Sluggish Wolfhounds turned over by Ardmore veterans

Ardmore 1-9 Limavady 1-8

By BERNIE MULLAN

The winners were well with their victory over a Limavady team that maybe thought that it was just a matter of turning up but they found to their cost that Admore had been around too many corners to be easily brushed aside.

Limavady have been unbeatable this year, disposing of opponents with ease since the first game of the league season, and they were expected to reach the junior final with a bit to spare against a team that has struggled to find their consistency in 2010.

But the one team that gave Limavady a scare in the league went one further yesterday as they produced a disciple, patient and mature performance to make a mockery of predictions of a Wolfhounds whitewash.

There was little surprise that Limavady took the lead just seconds into the game from a John Deighan free but a point from Danny Gavin sparked an entertaining opening period with neither team able to pull away from the other.

The first fifteen minutes were as extraordinarily open for a semi-final with both sides trading scores; Eoghan Rogers and Sean Forrest scoring for Limavady but Chris Duddy and William McLaughlin responding in kind for Ardmore.

It was then a matter of the calm after the storm as both sides went from prolific to unproductive, both hitting a series of wides as the half entered its final ten minutes. Deighan in particular was guilty of some bad misses for Limavady, hitting two 45's surprisingly wide for a player of his ability.