Clogherinkoe show clinical touch in front of goal
Clogherinkoe's Andrew Hill gets around Allenwood's Arron Dunne Photo: Sean Brilly
Four Clogherinkoe goals, two in either half, were enough to secure the two points in a one sided Joe Mallon Motors Senior Football Championships Group B game played in Manguard Park Hawkfield on Sunday afternoon. The Cloghs led by five at the break and had extended it out to 14 before the final whistle.
An impressive Clogherinkoe performance saw Aedan Boyle, with two, Cein McMonagle and Mark Nolan all find the net. Clogherinkoe started the first half the brightest and by the ninth minute they had the ball in the Allenwood net twice. Cein McMonagle setting up Aedan Boyle for the first and Boyle turned provider for the an unmarked Mark Nolan to push the Cloghs six ahead. Eanna O'Neill had opened the scoring for Allenwood before Aaron Dunne added a second.
Allenwood were given a lifeline on 17 when the evergreen John Doyle found Joey Cunningham and he shot low past Luke Anderson Cunningham and Jimmy Lynch swapped points but despite the loss of Mark Grehan to injury it was Clogherinkoe who finished the half with a Mark Nolan mark a Cein McMonagle free to leave it 2-6 to 1-4 after 30 minutes.
Clogherinkoe started the second half in the ascendancy and points from Aedan Boyle and a Jimmy Lynch free extended the lead to seven. John Doyle and Rory Moran kept Allenwood in touch but the respite was only temporary. Cein McMonagle added two frees but when Jimmy Lynch added his fifth point on 48 the result was inevitable.
The closing minutes saw Clogherinkoe put the icing on the cake with late goals from McMonagle and Aedan Boyle as Allenwood had no answer.
Keith Wilkinson, Ben Kenny, Eoghan McMonagle, Joe Mulraney, Andrew Hill, Gavin Scanlon, Dean Hanley, Mark Grehan, Killian Galligan, Daniel Grehan, Mark Nolan 1-3 (1f, 1m), Aedan Boyle 2-1, Jimmy Lynch 0-6 (2fs), Cein McMonagle 1-4 (3fs), Rory Phelan. Subs: Ciaran Flynn for M Grehan, 22; Niall Walsh for Kenny, 49; Conor Swan 0-1 for Flynn, 56; Sean Kenny for Lynch, 56.
Luke Anderson, Fionn Moran, Sean Moran, Cillian Moran, Mark Byrne, Ronan Guilfoyle, Gavin Malone, Cormac Denagher 0-1, Rory Moran 0-1, Eanna O'Neill 0-1,John Doyle 0-1f (1 free), Arron Dunne 0-1, Brendan Hanafey, Eoin Bagnell 0-2fs, Joey Cunningham 1-2. Subs: James Moore for O'Neill, 40; Mark Delaney for S Moran, 40; Billy Maher for Dunne, 49; Cormac Byrne for Denagher, 52.
Alan Archbold
