McElvaney Waste & Recycling Intermediate Football Championship Semi-Final
Donaghmoyne 1-11 Inniskeen 0-9 8/10/16
Donaghmoyne qualified for the IFC Final for the second time in three years by seeing off neighbours Inniskeen. Substitute Niall Garland got a late goal to rubber-stamp Donaghmoyne’s progression to the final at the end of a dominant second-half performance. Inniskeen held the edge in the first half, with four Meegans on the scoresheet, but Donaghmoyne were on top thereafter. Paddy Martin’s young charges kicked a total of 13 wides, but with top scorers David Garland and Ronan McDonald landing four points from frees each, they did enough.
Donaghmoyne: S Garland; B Kelly, C Deery, M Murnaghan; F Keenan, S Kelly, S Finnegan; F Markey, N Keenan; D Coleman (0-1), R McDonald (0-4f), C Coleman; D Garland (0-4f), S McElroy (0-1), P Donaghy (Capt.).
Subs: N Garland (1-0) for D Coleman (H-T), D McElroy (0-1) for Deery (48 mins), C Deery for N Keenan (50), J Farrell for D McElroy (black card, 58), D Wilson for S Kelly (59).
Inniskeen: P Dowdall; A Keenan, M McKenna, C Meegan; E McArdle, F McArdle, Pat Meegan (0-1); S Woods, G Dooley; M Monaghan, Paul Meegan (0-6, 5f), M Fitzpatrick; D Meegan (0-1), G McArdle (Capt.), R Meegan (0-1).
Sub: C Boylan for E McArdle (54).
Referee: D Helferty (Truagh).
McElvaney Waste & Recycling Intermediate Football Championship Semi-Final
Rockcorry 1-10 Tyholland 0-10 8/10/16
Rockcorry are in their first IFC Final after a strong second-half performance against Tyholland in Scotstown. A brace of points from Fergal McGeough got Rockcorry off to a good start against Tyholland, but they ended the first half trailing by double-scores (0-6 to 0-3) and they fell five points down within five minutes of the restart. Tyholland looked poised to qualify for a fourth final since 2010, but they scored just two more points, while Rock added 1-7 to their tally. Noel Carroll struck for the all-important goal ten minutes from time, while Paul McKeown and McGeough added late points to secure Rock’s progression.
Rockcorry: J Smith; N McKeown, C McGeough (0-1), A McPhillips; C Quinn, K Daly, M Carroll; M Daly (Capt., 0-2f), M Thornton (0-1); M McGuirk, N Carroll (1-1), L Smyth (0-1); A McGorman, F McGeough (0-3, 1f), P McKeown (0-1).
Subs: C Sheridan for McGuirk (inj., H-T), M McGuirk for McGorman (48 mins), A Tate for Quinn (black card, 53).
Tyholland: P Hamill; P Coyle, R McNally (Capt.), T Connolly; J O’Boyle, N Askin, M McQuaid; J Smith, K O’Connell (0-2); P Finnan, G McQuaid (0-2), G Treanor (0-1); S Treanor, R McKenna (0-3, 1f), D Coyle (0-2, 1f).
Subs: D Treanor for Askin, B McArdle for G Treanor (both 57).
Referee: B McNally (Cremartin).
By cshalvey Sun 16th Oct
