*Kilmaley’s Brian McNamara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill.
DESPITE the inclement weather conditions at the weekend which led to the cancellation of some sporting fixtures, nine games were played in the Clare under 21 hurling championships.
Kilmaley progressed to the B championship final where they will face either Clarecastle or Broadford whose game was one of the fixtures to fall foul of the bad weather.
The way is clear for the C championship decider where O’Callaghans Mills will take on Ruan thanks to their victories over Crusheen and Banner respectively on Sunday.
The inaugural D1 final will see Ennistymon who accounted for Bodyke face Whitegate, the latter receiving a walkover from Kilkee/Bealaha.
In the D2 final Clarecastle will take on Clooney/Quin, both having recorded one point wins over St. Josephs and Éire Óg respectively.
Meanwhile in the B shield final Newmarket-on-Fergus will face either Ballyea or Clonlara.
Parteen/Meelick, thanks to a one point win over Smith O’Briens are through to face either Wolfe Tones or Corofin in the C shield final while the D shield final will see Tubber take on Sixmilebridge or Scariff/Ogonnelloe.
Brian McNamara the hero for Kilmaley
Kilmaley 0-20
Cratloe 2-13
Venue: Clonlara
Inter county footballer Brian McNamara was the hero for Kilmaley as he scored the winning point with the last puck of the game in their under 21 B semi-final game with Cratloe at Broadford.
It was a result which didn’t seem likely at the halfway stage as Cratloe led by thirteen points.
This was the proverbial game of two halves with Cratloe, playing with the aid of a strong wind in the opening half going to the break leading on a score of 2-11 to 0-4.
The South Clare side’s goals came from Jake Moylan and Tadhg Lohan with both each scoring a number of points. Keelan O’Donoghue was another to contriute some points
Cian Neylon was Kilmaley’s scorer in chief contributing 0-9 in total, eight coming from frees.
In all they had eight players on the scoresheet. In the final they will face either Clarecastle or Broadford whose game was postponed because of inclement weather and will now go ahead next weekend.
Kilmaley; Josh Daniels; Aaron Clohessy, Diarmuid Cahill, Evan Casey; Luke Reid, Brian McNamara, Joe Casey; Cian Neylon, Thomas McGuire; Colm Carmody, Colm Killeen, Daire Culligan; Dylan Keane Hayes, Thomas Clancy, Evan Cahill.
Subs: Jack Warren for Clohessy; Patrick Clancy for E. Casey
Cratloe; Eoin Deegan; Michael Flanagan, Jake Higgins, Oisin Collins; Cathal Lohan, Jamie Moylan, Riain McNamara; Sam Sheehy, Eanna Collins; Daire Neville, Matthew Danagher, John Flanagan; Tadhg Lohan, Jake Moylan, Keelan O’Donoghue
Subs used: John McAuliffe, Cian O’Gorman, Evan Crowe
Referee: John Bugler (Whitegate)
Boyce hits the winner for Mills
O’Callaghans Mills 3-11
Crusheen 2-13
Venue: Hamilton Park, Kilkishen
Seanie Boyce top scored for his club with 1-5 as O’Callaghans Mills booked their place in the under 21 C championship final with victory by the minimum margin over Crusheen.
After Dr. Daly Park in Tulla was ruled out due to the weather conditons, the sides agreed to play the game at Hamilton park in Kilkishen.
This was a closely fought contest throughout with the winners holding a two point advantage at half time when the score was 1-8 to 1-6.
The game’s top scorer was Crusheen’s Oisin O’Donnell who hit 2-9.
O’Callaghans Mills; Mikey Canny; Ronan O’Dea, Liam Boyce, Daniel Burke; Oisin Cleary, Fionn Hickey (0-1), Niall Melody; Cathal McInerney (0-1). Darragh Moroney (1-1); Billy Scanlan, Colm Cleary (0-2), Kyle Tuohy; Billy Moroney (1-1), Seanie Boyce (1-5), Killian Boland;
Sub; Martin Bon for O’Cleary;
Crusheen; Fionn O’Donnell; Ronan Kearney, Cian Fogarty, Kyle Scanlon;John O’Sullivan, Oisin O’Donnell (2-9), Tom Tynan; Eoghan McMahon, James O’Sullivan (0-1);Daaniel Liddy, Luke Ketalaar (0-3), Glenn O’Sullivan; Calvin Butler, Dylan Lyons, Sean Hanrahan;
Subs: Ray Tyan for C. Butler; Roan Ketalaar for T. Tynan
Referee: Jim Hickey (Cratloe)
Ruan seal final spot
Ruan 3-11
Banner 2-10
Venue: Gurteen
Goals from Frankie Lyons (2) and Thomas O’Halloran helped steer Ruan to victory over Banner in this under 21 C championship semi-final played at Gurteen this Sunday.
Banner started brightly and raced into a four point lead before Ruan opened their account but when the half time whistle sounded the winners were three clear, 2-5 to 0-8.
While the sides remained evenly matched in the second half, Ruan remained in front and deservingly emerged with a narrow victory.
Lining out at midfield, Ronan Kilroy top scored for Banner, contributing 1-7 of their total on a day when their forward line managed just one point.
Ruan; Keelan Mounsey; Jason Power, Tom O’Halloran, Jamie Ryan; James Cullinan, Piaras Ó Sé (0-1), Darragh Corey; Christian Cummins, Alan Woodford; Thomas O’Halloran (1-2), Ryan Power, James O’Sullivan (0-2); Ben Kelly, Jack McDonagh (0-2), Frankie Lyons (2-4)
Sub; Daniel Moloney for B. Kelly
Banner; Fionnan McManus; Oisin McMahon, Eoin Fitzzpatrick, Conor O’Toole; Diarmuid Toner (0-2), Matthew McGrath (1-0), Sean McMahon; Ronan Kilroy (1-7), Caleb Walsh; Sam Montwell, Jusrtin McGrath, Ben O’Halloran; Liam Hughes, Callun Henchy, Scott O’Loughlin Kelly (0-1);
Subs: Conal O’Reilly for Montwell; Keelan Bane for C. O’Toole;
Referee: Ger Hoey (Killanena)
