Division 3B Reports: John Mitchels remain unbeaten in hunt for promotion

HOLLYWOOD DEVELOPMENTS DIVISION 3B

JOHN MITCHELS 0-17 DOWDALLSHILL 0-4

Top versus Bottom was always going one way in St Brigid’s Park as John Mitchels made it nine wins from nine against winless Dowdallshill.

On top from the beginning of the game, James Murray’s side put together some good attacking moves to get points on the board early through John Gallagher, Kevin Gallagher, Trevor Matthews, John Bingham and Cathal Corrigan.

A solid defensive display from Anthony Coyle, Shane Crosson and Leigh Ross in the full back line, which saw them win multiple turnovers, limited any scoring opportunities for the Hill to leave the half time score 0-10 to 0-1.

The second half started in a similar fashion, but Dowdallshill got another three points on the board through Niall McManus and Stephen Murray. Kevin Gallagher closed the game out and finished with four in the finish before he departed on his travels to Australia.

JOHN MITCHELS: David Anderson; Anthony Coyle, Shane Crosson, Leigh Ross; Mickey Quinn, John Bingham 0-2, James Sands; Trevor Matthews 0-1, Aaron Keely; Cathal Corrigan 0-3, Kevin Gallagher 0-4, Stephen Bingham; John Gallagher 0-3, Stephen Campbell 0-1, Alan Mackin. SUBS: Liam Devitt for John Bingham, Barry Cousins 0-1 for James Sands, Diarmuid Durnin 0-1 for Alan Mackin, Stephen Murphy for Shane Crosson, Robbie Coyle 0-1 for Cathal Corrigan, Aaron Kane, Carl Courtney, Andrew Bingham.

DOWDALLSHILL: Ridwan Bodunrin; Tommy Craig, Sean Duffy, Keenan McGavisk; Dylan McDonald, Paddy McKenna, Rian Larkin; Stephen Murray 0-1, Gavin Durkin; John Spain, Peter Hughes, Gary Slevin; Emmett O’Brien, Niall McManus 0-3, Eamonn Duffy. SUB: Lee Duffy.

CUCHULAINN GAELS 1-9 NAOMH MALACHI 0-14

On a breezy Saturday evening, Naomh Malachi remained in hot pursuit of John Mitchels at the top of Division 3A after a close win over Cuchulainn Gaels in Omeath.

Playing against the breeze in the first half, Gaels held it tight until the last 10 minutes of the half when the Malachi’s and Jason Clarke took a grip of the game and pulled away into a four-point lead, 0-8 to 0-4 at the interval.

The home side fought back in the second half with James Sharkey hitting the net along with some well taken frees. It was a draw game with a minute to go, however, Clarke closed out the game with some ice cool free taking.

NAOMH MALACHI: Mark Meegan; Daniel Mulligan, Kevin McShane, Stephen Burns; Jamie Kelly 0-2, Tiernan Gonnelly, David Begley; Paudie Moley 0-2, Paudie McLoughlin; Matthew Campbell, Jason Clarke 0-6, Conor Begley 0-1; Darren Clarke, Jack Kirwan 0-2, Collie Rooney 0-2. SUBS: Brendan McShane for David Begley, Conor Nicholson for Conor Begley, Keelan Conlon, Micheal McLoughlin, Shane Rogers, James McShane, Gary McShane, James McShane, Brendan McShane, Conor Nicholson, Aaron Gogarty, Sean McArdle.

CUCHULAINN GAELS: Seamus Quigley; Sean Brennan, Martin Hynes, John Morgan; Conal Donnelly, David Reilly, Peter Morgan; Seamus McCabe 0-1, Phillip McGovern 0-1; Brendan O’Hagan, Mícheál McCabe 0-2, Rammie Phillips; James Sharkey 1-5, Cian McDonald, Jamie Molloy. SUBS: none used.

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WESTERNS 3-9 ANNAGHMINNON ROVERS 1-16

James Maguire rescued a point off the bench for the Westerns against a determined Annaghminnon Rovers outfit in Reaghstown on Saturday night.

The well-matched sides have played three times this year and all three games have resulted in draws. Although it looked like the home side were going to win this encounter. 

Killian Crosbie found the net after 10 seconds, then Ryan Duffy and Finn Duffy added a goal each. But Shane Grimes' three pointer just before half time for the visitors was crucial.

Rory Phelan led the second half surge as the game swung dramatically back in Rovers way, only for Maguire’s heroics to secure a share of the spoils.

WESTERNS: Dermott McArdle; Liam Murray, Connor McLellan, Andy Murray; John Murray, Adam Duffy 1-0, Conor Smyth 0-1; Matthew Kane, Ryan Duffy 1-0; Anthony Durnin, Dylan Ogle, Emmett Smyth 0-4; Killian Crosbie 1-2, Finn Duffy 1-0, Mick Martin. SUBS: James Maguire 0-2 for Dylan Ogle, Patrick Kerley for E Smyth.

ANNAGHMINNON ROVERS: Ciaran O’Reilly; Chris Connolly, Ronan Byrne, Tomas Byrne; Colin Campbell 0-1, Eddie Finnegan, Fergal Markey; Conor Russell, Tiernan O’Brien 0-1; James O’Connor 0-1, Rory Phelan 0-4, Dylan Mulholland 0-2; Aidan Lee Martin 0-2, Shane Grimes 1-1, Dwayne Markey 0-4. SUBS: Sean McDonnell, Micheal Marron, Mark Tierney.