Clonlara extend unbeaten run

Clonlara 1-14   Cratloe 0-8

CLONLARA continued their winning run in the Clare Champion Cup with this comfortable victory over Cratloe at the latter’s venue on Monday.
The visitors took a grip on proceedings from the start and raced into a four-point lead with scores from Colm Galvin, John Conlon (2) and Nicky O’Connell. The game was 11 minutes old before Gearóid Ryan had the home side’s opening score.
Clonlara continued to hold the upperhand in key areas and just before the half-time whistle, James Hastings got through for their goal. His first effort was well saved by Sean Hayes, who produced a couple of great stops, but Hastings was following up and scored at the second attempt to leave the score at 1-8 to 0-3 at the interval.
The winners had the opening two points of the second half to stretch their advantage to 10 points. Cratloe, clearly weakened by the absence of Conor McGrath, Cathal McInerney, Ogie Murphy and Paudge Collins due to injury, battled hard to the end but failed to match the all-round balance of the winners for whom Domhnaill O’Donovan, Nicky O’Connell, Cillian Fennessy, Colm Galvin, Cormac O’Donovan and John Conlon stood out.

Clonlara: Ger O’Connell; Patrick Clancy, Domhnaill O’Donovan, Oisín O’Brien; Cillian Fennessy (0-1), Nicky O’Connell (0-4), Harry Horgan; Colm Galvin (0-2), Cormac O’Donovan; Thomas Begley, Jason Murphy (0-1) Tomas O’Donovan; James Hastings (1-0), John Conlon (0-5), Cathal O’Connell (0-1).
Subs: Pat O’Hare for Clancy; Tommy Gillen for C O’Connell; Paul Barry for Murphy; Ryan Morris for Begley.
Cratloe: Sean Hayes; John O’Gorman, Barry Duggan, Pádraig Chaplin; Conor Ryan, Michael Hawes, Kevin Browne; Liam Markham, Gearóid Ryan (0-2); Damian Browne (0-3), David O’Gorman, Sean Collins (0-3); Thomas Ryan, Barry Gleeson, Aidan Browne.
Subs: Thomas O’Connor for T Ryan; James Enright for Gleeson.

Clarecastle 0-14   Clooney-Quin 1-6

AN impressive display from midfielder Tyrone Kierce helped Clarecastle to a comfortable win over Clooney-Quin in this cup tie played at Clarecastle on  Friday evening.
The home side led by double scores, 0-6 to 0-3, at the interval and they went on to control the second half. Clooney-Quin had a late goal from Peter Duggan but it wasn’t enough to prevent Clarecastle from recording a well merited win.

Clarecastle: Donogh Murphy; Seanie Moloney, Mark McNamara, Andrew Page; Jamie O’Connor, Danny Scanlan, Patrick Kelly; Tyrone Kierce, Garrett Barry; Derek Quinn, Adam Healy, Jonathon Clancy; Seanie Talty, Cathal Lynch, Eamonn Callinan.
Subs: Kieran O’Dwyer for Lynch; Fergal Griffin for Callinan.
Clooney-Quin: Damian O’Halloran; Brian McInerney, Shane McNamara, Paudie Ward; Michael McNamara, Donnacda Murphy, Adrian Fleming; Conor Harrisson, Seamus Conroy; Peter Duggan, Cathal Egan, Darragh Hannon; John Reynolds, Martin Duggan, Mike Daffy.
Subs: Aidan Daffy for M Duggan; Ruairi McNamara for Conroy.

Newmarket 0-11   Sixmilebridge 1-6

IN a game, which saw five yellow and two red cards produced by referee Damian Fox, Newmarket emerged with a two-point victory over Sixmilebridge at Fr Murphy Park on Monday afternoon.
The visitors played half of the game with 13 men after Declan Morey and Paul Fitzpatrick were sent off. Morey picked up a straight red following a clash with Pádraig Kilmartin 10 minutes before the break, while Fitzpatrick got a second yellow in the first minute of the second half.
After a low-scoring first half in which both sides missed a lot of chances, the home team were 0-4 to 0-2 in front. They added a further two points early in the second half before Niall Gilligan, who had been introduced at half-time, crashed a 25m free to the net to bring his side back into contention. He followed with a point to level the tie as the end of the third quarter approached.
Points were exchanged three more times and everything pointed to a share of the spoils as full-time approached. However, the home side sealed victory with points from Colin Ryan and Stephen Kelly.

