Kildare IFC: Suncroft shine brightest

Tom Martin in fine form for Suncroft as they booked a plade in the IFC quaerter-final with a fine win over Ellistown

placeholder image — Tom Martin in fine form for Suncroft as they booked a plade in the IFC quaerter-final with a fine win over Ellistown

Impressive display from Tom Cleary's side over local rivals Ellistown

In the end it was comfortable, very comfortable in fact as Suncroft simply had too much scoring power for Ellistown in this pre quarter-final of the IFC at Cedral St Conleth's Park, Newbrige, this afternoon.

Playing with the aid of a strong breeze in the opening half Suncroft held a lead of seven points at the break 1-11 to 1-4. the goals coming from Tadhg Watson (Ellistown) in the opening minute with Sam Murphy replying a minute later.

With the breeze in Ellistown's favour in the seocnd half one wondered if Suncroft had enough of a lead but as the second half progressed it became obvious they had as Ellistown found the posts hard to find with some wild shooting; the game was well over before Conn Kehoe got The Croft's second goal late on to leave it Suncroft 2-16 Ellistown 1-7.

Suncroft now take on championship favourites Sallins, in the quarter-final next weekend.

Scorers: Suncroft, Fionn Dowling 0-10 (2 two-pointers, 1 free), Conn Kehoe 1-1, Sam Murphy 1-0, Eoghan Lawless 0-3, Jack Setright 0-1, Chris Philips 0-1.

Ellistown, Tadhg Watson 1-2 (1 free), Harry Donnelly 0-2 (2 frees), Conor Lindy 0-2 (1 free), Pat Martin 0-1.

SUNCROFT: Dave Sutton; Jack Setright, Danny Morgan, Harry Dillon; Conor Kiely, Adam Talbot, Mikey Troy; Conn Kehoe, Tom Martin; Eoghan Lawless, Chris Philips, Sam Murphy; Fionn Dowling, Darragh Malone, Mark Brown. Subs: Conor Martin for Mark Brown (half-time); Sennan Brannock for Sam Murphy (43 minutes); Kevin Crowley for Darragh Malone (51 minutes); Ryan Behan for Chris Philips (57 minutes); Ben Crawford for Conor Kiely (60 minutes).

ELLISTOWN: Oran Donnelly; Kevin Martin, Max Lennox, James Neilson; Oisin Molloy, Darragh Watson, Pat Martin; Leo Lennox, James Sutton; Ciaran Lindy, Conor Lindy, Evan Donnelly; Tadhg Watson, Conor O'Loughlin, Harry Donnelly. Subs: Callum Donnelly for Ciaran Lindy (43 minutes); Sean Lindy for Kevin Martin (46 minutes); Darren Kelly for James Sutton (46 minutes); David Dunne for Conor O'Loughlin (49 minutes).

REFEREE: Colm Kearney.