*Crusheen’s Oisin O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill
Crusheen’s senior hurlers continue to impress in the Clare Cup having overcome a in-form Ballyea outfit with weekend wins also recorded by Sixmilebridge, Clonlara and Broadford.
In Division 1B, O’Callaghans Mills put in another strong display and in the process ended St Josephs Doora/Barefield’s unbeaten run, Scariff, Smith O’Briens, Whitegate and Newmarket-on-Fergus also emerged victorious in their respective outings.
First half goals steer ‘Bridge to victory
Sixmilebridge 2-19
Cratloe 0-17
Venue: O’Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Lorcan Fitzpatrick and Seadna Morey scored first half goals as Sixmilebrodge accounted for neighbours Cratloe in this Division 1A Clare cup game at O’Garney Park in Sixmilebridge on Friday evening.
As a result of the goals, the winners held a five point advantage at the interval when the score was 2-8 to 0-9.
Seadna Morey top scored on the evening for the winners, finishing with 1-9 to his credit.
Sixmilebridge: Derek Fahy; Noel Purcell, Barry Fitzpatrick, Christy Carey; Cathaoir Agnew, Caimin Morey, Conor Deasy; Seadna Morey, Evan McInerney; Dylan Downes, Pa Mulready, Cathal Lynch; Conor Flynn, Lorcan Fitzpatrick, David Kennedy;
Subs Aidan Quilligan for Downes; Luke O’Halloran for Agnew; Seamie O’Connell for Kennedy;
Cratloe: Gearoid Ryan; Emmet Costigan, Pakie O’Gorman, Damian Browne;
Daithi Collins, Liam Markham, Enda Boyce; Shane Neville, Sam Sheedy; Conor McGrath, Shane Gleeson, Luke Healy; Jack Donnelly, Michael Hawes, Rian Considine;
Subs: Kevin Danaher for O’Gorman; Jack Higgins for Boyce; Sean Ryan for Collins; Sean Gallagher for Healy
McGrath’s equaliser earns Feakle a spare of the spoils
Feakle 0-17
Kilmaley 2-11
Venue: Feakle
A Shane McGrath pointed free in the final minute sealed a share of the points when Feakle entertained Kilmaley on Saturday evening.
Undefeated Kilmaley remain at the top of the table following this outing. Helped by a goal from Gearoid O’Grady they led by the minimum margin at half time when the score was 1-6 to 0-8.
The sides continued to be evenly matched in the second half but the visitors held a slight advantage after Daire Keane struck for their second goal.
However the home outfit refused to concede and McGrath, not for the first time, landed the leveller.
Feakle; Liam O’Connor; Oisin Clune, Evan McMahon, James Noonan; Adam Hogan, Eoin Tuohy, Con Smyth; Cillian Bane, Ronan O’Connor; Enda Noonan, Shane McGrath, Justin Nelson; Oisin O’Connor, Fiachra Donnellan, Martin Daly
Subs; Francis O’Grady for E. Noonan.
Kilmaley; Bryan O’Loughlin; Noel Casey, Colin McGune, Martin O’Connor; Tommy Barry, Aidan Griffey, Enda Haran; Brian Cahill, Eanna McMahon; Cian Moloney, Mikey O’Neill, Tom O’Rourke; Joe Carmody, Daire Keane, Gearoid O’Grady;
Subs; Sean Ronan for Eanna McMahon
Lucky goal helps Clonlara to victory
Clonlara 1-17
Clooney-Quin 0-17
Venue: Clonlara
Clonlara edged a disappointing tie at their own grounds on Saturday. They played with the aid of the breeze in the opening half and led by seven points at the interval.
Defences dominated in the second half as Clonlara hung on for victory helped b a fortunate goal from Bryan McLeish who managed to deflect a high delivery to the net.
Cathal O’Connell again emerged as the team’s top scorer with 0-7 to his credit while Sean Begley, Conor Bourke and Micheál O’Loughlin were also amongst the scorers.
