A stroll for Avenue and Bridge United A

Ten Clare Junior Cup ties were decided on Sunday last, despite the inclement weather conditions. There were no major surprises on a day when Avenue A had the biggest winning margin.
The eagerly awaited all-parish clash of Connolly Celtic and Kilmaley Fern Celtic fell foul of the weather and it has been refixed for this weekend in Kilmaley.

Avenue United A 8
Tulla United B  0
Avenue United were never troubled as they scored eight goals when easily accounting for Tulla United B on Sunday.
Four goals in each half saw the premier outfit gain an easy victory. A Mikey Mahoney hat-trick inside the opening half hour put Tulla on the backfoot and Bary Nugent had another before the half-time whistle sounded.
The third quarter was scoreless but then Scott Hennessy found the target and further goals came from Nicki Twumasai, and Eamonn O’Reilly before Hennessy completed the scoring with his second.
Avenue United A: John Healy; Dean D’Auria, Eamonn O’Reilly, Mattie Nugent, David Herlihy, Alan Roche, Mark Roche, Nicki Twumasai, Mikey Mahoney, Scott Hennessy, Barry Nugent.
Tulla United B: Trevor McInerney; Declan Curran, Niall Meaney, John O’Hagan, Brendan Hannon, Gerry Ryan, Martin Floyd, Keith Walsh, Alan Leamy, Shane McNamara, Daragh Hannon.
Subs: Tim Durcan, Cathal Dinan, Eddie Fogarty, John Horne, Marco David.

Bridge United A 6
Hermitage C 0
Bridge Unted A had an easy passage to the next round of the cup when they proved too strong for Hermitage C on Sunday.
Three goals to the good after half an hour, the winners were on their way to victory at this early stage.
Damian Murray scored a hat-trick, accounting for the opening three goals, the third of which came from the penalty spot.
Mike McNamara found the target before the break to leave them 4-0 to the good. Early in the second half John Keogh and Eric Carr added goals to seal a comfortable win.
Hermitage C were short numbers and only had 10 players.
They finished with nine after Dylan Shannon was forced to retire due to injury
Bridge United A: John Mulready; Jason White, Johnnie Hayes, Darren Murphy, Billy Maxwell, Damian Murray, Christy Griffin, Adrian White, Stephen Stewart, John Keogh, Mike McNamara.
Subs: Alan Mulready, Alex Cole, Eric Carr.
Hermitage C: Jason Carmody; Niall Cleary, Sean Kelleher, Eric Moore, Pakie Nihill, Mark Moloney, Damian Hand, Dylan Shannon, Jamie Kenneally, Conor Liddy.

Coole FC 1 
Mountshannon Celtic  3
Coole acquitted themselves well against a more experienced Mountshannon Celtic side. The game started at a great pace, with both sides going on the attack from the off. Mountshannon took the lead on 18 minutes after a cross from the left by John O’Brien was tucked away from 10 yards by Padraic Brody.
Coole’s answer was immediate, with Thiago Morais scoring his team’s goal of the season to date with a half-volley from 30 yards that hit the roof of the net.
Mountshannon then took control and showed why they are a Premier League side, with some quick, incisive passing that led to them scoring two more goals by half-time, the goals coming from Michael and Paul Dooley.
Coole showed a lot of endeavour in an evenly contested second half but could not find the net again to put pressure on Mountshannon.
Coole FC: Chris Reilly; Liam Papendorf, Stephen Quinn, James Kerins, Ricky Prince, Savio Amorem, Fintan McNamara, Matthew Kelleher, Dave Cahill, Paddy Donovan, Thiago Morais.
Subs: Gerry McGann and  Danilo Bento.
Mountshannon Celtic: Colm Kavanagh; John O’Brien, Martin McNamara, Pádraig Brody, Keelan McNamara, Michael Dooley, Joe Underwood, Cathal Moloney, Paul O’Rourke, Graham Bowes, Paul Dooley
Subs: Michael Scanlan, Martin Cunningham, Niall Deere.

