Round Up | Division 3

Division 3A

OLIVER PLUNKETTS 2-13

NA PIARSAIGH BLACKROCK 1-4

Oliver Plunketts maintained their winning start to the Division 3A campaign when they made it four wins from four on Friday night.

It hasn’t been an easy start for Na Piarsaigh but they produced an improved display, particularly in the first half, before the hosts pulled away after the break.

Ciaran Murphy fired in the first goal of the game in the opening period, but the Plunketts responded well and at the break had established a 0-8 to 1-2 advantage.

After the restart, the Drogheda men continued to impress in front of the posts and they sealed a comfortable victory with goals from Stephen Keeley and Ben Boyce.

OLIVER PLUNKETTS: Luke Haggans 0-2; Cillian Matthews, David McTaggert, Ricky Bateson; Barry Reynolds 0-1, Gary Keogh, Cillian Smith 0-1; Shaun Smith, Stephen Keeley 1-2; Jamie Byrne, Adam Smith 0-1, Sean Rice; Sean Boyle, Kristian Nolan 0-3, Sean Callaghan 0-2. Subs: Killian Nolan for S Rice, Ben Boyce 1-1 for S Callaghan, Robbie Brodigan for S Smith, Alex Shields for J Byrne, Cian Nelson for Kristian Nolan.

NA PIARSAIGH BLACKROCK: Brooklyn Kenna; John Galligan, Shane Roddy, Chris Kellet; Stephen McGuinness 0-1, Joe Woods, Tommy Muckian 0-1; Mark O'Hare, Michael Woods; Gerard Rice, Ciaran Murphy 1-0, Seamus Reid; James Mahoney 0-1, Robert Murphy 0-1, Jamie Fealy. Subs: Seamus Gonnelly, Jarlath Lyons, DJ Griffin.

GLYDE RANGERS 1-7

NH FIONNBARRA 0-9

Glyde Rangers recovered from their midweek defeat at the hands of John Mitchels as they claimed a narrow win over Nh Fionnbarra.

Having lost by a point at home on Tuesday night, this time Glyde did enough to ensure they came out on the right side of a similarly tight scoreline.

The game in John Markey Park proved to be a lively affair with the visitors surviving a second half revival before hanging on for victory.

The opening half saw Glyde have the edge and they made that count as a goal from Darren McKeever saw them turn around with a 1-4 to 0-2 advantage.

After the restart, it was the Barrs who found their rhythm and gradually clawed their way back into the game on a night when Michael McArdle, Thomas McCreesh and Aaron Kearney were on target. However, with Ciaran Sheridan bringing his tally to three, Glyde held out for the win.

GLYDE RANGERS: David Brennan; Aaron Myles, Conor McCullagh, Mark McKeever; Fiachre Sheridan, Darren McKeever 1-0, Lee Finnegan; Jack McKeever, Tadhg Kellett; Leigh Byrne, Oisin Lynch 0-2, Pauric Kearney; Kevin Teather 0-1, Ciaran Sheridan 0-3, Barry Brennan. Subs: Sean Devanney 0-1, Conor Sheridan, Adam Sweeney.

NH FIONNBARRA: Fionn McQuillian; Kallum Regan, Ronan Callaghan, Leo Kelly; Sean Boyle, Hugh Osbourne (0-1), Dylan Hanratty; Adam Hanratty (0-1), Thomas McCreesh (0-1); Ronan McCreesh, Conor Osborne (0-1), Ciaran Murphy; Jack Regan (0-1), Michael McArdle (0-2), Conor Boyle. Subs: Jack Murtagh for R McCreesh, Aaron Kearney (0-2) for C Murphy, Ben Turley for C Boyle.

O’CONNELLS 0-14

JOHN MITCHELS 1-9

O’Connells bounced back from last week’s defeat with a two point victory over John Mitchels in Ballybailie on Friday evening.

Robert Quigley got the first two points of the game for the visitors and a point from Michael Quinn had the home side on the board after ten minutes.

Points from Jackie Agnew and Evan Kearney increased their team’s lead to three but John Gallagher and Trevor Matthews scored points for their team to leave the lead by one.

Both sides missed goal chances and were finding scores hard to come by as Cailum Woods and Quigley got the last two points of the half to leave the score at the break 0-6 to 0-3.

