A winning start for Wolfe Tones

Wolfe Tones 2-11   St Joseph’s 2-8

 

THERE was little between Wolfe Tones and St Joseph’s in this Division 1B tie played at Shannon on Sunday. Both sides had a number of players new to senior hurling in their line-ups.
At the end of the first half, the winners led by a point, 0-6 to 0-5 after St Joseph’s had wasted a number of scoring opportunities, particularly from frees.
The home side edged in front in the second period and managed to hold that advantage to the finish on a day when Gareth McPhillips and Shane Chambers scored goals. Declan Malone and Alan O’Neill scored the St Joseph’s goals.

Wolfe Tones: Paul Hogan; Joe McGauley, Brendan Hughes, Barry Loughnane; Jamie Roughan, Brian O’Connell, John Guilfoyle; Kevin McCafferty, Shane Chambers; Aaron Cunningham, Alan Hehir, Stephen McInerney; David Reidy, Gareth McPhillips, Gary Leahy.
Subs: Niall Murphy for McInerney; Johnnie Bridges for Chambers.
St Joseph’s: Kevin Moloney; Declan Meehan, Marty O’Regan, Sean Flynn; Greg Lyons, Mark Hallinan, Eamonn Clohessy; Kevin Dilleen, Gary Hassett; Ivor White, Alan O’Neill, Enda Lyons; Aaron Landy, Declan Malone, Alan Duggan.
Subs: Leo Duggan for Dilleen; Niall De Loughrey for Landy.

Broadford 3-9   Tubber 0-11

BROADFORD travelled to Tubber on Monday and returned with the points, helped greatly by three second-half goals from Diarmuid Moloney, Caolan Cox and Padraic Taylor.
The teams were evenly matched in the opening half and, at the break, the home side led by a point, 0-6 to 0-5. The opening 10 minutes of the second half continued in the same vein but once Broadford got through for their first goal, it gave them an edge.

Broadford: Ollie Marsh; Kieran O’Connell, Alan Kilcoyne, Aidan O’Brien; James Gunning, Aonghus O’Brien, Stephen Gunning; Mark Moloney, Niall Moloney; Cathal Chaplin, Padraic Taylor, Stephen Taylor; Caolan Cox, Declan Teefy, John Corcoran.
Subs: Kieran Corcoran for Teefy; Diarmuid Moloney for J Corcoran; Peter O’Brien for P Taylor.
Tubber: Paul Waters; John O’Connor, Eoin Ruane, Paul Fogarty; Mark Earley, Conor Earley, Fergal O’Grady; Cyril Cunningham, Tommy Lee; Ronan Taaffe, Clive Earley, Dara O’Connor; Ger Brohan, Justin McMahon, Paddy O’Connor.
Subs: Sean Naughton for Fogarty; Eamonn Taaffe for P O’Connor; Evan Donoghue for Brohan.

Kilmaley 1-14   Éire Óg 0-12

A GOAL from a penalty by Diarmuid McMahon shortly before the half-time whistle, proved vital in this clash of neighbouring rivals Kilmaley and Éire Óg at Kilmaley on Monday.
The goal helped the winners to a seven-point interval lead, 1-9 to 0-5. Éire Óg fought their way back to within a goal, 0-10 to 1-10, inside the last quarter but they were never able to get back on terms and the home side held on for a merited win.

Kilmaley: Kieran Dillon; Sean Talty, Anthony Cahill, Stephen Griffey; Enda Finnucane, Noel Casey, John Clohessy; Kenneth Kennedy, Eoin O’Malley; Michael O’Neill, Diarmuid McMahon, John Cabey; Niall McGuane, Conor Neylon, Pádraig Talty.
Subs: Martin O’Connor for Griffey; Colin McGuane for Finnucane; Brian McDonnell for P Talty; Sean Hayes for N. McGuane; Danny Clohessy for O’Neill.
Éire Óg: Philip Walsh; Cathal Whelan, Cormac O’Regan, Ciarán Hanna; Fergus Flynn, Marc O’Donnell, Kevin Moynihan; Tadhg McNamara, Mark Fitzgerald; Ronan Keane, Danny Russell, Damian McMahon; Niall O’Connor, John Lawlor, Davy O’Halloran.
Subs: Niall McMahon for O’Connor; Adrian Walsh for Lawlor.

O’Callaghan’s Mills 0-16   Smith O’Brien’s 2-6

PLAYING with the aid of the wind in the first half, O’Callaghan’s Mills built up a six-point lead by the break and this played a big part in their victory. Gary Neville was their top scorer as they went 0-12 to 1-1 ahead by half-time with the losers’ goal coming from Shane O’Brien.
The Killaloe outfit piled on the pressure in the second half and the move of Seamus Gleeson from full-back to centre-forward improved matters for them. He struck for their second goal but a better-balanced home side held on for victory on a day when Kevin O’Callaghan, Jonathon Lyons, Sean O’Gorman and Gerry Cooney impressed.
In addition to Gleeson, Pa Vaughan and Micheál Ryan did well for Smith O’Brien’s.

O’Callaghan’s Mills: John Cooney; Michael McGrath, Conor Cooney, Gerry Cooney; Kevin O’Callaghan, Bryan Donnellan, Niall Donovan, Pat Donnellan, Jonathon Lyons; Gary Neville, Conor Cooney (Ermhill) Sean O’Gorman; Cathal McKeogh, Adrian Flaherty, James McMahon.
Subs: Aidan O’Gorman for Flaherty; Aidan Fawl for Donovan.
Smith O’Brien’s: Mark McInerney; Cian Nolan, Seamus Gleeson, Joe Furlong; Trevor Howard, Pa Vaughan, David Gough; John Cusack, Brian McInerney; Anthony O’Sullivan, Shane O’Brien, Liam Walsh; Micheál Ryan, Keith Stritch, Mike Crotty.
Subs: Eoghan Ryan for Crotty; Kevin McEvoy for Furlong; Noel McInerney for Walsh; Jonathon Hayes for Stritch; Cian Moloney for Sullivan.

Feakle 1-13   Ballyea 2-9

BALLYEA opted to rest the majority of their U-21 players ahead of their inaugural county U-21A championship final, for this opening Division 1B league tie on Monday.
Helped by a Cathal Collins goal, Feakle led by five points, 1-7 to 0-5, at half-time.
Ballyea came back strongly in the second half and goals from a Shane O’Neill penalty and Eanna McInerney helped them draw level. However, try as they did they failed to get ahead and a Gary Guilfoyle pointed free ensured that the East Clare side went away with the points.

Feakle: Eibhear Quilligan; Patrick Daly, Alan Hogan, Francis O’Grady; Eoin Tuohy, Colm Naughton, Henry Hayes; Ger Hanrahan, Shane McGrath; Gary Guilfoyle, Raymond Bane, Colin Nelson; Donal O’Grady, Cathal Collins, Cillian Bane.
Subs: Kenneth Collins for C Nelson (inj); Peter Collins for D O’Grady.
Ballyea: Shane Harkin; Frankie Griffin, Niall Keane, Eamonn Griffin; Barry Coffey, Paddy O’Connell, Don Flannery; Alan Hehir, Francie O’Reilly; Francie Nealon, Shane O’Neill, Darragh Crowe; Eanna McInerney, Donal Chambers, John Sheehan.
Subs: Brian Chambers for Sheehan; Rory Long for D Chambers.