Truagh overturned a five-point deficit to defeat Magheracloone by four in the O’Duffy Cup decider.

By John P Graham

PLATINUM TANKS RESERVE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP O’DUFFY CUP FINAL

Truagh 1-13, Magheracloone 1-9.

A resurgent Truagh staged an increasingly effective second-half performance to come from being four points in arrears at half-time to winning by the same margin in this keenly contested and at times feisty affair that was played in ideal conditions in Clontibret on Sunday afternoon last.

Magheracloone drew first blood, but an early goal saw Truagh take the lead and it wasn’t until the final minutes of the opening quarter that Magheracloone drew level and they then went on to impose themselves in the second quarter with Alan McCahey and Ryan Farrelly central to that strong period by the Mitchells who went on to lead at half-time by four points, 1-8 to 1-4, Ryan Farrelly with the Magheracloone goal.

They extended their lead to five within three minutes of the resumption but that strangely was to be their final score of the game as Truagh grew in stature and gradually took control, defending in numbers and hitting Magheracloone on the break to register five unanswered points between the sixth and twenty-fifth minutes to draw level, then going on to hit a further four points without reply in the closing stages to clinch victory.

Teams and Scorers:

Truagh: Caolan McGee, Mark McQuaid, Shane Treanor, John Treanor 1-0, Cormac McKenna, Eoghan Kelly, Matthew Flood 0-2 (2f), Niall McQuillan, Niall Rooney, Aaron Treanor, Brendan Treanor, Christopher Flood, Colm McRory 0-3 (3f), Gary Mohan 0-4, Gareth Keenan 0-1. Subs: Sean McKenna 0-3 for B Treanor, Cillian Woods for A Treanor, James Deery for G Keenan.

Magheracloone: David Kirk, Shane Burns, Peter Lambe, Sean Finnegan, Ronan Freeman, Jack Doogan, Cian Freeman, Niall Marron, Killian Rudden 0-1, Conor McKeown, Pauric Kirk, Barry Kieran, Jonathan Donnelly 0-1, Ryan Farrelly 1-2, Alan McCahey 0-5 (2f). Subs: Daniel Babington for R Freeman, Daniel Hand for K Rudden, Ronan McKeown for B Kieran.                                                                    

Referee: Barry Grimley (Cremartin).

PLATINUM TANKS RESERVE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP MCKEOWN CUP FINAL

Castleblayney 5-12, Scotstown 0-13.

Four second-half goals did the trick as Castleblayney clinched the McKeown Cup with this comfortable and well deserved victory over Scotstown in Shamrock Park, Cremartin, on Sunday afternoon last.

Scotstown had the better of the exchanges in the opening twenty minutes at the end of which they led by five points, but Castleblayney drew level thanks in part to a goal by Joseph Hughes, with Scotstown then retaking the lead in the final minute of the half to lead by the minimum at the break, 0-9 to 1-5.

A goal from a penalty in the opening minute of the second-half kick started a strong recovery by Castleblayney and they went on to add three further goals with Scotstown registering their final score of the game with thirteen minutes of normal time remaining, while Castleblayney registered an unanswered 1-7 in the final thirteen minutes.

Teams and Scorers:

Castleblayney: Ciaran Duffy, Eoghan Casey, Brian McGuigan, Ruairi Farrell, Steven Beattie, Jim McHugh, Mark Connors, Gavin Kelly, Joseph Hughes, David Irwin, Keith Hill, Aidan Lynch, Ronon McNamara, Craig Callan, Francis |McGeough. Subs: Michael Hughes for E Casey, Jason Walsh for M Connors, Robbie Hanratty forA Lynch, Rory McGlynn for R Farrell, Ben McNamara for K Hill, Kian O’Connor for J McHugh.

Scotstown: Darren McKenna, Joseph McKenna, Matthew McCague, Devin Mulligan, Michael Meehan, Mark Fox, Lorcan Murray, Peter Hamill, Gavin McPhillips, Fergal Sherlock, Declan Treanor, Patrick McCarron, Shane McMahon, Shane Maguire, Jack Mohan. Subs: Barry McMeel for D Mulligan, Ruairi McKenna for J McKenna, Mark McDevitt for S McMahon, James Corley for S Maguire.         Referee: Paul McGeown (Monaghan Harps). 

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