*Kilmaley’s Daire Keane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill
Kilmaley are the first side to secure a place in the semi-finals of the Clare Cup.
Clonlara and Crusheen are battling to join them in the last four. The third and fourth placed teams in Division 1A will meet the top two teams from Division 1B in the Clare Cup quarter-finals. Currently Crusheen sit in fourth spot with Feakle two points behind them in fourth position and Sixmilebridge on the same amount of points (8) in fifth.
As it stands, O’Callaghans Mills sit on top of Division 1B with Donach O’Donnell’s charges one point ahead of Newmarket-on-Fergus who have a game in hand and face Clarecastle on Wednesday evening in what is expected to be a tight affair.
On the relegation front, Cratloe are nestled to the bottom of Division 1A on four points, Inagh/Kilnamona also have four points with Clooney/Quin ahead of them on five points. Clooney/Quin need to beat Sixmilebridge in the final round to seal their status while Cratloe and Inagh/Kilnamona play each other.
Broadford ease relegation concerns
Broadford 1-20
Cratloe 2-13
Venue: Glenomra Park, Broadford
Broadford followed their impressive victory over Sixmilebridge a week earlier with a four point win over Cratloe at Glenomra Park on Thursday evening.
The home side got off to a dream start with a goal from Diarmuid Moloney in the first minute and this helped them to lead at the break on a score of 1-7 to 0-7.
Cratloe fought back after the break but the closest they got was two points despite goals from Michael Hawes and Cathal McInerney’s whose goal came when the game was in injury time.
Eoin Donnellan, Dara Whelan, Paul Moloney, Sean Phelan and Diarmuid Moloney impressed for the winners.
Broadford; Cian O’Brien; James Gunning, Eoin Donnellan, Mark Moloney; Shane Taylor, Padraic Taylor, Craig Chaplin; Dara Whelan, Jack O’Brien; Paul Moloney, Paddy Donnellan, Diarmuid O’Brien; Diarmuid Moloney, Sean Phelan, James Vaughan;
Subs: Davy Boland for C. Chaplin; Eoin O’Brien for Vaughan; T. J. Dillon for Jack O’Brien.
Cratloe: Gearoid Ryan; David Collins, Liam Markham, Damian Browne; Shane Neville, Enda Boyce, Cathal McInerney; Sean Ryan, Jamie Costigan; Kyle Neylon, Jack Donnelly, Conor McGrath; Barry Gleeson, Michael Hawes, Shane Gleeson.
Subs: Jake Higgins for Donnelly; Jack Manley for S. Ryan;
Referee; Joe Mullins (Clonlara)
Sixmilebridge edge ahead in second half
Sixmilebridge 1-28
Ballyea 1-24
Venue: Ballyea
In a well contested game at Ballyea, visitors Sixmilebridge came out on top in a high scoring tie.
The result sees the Bridge move a point ahead of Ballyea with both assured of their places in this division for next season as they are set to seal mid table places at the end of the campaign.
The sides went to the break on level terms in a tie where the players had to contend with a strong wind. Brian Corry was the winner’s goalscorer while Ballyea’s goal came from Cathal Doohan on a day when Martin O’Leary top scored for them with 0-12 to his credit.
Sixmilebridge; Derek Fahy; Noel Purcell, Barry Fitzpatrick, Leon Kelly; Cathaoir Agnew, Caimin Morey, Conor Deasy; Seadna Morey, Brian Carey; Ronan Tuohy, Pa Mulready, Evan McInerney, Brian Corry, Kevin Lynch, Tiernan Agnew;
Sub: Adam Murray for McInerney (inj.)
