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Clonla r a 3-13 O’Ca llagha n’s Mills 1-07 at Sha nnon THERE WAS a certain inevitability about Sunday’s Junior A league final even before the ball had been thrown in. After all, Junior B side Clonlara had been simply irrestistable in their competitive form to date, having a 13 match unbeaten run between league and championship, and after last year’s final defeat to eventual Junior A champions Crusheen, it ensured there would be no complacency this time around either.
And so it proved as with the aid of the breeze, Clonlara opened up a 310 to 0-04 half-time advantage that all but put the result beyond doubt. Three goals from Alan O’Connell, Paul Barry and Ryan Morris in the five minute period either side of the midway point added to Barry Moloney’s accuracy from frees blitzed a shellshocked Mills who must have feared a similar backlash in the second period.
True to form however, the Mills rallied on the restart and were rewarded with a Jamie Lynch goal in the 40th minute on their way to winning the half by 1-5 to 0-3 which may have only been a consolation in terms of the overall result but did soften the blow of defeat.
However, it was still not enough to trouble Clonlara who cruised to victory and picked up some valuable silverware ahead of their Junior B Championship semi-final against Tubber. Incidentally, Crusheen and Kilmaley will contest the other last four clash.
Clonlara
Patrick Stritch, Patrick Conlon, Fergal Marren, Owen Hackett, Ronan Carey, Patrick Clancy, Harry Horgan,WilliamSlattery,Alan O’Connell, TomBegley, Jason Murphy, Michael Collins, Barry Moloney, Paul Barry, Ryan Morris
Subs
Kieran Murphy for Horgan (inj), Kenneth Haskett for Begley, Dennis McKeown for Conlon (inj)
O’Callaghan’s Mills
James Hook, Michael McGrath, Barry Heffernan, Ollie Nash, Brendan Hannon, Conor Cooney, Darren Cooney, Noel Nash, John McGrath, Paul Murphy, Enda McNamara, Rory Nevillw,Aidan O’Gorman, Cathal McKeogh, Jamie Lynch
Subs
Trevor Lenihan for Neville, Eoin McGrath for O’Gorman
Referee