Month: June 2011

Ennis NS 2-4 – Barefield NS 1-4 at Cusack Park, Ennis

THIS local derby final was decided in the Townies’ favour when Ciara Casey grabbed Ennis NS’s all-important second goal to edge her side home to a first Division 1 in four years.

It was a close final all the way through. Barefield NS had the wind that was blowing towards the scoreboard end in the first half and by the interval had built up a 1-2 to 0-1 lead.

However, it was Ennis NS’s ability to get goals in the second half that secured them the title.

Nina Jabkonska grabbed the first, while points from Chloe Eustace, Loran O’Mahoney and Orla Waters had the sides level entering the final stages before Casey struck for the match-winning goal to ensure that the Division 1 title came to Ennis in 2011.

Ennis NS
Natalia Fankuewska, Kayleighanne Haugh, Bebhinn Sullivan, Maeve McInerney, Fiona Naylon (Capt), Vanessa Meaney, Chloe Eustace, Loren O’Mahoney, Ciara Casey, Orla Waters, Chris Kearney. Marese Hayes, Nina Jabkonska, Subs Doireann Casey, Deirble Murphy, Grainne Sheehan, Hannah Minogue, Grace Minogue, Niamh O’Shea, Rhona Heaney, Karen McNamara, Siofra McInerney, Jara Hajkova.

Barefield NS
Ciara Sexton, Muireann McAuliffe, Kate Dillon, Niamh O’Keeffe, Emer Hanrahan, Mia Hanrahan, Aislinn Meaney,Amanda Mulcaire, Sally Molloy, Niamh McDonagh, Niamh O’Halloran, Ciara Guilfoyle, SadhbhWoods. Subs Kaye Fennimen, Claire Hanrahan, Rebeccas Walshe,Ava Glynn, Ciara McGrath, Shona Power, Hannah Meaney.

Clonmoney NS 2-0 – Bridgetown NS 1-0 at Cusack Park, Ennis

IT was an historic afternoon for the camogie players of Clonmoney NS in Newmarket-on-Fergus. This was the first year they entered the schools camogie competition and they marked that achievement by claimed the county title thanks to a strong second half showing when they came from a goal adrift at halftime to claim the title.

This was a low-scoring affair, with Bridgetown holding sway in the first half when playing with the wind. They led by 1-0 to no score at the break but the tide turned in Clonmoney’s favour in the second half as they pressed home their wind advantage with goals from Aoife Crimmins and Áine Fehilly securing them their first ever title.

Clonmoney NS
Ciara McTaggert,Tara Enright, Leanne Gaule, Emer White,Aoife Crimmins (1-0),Ailbhe Barry, Áine

Fehilly (1-0), Mary Enright, Indya Lynch, Katie Gleeson, Elva Morrissey, Sarah Fox, SinéadWhite, Aoibheann, Kelly, Jade Okoh.

Bridgetown NS
Aishling Conlan, Áine O’Grady Sadhbh Fennessy, Katie Moloney, Katie O’Shaughnessy,Anna Spaight, CaitlinTighe, Kate Gleeson, Mary O’Saughnessy, Sorcha McLoughlin, Ellen Kennedy,Amy English, Mia Scanlan,Aoibheann Noonan.

Kilmaley NS 4-2 – Broadford NS 2-1 at Cusack Park, Ennis

KILMALEY NS crowned what has been an historic year for them on the hurling and camogie fiels when claiming this title at GAA headquarters on Thursday afternoon. Before going into action in this camogie final, the boys in the schools had claimed their title the day before while success also came the school’s way in the Sevens county final in Clarecastle back in March.

In this final they stood firm in the second half against a brave Broadford side that threw everything into it when playing with the wind and trying to claw back what was an 11point half-time deficit.

In the first half Kilmaley dominat- ed with Saoirse Glynn’s long-range frees causing havoc in the Broadford defece. Glynn goaled as early as the second minute while another free two minutes later was deflected to the net to give Kilmaley a brilliant start. Two more Glynn goals ensured that Kilmaley led by 4-2 to 1-0 at half-time.

Broadford showed great resolve to battle back – their first goal came on the stroke of half-time, while they bagged 1-1 in the second half, but that seven points was as close as they got to Kilmaley. Flann Howard.

Kilmaley NS
Eimear Kennedy, Nora O’Rourke, Sarah Gubbins, , Polina Rybaltchenko, Martina Keane,Abigail Connellan, Saoirse Glynn, Áine Ronan, Helen O’Sullivan, Gráinne Cooney.

Subs
Aoibhín McCabe, Caoimhe Cotter, Katie Haren, Emma Mullally, Rebecca Balogh Cilia, Lauren O’Brien, Maxine Martin Pahl, Fia Coote,Therese Pyne, Emma Pyne, Shauna Byrnes,Andrea O’Brien, Saidhbhín Ní Cheallaigh.

