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Kevin Kitterick and Jack Dawson, who got two goals each for Westport United against Ballinrobe Town (Pic: John Corless)
Mayo Super League
Westport United 6
Dawson 22, 33
Kitterick 49, 65
C Halpin
O’Ruain
Ballinrobe Town 2
O’Gorman 46
Vahey 90+1
In Westport
Westport United got their Super League campaign off to a successful start with a comfortable win over Ballinrobe Town this evening (Thursday).
The locals played a one-touch passing game that was beautiful to watch - unless you were a Ballinrobe player. Even then – all they too, could do, was watch for most of this game.
Ballinrobe were unable to deploy their usual tight, man-to-man, approach; they simply couldn’t get anywhere near the youthful Westport side.
A brace of goals apiece from Jack Dawson and Kevin Kitterick, and one each from Fionn O’Ruain, Cian Halpin, and a midfield masterclass from Cillian White, decided this contest. Westport missed a few too, including a penalty from Dawson, expertly saved by Seán Shaughnessy in the Ballinrobe goal.
Westport went in 2-0 up at the interval, but veteran goal-poacher, JP O’Gorman, a former Westport player, pulled one back for Ballinrobe immediately after the restart.
Kitterick fired in his second and Westport’s third two minutes later, and then Jonathan Lawrence was shown a second yellow card by referee Tom Jennings, reducing Ballinrobe’s number to ten and their chances of getting something from this game, to nil.
The penalty miss rounded off a hectic ten minutes from the restart. The game was over long before Seán Vahey pulled one back for Ballinrobe, in stoppage time.
Full report, reaction and images will be carried in Tuesday’s Mayo News Sport.
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