*Elias Kunz scored a brace for Avenue in their facile win over Shannon Town.
Avenue United have moved to within two points of title holders Newmarket Celtic A in the race for the Premier Division title.
The Ennis side recorded another win at the weekend when they accounted for Shannon Town. Newmarket Celtic A led the way with 30 points from eleven games while Avenue are on 28 points with a game in hand on Celtic.
Shannon Town Utd A 0
Avenue United A 4
Venue: Lynch Park, Shannon
Avenue United A kept up their strong challenge for league honours with this comfortable win over Shannon Town A on Sunday.
A Thomas Hehir goal helped the Ennis side to a 1-0 half time lead and they went on to add three in the second half through Mark Roche who scored from the penalty spot and a brace from Elias Kunz.
Shannon Town A: Darren Whelan; Cody Waller, Brian Monaghan, Darren Griffin, Colum Treacy; Jack Kelly, Ben O’Neill, Gary O’Connell, Brian O’Connor; Liam Boland, Ciaran Hackett;
Subs: Jack Ryan for Boland; Charlie Morrisson for O’Connor; Fionn McInerney for Waller; Steven Carroll for Monahan.
Avenue United A: James Tierney; Cullen McCabe, Simon Cuddy, Dylan Casey, Jamie Roche; Stephen Jordan, Eoghan Thynne, Alan Roche, Mark Roche; Thomas Hehir, Elias Kunz.
Subs; Conor Hehir for J. Roche; Mikey Dinan for A. Roche; Cian O’Dea for T. Hehir; Callum Barrett for M. Roche; Dylan Barry for Thynne
Spoils shared at Lahinch
Sporting Ennistymon 3
Ennis Town 3
Venue: Lahinch
Spoils were shared when Sporting Ennistymon hosted Ennis Town on Sunday in Lahinch.
The home side raced into a 2-0 lead after twenty minutes, their goals coming from Jamesy McConigley and Nna Nneji.
Davy Keenan pulled one back for the visitors at the mid point of the half but Ennistymon struck again through McConigley following a corner by his brother Cathal and they led 3-1 at the interval.
Twenty minutes from the final whistle Robbie Gormley pulled one back for Ennis Town and three minutes later the sides were level after Joe Campbell found the net for the visitors.
Sporting Ennistymon; Jared Gutherless; Ciaaran Monahan, Michael Leigh, Jack O’Dea; Joe Gallagher, Thierry Bouron, Jamesy McConigley Eoin Marrinan; Darren McNamara, Nna Nneji, Sean McConigley;
Subs: Cathal McConigley for Marrinan; Byron Kenny for McNamara;
Ennis Town; Aidan Jordan; Ultan Shiels, Sean Perrill, Eoin Keenan, Adam Fleming, Jashar Aliu, Robbie Gormley, Lee Clohessy, Davy Keenan, Dean Coughlan, Joe Campbell
Sub: Declan Ensko for D. Keenan.
Keogh lands the winner for Lifford
Lifford 1
Mountshannon Celtic 0
Venue: Mountshannon
John Keogh’s goal earned Lifford the points in this Premier Division tie on Sunday. The all important score came in the opening half on a day when Eoghan Monaghan stood out for the winners.
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Lifford: Rhys Phillips; Dan Daly, John Mahers, Eoghan Monaghan, Eddie Killeen; Guillermo, Jean Ganda, Matthew Davenport, Gary McNaboe; John Keogh, Nathan Rezende;
Subs: Ethan Cronin for McNaboe; Niall Guinnane for Davenport; Darragh Madigan for Ganda; Hamad Kuku for Guillermo;
Mountshannon Celtic: Andy O’Dwyer; Niall Minogue, Michael Barrett, Oran Scanlan, Niall Dear; Ronan Dooley, Martin Cunningham, Luke Sugrue, Paul Burke; Ethan Madden, Paddy Fitzgerald;
Sub: Guy Vigurs for Dooley;
Bridge United in control
Shannon Olympic 0
Bridge United A 5
Venue: Shannon
Bridge United A scored a comfortable victory over Shannon Olympic on Sunday. The winners held a 3-0 lead at half time following goals from Kieran Quinlan who converted a penalty after half an hour, Leon Daly two minutes later and Jason Loughnane and Jason Loughnane a minute later again. Brian Corry scored twice in the second half.
Shannon Olympic; Zsolt Lakos; Benjamin Cantillon, Ray Quigley, Dean Power, Pa Madden; Rachid Amallah, Sean McDonald, Ciaran Keane, Ryan Kelly; Declan McDonald, Piotr Kaluzza;
Sub: Alan Kelly for Keane;
Bridge United A; Paul Tuohy; Dan Larkin, Jason Loughnane, Darren Murphy, Alan Mulready; Jonathan Downes, Leon Kelly, Liam Buckley, Kieran Quinlan Leon Daly, Brian Corry;
Subs: Steve Stewart for Downes; Mikey Carr for Loughnane; Alex Collins for Kelly; Brandon O’Halloran for Daly; Conor Deasy for Buckley
