Casey, Terry Sparling, Chris Doncel.

Templenoe Team Picture by Mary O'Neill

Details: Category: Match Reports 2021; Published: 26 September 2021

Kerry Petroleum Senior Football Club Championship, Round 1.

Templenoe 1-07, Kenmare Shamrocks 1-13.

A strong last quarter for Kenmare saw them pull away six points winners in a hard fought encounter with no quarters asked or given between the two local rivals.

Both teams welcomed their Kerry contingent back to club action for this crunch tie, which was played in dry conditions at Lewis Road on Sunday. Kenmare had the wind to their backs for the first half and they duly opened the scoring with Sean O’Shea and Tom Murnane getting them off to a solid start. Templenoe’s first score came 5 minutes in courtesy of a pointed free from Killian Spillane. David Hallissey and Sean O’Shea extended the lead for Kenmare with two more white flags, before the latter then went close with a goal chance only to be denied by a good save from Mark Looney. Then in the 13^th minute came Templenoe’s goal, with Brian Crowley showing great drive, to follow up on his initial effort which was blocked, to bury the ball to the back of the net at the second time of asking. This brought the scores level, but Kenmare responded well with Kevin O’Sullivan calmly popping the ball over the bar at the other end to make the score 1-01 to 0-05 going into the first half water break.

The second quarter tended to boil over at times, Kenmare picked up 2 black cards in this period, with Mark and Dara Crowley both getting sent to the sin bin. But Templenoe suffered their own big blow, when their influential midfielder Adrian Spillane who was playing very well had leave the field with an injury following a late hit that he did not recover from. Nonetheless, Templenoe looked like they might be starting to get the upperhand in this contest, when they edged in front for the first and only time in the game following a brace of points from Teddy Doyle and Killian Spillane. However, a minute later 14 men Kenmare worked the ball up the field with Sean O’Shea and Paul O’Connor combining to pass the ball across the square for Tom Murnane to palm to the net. This was a sucker punch for Templenoe and soon after Stephen O’Brien added another point to leave Kenmare going in the happier at the interval.

Half Time Score: Templenoe 1-03, Kenmare Shamrocks 1-06.

On resumption Templenoe’s Teddy Doyle cut the deficit to 2 points again with a fine score from play. Kevin O’Sullivan then had a shot saved from the line, before Sean O’Shea made no mistake with a placed ball effort for Kenmare. In the 37^th minute, Patrick Clifford got forward to split the posts for Templenoe, but once more Sean O’Shea countered with a converted free to restore Kenmare’s 3 points advantage. Throughout the match, Kenmare made it difficult for Templenoe to score, by funnelling players back when Templenoe were on the attack, but Gavin Crowley did find some space to fire over a point just before the 2^nd half water break to make the score 1-06 to 1-08.

The final quarter was where Kenmare pushed on, but Templenoe had loud appeals for a penalty in the 51^st minute when Josh Crowley Holland found himself in a great position in front of the Kenmare goal amid frantic tackling by the Kenmare defenders, but a 45 resulted which subsequently went wide and the chance was lost for Templenoe. Instead Kenmare had 3 unanswered points from Sean O’Shea, Michael McCarthy which was only inches over the crossbar and Tom Murnane. This put clear daylight between the sides. Stephen O’Sullivan got one last score for Templenoe, but Kenmare were not going to denied and finished out the contest with points from David Hallissey and Sean O’Shea for a deserved win on the day.

Final Score: Templenoe 1-07, Kenmare Shamrocks 1-13.

Scorers:

Templenoe: Brian Crowley 1-00, Killian Spillane 0-02 (0-02f), Teddy Doyle 0-02, Patrick Clifford 0-01, Gavin Crowley 0-01, Stephen O’Sullivan 0-01.

Kenmare Shamrocks: Sean O’Shea 0-06 (0-03f), Tom Murnane 1-02, David Hallissey 0-02, Stephen O’Brien 0-01, Kevin O’Sullivan 0-01, Michael McCarthy 0-01.

Teams:

Templenoe: Mark Looney, Mark Casey, Kieran O’Neill, Tadhg Morley, Patrick Clifford, Gavin Crowley, John Rice, Josh Crowley Holland, Adrian Spillane, Teddy Doyle, Brian Crowley, Colin Crowley, Stephen O’Sullivan, Sean Sheehan, Killian Spillane,

Subs: Danny Cahalane, Denis O’Neill, John Spillane, Kieran McCarthy.

