ACL Div. 3: Moate All-Whites 2-18 Mullingar Shamrocks 1-8

Mullingar Shamrocks ACL Div. 3 team were no match for Moate All-Whites in wet, windy and freezing cold Moate on Tuesday night in a match played under lights. Moate were buzzing and attacked relentlessly in the first half and at half-time led by 2-11 to 1-4. Their ability to move the ball was seen just before the interval when a Ross Corroon long-range free rebounded off the post, Moate gained possession and moved the ball swiftly downfield where Billy Barry dispatched the ball to the net for his side's second goal. Barry at full-forward was Shamrocks' tormentor in chief and kicked a number of points during the half. Robbie Forde blasted the first goal after soloing through the centre. Ross Corroon and Darren Keena (0-2) had Shamrocks opening scores before Nathan Smith goaled to make the score 1-11 to 1-3 and Gary Corroon scored Shamrocks' final point of the half. In a more evenly contested second-half Billy Flynn, Gary Walsh and Ross Corroon (0-2) were the Shamrock scorers. Mullingar Shamrocks: Robbie Boyle; Brian Reidy (Shane Colleary), Marc Eivers, Eamonn Breslin; Ryan Blundell, Brendan O'Reilly, Stephen Hassett; Pearse Corroon and Nathan Smith (1-0)[Gary Walsh, 0-1]; Billy Flynn (0-1), Dillon Matthews, Ross Corroon (0-3); Alan Cashman, Darren Keena (0-2), Gary Corroon (0-1).

Under-12 Football:

We fielded two teams in the Under-12 League against Shandonagh on Tuesday night with 31 players braving the icy conditions. Great to see.