Crusaders inch past Kilmaley United

Inch Crusaders  2   Kilmaley United  1

INCH Crusaders had a good victory over local rivals Kilmaley at Lees Road on Sunday.

Kilmaley had the better of the early exchanges and went in front on 20 minutes with a good headed finish from Sean O’Loughlin. Inch got back into it on 30 minutes when Sean Hehir finished well from inside the box after the ball broke following good pressure by Declan McNaboe on the Kilmaley defence. It was still 1-1 at half-time.
Inch had the breeze at their backs in the second half and played some lovely football throughout. John Clohessy put Inch in front on 55 minutes with a well-struck effort to the right corner after getting on the end of a through ball from Conor Neylon.
Mikey Pyne and Thomas O’Doherty were dominant at the back for Inch and as the half wore on, it was the winners who created the best chances. Clohessy went close again for Inch on 70 minutes with a shot that narrowly missed the target, while Mark Connellan had an effort well saved by Ger Healy in the Kilmaley goal on 75 minutes. Padraig Talty was denied by a last-ditch tackle on 80 minutes and in the final minute Neylon went close again for Inch with a long-range effort.
The final whistle sounded shortly after this as Inch took all three points and a deserved victory.
Inch Crusaders: Andy O’Flynn, James Rynne, Thomas O’Doherty, Mikey Pyne, Sean Talty, Conor Neylon, Sean Hehir, Mark Connellan, Padraig Talty, John Clohessy, Declan McNaboe.
Subs: Brendan Talty for McNaboe and Niall Seery for Padraig Talty.
Kilmaley United: Gerard Healy, Mark Healy, Sean O’Loughlin, Philip Noonan, Sean O’Flanagan, Greg O’Flanagan, Conor Brennan, Adrian Kelly, Owen McNamara, Shane Constable, Gavin Dording.
Subs: Bobby O’Donoghue, Thomas Lyons and Patrick Griffin.

Newmarket Celtic B  2   Kildysart Celtic  1
TWO goals from Martin Mulqueen gave Newmarket the points on Sunday. The winners fought back from a one-goal deficit, after Gerry Finn had opened the scoring. Kildysart pressed hard for an equaliser in the closing stages but Newmarket managed to hang on.
Newmarket Celtic B: Pat McCoy, Ciarán McCoy, David Barry, Eoin Kelly, Christopher Noonan, Danny Conway, Martin Mulqueen, Leo Lynch, Kieran Crosby, Darren Sheedy, Barry O’Driscoll.
Sub: Tom Monaghan for Sheedy.
Kildysart Celtic: Keith Murphy, John Guinnane, Dermot Eyres, Shane McNeilis, Pat Coffey, Tommy Eyres, Mark O’Connor, Keith O’Connor, Kieran Eyres, Damien Hill, Gerry Finn.
Sub: Aidan Hanrahan.

Moher Celtic  1   Manus Celtic A  4
MANUS Celtic A were comfortable winners on their trip to North Clare. The winners took a four-goal lead, with Mikey Geraghty (two), David Casey and Barry Guinnane all on target, before Moher had a consolation goal.
Manus Celtic A: Packie Healy, Barry Guinnane, Tóla Crowe, Emmett Considine, Ian Considine, Pa Casey, Stephen Geraghty, Andrew Paige, Michael McDonagh, Michael Geraghty, David Casey.
Subs: Sean Travers and John Reynolds.

Kilkishen Celtic  2    Ruan United  4
RUAN United enjoyed a profitable visit to Kilkishen on Sunday. The visitors were two up at half-time and were relatively comfortable winners.
Their goals came from Gavin Dinan, Adrian Ballinger, Damien Quirke and Karl Mahony. For the home side, Mattie Holmes and Damien O’Connell found the net.
Ruan United: John Punch, Jason Morris, Barry O’Grady, Leon Quirke, Adrian Ballinger, Hugh O’Donnell, Damien Quirke, Jonathan Clohessy, Conor Reeves, Paul Dinan, Gavin Dinan.
Subs: Karl Mahony for Conor Reeves, Shane O’Donnell for Gavin Dinan and Steve Horvak for Hugh O’Donnell.
Kilkishen Celtic: Patrick McInerney, Micheal Fleming, Mattie Holmes, Flan McMahon, Paul Hogan, Shane McInerney, Jake Murnane, Fergus Donovan, James Hook, Paul Murphy, John Cooney.
Subs: Alan McInerney for Hogan, Gary Murnane for Cooney and Damien O’Connell for Fleming.