Tubber cling on for victory over Smith O’Brien’s

Tubber  1-14

Smith O’Brien’s  2-9

A STRONG finish from Smith O’Brien’s wasn’t enough to prevent Tubber from taking the points in this Division 2A tie at Tubber on Monday evening.
Tubber had the better of matters up to the three-quarter stage and opened up a good lead. When Smith O’Brien’s were reduced to 14 men after corner-back Cian Nolan was dismissed, they upped their game and piled on the pressure. Their goals came from Micheál Ryan and John Cusack.
However, time wasn’t on their side and Tubber held on for victory.

Tubber: Paul Waters; John O’Connor, Eoin Ruane, Paul Fogarty; Justin McMahon, Conor Earley, Fergal O’Grady; Clive Earley, Mark Earley; David Donoghue, Barry O’Connor, Gerard O’Connor; Darragh O’Connor, Shane O’Connor, Eamonn Taffe.
Subs: Mark Waters for Barry O’Connor; Gerard Brohan for Ger O’Connor; Gerard O’Connor for Shane O’Connor.
Smith O’Brien’s: Jonathon Hayes; Cian Nolan, Trevor Howard, Michael Culhane; Brian McInerney, Shane Tuohy, Aidan McKeogh; Mark O’Halloran, Liam Walsh; Mark McInerney, Dean Sinnott, Pat Vaughan; Micheál Ryan, John Cusack, Anthony O’Sullivan.
Subs: Eoghan Ryan for Sinnott.

O’Callaghan’s Mills  0-17

Feakle  1-9

O’CALLAGHAN’S Mills got back to winning ways when they accounted for Feakle at Kilkishen on Monday evening.
The sides were evenly matched in the opening half and the Mills went to the break with a one-point advantage, 0-8 to 1-4.
In the second half, O’Callaghan’s Mills extended their lead with some good scores from placed balls.

O’Callaghan’s Mills: John Cooney; Michael McGrath, Ger Frost, Gerry Cooney; James Shanahan, Pat Donnellan, Conor Cooney junior; Aidan O’Gorman, Bryan Donnellan; James McMahon, Declan Donovan, Jonathon Lyons; Adrian Flaherty, Alan Duggan, Jamie Lynch.
Sub: Cathal McKeogh for Cooney junior.
Feakle: Stephen Moloney; Peter Collins, Colm Naughton, Patrick Daly; Sean O’Grady, Henry Hayes, Padraic Hogan; Ger Hanrahan, Francis O’Grady; Cillian Bane, Colin Nelson, Eoin Hayes; Gary Guilfoyle, Raymond Bane, Kenneth Collins.
Subs: Alan Hogan for P Hogan; Tomás Molonry for C Bane.
BALLYEA eased their relegation worries somewhat and got back to winning ways when they defeated Corofin at Ballyea on Monday evening.
In a game played in wet conditions, the first half was fairly even with goals from Shane O’Neill from a 20m free and a high ball from Tony Griffin, which deceived the Corofin goalie, putting Ballyea in a good position. The visitors clawed their way back shooting five points without reply before the break to level the tie at 2-4 to 0-10.
The winners upped the tempo in the second period, which ended with them outscoring their opponents by 0-11 to 0-5 to go on and record a much needed win.

Ballyea: Shane O’Neill (1-0), Eamon Griffin, Kevin Sheehan, Declan Keane; Alan Carrig, Paddy O’Connell, James Murphy; Paul Flanagan (0-1), Brian Murphy (0-2); Tony Griffin (1-1), Niall Keane (0-7), Frankie Griffin (0-1), Darragh Crowe, Donal Chambers (0-1), Francie Neylon (0-2).
Sub: Emmet Smithwick for Frankie Griffin (inj).
Corofin: Pat Burke; Donnacda Kelleher, Kieran Carkill, Darren Malone; Damian Ryan, Gerry Quinn, Matthew Shannon; John Keane, Fionn Clancy; Kevin Heagney, Declan Lee, Eamonn Dunne; Stephen Heagney, Eamonn Malone, Killian O’Loughin.
Subs: Neil Killeen for K O’Loughlin; Luke O’Loughlin for F Clancy.