Victory brings St Joseph’s closer to semi-final

St Joseph’s  2-12   Scariff 1-8
ST Joseph’s kept up their challenge for a semi-final spot with this win over Scariff in Division 2A at Gurteen on Saturday.

 

A goal from a penalty by corner-back Marty O’Regan helped the Doora-Barefield side to lead at half-time on a score of 1-7 to 0-3.
Missing a number of first choice players from their championship line-up from the previous week, Scariff struggled to threaten the winner’s defence. At the other end of the pitch, all of the St Joseph’s forwards got on the scoresheet.
Noel Brody was the winner’s second-half goalscorer when he somehow managed to kick the ball over the goal line. Substitute Shane McMahon scored Scariff’s goal.
St Joseph’s: Paul Madden; Cathal O’Sullivan, Ken Kennedy, Marty O’Regan; Gary Hassett, Mark Hallinan, Darragh O’Driscoll; Kevin Dilleen, Ivor White; Damian Kennedy, Noel Brody, Seán Flynn; Shane O’Connor, Declan Malone, Mike McNamara.
Subs: Paul Dullaghan for McNamara; Enda Lyons for Flynn, Mike Cullinan for O’Driscoll; Caimin O’Connor for Malone.
Scariff: Brendan McNamara; Cathal Nash, Darragh Kelly, Barry McNamara; Diarmuid Nash, Enda Murphy, Conor McNamara; Jim Minogue, Shane Corry; Shane Mulvihill, Alphie Rodgers, Evan McNamara; Mark Mulvihill, Barry Murphy, Austin Madden.
Subs: Shane McMahon for Madden; Brian Corry for M Mulvihill; Brian Harte for B McNamara; Shane O’Grady for C Nash.

 

Kilmaley  0-17   Broadford 2-11
BROADFORD came from being seven points in arrears in the closing stages of this tie to snatch a share of the spoils and maintain their unbeaten run in this season’s competition.
Mark Moloney and substitute, Kieran O’Connell, were the goalscorers for the East Clare side on a day when the home team will be disappointed that they didn’t take all points on offer.
Kilmaley were in command inside the final quarter when Anthony Cahill failed to capitalise on a goal opportunity. Broadford launched a counter-attack and goaled at the other end and this score inspired them to a strong finish which earned them the draw.
Kilmaley: Kieran Dillon; Martin O’Connor, Noel Casey, Seán Talty; Colin McGuane, Conor Neylon, Eoin O’Malley; Kenneth Kennedy, Jonathon Clohessy; John Cabey, Anthony Cahill, Niall McGuane; Pádraig Talty, Seamus Hurley, Shane Darcy.
Subs: Conor Clancy for P Talty; Eoin Enright for Cahill; Conor McMahon for Darcy.
Broadford: Alan McMahon; Dara Corcoran, Stephen Gunning, John Corcoran; Peter O’Brien, Aidan O’Brien, Cathal Chaplin; Craig Chaplin, James Gunning; Aonghus O’Brien, John Clogan, Pádraig Hickey; Paraic Taylor, Declan Teefy, Mark Moloney.
Subs: Kieran O’Connell for Cathal Chaplin (inj), Niall Moloney for Taylor; Taylor for Aonghus O’Brien (inj).

Éire Óg  1-21   Ballyea  0-9
EIGHTEEN months after they met in a relegation battle, which Ballyea won with a last-minute goal to send the Ennismen crashing down to intermediate, Éire Óg hit back with this comprehensive win at their own venue on Saturday.
The winners dominated from the start and were well on the road to the points by the mid-point of the tie when they were 1-11 to 0-6 in front, the goal coming from Damian McMahon.
Éire Óg: Kevin Brennan; Marc O’Donnell, John Mulcahy, Kevin Hally; Ciaran Russell, Kevin Moynihan, Mark Fitzgerald; Cathal Whelan, Aaron Fitzgerald; Ronan Keane, Barry Nugent, Damian McMahon; Danny Russell, Graham Glynn, Niall Daly.
Subs: Tom Downes for Hally; Ciarán Hanna for Daly; Fergal Brennan for A Fitzgerald; Tadhg McNamara for M Fitzgerald.
Ballyea: Shane O’Neill; David Sheehan, Frankie Griffin, Eamonn Griffin; Francie O’Reilly, Niall Keane, James Murphy; Alan Hehir, Alan Carigg; Gearoid O’Connell, Cormac Murphy, Brian Murphy; Declan Keane, Tony Griffin, Donal Chambers.
Subs: Don Flannery for Hehir; Barry Coffey for Chambers.

Corofin  1-9   Tubber 1-9
NORTH Clare neighbours Corofin and Tubber shared the spoils in this tie played at Corofin on Saturday.
For the home side, there was a huge improvement on their championship form of the previous week when they were heavily beaten by Crusheen.
They led by two points at half-time and doubled this to four in the second half but a strong final quarter from Tubber earned them a draw on a day when Kevin Heagney scored the Corofin goal. An area of concern for the home side is the fact that they managed just two scores from play.
David O’Donoghue was the goalscorer for Tubber who threatened to dominate the tie at times.
Corofin: Kevin Raftery; Shane Neylon, Luke O’Loughlin, Paudie Barry; Pat Ryan, Darragh Shannon, Darren Malone; Ollie O’Loughlin, Neil Killeen; Declan Lee, Donnacda Kelleher, Damian Ryan; Stephen Heagney, Kevin Heagney, Cathal Barry.
Tubber: Ronan Taaffe; Eoin Ruane, Conor Earley, Paul Fogarty; Mark Earley, Patrick O’Connor, Justin McMahon; Tommy Lee, Barry O’Connor; Gerard O’Connor, Shane O’Connor, Eamonn Taaffe; David O’Donoghue, Clive Earley, Declan Ryan.
Subs: Dara O’Connor for Ger O’Connor; Nigel O’Donoghue for Ruane.

