Brothers aim to maintain Yorkshire impetus

May 13 2008 by Dougie Thomson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

BROTHERS PEARSE go into Yorkshire League action against JFK’s at All Saints tonight (7.30) aiming to maintain a flying start in the county competition.

While struggling in the Pennine League, which also takes in Lancashire, they have two wins and a draw in the white-rose league.

Hugh O’Neill’s were defeated by a single point – 1-12 to 1-11 – in the opener while in match two, it was all square (3-5 to 1-11) against Young Irelands.

In the third match, St Anthony’s were defeated 2-9 to 2-4.

Irelands and Brothers Pearse are all square at the top of the six-club championship with eight points apiece.

O’Neill’s are third, followed by JFK’s, St Benedict’s and St Anthony’s.

It’s a different story in the Pennine League top flight, with Brothers bottom and still chasing their first point with five games gone.

Manchester’s Oisin’s lead the way with three wins and a draw from four outings.

Next in the table come new entrants Cu-Chullain’s, from Newcastle, and John Mitchel’s, from Liverpool.