The Bellingham side started the second half with two quick points in the first minute from Agnew and Quigley, while another one from Agnew a couple of minutes later put six between the sides. The Mitchels replied with the next three points from Gallagher, Jamie Durnin and Jake Gillespie.

After 40 minutes the sides were level after a long ball found Matthews and made no mistake shooting to the roof of the net.

Woods got his second point of the game to give the visitors the lead again and further points from Kearney and Bernard Osborne left three between the sides, 0-12 to 1-6, with ten minutes to go. Niall Conlon increased the lead to four and another point from Agnew left five between the teams with 60 minutes on the clock.

An excellent 45 from John Bingham and a free from Gallagher cut the margin to three. Gillespie got the last point of the game for the Ballybailie side just before the final whistle but it’s the O’Connells who now have three wins from four played in this league.

O’CONNELLS: John Brennan; Sam Shearman, Conor Byrne, Jack McGeough; Emmet Byrne, Stuart Osborne, Liam Kiernan; Justin Cooney, Sean Cairns; Jackie Agnew 0-4, Cailum Woods 0-2, Bernard Osborne 0-1; Niall Conlon 0-1, Robert Quigley 0-4(1f), Evan Kearney 0-2. Subs: Nathan Carragher for J. McGeough, Harry Kierans for B. Osborne, Sean Geeney for E. Kearney.

JOHN MITCHELS: David Anderson; James Sands, Mitchell Keenan, Alan Mackin; Aaron Kane, Mikey Nulty, Jamie Durnin 0-1; Andrew Bingham, Aaron Keely; Michael Quinn 0-1, John Gallagher 0-3, Tristan Knowles; John Bingham 0-1(45), Trover Matthews 1-1, Jake Gillespie 0-2. Subs: Liam Devitt for T. Knowles, Anthony Coyle for J. Sands.

Division 3B

WOLFE TONES 0-10 

ANNAGHMINNON ROVERS 1-11

Ahead of the Bank Holiday weekend, Annaghminnon Rovers made light of the trip to Drogheda with an excellent four point win over Wolfe Tones.

Dwayne Markey’s goal proved crucial in the tight game and allowed the visitors to take control of proceedings. After a slow start to Division 3B Tones manager John Garvey will feel his side are getting closer by the week. Eoghan Brennan and Mark

Healy impressed but Rory Phelan kept the gap for the Stonetown outfit. Full of confidence and pushing for promotion themselves, Annaghminnon saw Paudi Russell came up from corner back to score.

ANNAGHMINNON ROVERS: Rory Phelan 0-6, Dwayne Markey 1-04, Paudi Russell 0-1

ST NICHOLAS 1-13

CUCHULAINN GAELS 2-9

St. Nicholas left it late to maintain their 100% start to Division 3B on Friday evening in Pentony Park. In a tight encounter both defences were on top for large parts of the game, and it was the home side that took an early lead through Fionn Meagher and two Paudi Downey frees.

Cùchulainn fought back against a stiff breeze with a free themselves, but Meagher and Shane Downey were a constant threat throughout and both added a point each to extend the lead. The visitors got back into the game with a fisted goal from James Sharmey and two more frees to only trail by one at the break.

With the aid of the breeze in the second half the Gaels kept the pressure on and took a lead with Sharkey’s second goal. St. Nicholas stayed in touch with points from Sam Reilly and another Meagher effort.

The result turned on its head when Paudi Downey found the roof of the net with five minutes to go. The winning score stemmed from Rian Farrell’s excellent defensive work which pushed the Nicks forward and ended with Lee Kavanagh raising a white flag with the stunning winner.

ST. NICHOLAS: Shane Finegan; Stephen Finegan, Alex Finegan, Caebhan Housidari; Rian Farrell, Ruairí Hanlon, Aaron Flanagan; Cian Flynn, Sam Reilly (0-1), Phillip Kirwan, Lee Kavanagh (0-2), Con Sheehan; Fionn Meagher (0-4), Paudi Downey (1-5,4f), Shane Downey (0-1).

CUCHULAINN GAELS: Seamus Quigley; Peter Morgan, Sean Brennan, Euan McArdle; Callum Fearon, Seamus McCabe, James Keenan; Rammie Phillps 0-1, Larry Brennan; Adam Sharkey, Micheal McCabe 0-2; Phillip McGovern 0-1, Stephen Mullen, James Sharkey 2-5, David McQuaid. Subs: John Morgan, Jamie Molloy.