Randals and Newcestown met at Ahiohill on Friday last, 7th June, in the first round of the Carbery junior B football championship, which is being played in Round-robin format.
It was a dry but cold evening, more like March than the first week of June, with a strong north- westerly blowing diagonally across the pitch.
Newcestown started well and were a goal and three points up after twelve minutes. Sam Kingston got Randals' first score, a point, on the quarter hour mark. Necestown's second goal came shortly after, but Eoin O'Sullivan got a point from a free and Barry o'Driscoll with a goal after twenty two minutes made it 2-4 to 1-2.
Necestown got a third goal coming up to half time at which stage they led by 3-5 to 1-2,
Randals exerted continual pressure early in the second half but scores were hard to come by. Eoin O'Sullivan got a point from a free and then a goal from a penalty, around the thirty eighth minute, and it was 3-5 to 2-3.
That was as good as it got as Newcestown stretched their lead again. Patrick Lynch got a point early in the final quarter and Eoin O'Sullivan sent over from another free, late in the game but it was : Necestown 3-11 Randal Og 2- 5 at full time.
Team : Denis Lynch, Conor O'Connell, Stephen Crowley, Barry Lynch, Padraig Galvin, Shane Patterson, Ian Crowley, Sam Kingston, Conor O'Neill, Cathal Duggan, Eoin O'Sullivan, Patrick Lynch, Barry O'Driscoll, Dan Hayes, Kevin Dullea.
Subs: Conor O'Donovan, Brian Dullea, Diarmuid Hayes, Daire Hayes, Martin Murphy.