ROUND TOWERS This U13 Division 5 final at Grangegodden turned out to be a great game of football as Round Towers claimed victory after extra time, 1-15 to 3-8.
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t half time Towers led by 18 to 0-6 but the game was turned on its head on the restart with St Cuthbert’s hitting three goals to level the match. The Round Towers defenders Liam Needle, Cian Lynch, Glen Farrelly, Turlough Carry, Larry Morgan were kept on their toes. When the full time whistle went the score was 1-12 to 3-6 and extra time was required. Round Towers were first off the mark with a point from Sean McGee and only some stout Cuthbert’s defending stopped Kyle Dardis, Stephen Collier, Mickey McNamee, Dylan Morgan and Nathan Osbourne adding to the tally, with midfielders Ciaran Morgan and Joe Carry delivering plenty of possession. Seconds from full time of extra time just as it was looking like a replay was on the cards the ball was fed in to Stephen Collier who put the ball over the bar to score the winning point. Round Towers panel: Ben Farrelly, Joe Carry, Cian Lynch, Kyle Dardis, Stephen Collier, Liam Needle, Jimmy Corcoran, Ciaran Morgan, Larry Morgan, Harry Higgins Matthew Mulroe, Mickey Meegan, Micheal McNamee, Declan Mullan, Thurlough Carry, Eoghan Harkin, Ben Mongey,
Double delight for Round Towers as Cian Lynch (left) raises the U13 Division 5 Shield and Round Towers captain Conor Lynch raises the Meath U14 Div 5 FL Cup at Dunganny
U13 AND U14 HONOURS Nathan Osbourne, Dylan Morgan, Ciaran Harkin, Glen Farrelly, Sean McGee, Harry McHugh, Oscar Rogan In April the Round Towers U14’s claimed the Division 6 title with a 6-7 to 6-4 win over St Vincent’s. The south Meath side opened the scoring with a goal but Conor Lynch replied with a Towers goal. From there to half time the Kells parish side dominated as the led by 3-7 to 2-0 at the break, with two further goals from James Hennigan.
With the midfield combination of Kieran Needle and Ciaran Carolan dominating possession of the ball, Kyle Dardis grabbed anther Towers’ goal. The sides swapped goals before a Vincent’s onslaught saw them level the game in the final moments, thanks to a wind backed 34 without reply, with the score 5-7 to 6-4. Then, somehow after a attack from the St Vincent's the Round Towers full backs managed to work the ball out to a strong Jack Mongey who
The U13 Division 5 winners, front l/r: (Players) Mickey Meegan, Sean McGee, Harry McHugh, Ben Mongey, Ciaran Harkin, Glen Farrelly, Dylan Morgan, Declan Mullen, Turlough Carry, Nathan Osborne, Ben Farrelly. Back: Eoghan Harkin, Michael McNamee (mentor), Michael McNamee, Oscar Rogan, Mathew Mulroe, Larry Morgan, Kyle Dardis, Ciaran Morgan, Jimmy Corcoran, Cian Lynch, Stephen Collier, Liam Needle, Harry O'Higgins, Joe Carry, Anthony Farrelly (mentor), Peter O'Higgins (mentor)
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