Junior hurling: Stephen Condon hits 13 points for Harbour Rovers

Harbour Rovers 1-15 Ballyhooly 2-10

HARBOUR ROVERS saw off Ballyhooly in the Avondhu JAHC quarter-final at Fermoy.

The Glanworth side got off to a perfect start as Stephen Condon landed two points with Barry Johnson replying from a sideline.

The Rovers’ goal came in the fifth minute when John O’Sullivan netted while Thomas Condon was outstanding at centre-back.

Some well-taken points by Condon were followed by a Seamus Roche point for Ballyhooly as the winners led 1-4 to 0-2.

Condon and Johnson exchanged frees before Kevin Kiely placed his brother Denis for a goal.

Condon added three more frees before the break while Johnson and Darragh O’Reilly were on target for Ballyhooly to leave it 1-8 to 1-5 at half-time.

On the restart Condon (3) and John O’Sullivan added points, with Dylan Collins placing Barry Johnson for a nice score, 1-12 to 1-6.

Rovers pushed seven points up before good play by Jack Coughlan led to a John O’Sullivan point.

Ballyhooly improved greatly in the last quarter. Former Bride Rovers hurler Johnson pointed and followed with a great goal. Game on, 1-15 to 2-8.

The momentum was with Ballyhooly in the closing moments. They had two frees and struck the crossbar in the dying moments but Harbour Rovers survived.

Scorers for Harbour Rovers: S Condon 0-13 (0-9 f), J O’Sullivan 1-2.

Ballyhooly: B Johnson 1-8 (0-6 f, 0-1 sl), D Kiely 1-0, Darragh O’Reilly, S Roche 0-1 each

HARBOUR ROVERS: D O’Sullivan; B O’Keeffe, B Gallagher, P Blackburne; E O’Donoghue, T Condon, J Coughlan; P Condon, D Pyne; S Dunne, J Fitzgibbon, P Hannon; S Condon, S O’Riordan, J O’Sullivan.

Subs: S Finn for S Dunne, D Gallagher for P Blackburne.

BALLYHOOLY: P O’Connor; P Aherne, C O’Keeffe, D O’Brien; D O’Reilly, S Linehan, E Buckley; D Linehan, S Roche; J O’Connor, B Johnson, K Kiely; F O’Connell, D Kiely, D Collins.

Subs: F Linehan for J O’Connor, J Mehigan for F O’Connell, S Murphy for D Collins.

Referee: Ciarán O’Regan (Ballyhea).