Irish Junior Cup: Banbridge II 2 YMCA II 0

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Cyril Boyd

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Banbridge and YMCA men’s 2nd XI’s met in the Irish Junior Cup in the early afternoon kick off match at Havelock Park on Saturday.

In an end to end first quarter, the home side pressed hard, winning a number of penalty corners with no success, with YMCA rarely getting into their opponent’s circle – it was mainly a battle of mid fields.

YM’s keeper Sam chapman was kept busy in the first half.

Second quarter was similar with YMCA keeper, Sam Chapman to the rescue on a number of occasions. The visitors were given a shock at the end of the quarter when a penalty stroke was awarded against them but after an umpires consultation, the award was rescinded leaving the score at 0 – 0 at half time.

Banbridge picked up the pace . . .

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