Newmarket have four to spare over Hermitage

Newmarket Celtic A5 Hermitage 1

PREMIER League leaders Newmarket Celtic continued their winning ways with a comfortable victory over Hermitage A at McDonogh Park on Sunday.
The visitors, who were short a number of first-team regulars, took the lead when Adrian Walsh was on target after five minutes but by half-time, the winners were 2-1 in front.
Matters got worse for Hermitage in the second second half when they were forced to play the final quarter with 10 men. They had their quota of substitutes used when Donal Hartnett suffered an injury, which caused him to leave the action.
The winner’s goals came from Michael Crosby who scored a hat-trick, Mark Donlon and Seamus Lawlor.

Newmarket Celtic A: Marty Whelan; Mark O’Malley, Darren Cullinan, Eoin O’Brien, Mark Donlon; Seamus Considine, Michael Devitt, Mike O’Malley, Davy Wall; Michael Crosby, Seamus Lawlor.
Subs: Pa Coughlan for Considine;. Gary Collins for Wall, Eoin Hayes for Mike O’Malley.
Hermitage A: Joe Burke; Michael Culligan, John Maher, Rhys Phillips, Donal Harnett; Gerard Dullaghan, Cathal Keane, Patrick Mannion, Robert Dunne; Adrian Walsh, Ritchie Fitzgerald.
Subs: Scott Hennessy for Dunne; Chris O’Riordan for Maher; Jason Carew for Dullaghan.

Bunratty A 1 Rock Rovers 2

ROCK led 1-0 at half-time thanks to a goal from Dean Gardiner in what was a very evenly contested game. Tadhg Keogh equalised with 25 minutes left but Rock hit for a late winner through Marty McLoughlin.

Bunratty: Fintan Quinn; Shane Purcell, Eoin Nash, David Hogan, Tadhg Keogh, Evan Glynn, Ryan Kelly, Chris Griffin, Shane O’Connor, Daithi O’Connell, Diarmuid Nash.
Subs: Sean McDonald for Shane Purcell; Jamie Cullen for Ryan Kelly.
Rock Rovers: Stephen Loftus; Michael Dinan, Jason White, Ciarán Russell, Francis Daniels, Ashley Glynn, Ronan Judge, Barry Woods, David Ryan, Dean Gardiner, Marty McLoughlin.
Subs: Davy Considine Niall McNevin.

Bridge Utd A 2 Rineanna Rovers A 1

BRIDGE United A took the lead after five minutes in this Premier League tie when Adrian White scored and this goal separated the teams at half-time.
Rineanna equalised 10 minutes into the second half through John Okoru and a share of the spoils looked likely as the game headed into injury time but then Bridge United struck for the winner through Derek Fahy.

Bridge United A: Paul Tuohy; Darren Murphy, Donald Devanney, Jonathon Hayes, Stephen Stewart, Mark Culbert, Greg Deegan, Adrian White, Derek Fahy, Trevor Maxwell, Ciarán Quinlan.
Subs: Paul Fitzpatrick, Niall Gilligan, Shane Devanney.
Rineanna Rovers A: Jason Casey; Kieran Keane, Pat Fahy; Enda Kelly, Paddy Finlay, David Barrett, Patsy Keyes, John Okoru, Martin Frawley, Danny Sweeney,, Stephen Kelly.
Subs: Sean O’Connor and Shane Meehan.

Avenue Utd A 2 Tulla Utd A 1

AVENUE took the lead through Barry Nugent after a Mikey Mahoney cross three minutes into the game. They doubled their advantage from a Dave McCarthy free shortly before half-time.
Tulla replied with a goal three minutes later from a free kick by Gearóid O’Doherty.
Tulla had Trevor Corbett sent off in the first five minutes of the second half and this was a blow to their chances of getting back on terms.
Ten minutes from the end, Avenue had a chance to stretch their lead when they were awarded a penalty but Gary Flynn’s effort went over the bar.

Avenue United A: John Healy; Simon Cuddihy, Mattie Nugent, Con Collins, David Herlihy; David Smith, Pa Wilson, Gary Flynn, David McCarthy; Mikey Mahoney Barry Nugent.
Subs: Eamonn O’Reilly, Colin Smith, Ritchie Lillis.
Tulla United A: Shane Collins; Tommy McKeown, Gearóid O’Doherty, Denis Murphy, Paudge Vaughan, Mike McDermott, Trevor Corbett, Shane Mason, Niall Whelan, Alan Brigdale, Keith Lenihan.
Subs: Brian Hehir, Kevin De Loughrey, Tom Byrnes.

Bridge Celtic A 1 Lifford 1

BRIDGE Celtic and Lifford A shared the spoils in this tie played at O’Briensbridge on Sunday.
Lifford scored in the first half through Gary McNaboe who headed to the net.
Bridge Celtic equalised through Ger O’Connell with 15 minutes to go after a great effort from the same player had hit the cross bar in the first half.

Bridge Celtic A: Adrian Dhouig; Rob Seymour, Patrick Conway, William Slattery, Noel Howard; Diarmuid Aherne, Ger O’Connell, Shane Byrnes, Barry O’Connell; Paul McEvoy, Conor Hynes.
Subs: Stephen McCarthy, Cathal O’Connell.
Lifford: Jan Da Silva; Joe Lynch, Hamad Kuku, Michael J Sullivan, Conor Donlon; Lunga Balman, Gary McNaboe, Gary Browne, TJ Ajisomo; Ryan Boyle, Roberto Pinto.
Subs: Liam Glenny for Ajisomo.