Clonlara; Séimí Gully; Tommy Walsh, Jathan McMahon, Michael Clancy; Dylan McMahon, Aidan Moriarty, Cillian Fennessy; Cathal O’Connell, Colm O’Meara; Sean Begley, Conor Bourke, Cian Moriarty; Bryan McLeish, Michael O’Loughlin, Micheal Stritch;
Subs; Colm Galvin for C. Moriarty; Daniel Moloney for McLeish; Mick Stritch for Micheal Stritch; Cian Moriarty for D. McMahon (inj).
Clooney-Quin: Keith Hogan; Brian McInerney, Shane McNamara, Evan Maxted; Conor Harrison, John Conneally, Conor Grogan; Jimmy Corry, Eoin Guilfoyle Eoghan O’Brien, Callum Hassett, Darragh Keogh; Michael Corry, Trevor Lee, Shane Harrisson;
Subs: Michael McNamara for C. Harrisson; Ulick O’Sullivan for M. Corry; Donagh O’Sullivan for Guilfoyle;
Early dominance helps Crusheen to another victory
Crusheen 2-18
Ballyea 1-18
Venue: Ballyea
Crusheen continued their impressive form when they accounted for Ballyea at the latter’s venue on Saturday afternoon.
The winners led 1-11 to 0-8 at half time and they extended their lead to ten points in the opening ten minutes of the second half pushing the score to 2-13 to 0-9.
In the final twenty minutes Ballyea outscored the visitors 1-9 to 0-5, the goal coming from Mossy Gavin.
Niall Deasy top scored for the home side with 0-10. Crusheen’s goalscorers were Ross Hayes who also contributed six points and Jamie Fitzgibbon was their other goalscorer.
Crusheen; Donal Tuohy; Gavin O’Brien, Eanna McMahon, Mark Perrill; Luke Hayes, Cian Dillon, Diarmuid Mullins; Oisin O’Donnell, Ross Hayes; Cillein Mullins, Jamie Fitzgibbon, Sean Mhaoir; Breffni Horner, Fergus Kennedy,, Conor O’Donnell
Sub; Murrough McMahon for Mhaoir
Ballyea: Barry Coote; Brian Casey, Peter Casey, Brian Longe; Stephen Casey, Brandon O’Connell, Cian Meaney; Thomas Kelly, Fergal Guinnane; Damian Burke, Niall Deasy, Ryan Griffin; Mossy Gavin, Daniel Kelly, Eoin Donnellan;
Subs; Liam Crowe for Donnellan; Joe Neylon for P. Casey (inj); Eoin Gavin for Griffin.
Strong finish gives Broadford a first win
Broadford 3-25
Inagh/Kilnamona 2-17
Venue: Glenomra Park, Broadford
Broadford recorded their first win in this season’s Clare Cup campaign when accounting for Inagh-Kilnamona on Saturday evening.
At the end of a lively first half the winners led by two points, 1-14 to 2-9, their goal coming from Diarmuid Moloney. The visitors goals came from David Mescall and Conner Hegarty.
Helped by goals from Davy Boland and Stiofan McMahon in the second half, the home side pushed ahead for the win.
Broadford; J. C. McMahon; Padraig Taylor, Cathal Chaplin, Mark Moloney; Craig Chaplin, Darren Chaplin, Shane Taylor; Jack O’Brien, Paddy Donnellan; Paul Moloney, Diarmuid O’Brien Niall O’Farrell; Oisin Kavanagh, Stiofan McMahon, Diarmuid Moloney;
Subs; Davy Boland fzor McMahon (inj) Cormac O’Brien for J. O’Brien; Donie Whelan for P. Moloney
Inagh/Kilnamona; Pa Kelly; Cathal McConigley, Jason Griffin, Padraig Devitt; Austin Kerin, Darren Cullinan; Shane Woods; Seamus Foudy, Sean Rynne; Shane Vaughan, Connor Hegarty, David Mescall; Josh Guyler, Keelan Guyler, Niall Mullins;
Subs; Shane McInerney for K. Guyler; Stephen Foudy for Devitt; Keith Barry for Vaughan; Ronan Mescall for McConigley; Evan Mc Namara for D. Mescall.
