Saturday round-up from Fraher Field

 

Clashmore 1-17 An Rinn 4-8
A goal in the fifth minute of injury time from substitute Padraig O’Murchu salvaged an unlikely draw for An Rinn in the first of the Western Intermediate hurling semi finals. After 53 minutes, they trailed by nine points but managed to rattle the net three times in the closing stages. Clashmore’s crisp brand of hurling saw them deservedly lead by 1-11 to 1-4 at the break. Tadhg Bourke stood head and shoulders above the rest at centre forward as he accounted for twelve points and they looked poised for a comfortable win. An Rinn made a late charge however and goals courtesy of Liam O’Lonain, Donie Breathnach and O’Murchu gave them a lifeline. The replay will be held next Friday evening at 7.15 in Fraher Field.

Scorers:- Clashmore: T. Bourke 0-12 (8f), D. Foley 1-2, B. O’Halloran 0-2, P. O’Connor 0-1.
An Rinn: D. Breathnach 1-5 (1-4f, 1 65), L. O’Lonain 1-1, B. Breathnach, P. O’Murchu 1-0 each, R. O’Ceallaigh 0-2.

Cappoquin 0-15 Ardmore 0-13
Cappoquin earned a spot the Western Intermediate hurling final for the second year running after causing an upset in the second part of the double bill. It was a victory built on steely determination in defence and at the other end seven different scorers contributed to the final tally. Ardmore started brightly but leaned too heavily on Seamus Prendergast who finished with ten points to his credit. They led by four points to nil after seven minutes but trailed by nine points to eight at the interval. Conor Murray, Paul Murray and Keith Landers all put in big performances to get Cappoquin over the line in the second half.

Scorers:- Cappoquin: C. Murray 0-7 (4f), K. Landers 0-3, P. Murray, S. O’Rourke, D. Cahillane, K. O’Sullivan, E. McGrath 0-1 each.
Ardmore: S. Prendergast 0-10 (4f, 1 65), D. Prendergast, J. O’Donnell, P. Gleeson 0-1 each.

Fourmilewater 0-12 Abbeyside 0-8
In a tight, tense and tactical senior quarter final, Fourmilewater came good in the second half to advance to the last four for the first time in nine years. The sides were level on three occasions in the opening half as they went in level at six points apiece. Abbeyside used corner forward Shane O’Donovan as a sweeper in front of Shane Walsh and it gave them a platform to dominate the early stages. Jamie Barron and Gary Hurney exchanged points on the restart to tie it up for the fourth time. Fourmile hit the next four white flags however as Abbeyside hit a barren spell of 22 minutes without a score. This included a superb solo effort from Barron who finished up as top scorer on the night. A Mark Ferncombe free brought it back to within a score but another Barron free settled a disappointing contest overall.

Scorers:- Fourmilewater: J. Barron 0-6 (4f, 1 65), R. Fenton, C. Guiry, L. Lawlor, Maurice O’Gorman, S. Walsh, B. Wall 0-1 each.
Abbeyside: M. Gorman 0-3 (3f), G. Hurney 0-2, M. Fives, P. Hurney, M. Ferncombe (f) 0-1 each.