Winning start for Ennistymon as hurling league gets underway

 

Ennistymon 2-11   Killanena 0-9

ENNISTYMON hurlers got their 2012 campaign up and running in impressive fashion with an eight-point winning margin over Killanena at the East Clare venue on Monday evening.

Two goals in the first half from new signing Dave Kenneally and points from Cathal Malone (5) and Robbie McDonagh (1) had the North Clare side six points to the good at half-time.
Facing a stiff breeze in the second half. Killanena were first to score with a point but Ennistymon once again took the initiative with points from Malone (3), Tommy Hogan (1) and Dave Kenneally (1), while Killanena mustered a further two.
Best for Ennistymon were Robbie McDonagh, Cathal Malone, Brian McDonagh, Dave Kenneally and Sean Driscoll.

Ennistymon: Martin Malone; Michael A Devitt, Kevin Scales, Danny Harvey; Michael Organ, Brian McDonagh, Liam Driscoll; Sean Driscoll, Martin Green; Cathal Malone, Dave Kenneally, Robbie McDonagh; Tommy Hogan, Tadhg Malone, Declan Sexton.
Subs: Paul Queally, Darren Mullins and Padraig Brennan.
Killanena: David Noone; Barry Noone, Pat Noone, Francis McNamara; Stephen McMahon, Joe O’Meara, Alan McNamara; Eoin McMahon, Noel Sheedy; Colin McNamara, Shane Moroney, Fintan McNamara; Padraig Brady, Michael Noone, Todd Kelsey.
Subs: Ronal Flaherty for Moroney, Ben Kelsey for Brady, TJ Woods for Fintan McNamara and Michael Noonan for T Kelsey.

Parteen 4-10   Ogonnelloe 2-14

FOUR first-half goals helped Parteen to victory over Ogonnelloe in their Division 2 league tie at Parteen on  Monday.
The goalscorers for the winners were Joe and Padraic O’Connor, Alan Murnane (penalty) and David Small.
Ogonnelloe’s goalscorers were Rory Skelly and substitute Peter O’Brien.

Parteen: Alan Murnane; Jason Smith, Paul O’Dwyer, David O’Sullivan; Patrick Campion, Philip Lavin, James Fox; Dara Yelverton, Brian McSweeney; Mark Boland, James Long, Ronan Conlon; Padraic O’Connor, Joseph O’Connor, David Small.
Sub: Noel Bridgeman for Boland.
Ogonnelloe: Robert Dreelan; Cormac Heffernan, Michael Costello, Eoin Collins; Barry Kiely, Colm Forde, John O’Brien; Peter English, Daniel Cunnane; Patrick Barton, Ozer McMahon, Thomas Condon; Rory Skelly, Kieran Forde, James Cunnane.
Subs: Peter O’Brien for Heffernan, Michael N Bugler for J Cunnane and Paul Healy for Barton.

Scariff 2-13   Ruan 0-17

SCARIFF made a winning start to their campaign to get back into the Clare Champion Cup when they defeated Ruan in the new Division 2 league.
In a tie played at Scariff on Monday evening, Ruan had the better of the first-half exchanges and led 0-13 to 1-6 at the break, the Scariff goal coming from Austin Madden.
Another Madden goal levelled the game early in the final quarter and while Ruan went back in front, Scariff finished strongly with points from Conor McNamara, Ross Horan and Mark Mulvihill to seal a narrow win.

Scariff: Shane Mulvihill; Seamus Noonan, Darragh Kelly, Barry McNamara; Diarmuid Nash, Conor McNamara, Matthew Horan; Patrick Moroney, Michael Scanlon; Kenny McNamara, Ross Horan, Alphie Rodgers; Austin Madden, Michael Moroney, Mark Mulvihill.
Subs: Cathal Nash for P. Moroney and Moroney for Noonan.
Ruan: Pakie Roughan; Gary Bell, Niall O’Connor, Leon Quirke; Declan O’Regan, Darragh Roughan, Killian Ryan; Tadhg Hanrahan, Michael Vaughan; John Punch, Alan Bell, Eoin Hanrahan; Patrick Keegan, Aidan Lynch, Brendan Lyons.
Subs: Damian Brohan for A Bell and Robbie O’Loughlin for Punch.

Sixmilebridge 1-15   Crusheen 0-5

A CONTRIBUTION of 1-9 from Thomas Liddy helped Sixmilebridge to a comfortable win over Crusheen in the Division 2 league tie played on Sunday. The winners were on top in the second half when they outscored their opponents by 1-11 to 0-1.
The first half was a low-scoring affair, with both sides deadlocked at 0-4 each at the break.
Crusheen forward Colin Vaughan made his intermediate and senior competitive debuts for the club in the space of 24 hours at the weekend.

Sixmilebridge: Sean Chaplin; Ger Quilligan, Eoin Quinn, Kevin Phelan; Sean Stack, Sam O’Sullivan, Cathal Walsh; Anthony Liddane, Darragh O’Connor; Michael O’Halloran, Stiofán Fitzpatrick, Errol Tuohy; Ronan Mullane, Adrian Chaplin, Thomas Liddy (1-9).
Subs: David O’Connor  for O’Halloran, Jonathan Downes for Walsh and Cyril Crowe for Tuohy.
Crusheen: David McMahon; Conor Hayes, Donal Dillon, Tony McMahon; Jason Greene, Shaun Dillon, Conor O’Loughlin; Rory Halpin, Thomas Vaughan; Alan Tuohy, Niall  Fitzgibbon, Dara O’Doherty; Colin Vaughan, Patrick O’Grady, Philip O’Donnell.
Subs: Patrick Hassett for P O’Donnell, Enda O’Brien for Greene and Niall Kearney for O’Grady.