Strong final quarter from O’Callaghans Mills
O’Callaghans Mills 2-22
St. Josephs 0-15
Venue: Gurteen
A strong final quarter in which they outscored their opponents 1-8 to 0-1, steered O’Callaghans Mills to this victory over St Josephs Doora/Barefield in division 1 B of the Clare cup at Gurteen on Friday.
St. Josephs started well and led 0-10 to 1-5 five minutes from the end of the first half. The visitors finished the half strongly and helped by a goal from Sean Cotter they led by the minimum margin at half time when the score was 1-8 to 0-10.
The Mills hit for the opening three points of the second half but the home side fought back to within a point as the mid point of the half approached.
From here to the finish O’Callaghans Mills held the upperhand and picked off some great scores with Colin Crehan scoring the goal while Cathal Lenihan, Gary Cooney and Jacob Loughnane chipped in with some good points.
O’ Callaghans Mills; John Cooney, Niall Donovan, Conor Cooney, Gerry Cooney; Keith Donnellan, Pat Donnellan, Aidan Fawl; Sean O’Gorman, Michael Cotter; Gary Cooney, Colin Crehan, Cathal Lenihan; Conor Henry, Jacob Loughnane, Sean Cotter;
Subs: Bryan Donnellan for C. Cooney (inj); Fionn Hickey for S. O’Gorman; Colm Cleary for Loughnane; Cormac Murphy for S. Cotter; Michael McMahon fir K. Donnellan.
St. Josephs Doora/Barefield; Paul Madden; Eoin Talty, Brian Clancy, Dara Nagle; Adam Mungovan, Dara O’Shea, Dara McMahon; Brian Guilfoyle, David Conroy; Matthew Power, Cathal Ruane, Senan Crosby. Bruce Pigott, Eoghan Thynne Cian Barron;
Subs; Mossy Hehir for Power; Darragh Whelan for Conroy; Tom Hannan for Crosbie; Donal O’Halloran for Mungovan
Burke’s goals vital for Whitegate
Whitegate 2-17
Wolfe Tones 0-20
Venue: Whitegate
A goal in each half from Paddy Burke helped Whitegate to this win over Wolfe Tones on Friday evening. Burke’s first came in the opening quarter and it helped them to a two point lead, 1-3 to 0-4 after the first quarter. They went on to be five points up at half time when the score was 1-10 to 0-8.
Wolfe Tones battled back strongly in the second half and they were just a point adrift as the full time whistle approached when Burke struck for his second goal which scored victory for the East Clare men.
Danny Hynes top scored for the winners with 0-11, five of which came from play while Thomas Holland with three, Andrew Fahey, Conor McDermott and Paddy Burke also landed points.
Whitegate; Andrew Fahey; Ciaran Quinn, Eoin Quirke, Dylan White; Brendan Bugler, Colm Madden, Ian Fahy; Tomas Quirke, Conor McDermott; Thomas Hogan, Thomas Holland, Danny Hynes; Paddy Burke, Paul Burke, Luke Sugrue.
Subs; Ciaran Keenan for Bugler; Ronan Hayes for Hogan; Donal Burke for Paddy Burke.
Wolfe Tones; Pa Freeman; Gary Cusack, Liam Murphy, Davy Ryan; Stephen Donnellan, Darragh Lohan, Luke Merrigan; Jack Cunningham, Kevin McCafferty; Aaron Cunningham, Dean Devanney, Dylan Frawley; Billy Connors, Joe McGauley, Cian O’Rourke;
Subs used; J. P. O’Shea, Liam O’Dwyer, Shane Nihill, Gavin Carigg
Smith O’Briens record another win
Smith O’Briens 1-22
Éire Óg 1-16
Venue: Ennis
Nine players shared in the scoring as Smith O’Briens continued their impressive form with this victory over Eire Og at the Ennis club’s venue on Saturday afternoon.
Despite a strong performance from midfielder Darren O’Brien the home side were unable to spot the visitors from recording another win on a day when substitute John Cusack struck for their goal and he also chipped in with three points.
Other scorers for the winners were Tommy Reddan, Mikey and David O’Shea. Pa Ahearne, Micheal Ryan, Jason Monahan, Eddie Connolly and Dwayne Sheedy
Michael Heneghan hit 1-2 for Eire Og while Darren O’Brien contributed 0-5. Other scorers for the town outfit were Killian Moroney, Dara Stack. Kevin Brennan, Oran Cahill and Kevin Moynihan.
