Crusheen and Tulla-Bodyke must meet again

Crusheen  3-14
Tulla-Bodyke 3-14

The final minutes of this Hurling U-21 B quarter-final at Gurteen on Saturday were particularly tense with the lead changing hands on a number of occasions.
Crusheen looked to be on their way to the next round when they led by two with the game heading into injury time. Then David McInerney goaled for the amalgamation and they looked to be through to a semi-final date with Clooney-Quin, only for Jamie Fitzgibbon to strike the equalising point for the Clare senior champions.
Helped by a goal from Conor O’Donnell and six points from Jamie Fitzgibbon, Crusheen led at the break 1-8 to 0-8.
As the end of the third quarter approached they were just a point ahead, 2-10 to 1-12, after Colin Vaughan (Crusheen) and John Fitzgerald had goaled.
Sean Weir had Crusheen’s third goal while the East Clare combination’s second goal came from a David McInerney penalty. With the game in the final minute, Crusheen were 3-13 to 2-14 ahead. David McInerney won possession at midfield and soloed through before crashing a superb shot to the net.
Crusheen looked to be out but Jamie Fitzgibbon had other ideas and he quickly won possession and fired over his eighth point of the evening to tie up the game and set up a replay.
Crusheen: Briain Dillon; Edward Fogarty, Conor Hayes, Michael Roseingrave; Jason Greene (0-1), Conor O’Loughlin, Rory Halpin; Youen Horner, Padraic O’Malley; Conor O’Donnell (1-5), Jamie Fitzgibbon (0-8), Sean Weir (1-0); Colin Vaughan (1-0), Ethan O’Donnell, Anthony Rodgers.
Sub: Luke Hayes for Rodgers (inj).
Tulla-Bodyke: Niall Bolton (Tulla); Eanna Doyle (Bodyke), John Fahy (Tulla), Gavin Moroney (Bodyke); Sean McGrath (Bodyke), David McInerney (Tulla 2-3), Oisin Molloy (Bodyke); Tomas McMahon (Tulla), Cormac Lynch (Tulla); Manus Maguire (Bodyke), Trevor Vaughan (Tulla 0-8), Mark Lynch (Tulla); Paddy Fitzgerald (Bodyke 1-2), Shane McNamara (Tulla 0-1), Colm Halpin (Tulla).
Sub: Patrick Walsh (Bodyke) for McGrath; Cathal Bolton (Tulla) for C Lynch.

Smith O’Brien’s  1-13
Meelick-Parteen  2-6

Smith O’Brien’s secured their place in the semi-final of the U-21 B Hurling Championship when they accounted for Meelick-Parteen at Clonlara on Sunday evening.
Ahead by four points, 0-8 to 0-4, at half time, they found their lead cut to the minimum shortly after the resumption of play as the amalgamation outfit struck for a goal from Paraic O’Connor.
The Killaloe side’s response was impressive as they hit five unanswered points with Kevin Walsh finding the target regularly. Centre-forward Dean Sinnott got through for their goal as they opened an eight-point lead.
A goal from David Small kept the Meelick-Parteen side in touch but Smith O’Brien’s were the hungrier and better balanced side and with Cian Nolan excelling at full-back, they went on to record a merited win.
Smith O’Brien’s: Mark McInerney; Luke Hession, Cian Nolan, Alan Lyons; Mark Stritch, Micheal Ryan, David Gough; Mark O’Halloran, Cian Moloney; Kevin Walsh, Dean Sinnott, Ben Hynes; Tomas Balfe, Keith Stritch, Jason Monaghan.
Subs: Craig McNamara for A Lyons; Mark Monaghan for Moloney; Noel McInerney for Balfe.
Meelick-Parteen: Roy Duffy (Meelick); Jason Smith (Parteen), Phil Lavin (Parteen), Kevin McGleenan (Parteen); Colin Ryan (Meelick), Damian Moloney (Meelick), Adam Sherlock (Meelick); Martin Moroney (Parteen), Gary Callinan (Meelick); Sean O’Connor (Meelick), Dara Quinn (Meelick), Oisin Hickey (Meelick); David Small (Parteen), Padraic O’Connor (Parteen), Owen Daly (Meelick).

St Joseph’s  1-12
Broadford    0-7

A physically stronger St  Joseph’s proved too strong for Broadford at Sixmilebridge on Saturday.
Ahead by two points, 0-5 to 0-3 at half time, the strengthened their grip on the game in the second half when substitute Cathal Duggan had the game’s only goal. Shortly afterwards, injury forced him to retire from action.
The winners had impressive performances from Brian Clancy and Alan O’Neill in defence, while Jarlath Colleran and David Conroy ruled at midfield and ensured that their forward line got a plentiful supply of ball.
St Joseph’s: Michael Roseingrave; Fionn O’Carroll, Stephen Collins, Darragh Murphy; Brian Clancy, Alan O’Neill, Eamonn Clohessy; Jarlath Colleran, David Conroy; Leo Duggan, Niall DeLoughrey, Ian Lyons; Donal O’Halloran, Shane O’Connor, Aaron Landy.
Subs: Cathal Duggan for O’Halloran; David Clancy for C Duggan (inj), Jack Murphy for Landy; Alan Woods for O’Connor.
Broadford: Cian O’Brien; Ryan Taylor, Kieran O’Connell, Jack Kelleher; Damian Keniry, Niall Moloney, Alan Mahon; Mark Moloney, Stephen Mahon; Shane Taylor, Caolan Cox, Owen O’Brien; Paul O’Connell, Donie Whelan, Diarmuid Moloney.
Subs: Jack O’Brien for P O’Connell, Stiofán McMahon for Whelan; John McNamara for S Mahon.

Whitegate  4-10
Meelick 1-11

The line-up for the U-21 C Hurling Championship semi-finals was completed on Saturday when Whitegate defeated Meelick at Tulla.
Having easily accounted for Éire Óg in their opening game a week earlier, Whitegate got a stiffer test on this occasion.
The winners laid the foundations for this victory in the opening half when they built up a 12-point lead, 3-6 to 0-3.
Patrick Burke and Keelan McNamara scored the winner’s goals.
Whitegate: Noel O’Donnell; Gareth Bleach, Tomas McNamara; Paul O’Rourke, Owen Quirke, Michael Minogue; Liam Sugrue, Michael Dooley; Keelan McNamara, Colin Bleach, Colin Burke; Patrick Burke, Conor McDermott.
Subs: Luke Patterson for McDermott (inj); McDermott for Patterson; John Dooley for M Minogue; Aidan McCarthy for C Bleach; David White for Sugrue.
Meelick: Roy Duffy; Eoin Daly, Bobby Sherlock; Niall Mullen, Damian Moloney, Adam Sherlock; Colin Ryan, Gary Callinan; Sean O’Connor, Dara Quinn, Joe McCarthy; Craig Madigan, Oisin Hickey.