McElvaney Waste & Recycling Intermediate Football Championship Preliminary Round
Carrickmacross 1-15 Blackhill 0-14 22/7/17
Carrickmacross and Inniskeen started the McElvaney Waste & Recycling Intermediate Football Championship with hard-earned wins in last Sunday’s preliminary-round double-header in Castleblayney. Seán Downey’s haul of 1-10 saw Carrick past a spirited Blackhill side, for whom ten points from Michael Geehan couldn’t inspire a winning return to the IFC.
Carrickmacross: A O’Rourke; J Guinan, C Duffy, C Martin; A Murray, J Conlon (0-1), C Cromwell (Capt.); A Lynch, N Loughman (0-1); R O’Connor (0-1), M Downey, A Jones (0-1); C McEnaney, S O’Hanlon (0-1), S Downey (1-10, 0-9f).
Subs: P O’Hanlon for Jones (34 mins), J McGeown for P O’Hanlon (black card, 36), R Carolan for M Downey (55), D Eakin for Guinan (black card, 60 + 2).
Blackhill: M Shevlin; T Courtney, R Courtney, J Daly; T Geehan, R Craig, D Courtney; A Courtney, D Daly (Capt., 0-2f); H Byrne, P Donnelly, Stephen Courtney; M Geehan (0-10, 7f), C Woods (0-1), N Donnelly (0-1).
Subs: Shane Courtney for T Courtney (H-T), M McArdle for D Daly (black card, 39), A Burns for Craig (black card, 41), P Murphy for Stephen Courtney (48).
Referee: B McNally (Cremartin).
McElvaney Waste & Recycling Intermediate Football Championship Preliminary Round
Inniskeen 2-14 Toome 1-14 22/7/17
Last year’s JFL winners Toome also put up a good showing in their step up to the IFC, but they fell just short against Inniskeen. Dónal (1-3), Paul (0-5) and Ronan (0-3) Meegan led the scoring for Inniskeen, with Michael Fitzpatrick getting their other goal and Gerard McArdle gaining the bulk of possession at midfield. Youngsters James Wilson and Frank Connolly hit 1-8 between them for Toome, but although they cut an eight-point deficit to three, Wilson (who had earlier netted a penalty) saw his second spot-kick tipped over the bar by Inniskeen keeper Pauric Dowdall.
Inniskeen: P Dowdall; F McArdle, J Butler, A Keenan; C Meegan, M McKenna (0-1), C Boylan; TJ Byrne, G McArdle; S Woods (0-1), M Monaghan (0-1), M Fitzpatrick (1-0); R Meegan (0-3), P Meegan (0-5, 4f), D Meegan (1-3, 0-1f).
Subs: P Garland for F McArdle (35 mins), C McNulty for Byrne (45), S Callan for Fitzpatrick (55), E McArdle for Monaghan (black card, 60).
Toome: S Murphy; M O’Reilly, J Murphy (Capt.), M McMahon; G Connolly, S Lambe (0-1), S McCooey (0-1); A Lambe, S McMahon; G Wilson, A McDonnell, F Connolly (0-4, 3f); S Moore (0-1), H Connolly (0-2), J Wilson (1-5, 1-1 pens, 0-3f).
Subs: L McCooey for McDonnell (H-T), C McCooey for S Lambe (inj., 60 + 6).
Referee: C Mulligan (Aghabog).
By cshalvey Sat 29th Jul
