Enniscorthy U12 boys made the trip to a windy Rathdown Girls School (Monkstown) last Sunday to take part in their blitz. Three tough and tight games lay ahead for the Wexford men. First up was a battle with Corinthians where Enniscorthy will feel they should have gained a victory. They had the lion’s share of possession but failed to create clear goal chances. Matthew Kelly had a good attempt on goal which went narrowly wide. Jamie Walsh got a shot away in the circle which also sailed wide. Marcus Wallace was impressive at left back where he made many strong runs down the wing. All in all a no score result was a positive result against a strong club.
The standard increased immensely in the second game against Monkstown and Enniscorthy found themselves a goal behind after the Monkstown forward capitalised on a rare defensive error. Adam Hill made a series of fine saves to keep his teammates in the game. A piece of inspiration from Brian Smith lead to an equaliser. After beating 2 players he slipped the ball off to Jamie Walsh who had goal on his mind and finished off with a cool strike. Enniscorthy grew in confidence now and we were unfortunate to concede again. It finished a loss by the odd goal.
YMCA were next and proved to be a strong team. It wasn’t long before Enniscorthy found themselves 2 goals down. Enniscorthy appeared a beaten team. However, Mervyn Rogan made a strong tackle at right back where he fed Matthew Kelly who ran the length of the pitch before crossing to Alan Hawkins who found the YMCA backboard. Tadgh English won a lot of ball for Enniscorthy through pressuring the Dubliner backs. This pressure lead to more ventures into the opposition circle and when Daniel Murphy found himself inside the circle he made no mistake and grabbed the equaliser. Ennsicorthy dominated the remainder but were unable to grab the winner.
Coaches Roy Chapman and David Medcalf were delighted with the performances and were particularly impressed with the performance of Adam Hill in the pads.
Enniscorthy Squad: A Hill, B Smith, M Rogan, M Wallace, A Hawkins, M Kelly, T English, J Walsh, D Murphy.
The standard increased immensely in the second game against Monkstown and Enniscorthy found themselves a goal behind after the Monkstown forward capitalised on a rare defensive error. Adam Hill made a series of fine saves to keep his teammates in the game. A piece of inspiration from Brian Smith lead to an equaliser. After beating 2 players he slipped the ball off to Jamie Walsh who had goal on his mind and finished off with a cool strike. Enniscorthy grew in confidence now and we were unfortunate to concede again. It finished a loss by the odd goal.
YMCA were next and proved to be a strong team. It wasn’t long before Enniscorthy found themselves 2 goals down. Enniscorthy appeared a beaten team. However, Mervyn Rogan made a strong tackle at right back where he fed Matthew Kelly who ran the length of the pitch before crossing to Alan Hawkins who found the YMCA backboard. Tadgh English won a lot of ball for Enniscorthy through pressuring the Dubliner backs. This pressure lead to more ventures into the opposition circle and when Daniel Murphy found himself inside the circle he made no mistake and grabbed the equaliser. Ennsicorthy dominated the remainder but were unable to grab the winner.
Coaches Roy Chapman and David Medcalf were delighted with the performances and were particularly impressed with the performance of Adam Hill in the pads.
Enniscorthy Squad: A Hill, B Smith, M Rogan, M Wallace, A Hawkins, M Kelly, T English, J Walsh, D Murphy.