Ennis Town Rock B 3 
Rineanna Rovers 1
In this all-third division clash, in a second-round Clare Cup tie, Ennis Town B started the better and had two great chances in the opening minutes to take the lead but failed to take them. Rineanna took the lead after five minutes with a good strike.
From then on, though Ennis Town dominated and got their reward on 30 minutes with an equaliser from Ciarán MacMathuna, who was first to react after the Rineanna keeper parried the initial shot. It remained 1-1 at the break.
After the restart the going got tough on the heavy pitch due to the heavy overnight and morning rain. This didn’t deter either team from trying to play football. The arrival of Gary Green on the pitch for Ennis Town on the 70th minute added an extra dimension to the Ennis attack. They were rewarded soon after when Shane Daly scored directly from a corner on 75 minutes and Green got Ennis Town’s third two minutes later. Ennis Town had chances to further extend their lead but the game finished 3-1. Impressive for Ennis were Stephen Horgan, Eoin Keenan, Marty McLoughlin and Gary Green, when he came on.
Ennis Town Rock B: Dara Murphy; Stephen Horgan, Stephen Murphy, Cody Fitzgerald, Ultan Shiels, Adam Mullens, Robert Cantwell, Eoin Keenan, Shane Daly, Marty McLoughlin, Ciarán MacMathuna.
Subs: Gary Green for Mullens, Declan Ensko for Keenan, Darlington Ovenserh for Daly, Ali Ahmed for McLoughlin, Mark Reilly for MacMathuna.
Rineanna Rovers: Martin Piotrowski; Daniel Cregan, Niall Murphy, Conor Sweeney, Alan Leamy, Robert Gorzicz, Conor Phillips, Darren O’Connor,  Robert Ryan, Dean Richter, Conor Quinlivan
Subs: Jaremiah Cahill, Neto Borgais.

Bunratty/Cratloe 0 
Corofin Harps  3
Three second-half goals by Corofin Harps ended Bunratty-Cratloe’s cup hopes at Woulfe Park on Sunday.The winners  had chances in the opening half but they failed to convert any of these.
Early in the second half, Jason Tierney  opened  the scoring after a Michael Daly cross. A foul on Brian McGahern 10 minutes later led to a penalty that Tierney converted before McGahern completed the scoring to seal the North Clare side’s passage to the next round.
Bunratty-Cratloe: Andre Sheynin; John Liddane, Michael Hawes, Pa O’Halloran, Stuart Cahill, Danny Hanson, David Collins, Barry Gleeson, Paul Clancy, Trevor Twoomey, David Kerins.
Corofin Harps: Michael Concannon; Fiachra Roche, Brendan Keane, Brian Halpin, Daryl Bane, Michael Daly Jason Tierney, Stephen Keane,  Brian McGahern, James Keane, Noel Connors.
Subs: Jonathon Lane, Declan O’Loughlin and James Tierney.

Avenue United B 0 
Manus Celtic  1
Avenue United B were fancied by many to win this tie but a Michael McDonagh goal at the end of the first quarter saw Derek Dormer’s side cause an upset. A great run by Seanie Moloney created the chance and McDonagh finished superbly. Avenue piled on the pressure in the second half and had chances to equalise but the winners defended well and are now looking forward to the next round.
Avenue United B: Killian Culligan; Sean Dobbins, Keith Dormer, Kaylan O’Loughlin, Shane Browne, Neil Slattery, Thomas Corry, Eoghan O’Loughlin, Conor O’Brien, Colm Mullen, Sean Corry.
Subs: Michael Shannon and Cian Darcy
Manus Celtic: Andrew Page; Michael Malone, Donogh Murphy,  Adam Healy, Barry Malone, Conor Plunkett Declan Frawley, Danny Scanlan, Seanie Moloney, Michael McDonagh, Michale Geraghty.

Bridge Celtic 3 
Moher Celtic  1
For the second week in a row, Bridge Celtic defeated Moher Celtic, this time in the cup. It was the perfect present for this weekend’s 50th anniversary celebrations, which the club will hold at the Castle Oaks Hotel in Castleconnell.
The visitors took the lead when Willie Murphy crashed a free kick to the net.
Goals from Daniel Aherne and Wesley Fleming saw the home side go to the break with a 2-1 advantage.
When the visitors had their captain Brian Conway sent off early in the second  half, it weakened their chances and the home side powered on and sealed victory with a Paul McEvoy goal.
Bridge Celtic: Paul O’Connell; Johnnie Howard, Luke Turner, William Slattery, Ollie Phillips, Conor Hynes, Daniel Ahern, Shane Byrnes, Seamus Gleeson, Wesley Fleming, Paul McEvoy.
Subs: Brendan Nolan and Cian Moloney.
Moher Celtic: Shane Keane; Declan Fawl, Brian Conway, Alan Horan, Kevin Scales, Cohen Phillipson,  Willie Murphy, Donogh Fawl,  Damian Finnucane, Sean Cullinan, Paul Cagney.
Subs: Sean Noonan, Cathal Honan, Jimín Dooley.

