Round Up | Division 1

John O'Neill Sand & Gravel Division 1

ST. MOCHTAS 0-15

NH MAIRTIN 0-10

St. Mochtas moved clear at the top of Division 1 thanks to this five-point victory over Nh Mairtin in Louth Village on Sunday afternoon.

The hosts took full advantage of the defeat suffered by Newtown Blues as they opened up a two-point gap at the top with their sixth win in seven outings.

Declan Byrne (7) and Danny Kindlon (3) accounted the majority of the scores for the winners in what was overall another impressive showing.

It was nip-and-tuck throughout the opening half but the Mochtas were slightly more efficient in front of the posts as they built up a 0-6 to 0-4 lead at the short whistle.

It was a similar story in the second half and despite the Mairtins adding points through Tom Gray and Jack Lynch, the Louth Village men came out on top by five.

ST. MOCHTAS: Daire O’Shea; Ryan Cash, Ben Goss Kieran, Liam Lawlor; Owen Lennon, Andrew English, David Lennon; Darren McMahon 0-1, Sean Flynn 0-2; Gerry Garland 0-1, Shane Lennon, Dylan Farrell; Jamie Farrell, Decky Byrne 0-7, Daniel Craven.

Subs: Oisin Callan for D Lennon, Phily Englishby for R Cash, Cormac Smyth 0-1 for D Farrell, Danny Kindlon 0-3 for D Craven.

NH MAIRTIN: Joe Gordon 0-4; Eoin Cooney, Shane Morgan, Colm Egan; Evan Whelan, Sean Healy, Craig Callanan; Adam Booth, Joe McGrane 0-1; Cian Sands, Val Leddy 0-1, Enda McDonnell; Ben Callanan, Daragh Dorian 0-2, Paddy Usher.

Subs: Tom Gray 0-1 for E McDonnell, Jack Lynch 0-1 for P Usher, Finbarr Johnson for S Morgan, Adam Callanan for J McGrane

SEAN O’MAHONYS 0-13

COOLEY KICKHAMS 1-10

Johnny Connolly landed a last-gasp point to earn a draw for the Sean O’Mahonys at home to Cooley Kickhams on Sunday afternoon.

The visitors appeared to be on course for victory in what was an entertaining game played in good conditions but once again the Dundalk men showed great spirt to ensure they had something to show for their efforts.

Despite the attacking intent of both teams, the first half was a low-scoring affair and ended with the teams level at four points apiece, with Michael Rafferty among the points for the Cooley.

The scoring rate increased in the second half and it looked as if Cooley had taken a decisive step with the only goal of the game from Cian Connor. However, the O’Mahonys kept in touch with points from Thomas Rice and Stephen Kilcoyne before Connolly had the final say.

SEAN O’MAHONYS: Eddie Maguire 0-1; Gary Cawley, John O’Brien, Kian McEvoy; Oisin Breen, Aaron Boyle 0-1, Conor Mackin; Gareth Hall, Brian McGuirk; Johnny Connolly 0-3, Tiarnan Cassidy, Junior Shotayo; Conor Finnegan, Conor Martin 0-1, Thomas Rice 0-5.

Subs: Stephen Kilcoyne 0-2 for B McGuirk, Colin Finan for J O’Brien, Daniel Crawley for O Breen.

COOLEY KICKHAMS: Neil Gallagher; Ronan McBride, Eoin McDaid, Dean McGreehan; Gerry Malone, Paul Brennan, James Loughran; Fearghal Malone 0-2, Peter Thornton; Michael Carron, Enda O’Neill 0-2, Sean Hoey; Cian Connor 1-1, Michael Rafferty 0-5, Richard Brennan.

ST. MARY'S 3-18

ST. FECHIN'S 1-11

St. Marys continued their good run of form as they made it three wins from four outings with a comfortable victory away to St Fechins.

The first half was a well contested affair but the Ardee side made the most of their scoring chances and went in at the half way mark with a 0-9 to 1-3 lead.

The Fechins goal came in the first five minutes and was finished off by John Woods, while points came from Joe Corrigan, Niall Devlin, Evan McCluskey.

St Marys came out shooting in the second half, adding two to their tally before the home side stayed in touch with three points in a row from Brian Devlin, Joe Corrigan and James McGlew all in the first six minutes of play.

However, any hope the Fechins had of putting pressure on the visitors were dashed when the Marys found the net through Conor Gillespie, Adam Gillespie and Andy Murphy.

