What has been a very successful year for Banner GAA club concluded on Saturday when the Ennis based club won its first ever under 21 championship crown in its forty four year history.
Banner 2-14
Ennistymon 0-11
Venue: Pairc Finne, Corofin
A merited victory saw the Banner club capture the U21C championship when they proved too strong for Ennistymon.
Three points ahead at half time when the score was 0-8 to 0-5, the Banner had the better of the second half and a goal from Daniel Daly sent them on their way to this latest success at the end of a season which saw them capture the minor B football championship title, the 2020 junior A football title and the under 21 B shield (losers section) football title
With Shane Meehan in sparkling form, his five points in the opening half gave the Banner a lead they would hold throughout. Ennistymon could have been closer at the mid point but they failed to capitalise on a numbers of opportunities from placed balls.
Daniel Daly’s goal in the third quarter extended the winner’s lead and from here on they dominated and emerged a worthy winners. Thomas Meenaghan got the team’s second goal
After the game team captain Ian Molloy was presented with the trophy by Clare GAA’s vice chairman Michael O’Connor.
Banner: Justin McGrath; Ronan Marron, Oisin McMahon; Ian Molloy, Niall Walsh (0-1) Andala Flynn; Brian Moloney, Shane Meehan (0-9, 5f); Daniel Daly (1-1), Matthew McGrath (0-1), Thomas Meenaghan (1-1); Mark Cleary, Diarmuid Toner(0-1);
Subs: Aaron Kelly for Cleary; Sam Montwell for Daly; Cian McNulty for Flynn, Andrew Vaughan, Dylan Mooney, Andy Shannon.
Ennistymon; Oliver Considine; Thomas O’Dwyer, Niall Hogan; Tadhg Flynn, Diarmuid Fahy (0-1), Joshua Vaughan; Ciaran McMahon, Liam Cotter (0-1); Niall Canavan, Eoin Rouine, Ryan Barry; Dara McInerney (0-8, 6f, 1 ‘65), Macdara O’Keeffe;
Subs: Christopher Organ (0-1) for O’Keeffe; Brian McNamara for Flynn; Eanna Rouine for Canavan; Eoin Hurley for Barry; Jack O’Regan for E. Rouine, Ryan Barry, Darran McNamara, David McNamara, Ultan MacDomhnaill, Kevin Nunan, Conor Gallagher, Shane O’Loughlin, Aaron Stackpoole.
Referee: Flan O’Reilly (Cratloe)
