CBS footballers bag a pair of impressive wins

ON TUESDAY, Mitchelstown CBS Under-15 footballers had a big win over De La Salle Macroom in the Munster North semi-final at Mallow.

The final scoreline was Mitchelstown CBS 4-20 to De La Salle Macroom 0-7.

The team was: Oisin Ryan (Fr Sheehy’s), Eoin Geary (Mitchelstown), Cathal Walsh (Mitchelstown), Declan Moriarty (Galtee Gaels), Luke Keane (Mitchelstown), Oisin Hanrahan (Mitchelstown), Bobby Baker (Mitchelstown), Charlie English (0-4, Ballyporeen), Cathal English (1-4, Fr Sheehy’s), Ben Carey (1-0, Fr Sheehy’s), Conor Sherkie (1-3, Kildorrery), David Conroy (Mitchelstown), Eoin Flynn (Mitchelstown), Matthew Fitzgibbon (1-1, Kildorrery), and Killian Cronin (0-6, Kildorrery).

The subs used were: Paddy English (Galtee Gaels) for Ben Carey; and Kevin Cotter (Mitchelstown) for Eoin Flynn.

The CBS senior footballers were in action on Wednesday in the Munster championship against Presentation Brothers Cork at Rathcormac.

CBS led 2-4 to 0-7 at half time. Aided by the breeze on the changeover, CBS continued to do well, with Aaron O’Brien at midfield and Zack McCarthy up front very effective. They emerged winners by 4-12 to 0-14.

The team was: Darren Caplice (Kildorrery), Richard Hurley (Kildorrery), Ryan Donegan (Mitchelstown), Sean Howard (Mitchelstown), Kieran Hurley (Kildorrery), Seamus Coleman (1-1, Mitchelstown), Robert Maher (0-1, Fr Sheehy’s), Aaron O’Brien (Mitchelstown), Gavin English (Fr. Sheehy’s), Sean Watson (0-1, Kildorrery), Jake Buckley (St Dominic’s), Pierce Pigott (Kildorrery), Paddy Hanrahan (1-3, Mitchelstown), Zack McCarthy (2-5, 0-2f, Galtee

Gaels), Diarmuid O’Gorman (Mitchelstown).

The subs used were: Sean O’Connell (Mitchelstown) for Pierce Pigott; Cormac Keane-Hyland (Mitchelstown) for John Howard; Stephen Kenneally (Mitchelstown) for Diarmuid O’Gorman; and Mark Walsh (0-1, Galtee Gaels) for Gavin English.

Mitchelstown CBS Under 16.5 hurlers lost out narrowly to Ennistymon CBS in the Munster Colleges semi final at UL Grounds, Limerick, on Friday.

This was very close game all through. At half time CBS led 1-8 to 0- 9. The sides were level 1-10, 1-11 and 1-12 each before the North Clare side tagged on some good points.

In the end, Ennistymon emerged winners by 1-16 to 1-14.

The Mitchelstown team was: Conor McGrath (Glenroe), Jamie Fogarty (St Dominic’s), Sean O’Doherty (Ballygiblin), Padraigh O’Flynn (Kildorrery),

Cian O’Brien (Fr Sheehy’s), Conor Kent (Kildorrery), Charlie English (Skeheenarinky) Mark Walsh (Ballygiblin), Darragh O’Brien (0-1, St Dominic’s), Eoin Flynn (Ballygiblin), Shane Looney (St Dominic’s), Padraigh Harrington (0-1, Kildorrery),

Evan Hickey (0-1, Skeheenarinky), Dylan Sheehan (0-3, 0-1f, Ballygiblin), Luke Keating (1-8, 0-5f, Kildorrery). The subs used were: Cathal English (Fr Sheehy’s) for Padraigh Harrington; and Oisin Ryan (Fr Sheehy’s) for Evan Hickey.