Kildysart Celtic 1 
Hermitage B  2
Hermitage B continued their winning run when they defeated Kildysart Celtic at Cahercon on Sunday.
A brace from Dave Cahill helped the Ennis side, first round winners over their A team, to progress to the next round.
He gave them the lead after 20 minutes but a goalkeeping error from Abdul saw Kildysart draw level after a John Guinnane cross troubled the visitors’ defence.
The winning goal came 10 minutes from time when Cahill coolly beat Keith Murphy.
Kildysart Celtic: Keith Murphy; Ciarán Connolly, Eoin Griffin, Keith O’Connor, Rory Murphy, Francie Nealon, Pat Coffey, Brian Ayers, Paul Nagle, Damian Hill, Gerry Finn.
Subs: John Guinnane, John Clancy, Christy Clancy, Eoin Cleary, Dermot Nagle.
Hermitage B: Abdul; Eoin Cahill, Niall Mulqueen, Brendan Dobbins, Mick Culligan, Cathal Keane, Craig McNamara, Chris Riordan, Mick O’Ceallaigh, David Cahill, Brian McMahon.
Subs: Alan McNamara, Vinny Bell.

Sporting Ennistymon A 1 
Tulla United A 2
After a scoreless first half, Tulla United opened the scoring at Lisdoonvarna when Sunny Jay applied the finish after Darragh Corry had fired an effort goalwards.
Corry hit the second after just over an hour and looked to be heading for a comfortable win but the home side battled back and Sean McConigley found the net five minutes from the end. They piled on the pressure in the remaining time but failed to secure an equaliser and Tulla marched on to the next round.
Sporting Ennistymon: Pádraig Brennan; John Mullane, Patrick O’Dwyer, Alan Sexton  Thierry Bouton, Sean O’Driscoll, Robert McInerney, Aaron McNulty, James Fetherston, Sean McConigley, James Monaghan.
Subs: Michael O’Dwyer, Cathal McConigley and Damian Flanagan.
Tulla United A: Darragh Kelly; Shane Mason, Brian McInerney, Pauric O’Malley, Denis Murphy, Donnacha McNamara, Darragh Corry, John Brigdale, Tommy McKeown, Trevor Corbett, Sunny Jay.
Subs: Niall Whelan, Colin Nelson and Aidan Fawl.

Sporting Ennistymon B 1
Rhine Rovers 5
Rhine Rovers B proved too strong for Sporting Ennistymon B in this cup tie played at Lisdoonvarna on Sunday but they had to battle hard to secure their victory.
The home side went ahead when Jamesie McConigley scored midway through the opening half and they held this lead until shortly before half-time, when the visitors levelled. They remained deadlocked until the hour mark when Rhine took the lead and as Ennistymon pushed forward in search of a leveller, the visitors  capitalised on the open space at the back and added three in the final 10 minutes to seal victory.
Scorers for the winners were Hamid Mahmodi (2) Barry Ryan, Christy  and Davy O’Brien.
Sporting Ennistymon B: Ciarán Flanagan; Stephen Wall, Eddie Crowe, James Droney, Darragh  Crowe; Joe Gallagher, Michael Leigh, Tomas Kelly, Pádraig Flynn, Sean Crowe, Jamesie McConigley.
Subs: Roma Byrne, Mattie Kinch, Michael Duffy, Pádraig Kenneally and David Callinan.
Rhine Rovers: Martin McInerney; Brendan Quinn, Paul Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Mark Hanrahan, Conor Hanrahan, Davy O’Brien, Jamie Ivers, Hamid Mahmodi, Christy O’Brien.
Sub: Barry Ryan.