Junior titles for Ferbane and Clonbullogue – Clara win Minor B and Ferbane/Belmont and St Broughan’s must meet again

2,240 spectators turned up in O’Connor Pk to see Ferbane and Clonbullogue win the Junior A & C Football finals on Sunday, while on Saturday 1,430 saw Clara win the Minor B Football final, while Ferbane and St Broughan’s must do it all again after finishing all square after extra time in the Minor A Football Final replay

Junior A Football Final

Ferbane 2-8 Kilclonfert 1-10

After trailing 1-5 to 0-1 at half time and by 1-8 to 0-3 with 15 minutes left, Ferbane put in a magnificent last quarter to snatch victory at the death thanks to a Ronan McGuire goal in the 61^st minute.  The introduction of Colin Kenny mid-way through the second half was instrumental in Ferbane winning their 5^th Junior title and first since 1995.  Kenny contributed four marvellous points and set up the move that resulted in McGuire’s late goal.

Scorers:
Ferbane: Colin Kenny 0-4, Ronan McGuire 1-1, Dermot Daly 1-0, Declan Killian 0-1, Kevin Waldron 0-1, Ryan Heavin  0-1

Kilclonfert: Michael Kelly 0-4, Alan Daly 1-1, Colm Quinn 0-1, Cathal Mangan 0-1, Shane Mangan 0-1, Johnny Roe 0-1, TJ Moore 0-1

Junior C Football Final Replay

Clonbullogue 1-7 Cappincur 0-7

A goal two from Paddy Quinn two minutes into the second half proved decisive as Clonbullogue regained the Junior C title they last won in 2013.  The sides were level at 0-4 each, but after Quinn goaled there was no way back for last year’s beaten finalists.

Scorers:

Clonbullogue: Paddy Quinn 1-2, Dara Hickey 0-2, James Bingham 0-1, Ciarán Feeney 0-1. Stephen Holohan 0-1

Cappincur: Peter Norris 0-3, Niall Minnock 0-1, Chris Gethings 0-1, Gavin Rooney 0-1, Kevin Brown 0-1

Minor A Football Final Replay

Ferbane/Belmont 0-16 St Broughan’s 2-10

Ferbane/Belmont and St Broughan’s will have to do it all over again as they played out an enthralling draw after extra time in this replayed Minor A final.  The sides were level F/B 0-7 St Broughan’s 1-4, at the end of normal time it was 0-12 to 1-9.  When St Broughan’s edged 2-10 to 0-14 in front at the end of the first period of extra time, it looked as though they might hold out for their first minor title, however, F/B managed to snatch a draw and the final goes to a second replay

Scorers:

Ferbane/Belmont: Cian Johnson 0-6, Ronan McGuire 0-4, Gavin Kelly 0-3, Jack Darcy 0-3

St Broughan’s: Shane O’Brien 1-8, Oisín Murphy 1-0, Jack McEvoy 0-1, Robin Galbraith 0-1

Minor B Football Final

Clara: 5-9 St Rynagh’s 2-5

Clara laid the foundation for this success in the opening half as they led by 2-7 to 1-1 at the break.  They added three further second half goals to run out comfortable 13 point winners.

Scorers:

Clara: Josh Fleming 1-4, Seamus O’Brien 2-0, Mark Newman 1-1, Chris Egan 1-0, David Fleming 0-2, Cathal O’Meara 0-1, Conor Egan 0-1

St Rynagh’s: Enda Flynn 1-1, Eoin Wood 0-3, Aaron Kenny 1-0, Sean Kilmartin 0-1