Coolmeen 4-10
Shannon Gaels 2-1
Local rivals Coolmeen and Shannon Gaels met in Kilmihil recently in the U-14 Division 4 final. They had met previous to this in the first round, Coolmeen getting the better of their opponents on that occasion.
Coolmeen’s Sean Wallace set his stall out early, winning a kick-out and converting for the first point of the game. Ben Cleary, Cian Murphy and Wallace again increased Coolmeen’s tally to seven points with some well-taken scores before Wallace rattled the Gaels’ net.
Shannon Gaels’ Darragh Bohannon, after nearly 20 minutes of play, registered his team’s first point. The Gaels found it difficult to create opportunities as Coolmeen defended well, with Mark Meaney and Alan Normoyle to the fore. They did have one goal chance in this half but Adam Carrigg stood solid on his goal line to deny them. Ben Cleary sent the Coolmeen troops into the half-time break with their confidence high by converting another 1-1 before the whistle. At half-time the winners led on a scoreline of 2-8 to 0-1.
Coolmeen restarted well and after two minutes Cian Murphy fisted a cross from Sean Wallace for a goal. Alan Normoyle blocked an attack on his 21-yard line and delivered the ball directly to Wallace who, unselfishly, placed it into the path of Ben Cleary, who slid the ball into the net for their third goal.
Chris O’Connor hit a Coolmeen goal with nine minutes remaining but soon after Shannon Gaels’ Aaron Malone-Smyth had a goal. It wasn’t to be the Gaels’ day though as Sean Wallace kicked Coolmeen’s 10th and final point.
Cian Murphy accepted the shield on behalf of his team mates. Coolmeen had impressive performances from Cian Murphy, Sean Wallace, Alan Normoyle and Mark Meaney. Ben Cleary was the stand-out player, with a personal tally of 2-6.
Coolmeen: Adam Carrigg; Alan Normoyle, Darragh Cleary, Mark Meaney, Kevin Mc Mahon, Eric Scanlon, Cian Murphy (captain)(1-1), Sean Wallace (1-3), Shane Ryan, Ben Cleary (2-6, 1f), Darren King.
Subs: Michael McMahon for Shane Ryan, Mervyn Ryan for Eric Scanlon, Eoin O’Dea for Darren King, JJ Carrigg, Dylan O’Halloran, Dylan Power.
Shannon Gaels: Carl Kinsella, Kenneth O’Shea, Stephen King, Eoin Keane, Stephen Keogh (captain), Eric O’Brien, Darragh Bohannon (0-1), Aaron Malone- Smyth (1-0), Chris O’Connor (1-0), John Ryan, Jaiden Gadd.
Subs: Cormac Moloney, Ian Whelan, Ian O’Shea, Michael Kelly, Kyle Crilly.
Division 3 title for Newmarket
Newmarket-on-Fergus 3-5
Naomh Eoin 2-6
Newmarket-on-Fergus captured the U-14 Division 3 Football Championship title when they defeated Naomh Eoin in Kilmihil on Sunday. Newmarket opened the scoring with a goal from Darren McNamara in the third minute. Jordan Collins added their first point five minutes later. Naomh Eoin got their only score of the first half, a point from Odhran Lynch, in the 10th minute. Newmarket added a goal in the 16th and two more points in the 17th and 19th minutes, to leave the half-time score Newmarket 2-3, Naomh Eoin 0-1.
A determined Naomh Eoin came out fighting in the second half and got three points in the third, sixth and seventh minutes from Conor Magner (2) and Tomas Crotty (1). Newmarket opened their second-half scoring with a goal from Darran McNamara in the eighth minute. Conor Downes pointed for Naomh Eoin a minute later while Darran McNamara got a Newmarket point in the 10th minute and Cathal Hayes pointed from the winners in the 12th minute.
Eoin Lynch for Naomh Eoin shook the Newmarket net in the 14th minute. Conor Magner pointed from a free for the West Clare side in the 15th minute before he goaled in the 20th to leave just two points between the sides. Naomh Eoin bombarded the Newmarket goal in the dying minutes of the game but were denied by some great defending from the Newmarket side.
After the game Anne Hayes, Bord na nÓg PRO, presented the Fr O Dea Cup to Cathal Hayes, captain of the winning team.
Newmarket: Cathal Finucane, Adam Gilbert, Jack O’Connor, Liam O’Connor, Kean Lenihan, Jeff McGowan, Colin Guilfoyle, Eoin Fitzgerald, Greg Collins, Cathal Hayes (captain) Jordan Collins, Conor McCarthy, Darren McNamara.
Subs: David McNamara, Patrick Duggan, Dean Tierney, David Gleeson, Oisín Lally, Lee Cronin, Gerard Mulvihill, Fionnain Crimmins.
Naomh Eoin: Andrew Naughton, Sean Bonfil, James Murphy, Douglas Lynch, Conor Tevlin, Conor Downes, (captain) Tomas Crotty, Liam Keating, Odhran Lynch, Conor Magner, Kieran McNamara, Owen Lynch, Eoin Hanrahan,
Subs: Art Maguire, Matt Keating, Damien Griffin, Mark McQuaid, Paul Keating, Tomás Bonfil.
Referee: Anthony Culligan, Lissycasey.