Division 2B
Ennistymon  2-15   Ogonnelloe 3-10
WHEN visitors Ogonnelloe struck for three goals inside the opening 10 minutes in this Division 2B tie at Ennistymon on Saturday, few would have give the home side much hope of winning.
Enter county minor Cathal Malone who dashed back from playing in a challenge game with Clare and he was introduced early in the second quarter. It proved to be a vital decision as he went on to score 1-10 which played a huge part in his side’s victory.
In addition to Malone, Tommy Hogan scored 1-3 for his side while others to impress were Tadhg Malone, Michael A Devitt and Michael Nestor.
Ennistymon: Martin Malone; Aidan Slattery, Liam Driscoll, Michael A. Devitt; Michael Nestor, Brendan Hogan, Sean Driscoll; Paudie Fahy, Michael Houlihan; Tommy Hogan, Brian McDonagh, Caoimhin Fahy; Padraig Brennan, Tadhg Malone, Joe O’Loughlin.
Sub: Cathal Malone for Brennan
Ogonnelloe: Eoin Sheedy; Michael Mooney, Michael Costelloe, Henry Mooney; Peter O’Brien, Patrick Barton, Thomas Condon; Barry Kiely, John O’Brien; Michael O‘Brien, Henry Vaughan, Rory Skelly; Michael N Bugler, John McKenna, Robert Dreelan.
Sub: Jamie Cunnane for Bugler.

Feakle  0-12   Killanena 0-11
FEAKLE earned the bragging rights when they pipped their neighbours Killanena in this Division 2B tie played at Killanena on Sunday.
Ahead by a point at half-time when the score was 0-6 to 0-5, they held that advantage to the finish on a day when Gary Guilfoyle converted four line ball efforts, three from distances of around 50m.
The winning point came from a 65’ in the final minute which was converted by Raymond Bane.
Feakle: Ronan McGuinness; Patrick Daly; Alan Hogan, Donal O’Grady; Padraic Hogan, Henry Hayes, Henry Purcell; Ger Hanarahan, Francis O’Grady; Colin Nelson, Gary Guilfoyle, Raymond Bane; Killian Bane, Seán O’Grady, Shane McGrath.
Sub: Robert Bebbington for K Bane
Killanena: David Noone; Barry Noone, Joe Clancy, Pat Noone; Gerry McNamara, Alan McNamara, John O’Meara; Jack Houlihan, Michael Noone; John Noonan, Brian McNamara, Stephen McMahon; Ronan Flaherty, Fintan McNamara, Liam McNamara.
Sub: Stephen McMahon for Houlihan.

Ruan  2-9   Sixmilebridge 0-13
A BLISTERING start which yielded a brace of goals from John Punch helped Ruan to this narrow win over Sixmilebridge on Sunday.
The goals helped the winners into a 2-4 to 0-1 win at the end of the first quarter but Sixmilebridge battled back and when the half-time whistle sounded the gap was down to two.
The second half was a close affair with the winners managing to hold onto the two-point margin to the final whistle.
Ruan: Pakie Roughan; Dara Brohan, Niall O’Connor, Gary Bell; Pádraig Guthrie, Aidan Lynch, Dara Roughan; Tadhg Hanrahan, Caimin Howard; Declan O’Regan, Eoin Hanrahan, Michael Vaughan; Colin O’Donoghue, Shane Ryan, John Punch.
Sixmilebridge: Stephen Fleming; Jonathon Hayes, Keith Walker, Ger Quilligan; Cathal Walsh, David O’Meara, Jonathon Downes; Christy Griffin, Michael O’Halloran; Adrian Chaplin, Sam O’Sullivan, Seánie Stack; Darragh O’Connor, Jamie Keogh, Tommy Liddy.
Subs: Ronan Mullane for Walker; Paul Corbett for O’Meara.

Smith O’Brien’s  1-24   Clarecastle  0-5
LEADERS Smith O’Brien’s maintained their place at the top of the Division 2B table with this bit win over Clarecastle on Sunday.
The Killaloe side dominated throughout and were nine points clear at half-time when the score was 0-12 to 0-3.
The game’s only goal came in the second half when Anthony O’Sullivan was on target. Nine different players shared in the winner’s tally.
Smith O’Brien’s: Mark McInerney; Michael Flynn, Seamus Gleeson, Aidan McKeogh; Paul McKeogh, Pat Vaughan, Trevor Howard; Brian McInerney, Willie Neary; Liam Walsh, Pat Ahern, Anthony O’Sullivan; Kevin Walsh, Shane O’Brien, John Cusack.
Subs: Eric Monahan for M McInerney; Micheál Ryan for K Walsh; Pa Kennedy for Cusack.
Clarecastle: Jamie Coughlan; Frank Barry, Cathal Lynch, Ciarán Lynch; Eamonn Concannon, Andrew Page, Anthony Griffey; John Pyne, Niall Quinn; Stephen Malone, Barry Lyons, Niall Dunne; Pakie Healy, Jason Considine, Cormac Donnellan.
Sub: Blaise Talty for Concannon.