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Junior Hurlers snatch victory from the jaws of defeat

AHL6 : Kevins 1-16, Syls 3-11 - Dolphins Barn, Sunday 17th August 2014 We led for about 3 seconds, the last 3 seconds as it turns out, as the Ref blew up for full time, much to the bemusement of the Syls line, Des Cahill ( Cuala were playing footie beside us) and a scrawny fox that ambled by ! But it was pleasing to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat as we've done the opposite often enough.

The Kevins line were bewildered and rightly so, as no one (except Gregg maybe! ) is quite sure how this happened. Syls trailed 1-12 to 0-5 with little over 10 minutes remaining. And although we went on the mini scoring spree of 1-4, to leave just 3 points between the teams, Kevins responded with 2 points to put it back out to 1-14 to 1-9 and the chance seemed lost. In a hectic closing 5 minutes, David Kennedy, Gregg and Stephen Keogh conjured up 1-2 between them but Kevins tacked on 2 points leaving 2 points in it and again the chance seemed lost. In injury time Hilary launched a long range missile into the square and somehow Gregg got the all important touch (pure skill he assures me) to find the net....followed by.... puckout....final whistle....game over...Syls by a point.... 3-11 to 1-16

Two home games remaining and still in with a chance of making league play-offs

Hillary Murray-Hession, Des Lehane, Ian McCafferty, Peter Guyette, Ronan Kennedy, Jody Hickey, Dave McElligott, Johnny Conway(0-1), Mannix Ryan(0-1), Colm Boran (0-3, 2f), Colm O'Connor(0-1), Pat Hoyne(0-2,2f), Stephen Keogh(0-1), Claude Scully, Eoin Kennedy (0-1), Gregg Hannon (2-0) for Pat Hoyne, David Kennedy(1-1) for Claude.

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