FANAD GAELS 2-12 V 0-10 KILCAR Two super second-half goals by Darren Mc Elwaine and Joshua Mc Ateer proved to be the vital scores in this keenly contested Division Two County Minor Final played at the excellent facilities in St. Mary’s Park in Convoy. The teams shared four points in the opening ten minutes , Darren Mc Elwaine and Mark Mc Ateer for Fanad Gaels and in between those Eoin Cormack and Oran Doogan for Kilcar , the only time Kilcar would lead in the game. Shaun Kerr added a third for the Fanad lads , tapping over after Joshua Mc Ateer’s shot hands come back off a post and when Mc Elwaine and the excellent Bernard Mc Gettigan added two more Fanad Gaels led by 0-05 to 0-02 in the 15th minute. Charlie Collins reports from St.Mary’s Park. In the second quarter of the opening half the teams exchanged six points , Bernard Mc Gettigan got Fanad’s three, one a brillant solo effort , but Ryan O Donnell matched him with three for Kilcar to leave the half -time score 0-08 to 0-05 in Fanad Gaels favour. The same two players exchanged points in the opening three minutes of the second-half and when Oran Doogan scored for Kilcar in the 35th minute there was only two points between them. However the game was decided in the next four minutes of play. In the 36th minute with the Referee’s arm raised playing advantage Darren Mc Elwaine showed great strength, skill and determination to burst through and drive the ball low to the net for the game’s opening goal, and when he and Joshua Mc Ateer added quick points there was seven between them and Fanad Gaels in control at 1-11 to 0-07 ahead.
