Thursday, 9th November 2017


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51 St Catherine’s Bridge 34-Year Gap To Claim Junior Hurling Title


St Catherine’s 0-13 Brian Dillon’s 0-12


St Catherine’s just


edged out Brian Dillon’s in this absorbing Junior Hurling county final re- play, played on Tuesday night in Pairc Ui Rinn. At the death just, a puck of the ball separated the teams and in truth victo- ry could have gone either way.


However, a more com-


posed St Catherine’s held their nerve with subsutite free-taker Ronan Clancy emerging as the match winner


in the 5th


after coming on minute for the


injured Shane O’Brien


who is the regular dead ball specialist. Clancy had a six-point haul and along with Brian Mulcahy who bagged three points from play was a major contrib- utor to the win. A tight opening quar-


ter saw the sides share four points with Shane O’Brien from a free and his replacement Ronan Clancy also on target, while


for the city side as he add- ed three more before half time. However, St Cath- erine’s had a much bet- ter spread of scorers as Richie O’Connell, Brian Mulcahy, Dan Mangan, Padraig O’Connor and Ronan Clancy all found the range to help St Cath- erine’s to lead by 0-7 to 0-5 at half time. On a perfect evening


for hurling Ronan Clan- cy made it a three-point game, but


like in the for Brian Dillon’s


John Horgan shot their opening brace. Horgan was to be the main threat


drawn match Brian Dil- lon’s hit a purple patch with Horgan, Darragh Rodgers, Colin Lynch and Cian McCarthy all finding the range as Brian Dillon’s got their noses in front


for the


first time. Further points from Lynch and Horgan pushed the lead out to three but then it was the turn of St Catherine’s to get their purple patch. A superb Brian Mulcahy point was followed by a Ronan Clancy free and when Clancy pointed again the sides were level with just five minutes re- maining. The next score would be crucial with both sides hitting a wide, before Rory Galvin, who had a superb second half was fouled and up stepped Ronan Clancy to split the uprights and put St Catherine’s back in front going into the final three minutes of extra time. Brian Dillon’s were being


pegged back as St Cathe- rine’s sensing victory gave their all and it proved to be enough as referee Dave Copps sounded the final whistle to bring a fine contest to a finish. The Senior, Intermedi- ate and Junior County hurling titles are now all in East Cork which is a huge boost for hurling in the division as St Cathe- rine’s team captain Dan- iel Mangan picked up the Johnny Quirke Cup from county board chairman Ger Lane. St Catherine’s will now


face Tipperary champi- ons Ballybacon-Grange in the Munster semi-final in Ardfinnian this Sun- day with a place in the


final against either Ard- more from Waterford or Bodyke from Clare who meet in WIT Carrigan- ore also next Sunday, so we could yet have a Cork Waterford clash in Mal- low on December 3rd


. St Catherine’s: R Clan-


cy 0-6, B Mulcahy 0-3, R O’Connell, P O’Connor, D Mangan and S O’Brien 0-1 each.


Brian Dillon’s: J Hor-


gan 0-7, C Lynch 0-3, D Rodgers and C McCar- thy 0-1 each. St


Catherine’s: E


Aherne, E Wallace, S Morris, L O’Connor, C Hegarty, C Aherne, E Condon, S O’Brien, S Cotter, R Galvin, B Mulcahy, P O’Connor,


R O’Connell, D Man- gan and S Kearney. Subs used R Clancy for S o’Brien 5inj, J Neville for S Kearney, W Walsh for C Hegarty, P Roche for R O’Connell and C Kear- ney for P O’Connor. Brian Dillon’s: T


Triggs, D McCormick. K Brosnan, P O’Brien, J Varian, D Brosnan, J Noonan, T Lawrence, C McCarthy, R Murphy, D Murphy, K McCormick, C Lynch, D Rodgers and J Horgan Capt. Subs used K Varian for D Murphy, J Feehan for P O’Brien, M White for D McCormick, K Coughlan for R Mur- phy. Referee: Dave Copps (Ballyea)


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