Malone goal gets Miltown up and running

St Joseph’s, Miltown 1-6   Kilmurry-Ibrickane 0-4

Perhaps in the end there was something in the result for both neighbouring clubs. Miltown needed a win to get their Cusack Cup campaign up and running following two defeats, while Kilmurry probably needed a wake-up call.
Losing to their neighbours ensures that they got just that. Remember though, the same clubs meet in the group stage of the championship. Kilmurry will definitely remember but Miltown will take solace from the fact that if they hadn’t beaten Kilmurry on Monday, they wouldn’t believe that they could do so come championship.
Last year’s Clare minor Micheál Malone netted Miltown’s first-half goal, while Kilmurry missed several chances at the other end.
Michael Neylon’s team led 1-1 to 0-3 at half time, having played into the wind.
Only Stephen Moloney managed a score for the Munster champions on the resumption, while Malone, Eoin Curtin, Kevin Keavey and Eoin Curtin added Miltown points.
This was just Kilmurry’s second defeat in more than two seasons of Cusack Cup football. They won it in 2008 and only lost the 2009 final to Cooraclare by a point. 
Miltown: Conor O’Loughlin; David Cleary, Kevin Burke, Enda Malone; Graham Kelly, Gordon Kelly, Ian Sexton; Seán Meade, Cathal Lafferty; John Meade, Michael Barry, Micheál Malone; Kevin Keavey, Eoin Curtin, Joe Curtin.
Sub: Gary Egan.
Kilmurry: Dermot O’Brien; Darren Hickey, Mark Killeen, Martin McMahon; Thomas O’Connor, Brendan Moloney, Enda Coughlan; Peter O’Dwyer, Vinny Talty; Thomas Lernihan, Evan Talty, Mark McCarthy; Stephen Moloney, Johnny Daly, Noel Downes.
Sub: Seamus Lynch.

Clondegad 1-6  Cooraclare 1-3

Clondegad continued their impressive start to the 2010 season with a three-point win over Cusack Cup holders Cooraclare in round three of the competition.
In a game played at Ballynacally on Bank Holiday Monday, they succeeded in holding the visitors scoreless in the second half.
Helped by a goal from Mark Tubridy, Cooraclare led by a goal at half-time when the score was 1-3 to 0-3, with all three points for the home side coming from the boot of Paudge McMahon.
Early in the second half, Shane Brennan struck for the winners’ goal and this score put them on the road to victory. Paudge McMahon (2) and Kenneth Kelly added points to seal their second win of the campaign.
Clondegad: Declan O’Loughlin; Flan Enright, Paddy O’Connell, Brian Murphy; Kieran Browne, Brian Carigg, John Griffin; Garty Brennan, Cormac Murphy; Eamonn Griffin, Colm Gavin, Francie O’Reilly; Paudge McMahon, Shane Brennan, Kenneth Kelly.
Subs: Seán Clohessy for O’Reilly; Colm Gavin for J Griffin; Paddy Breen for G Brennan.
Cooraclare: Joe Killeen; Michael Chambers, Conor Marrinan, Gearóid Meade; Kieran Hassett, Thomas Downes, Tom Donnellan; Hugh Donnelly, John O’Looney; John F Killeen, Seán Maguire, Colin Kelly; Mark Tubridy, Michael McMahon, Cathal Lillis.
Subs: Declan McMahon, Justin Ryan, Paul O’Looney.

Doonbeg 1-5  Kilkee 1-3
In a game dominated by Sunday’s wintry weather, Doonbeg picked up their third successive Cusack Cup league win when they travelled the short distance to Kilkee.
The winners led 0-5 to 0-0 at half-time, with David Tubridy scoring all of their points. Joe Blake netted for the winners early in the second half and although Kilkee fought back admirably, they were unable to claw back Doonbeg’s advantage.
Gearóid Lynch scored Kikee’s goal while Micheál Keane shot their points.
Doonbeg have full points from three games,  while Kilkee have yet to get off the mark.

Doonbeg: Nigel Dillon; Enda Doyle, Conor Whelan, Pádraig Gallagher; Pauric Ahern, David Downes, Richie Vaughan; Paul Hehir, Shane O’ Brien; Brian Egan, Colm Dillon, Joe Blake; Shane Ryan, David Tubridy, Jamie Whelan.
Subs: Frank O’Dea, Conor Downes.
Kilkee: Kevin Harte; Alan Russell, Brendan Smith, Thomas Galvin; Darren Owens, Brian Clancy, Micheál Keane; David Russell, Kevin Larkin; Chris Williamson, Barry Harte, Johnathon Hayes; Christy Kirwan, Gearóid Lynch, Noel O’Shea.
Sub: Trevor Clancy.

Shannon Gaels 1-8  Liscannor 0-8

A goal eight minutes from full-time helped Shannon Gaels defeat Liscannor in Killimer on Monday. John Paul O’Neill netted from close range after the ball had come back into play off the crossbar. That score put the Gaels into a 1-6 to 0-8 lead and late points from O’Neill and Barry Toner secured the win.
Having played with a very strong breeze, Liscannor led 0-5 to 0-2 at half-time and stretched their lead on the resumption when Kieran Considine and Alan Clohessy fired over a brace of top-quality points.
The Gaels, however, upped their game and points from Toner, O’Neill and Stephen O’Shea brought them back into the game. O’Shea and Shane Tubridy scored their points in the opening half, while Michael Coughlan also did well for the winners.

Shannon Gaels: Keith Ryan; Brian Bermingham, Tomás Madigan, Cathal O’Neill; Tomás Cleary, John Neylon, John Bermingham; Noel Kennedy, Michael O’Donoghue; Barry Toner, John Paul O’Neill, Stephen O’ Shea; Shane Tubridy, David Neylon, Michael Coughlan.
Sub: Declan Power.
Liscannor: Noel Kilmartin; Michael Foley, David McDonagh, Gerry Considine; Denis Murphy, Ronan Slattery, Robert Lucas; Alan Flaherty, Brian Considine; Shane Canavan, Johnny Considine, Joe Considine; Declan Fawl, Alan Clohessy, Kieran Considine.
Subs: Thomas McDonagh and Diarmuid Blake.