Intermediate semi-final pairings confirmed

The line-up for the semi-finals of the Clare intermediate Hurling Championship was finalised on Saturday when the final round of games in the league series were played.

Saturday’s results also confirmed that Meelick and Clarecastle would battle it out in the relegation play-off, with the losers dropping down to junior A level for next season.Éire Óg and Ruan beat Corofin and Parteen respectively on Saturday in the top-of-the-table clashes in group one and two. This means the town side will play Parteen in the semi-final, leaving neighbours Ruan and Corofin to do battle in the other semi.

Éire Óg  3-17 
Corofin  2-8
Éire Óg were in a strong position to win this game when they went to the break leading by two points after playing against the breeze in the opening half. Helped by a goal from Barry Nugent, the Ennis men were 1-7 to 1-5 in front at the break.
They went on to be well on top in the second half when Nugent had a second goal while teenager Shane O’Donnell, who had a very good game, scored their third. He finished with a tally of 1-2.
Danny Russell was another to impress for the winners, scoring 0-6.
The Heagney brothers, Kevin and Stephen, were the goalscorers for Corofin.
Éire Óg: Kevin Brennan; Cathal Whelan, Noel Whelan, Ronan Cooney; Tadhg McNamara, Fergus Flynn, Ciarán Hanna; Mark Fitzgerald, Kevin Moynihan; Danny Russell, David Ryan, Marc O’Donnell; David O’Halloran, Barry Nugent, Shane O’Donnell.
Subs: Kevin Hally for Hanna and Stephen Guilfoyle for Moynihan.
Corofin: Patrick Burke; Martin Tierney, Luke O’Loughlin, Killian O’Loughlin; Darragh Shannon, Gerry Quinn, Damian Ryan; Matthew Shannon, Eamonn Dunne; Kevin Heagney, Paudie Barry, Neil Killeen; Killian Neylon, Kieran Carkill, Stephen Heagney.
Subs: Diarmuid Daly for M Shannon, Declan Lee for Barry, Donnacda Kelleher for K O’Loughlin, Eamonn Malone for Carkil and Jamie Malone for Killeen.

Ruan  2-12 
Parteen 1-10
Ruan laid the foundations for this victory in the opening half when they raced into a 1-8 to 0-2 lead, with the goal coming from John Punch. When the half-time whistle sounded, they had a six-point advantage, with the score at 1-8 to 0-5.
Helped by a goal from Brian McSweeney, Parteen fought back in the second half but a second Ruan goal from Robbie O’Loughlin kept them in front and they went on to record a merited win.
Ruan: Pakie Roughan; Gary Bell, Niall O’Connor, Leon Quirke; Killian Ryan, Jonathon Clohessy, Dara Roughan; Tadhg Hanrahan, Eoin Hanrahan; Aidan Lynch, Colin Donoghue, Michael Vaughan; Robbie O’Loughlin, John Purch, Brendan Lyons.
Subs: Caimin Howard for Lyons, Patrick Keegan for O’Loughlin, Sean Cullinan for Punch.
Parteen: Alan Murnane; Mark Cunningham, Paul O’Dwyer, David O’Sullivan; Philip Lavin, Colm O’Connell, Martin Moroney; Andrew Beatty, Colm Quinn; Ronan Conlon, Joe O’Connor, Mark Boland; Brian McSweeney, Ivan Conway, Dara Yelverton.
Subs: Padraic O’Connor, David Small and Noel Bridgeman.

Ogonnelloe 2-15
Feakle  3-12
Ogonnelloe made sure of their intermediate status for 2012 by drawing with Feakle at Scariff on Saturday evening.
The foundation for the result was laid in the opening half, when Ogonnelloe raced into a 1-12 to 0-6 win after playing with the aid of the wind. Peter O’Brien was their goalscorer in the opening half and he also accounted for most of their points.
On the turnover, Feakle came storming back into the contest and two quick goals helped them draw level early in this period.
Ogonnelloe’s second-half goal came from Rory Skelly and the sides were level early in the final quarter. Feakle’s goals came from Gary Guilfoyle, Colin Nelson and Donal O’Grady.  The final seven minutes were scoreless, despite the efforts of both sides to snatch a winner.
Ogonnelloe: Robert Dreelin; Michael Mooney, Michael Costello, Eoin Collins; Paschal Sheedy, Patrick Barton, John O’Brien; Ozer McMahon, Thomas Condon; Paul Healy, Kieran Forde, Peter English; John McKenna, Peter O’Brien, Rory Skelly.
Subs: Patrick Mooney for Paul Healy, Eoin Sheedy for Michael Mooney.
Feakle: Stephen Moloney; Alan Hogan, Colm Naughton, Peter Collins; Padraic Hogan Colin Nelson, Fergal O’Grady; Ger Hanrahan, Shane McGrath; Gary Guilfoyle, Henry Hayes, Kenneth Collins; Donal O’Grady, Raymond Bane, Eibhear Quilligan.
Subs: Cillian Bane for K Collins, Sean O’Grady for F O’Grady and Robert Bebbington for Guilfoyle.

