*William Glass netted a hat-trick for Mountshannon Celtic. Photograph: Cealtra Communications
Action continued in the Banner Carpets and Flooring Clare Cup over the weekend with Mountshannon Celtic and Lifford sealing their places in the second round.
Mountshannon Celtic 4
Shannon Town C 0
William Glass scored a hat trick and Oran Scanlon also got on the scoresheet as Mountshannon Celtic recorded a comfortable first round win over Shannon Town C in the Banner Carpets and Flooring Clare Cup.
The East Clare side now advance to face Ennis Town FC in the last sixteen.
Mountshannon Celtic; Andy O’Dwyer; Sean Browne, Oran Scanlan, Michael Barrett, Niall Dear, Guy Vigurs, Ronan dooley, Niall Minogue, Ciaran Keenan, Paddy Fitzgerald, William Glass;
Subs; Luke Sugrue for Vigours; Ben harrington for S. Browne; Ethan Madden for N. Minogue
Bridge Utd B 1
Lifford 6
Premier outfit Lifford proved too strong for Bridge United B in this Clare Cup first round tie on Sunday.
Scorers for the winners who led 5-0 at half time were Niall Guinnane (2), Keith Shea, Paul Martyn, Dylan Ryan and Matthew Davenport.
Lifford: Rhys Phuillips; Jean Ganda, Eddie Killeen, John Maher, Darragh Kerins; Paul Martin, Guillermo Bazic, Niall Guinnane, Ruairi Norrby, Dylan Ryan, Keith Shea
Subs: Dan Daly for Maher; Zac Guilfoyle for Guinnane; Nathaan Rezende for Guillermo; Matthew Davenport for Norrby; Juan for Ryan
Race continues
The race for the Banner Carpets and Flooring Clare Cup continues this weekend with six games listed for decision.
In round 1, Avenue B will host Kilkishen Celtic while Shannon Town B will have Kilrush Rangers as visitors.
Holders Newmarket Celtic A will travel to play Kildysart Celtic in a round 2 fixture. Also in round 2, Moher Celtic will have Shannon Hibs A as visitors to Lahinch while Avenue United will hope to put the disappointment of losing in both the FAI and Munster junior cups in the past two weeks behind them when they face Manus B on this Thursday with the winners travelling to play Corofin Harps on Sunday.
In an all Premier Division clash, Shannon Town will have home advantage when they entertain Lifford A
Results:
League results from last weekend are as follows
First division:
Tulla Utd 4 Turnpike 1
Moher Celtic 4 Coole FC 5
Newmarket Celtic B 3 Avenue B 0;
Second division:
Inch Crusaders 4 Kildysart 2
Manus Celtic A 0 Corofin 2
Connolly Celtic 2 Kilkishen 0
Rhine Rovers 6 Shannon Hibs B 0
Third division:
Bunratty/Cratloe 7 Moher Celtic B 0
