Round Up | Division 1

ST MOCHTAS 1-14

MATTOCK RANGERS 0-7

Reigning champions, St Mochtas, chalked up a third successive victory in Division 1 as they enjoyed a comfortable win over Mattock Rangers in Collon on Saturday.

The home side went into the game hoping to get off the mark at their third attempt, but despite a battling first half performance they were unable to sustain that effort and ultimately lost out by ten points.

Gerry Garland scored the only goal of the contest to help his side continue their impressive start. That goal came in a first half that was closely contested and ensured that the visitors went in at the break with a 1-3 to 0-4 advantage.

However, it was a different story in the second half as the Mochtas moved up a gear and eased to victory on a night when Declan Byrne, Jamie Farrell and Ben Goss Kieran were among the scorers. Ben McKenna top-scored for Mattock with Cathal Fleming and JP Watters scoring two apiece.

ST MOCHTAS: Daire O Shea; Liam Lawlor, Ben Goss Kieran 0-1, Philip Engy; Daniel Craven, Owen Lennon, David Lennon; Gerry Garland 1-0, Darren McMahon 0-2; Sean Flynn 0-1, Decky Byrne 0-4, Conor Garland 0-1; Jamie Farrell 0-2, Cormac Smyth, Shane Lennon 0-1.

Subs: Oisín Callan for L Lawlor, Dylan Farrell for C Smyth, Andy Lennon for D Craven, Liam O’Flaherty 0-1 for J Farrell, Ryan Cash for D Lennon, Conor McKenna for P Englishby.

MATTOCK RANGERS: Stephen Smith; Eoin McCloskey, Cillian Hickey, Alan Caraher; Ronan Kilbane, Daire Englishby, Caolan Nulty; Ben McKenna 0-3, Jason Condon; Adam Flynn, Cathal Fleming 0-2, JP Watters 0-2; Oisin McKenna, James Caraher, Terry Donegan.

Subs: Darren Henry, Lorcan Donegan, Ruairi Hickey, Aaron Smith.

ROCHE EMMETS 0-11

ST FECHINS 1-6

Roche Emmets picked up their first points since returning to Division 1 football thanks to this narrow win at home to St Fechins.

The first half was an evenly-matched affair with both teams getting their equal share of the scores but the loss of midfielder Eoin Hacket and corner forward Ryan Walsh to hamstring injuries was a turning point in the game.

Heading into the half way mark Roche were up by the minimum when Niall Devlin was pulled down heading for goal. Ronan Holcroft stepped up and put the ball comfortably in the bottom corner to give the visitors 1-5 to 0-6 advantage at the break.

The second half saw Fechins unable to find their scoring boots and they could only add one to their tally. With Barry O’Hare, Glen Stewart and James McDonnell on the mark, Roche went on to secure a two-point win.

ROCHE EMMETS: Evin Quigley; Callum Grant, Adan McKay, Sean Connolly; James McDonnell 0-1, Aidan Grant, Conor Callan; Glen Stewart 0-3, Ryan Martin; Dermot Carthy, Liam Carthy, Fionn Connolly; Marc Murphy, Barry O’Hare 0-6, Mark Byrne 0-1.

Subs: James McKay for L Carthy, James McArdle for C Callan, Dan O’Connell for J McArdle, Luke O’Connell for C Grant.

ST FECHINS: Kyle Meegan; Mark Holohan, Shane Reilly, Colm O’Neill; Robbie Vallejo, Dylan Rice, Danny Burnell; Jamie McDonnell, Eoin Hackett; Sean Kerrisk, Ronan Holcroft 1-0, Matthew Flanagan; Ryan Walsh, Joe Corrigan, Niall Devlin 0-5.

Subs: Colm Hackett for E Hackett, James McGlew 0-1 for R Walsh, John woods for J Corrigan, John O’Connell for D Rice, Evan McCluskey for C O’Neill.

ST PATRICKS 2-14

COOLEY KICKHAMS 0-14

St Patricks came out on top in the peninsula derby as a strong second half display at Pairc Eamoin saw the emerge with a six point victory.

Goals from Tadhg O’Connor and Joe Connor either side of the break proved the difference between the teams as Cooley saw their challenge fade following an impressive opening to the game.

The visitors were quickest off the mark and boosted by the opening score of the game, they went on to open up a 0-7 to 0-2 lead after 21 minutes.

However, St Pats fought back with the help of points from Eoin O’Connor and Tadhg O’Connor, with the latter hitting the net on 24 minutes to send his side in at the break level at 1-3 to 0-6.

The hosts continued that momentum in the second half and within four minutes they had established control as Martin McEneaney’s pointed ‘45’ was followed by a goal from Joe Connor to open up a four point gap.

The Pats never looked in danger after that and with Eoin O’Connor and Aidan McCann chipping in with a further three points apiece, they emerged with a deserved victory.

ST PATRICKS: Martin McEneaney 0-1; Daniel Tumulty, Darren O’Hanlon, Darren Connor; Conor Grogan, Kevin Toner, Alan O’Connor; Martin Breen, Padraig Duffy; Matt Pagni, Eoin O’Connor 0-5, Aidan McCann 0-4; Joe Connor 1-1, Danny O’Connor, Tadhg O’Connor 1-3.

