St Molaise Gaels outclass Geevagh
Connacht Gold Inter C’ship Group One – Round One St Molaise Gaels 4-22 Geevagh 0-12
SAINT Molaise Gaels made a definitive statement last Saturday, thrashing Geevagh by 22 points, 4-22 to 0-12, in the opening round of the Connacht Gold Intermediate Football Championship.
The north Sligo side, favourites to emerge from Group One as one of the section’s two semi-finalists, started as they meant to go on – James Heraghty netted after 15 seconds.
Against a Geevagh side relegated from last year’s Homeland Senior Football Championship and a team minus the power and precision of Pat Hughes and Kevin Henry, St Molaise Gaels know that tougher challenges are in store.
Still this game was an exhibition of the winners’ attacking expertise – Michael Langan bagged 1-8, team captain Alan McLoughlin shot 1-6 and James Heraghty supplied 1-2. St Molaise Gaels’ first-half authority
SAINT Patrick’s marked their return to the Connacht Gold Intermediate at Football Championship with a six-point defeat of Ballymote, 3-15 to 3-9, Collooney’s Connolly Park last Saturday evening. of Coincidentally, St Pat’s were relegated to the Junior ‘A’ ranks in October to 0-10 2019 when losing a play-off to Ballymote, who dodged the drop in a 1-8 their win. Maybe the west Sligo club were anxious to avenge that outcome and a sign powerful first-half, which saw them lead by 10 points at the break, was of their intent.
Padraic Clarke, who would finish with a haul of 2-6, scored one of the firsthalf goals for St Pat’s, with Donal Brady also finding the net.
Ballymote responded in the second-half and this recovery reduced the in this deficit to two points with around 15 minutes left. Their leading forwards
1-2. game were Zak O’Dowd, who scored 1-4, and Jack Hever, whose tally was St Pat’s, however, rediscovered their previous verve to register a fine win. Ballymote play Geevagh this Saturday in Keash (6pm), with St Pat’s not
St playing until Saturday, September 3, when they encounter the might of Molaise Gaels at Cloonacool Community Park (6pm).
Padraic Clarke (2-6), Donal Brady (1-0), Pierce Kearins (0-3), Ciaran Giblin (0-2), Darragh Williams (0-1), Joe McMunn (0-1), David Giblin (0-1), James Clarke (0-1)
(1-0), Ballymote scorers: Zak O’Dowd (1-4), Jack Hever (1-2), Oisin Brennan
Niall Colsh (0-2), Stephen Ross (0-1) three-pointer by St Molaise Gaels goalkeeper Niall McLoughlin in the second-half.
This coming Saturday, St Molaise Gaels face Eastern Harps at Kent Park in Ballydoogan (5pm), with Geevagh up against Ballymote at Fr Kevin Brehony Park, Keash, an hour later (6pm). Harps didn’t play last weekend while Ballymote were beaten by St Patrick’s.