Broadford NS
Aoife O’Brien, Catherine Donnellan, Hannah Mason,AoifeVaughan,Anna Lee Shanahan Marsh, Niamh Mulqueen, Siobhan O’Connell, Áine Ryan, Moya Marsh McMahon,Apryl O’Reagan.

Subs
Aoife Boland, Laura O’Connell, Maria Vaughan, Zoe O’Keeffe, Rabgea Seidel, Sarah Fitzgerald.

Scoil Mhuire, Corofin 7-3 – Scoil na Mainistreach, Quin 2-1 at Cusack Park, Ennis

A NINE GOAL thriller to end Wednesday’s action packed schedule with Corofin coming off best in the break down of green flags. Essentially it was the partnership of Louise Browne and Corina McMahon that earned victory for Scoil Mhuire when hitting 5-3 between them and Scoil na Mainistreach simply had no answer for such firepower.

With the wind behind them, Corofin built up a 3-3 to 0-0 half-time lead, with Browne scoring 2-1 of that total while having an equal amount saved by Quin goalkeeper Aoife Deane.

Quin came out fighting on the restart and had pulled back two goals within the opening three minutes through substitute Emily Duggan and the impressive Eve Ryan. Indeed, Ryan would have another shot saved before Corofin would regain control.

Louise Browne scored her side’s fourth goal in the 29th minute and in the next passage of play set up Shan non Walsh for the fifth, and as Quin dropped their heads, there was further goals for McMahon and Browne to cement a memorable victory.

Scoil Mhuire
Siobhan Lane, Darcey Malone, Aleisha Malone, Clare O’Dea, Fiona Killeen, Louise Browne (4-2), Corina McMahon (1-1), Cliodhna O’Dea, Chantel McCaw, ShannonWalsh (2-0), BrianaTierney Subs Caoimhne Corbett for Walsh (37 mins), Ciara Heagney for Tierney (37 mins),Aisling Cleary for O’Dea (40 mins)

Scoil na Mainistreach
Aoife Deane,Anna Corry, Lauren McConway, Ellen Liddy, Eve Ryan (11), Jennifer O’Neill,Amy Moloney, Sarah Costelloe, Alice O’Donnell, Emma Deegan, Siobhan Frain Subs Emily Duggan (1-0) for Frain (HT), Mary Conneally for Liddy (37 mins), Ciara O’Reilly for Moloney (40 mins)

Referee
Fergie McDonagh (St Joseph’s Doora/ Barefield)

Kilnamona NS 3-6 – Inagh/Clounanaha NS 0-1 at Cusack Park, Ennis

THIS local derby tie went the way of Kilnamona by the decisive margin of 14 points as they proved much too strong for the Inagh/Clounanaha amalgamation side on Thursday afternoon.

Kilnamona dominated this game from the opening minutes and by half-time had moved into a 2-2 to no score lead. Both Chloe O’Neill and Andrea O’Keeffe showed the way in that first half, bagging 1-1 each in the half as Kilnamona laid down their marker.

Rebecca Keating raised a flag for Inagh/Clounanaha in the second half but Kilnamona tacked on a further 1-4 to extend their advantage. Chloe O’Neill grabbed another 1-2, while Andrea O’Keeffe and Theresa O’Keeffe also tacked on points.

Kilnamona NS
Sinead Power, Sarah Cotter, Michaela Roughan, Aoibheann Hogan, Nicola O’Neill, Chloe McNamara,Teresa O’Keeffe (0-1), Laoise Ryan, Andrea O’Keeffe (1-2), Róisín Longe, Ruth Crowe, Chloe O’Neill (2-3), Róisín Clancy, Freya Rynne, Sorcha Burke, SoibhánWarren, Áine Kearins, Alanna O’Keeffe

Inagh/ Counanaha NS
Rebecca Keating, Chloe Foudy, Ciara Hehir, Rachel Harvey, Claire Hehir,Amy Keating, Orlaith Cotter, Eimear Brennan, Áine Lynch, Rebecca O’Leary, Natasha Moloney, Cathy Cullinan, Megan Leyden, Ciara O’Connor, Eimear Cotter, Róísín Callinan, LeanneWoods, LeahWynne, Eimear O’Looney, Hannah Shannon, Róísín Mahony.

Kilmaley NS 4-15 – Barefield NS 1-01 at Cusack Park, Ennis

AS COMPLETE a performance as you are ever likely to witness as a stylish Kilmaley side took the first honours of the day on Wednesday. Barefield put up a brave display, particularly through goalkeeper Daniel O’Keeffe, Conor Kearns and Darragh O’Shea but were powerless to stop Kilmaley who were simply a class apart in their passing, interplay and more importantly finishing.

