The Junior A footballers having defeated Rathpeacon and drawn with St. Michaels lost out to Douglas on the minimum 1-7 to 1-6 margin.
Short a number of regulars the management side would still have been encouraged by the performances of Denis O Regan, filling a midfield spot devoid of the injured Murt Kelleher, and Paddy O Brien who filled the centre-back spot, in the absence of regular Eoin Murnane.
The side recovered from this set-back with a merited win over Brian Dillons in atrocious weather conditions at the Tank Field one week later. Here James Cooney continued his impressive displays at full-back, while Donnacha Murnane began to show a return to form after injury ruled him out of the squad in 2008.
Kevin Buckley scored the all important goal in a 1-8 to 1-3 victory, with John O Connell, John Drummy and the aforementioned O Brien all impressing.