Defeat to Kilbrin in Round two of the E. Tarrant and Sons Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship on Friday night, has left Newmarket awaiting the outcome of the Kilbrin Castlemagner clash, to find out if they qualify for the knockout stages.

Following a strong showing in the opening round against Castlemagner, Newmarket found themselves behind 0-03 to 1-05 at the quarter hour mark. Kilbrin continued to dominate the scoring and led 0-09 to 1-12, at the short whistle.

Into the second half, Newmarket slowly narrowed the gap, reducing it to a single puck of a ball on 43 minutes, 0-14 to 1-14. Kilbrin maintained the advantage over the next fifteen minutes and despite Newmarket registering the final two scores of the contest, Kilbrin held out to secure the win by the narrowest of margins, 0-19 to 1-17.

The Newmarket team and scorers…

Conor O’Keeffe (0-07, 6f), Gavin Forde (0-05, 5f), Michael Cottrell (0-02), Cathal Browne (0-01), Kevin O’Sullivan (0-01), Darren O’Keeffe (0-01),  Barry O’Connor (0-01), Tadhg Ryan (0-01)

Ben Newman
Jamie Hayes		Alan Ryan		Daniel Norton
John Ryan		Mikey Cottrell		Paudie Allen
	Mikey Browne		Gavin Forde
Cathal Browne		Paddy Browne		Kevin O'Sullivan
Darren O'Keeffe		Conor O'Keeffe		Barry O'Connor
Subs: Michael Lane, Tadhg Ryan