Newmarket Celtic completed a club double while Connolly Celtic and Bunratty/Cratloe also collected League Cup honours over the weekend.
Celtic secure important win over Avenue
Newmarket Celtic A 2
Avenue Utd A 0
Venue: Frank Healy Park, Doora
Newmarket Celtic A added to their list of title wins when they captured the premier league cup crown with victory over a fancied Avenue United side at the county grounds on Friday night.
Played before a big attendance, the winners took control in the opening half with two goals and from here on Avenue were chasing the game. With two wins over Celtic earlier this season in the league cup and the league, Avenue followers went to Friday’s game with high hopes of recording another win but on this occasion Celtic were the sharper side.
Midway through the opening period, Celtic took the lead through Kevin Harnett and they doubled their advantage ten minutes later when Aaron Rudd, later named as the man of the match, found the net.
Newmarket Celtic held the upperhand from here on despite losing their central defender and captain Paddy Purcell to injury.
The sides will renew rivalry on this Sunday when they meet in the Munster Junior cup at Roslevan
After the game CDSL chairman Jason Ryan presented the trophy to the winning captain Paddy Purcell.
Newmarket Celtic A; Shane Cusack; David O’Grady, Conor McDaid; Eoin O’Brien, Paddy Purcell; Cathal Hayes, Alan Kelly, Kevin Harnett, David McCarthy, Aaron Rudd, Gearoid O’Brien.
Subs; Eoin Kelly for Purcell (inj); Pat McDaid for A. Rudd; Jamie Egan for G. O’Brien.
Avenue United A: James Tierney; Cullen McCabe, Conor Mullen, Dylan Casey, Conor Hehir, Cian O’Dea, Mikey Dinan, Alan Roche, Stephen Jordan, Mark Roche, Eliaz Kunz;
Subs: Eoghan Thynne for Dinan; Thomas Hehir for M. Roche; Gary Roche for Jordan; Jamie Roche for Hehir
McCoy’s goal proves decisive
Newmarket Celtic B 1
Shannon Town B 0
Venue: Frank Healy Park, Doora
Ciaran McCoy scored the only goal to give Newmarket Celtic B victory over Shannon Town B in the first division league cup final at the county grounds on Saturday afternoon.
The win completed a great double for Newmarket who had won the premier title on the previous evening.
McCoy who earned the man of the match award, scored after just seven minutes and this proved to be the only score of the tie which was played in difficult weather conditions.
After the game team captain Jamie Cronin received the first division league trophy
Newmarket Celtic B; Alan Reidy; Cian Foley, Conor McCarthy, Eoin Kelly, Jamie Cronin, Lee Cronin, Callum Hussey, Gavin O’Donnell, Ciaran McCoy, Seamus Considine, Stefan Howard
Subs: Oisin Cavanagh for Howard; Jordan McCarthy for O’Donnell; Killian Howard for Considine;
Shannon Town B: Kyle O’Callaghan; Aaron O’Meara, Fergal McCarthy, Alan McInerney, Chris Lake; Evan Glynn, Eoin Collins, Karl Scott, Jamie O’Shea, Adrian Carew, Jamie Hodge.
Subs: Brian O’Donoghue for C. Lake; Conor Slattery for K. Scott; Eoin Gough for
E. Glynn; Gary Cusack for J O’Shea; Ken Buckley for A. Carew
Second division honours for Connolly Celtic
Connolly Celtic 2
Rhine Rovers 1
Venue: Frank Healy Park, Doora
After a scoreless first half in this second division final played under lights on Saturday night at the County grounds, Connolly Celtic took control of the game with goals from Kevin Tubridy and Aidan Kennedy.
Rhine Rovers replied with a goal from Cathal Nolan late in the game but try as they did they were unable to get back on terms.
Aidan Kennedy was selected as the man of the match and was presented with the award while he also received the league trophy as the team captain.
Connolly Celtic: Kieran Dillon; Nathan Vaughan, Brian Connellan, Gary Flynn, Paul Scanlan, John Kelly, Stephen Moloney, Ray Maher, Kevin Tubridy, Brendan Dillon, Aidan Kennedy
Subs: Sean Kennedy for Maher; Mikey Pyne for Connellan; Jason Devitt for Kelly; Micheal O’Loughlin for Flynn; Brian Meaney for B Dillon
Rhine Rovers; Cian Slattery; John Kennedy, Vadim McEvoy, Graham O’Connor, Mark Walsh; Rory Morris, Paddy Tiernan, Gary Hogan, John Hassett; Cathal Nolan, Dara Hannon
Subs: Jamie Ivors for Morris; Eanna Barry for Tiernan; Paul Clune for Hannon
Bunratty/Cratloe bridge 12 year gap
Bunratty/Cratloe 3
Ennis Dons 0
Venue: Frank Healy Park, Doora
Bunratty/Cratloe justified favouritism when accounting for Ennis Dons in the third division league cup final.
The winners were 1-0 in front at the interval thanks to a goal from Adam Harrington.
Darren Lindsay doubled their lead in the second half and they sealed victory when Jimmy Houlihan came off the bench and scored less than a minute after his introduction.
The victory marked the club’s first trophy win in twelve years. Back then Stephen Russell and Donal Magee were in charge and on Sunday Stephen’s son Dean was the joint manager with Pat Twomey.
Paudie Fitzgerald was named as the man of the match in Sunday’s final and he was presented with his trophy by CDSL Chairman Jason Ryan who also made the presentation to the winning captain, Derek Maxwell.
Bunratty/Cratloe; Andrew Lees; Raj Singh, Tom Purtill, Paudie Fitzgerald, Mark McPhillips; Sean Burke, Colin Melody, Dylan Kerr, Derek Maxwell (capt); Adam Harrington, Darren Lindsay
Subs: Evan Barry for Harrington; Jimmy Houlihan for Kerr; Chris McGorian for Burke; Rory Macbeth for Melody;
Ennis Dons; Sean Moroney; Fergus Lyons, Bryan Clune, Caoilfhinn McNeilis David McCready, Barry Woods, Stephen Lyons, Brian Flynn, Daniel Malone, Kingsley Makombe, Cathal Lynch
Subs used: Barry Coote, Davy Roche, Mark Collins, Cillian Roughan and Sean Hillery
