A great second half performance on Saturday evening earned Beale seniors a place in the final of the County Junior Club Championship. Playing with the aid of the breeze in the first half, we were rather wasteful upfront but pulled back the scores  in the lead up to the short whistle. We went in at the interval trailing by a point, 0-5 to 0-6.

The teams exchanged points on the changeover and we levelled within minutes. Two quick well-executed goals rattled our opponents and we took control of the game. Our third goal put the writing on the wall for Ballyduff and while they worked hard and pulled back a few points, the result was never really in doubt. We secured our place in the final on a score line of 3-10 to 0-13.

We play Lispole in the final on Saturday, May 5th, in Austin Stack Park, Tralee at 7 o’clock. On Saturday evening, Beale lined out as: Seán Dee, Fionnán Toomey, Colm Kissane, Shane Joy(0-1), Philly Blake, Paul Collins, Ian Mannix, Jeremy King, Dan Ellis, Ger O’Gorman(0-1(1f)), Cormac Linnane Jake O’Connell(1-0), Darragh Buckley(1-4(3f)), James McMahon(1-4(1f)) and Cillian Courtney. Substitutes: John Griffin for Colm Kissane (black card), Barry O’Mahony for Dan Ellis, Callum McSweeney for Cillian Courtney, Seamie O’Sullivan, Rory Mulvihill, John M Horgan, Alan Breen, Philip Hornyak, Seán Maloney, Seán Farrell, Timmy O’Neill and Killian Walsh-O’Boyle.

Goals were the order of the day when Beale minors secured a semi-final spot in the County League, Division 4, with a comprehensive win over St Pat’s in Blennerville last Friday evening. The final score read 6-10 to 2-9.

Beale juniors’ North Kerry League, Division 3, game against  Ballydonoghue was postponed as a mark of respect to Bud O’Connor, former Shannon Rangers and of Ballydonoghue GAA Club player. We await details of rescheduled game.

Our next round of the County Senior League, Division 4, against Skellig Rangers is scheduled to take place on Sunday in Pâirc de Staic at 2 o’clock. We have two games in May. On May 13th we travel to Cordal and then we host Castlegregory in Pâirc de Staic on May 27th.

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