This Week….
Achill Vs Kilmeena
This was a challenge game which was held just before the Mayo and Dublin game at Davitt Park, Polranny. The crowd had just watched the Mchale College, Achill team defeat St Brendans, Belmullet in the Mayo Vocational Schools U-16 A Football Championship Final. Congratulations Lads! So the crowd was gathering for the big one which was the County game to be played later in the evening. The Kilmeena team arrived on to the pitch first, followed by the Achill Junior team who had just given the Mchale College team a guard of honour coming off the field.
So after all the the team photos were taken, it was down to business. Achill declared their intentions early on with a number of good scores, although the game lacked any real edge in the first half showing it was just typical Challenge match. The Achill team played a lot of their players out of position to see how they would cope for future knowledge. Players were changing positions at regular intervals. At half time Achill were edging the lead by about 2 points.
It was well known also that Kilmeena were fielding a second team. With an important match in the league the following day, a lot of Kilmeena’s players stayed at home. In the second half, Achill began to take advantage of Kilmeena’s second team and Achill’s fitness also showed. The Achill forward line ran Kilmeena ragged at stages and showed it on the score board with a number of points and goals. The game finished with Achill on top and we ended up winning by at least 6 points. But at the end of the day it was all about the depth of the Achill squad and with a number of key first team players missing, Achill still had the quality to play an outstanding match on such an occasion.
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