KINTORE BC V HUNTLY 14's 26/10/08

MAY I FIRST OF ALL APOLIGISE FOR THE LATE EDIT OF LAST WEEKS MATCH REPORT. NO SOUR GRAPES, JUST A VERY BUSY WEEK JUST PAST.
HOWEVER WE TRAVELLED TO PLAY KINTORE IN THE MANNEL MEMORIAL TROPHY WHICH WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A TEST OF CHARACTER FOR US. THE TEAM STARTED WELL ENOUGH BUT ON 8 MINS A SLIP BY DEFENDER LEE INGLIS ALLOWED THE STRIKER TO GO ON AND SCORE. 1-0. THEN ON 20 MINS HUNTLY WERE AWARDED A PENALTY IN WHICH THE KINTORE KEEPER MADE A GOOD SAVE FROM A JAMES BROOKS EFFORT. THEN ON 23 MINS A FREEKICK FROM KINTORE ELUDED EVERTHING APART FROM THE STRIKER WHO FINISHED TO MAKE IT 2-0. HUNTLY WERE WELL IN THE MATCH AT THIS POINT AND ON 28 MINS A GOOD FLICK ON FROM AIDEN BOWIE SENT JAMES BROOKS THROUGH ON GOAL AND MADE NO MISTAKE WITH AN UNSTOPPABLE DRIVE, HALFTIME 2-1.
HUNTLY'S EAGERNESS TO GET BACK ON LEVEL TERMS WAS SHORT LIVED AS KINTORE EXTENDED THEIR LEAD JUST 1 MINUTE INTO THE SECOND HALF AND THEN THEY SOON ADDED A FOURTH WITH THE REFEREE ALLOWING PLAY TO CONTINUE WHEN THE BALL HAD CLEARLY WENT OUT FOR A HUNTLY GOAL KICK.THIS TOOK THE WIND COMPLETELY OUT OF HUNTLY'S SAILS ALTHOUGH THEY WERE UNLUCKY NOT TO PULL ONE BACK WHEN LEE INGLIS 30 YARD DRIVE CRASHED OFF THE CROSSBAR TO PROVE IT WAS NOT OUR DAY.KINTORE CONTINUED ON THEIR ROUT WITH THE MATCH ENDING A DISSAPOINTING 10-1 SCORELINE.
OVERALL AFTER PUTTING SO MUCH INTO THE MATCH FIRST HALF WITH NOTHING BETWEEN THE TEAMS IT ENDED VERY DISSAPOINTINGLY WITH THE AMOUNT OF GOALS WE CONCEDED IN THE SECOND HALF. BUT THE LADS NEED TO LEARN FROM THIS AND MAKE SURE THESE SORT OF RESULTS DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN IN FUTURE.
MAN OF THE MATCH TODAY FOR A FINE FIRST HALF DISPLAY WAS RITCHIE GIBB WHO HAS THREATEND FOR WEEKS TO CLAIM THIS AWARD WITH SOME FINE DISPLAYS.