Intermediates ready for Kilnamartyra

MACROOM take on Béal Átha ‘n Ghaorthaidh in the Premier Intermediate Championship in Kilnamartyra next Sunday at 3pm. Both teams lost in the opening round and the losers will be out of the championship.

Béal Átha defeated Macroom in the quarter-final in 2016 but Macroom are well prepared and are hoping to take the spoils.

Premier Intermediate: Kelleher Shield, Div. 1 Football League: Macroom 0-13, Valley Rovers 4-10.

AN under strength Macroom were beaten by Valley Rovers in Kilnamartyra on Saturday night. Macroom, aided by the breeze in the first-half, trailed by 2-3 to 0-8 at half-time, having missed four point-scoring chances from frees and play. After 50 minutes the teams were level 0-13 to 2-7 but ‘Valleys’ added 2-3 in the final seven minutes.

U-6S: Macroom U-6s played their first ever game when they entertained Clondrohid.

Macroom players were divided into four mini sides and Clondrohid into two. In a round-robin format, they played each other in a very pleasant morning of football.

U-7/U-8: In a blitz in Aghinagh, Macroom played superbly against Aghinagh, Iveleary and Kilnamartyra.

U-10: The Under 10s won two matches on Saturday in the Dromtarriffe Blitz and lost out to Glenville. The team played brilliantly over two weekends and won five out of six games.

U-11: On Friday the U-11s played Naomh Abán, away, in a very good ‘run-out’. The match was even at the start but then Macroom found it easier to score.

The efforts of the Macroom lads was excellent. Macroom won by a few points.