Rearcross 'B' 0 - Ballymackey 0
Rearcross win 5-4 on penalties

Rearcross 'B' opened their new campaign with a preliminary round game of the First Division Shield against Ballymackey played at the home venue last Wednesday evening, a new look Rearcross 'B' gave as good as they got in the opening half coming close with efforts from Thomas Kennedy and John Ryan Luke. Rearcross were on top at the start of the second half and were robbed midway through the half when Martin McLoughlin's well struck thirty yard effort thumped off the crossbar with Paul Hogan unlucky not to head the robound to the net. Boths sets of defences played well throughout and no more so in the final ten minutes as both teams pushed hard for that elusive goal that didn't materialise, so the outcome had to be decided on a penalty shootout, Rearcross proved the more clinical on this occasion netting their five penalies to win out on a 5-4 score line, the marksmen for Rearcross were Martin McLoughlin, John Ryan Luke, Paul Hogan, Thomas Kennedy and Colin O'Doherty while the marksmen for Ballymackey were David Rooney, Rory Mounsey, Brian Feeeman and Barry McNulty, best for Rearcross on the day were Jim Caplis, Martin McLoughlin and Colin O'Doherty

Rearcross 'B': Jim Caplis, Michael Carey, Martin McLoughlin, Va Kennedy, Robert Harrington, John Ryan Luke, Davy Ryan Luke, Matthew Ryan Luke, Colin O'Doherty, Thomas Kennedy
Subs: Thomas Rainsford, Theo English, Darren Quigley, Adrian Ryan, James Gough

Ballymackey: John Kenneally, Ray Kenneally, Rory Mounsey, Jimmy Kenneally, Mike O'Brien, Brian Freeman, Mick Haverty, Barry McNulty, Mick Stevens, Paul Darcy, Jerome Mounsey
Subs: David Rooney, Niall Connolly, George Haverty

Referee: David Donnelly