Clones St Tiarnach's GAA Club

Well done to our seniors who earned another two league points with a hard earned win against Oram on Sunday. The home team got off to a slow start and a couple of Micky Mone free kicks saw the visitors lead by 3 points to 1 after 12 minutes. Clones controlled the remainder of the half, however, with Darren Freeman, Declan McKernan, Adrian Alford and Mark Connolly scoring points. A further score from Micky Mone and a free from Aaron Molloy for Oram saw the first half finish on a scoreline of Clones 0-9 Oram 0-5.

After the break, Freeman added another point and a great break break from defence by Danny Rooney set up Darragh Graham for a score. Oram fought hard though and Clones struggled to seal the win. The decisive play came in the 17th minute when Mark Connolly looked set to go for a point, but lobbed the keeper for an excellent goal. This was followed by scores by John Mc Donald and Declan McKernan, while Freeman finished his day’s work with his eight and ninth points of the game. Oram battled away, with Micky Mone adding four second half frees and Danny Lynch adding a point from play.

Teams. Clones: Ciarán Morgan, Aidan Gillard, Eoin Kelly, Danny Rooney, Michael Treanor, Darragh Holland (0-1), Patrick McCarville, Ross Adamson, Fintan Kelly, Darragh Graham (0-1), Darren Freeman (0-9), Adrian Alford (0-2), Mark Connolly (1-2), Declan McKernan (0-2), Ciarán Kelly. Subs: John McDonald (0-1), Colin McCaughey, Fintan Cunningham, Ryan McCormack, Eugene Holland. Oram: Tommy McKenna, Gavin Fox, Tony Graham, Jonny McGuinness, Stephen Mone, Stephen McBride, Rory Murphy, Justin Mone, Micky Mone (0-8), Gareth Mone, PJ Flanagan, John Mone, Danny Lynch (0-1), Aaron Molloy (0-1), David Sheehy. Subs: Borat Turker

Clones play Oram in the league on Sunday at 12:30 in St Tiarnach’s Park.

Play Drumgoon in a challenge this Friday at 8pm in Coyle’s. The next league match is on Wednesday at 8pm away to Toome. The championship match against Killeevan takes places on Sunday 26th July at 6pm in Monaghan.

Are at home to Killanny on Wednesday evening at 8pm. We play Killeevan in the next round of the championship after the draw on Monday night. The other fixture is Seans v Currin with Fergal O’Hanlons receiving a bye.

This game got off to a very controversial start, when the referee saw fit to issue a Clones player with two yellow cards and a red within two minutes of the throw in. This had quite an unsettling effect on the the Clones team and led to a disappointing first half performance, Emyvale leading by 1-5 to 0-1 at the break. The second half saw a much improved display, with six different players getting on the scoreboard. The boys could only get within three points of the home team, however, and were unable to get the goal needed to equalize. Team and scorers: Damien McGorman, John Jenkins, Colin McGaughey, Danny Rooney, Michael Treanor (0-1), Darragh Holland, Eoin Kelly, John McDonald, Fintan Kelly, Mark Connolly (0-3), Darren Freeman, Jonathon Douglas (0-1), Declan McQuaid (0-1), Kieran Kierans, Adrian Alford (0-1). Subs: Patrick McCarville (0-1), Fergal Nugent.

Play Emyvale away on Wednesday evening at 8pm. Are at home to Killanny next Wednesday at 8pm.

The Seniors travelled to Killeevan last Saturday for a game that always proves one of the trickiest in the calendar. On this occasion, a great team performance saw the visitors win on a scoreline of Killeevan 0-8 Clones 0-15. This results keeps Clones top of the table with 13 points out of a possible 16 so far. The next match is another tough game, next Wednesday evening away to Emyvale at 8pm.