Things are going from bad to worse
for Kiltegan! In any sort of normal circumstances they would have been
expected to get a win over the Annacurra Intermediate team in the
league at Kiltegan.

However emigration has taken at least a third
of their championship winning team and now another one third are on the
injured list. They were only able to call on four of the team that
started in the county final for this match.

Injury-time points by Frank Clune and Mick O’Brien earned Annacurra
a draw with Kiltegan in Division 1 of the Senior Football League at
Kiltegan on Friday evening.

Kiltegan started well but veteran Ciarán Shannon got Annacurra’s
first point and they stayed in contention right through. The home side
led by two points – 0-6 to 0-4 – at half-time and were still clinging
to that slender lead at the end of the hour.

However, Annacurra never gave up the chase and reaped the reward for their persistence with a valuable point in the end.

Pádraig Keogh was Kiltegan’s top scorer with four points; James
Doyle got 0-2 with Keith Furlong, James Whelan and Blaine Harmon scoing
0-1 each.

Annacurra were also a bit below full strength, missing among others
county player Alan Byrne. Their scorers were Frank Clune ( 0-5), Mick
O’Brien, Clive Horan, Willie Codd and Ciarán Shannon (0-1 each).