Late point secures Newmarket win

Newmarket 1-14 Tulla 1-13

Newmarket got off to a dream start with a James Liddy goal but Tulla fought back and a goal from Aidan Lynch gave the home side the lead and also led to Newmarket replacing corner-back Eoin McInerney, who was struggling to cope with Lynch’s pace.
It was 1-7 each at the halfway stage and the teams continued to exchange points in the second period with scores coming from Andrew Quinn and David McInerney for the home side and from Colin Ryan and David Barrett for the Blues, who collected their first points of the campaign.
It was 1-10 each at the three-quarter stage and each side looked like they would snatch victory in the closing stages.
Jamie Fahy, Cian McInerney, Aidan Lynch in the first half and David McInerney got through good work for Tulla, while Newmarket had impressive displays from the Barrett brothers and Colin Ryan, who contributed 0-8 of their tally.

Newmarket: Kieran Devitt; Eoin O’Brien, Stephen Kelly, Eoin McInerney; Martin Frawley, James McInerney, Alan Barrett; Enda Barrett, Martin O’Hanlon (0-1); Noel Frawley, David Barrett (0-2), Paudie Collins; Eoin Hayes (0-2), Colin Ryan (0-8, 5f), James Liddy (1-0).
Subs: Niall O’Connor for E McInerney, Tommy Griffin for Liddy, Darren O’Connor (0-1) for M Frawley, Enda Kelly for Collins and Jim McInerney for N Frawley.
Tulla: Philip Brennan; Eugene Cooney, Mark Quinn, John Fahy; Donnacda McNamara, Sean Torpey, Cian McInerney; Briain Lynch, Cathal Dinan; Trevor Vaughan (0-1), David McInerney (0-2), Eanna Torpey (0-1); Aidan Lynch (1-2), Kieran Brennan, Andrew Quinn (0-6).
Subs: Danny O’Halloran (0-1) for E Torpey and Dara Corry for K Brennan.

Clooney-Quin 1-15 Broadford 1-15

A DRAW was a fair result in the tie played at Clooney on Saturday evening.
Broadford raced into a 0-4 to 0-1 lead with points from Niall Moloney, Aonghus O’Brien, James Gunning and Craig Chaplin, with Derek Ryan replying for the home side.
Two more Ryan efforts closed the gap to the minimum before Craig Chaplin had another for the visitors. Ryan, with his fourth, and John Earls pointed for Clooney-Quin to tie up the scores at 0-5 each.
Two Craig Chaplin frees edged Broadford two clear again but a brace from Paudie Ward tied up the scores at 0-7 each. Fergal Lynch and Derek Ryan then put the home side ahead but Aonghus O’Brien and Niall Moloney responded to level the game at 0-9 each as half-time approached.
In the final action of the half, a long-range free from Derek Ryan ended up in the net after Cathal Egan and Stephen Gunning tussled for the dropping ball, which took a deflection on the way to the net.
On the resumption, Broadford struck first and a brace from Craig Chaplin, along with one from Declan Teefy, levelled before a Derek Ryan brace put Clooney-Quin two clear again. Craig Chaplin cut the deficit to the minimum by the three-quarter stage before Niall Moloney struck for their goal early in the final quarter and this was followed by a Craig Chaplin pointed free, which saw his side a goal to the good with 10 minutes remaining.
Derek Ryan and Stephen Gunning exchanged points before two Ryan efforts left the minimum between the sides with two minutes to play. Seconds later, they were level after substitute Cillian Duggan landed a free from halfway.

Clooney-Quin: Damian O’Halloran; Shane McNamara, Conor Harrisson, Joe O’Loughlin; Adrian Fleming, Sean Conheady, Enda Harrisson; Paudie Ward, Mike McNamara; Ronan Gallagher, Fergal Lynch, Martin Duggan; John Earls, Cathal Egan, Derek Ryan.
Subs: Cillian Duggan for M McNamara and Peter Duggan for M Duggan.
Broadford: Ollie Marsh; John Corcoran, Stephen Gunning, Peter O’Brien; Kieran O’Connell, Cathal Chaplin, Alan Kilcoyne; James Gunning, Craig Chaplin; Aonghus O’Brien, Dara Corcoran, Declan Teefy; Mark Moloney, Niall Moloney, Padraic Hickey.
Subs: Alan McMahon for Hickey, Mark O’Donovan for D Corcoran and Paraic Taylor for Teefy.

Whitegate 3-11 Clarecastle 1-12

WHITEGATE caused a shock when they defeated Clarecastle at Clarecastle at noon on Sunday. It was a merited win for the visitors, who were two points in front at half-time, having played with the breeze.
The home side took the lead through Patrick Kelly and their goal came early in the game when Tyrone Kearse crashed a 20m free to the net. Niall Hayes gave the visitors hope when he goaled and soon after, Ian Fahy broke through for their second goal, which helped them to lead 2-5 to 1-6 at the break.
The Magpies piled on the pressure at the start of the second half but the visitors’ defence held firm. Goalkeeper Andrew Fahy converted some great long-range frees before veteran Terence Fahy scored their third goal, which steered them to victory.

