Banteer Hurlers contest Duhallow league final.

On Sat last, at the Kanturk GAA grounds, Banteer Junior hurlers were defeated in the league final game against Freemount by the minimum of margins.

The game itself was highly entertaining and fast with both teams playing well with the backs on top for each side.

The first half was a ding-dong battle with little or nothing between the teams. Banteer were unlucky not to grab a goal in this half.

Freemount took the upper hand in the third quarter, which was decisive, but Banteer finished strong and reduced the margin to the minimum before the final whistle.

For Banteer they can be happy that this performance was a strong performance in a game that was played at championship pace. On the night luck was not with them and the goal miss in the first half and the point disallowed for no reason in the second half was the difference between winning and losing.

Final score was Banteer 0-11,Freemount 0-12.

We wish the team and selectors Noel Kearney, Ger Moran, Pat Murphy and Eoin O Mahoney well in the championship and their quest to bring divisional honours to Banteer.

Team

Con Tarrant, Sean Twomey, Con Lane, Paul Riordan, Ted Fitzgerald, Con O Keeffe, Michael John O Keeffe, Brian O Keeffe, Shane Walsh, Anthony McCarthy, Mike O Connor, Conor Buckley, Denis Mannix, John Lane, Conor Lawlor

Subs Martin Kearney for Brian O Keeffe, Declan Fitzgerald for Anthony McCarthy , John Mahoney for Conor Lawlor