Newmarket’s Junior B footballers played host to Rockchapel in Round 1 of the Duhallow championship, on Sunday the 5th of September.

The visitors had much the brighter start and dispite points from TJ Bodie and Robert Stack, Rockchapel lead 0-03 to 1-06 at the first water break. During the next quarter, Rockchapel added another brace of points, to hold a strong half time lead, 0-03 to 1-08.

A Robert Stack goal just after the break ignited Newmarket’s challenge and it was quickly followed up by a 45 from Shane McAuliffe minutes later. Further scores from Nicky Barrett and TJ Bodie reduced the arrears to a single score, with Newmarket trialing 1-06 to 1-09 on 42 minutes. The visitors found another gear though and dominated the remainder of the scoring, winning out, 1-07 to 2-13, on the night.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

TJ Bodie (0-05, 1f), Robert Stack (1-01), Shane McAuliffe (0-01, 1×45), Nicky Barrett (0-01)

Shane McAuliffe
Aaron O’ Callaghan		Brendan Stack		Michael O’Leary
Sean Murphy		Jamie Hayes		Eddie Allen
	Robert Stack		Paudie O'Sullivan
Michael Kenneally		T.J. Bodie		Pa O’Brien
Dylan Reidy		Adam Birtley		Nicky Barrett
Subs: Paul Verling, Jamie Kenneally, Luke McCarthy.