Newmarket: Darren Duggan; Eoin O’Brien, Sean O’Connor, Pádraig Kilmartin; Niall O’Connor, Darren O’Connor, Alan Barrett; Ronan Goode, Eoin Hayes (0-1); Noel Frawley, Colin Ryan (0-6), David Barrett (0-1); James Liddy, Anthony Kilmartin (0-1), Martin O’Hanlon.
Subs: Michael McInerney (0-1) for O’Hanlon (inj); Stephen Kelly (0-1) for Frawley; Enda Kelly for A Kilmartin.
Sixmilebridge: Derek Fahy (0-1); Tadhg Keogh, Kevin Lynch, Paul Fitzpatrick; John Fennessy, Seadna Morey, Paidi Fitzpatrick; Robert Conlon, Shane Golden; Declan Morey (0-1), Rory Shanahan (0-1), Pa Sheehan; Danny Morey, Caimin Morey, Alan Mulready.
Subs: Brian Culbert for C Morey (inj); Anthony Liddane for Culbert (inj); Niall Gilligan (1-3) for Sheehan; Sheehan for Danny Morey.

Inagh-Kilnamona 1-15   Whitegate 2-10

DESPITE a contribution of 2-6 from goalkeeper Andrew Fahy, Whitegate lost out by two points to Inagh-Kilnamona in this Division 1A Clare Champion Cup tie at Kilnamona on Saturday.
Fahy’s impressive haul was one of the main talking points after this hard-fought contest. Another talking point came inside the last 10 minutes when inter-county senior panellists, Brendan Bugler and Eamonn Glynn saw red. Referee Ger Lyons sent off both men after they clashed as the game moved towards the final whistle.
Whitegate got off to a dream start when goalkeeper Fahy made the journey upfield to crash a penalty to the net in the opening minute. They were evenly matched throughout the half and were on level terms, 0-7 to 1-4, when the half-time whistle sounded.
A goal from Ger Arthur helped the home side to move ahead in the second half but shortly before the end, the result was back in the melting pot when Fahy again made the journey upfield and this time blasted a 20m free to the net. It wasn’t enough, however, and the home side held on for victory on a day when Eamonn Glynn, until he was dismissed, and Ger Arthur caused problems for the visitors’ defence.

Inagh-Kilnamona: Patrick Kelly; Milo Keane, Brian Glynn, Dermot Lynch; Jamie Davin Ronan O’Looney, Colm Pilkington; Tomás Kelly, Paul O’Looney; Damian Lafferty, Eamonn Glynn, Cathal Lafferty; Ger Arthur, Conor Tierney, Niall Arthur.
Subs: David Hegarty for Pilkington (inj); Shane Griffin for N Arthur; Stephen Twomey for Tierney (inj); Damian Hogan for O’Looney (inj); Brian Foudy for B Glynn (inj).
Whitegate: Andrew Fahy; Gareth Bleach, John Bugler, Kieran Gibbons; Thomas McNamara, Brendan Bugler, Jason Malone; Patrick Minogue, Michael Dooley; Patrick Burke, John Minogue, Colin Bleach; Colin Burke, Niall Hayes, Paul O’Rourke.
Subs: Ger Muggivan for G Bleach (inj); Keelan McNamara for C Burke.

Crusheen 1-22   Tulla 0-11

CRUSHEEN bounced back to winning ways when they comfortably accounted for Tulla on Friday evening.
Having lost their last outing by the minimum margin to Clonlara, they were clearly determined to keep up their strong challenge for the title and they held the upperhand in this tie from an early stage.
Five points in as many minutes shortly before half-time put them into an 0-11 to 0-4 half-time lead and they remained well in control in the second half.
Their experienced defence held the upperhand on the day and Tulla found it difficult to create any scoring opportunities.

Crusheen: Donal Tuohy; John Brigdale, Cronan Dillon, Alan Brigdale; Ciarán O’Doherty, Cian Dillon, Cathal Dillon; Joe Meaney, Tony Meaney; Rory Halpin, Jamie Fitzgibbon, Fergus Kennedy; Sean Weir, Shaun Dillon, Dara O’Doherty.
Subs: Conor O’Donnell for Weir; Gearóid O’Donnell for Halpin; Paddy Meaney for D O’Doherty Patrick O’Grady for S Dillon; Niall Fitzgibbon for J Fitzgibbon.
Tulla: Kieran Brennan; John Fahy, Sean Torpey, Colm Halpin; Patrick Minogue, Paul Lynch, John Brennan; Brian Lynch, Cathal Dinan; hilip Brennan, David McInerney, Shane McNamara; Aidan Lynch, Trevor Vaughan, Felix Hegarty.
Subs: Jim Hogan for Hegarty; Niall Bolton for Hogan.