Ballyea: Barry Coote; Brian Murphy, Peter Casey, Brian Casey; Brian Long, Brandon O’Connell, James Murphy; Stephen Casey, Stan Lineen; Morgan Garry, Fergal Guinnane, Cathal Doohan; Eoghan Donnellan, Daniel Kelly Martin O’Leary;
Subs: Ryan Griffin for Long; Oisin Griffin for Coote; Joe Neylon for R. Griffin; Damian Burke for Guinnane; Evan Flynn for B. Murphy
Referee: Fergal O’Brien (Broadford)
Kilmaley march on to semi-final
Kilmaley 0-22
Crusheen 1-8
Venue: Crusheen
Kilmaley sealed their place in the semi-final of the Clare Cup with this comfortable victory over Crusheen at the latter’s venue on Saturday.
Helped by a 0-5 haul from wing Eanna McMahon, the unbeaten Division 1A leaders pulled away in the second half on their way to a win by double scores against a side that remains in the hunt for a place in the play offs and they currently fill third spot heading into the final round of games. In Saturday’s game Luke Hayes was the game’s goalscorer.
Kilmaley: Bryan O’Loughlin; Tommy Barry, Colin McGuane, Aaron Moloney; Noel Casey, Aidan McGuane, Bradley Higgins; Michael O’Neill, Brian Cahill; Eanna McMahon, Michael O’Malley, Sean O’Loughlin; Joe Carmody, Daire Keane, Gearoid O’Grady;
Subs: Dara McMahon for Moloney; Sean Kennedy for Casey; Peter Ronan for Carmody; Sean Ronan for O’Grady;
Crusheen: Donal Tuohy; Gavin O’Brien, Cian Dillon, Mark Perrill; Tadhg Deane, Eanna McMahon, Cathal Dillon; Luke Hayes, Cilléin Mullins; Luke Ketelaar, Jamie Fitzgibbon, Ian O’Brien; Alan Tuohy, Fergus Kennedy, Conor O’Donnell;
Subs: John Brigdale for Cathal Dillon; Gerry O’Grady for A. Tuohy; Conor Hayes for Perrill
Referee: John Bugler (Whitegate)
Clooney/Quin ease relegation concerns
Clooney-Quin 2-19
Inagh-Kilnamona 0-18
Venue: Clooney
Clooney-Quin eased their relegation worries a little when they accounted for Inagh-Kilnamona in this Clare cup tie at Clooney on Saturday.
Behind by four points, 0-8 to 0-12 at half time, the home side dominated the second half outscoring the visitors 2-11 to 0-6.
Ulick O’Sullivan and Shane Harrisson were the goalscorers while Eoghan O’Brien (0-6). Jimmy Corry (0-4) and Trevor Lee(0-3) were other important scorers for the winners.
Clooney/Quin; Keith Hogan; Enda Harrisson, Cathal O’Halloran, Conor Harrisson; Mike McNamara, Conor Grogan, John Earls; Jimmy Corry, Donagh O’Sullivan; Oisin Egan, Ulick O’Sullivan, Trevor Lee; Gary Hogan, Eoghan O’Brien, Shane Harrisson;
Subs; Conor O’Brien for E. Harrisson (inj); Dara Hannon for C. O’Halloran (inj)
Inagh/Kilnamona; Pa Kelly; Colin Shannon, Cathal McConigley, Ricky Wynne; Jason Griffin, Jason McCarthy, Damian Lafferty; Conner Hegarty, Eoin Fitzgerald; Seamus Foudy, Darren Cullinan, Evan McNamara; Shane Vaughan, Keelan Guyler, Keith Barry;
Subs: Ronan Mescall for Vaughan; David Mescall for Barry
Referee: Jim Hickey (Cratloe)
Clonlara in line for semi-final place
Clonlara 1-21
Feakle 0-16
Venue: Feakle
Clonlara moved back into second place on the league table and in line for a semi-final place in the race for the Clare cup with this win over Feakle on Saturday.
Kieran Galvin scored the game’s only goal on a day when the winner’s tally was shared by six players with Cathal O’Connell again finishing at the team’s top scorer with 0-9 to his credit.
The sides were evenly matched in the opening half and they went to the break on level terms at 1-8 to 0-11.
