Thursday, 25th May 2017
sport@eastcorkjournal.ie East Cork JAFC Aghada v Castlelyons
Castlelyons 0-13 Aghada 2-02
Castlelyons secured the
last remaining semi-fi- nal spot in the Michael O’Connor Motor Factors, East Cork Junior A football championship, when they got the better of Aghada in the quarter-final, played in Pairc Na Gael Ballina- curra, last Friday evening. Castlelyons will play Er- in’s Own in one semi-final while
Lisgoold will face Glenbower Rovers in the
other. Even without
Colm
Spillane who started for Cork against Tipper- ary, Castlelyons went
in
as strong favourites, but it took them a long time to put this game to bed and while in the end they cruised to victory but for long periods they just couldn’t
for some un-
known reason raise a flag. It couldn’t have start-
Castlelyons keeper with O’Hanlon burying the ball into the net and after just 19 seconds on the clock. Aghada continued their good start with Char- lie Terry pointing from play as Castlelyons were clearly shocked. Castlelyons then
got
their passing game going and took control of the match with seven unan-
ed better for Aghada as straight from the throw-in Charlie Terry passed to Jordan Ryan and a perfect pass for Kevin O’Hanlon saw him one-on-one with the
swered points from Ronan Fenton, Aidan O’Sullivan, Anthony Spillane, Ciaran McGann, Ronan Brans- field and two from the boot of Alan Fenton to lead by three points. Aghada were level on minute when a
the 26th
mix up from a side line ball was intercepted by Conal Rabitte who powered in towards the Castlelyons goal and his shot beat the diving Stephen Hickey for the
equalising goal, but
Castlelyons had the last say from an entertaining first half with a well-executed
Ronan Fenton free to leave Castlelyons in front by a point at half time. The second half was
difficult to watch as neither side could get on top with a Colm Barry point for Cas- tlelyons in the 31st
minute
the only score in the third quarter. Castlelyons missed several scoring opportuni- ties, but when they did get going in the final quarter they put over four further points from play, whereas Aghada could only mus- ter up one second half point in the 58th
minute as Castlelyons secured their
semi-final spot. They can now hang up their boots for the summer as their fo- cus will now turn to their clash with Fr O’Neill’s in the Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship. Scorers for Castlelyons:
A Fenton 0-4 (2f) D Tobin and R Fenton 0-2 each, A O’Sullivan, C Barry, C McGann, R Bransfield and A Spillane 0-1 each. Aghada: C Rabitte and K O’Hanlon 1-0 each, J Ryan and C Terry 0-1 each.
CASTLELYONS: S Hickey; D Varner, C O’Leary, S Fenton; E Maye, T Carroll, A O’Sul- livan; C Barry, A Fenton;
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R Fenton, C McGann, D Tobin; R Bransfield, A Spillane, R Feeney. Subs: N McAulliffe for C O’Leary (46) M Spill- ane for R Fenton (50) AGHADA: C O’Shea; K Looney, B Hennessy, A Butler; M Healy, K O’Connor, S Burgess; JP O’Connor, C Rabitte; M Leahy, J Ryan, C Terry; K O’Hanlon, D Creedon, C O’Driscoll.
Subs: A Stafford for C O’Driscoll and S Dorney for S Burgess (ht) B Wall for A Butler (42) P Daly for C Terry (47) Referee: Brian Murphy (Carrigtwohill)
• Aghada
• Castlelyons Limerick Raise First Munster Title With Spirited Victory Over Cork
by SHIRLEY MOLONEY
Fixture: Munster Camo-
gie Senior Championship Final Teams: Cork v Limerick Venue: Charleville GAA Date: Saturday 20th
2017 Half Time Score: Cork
0-08, Clare 1-10 Full Time Score: Cork
0-14, Clare 1-13
The Play: Limerick got
dream start off to a when they
raised a green flag before the first minute of the game had even registered in Char- leville GAA grounds in the Munster Camogie Cham-
pionship Final on Saturday last.
It was Caoimhe Lyons May
who unleashed a powerful shot to the top right hand corner that gave Aoife Mur- ray no chance in the Cork goal and with it showed Limericks intent from the outset. Captain and Player of
the Match Niamh Mulcahy was commanding through- out and accounted for 11 of Limericks points from the placed ball.
After Amy
O’Connor responded to the opening goal
with a well
taken point on the run for Cork, Mulcahy opened her account with a 40 metre free. A fine Cliona Lane ef- fort from a very tight angle pushed Limerick ahead by
four points on three minutes before Gemma O’Connor pointed a great score off her left
from an Orla Cronin
pass to leave a goal between the sides with just four min- utes on the clock. Mulcahy pointed a dead ball from the 45 metre
line before
two Orla Cotter points, one from play and one from a placed ball 45 metres from the target, cut the lead to just two. Cork began to hit their stride and an O’Con- nor point followed by a nicely taken Lauren Homan effort saw Cork draw level on 10 minutes, before Cot- ter stepped up to point from a placed ball on 40 metres and Katrina Mackey got on the scoreboard with anoth-
er fine effort to push Cork two ahead on 12 minutes. Limerick responded and a brace of Mulcahy frees saw the sides level on the quar- ter mark, before Limerick surged into a four point lead by the 25th
ericks favour, the second minute all cour-
tesy of Mulcahys free taking accuracy from both long and close range frees. Two minutes later Mulcahy was on hand to find Lyons who made no mistake in point- ing to see Limerick five clear and take the lead to half time on a scoreline of 1-10 to Corks 0-08. The game as a contest
showed great potential ear- ly in the first half, however, with the momentum of the game having swung in Lim-
half as a contest wasn’t to prove as lively. In fact it took eight minutes of play in the second half before a score was registered through a Cotter 35 metre free. Cork did show signs of rising to the
challenge, outscoring
Limerick 0-06 to 0-03 in the second half, however, Lim- erick showed great resolve and weathered the Cork attack.
All three of Limer-
icks second half points came from Mulcahy placed balls on the 43rd
, 48th and 53rd
minutes. In contrast, Laura Treacy slotted over after a quick Cotter free picked her out to bring Cork to within three with 15 minutes maining. In the remaining
re-
15 the closest Cork could come to Limerick was two points, with
Cotter and
Mulcahy exchanging frees on two occasions before another Treacy point and a Cotter 50 metre free left the score at Limerick 1-13, Cork 0-14 for Limerick to hold out and lift the Mun- ster title for the first time.
Teams: Cork: A. Murray, L. Trea-
cy, R. Buckley (capt.), M. Cahalane, E. O’Sullivan, L. Coppinger, C. Sigerson, A. Thompson, G. O’Con-
nor, O. Cronin, A. O’Con- nor, K. Mackey, H. Looney, L. Homan. Subs: M. McCarthy for K. Mackey (49), N. McCa-
rthy for E. O’Sullivan (54). Limerick: L. O’Neill, F.
Hickey, M. Creamer, S. Mc- Namara, J. Mulcahy, S. Car- ey, M. Quaid, K. O’Leary, C. Costelloe, D. Mur-
phy, R. Delee, N. Mulcahy (capt.), D. Egan, C. Lane, C. Lyons. Subs: M. Fitzgerald for
D. Egan (50), L. Leonard for C. Lane (59).
Scorers: Cork: O. Cotter 0-07 (0-
06f), G. O’Connor 0-02, L. Treacy 0-02, A. O’Connor 0-01, K. Mackey 0-01. Limerick: C. Lyons 1-01,
N. Mulcahy 0-11 (0-11f), C. Lane 0-01 Referee:John Dolan,
Clare Contact: Shirley Moloney
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