Thomas Curtin scores another point for Glenamaddy.
Playing under bright sunshine at Tuam Stadium Glenamaddy failed to match the fabulous weather as they gave a lacklustre display to their travelling fans. The lads themselves will, of course, be disappointed as Monivea/Abbey were there for the taking, yet somehow Glenamaddy seemed to run out of ideas and ultimately ran out of steam as Monivea/Abbey over-ran them towards the end of the game.
Barry Curtin in action
Quickly falling behind by a point Glenamaddy fought spiritedly and soon found themselves in a 0 - 4 to 0 - 1 lead. A succession of frees then saw Glenamaddy go into a 5 point lead as accurate kicking from Thomas Curtin put them into a dominant position.
Another point 'in the bag'
Monivea/Abbey were not to be underestimated though as they fought doggedly back and put the Glenamaddy defence under a huge amount of pressure. For long spells at the end of the first half Glenamaddy were unable to break out of their own half and at half time the score stood at Glenamaddy 0 - 7 Monivea/Abbey 0 - 5. All to play for in the second half!
The second half though begun as the first had finished, with Glenamaddy soaking up the pressure - Monivea/Abbey were unable though to assert themselves fully and the best Glenamaddy attack for a good while saw skillful play from Tomas Giblin lead Glenamaddy into a more positive and purposeful period of play.
That though was pretty much it for Glenamaddy's aspirations as try as they might they could not withstand the final onslaught from Monivea/Abbey. Adding only one more point during the whole of the second half to Monivea/Abbey's ten, they saw their first half two point lead totally annihilated.
Glenamaddy ultimately paid the price for being unable to score from open play, and more costly still not making sufficient accurate passes. Time and again possession was lost cheaply to poor passing in their own half, and this led to Monivea/Abbey being able to make good use of the territorial advantage this afforded them.
Some more of the action:-
Glenamaddy's next game is against Williamstown, again at Tuam Stadium, this Sunday at 6:30 pm
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