GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 28 – June 20, 2015 | Page 17

Tom’s, the Boston Northeast senior
championship holders kept pace in the
opening half with their opponents on the
scoreboard through the free taking of David O’Mahoney, and challenged for every
ball. Fr. Tom’s held a slight edge coming
into half time, but Tipp finally broke
through the Tom’s rear-guard and won
a penalty just before the break. The shot
was put away by Colm Galvin, the first
taken at the Irish Cultural Center under
the new rules with just the goalkeeper on
the line. Tipp had added points through
Galvin, Joe Healy, and Oisin Hickey and
at the break it was Tipp 1-5 Tom’s 0-6.
Close tackling between Boston Galway (maroon) and Shannon Blues (blue & yellow. Photo

The second half continued to be as tight
by Rory O’Donnell.
as the first. After Tipp added two points,
Tom’s edged back in front through a brace of points before
O’Mahoney executed a fine goal. Tom’s hopes were short
lived as Tipp answered in kind through, who else, but Galvin. A path to goal opened up for the Clare starlet and with
the well taken finish Tipp’s lead was restored.
The teams traded points in the final quarter, and while
the game was still within reach for Tom’s but Boston Tipp
kept their noses in front with points from Galvin and Oisin
Hickey. Then Tipp held off Tom’s efforts at late game heroics to hold on for the two point victory.
SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, JUNE 7
SHANNON BLUES
BOSTON GALWAY

3-16
0-11

The gap between the teams on the scoreboard was considerable, however, the biggest difference was not in the balance of play as much as the ability to get scores. Shannon
Blues possess a potent pair of corner forwards and coupled
with a team belief the side will be hard to beat this season.

Boston Galway will have considered themselves to be very
unlucky to be trailing at half time, never mind by six points.
Galway outplayed the Blues for most of the 30 minutes and
had six points to show for their efforts. Craig Kennedy was
lively in the forward line, and around the middle of the field
Craig Burns and Lorcan Laheen worked hard. The tribesmen also missed a penalty, something they did not have the
luxury of doing given the clinical nature of their opposing
forwards in front of goal. A foot block was penalized by
Jason Long, and Kevin Cummins shot was saved by Dara
O’Brien between the posts for the Blues.
The Blues relied largely on their dynamic corner forward
pairing, and each accounted for a goal. First was Dara Roche
who slotted nicely into the near corner with the keeper to
beat, and Barry Dwyer got on the end of a Darren Wallace
ball to put the second away. Plus, the two accounted for
most of the Blues points, the exception being Greg Horan
with a surging effort from midfield. At the half the Blues
held a 2-6 to 0-6 lead.
The second half saw the Blues net a third goal around the

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