Whitegate: Andrew Fahy (0-4); John Minogue, John Bugler, Cathal Mulvihill; Christopher Jones, Brendan Buglar, Jason Malone; Shane O’Rourke, Michael Dooley; Michael O’Brien (0-4), Ian Fahy (1-1), Stephen Malone (0-1); Colin Bleach (0-1), Terence Fahy (1-0), Niall Hayes (1-0).
Clarecastle: Jamie Coughlan; Kevin Clohessy, Conor Plunkett, Gareth Barry; Stephen O’Halloran, Patrick Kelly (0-2), Fergus Ryan; Anthony Griffey, Jonathon Clancy; Derek Quinn (0-2), Eric Flynn, Dara Moloney (0-2); Aaron Considine, Danny Scanlan (0-1), Tyrone Kearse (1-5).
Subs: Kieran O’Dwyer for Griffey, Sean Talty for Flynn, Jamie O’Connor for Moloney and Jason Considine for A Considine.

Sixmilebridge 8-11 Wolfe Tones 0-17

GOALS win games and this certainly proved to be the case at Sixmilebridge on Sunday, when the home side scored a big win over Wolfe Tones.
The scoreline is a little flattering in the home side’s favour as the result was in doubt up to the three-quarter stage of the tie.
Niall Gilligan was, once again, the team’s top scorer, finishing with a tally of 3-5, while Tony Carmody chipped in with 1-3 in his second competitive outing for the club.
The winners only included two of their U-21 side from the previous day. Brian Culbert and Danny Morey had first-half goals for the winners, who were 2-7 to 0-9 in front at the break.
Early in the second half, Wolfe Tones battled back to within three points of the winners, before Carmody struck for a goal.
The home side dominated the final quarter and goals from Danny Morey, Gilligan and David O’Connor gave the home side a big winning margin.

Sixmilebridge: Derek Fahy; Tadhg Keogh, Aidan Quilligan, Eoin Quinn; Tommy Morey (0-1), Caimin Morey, Trevor Purcell; Anthony Liddane, Paul Fitzpatrick; David O’Connor (1-2), Niall Gilligan (3-5, 0-5f), Tony Carmody (1-3); Danny Morey (2-0), Brian Culbert (1-0), Declan Morey.
Subs: Jason Murphy for Quinn (52 mins) and Daniel Collins for Declan Morey (54 mins).
Wolfe Tones: Paul Hogan; Brendan Hughes, Joe McGauley, George Justice; Stephen McInerney, Bobby McPhillips (0-3, 1f, 2 65s), Barry Loughnane; Shane Chambers, Daithí O’Connell (0-3); Sean Brennan, Declan O’Rourke (0-4, 1f), Gareth McPhillips (0-7f); Gary Leahy, Ronan Hehir, Daniel Gallery.
Subs: Niall Murphy for Justice (48 mins), Richie Lillis for Hehir (52 mins), Kevin McCafferty for G McPhillips (52 mins), Alan Hehir for O’Connell (56 mins) and John Madigan for McInerney (56 mins).

Crusheen 0-12 Inagh-Kilnamona 0-10

THREE points down with as many minutes remaining, Crusheen looked to be heading for defeat at Crusheen on Sunday. However, they put in a strong finish, scoring the last five points of the game to record their second win in as many outings.
Inagh-Kilnamona finished the first half strongly to take a one-point advantage to the break, when the score was 0-6 to 0-5. They looked to have secured their second win of the campaign when they led 0-10 to 0-7 with time ticking away but the county champions put in a strong finish, which proved decisive.

Crusheen: Donal Tuohy; John Brigdale, Ciaran O’Doherty, Alan Brigdale; Conor O’Loughlin, Cian Dillon, Cathal Dillon; Tony Meaney (0-1), Pat Vaughan (0-4); Joe Meaney, Shaun Dillon (0-1), David Forde (0-1); Alan Tuohy, Patrick O’Grady, Gerry O’Grady (0-1).
Subs: Jamie Fitzgibbon for Meaney (inj), Cronan  Dillon for O’Loughlin, Gearóid O’Donnell for A Tuohy and Paddy Meaney for P O’Grady.
Inagh-Kilnamona: Patrick Kelly; Milo Keane, Brian Glynn, Dermot Lynch; Colm Pilkington, Eamonn Glynn, Ronan O’Looney; Cathal Lafferty, Damian Lafferty; Tomás Kelly, Dermot Gannon, Shane Griffin (0-1); Conor Tierney (0-1), Stephen Twomey (0-2), Niall Arthur (0-6).
Subs: David Hegarty for Griffin and Eoin Vaughan for Twomey.