Clonlara: Seimi Gully; Oisin O’Brien, Jathan McMahon, Gareth Kennedy; Michael Clancy, Aidan Moriarty, Dylan McMahon; Colm Galvin, Cathal O’Connell; Sean Begley, Kieran Galvin, Cian Moriarty; Michael Stritch, Padraic O’Loughlin, Micheal O’Loughlin;
Subs: Cormac O’Donovan for K. Galvin; Daniel Moloney for C. Moriarty; Michael White for Kennedy; Colm O’Meara for P. O’Loughlin; James Mc Cormack for Begley;
Feakle; Liam O’Connor; Enda Madden, Evan McMahon, James Noonan; Ger Hanrahan, Eoin Tuohy, Gary Guilfoyle; Shane McGrath, Con Smyth; Justin Nelson, Fiachra Donnellan, Cillian Bane; Martin Daly, Raymond Bane, Stevie Conway.
Subs used: Oisin O’Connor; Enda Noonan and Sean Walsh
Referee; Kevin Corry (Sixmilebridge)
Another impressive win for Whitegate
Whitegate 4-23
Éire Óg 2-17
Venue: Whitegate
Whitegate continued their good form when they proved too strong for Eire Og at the East Clare club’s venue on Thursday evening.
The home side took control from the start and at the end of the first quarter they had opened an eight point lead with the score at 1-8 to 0-3.
When the half time whistle sounded the winners were 3-14 to 0-8 in front and well on the way to the points.
The lead had stretched to nineteen points at the three quarter stage when the score was 4-18 to 0-11.
With victory secure, Whitegate made five changes and Éire Óg managed to get in for a brace of goals but the home side held on for a merited victory on a day when their goal scorers were Paddy Burke(2) Ronan Hayes and Paul Burke, the full forward trio who amassed a total of 4-6 between them.
Éire Óg substitute Sean Mullooly put his hand up for a starting place in upcoming games by scoring 2-2 after he was introduced in this tie. The Ennis side managed by Matt Shannon have one win from eight games but will see their cause greatly strengthened when their full contingent of county players become available.
Whitegate: Andrew Fahey; Dylan White, Eoin Quirke, Reuben Noyes; Tomas Quirke, Colm Madden, Ian Fahy; Liam Sugrue, Conor Whelan; Danny Hynes, Conor McDermott, Ciaran Keenan; Paddy Burke, Ronan Hayes, Paul Burke;
Subs: Oisin O’Rourke for I. Fahy; Liam Murray for Hynes; Eoin Rddan for Keenan; Ciaran Quinn for Whelan; Eoin Quinn for Hayes.
Éire Óg; Philly Walsh; Jack Lynch, Conor O’Halloran, Killian Moroney; Marc O’Donnell, Niall McMahon, Eoin Guilfoyle; Rory Gallagher, Thomas Downes; Oran Cahill, Kevin Brennan, David McNamara; James Lyne, Michael Heneghan, Colm McGrath
Subs; Kevin Moynihan for Lynch; Sean Mullooly for Lyne; Fionnn McMorrow for McGrath
Referee: Feargal Gray (Feakle)
Mills move closer to play off spot
O’Callaghans Mills 2-19
Smith O’Briens 0-14
Venue: Killaloe
O’Callaghans Mills kept up their strong challenge for a place in the play offs and for promotion to Division 1A when they proved too strong for Smith O’Briens at Killaloe on Thursday evening.
At the end of a hard fought opening half the winners held a six point advantage with the score at 1-12 to 0-9, the goal coming from Sean Cotter.
The visitors continued to hold the upperhand in the second half when their second goal came from the experienced Bryan Donnellan.
