GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 33 – September 4, 2015 | Page 23

Wexford three points to the good again, and after Kerins was
pulled down in the box a chance to really deliver a blow was
there for the Slaneysiders. Denis Brennan’s powerful shot
was a foot too high though and the lead was four.
Coming into the stretch Wexford held on to the one goal
lead. Tom’s had scored the odd one of three, and crowd were
on their feet in anticipation of a grandstand finish as Tom’s
kept up the pressure on the Wexford defence. Eventually the
breakthrough was made after a long free was dropped into
the box a Tom’s stick got a touch and it was all square with
4 minutes to go. Declan Bindon had an immediate answer
for Wexford however. From the puckout Peter Ryan won
possession and delivered the pass for Bindon to finish and
wind that had filled Tom’s sails proved to be a only a gust.
Two more Wexford points ensured that the Brighton based
club would celebrate its third junior championship victory
in a row.
WEXFORD:
G. McGovern, P. Breen, J. Taggart, D. Magill, G. Lundy, J.
Foley, M. Collins, C. Kerins, P. Ryan, D. Bindon, B. Dalton,
K. Joyce. Tom’s: K. Flynn, J. Dooley, T. Doran, S. O’Brien, S.
Higgins, D. Burke, P. O’Sullivan, J. Costello, C. O’Donoghue,
J. Dowling, G. Kelly, C. Moore, A. Camon.

JUNIOR C HURLING FINAL
PORTLAND GO UNBEATEN
PORTLAND HC
BARLEY HOUSE WOLVES

5-15
0-05

Portland did it in 2015 and did it in style. The hurlers from
Maine went unbeaten in their eighth season to win the Junior
C Boston Northeast championship. With a back line that was
well on top and each of the front seven well capable of putting the ball over the bar it was a dominant performance and
proved all too easy in the end.

Portland dominated proceedings, holding their opponents scoreless for the first 30 minutes while tallying 2-9
themselves. Portland held all the aces, both Conor Boyle
and Larry Maher in the middle of the field made a great
partnership, as did corner forwards Aidan O’Brien and
Matt Anderson. Portland’s scores were well spread across
the forward line. Dan Flanagan, Alan McGrath, Anderson and O’Brien each got on the scoresheet. The goals
came from McGrath and O’Brien. O’Brien first timed a
ball across the face of the goal into the net, while McGrath
took his from about 14 yards.
Barley House Wolves struggled against the fitter Portland side. There were a handful of chances to get into the
danger zone. Ryan Nickerson, Nick Lawrence and Dean
Williams worked hard to try and advance their side’s
cause, but to no avail. Pat Naughton did well between the
posts for the Concord side, and really could not do anything about either goal. At the break Portland held an unassailable looking 2-9 with their opponents yet to score.
A couple of changes were made for the second half.
Ross Myers came into the game for Portland, and the
youngster looked very stylish tallying a point early on.
In an effort to try and get some forward momentum
Pat Naughton came out of goal and the fortunes of the
Wolves improved somewhat. Naughton and Nick Lawrence scored points to get the New Hampshire lads off
the mark, but with Joel Wezowicz patrolling the Portland half back line making a meaningful dent in the lead
was going to be tough.
Towards the end of the game a minor