St Ultan"s down Black stuff with shock Feis Cup win
St Ultan"s produced the shock of the week with a stunning victory over senior side Walterstown in their Feis Cup second round tie at Simonstown on Thursday evening. The winners raced into a 0-4 to 0-1 lead following points from Cian Rennicks, Brian Galligan and Tomas Coyne and St Ultan"s continued to dominate to take a 0-7 to 0-2 interval lead. Walterstown improved after the resumption, but they couldn"t get any closer than three points and it was Daryl McLoughlin who seal the win for St Ultan"s. St Ultan"s - N Burke; K Lynch, D Galligan, J Bennett; D Mallon, A Martin, B Galligan (0-3); K Galligan, B Mulroe; D McLoughlin (0-1), P Murray, G Rennicks; C Rennicks (0-6), T Coyne (0-1), E Brady. Subs - K Rogers for Murray, A Ball for G Rennicks. Seneschalstown 1-12 Skyrne 1-11 Ciaran Macken"s goal three minutes from full-time proved to be the winning score for Seneschalstown as they maintained their bid to retain the Feis Cup with a narrow victory over Skryne at Dunsany on Thursday. Skryne defeated Seneschalstown in the A FL Div 1 final last year, so Thursday"s win was sweet revenge for Damien Sheridan"s charges. The contest was close throughout and the sides were tied 0-6 each before Kevin Mulvaney"s goal gave Skryne a 1-6 to 0-6 interval lead. With Brian Sheridan and Shane Clarke sharing eight points between them Seneschalstown remained in touch before Macken"s winning goal stunned Skryne. Vinny O"Reilly, Ian Davis, Paddy O"Rourke and Johnny Jordan were best for Skryne. Seneschalstown - D Lyons; P Carey, J Byrne, C Ruddy; G Sheridan, M Carey (0-2), S Sheridan; A Collins, S Finnegan; I Carroll, C Macken (1-0), G Conlon (0-1); S Clarke (0-3), B Sheridan (0-5), B Clarke (0-1). Skryne - B Farrell; A Curry, V O"Reilly, M Jordan; J Looby, J Quinn, D Rogan; I Davis, A Tuite; A Carty (0-1), K Mulvaney (1-1), T Giles (0-4); J Jordan (0-1), P O"Rourke (0-4), M O"Dowd. Subs - J Heragty for Carty, D Beaton for Rogan. A FL DIV 2 Syddan 0-13 Drumconrath 0-5 Relegation threatened Drumconrath offered little resistance to Syddan in their A FL Div 2 clash on Thursday evening. The early exchanges were close with the winners taking a 0-5 to 0-4 interval lead. However, after the break Syddan pulled clear as Drumconrath added just one further point. Thomas Dillon, Daniel Carney, Philip Meade and Luke Halpenny were best for Syddan. Syddan - D Young; E Maguire, M Cassidy, S Malone (0-1); P Rafferty, T Dillon, L Halpenny (0-2); N McGillick (0-1), G Farrelly (0-1); P Meade (0-5), M Byrne, F Ross; I Curran, T Gilsenan (0-2), C Rowe (0-1). Subs - D Carney for Maguire, P Smith for Rafferty, R Farrelly for G Farrelly, B Bashford for Ross, S Finnegan for McGillick. DIV 3 Ballinlough 1-10 St Michael"s 0-11 Ballinlough"s push for promotion from A FL Div 3 continued with a good win over the previously unbeaten St Michael"s at Carlanstown on Thursday evening. The home side enjoyed the better of the early exchanges and lead 0-3 to 0-1 after 15 minutes. However, Kenneth Rothwell"s goal boosted Ballinlough and gave them a 1-5 to 0-5 interval advantage. That advantage was maintained throughout the second-half as St Michael"s closed to within a point before Ballinlough pulled two clear again and that is how it finished. Ballinlough are in a strong position to secure promotion and St Michael"s should join them. Ballinlough - J Higgins; B Smith, P Muldoon, R Farrell; E O"Reilly, L Maguire, G Smith; Cian Mallon (0-3), K Devine; Colm Mallon, R McGuinness, P Ryan; A Lynch (0-6), K Rothwell (1-0), C Maguire (0-1). Subs - J O"Reilly for Ryan, Ryan for C Maguire. St Michael"s - D O"Connell; M O"Reilly, D Flood (0-1), D Reilly; S Gaffney, P Rogers, P Clinton; B Ryan, JB O"Reilly (0-1); R Briody, C Lynch (0-3), J Reilly (0-1); B Farrell (0-1), P O"Reilly, D Regan (0-4). Subs - R Farrell for B Farrell, T Halpin for J Reilly, N O"Kane for Lynch. DIV 4 Clann na nGael 0-12 Bective 1-7 Bective slumped to their second successive A FL Div 4 two-point defeat when Clann na nGael got the better of them on Tuesday of last week. Clann na nGael started well and opened up a seven-point lead before a Ruairi Russell goal gave Bective hope and left them just 1-3 to 0-9 adrift at the interval. The second-half was even, but Bective couldn"t close the gap further despite hitting the crossbar and slumped to defeat. Bective - K Hughes; B Malone, G Brennan, B Hogge; K Dunne, S Moran, S Sullivan; C Reilly (0-1), D Geraghty; P Lyness, B Cantwell (0-6), R Russell (1-0); J Grant, D Keating, M Mulhall. Subs - J Brennan for Lyness, N Davis for Malone, D Lynch for Sullivan, M Mullooly for Mulhall. St Vincent"s 2-7 Kilbride 0-4 Second-half goals from Darren Lane and Alan Kearns proved vital as St Vincent"s claimed the spoils from the clash of the only two unbeaten teams in A FL Div 4. St Vincent"s - P Caffrey; E Murphy, S Creed, B Bowens; S Ennis, N Tallon, D Hand; R Sheridan, S McNally (0-1); M Carberry, D Lane (1-4), S ogTravers; T Field (0-1), A Kearns (1-0), M Byrne (0-1). Subs - J Wall for Byrne, C Sheridan for Lane, M Connor for Bowens, R Dunne for Travers, A Montgomery.