TEEMORE ................................ 2-11

ST PATRICK'S ......................... 0-12

Teemore have made a purposeful start to the league with two victories chalked up in their opening brace of games. This success over visiting St Patrick's was secured principally due to the smart opening half display which saw the Shamrocks collect two goals which sent them into a comfortable lead.

Those two goals separated the sides at the break and that gap was never to be appreciably narrowed on the changeover by the chasing Donagh team. Certainly St Patrick's with the slight breeze to assist them in the second half did put in a commendable effort to recover the lost ground but one of their old failings was again to surface.

This was the inability to translate enough of their attacking play into scores and here again there was to be a sizeable tally of wides mounted up. Part of the reason for this however would also have to be allocated to a sound Teemore back line which always made it difficult for the St Patrick's forward line, giving them little time or scope.

In that Teemore rearguard, Paul Martin at full back and Declan McDonald at corner back were to be particularly effective with Sean Owens also featuring well. Around the middle of the park Shane Brady was able to mop up a fair measure of broken possession while Declan Fitzpatrick emerged as the game's most influential forward.

Fitzpatrick in fact had an excellent opening half and he hit an impressive one goal and four points tally over those thirty minutes. His goal came from a long ball punted in from outfield, Mark Donoghue off loaded to the supporting corner forward and Teemore had struck a decisive blow.

Full forward Donoghue was to shoot the second Teemore goal and with Fitzpatrick enjoying a prolific spell, Teemore were to build up a more than acceptable scoreline prior to the half time break. Other scores for them had come from Jason McCaffery and Gerry Quinlan.

St Patrick's however had not been totally outgunned and they had their moments up front with a tally of half a dozen points accumulated, Barry Little, Fergal Reilly and Eamon Maguire all contributing.

That left St Patrick's those two goals adrift on the restart and they did work hard to haul down the deficit but despite a lot of earnest play they could never make a serious dent into the Teemore lead. They did have a reasonable third quarter and they did give themselves a glimmer of hope but it was difficult to sustain their effort and Teemore were to put the result beyond all doubt with a late finishing surge that brought points from substitute Sean Curry and from the dependable Fitzpatrick.

Referee Fergal Cleary Kinawley.