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Inagh/Kilnamona 1-15 – Newmarket-on-Fergus 1-12 at Fr Murphy Memorial Park, Newmarket
THE SURPRISE of the opening round as Inagh/Kilnamona travelled to Newmarket and came away with both points on Sunday. It’s seven years since Newmarket had been beaten in the opening round of the Clare Cup but having blazed an early trail in recent years before the flames went out in the business end of the season, perhaps it isn’t such a bad thing to gradually get into their stride as the Clare Cup develops this year.
In truth, while it was always close, Inagh/Kilnamona did appear much sharper on the ball throughout, although it was Newmarket who drew first blood when Enda Kelly received a pass on the overlap to grab the opening goal of the game. With Colin Ryan sustaining an injury the previous day while on county senior duty, his influence, especially on the scoreboard, was missed and Inagh/ Kilnamona capitalised when a backto-front move led to a well worked goal for Conor Tierney on their way to a 1-9 to 1-6 interval advantage.
The second half was equally as tight but with Inagh/Kilnamona leading by three in injury-time, Newmarket were awarded a penalty with what was to prove the last puck of the game. County senior James McInerney stepped up but substitute Stephen Toomey was equal to his effort and it was enough to give his side the perfect start to the season.
Inagh/ Kilnamona
Patrick Kelly, Milo Keane, Ronan O’Looney, Dermot Lynch, Damien Lafferty, Eamon Glynn, Colm Pilkington, Gary Lafferty, EoinVaughan,Tomás Kelly, Dermot Gannon, HaulieVaughan, Niall Arthur, Gerry Arthur, Conor Tierney
Subs
Shane Griffin for H.Vaughan, Sean McConigley for E.Vaughan, StephenToomey for Gannon
Newmarket- on- Fergus
Kieran Devitt, Eoin McInerney, Stephen Kelly, Padraig Kilmartin, Eoin O’Brien, Shane O’Brien, Alan Barrett, Martin O’Hanlon, Enda Barrett, Jim McInerney, David Barrett, Eoin Hayes, James Liddy, James McInerney, Enda Kelly
Subs
Darren O’Connor for O’Hanlon, Ronan McCormack for J. Liddy
Referee
KevinWalsh (WolfeTones)