Lavey 0-15 Kinawley 0-13 Cavan champions Lavey booked their place into the semi-finals of the Ulster club intermediate football championship last Sunday after overcoming a stern challenge from Kinawley of Fermanagh in Enniskillen. In a tight affair, these sides had been level nine times throughout the hour and it was the men from the Erneside who brought in a 0-10 to 0-9 lead at the break. Kinawley ace forward Tomas Corrigan was proving too hot to handle for the Lavey defence, kicking 0-5 during the first-half. Corrigan's luck was against him in the second-half though when the woodwork would deny him on three separate occasions, as Lavey notched up the scores down the other end with the breeze at their backs. Full-forward Darren Jordan executed the first point of the restart to square the sides for the fifth time, before Corrigan and Declan Murphy traded scores. Another point from Jordan put Terry Hyland's team back into the lead, but when full-back Mark Monaghan got forward to split the posts and Corrigan threaded Shaun Doherty through for his third point Kinawley were 0-13 to 0-12 in front with ten minutes to go. After that it was a case of Lavey timing their finish to perfection, as they put the shackles on Corrigan and Doherty and fired over three points in-a-row from Kevin Brady, Declan Murphy and Aaron Smith to secure victory and place in the last four of the province. Lavey - Conor Martin; Fergal Smith, Darren Smith, Declan Conroy; Kevin Donohoe, Joey Jordan, Aaron Smith; Sean Maguire, Stephen Jordan; Kevin Brady (0-4, 1f), Declan Murphy (0-4), Damien Smith (0-1); Martin Cusack (0-2), Darren Jordan (0-3, 1f), Shane Tierney (0-1). Subs: Karl Duke, Christopher Conroy. Kinawley - Darren Boyle; Barry McManus, Mark Monaghan (0-2), Conor McBarron; Mark Cornyn, Niall Bogue, Brendan McHugh; Sean Leonard Ruadh; Matthew Drumm (0-1), Kevin Martin, Sean Crudden (0-1, 1f); Tomas Corrigan (0-6, 3f), Sean Hussey, Shaun Doherty (0-3, 2f). Subs: Patrick McGovern, Ciaran Melanaphy, Gareth Owens. Ref: Ciaran Branagan (Down). Tweet

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