First-half goals help Ennistymon to victory

Ennistymon 3-12
Bodyke 0-13

FIRST-half goals from Cathal and Tadhg Malone helped Ennistymon to this victory over Bodyke in Division 2 B of the Clare Champion Cup at the weekend.
At the half-way point the North Clare men led on a score of 2-7 to 0-4 and they went on to maintain the upperhand after the break when Cathal Malone had a second goal. He finished the game with a tally of 2-5 while Tadhg Malone contributed 1-4.
Keith Quigley top-scored for Bodyke with 0-8 while Colm Madden (0-3), PJ Kelleher and Ciaran Malone also got on the scoresheet

Ennistymon: Martin Malone; Enda Ralph, Michael A Devitt, Aidan Slattery; Brian McDonagh, Paudie Kelleher, Seán Driscoll; Pádraig Brennan, Caoimhin Fahy; Cathal Malone, Michael Organ, Michael McDonagh; Tommy Hogan, Tadhg Malone, Darren Mullins.
Subs: Dermot Canavan for Brennan; Enda Slattery for Mullins; Cathal McDonagh for M Malone.
Bodyke: Seamus Ryan; Gavin Moroney, Caimin Treacy, Shane Walsh; Colin Molloy, Ivan Pio McNamara, Seán McGrath; Ciaran Walsh, Tomàs MacConmhara; Keith Quigley, Colm Madden, Barry O Dwyer;  Danny McGuire, PJ Kelleher,  Ciaran Malone.
Subs: Oisín Molloy for Ivan Pio McNamara (inj); Seán Doyle for Caimin Treacy; John Fitzgerald for Danny McGuire; Niall Malone for O`Dwyer.

Killanena 0-13
Sixmilebridge 0-11

IN a hard-fought tie on Sunday, Killanena scored a narrow win over Sixmilebridge, who lined out without any of their U-21s ahead of this week’s championship finals. The Bridge led by a point at half time when the score was 0-7 to 0-6 but Killanena, powered by Pat Noone, Alan McNamara, Ronan and Mark Flaherty, edged in front after the break to take the spoils.

Killanena: David Noone; Barry Noone, Joe Clancy, Pat Noone; Gerry McNamara, Alan McNamara, John O’Meara; Mark Flaherty, Ronan Flaherty; Fintan McNamara, Brian McNamara, Jack Houlihan; Declan Noonan, Liam McNamara, John Noonan.
Subs: Mike Noonan for J Noonan; Stephen Moloney for F McNamara.
Sixmilebridge: Seán Chaplin; Cathal Walsh, Keith Walker, Kevin Phelan; David O’Meara, Stiofan Fitzpatrick, Kieran O’Donoghue; Seanie Stack, Jonathon Downes; Rory Liddane, Jamie Keogh, Adrian Chaplin; Tommy Liddy, Errol Tuohy, Michael O’Halloran.
Sub: Donald Devanney.

Ruan 1-21
Clarecastle 0-12

HAVING trailed by a point at half-time, Ruan took control of this tie with Clarecastle on Sunday to run out comfortable winners.
In the second half the winners half-back line took control and wing-back Killian Ryan fired over some impressive points as the winners pulled away for a good victory, John Punch was the game’s goalscorer.

Ruan: Pakie Roughan; Damian Brohan, Niall O’Connor, Leon Quirke; Killian Ryan, Aidan Lynch, Dara Roughan; Pádraig Guthrie, Eoin Hanrahan; John Punch, Caimin Howard, Michael Vaughan; Patrick Keegan, Colin O’Donoghue, Brendan Lyons.
Subs: Gearóid Roughan, Shane Ryan, Kevin O’Regan, Gary Bell.
Clarecastle: Jamie Coughlan; Blaise Talty, Eamonn O’Connor, Ciaran Lynch; Adam Healy, Eamonn Concannon, Anthony Griffey; Stephen Malone, John Reidy; Fergal Griffin, David Green, Brian Lynch; Cormac Donnellan, Niall Quinn, Conor O’Gorman.
Subs: Jason Considine, Colin Higgins, Eoin Brennan.