Murphy leads the way in Lannleire win
Naomh Malachi too strong for Westerns
Wolfe Tones made it into the semi-final of the Kevin Mullen Shield with a hard fought victory over a well drilled John Mitchels side at Darver on Wednesday night.
The Drogheda men started the brighter in the game scoring the three opening points as Patrick Fanning kicked two scores from play while Niall Smith notched the third from his left.
The Mitchels got on the scoreboard from a free before Emmet Judge replied for the Tones from a free kick. The Mitchels added a second from another free before the half finished to cut the gap to 0-4 to 0-2.
The second half began with both teams defending well and pressing when they had possession. The Tones scored the first, pushing their lead to three but the Mitchels would respond strong with four unanswered points, to take a one-point lead with 10 minutes to go.
Tones introduced a change to try and tip the balance in their favour, with Graham Fanning replacing his younger brother Patrick in midfield. It proved an inspired one as Graham brought freshness to the middle. He managed to break forward to set up a score for Chris Cudden, making it a drawn game.
The next score proved crucial as good work from Emmet Judge allowed Jamie McCormack to score the only goal of the game.
The Mitchels fought to the end but could only manage to add one more point to their tally as the Drogheda side held out for victory. WOLFE TONES: Christopher Eustace; Tadgh Rock, Reece Owens, Adam Gartland; Cathal Bergin, Sam Kelly, Kevin Collier; Mark Healy, Patrick Fanning 0-2; Jamie McCormack 1-1, Gareth Cooney, Chris Cudden 0-1; Niall Smith 0-1, Darren Weldon, Emmet Judge 0-1. Subs: Graham Fanning for P Fanning, Danny Ryan for K Collier.
JOHN MITCHELS: David Anderson; Anthony Coyle, Niall Carroll, Aaron Kane; Kevin Gallagher, John Bingham, Gareth Finnegan; Aaron Keeley, James Clarke; Stephen Bingham, Robbie Coyle, Barry Kirk 0-2; Trevor Matthews 0-2, John Gallagher 0-3, Gareth Kane. Subs: Mikey Nulty for K Gallagher, Barry Cousins for G Finnegan, Steven Coyle for S Bingham, Alan Mackin for A Coyle.
LANNLEIRE advanced to the semi-final of the Kevin Mullen Shield following a four point win over Glen Emmets in Darver on Tuesday night.
The sides were level four points each at the interval with Lannleire forwards being the more wasteful with their scoring opportunities.
The Dunleer attack improved their accuracy in the second half and went on to win by eleven points to seven with Colin Murphy contributing five points for the winners, while Paul Doyle, Bob Murphy and Ian Mulroy also kicked important scores.
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The margin may have been greater but for some good goalkeeping by Emmets No.1 Fergus Barnett, while Ronan Grufferty and Kealan O’Neill top-scored for the Tullyallen men with two points apiece. LANNLEIRE: Liam Callan; Laurence McEntee, Paul McGeough, Jason Torris; Gary Monaghan, Briain McGuinness, Caoimhin Maher; Jack Maguire, Pierce Hawkins; Conal Maher, Colin Murphy 0-5, Killian Gregory; Ian Mulroy 0-2, Bob Murphy 0-2, Paul Doyle 0-2. Subs: Peter Fortune, Aaron McArdle.
GLEN EMMETS: Fergus Barnett; Evan Lynch, Evan English, Joe Farrelly; David Bracken, Sam Kenny, Keith Farnan; Mark Garvey 0-1, Robert Byrne; Isaac Walsh 0-1, Ronan Grufferty 0-2, Keith Lynch; Sean Byrne, Kealan O’Neill 0-2, Danny Grimes 0-1. Subs: Cathal Maguire for R Byrne, Jamie Farnan for J Farrelly, Alan McGrane for K O’Neill, Conor Byrne for E Lynch.
NAOMH Malachi eased into the semi-final of the Kevin Mullen Shield when they proved too strong for the Westerns at Darver on Tuesday night.
The Courtbane side were on top throughout the game and after taking a four-point lead into the break they confirmed their place in the last four with goals from Jamie Kelly and Keelan Conlon.
The Mals took the lead after two minutes when Shane Rogers was on target but it wasn’t until the end of the third quarter that they added to their tally and points from Rogers and Donal Begley helped them stretch the gap to five points.
The Westerns got off the mark just before the interval when Conor Kerr found the target to cut the deficit to 0-5 to 0-1.
Paudi Moley opened the scoring for the Malachis in the second period as they continued to dominate the game. After eight minutes a goal from Jamie Kelly had his side firmly in control before Keelan Conlon found the net on 26 minutes to put the game beyond doubt.
The Westerns hit back in the dying moments with a goal from Stephen Boylan but it proved little consolation as the Malachis advanced to the semi-final. NAOMH MALACHI: Christopher McCaughley; Ciaran Murtagh, Chris Smith, Conor Begley; Donal Mulholland, David Begley, Pete McShane; Paudi Moley 0-1, David Rogers; Donal Begley 0-1, Shane Rogers 0-4, Stephen Smith; Stephen Burns, Jamie Kelly 1-1, Patrick Smith. Subs: Mark Meegan, Paul Gogarty, Emmet Mullen, Keelan Conlon 1-0, Ronan McElroy.
WESTERNS: Peter Shiels; Liam Murray, Shane Matthews, Colin Martin; Mick Martin, Terence Sweeney, Andy Murray; Finn Duffy, Ciaran Scriven; Conor Kerr 0-2, John Murray, Sean McGuinness; Ciaran Campbell 0-1 Anthony Durnin, Ryan Duffy. Subs: Stephen Boylan 1-0 for S Matthews, Aidan McGarrell for T Sweeney, Patrick Kerley for A Durnin.