*Clarecastle/Ballyea’s Doireann Murphy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill
THE race for the Clare senior camogie title (McMahon cup) continued at the weekend when there were some high scoring games.
Neighbours Sixmilebridge and Newmarket-on-Fergus copied their senior hurlers by drawing their clash which was played on Saturday evening. Clarecastle/Ballyea pipped Kilmaley while Inagh/Kilnamona and Feakle/Killanena emerged as winners over Kilkishen and St. Joseph’s respectively
Spoils shared between Bridge & Blues
Sixmilebridge 1-14
Newmarket-on-Fergus 1-14
Venue: Fr McNamara Park, Doora
A goal from a penalty in the final minute of normal time played a key part in Newmarket-on-Fergus earning a share of the spoils with neighbours Sixmilebridge.
The goal, converted by Ellen Casey, put Newmarket into the lead but, having led for much of the tie, Sixmilebridge weren’t to be denied and Chloe Morey fired over the levelling point from a free a minute later.
The ’Bridge led by two points at the interval when the score was 0-9 to 0-7 and that was still the margin as the game reached the final minute of normal time.
Sixmilebridge: Sinead Hogan; Aoife Hurley, Rachel Kelly, Mollie Purcell; Niamh Lyons, Chloe Morey (0-4), Eloise O’Brien; Roisin O’Grady, Donna O’Sullivan; Chaarlotte Chaplin Emma Stanley, Orla Cahill; Aoibhin McNamara 0-8), Olivia Phelan (0-1), Finia O’Brien (1-1)
Subs; Kiah Mellett for D O’Sullivan; Grace Stafford for O Cahill
Newmarket-on-Fergus: Laura McMahon; Aoife Crimmins, Jessie Hogan, Maeve Begley; Kate Kennedy, Caoimhe Lally, Grainne McMahon; Ellen Casey (1-5), Kaci Twomey (0-1); Emma Crowe, Carol O’Leary (0-3), Michelle McMahon (0-2); Ann Marie Hayes, Jenny Kelly (0-2), Brid Enright (0-1)
Subs; Caoimhe Hegarty for B. Enright; Laura Mai Hannan for A. M. Hayes
Inagh/Kilnamona lay foundation in opening half
Inagh/Kilnamona 1-22
Kilkishen 1-12
Venue: Clareabbey
A strong first half showing, at the end of which they were eleven points clear (1-11 to 0-3) laid the foundation for Inagh/Kilnamona’s latest win in this season’s Clare senior camogie championship.
Kilkishen, to their credit, fought back strongly in the second half but they had left themselves with a big hill to climb.
Aoibhinn Ryan top scored for the winners with a dozen points half of which came from play in a tie in which their goalscorer was the experienced Clare Hehir.
Olivia Moroney was the Kilkishen goalscorer.
Inagh/Kilnamona: Cara McInerney; Jane Fitzgerald, Cliodhna Queally, Hannah Shannon; Amy Shannon, Laoise Ryan, Cathy Cullinan; Laura Rynne (0-1), Sinead Power (0-1); Clare Hehir (1-1), Aoibhin Ryan (0-12, 6f), Elisha Rynne; Danielle Griffin (0-4), Fiona Lafferty (0-1), Kate Dowling (0-2)
Subs: Clare Commane for F. Lafferty; Teresa O’Keeffe for K. Dowling; Mary McInerney for A. Shannon
Kilkishen; Edel McNamara; Grainne Cooney, Orla McInerney, Abby Heffernan; Aine Lenihan, Caoimhe Kelly (0-1), Katie Frost; Eimear Murphy (0-1), Eilis Whitney; Olivia Moroney (1-0), Alannah Ryan (0-3), Kate Lynch (0-3); Cara Close, Siobhan Lenihan (0-4), Nollaig Baker;
Subs: Aoife Frost for N. Baker; Michaela McNamara for C Close
Goals win games
Clarecastle-Ballyea 6-7
Kilmaley 1-21
Venue: Kilnamona
Goals win games and this certainly proved to be the case in this senior camogie championship tie at the weekend when Clarecastle/Ballyea found the net six times on their way to a one point win over their neighbours Kilmaley.
Kilmaley led by the minimum at the halfway point when the score was 0-13 to 3-3, Clare inter county player Hannah Mai Neylon getting her side’s three first half goals.
The sides continued to be evenly matched in the second half when Hannah Mai Neylon struck for another major while their other two gold came from Emma O’Donoghue. Caoimhe Cahill top scored for Kilmaley with 1-6 while Chloe Neylon contributed 0-7 in what was an entertaining contest.
Clarecastle/Ballyea; Suzy O’Shea; Orla Hogan, Fiona Breen, Molly Cotter; Chloe Devitt, Doireann Murphy, Aoife Murphy;; Amie Wiley, Louise Griffin; Evie Scanlan (0-3), Emma O’Donoghue(2-1), Ivanna Costello (0-1); Gillian Scanlan, Hannah Mai Neylon (4-1), Leah Kelly (0-1);
Subs; Stella Quinlivan for C Devitt; Emya Dolan for A. Murphy; Emma O’Loughlin for I. Costello;
Kilmaley; Maria Burke; Leona Grace, Sara Ni Ceallaigh, Helen McMahon; Sinead O’Keeffe, Jodi Cahill, Alana Doherty; Caoimhe Carmody (0-3), Emily Carmody; Grace Carmody (0-3), Caoimhe Cahill (1-6), Martina Keane; Clare McMahon (0-1), Chloe Neylon (0-7), Kate Hayes (0-1);
Subs: Keela Markham for M. Keane; Kate Lees for A. Doherty
Second half goals help steer Feakle/Killanena to victory
Feakle/Killanena 3-16
St. Josephs 1-10
Venue: Fr McNamara Park
After a fairly evenly contested first half Feakle/Killanena held a four point advantage, 0-10 to 0-6, Shauna Canny having contributed 0-6 to her side’s tally, three each from play and frees
Second half goals from Claire and Lorna McNamara and a Shauna Canny penalty helped steer the East Clare side to a merited win.
Ashling Hannan struck for the Doora/Barefield outfit’s goal in a tie in which they showed a big improvement on their previous week’s performance.
Feakle/Killanena: Roisin Quilligan; Eileen Daly, Maeve Brady, Rachael McNamara; Aine Daly, Ella McNamara, Claire McNamara (1-0); Roisin McMahon (0-1), Sophie Conway (0-1); Bronagh Brady, Regan Conway (0-1), Vera Loughnane (0-1); Shauna Canny (1-6), Louise O’Callaghan (0-1), Zi Yan Spillane (0-3)
Subs; Robyn Conway (0-1) for L. O’Callaghan; Lorna McNamara (1-1) for B. Brady; Sinead McMahon for A. Daly; Sinead Canny for R McMahon
St. Josephs: Karen McMahon; Sinead O’Connor, Hannah Doyle, Fiona Tuohy; Siofra Ni Chonail, Ashlig McMahon, Orla Moloney; Eabhaa O’Driscoll, Maedhbh O’Connor; Shauna Moloney, Eimear Clune, Sophie Torpey (0-4); Siobhan King (0-4) Aisling Hannan (1-1), Ciara Duggan
Subs: Alannah Meaney for F Tuohy(inj); Amy Reynolds for E. Clune; Katie Callaghan for C Duggan; Lyndsay Clarke for S. Moloney (inj); Amy Lenihan (0-1) for S King;
