Newmarket Celtic collected another three points as their quest to retain the Premier Division title continues.
Newmarket Celtic A 3
Shannon Hibs 1
Venue: McDonagh Memorial Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus
Champions Newmarket Celtic A kept up their strong challenge to retain the Premier Division title with this victory over Shannon Hibs on Sunday.
Shannon Hibs took the lead through Billy Connors but Newmarket were level before half time thanks to David McCarthy.
Daithà O’Connell struck for a powerful lead goal in the second half and substitute Martin McCarthy a younger brother of David sealed the win with the team’s third.
Newmarket Celtic A; Shane Cusack; James Fahy, Paddy Purcell, Eoin Kelly, Cael Gaffney, Alan Kelly, Cathal Hayes, Dave McCarthy, David Lennon; Daithi O’Connell, Ciaran McCoy. Subs: Martin McCarthy for C McCoy; Conor McDaid for C. Hayes; Josh Orajuaba for O’Connell
Shannon Hibs: Damien Casey; Darragh McDade, Sean Costello, Stephen Tuohy, Julian Woods; Pa Devanney, Dean Devanney, Jack Hannah, Lee Wall, Gary Leahy, Billy Connors. Subs: Adam Ryan for Lee Wall; Darren O’Loughlin for Costello; Ciaran McKee for Woods; Mikey Wall for D. McDade; Zygge Wall for Hannah.
Bridge United A extend winning run
Bridge United A 3
Shannon Olympic 1
Bridge United A continued their recent good run with this victory over Shannon Olympic. Liam Buckley, Brian Corry and Adam Fitzpatrick were the goalscorers for the winners while Olympic’s goal came from Declan McDonald
Bridge United A: Paul Tuohy; Dan Larkin, Liam Buckley, Darren Murphy, Alan Mulready; Jonathan Downes, Enda Boyce, Adam Fitzpatrick, Jordan Downes, Leon Daly, Brian Corry. Subs: Kieran Quinlan for Jonathan Downes; Steve Stewart for Fitpatrick; Conor Deasy for Daly; Luke Shea for Corry; Conor Maxwell for Jordan Downes.
Shannon Olympic: Zsolt Lakos; Benjamin Cantillon, Dean Power, Ray Quigley, Pa Madden, Ryan Kelly, Sean McDonald, Ciaran Keane, Mateusz Chelminiak, Jay Regan, Declan McDonald. Subs: Rachid Amallah for Keane; Piotr Kaluza for Chelminiak;
Inclement weather conditions led to the cancellation of the matches involving Lifford v Sporting Ennistymon and Shannon Town A v Mountshannon Celtic.
Clare Cup race begins
The three preliminary games in the Banner Flooring Clare cup are listed for decision this weekend.
Third division league and league cup winners, Bunratty/Cratloe make the short journey to take on their neighbours Bridge United A at 11am with high hopes of causing an upset. At the same time Kilkishen Celtic will entertain Manus Celtic B while Manus Celtic A will have home advantage at 2pm for their meeting with neighbours Fern Celtic.