Indeed, they were 3-9 to 0-0 ahead by the break with a brace of goals from Peter Ronan sandwiching another for chief marksman Sean O’Loughlin who would finish the day with 2-6.

Eanna McMahon pulled the strings for Kilmaley throughout, ably assisted by Aidans, Griffey and Kennedy around the centre while O’Loughlin added a fourth goal in the 26th minute to cap off a fine personal display.

Barefield did grab some consolation when Conor Kearns scored 1-1 late on but unquestionably, this was to be Kilmaley’s day.

Kilmaley National School
TomO’Rourke, Saoirse Glynn, Rafe Queally,Abigail Connellan, Aidan Griffey (0-1), Eanna McMahon (0-8 2f, 2’45), Aidan Kennedy,Aidan O’Brien, Peter Ronan (2-0), Sean O’Loughlin (2-6), Diarmuid O’Ceallaigh

Subs
Pat Hayes for Glynn (30 mins), Cordell BaalhamMiller for Connellan (32 mins), Eoghan Culligan for O’Ceallaigh (33 mins), Jack Haren for Ronan (35 mins), Bradley Higgins for O’Loughlin (36 mins),Aaron Gavin for Queally (36 mins), Luke Queally for Kennedy (36 mins),Aidan O’Malley for O’Rourke (37 mins)

Barefield National School
Daniel O’Keeffe, Eoghan O’Sullivan, Milo Collins, Conor Breatnach, Luke Carmody, Darragh O’Shea, Conor Kearns (11), Scott Currid, Ryan Fitzpatrick, EoghanThynne, Sean O’Connell

Subs
James Gleeson for O’Sullivan (HT), Ronan Collins for Fitzpatrick (27 mins), Stephen Knowfor Collins (33 mins), James Whelan for O’Connell (34 mins), JJ Baker for Breathnach (35 mins)

Referee
JimHickey (Cratloe)

St John’s NS, Cratloe 2-3 – Knockanean NS 1-4 at Cusack Park, Ennis

THE SCOREBOARD may have been malfunctioning throughout this Division 2 decider on Wednesday but there was no denying Cratloe who edged past rivals Knockanean to claim the silverware.

In a tense affair that could have gone either way, a Billy Connors double against the conditions effectively put St John’s on the road to success approaching the break. Up to that point, Knockanean and in particular, Keelan Butler, Tom O’Brien and Jack Hannan had controlled mat- ters in building up a 1-2 to 0-0 lead by the tenth minute. However, those two goals altered the narrative of the game decisively to give his side a one point half-time advantage.

The impressive Jack McInerney doubled that lead immediately after the break; Tom and Mark O’Brien swapped scores as the clock ran down while Butler reduced the deficit to only the minimum in injury time to set up an anxious last few moments.

However, with McInerney dropping deep, Diarmuid Ryan excelling at the back and Connors converting a late free, Cratloe eventually got over the line.

St John’s National School
Jack Danaher, Killian Arthur, Rian Considine, Ross Dunworth, Emmet Costigan, Diarmuid Ryan,Aaron Costigan, Mark O’Brien (0-1), Kyle Neylon, Conor McMahon, Conor Hallisey, Jack McInerney (0-1), Billy Connors (2-1 1f)

Knockanean National School
Niall Galvin, Jack Hannon, Eoin Campbell, Cian Barron, Keelan Butler (0-3 2f),TomHannan, Jason Herbert, Maurice Nugent,Vincent Quinlan, Graeme Glynn, TomO’Brien (1-1), Eoghan Perill, Dylan Mulligan

Sub
Fintan O’Halloran for Campbell (20 mins)

Referee
KevinWalsh (WolfeTones)

CBS Ennis 2-6 – Clarecastle NS 2-5 at Cusack Park, Ennis

A THRILLING Division 1 final that had supporters guessing right up to the final whistle before CBS completed a memorable double with the narrowest of victories. Essentially, with a strong gale blowing towards the Clon Road, it came down to which side could cope best when playing into the conditions and in the end, CBS’ two first half goals from Cathal Ruane and Conor Devitt went a long way to shaping the outcome of the game.

Clarecastle will equally feel hard done by, having held the lead for the first 36 of the 40 minute encounter, starting with an early flourish that yielded a goal for Cian Donnelly and points for Owen O’Hara and David Barry by the seventh minute.

Those settling scores were wiped out by man-of-the-match Cathal Ruane’s solo goal while he also set up the second for Conor Devitt to find the net in the 13th minute and gain parity.

Clarecastle did bounce back before the break however when brothers Stephen and David Barry combined for the latter to find the left corner of the net, with Owen O’Hara completing the first half scoring at 2-4 to 2-0.

