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O’Callaghan’s Mills 0-13 – St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield 1-08 at Gurteen
TWO SIDES that are expected to be in the promotion race but it was the Mills who continued their hold over St Joseph’s with another narrow victory on Sunday. In truth, it was a relatively even-matched game that had all the rusty hallmarks of a competitive opener. However it was the Mills who finished the stronger to hold out for their third successive adult victory of the year, following on from the Under 21’s brace of wins. The winners were behind by the minimum at the break at 1-5 to 0-7, with Enda Lyons (right) scoring the St Joseph’s goal after making a cameo for the Clare footballers in Cusack Park earlier in the day.
St Joseph’s extended their lead directly after the break but far from securing the game, they tired and were not to score again in the run-in as the Mills gained momentum and eventually took both points. Incidentally both clubs could meet again in the Under 21B decider if the Mills and Doora/Barefield can get over the respective challenges of either Corofin or Clooney/Quin, and Ballyea in the last four
O’Callaghan’s Mills
John Cooney, Gerry Cooney, Conor Cooney, Sean O’Gorman, Damien Noonan,Adrian Donovan, Patrick Donnellan, Niall Donovan, John McGrath, Gary Neville, Declan Donovan, Jonathan Lyons, Fergus Donovan,Adrian Flaherty, James McMahon
Subs
Kevin O’Callaghan for Noonan,Aidan Fawl for Lyons, Brendan Hannon for Flaherty, Enda McNamara for N. Donovan
St Joseph’s Doora/ Barefield
Paul Madden, Gary Hassett, Marty Regan, Sean Flynn, Darragh O’Driscoll, Ken Kennedy,Alan O’Neill, Kevin Dilleen, Mark Hallinan, Niall DeLoughery, Noel Brodie, Ivor White, Enda Lyons, Damien Kennedy, Shane O’Connor
Subs
Michael Cullinan for Deloughery, Shane O’Grady for D. Kennedy
Referee
Ger Lyons (Ryan)