Sunday, July 6th - Senior Hurling Championship - Galway Boston vs Fr. Tom Burke's

Galway Boston vs Fr. Tom Burkes

Galway Boston 1-30 | Fr. Tom Burkes 1-17

Galway Boston were crowned Northeast Senior Hurling champions on Sunday afternoon in Canton, seeing off Fr. Tom Burke’s in their third meeting this summer.

Galway got off to a flying start, Adam English opening the scoring from midfield before two pointed frees from Shane Meehan. A well-taken goal followed from Robin Mounsey, and Galway were into a 1-3 to no score lead inside the opening minutes.

Tom’s got off the mark through a Greg Thomas free. Fr. Tom’s Shane O’Brien came close to pulling back a goal for his side, but his effort was denied by Galway keeper John Coleman and sent out for a 65. Thomas pointed the resulting 65 to make it 1-3 to 0-2.

Meehan added another free, and Sean Walsh replied with one from play for Tom’s. Points from Kieran Hanrahan and Meehan stretched Galway’s advantage to six. Thomas kept Tom’s ticking over with another point, this one set up by Jimmy Quilty, but Galway pushed on with a brace of scores before another Thomas free made it 1-8 to 0-5.

After the water break, Shane O’Brien pointed for Tom’s, but Galway responded through Mounsey and Eoin Morrissey. Sean Walsh and Thomas replied for Tom’s, but Galway answered with three points — Mitchell, Chris Thomas, and Meehan all on target.

Tom’s added one more before the break through Shane O’Brien, but Galway closed out the half strong with scores from Mounsey and Mitchell. Thomas pointed a late free to keep Tom’s in it, but Galway held a strong lead.

Half-time: Galway Boston 1-17 | Fr. Tom Burkes 0-10

Greg Thomas opened the second half with a free for Tom’s, but Galway hit back through Charlie Mitchell. Luke Shanahan added one for Tom’s, followed by an Eddie Ryan point for Galway. Shane O’Brien kept Tom’s in touch with another score to make it 0-13 to 1-19.

Galway pushed for a second goal but were denied by a fine save from Adam Howlin. Meehan pointed from a free and Mitchell added another to stretch the gap. Tom’s got one back through Jimmy Quilty, but Meehan punished again with two more points before Galway added another brace of points, 1-25 to 0-16 by the water break.

Both sides traded scores in the closing quarter. O’Hanlon and Mounsey for Galway, Quilty and O’Brien for Tom’s. Galway finished their scoring of the day with two points, Meehan again and sub Keelan Hartigan.

Shane O’Brien fired in a late goal for Tom’s, but Galway were winners in the end, taking the title with a final tally of 1-30 to 1-17.

Full-time: Galway Boston 1-30 | Fr. Tom Burkes 1-17

Teams & Scorers

Galway Boston:
John Coleman, Aaron Morgan, Chris Thomas (0-1), Kieran Hanrahan (0-1), Mark Fitzgerald, Seán O’Hanlon (0-1), Adam English (0-1), Eoin Morrissey (0-1), Eddie Ryan (0-1), Robin Mounsey (1-4), Bryan Cahill, Shane Meehan (0-13), Charlie Mitchell (0-6)
Subs: Keelan Hartigan (0-1)

Fr. Tom Burkes:
Adam Howlin, Patrick Langton, Evan Connolly, Mark Quinlan, Jimmy Quilty (0-2), Aidan O’Malley, Michael Scully, Luke Shanahan (0-1), Seán Walsh (0-2), Greg Thomas (0-8), Shane O’Brien (1-4), Joe Flanagan

Man of the Match: Shane Meehan (Galway Boston)

Referee: Eamon Stapleton