Cratloe’s semi-final hopes take a blow

O’Callaghan’s Mills 2-9
Cratloe 0-12

Cratloe’s chances of making it through to the semi-finals of the Clare Champion Cup received a severe blow when they were beaten by O’Callaghan’s Mills in the final round of league ties last Thursday.
A win would have ensured Cratloe of top spot but now their South-East Clare neighbours, Clonlara, can claim that position if they beat Corofn in their final game.
Eoin Pewter and Alan Duggan were the winner’s goalscorers in a tie played at Cratloe. The home side will be disappointed at the outcome of this tie as they were guilty of a lot of missed chances on the day.
Cratloe will be particularly disappointed with the first-half display as they missed many chances in this period. In the second half, the Mills dominated and enjoyed the better of the exchanges.
O’Callaghan’s Mills: John Cooney; Michael McGrath, Conor Cooney, Gerry Cooney; Sean O’Gorman, Bryan Donnellan, Ger Frost; Alan Duggan, Gary Neville; James McMahon, Declan Donovan, Adrian Donovan; Alan Flaherty, Niall Donovan, Eoin Pewter.
Subs: Jonathon Lyons for Neville; Kevin O’Callaghan for A Donovan; John McGrath for M McGrath; Sean O’Gorman for D Donovan; Jamie Lynch for J McMahon.
Cratloe: David Collins; Philip Gleeson, Barry Duggan, David Ryan; Enda Boyce, Michael Hawes, Liam Markham; Sean Collins, Sean Chaplin; Conor Ryan, Thoms O’Connor, Paudge Collins; Gearoid Ryan, Pádraig Chaplin, Conor McGrath.
Subs: John O’Gorman for David Ryan; Sean Hynan for P Chaplin.

Inagh-Kilnamona 0-18
Whitegate 0-10

Inagh-Kilnamona kept up their challenge for a place in the semi-final of the Clare Champion Cup when they accounted for Whitegate in this tie at Whitegate last week.
The foundations for the win were laid in the opening half when the winners built up a 0-12 to 0-4 lead. The second half was more evenly contested with each side adding six points to their half-time tallies.
Inagh-Kilnamona: Patrick Kelly; Tomás McConigley, Dermot Lynch, Milo Keane; Brian Foudy, David Hegarty, Ronan O’Looney; Shane Griffin Paul O’Looney; Dermot Gannon, Niall Arthur, David Lafferty; Ger Arthur, Cathal Lafferty, Gerry Coote.
Sub: Stephen Twomey for P O’Looney.
Whitegate: Andrew Fahy; Trevor Kelly, John Buglar, Cathal Mulvihill; Patrick Minogue, Brendan Buglar, Jason Malone; Ian Fahy, Eric Minogue; Michael O’Brien, Raymond Cahill, John Minogue; Patrick Burke, George Waterstone, John O’Brien.
Sub: Eoin Quirke for P Burke.

Corofin 3-15
Scariff  3-10

Corofin boosted their chance of avoiding relegation with this victory over Scariff at Corofin on Friday evening but Scariff now look set for the drop to Division 2B following this tie.
A brace of goals from Eamonn Malone played a big part in this win for the North Clare side whose other goal came from Declan Lee.
Corofin: Pat Burke; Donnacda Kelleher, Luke O’Loughlin, Darren Malone; Martin Tierney, Gerry Quinn, Damian Ryan; Fionn Clancy, Matthew Shannon; Kevin Heagney, John Keane, Declan Lee; Killian Neylon, Eamonn Malone, Stephen Heagney.
Subs: Paudie Barry for Clancy; Brendan Keane for Kelleher; Killian Malone for Neylon.
Scariff: Shane Mulvihill; Barry McNamara, Darragh Kelly, Jim Minogue; Cathal Nash, Conor McNamara, Patrick Minogue; Matthew Horan, Pádraig Brody; Kenny McNamara, Michael Moroney, Ross Horan, Alphie Rodgers, Barry Murphy, Mark Mulvihill.
Subs: Shane Corry for M Horan.

Killanena  2-13
Parteen  0-8

Killanena made sure of their Clare Champion Cup (Division 2B) status for next season when they accounted for Parteen on Saturday evening.
This result means that Bodyke will join Ogonnelloe in marking the drop to the intermediate league for next season.
The winners laid the foundations for this victory in the first half when they built up a 2-7 to 0-2 lead with the goals coming from Colin and Fintan McNamara.
Scoring wasn’t as frequent in the second half but Killanena held on for a merited win.
Killanena: David Noone; Barry Noone, Joe Clancy, Pat Noone; Alan McNamara, John O’Meara, Shane Moroney; Enda Collins, Eoin McMahon; Pádraig Brady, Fintan McNamara, John Noonan; Colin McNamara, Declan Noonan, David McNamara.
Subs: John O’Brien for Brady; Jack Houlihan for McMahon; Stephen McMahon for S Moroney.
Parteen: Sean Quinn; Gerry Horan, Paul O’Dwyer, David O’Sullivan; Mark Cunningham, Colm O’Connell, Cillian Conlon; Andrew Beatty, Cian McCarthy; Darragh Yelverton, Ronan Conlon, Martin Moroney; David Small, Conor Boyce, Pa Campion.
Subs: Paul McDonald for R Conlon; Stephen Kinsella for D O’Sullivan.