Smith O’Briens: Mark McInerney; Cian Moloney, David Gough, Stephen Geraghty; Dwayne Sheedy, Eddie Bourke, Mark Stritch; Eddie Connolly, Micheal Ryan; Donie O’Shea, Tommy Reddan. Pa Ahearne; Jason Monahan, Mikey O’Shea, Paddy Gough;
Subs; John Cusack for P. Gough; Eoin Power for Aherne; Shane Geraghty for D. O’Shea
Éire Óg; Philly Walsh; Conor O’Halloran, Aidan McGrath, Killian Moroney; Marc O’Donnell, Niall McMahon, Eoin Guilfoyle; Jack Lynch, Darren O’Brien; Dara Stack, Kevin Brennan, Oran Cahill; Finn McMorrow, Kevin Moynihan, Michael Heneghan
Sub; Ciaran Murphy for McMorrow;
Scariff record their first win
Scariff 1-12
Clarecastle 0-13
Venue: Clarecastle
Scariff got their first win of this season’s Clare Cup campaign when they accounted for Clarecastle at the latter’s venue on Saturday.
Helped by a Patrick Ryan goal, the East Clare side led at the break on a scoreline of 1-6 to 0-7.
With defences generally on top, scores were hard to come by and each side managed just 0-6 in the second half.
Scariff; William Kavanagh; Eoin O’Grady, Michael Scanlan, Martin Cunningham; Tadhg Kavanagh, Shane Kavanagh, Scott Cairns; Keelan Hartigan, Tomas McNamara; Patrick Ryan, Ronan Corry, Michael Barrett; Ross Horan, Conor McNamara, Daniel Treacy.
Subs: Eanna O’Brien for McNamara; Sean Minogue for Hogan; Conor Downes for Barrett.
Clarecastle; Jonathan Griffey; Alan Hayes, Pat Tuohy, Tommy Howrd; David Tuohy, Cian Galvin, Colin Brigdale; Killian McDermott, Rory O’Connell; Niall Galvin, Stephen O’Halloran, Conor Halpin; James Doherty, Patrick Kelly, Sean Egan;
Sub; Eoghan Wallace for Egan
Blues get over the line
Newmarket-on-Fergus 2-22
Tulla 0-17
Venue: Fr Murphy Memorial Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus
Tulla held the upperhand for long periods of the first half in this Division IB tie played at Newmarket. They were forced to re-arrange their team after just two minutes when Shane Hunt had to leave the action due to injury.
They raced into an early 0-4 to 0-1 lead and continued to hold the edge in the opening half which ended with the East Clare men ahead by six points, 0-14 to 0-8 after they had played with the assistance of the wind. Harty cup winner Sean Withycombe was in fine form from placed balls.
Early in the second half Eoin Guilfoyle got in for the home side’s opening goal and this helped them to level the game at 1-12 to 0-15.
Having opened a three point lead they doubled their advantage when substitute Shane Lynch struck for their second goal which helped them to seal victory despite a successive underwhelming display.
Newmarket; Paudie Guilfoyle; Jack Enright, James McInerney, Mark Delaney; Colin Guilfoyle, Paraic McMahon, Niall O’Connor; Liam Clancy, Peter Power; James Power, Eoin Hayes, Eoin Guilfoyle; Conor McCarthy, Jack O’Connor, Eanna Crimmins;
Subs; Shane Lynch for J. Power; Cian Foley for McCarthy; Niall Woods for . Power
Tulla; Aaron Shanahan; Kevin Conlon, Sean Torpey, Liam McInerney; David Meehan, Shane Hunt, Fergal Kearney; James O’Gorman, Dan Withycombe; Darragh Corry, William Halpin, Padraig Mulconry; Ronan Molloy, Niall Bolton, Sean Withycombe
Subs; Michael Ryan for Hunt; Andrew Conheady for Molloy; Eanna Culloo for Conheady; Dan Landers for S. Withycombe (inj)
