Masita GAA All Ireland Post Primary Schools Paddy Buggy Cup Final (Senior B Hurling)

John the Baptist CS (Hospital, Limerick) 2-14 St Mary’s CBGS (Belfast, Antrim) 1-8.

By Conor Kane at Semple Stadium

A first half of dominance helped John the Baptist Community School to emerge with the Paddy Buggy Cup at Thurles.

Goals by Eoin Sheehan and Ryan Tobin, the latter the last action of that opening period, put plenty of daylight between the Hospital-based school and their Belfast counterparts and that cushion proved enough to ensure victory.

Dylan O’Shea was reliable with the placed balls and there were some excellent performances around the Semple Stadium sward from the likes of centre-back Paul O’Heney, captain Paudie Maher and several forwards such as Sheehan and Tobin, always making things difficult for St Mary’s.

The Ulster side stuck gamely at trying to make a contest of it, all the same, and Darren Grego fired over a couple of nice points in the first half. However, a spell of wides in the opening quarter proved costly as it came just before John the Baptist's most effective spell.

Tiarnan Murphy sent a close-range free straight to the net early in the second half to give the St Mary's supporters something to cheer about and the same man added on three points while Shea Shannon also weighed in with a second half score to keep things competitive.

**Scorers for St John the Baptist: **Eoin Sheehan 1-2, Ryan Tobin 1-2, Dylan O’Shea 0-5 (4F), Michael O’Grady 0-2, Eoin O’Mahony 0-1, Paudie Maher 0-1, Seán Teefy 0-1.

Scorers for St Mary’s: Tiarnan Murphy 1-3 (1-2 F), Darren Grego 0-2, Shea Shannon 0-2, Gerard Smyth 0-1. 
St John the Baptist CS: Bryan Heavey, Mark Quinlan, Conor Phipps, Kyran O’Donnell, Brian O’Grady, Paul O’Heney, Kevin Boner, Michael O’Grady, Dylan O’Shea, Seán Teefy, Paudie Maher (capt.), Eoin O’Mahony, Tadhg Leddin, Eoin Sheehan, Ryan Tobin. Subs: Bradley McNamara f0r T Leddin (45m), John O’Donnell for E. Sheehan (55m).

**St Mary’s CBGS: **Philip Kennedy, Michael Napier, Niall McCann, Seán Wilson, Dominic McEnhill, Nathan Gibson, Aodhan O’Brien, CJ McKenna (capt.), Shea Shannon, Gerard Smyth, Colm McLarnon, Darren Grego, Tiarnan Murphy, Odhrán O’Callaghan, Paddy Doyle. **Subs: **Caolan Crossan for O. O’Callaghan (40m), Odhrán McKenna for P. Doyle (61m), Manus Smyth for S. Wilson (62m).

**Ref: **Gavin Quilty (Kilkenny)

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