Kenmare Shamrocks: Kieran Fitzgibbon, Dara Crowley, James McCarthy, Cian O’Sullivan, Matthew Murnane, Dara O’Shea, Shane O’Sullivan, Griffin Wharton, David Hallissey, Kevin O’Sullivan, Sean O’Shea, Mark Crowley, Tom Murnane, Paul O’Connor, Stephen O’Brien,

Subs: Micheal McCarthy, Dan McCarthy, Kevin Price

Details: Category: Match Reports 2021; Published: 05 September 2021

Kerry Petroleum Senior Football Club Championship, Group 2, Round 3.

Spa 1-03, Templenoe 0-06.

Templenoe and Spa renewed rivalries on a wet and showery afternoon on Sunday. The previous weekend’s results had blown this group wide open, to turn this game into a do or die clash for both teams. In the finish, after a low scoring and disappointing encounter, there was no separating the sides, but the result was enough to see Templenoe create more history by qualifying for the semi-final of this competition for the first time. While newly promoted Spa also had reason to be cheerful, as they retained their senior status for 2022, following Dr Crokes defeat to Kenmare in the other group game.

Templenoe had wind advantage for the first half and they also dominated possession, with Spa feeling the loss of their former County panellist Liam Kearney. However, it took 8 minutes for the first score to come courtesy of Killian Spillane and 2 minutes later the same player doubled the visitors lead with a second score from play. Templenoe had chances to copper fasten their lead, but they failed to capitalise. In the 12^th minute Josh Crowley Holland looked to be through on goal, only to pull his shot wide. Killian Spillane though did add a free shortly before the water break to make the score 0-00 to 0-03.

The second quarter saw Templenoe continue to control proceedings, but again they found a packed Spa defence difficult to breakdown and scoring opportunities were scare. Colin Crowley took on the 45 duties for Templenoe, he was unsuccessful with his first effort, but 4 minutes later he made amends by beautifully landing his second 45 attempt over the crossbar. In between Niall McCarthy had a point chance for Spa, but his effort went wide of the posts and remarkably Spa failed to register a score in the whole of the first half. However, Templenoe were far from out of sight, yet they did manage to tag on one more point through Brian Crowley before the interval.

Half Time Score: Spa 0-00, Templenoe 0-05.

The third quarter was turning into a bit of a horror show for Templenoe, when they were reduced to 13 players for separate incidents within 7 minutes of the restart. The loss of John Rice and Colin Crowley for the remainder of the game suddenly meant that the visitors were now facing somewhat of an uphill struggle despite their advantage on the scoreboard. Evan Cronin meanwhile scored a brilliant point from a difficult angle to finally get Spa off the mark after 34 minutes of play. It was game on now. Patrick Clifford was introduced for the visitors to try and restore calm. But Spa were now getting on more ball, with all the Templenoe players having to work that bit harder and soon after the margin was reduced to three points following a long range effort from Shane Cronin. Templenoe regrouped and reorganised well to effectively prevent any further scores for Spa in this quarter, to leave it 0-02 to 0-05 going into the second half water break.

The final quarter was real edge of the seat stuff. Michael Foley split the posts for the hosts to cut the margin to just 2 points. Then Stephen O’Sullivan was off target with a free for Templenoe, before a long ball in by Spa’s Ciaran Spillane was gathered by David Spillane, who turned and shot for a perfectly executed goal to put Spa in front for the first time in this contest after 58 minutes. Spa were now the ones trying to close the game out, but they then had Dara Moyihan red carded after he picked up a second yellow. Templenoe to their credit dug deep and despite missing another free immediately after the goal, they battled on and were rewarded when Killian Spillane converted a free well into injury time for their sole score in the second half. Indeed both sides subsequently had a chance each to grab a winner, but it was not to be. Although neither side were to know it at the full time whistle, the result would be enough for both teams to retain their senior status with Templenoe advancing to the semi final.

Well done to our players and management and very best of luck to all in the semi-final!

Final Score: Spa 1-03, Templenoe 0-06.

Scorers:

Spa: David Spillane 1-00, Evan Cronin 0-01, Shane Cronin 0-01, Michael Foley 0-01.

Templenoe: Killian Spillane 0-04 (2f), Colin Crowley 0-01 (1 45), Brian Crowley 0-01.

Teams:

Spa: James Devane, Brian Lynch, Eoin Fitzgerald, Shane Lynch, Shane Cronin, Dan O’Donoghue, Cian Murphy, Michael McCarthy, Ciaran Spillane, Niall O’Mahony, Michael Foley, Dara Moynihan, Niall McCarthy, Evan Cronin, Cian Tobin.

Subs: Ryan O’Carroll, David Spillane.

Subs: Patrick Clifford, Micheal Hallissey, Danny Cahalane