Ennistymon 2-15
Meelick 0-11
First-half goals from Cathal Malone and Paudie Brennan helped Ennistymon to a comfortable win over Meelick, a result that guarantees the North Clare side intermediate status for 2012.
The winners were 2-8 to 0-7 in front at the break and managed to maintain that gap throughout the second half.
Ennistymon: Joe O’Loughlin; Kevin Scales, Sean Driscoll, Danny Harvey; Aidan Slattery, Pádraig Kelleher, Liam Driscoll; Brian McDonagh, Paudie Brennan; Darren Mullins, Cathal Malone, Caoimhin Fahy; Tommy Hogan, Tadhg Malone, Michael McDonagh.
Subs: Enda Slattery for Mullins, Martin Greene for T Hogan; Paul Queally for Greene (inj0 and Robert McInerney for E Slattery.
Meelick: James Duffy; Kenneth Keane, Richard O’Grady, Sean Cooney; Bobby Sherlock, Alan Markham, Eanna Mulvihill; Sean O’Connor, Damian Moloney; Dara Quinn, Gary Moloney, Gary Callinan; Anthony White, Oisín Hickey, Shane Daly.
Subs: Donal Broggy for O’Connor and Gerard Markham for S Daly.

Crusheen 2-16 
Bodyke 2-10
Crusheen completed their intermediate championship campaign on a winning note when accounting for Bodyke at Tulla on Saturday.
They were well on their way to victory when they led 2-12 to 0-4 at half-time, the goals coming from Dara O’Doherty and Niall Fitzgibbon.
With wind advantage in the second half, Bodyke hit back and their goals came from Ciaran Walsh and John Fitzgerald, who was shown a red card shortly before the final whistle.
Crusheen: David McMahon; Donal Dillon, Diarmuid O’Doherty, Tony McMahon; Brian Dillon, Conor O’Loughlin, Conor Hayes; Jason Greene, Thomas Vaughan; Alan Tuohy, Niall Fitzgibbon, Rory Halpin; Gearóid O’Doherty, Patrick O’Grady, Dara O’Doherty.
Subs: Trevor Corbett for Vaughan
Bodyke: Seamus Ryan; Sean McGrath, Caimin Treacy, Shane Walsh; Manus Maguire, Colm Madden, Gavin Moroney; PJ Kelleher, Keith Quigley; John Fitzgerald, Sean Doyle, Brian O’Grady; Danny Maguire, Ciaran Walsh, Ian Molloy.
Sub: Diarmuid Walsh for G Moroney.

Clarecastle 0-15
Sixmilebridge 0-14
Clarecastle secured their first win of the campaign when they pipped Sixmilebridge last Wednesday but the win wasn’t enough to keep them out of the relegation play-off in which they will take on Meelick next week.
Ten minutes into the second half the ‘Bridge led 0-13 to 0-11 but a strong finish from the Magpies saw them take the points. With Parteen and Ruan already through to the semi-finals this game had no bearing on the group as the ‘Bridge had already retained their status for next year.
Clarecastle: Jamie Coughlan; Padraic Callinan, Blaise Talty, Eamon O Connor; Padraig Donnellan, Andrew Page, Barry Lyons; Garret Barry, Adam Healy; John Reidy, Alan O’Loughlin, Stuart McMahon; Brian Lynch, Niall Quinn, Niall Dunne.
Sixmilebridge: Sean Chaplin; David O’Meara, Eoin Quinn, Cathal Walsh (capt); Noel Purcell, Sam O’Sullivan, Sean Stack; Alan Mulready, Ronan Mullane; Adrian Chaplin, Stiofán Fitzpatrick, Michael O’Halloran; Paul Corbett, Errol Touhy, Thomas Liddy.
Sub: Kevin Phelan for Touhy.