Footballers resounding victory over St Ultans in challenge game

Report on intermediate football challenge game – Trim versus Ballivor.

Half time score – Trim 0-7, St. Ultans 0-5.

Full time score – Trim 2-13, St. Ultans 0-7.

Trim prepared for their intermediate football championship and league campaign with a home challenge game against St Ultans of Bohermeen last saturday evening, under lights. This was the second challenge game in their pre preparation and after a fast and hard hitting encounter they came out resounding winners on a score of 2-13 to 0-7. The first half was a close, hard fought encounter, where the home team just about kept their noses in front and ended the half two points to the better on a scoreline of 0-7 to 0-5. 

Trim’s half time talk seemed to have the better effect as they came out on a higher gear and within the first ten minutes of second half they had increased the gap with three well worked points. Both sides swapped three points apiece to keep the score gap at five points entering the final ten minutes. Two fine goals that heralded the return of corner forward Neil Heffernan to the Trim side and two extra points in the dying minutes saw the home side run out winners by twelve points.  

The Trim panel of players for the game were:

Brendan Murphy, Colm Flaherty, Robbie Brennan, Maurice Power, Stephen O’Toole, Paul Flanagan, Daryl Phelan, Frankie Murphy, Ryan Andrews, Mark Gilsenan, Michael Lowther, Paul Gilsenan, James Toher, Damien McGee, Neil Heffernan, Sean McGee, Shane Lenehan, Michael Lydon, Gary Clarke, Colm McGrath, Shane Downes, Keith Hamilton, James Andrews, Stephen Doyle, Karl Dwyer, Shane O’Connor, Davy Lynch.