Rebel Óg East Football Final.
Kinsale V Courceys.
The Minors took to the field again this morning after a making history on Saturday and winning the Club's first County Hurling title after an emphatic win over Doneraile 0-24 to 1-7!
This time however they were playing football against near neighbours Courceys in the Rebel Og East final in front of a great crowd of supporters!
Courceys were first to get on the scoreboard with a point but this was followed quickly by two points from John O Brien.
Courceys tried to clock on a few more scores but the defensive display from backs David Barry, Dara Mangan, Conall Gilleran, Conor McCarthy and James Rooney was awesome and made it very difficult for the opposition.
John O Brien was in fine form in the forward line and added two more points in the first half and half forward Harry Sheehan also had his kicking boots on and scored two fine points.
Darragh Crowley and Rian O Regan worked very hard at midfield and fed great ball into the Forwards including Soren Minihane, Harry McCarthy and Chris Mitchell.
Kinsale were in the lead at halftime, seven points to two.
Courceys started the second half brightly and were first to score but Kinsale forwards Harry Sheehan and John O Brien kept the scoreboard ticking over. Courceys scored a goal after some great goalkeeping from Kaelan O Rourke but Rian O Regan went back up the pitch and put the ball in the back of the net.
Brian O Neill and Andrew O Connell added more dynamic up front in the second half and in the end Kinsale had a comfortable victory on a scoreline of 1-16 to 1-5.
Captain David Barry was presented with the Cup and thanked the excellent coaching team for their hard work all year. Next up for this group of lads is a League semi final against Cill na Martra and a County Championship 1/4 final final against Kilmacbea. It's great to still be in Competitions in November!
Scorers; John O Brien 0-8, Harry Sheehan 0-6, Rian O Regan 1-0, Darragh Crowley and Andrew O Connell 0-1.
County Hurling Champions