Newmarket always in control

Newmarket 2-19   Clarecastle 1-10

A sharper Newmarket side scored a comfortable win over Clarecastle in this Clare Champion Cup tie at noon on Saturday in Fr Murphy Park, Newmarket.

Except for a brief period midway through the second half, the winners were always in control and had their finishing been better, their winning margin would have been much greater.
The winners opened with a Colin Ryan pointed free in the first minute but two points from Derek Quinn had Clarecastle in front and suggested the Magpies might cause an upset.
That view, however, was shortlived as Newmarket took control and hit 2-8 without reply on their way to a half-time lead of 11 points (2-9 to 0-4).
The winner’s defence was never troubled as the visitors’ attack struggled to make any impression.
The margin was 12 points early in the second half when Adam Healy burst through for a Clarecastle goal. This sparked off a short revival in which Healy was central, adding three points to his goal to leave the score at 2-12 to 1-8 with 12 minutes remaining.
That was as good as it got however and seven unanswered points for the home side put the result beyond doubt.
Colin Ryan hit 0-11 for the winners, six coming from play on a day when their defence was always in control.
Adam Healy hit 1-3 for the Magpies, with Derek Quinn adding 0-6, five coming from frees.

Newmarket: Niall Woods; Eoin O’Brien, Stephen Kelly, Sean O’Connor; Alan Barrett, Enda Barrett, Niall O’Connor; Noel Frawley, Eoin Hayes (0-2), Enda Kelly (0-1); David Barrett (0-2), Ronan Goods (1-1); Darren Duggan (0-2), Colin Ryan (0-11), James Liddy (1-0).
Subs: Tommy Griffin for Duggan.
Clarecastle: Jamie Coughlan; Seanie Moloney, Mark McNamara, Kevin Clohessy; Jamie O’Connor, Danny Scanlon, Patrick Kelly; Adam Healy (1-0), Garrett Barry; Derek Quinn (0-6), Kieran O’Dwyer, Jonathon Clancy; Seanie Talty (0-1), David Greene, Eamonn Callinan.
Subs: Cathal Lynch for Greene; Andrew Page for O’Connor and Fergal Griffin for Callinan.

Clooney-Quin 0-16   Clonlara  0-13

Clonlara suffered their first defeat in this season’s Clare Champion Cup campaign when they went under to Clooney-Quin at the latter’s home venue on Saturday evening.
After disappointing displays in the previous rounds, Clooney-Quin stepped up considerably and deservingly emerged with the points from this tie.
They trailed by a point at half-time, 0-6 to 0-7 but, by the mid-point of the second half, they had gone three clear. To be fair, the loss of Colm Galvin due to a leg injury didn’t help the South East Clare side’s cause.
With normal time drawing to a close, Clooney-Quin went four clear and while Clonlara tried hard to get through for the goal they needed to have a chance of maintaining their unbeaten run, all they could manage in injury time was a point.

Clooney-Quin: Damian O’Halloran; Joe O’Loughlin, Shane McNamara, Brian McInerney; Pádraig Ward, Cillian Duggan, Enda Harrisson; Donnacda Murphy, Conor Harrisson; John Earls (0-1), Mike McNamara (0-1), Peter Duggan (0-10); Mike Daffy (0-1), Seamus Conroy (0-3), John Reynolds.
Subs: Ian Colleran for Reynolds; Ritchie Hennessy for C Duggan (inj).
Clonlara: Ger O’Connell; Pat O’Hare, Domhnaill O’Donovan, Oisín O’Brien; Cillian Fennessy, Patrick Clancy, Harry Horgan; Colm Galvin (0-1) William Slattery; Jason Murphy, Tomas O’Donovan (0-3); Thomas Begley; James Hastings, John Conon (0-3), Cathal O’Connell (0-6).
Subs: Thomas Gillen for Galvin (inj); Paul Barry for O’Brien and Ryan Morris for Begley.

Ingh-Kilnamona 1-12   Tulla 0-12

Inagh-Kilnamona trailed by four points at half-time in Dr Daly Park, Tulla, on Saturday but, with the aid of the wind in the second half, they got on top and emerged with a goal to spare. The result means Tulla remain rooted to the bottom of the league table.
The home side had the better of the first-half exchanges and led 0-10 to 1-3 at the break. The game’s only goal came from corner-forward Haulie Vaughan and proved to be an important score.
Ronan O’Looney, Tomás Kelly and Ger Arthur were prominent for the winners in this win.