Subs: Ross Murphy for A O’Connor, Sean Fearon for P Duffy, Brian Commons for D O’Connor, Cillian Keenan for A McCann

SEAN O’MAHONYS 2-7

DREADNOTS 0-12

Sean O’Mahonys made it back-to-back wins in Division 1 when they returned home from Clogherhead with maximum points on Saturday evening.

Boosted by their victory over Mattock Rangers the previous week, the Dundalk men turned in another good display and were particularly impressive in the second half when they hit back to claim the win.

Brian McGuirk was the hero for the O’Mahonys as he landed a late point to secure victory in what proved to be an entertaining game.

The home side had the better of proceedings in the opening period as they made that count by going in at the break with a 0-6 to 0-3 advantage.

The O’Mahonys hit back after the restart and goals from Conor Martin and Thomas Rice saw them edge into a one-point lead in the closing stages. Dreadnots looked to have salvaged a draw with a late point but in injury time, McGuirk sent over the winner.

SEAN O’MAHONYS: Eddie Maguire; John O’Brien, Kian McEvoy, Ciaran Jameson; Keith McLaughlin, Aaron Boyle, Oisin Brennan; Gareth Hall, Tiarnan Cassidy; Brian McGuirk 0-1, Thomas Rice 1-1, Johnny Connolly; Conor Finnegan, Conor Martin 1-1, Terry Kelly 0-4.

Subs: Robbie Clarke for K McLaughlin, Kyle Carroll for R Martin.

DREADNOTS: Ciaran Cunningham; Owen Murphy, Barry Faulkner, Ciaran Caffrey; Ciaran Finnegan 0-1, Conor Faulkner 0-1, Conor Clarke; James Califf, Paraic Smith 0-1; Darragh Shevlin, Peter Kirwan 0-1, Conor Shevlin 0-2; Dean Hyland 0-2, Craig Shevlin 0-3, Carl Monaghan.

Subs: Gustas Knustautaite for Craig Shevlin, Donnacha Hodgins 0-1 for C Monaghan.

NH MAIRTIN 2-7

GERALDINES 1-9

Nh Mairtin got back to winning ways in Division 1 with a narrow victory over Geraldines at Monasterboice on Saturday evening.

Following their surprise defeat to Cooley in the previous round, the hosts secured their second win of the competition but were made to work all the way by the Gers.

The McGeough Park side went into the game looking for a third successive win but despite their best efforts, fell just short in the end.

Val Leddy did most of the damage for the winners as he bagged both goals, while Conor Whelan contributed four crucial points.

NH MAIRTIN: Joe Gordon; Ben Callan, Shane Morgan, Cian Sands; Evan Whelan, Sean Healy, Craig Callanan; Adam Booth, Val Leddy 2-0; Joe McGrane, Oisin Gray, Paul Berrill; Conor Whelan 0-4, Jack Lynch 0-1, Bryan McQuillan.

Subs: Eoin Cooney for B McQuillan, Enda McDonnell 0-1 for O Gray, Adam Callanan for C Whelan, Sam Murtagh for C Callanan, Paul Murphy for P Berrill, Charlie Murphy for J McGrane.

NEWTOWN BLUES 1-13

ST MARYS 2-4

Newtown Blues continued their impressive start to the season when they proved too strong for county champions St Marys in Ardee on Saturday.

The Drogheda men had to do it the hard way as they hit back from a five-point deficit at the interval to return home with a six point victory.

The visitors saw Jamie Kelly (2) and Alan Connor find their range in the first half but it was Conor Gillespie who made the biggest impact as he fired in two goals to see the Marys lead by 2-2 to 0-3 at the short whistle. The second half was a completely different story as the Blues upped their game and gradually took control.

Andy McDonnell was central to the comeback as he landed four points, while Daire Nally, Ross Nally and Emmet Murray also raised white flags to see their side edge ahead in the closing stages. In the dying moments, Alan Connor got through for a goal to put the icing on the cake for the Blues.

NEWTOWN BLUES: Johnny McDonnell; Iollan Farrell, Thomas Cosgtelloe, Paul Moore; Liam Brannigan, Daire Nally 0-2, Andy McDonnell 0-4; Alan Connor 1-1, Ryan Kelly; Conor Ní Ciosta, Ian Connor, Jack Healy; Jamie Kelly 0-4, Ross Nally 0-1, Conor Moore.

Subs: Emmet Murray 0-1 for C Ní Criosta, Colm Judge for I Connor, Lorcan McQuillan for C Moore

ST MARYS: James McGillick; Jay Crawley, Karl Faulkner, David Rooney; Calum Noade, Evan Malone, Carl Gillespie; Robbie Leavy, Kian Moran; Dean Matthews, Shane Matthews, Jonathan Commins 0-2; Conor Gillespie 2-0, Ronan Carroll, TJ Doheny 0-2.

Subs: Paraic McKenny, Josh Taaffe, Luke Matthews.