Waterford SHC Round 3 in brief

Fourmilewater delivered on their promising early season form to capture their second win in three and the scalp of the 2007 champions Ballyduff Upper on Saturday evening. Jamie Barron’s goal on 21 minutes gave them a 1-8 to 0-5 interval advantage. Although Ballyduff reduced the deficit early in the second half, a goal from Shane Walsh clinched victory. In Sunday’s double header at Fraher Field Mount Sion and Tallow opened with a thrilling draw. Thomas Ryan’s superb goal looked to have sealed a one point victory for Tallow but Owen Whelan grabbed a late point to give Sion a share of the spoils. Sean Ryan struck for Mount Sion’s goal while Evan Sheehan, Eoin Condon and Thomas Ryan all found the back of the net for the Bridesiders. In the second game De La Salle underlined their intentions for back to back titles by shaking off Lismore despite a contribution of 2-6 from Maurice Shanahan. In the curtain raiser at Walsh Park Dungarvan eased their relegation fears after a tough battle with Roanmore. The Eastern outfit with a goal from Daniel Murphy and seven points from Gavin O’Brien opened up a 1-10 to 1-8 lead at half time. Karl Duggan struck for Dungarvan’s goal. The second half was a tight affair with O’Brien’s influence muted and late points from Cormac Curran, Colm Curran and Karl Duggan gave Jimmy Healy’s side the crucial two points. Despite being without Pauric Mahony, who suffered a hamstring strain, Ballygunner blew away a disappointing Passage effort in the second game. Goals from Brian O’Sullivan and Shane O’Sullivan gave the Gunners a 2-6 to 1-6 half time lead with Liam Flynn firing a green flag for Passage. Despite the best efforts of Owen Connors, last year’s runners up went into overdrive in the second half with Brian O’Sullivan helping himself to his second goal. Stephen Power finished with 0-11 and Brian O’Sullivan won his duel with Noel Connors firing 2-3 from play. In the final game of the round on Sunday evening at Fraher Field, Patrick Hurney and Laurence Hurney were among the goals as Abbeyside minus Richie Foley eased past Stradbally.

Round 3 Results
Fourmilewater 2-15 Ballyduff Upper 1-10
Dungarvan 1-16 Roanmore 1-14
Mount Sion 1-20 Tallow 3-14
Ballygunner 3-19 Passage 1-9
De La Salle 1-21 Lismore 3-9
Abbeyside 3-14 Stradbally 0-10