Emphatic victory for table-toppers, Shannon Olympic A

Shannon Olympic A   6   Cratloe Forest   1
SHANNON Olympic maintained their lead at the top of the first division with a comprehensive 6-1 victory over Cratloe Forest at Olympic Park on Sunday afternoon.

Played in glorious sunshine, Olympic got off to a great start and created several opportunities early in the game with the opening goal coming after 15 minutes when Donncadh Kelly calmly tapped home a Richie Hanley cross.
Olympic didn’t have to wait long for their second goal with Eamonn O’Neill unleashing an unstoppable shot from the edge of the box a minute later.
Donncadh Kelly scored his second goal of the day in the 18th minute heading home a Jay Regan corner.
In the 32nd minute, Cratloe’s keeper, Thomas O’Connell parried a shot from Jay Regan but front man, Karl Scott, was there to tap home the rebound, making it 4-0 to the home side.
Cratloe managed to find the net themselves in the 37th minute with a sweetly struck free kick from 25 yards by Damien Browne.
This goal gave the visitors some confidence and they produced the better football in the final minutes of the half but the teams went into the break with Olympic leading by 4-1.
Cratloe piled on the pressure at the start of the second half but their efforts were to no avail when on 55 minutes, Olympic’s Richie Hanley finished neatly to give Olympic their fifth goal and effectively end Cratloe’s hopes.
Cratloe had a number of chances to score after this and a John O’Callaghan chance went over the bar in the 60th minute and a free kick from Ally McMillan on 70 minutes was saved by Olympic’s keeper Gary McGettrick.
It was Olympic’s day and captain Jay Regan completed the rout in the 85th minute when he tapped home the final goal of the game.
Shannon Olympic: Gary McGettrick, Wayne Regan, Ian Hogan, James Fitzgerald, Mick O’Connell, Eamonn O’Neill, Donncadh Kelly, Jay Regan, Ray Quigley, Karl Scott, Richie Hanley.
Subs: Alan Casey, Greg Keane, Dave Kearns, Michael Byrnes.
Cratloe Forest: Thomas O’Connell, Phil Counihan, Paddy O’Halloran, Pádraig Chaplin, Sean Murphy, Damien Browne, Ally MacMillan, Davy Quinn, Gary Ryan, Brian McMillian, Davy Ryan.
Subs: Sean Hynan, Chris McGrath, John O’Callaghan.

Mountshannon Celtic   3    Turnpike Rovers   0
MOUNTSHANNON Celtic kept up their push for promotion when they accounted for Turnpike Rovers in this tie at Scariff on Sunday.
After a scoreless first half, the winners took the lead through Paul Dooley and they went on to add a brace from Keelan McNamara to seal victory and move into second place on the league table behind the favourites Shannon Olympic A.
Mountshannon Celtic: Colm Kavanagh; John Moloney, Martin McNamara, Pádraig Brody, John O’Brien; Colm Collins, Paul Dooley, Kevin Dooley, Andrew McNamara; Raymond Cahill, Keelan McNamara.;
Subs: Graham Bowes, Owen Keane.
Turnpike Rovers: Jason Hayes; Eric Hayes, Shane Moroney, Dean Lee, Donnacda Hassett Dean O’Grady, David McMahon, Mark Woods, Stuart McMahon, Tommy Cronin, Chris Shannon.
Subs: Dermot Gannon for E Hayes; William O’Keeffe for S McMahon, Ethan Considine for T Cronin

Avenue Utd B   0    Corofin Harps   0
AVENUE United B and Corofin Harps didn’t help their promotion prospects when they shared the spoils in this scoreless draw on Sunday. Corofin had the better of the exchanges but failed to convert a number of good chances and are currently third on the table, just ahead of Burren United who have some games in hand.
Avenue United B: Killian Culligan; Neil McCarthy, Anthony White, Ian Hassett, John Waters; Emyra, Barry Cusack, Jan Feck, Neil Slattery, Ritchie O’Grady, Mickey Byrnes.
Subs: Barry O’Neill and Pa Sherlock.
Corofin Harps: Ronnie Meere; Stephen Quinn, Michael Concannon, John Keane, Jason O’Connor; Mark Gleeson, Paul Linnane, Jason Tierney, Brendan Keane; Brian Halpin, Gary Tierney.