Tommy Reddan again emerged as the Killaloe side’s top scorer with 0-5, all from frees, to his credit
O’Callaghans Mills: Killian Nugent; Niall Donovan, Conor Cooney, Gerry Cooney; Michael Cotter, Pat Donnellan, Aidan Fawl; Sean O’Gorman, Aidan O’Gorman; Cormac Murphy, Bryan Donnellan, Cathal Lenihan; Sean Cotter, Colin Crehan, Conor Henry.
Subs: Kevin Frost for M. Cotter; Fionn Hickey for A. O’Gorman; Sean Murphy for S. Cotter; Adrian Flaherty for Henry; Keith Donnellan for Donovan
Smith O’Briens: Mark McInerney; Mark Stritch, David Gough, Stephen Geraghty; Micheal Ryan, Cathal Stritch, Dwayne Sheedy; Mark O’Halloran, Jason Monaghan; David O’Shea, Mike Gough, Noel McInerney; Paddy Gough, Shane Geraghty, Tommy Reddan
Subs: Adrian Power for M. McInerney; Brian McInerney for M. Gough; Dean Lawlor for S. Geraghty
Referee: Jim Hickey (Cratloe)
An important victory for Tulla
Tulla 1-15
Scariff 0-13
Venue: Scariff
Tulla moved off the bottom of the Division 1B table when they accounted for their East Clare neighbours Scariff at the latter’s venue on Saturday.
A strong finish by Tulla proved decisive with Conor Murphy scoring the game’s only goal, a score that proved important in steering them to victory.
On the day the Scariff forward line struggled to make an impression resulting in four changes in personnel been made in this sector during the course of the game.
Tulla: Dan Vaughan; Liam McInerney, Paul Lynch, Fergal Kearney; Sean Torpey, Kevin Conlon, Shane Hunt; David Meehan, Padraig Mulconry; Jimmy O’Gorman, Conor Murphy, Niall Bolton; Dan Withycombe, Sean Withycombe, Colm McInerney.
Subs: Fionn Ryan for C. McInerney; Ronan Molloy for Torpey (inj); Andrew Conheady for O’Gorman (inj)
Scariff: Liam Doyle; Conor Downes, Michael Scanlan, Padraig Brody; Diarmaid Nash, Daniel Treacy, Martin Cunningham; Tomas McNamara, Shane Kavanagh; Keelan Hartigan, Conor McNamara, Michael Barrett; Fergus Madden, Sean Minogue, Ross Horan
Subs: Diarmid McNamara for C. McNamara; Niall Minogue for Horan; Scott Cairns for Barrett; Martin Walsh for S.Minogue; Cian Foley for T. McNamara;
Referee: Feargal Gray (Feakle)
Doora/Barefield send Wolfe Tones into the relegation zone
St Josephs Doora/Barefield 3-19
Wolfe Tones 2-15
Venue: Gurteen
St. Josephs Doora/Barefield eased their relegation worries and in the process pushed Wolfe Tones closer to the drop when they proved too strong for the Shannon outfit at Gurteen on Saturday.
Bruce Pigott scored two goals while the other major came from Conor Tierney on a day when Cian O’Rourke top scored for the Shannon side with 2-2 to his credit.
St. Josephs Doora/Barefield: Paul Madden; Peter Collins, Brian Clancy, Dara Nagle; Adam Mungovan, Alan O’Neill, Donal O’Halloran; Brian Guilfoyle, Tom Hannan; Jack Hannan Cian Barron, David Conroy; Conor Tierney, Eoin Hanrahan, Bruce Pigott;
Sub: Eoghan Thynne for Pigott;
Wolfe Tones: Pa Freeman; Davy Ryan, Joe McGauley, Sam Meaney; Luke Merrigan, John Guilfoyle, Sean Costello; Ben O’Gorman, Dean Devanney; Kevin McCafferty, Dylan Frawley, Aaron Cunningham; Liam O’Dwyer, Cian O’Rourke, Gavin Carigg.
Subs: J. P. O’Shea, Rhys Reynolds, Jamie Divilly;
Referee: Neil O’Brien (O’Callaghans Mills)