It never seemed enough with the conditions to come for the CBS and it was back to a one point game by the turn of the final quarter through points from Ruane (2) and the impressive Matthew Davenport.

A Conor Ryan free did momentarily shrug off the CBS challenge but a brace of points from Colm Walsh O’Loughlin and a Ruane free gave the CBS the lead for the first and indeed final time to take the top prize off the defending champions.

CBS Ennis
Eamon Foudy, Cathal O’Brien, Darren

Meehan, LiamMcMahon, Danny O’Halloran,Tadhg Connellan, Paul Martin, Nzube Okoye, Mikey Whelan, ColmWalsh O’Loughlin (0-2),Tomás Hehir, MatthewDavenport (0-1), Conor Devitt (1-0), Cathal Ruane (1-3 2f),Adrian Forde

Subs
RobbieWoods for Forde (30 mins)

Clarecastle National School
Daragh Dolan, Max Hillery, Lee Brack, Lorcan Clancy, Jack Fleming, Conor Ryan (0-1f), Luke McDermott, Marc McAuliffe, Kevin Hartigan, Colin Bridale, Stephen Barry, Owen O’Hara (0-3 2f), Stephen Kelleher, Cian Donnelly (1-0), David Barry (1-1)

Subs
Daragh Healy for Kelleher (18 mins), Eoin Collins for Fleming (24 mins)

Referee
Fergie McDonagh (St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield)

CBS Ennis 3-2 – Clarecastle NS 2-2 at Cusack Park, Ennis

A DRESS rehearsal for the main event and an opportunity for future stars to play in Clare headquarters as the CBS and Clarecastle locked horns for the first of two deciders on Wednesday afternoon. And in the end, it was the Ennis school that edged the contest in the proverbial game of two halves.

Clarecastle had the conditions at their backs for the opening half and used it to build up a 2-2 to 0-0 lead, with Darragh Healy scoring 1-1, Kelan Browne grabbing the second goal while Stephen Gilroy also got in on the scoring action. Others to impress included Liam Halpin, Oisin Casey, Mark O’Loughlin and Ronan Donnelly.

However, eight wides from the Magpies and a goal in reply by CBS’ Johny Ryan just before the break would prove to be crucial as the game became more congested in the second period.

Another 1-1 from Ryan and a further strike from Paul Tuohy put the CBS into the driving seat and with Colm McGrath pulling the strings, they held on for victory.

CBS Ennis
RobbieWoods, Conor Whelan, Eldon Nolan, Conor Hehir,Tomás Mulpeter, Gary Stack, Pierce Kenneally, Gavin Carr,TomMcDonald, Paul Tuohy (1-0), David Kirwan, ColmMcGrath (0-1), Khalid Ladigbolu, Eoghan Foudy, Johny Ryan (2-1)

Subs
Salah Abedelrazig, James Casey, Christopher Whelan, Luke Molloy,AndrewShannon,Alan Abraham,Aaron Ryan,Tony Odubote, Jack Crowley, Luke Hillary, Ian Butler, Jack Flynn, Cormac Killilea, Stephen Dolan, Neil Molloy

Clarecastle National School
Eoghan Wallace, LiamHalpin, Cian McNamara, Ricky Mulcaire, Oisin Casey, Mark O’Loughlin, Ruaírí Power, Kelan Browne (1-0), Stephen Gilroy (0-1), Joey Lynch, Ronan Donnelly, Lee Brigdale, Stephen Hogan, Stephen Birney, Darragh Healy (1-1)

Subs
Josh Brack, Harry Ward, DavidTuohy, Eoin Dinan, Dylan Brown, Mark Coughlan, Cormac Moloney, Eanna O’Donoghue, Cillian Casey, Gareth Guinnane,Aidan Ryan, Michael Kelly, Ben Sullivan, Dillon Pearson, Robyn Doyle, DavidWalshe, Jamie Lewis Cullinan, Conor Halpin, Brandon Healy, Sean Heaney,Alec Cassley, Evan Dolan

Referee
KevinWalsh (WolfeTones)

UNPRECEDENTED numbers turned out for Clarecastle’s Lá na gClub celebrations on Sunday. The action packed family fun day had something for everyone from live music and dancing to novelty and exhibition games culminating in the much awaited ‘El Magpie Classico’ between the 1986/87 team who were honoured for their 25th anniversary and the 1997 county and Munster winning side including Clare manager Ger O’Loughlin who played a half for each side, Dublin manager Anthony Daly, former All-Star John Callinan and evergreen Paschal Rus- sell (pictured below in a not so Superman t-shirt). The day will also be remembered for the launch of the club’s GAA Social Initiative, the brainchild of President Mary McAleese, that provides social events to older members of the community through the GAA. Clarecastle are the first club in the county to launch the initiative which is expected to be extended to all clubs in the coming years.