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WITH only one round of the group stages remaining in the Under I4A championship, there are still two semi-final places up for grabs with Sixmilebridge, Clarecastle and In- agh/Kilnamona all vying for the coveted spots. St Joseph’s Doora/ Barefield and Eire Og have already oLereana(crel but Inagh/Kilnamona need to win both their final games against Eire Og and Clooney/Quin this week if they are to knock either the Bridge or the Magpies off their perch, If the Combo do manage to beat Eire Og on Wednesday, it will all come down to Friday’s games but crucially Sixmilebridge and Clarecastle are still in control of their own destiny and should they beat Clonlara and St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield respective- ly, they will automatically qualify for the knock-out stages.
The B championship semi-finalists have already been decided so it’s just a matter of jostling for positions for Feakle/Killanena, Cratloe, Scariff/ Ogonnelloe and Ballyea as they enter the final round of games this week- end. Feakle/Killanena take their per-
fect record to Scariff for what prom- ises to be the tie of the round against the Scariff/Ogonnelloe amalgama- tion while Cratloe and Ballyea take on bottom sides Crusheen/Tubber and O’Callaghan’s Mills/Bodyke re- spectively. All the semi-final places in the C championship are still up for grabs with the top seven sides still eligible to qualify with two rounds remaining.
Meanwhile in the D championship, Ogonnelloe eased past Eire Og’s sec- ond string in last Friday’s semi-final with a 4-5 to 0-2 win on home soil. Playing with the wind at their backs, the winners got off to an ideal start with early goals from Cian Fitzgerald Bradley and James Kiely and hold- ing the Townies scoreless for the en- tire half, they added two more goals before the break through Aaron Fit- zgerald Bradley to lead by 4-2 to 0-0. The second half was a much closer affair as both sets of defences domi- nated and this kept scoring chances to a minimum as Ogonnelloe eased into the final where they will meet St Breckan’s who edged a high scor- ing semi-final against Bodyke on a scoreline of 3-11 to 5-02.