Champions still on course to retain title

Newmarket Celtic A 1   Ennis Town Rock 1

Premier league title-holders Newmarket Celtic A are still unbeaten in this season’s competition.
Ennis Town rock took the lead after 20 minutes through David Reidy and they held this advantage to half time.
Ten minutes into the second half the home side equalised through Enda Kelly.
On the day a draw was a fair result.

Newmarket Celtic: Jason Casey; David O’Grady, Enda Kelly, Eoin O’Brien, Darren Cullinan; Mike Devitt, Stephen Kelly, Paudie Hayes, Neil Ryan; Daithi O’Connell, Ronan McCormack.
Subs: Kieran Devitt for McCormack; Seamus Considine for Ryan; Mark Donlon for M Devitt.
Ennis Town Rock: Stephen Loftus; Dean Gardiner, Ethan Considine, Gary Walsh, Shane Daniels, Gary Browne, Francis Daniels, Rowan Eade, Eoin Glynn, David Reidy, Niall McNevin.
Subs: Daryl Eade and Stephen Hickey.

Hermitage A 3 Shannon Olympic A 1

The sides were level at 1-1 at the half way stage in this premier league tie on Sunday.
Ritchie Fitzgerald put his side in front after half an hour but Olympic drew level before the break through Ray Quigley.
In the second half goals from Ger Dullaghan and Robert Dunne ensured victory for the Ennis side.

Hermitage A: David Phillips; Neil Mills, Eoin Ryan, Davy Moloney, Rhys Phillips, Paul Dullaghan, Ger Dullaghan, Seanie McGee, Brian McMahon, Ritchie Fitzgerald, Robert Dunne.
Subs: Eoin O’Meara-Daly for McMahon; Tola Crowne for R Phillips.
Shannon Olympic A: Gary McGettrick; Dave Collins, Pa Fahy, Karl Fogarty, Ian Hogan, Ray Quigley, Ciaran Keane, Stephen Dolan, Darren Duggan, Declan McDonald, Seanie O’Connor.
Subs: Neil Guilfoyle for Keane; Donnacda Kelly for Duggan; John Keogh for O’Connor.

Mountshannon Celtic 1 Tulla United A 4

Tulla United A travelled to Scariff and scored a comfortable win over their East Clare neighbours Mountshannon Celtic.
Tulla took the lead after 25 minutes, Alan Brigdale made a good run down the left and passed to Sunny Jay who crossed for David McInerney to score. This goal separated the teams at half time.
Ten minutes into the second half they doubled their advantage when Noel Collins’ corner ended up in the net after taking a deflection off the home side’s goalkeeper.
Mountshannon pulled one back midway through the half when Keith Finnerty scored.
Tulla regained their two-goal advantage following another corner from Collins which Niall Whelan headed to the net via the post.
The winner’s fourth goal came after a quick free from Denis Murphy was parried. The rebound fell to Donal Doherty whose effort was cleared off line but Aidan Fawl followed up and scored.

Mountshannon Celtic: Colm Kavanagh; Andrew McNamara, Martin McNamara, Joe Underwood, Michael Scanlon, Keith Finnerty, Cathal Moloney, Kevin Dooley, Keelan McNamara, Raymond Cahill, Micheál Quigley.
Subs: Paul Dooley, Michael Barrett, Paul O’Rourke.
Tulla Untied A: Shane Collins; Denis Murphy, Padraic O’Malley, Niall Whelan, Noel Collins, Paudge Vaughan, David McInerney, Brian McInerney, Alan Brigdale, Sunny Jay, Colin Nelson.
Subs: Aidan Fawl for Brigdale; Donal Doherty for Nelson; Cillian Bane for D McInerney.

Avenue United A 4 Lifford A 0

Avenue United A maintained their challenge to Newmarket for the premier title with this comfortable win over Lifford A on Friday evening.
The winners led through a Mikey Mahoney goal at the break after he latched on to a David Herlihy cross.
In the second half David McCarthy scored from the penalty spot after Mahoney was fouled. Simon Cuddy scored their third before a David Smith free kick completed the scoring.

Avenue United: Liam Deasy; Mattie Nugent, Colin Smith, Alex Zmusko Simon Cuddy; Dave McCarthy, Alan Roche, David Herlihy, David Smith; Mikey Mahoney, Barry Nugent.
Subs: David Russell for Zmusko Pa Wilson for McCarthy; Segun Junaid for Mahoney.
Lifford A: Eric Murphy; Hamad Kuku, Michael J. Sullivan, Joe Lynch, Eoin Murphy; Paul Cantillon, Ruairi Norrby, Ryan Boyle, TJ Ajisomo, Killian Malone, Liam Keane.
Subs: Julus Leke, Pa Mannion, Lunga Balman.