Thursday, October 23, 2008

Irish Schoolboys: St Andrew's stun Cookstown

St Andrew's stunned Cookstown 3-2, knocking out the title holders in the process, to claim top spot in group A. It means that no Ulster side will make it through to the semi-final stages of the competition this year as Banbridge and Wallace both missed out on goal difference.

Ashton nabbed their group in the most dramatic of fashions, Dan Hobbs scoring with their last touch of the match to draw 4-4 with last year's beaten finalists Banbridge. Hobbs and Bann's Stephen Dowds both netted drag-flick hat-tricks. The draw meant Ashton went through on goal difference.

Wesley got the better of RBAI 3-1 while Bandon picked up their first comfortable win of the competition, beating Raphoe 5-1.

The semi-final draw has kept the Leinster rivals apart with Wesley facing Bandon and Ashton up against St Andrew's. Both games get underway at 9.30am tomorrow morning.

Final group results:
Group A
Cookstown 2 St Andrew's 3; Villiers 0 Kilkenny 5
Placings (Goal difference): St Andrews 9pts (+12), Cookstown 6pts (+16), Kilkenny 3pts (-4), Villers 0pts (-24)

Group B
Wesley 3 RBAI 1; Kilkeel 1 Midleton 2
Placings: Wesley 9pts (+14), RBAI 6pts (+3), Midleton 3pts (-9) Kilkeel 0pts (-8)

Group C
Sutton Park 0 Wallace 2; Raphoe 1 Bandon 5
Placings: Bandon 7pts (+7), Wallace 7pts (+3), Sutton Pk 1pt (-3), Raphoe 1pt (-5)

Group D
Banbridge 4 Ashton 4; High School 2 Regent House 1
Placings: Ashton 7pts (+9), Banbridge 7pts (+8), High School 3pts (-7), Regent House 0pts (-10)

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

well done andrews cookstown were too cocky as always,credit has to be given to bandon tho 4 losing 10 players last year im sure who all started and now are back into there 5th semi final in a row!

Anonymous said...

wesley r goin 2 win de cup

Anonymous said...

Any news on semi final draw yet....?

Anonymous said...

Mate get your facts right,its there 6th yr into a semi final,3 finals and 3 semi finals in 6th yrs,not bad at all now!!!

Anonymous said...

Wesley v Bandon
St Andrews v Ashton

Anonymous said...

Andrews -v- Ashton

Wesley -v- Bandon

my money on an Andrews -v- Bandon final with Andrews taking the prize

Anonymous said...

wesley v bandon

andrewws v ashton

Anonymous said...

My money is on a Wesley v Andrews final!

Anonymous said...

I doubt any of you are old enough to bet!

DoctorD said...

Semi final result just in: Wesley 2 Bandon 1

Anonymous said...

andrews 3 - 1 ashton
wesley 2 - 0 bandon

andrews - wesley final at 2.30pm!!

Anonymous said...

an Andrews Wesley final it is.