The U14 squad and mentors that recorded a great win over Simonstown in the Reserve League decider at Dunganny, front l/r: Liam Duggan, Caolan Kissane, Rory O'Dwyer, Cormac Darcy, Michael Reid, Ronan Duggan, Cian Mullen, Sean Nealon, Oscar Braun, Paul Grant, Niall Carolan, Eanna McCloskey. Back: Gary Dunne, Sam McQuaid, Liam Byrne, Padraig Lavin, Joseph McWeeney, Josh McCloskey, Jack Donnelly, Daragh Nolan, Gavin O'Keefe, David Murray, Glen Mulvey, Ben McBrien, Cian O'Connor, Adrian Carolan
in round two at Trim on the last Saturday in April. However, this time they only had three points. 0-9 to 0-6, to spare over Walterstown. Dunboyne recovered from the concession of the game's opening score to lead by 0-4 to 0-2 at the break. Walterstown had the best goal chance of the hour but Michael Clarke fired narrowly wide. There was never more than a score between the sides while Gary Watters' second point of the game ensured Dunboyne were one of five teams with 100% win records after the opening two rounds of SFC fixtures. County activity in hurling and
football took centre stage for the next three months with Dunboyne's next outing in the SFC taking place on the second weekend of August. Dunboyne's first championship outing of the year at the county ground pitted them against Simonstown. Making the early running, Dunboyne reached half-time leading by 0-8 to 0-3. Backed by the breeze, Simonstown subsequently whittled down the interval deficit and forced a 0-10-all draw with an injury-time free from distance. The result may have damaged Dunboyne's 100% win record, but their unbeaten record was safe while
Johnny O'Connor's goal remained intact after three championship outings. Dunboyne's penultimate round robin fixture saw them square up to Group B leaders Wolfe Tones at Navan O'Mahonys' ground. County minors Shane McEntee and Jason Daly featured as replacments for Dunboyne with the latter player putting two points to his name in an impressive showing. It was 0-6-each at the break and a more economical Dunboyne moved 0-10 to 0-8 clear by the three-quarter mark. A late Cian Ward pointed free ensured a 0-10-all draw and that saw both team maintain their unbeaten
This squad with mentors won the U14 Reserve Shield decider at Pairc Tailteann, front l/r: Niall Carolan, Sam McQuaid, Michael Reid, Pauric Lavin, Oscar Braun, Glen Mulvey, Sean Nealon, Caolan Kissane, Ronan Duggan, Paul Grant, Cian Mullen. Back: Liam Duggan, Kevin Cleary, Cian O'Connor, Gary Dunne, Jack Donnelly, Gary McGrath, Ben McBrien, Liam Byrne, Daragh Nolan, Rory O'Dwyer, Josh McCloskey, Daniel Comiskey, Joseph McWeeney, David Murray, Adrian Carolan
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