Junior Football Championship-Group 2
Eire Og 0-3 Naomh Comhghall 1-13
Division 3 league winners, Naomh Comhghall took the first steps towards what they hope will be a league and championship double when they recorded a resounding victory over Eire Og at Woodlands on Friday night.
Tom Patchett led the ‘Town’ charge and would finish the game with a personal total of 1-5 and scored the opening three points of the game as the Antrim side moved three clear by the 9th minute.
Stephen Erskine got the City side off the mark with a point in the 10th minute but it would be their only score of the opening half as wayward shooting and the concession of silly frees contributed to their demise.
Ryan Clarke was on hand to take advantage of those concessions with points in the 13th and 14th minute to move Naomh Comhghall four ahead and two more from the deadly duo, Patchett and Clarke had the Antrim town men 0-7 to 0-1 ahead at the break.
The same pair added two more on the restart with Patchett fisting over and Clarke following with another to move the South West side eight ahead by the 5th minute.
Mark Hamill in the Og’s goal pulled off a great save as Naomh Comhghall threatened to over run their opponents and this save brought a response from his Eire Og colleagues.
Peter James Toal replied with a point at the other end in the 13th minute and the same player converted a 15th minute free to close the gap to six and hand his side a glimmer of hope.
That hope would be quickly extinguished however as Colm Logue and James McClory fired over points at the other end and when the superb Tom Patchett finished to the net in the 28th minute it was well and truly over.
Ryan Clarke and Louis Higgins would conclude the scoring with late points for an excellent Naomh Comhghall who on this performance, look certain to top a Group 2 which includes St. Malachy’s and Wolf Tones
Eire Og: 1 Mark Hamill, 2 James McClory, 3 Jarlath Devlin, 4 Ciaran Rice, 5 Ryan Clarke, 6 Conor McKenna, 7 Niall Doherty, 8 Conor Erskine, 9 Conall Smyth, 10 Daniel Campbell, 11 Peter James Toal, 12 Eanna McNulty, 13 Stephen Erskine, 14 Gavin Donnelly, 15 Ronan Donnelly.
Naomh Comhghall: 1 Peter McAuley, 2 Shane Og Gribben, 3 Cathal Donnelly, 4 Stephen Sloan, 5 Dannan O’Hara, 6 James McCabe, 7 Michael McCabe, 8 Louis Higgins, 10 Patrick O’Connor, 11 Shane Hinfey, 12 Joseph Webb, 13 Ryan Clarke, 14 Miles Devine, 15 Tom Patchett.
Subs – 16 Caolan McKeown, 19 Colm Logue, 24 Aaron Murray.
Referee: Chris Brown
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