Inagh-Kilnamona: Patrick Kelly; Milo Keane, Jamie Davin, Dermot Lynch; Ronan O’Looney, David Hegarty, Colm Pilkington; Tomas Kelly, Paul O’Looney; Damian Lafferty, Niall Arhtur, Cathal Lafferty; Ger Arthur, Conor Tierney, Haulie Vaughan.
Subs: Shane Griffin for N Arthur; Damian Hogan for Hegarty and Brian Foudy for D Lafferty
Tulla: Kieran Brennan; John Brennan, Sean Torpey, John Fahy; Patrick Minogue, Paul Lynch, Damian Noonan; Brian Lynch, David McInerney; Aidan Lynch, Philip Brennan, Trevor Vaughan; Cathal Dinan, Michael Murphy, Felix Hegarty.
Sub: Colm Halpin for Hegarty.

Cratloe 0-19   Whitegate 0-9

Cratloe bounced back to winning ways when they had a comfortable victory over Whitegate at Cratloe on Saturday evening.
Cratloe went into the game without goalkeeper Sean Hayes, who suffered a hand injury in their game against Clonlara a week earlier. Football goalkeeper Wes De Loughrey took over between the posts but he suffered an injury early in the game and county minor player Shane Gleeson had to take over.
The winners led from the start and were 0-10 to 0-3 in front at half-time. With Liam Markham dominating at centre-back and with Sean Collins doing well at midfield, the home side got a plentiful supply of ball to their forwards, where Gearóid Ryan and Damian Browne picked off some good scores.
County minor Eoin Quirke converted a number of frees for the East Clare side but the absence of the experienced Brendan Bugler was a big blow to their hopes.

Cratloe: Dean DeLoughrey; Enda Boyce, Barry Duggan, John O’Gorman; Kevin Browne, Liam Markham, Michael Hawes; Conor Ryan, Sean Collins; Damian Browne, David O’Gorman, Gearóid Ryan; Aidan Browne, Padraig Chaplin, Barry Gleeson.
Subs: Shane Gleeson for DeLoughrey (inj); Thomas O’Connor for Gleeson; Thomas Ryan for A Browne and Sean Hynan for Boyce.
Whitegate: Andrew Fahy; Paul O’Rourke, John Bugler, Kieran Gibbons; Tomas McNamara, Jason Malone, Trevor Kelly; Eoin Quirke, Michael Dooley; Patrick Burke, John Minogue, Patrick Minogue; Colin Burke, Ger Muggivan, Niall Hayes.
Sub: Gary McClearn for McNamara.

Crusheen 0-13   Sixmilebridge 0-13

A share of the spoils resulted when Crusheen and Sixmilebridge clashed at Crusheen on Saturday.
The sides were evenly matched throughout and were level at 0-6 each at the midway point.
Niall Gilligan (3), Caimin Morey (2) and county minor Brian Carey were the visitor’s first-half scorers while the home side had their replies from Dara O’Doherty (2), Fergus Kennedy, Tony and Joe Meaney and Shaun Dillon.
In the second half, Kennedy (3), Sean Weir and Ciaran O’Doherty (2 each) scored for Crusheen while the Bridge replies came from Gilligan and Morey (two each), Rory Shanahan, Shane Golden and Pa Sheehan.

Crusheen: Donal Tuohy; John Brigdale, Cronan Dillon, Alan Brigdale; Ciaran O’Doherty, Cian Dillon, Cathal Dillon; Tony Meaney, Jason Greene; Fergus Kennedy, Joe Meaney, Sean Weir; Paddy Meaney, Shaun Dillon, Dara O’Doherty.
Subs: Gearóid O’Doherty for D  O’Doherty; Conor O’Donnell for P Meaney and Rory Halpin for T Meaney.
Sixmilebridge: Derek Fahy; Tadhg Keogh, Aidan Quilligan, Paul Fitzpatrick; Trevor Purcell, Kevin Lynch, John Fennessy; Robert Conlon, Brian Carey; Rory Shanahan, Niall Gilligan, Shane Golden; Alan Mulready, Caimin Morey, Pa Sheehan.
Sub: Danny Morey for Mulready (inj).