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Galway students denied prospect of final triumph on the field of play

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The GMIT senior football squad which captured the Trench Cup after being awarded a walkover in the final after Dundalk IT failed to field. Back row, left to right: Jason Donoghue, Mikey Dawson, Conor Roarty, Cillian Finn, Torin Finnerty, Sean Murray, Nathan Grainger, Conor McDonnell, Jordan Shields, Conor Reid, Sean Keane, Sean Kearney, Robert Carr, Jack Livingstone, Conor Raftery, Sean Raftery, Aaron Moran, Jason O’Malley, Liam Costelloe, Ross Egan, Tom Hughes, Jack Hynes. Front row: Justin Commins, Aaron McManus, Adam McDermott, Niall Costelloe, Ryan Brogan, Niall Treacy, Fergal Guinnane, Martin Ball, Shea O’Donoghue, Gary Higgins, Eoin Mannion, Jonathan McGrath, Reece Burke.

GMIT  2-13                

TUS Midlands 1-10

Kevin Egan in Bekan

GMIT footballers have been awarded the Trench Cup after last Friday’s final opponents Dundalk IT failed to field in the wake of their postponement request being turned down.

Doubts surrounding the availability of several Dundalk IT inter-county players resulted in the Louth college looking for the decider to be delayed in the aftermath of their 0-7 to 0-6 semi-final win over TUS Midwest last Wednesday.

But their request fell on deaf ears and though GMIT would obviously have preferred to win the Trench Cup on the field of play, this still represents a notable achievement for the Galway college.

GMIT had to come through a tough semi-final of their own last Wednesday, even if In the early stages, there was no indication whatsoever that there were any chinks in their armour.

The wind was such that it didn’t really favour anyone and merely made life difficult for all concerned, but it was a far bigger inconvenience for the team playing away from the dressing room end of the main pitch in Bekan, and yet GMIT made light of that disadvantage in the early stages of the game.

Eoin Mannion had two attempts on goal in the first ten minutes, his first parried over the bar by goalkeeper Eoin Geraghty, but the second rattled the TUS Midlands net to establish an early four-point lead, with the Milltown player following up with another superb point to make it 1-3 to 0-1.

Finally, the Midlanders settled into the game with a couple of frees from Robbie Forde, and they got a huge shot in the arm when Jack Torpey slotted in their goal with five minutes to go before half-time, with Forde instrumental in the build-up.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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