The hurlers of Newmarket and Millstreet travelled to Meelin to contest the semi final of the Twohig’s Duhallow junior A hurling league on Friday night last, the 20th of August.

The Millstreet men got off to the brighter start, scoring 1-03 early on, with Newmarket registering points through Cathal Browne and Gavin Forde, to trail 0-04 to 1-03 at the first water break. A score from Mikey Browne shortly after, narrowed the gap to a single point, but Millstreet restored their goal lead over the next few minutes. Newmarket replied through Cathal Browne, with Millstreet maintaining their advantage at the interval, to lead 0-07 to 1-07.

On the resumption, an opening brace of scores from Millstreet were cancelled out by points from Michael Cottrell and Gavin Forde. On 39 minutes a Forde free narrowed the gap to just two points. From this stage onwards Millstreet exerted their dominance, scoring 2-04 without reply. A late Conor O’Keeffe point brought Newmarket’s total to 0-11 compared to Millstreet’s 3-14 over the hour. Millstreet now progress to the final, with Newmarket’s attentions turning to the championship.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

Gavin Forde (0-06, 6f), Cathal Browne (0-02), Conor O’Keeffe (0-01), Michael Cottrell (0-01), Mickey Browne (0-01).

Darragh Kearney
Donnacha Fitzpatrick		Jamie Hayes		Paudie Allen
Daniel Norton		John Ryan		Kevin O'Sullivan
	David Cottrell		Mikey Cottrell
Cathal Browne		Niall Collins		Mikey Browne
Gavin Forde		Conor O'Keeffe		Ryan O'Keeffe
Subs: Paudie O'Sullivan, Eddie Allen, Peter Goggin.