Boden win Junior B and Junior E Championships

WHILE their senior hurlers lost in the county final, Ballyboden St Enda’s still had plenty to cheer about when they secured the Junior B Hurling Championship and the Junior E Hurling decider.

Boden overcame the challenge of Lucan Sarsfields in the Junior B Championship decider in Pairc Ui Mhurchu 0-18 to 0-15 on Sunday and followed this up with a fine win over Ballinteer St John’s 6-13 to 0-10 in the Junior decider in Meadowvale.

In the junior E decider, Boden were always on top and by half time were leading by 2-8 to 0-5 with full forward Robbie O’Reilly among the scorers.

After a close opening 10 minutes, Boden eventually opened the scoring with Tom Culleton finding the back of the net while John Farrington, Daniel Daly, Ollie Brophy and Ciaran Kiely split the posts with scores.

Marl Gormley of sarsfields escapes the attention of Stephen Hiney of Ballyboden

Made up of a lot of players from their U20 side, Boden continued to apply the pressure with their half backs showing the way which allows Sam Doyle score a goal.

Jack Hutchinson registered two goals and two points while Culleton, Robbie O’Reilly, Conor Casey, Stephen Pullan and Keelin Smith found the range.

The win completes the double for Boden who had won the league earlier in the season.

The junior B final was a much closer affair with only three points separating the teams at the final whistle.