Bennettsbridge played hosts to Dicksboro in this round 5 game of the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Junior B hurling league on a wet and cold evening fixture on Saturday evening last. Bennettsbridge were without a few regulars so this was going to be a test of their panel. However they were first off the mark with a Willie Murphy point inside the first minute. Dicksboro responded but 2 efforts within a minute went wide of the mark and The Bridge responded with a second point from Murphy. A further wide from the Boro men was compounded with a fine strike from Kevin Brennan from a 65. Dicksboro finally got off the mark with a well taken score from Peter Fitzpatrick after 7 minutes. Another wide from The Boro corner forward was followed up by a well taken individual point from Shane Byrne coming out of defence to slot over on the run from the 45m mark. Another point from K Brennan saw The Bridge men edge to a 5-1 lead and things were looking good especially as they were playing into the wind. The Boro men struck 2 unanswered points and were getting a hold especially in their half back line. This was short lived however when Brennan and Murphy slotted over points from play that brought the game to the 23^rd minute. From here to half time the Boro won 3-1 with 2 lovely points from Adrian Stapleton ( one from a side line ball was the score of the game). At half time the teams went in on a score of BB 0-8 Dicksboro 0-5. Stapleton was first off the mark in the second half and he was now causing most problems for the home defence. Bennettsbridge also hit a number of wide’s during the early exchanges of the half and on the 15min mark were just 2 points down. The turning point of the game came next when the Boro men were bearing down on goal only for Patrick O’Neill making a great block to prevent a certain goal. This sparked life back into the home side and a very good point from Murphy set the scene for the remainder of the game. A point from Micheal Shiel who was now taking control of the middle of the field was followed up by 2 more from Stapleton. However a run of 5 unanswered points for the home side settled matters . The Boro men had the final say with a point from Fitzpatrick on 34 minutes the final score of the game. The Teams lined out BB  B Tynan, A Byrne, E Fitzgerald, B O’Neill, E Murphy(0-1), P O’Neill, S Byrne(0-1), K Brennan(0-5), M Shiel(0-3), W Duggan, W Murphy(0-7), D Walsh, L Dowling, R Walsh, T Kiely . Subs used R O’Connor, M Walsh, J Murphy. Dicksboro. A Purcell, D Phelan, R Morrissey, JJ Hickey, J Waters, G Gaule, E Donoghue, S O’Brien, A Rowe, G Egan, S Tynan(0-1), P Fitzpatrick(0-3), G Donoghue, C Breatnacht, A Stapleton(0-7).