Clare Junior A And Clare Junior B Hurling Championships Round Up

Clare Junior A and Junior B Hurling Round Up

There were a number of games down for decision in the Clare Junior A hurling championship, where Ennistymon were one of the two first teams in action.

The North Clare outfit registered an impressive victory as they overcame Eire Óg by 1-12 to 1-5, thanks in part to 0-9 from Dara McInerney, with all bar two of those scores coming from frees. A Cathal McDonagh penalty led to their goal, while Ryan Barry (2) and Liam Devitt also chipped in on the scoring.

The other first string in action came out on the wrong side of the result as Ogonnelloe went down to O’Callaghan’s Mills by 2-16 to 1-15 with Dave McGrath and Cathal Lenihan getting the goals for the winners.

Last year’s beaten finalists Kilmaley got their campaign off to the perfect start with a hard fought 1-14 to 1-13 win over Clooney-Quin, while a strong display from Tomas Gavin saw him notch 0-15 as Ballyea beat Inagh-Kilnamona 0-22 to 2-8.

The other game this weekend saw Broadford beating St Joseph’s by 2-15 to 1-12.

The highlight of the Junior B championship was the performance of Shane Meehan for the Banner, with the young star notching a hat-trick to help his side to a 4-21 to 1-15 win over Kilmaley.

The other first string in action in this championship were Meelick who had a 2-15 to 2-3 win over Clooney-Quin.

Newmarket beat Wolfe Tones by 3-10 to 1-9, Smith O’Brien’s had a 0-16 to 1-10 win over Cratloe, Sixmilebridge made it a clean sweep over the weekend as their third string beat Ruan 1-15 to 1-14, Scariff were 2-20 to 0-10 winners against Eire Óg, Feakle beat Parteen 4-15 to 1-6, and Clonlara overcame O’Callaghan’s Mills by 1-11 to 0-12.