ST. MARY'S: Tiernan Markey; Jay Crawley, Paraic McKenny, Keelin Martin; Tadhg McDonnell 0-1, Kian Moran 0-1, Carl Gillespie 0-3; Sean Callaghan, Evan Malone; Conor Gillespie 1-4, Shane Matthews 0-2, Dean Matthews; Adam Gillespie 1-2, Ciaran McConnon 0-1, Josh Taaffe 0-2.

Subs: TJ Doheny 0-1 for S Matthews, Andy Murphy 1-1 for T McDonnell, Lorcan Buckley for S Callaghan, Conor Keenan for K Martin, Calum Noade for D Matthews.

ST. FECHIN'S: Kyle Meegan; Dylan Rice, Shane Reilly, Mark Holohan; John O’Connell, Aaron McGlew 0-1, Danny Burnell; Joe Corrigan 0-4, Jamie McDonnell; Evan McCluskey 0-3, Colm O’Neill, Adam Kirwan; James McGlew 0-1, Naill Devlin 0-1, John Woods 1-0.

Subs: Matthew Flanagan for J O’Connell, Brian Devlin 0-1 for A Kirwan, Mikey McMahon for J Woods, Adam O’Neill for D Burnell.

GERALDINES 1-11

NEWTOWN BLUES 1-6

Geraldines’ return to form continued when they made if five points from three games over the past week to move into fourth place in the table.

In the process, they knocked the Blues off top spot by inflicting only a second defeat of the campaign on the Drogheda men.

Shane Rogers with 1-4 and Jim McEneaney (3) were the scorers-in-chief for the winners in a game in which they had the edge from the outset.

At half time it was looking good for the visitors to Newfoundwell as they went in at the interval with a 0-7 to 0-4 advantage.

Shane Rogers and Ross Nally traded goals in the second half as the Gers maintained their lead and ran out worthy winners.

GERALDINES: Sean McEneaney; Tiarnan Hand, Darragh O Gradaigh, Paul Clarke; Neil Gartlan, Sean Thornton, Thomas McNamara; Michael Rogers 0-2, Brian Cafferty 0-1; James Craven, Jim McEneaney 0-3, John McCrohan; Niall Brennan 0-1, Shane Rogers 1-4, Tom Cunniffe.

Subs: Shaun Callan for T Hand, Shayne Soraghan for T Cunniffe, David O’Connell for S Soraghan.

NEWTOWN BLUES: Johnny McDonnell; Iollan Farrell, Thomas Costello, Ian Connor; Conor Ni Criosta 0-1, Daire Nally 0-1, Liam Brannigan; Alan Connor, Ryan Kelly 0-1; Paddy Price, Lorcan McQuillan, Jack Healy; Conor Moore 0-1, Ross Nally 1-1, Paul Moore.

Subs: Conor McGuirk 0-1 for P Price, Cathal Broderick for I Farrell, Aiden O’Brien for L McQuillan.

ST PATRICK’S 2-8

MATTOCK RANGERS 1-5

A strong second half showing wasn’t enough for Mattock Rangers to halt their slide in form against St. Patrick’s in Collon on Sunday afternoon in Division 1. Rangers are now rooted to the bottom of the table.

Without a win since the start of the month, the hosts fell foul of a Pats side pushing for a league final. In the opening half the damage was done as the visitors led 2-4 to 0-1 at half time as Sean Fearon claimed a goal with the opening score of the match.

Recently married Eoin O'Connor was instrumental in the win as he landed the second goal and key points overall.

Fergus Flynn’s side could only save face after the break and Sean Flynn found the net as Rangers won the second half but could not overturn the result.

ST.PATRICK’S: Martin McEneaney 0-1; Daniel Tumulty, Darren O’Hanlon, Ross Murphy; Conor Grogan, Kevin Toner, Sean Fearon 1-1; Martin Breen, Eoin O’Connor 1-4; Matt Pagni, Aidan McCann 0-1, Brian Commons; Joe Connor 0-1, Tadhg O’Connor, Conor McGuinness.

MATTOCK RANGERS: Stephen Smith; Tom Grimes, Cillian Hickey, Eoin McCloskey; Pauric Bannon, Alan Caraher, Ben Quaile; Oisin McKenna, Ben McKenna 0-1; Rónán Kilbane, Cathal Fleming 0-3, Terry Donegan; Lorcan Donegan, Sean Flynn 1-1, JP Watters.

Sub: Rory Hickey.