Mayo club championship roundup: Ballintubber and Kiltane advance, Parke-KC crash out
Kiltane’s Josh Carey gives Ballinrobe’s Eoin Gilrane the slip during the Egan Jewellers Mayo IFC at St. Joseph’s Park, Knockmore, this evening. Picture: David Farrell Photography
Here are the results from today's Mayo Club championship games:
Cillian O'Connor came to the rescue as he kicked eight points in Ballintubber's 0-14 to 1-9 win over Kilmeena in Islandeady. The win initially seemed like it would not be enough to send Ballintubber through but Breaffy's 0-14 to 0-7 win over Aghamore meant the latter agonisingly went out of the championship on points scored, 31 to Ballintubber's 37. Kilmeena head for a relegation play-off.
Goals in each half by Ciaran Mylett and Paddy Heneghan saw Castlebar Mitchels into the quarter-final as they defeated Ballyhaunis 2-9 to 1-8. However, Ballyhaunis will avoid the relegation playoffs, with their comeback win over Charlestown two weeks ago seeing them finish a point above their east Mayo rivals as the green and white were beaten by Group 4 winners Garrymore 2-8 to 0-11.
Moy Davitts and Lahardane played out a thrilling 1-14 to 2-11 draw in Ballina this evening. Both teams knew their fates before throw-in - Moy Davitts are in the last eight while Lahardane face a relegation play-off - but Lahardane will take much heart from the performance, with Ronan Clarke needing two late frees to rescue a point for the Moy men.
The other game was a straight shootout between Crossmolina and Louisburgh, with goals by Conor Loftus and Niall Coggins the difference (2-10 to 0-10) as the Maroon and White join Moy Davitts in the quarters. Louisburgh, meanwhile, will be playing intermediate once again in 2025.
Parke/Keelogues/Crimlin are the biggest casualty of the intermediate championship so far after Kiltane's draw against Ballinrobe (1-7 to 0-10) secured second spot in the group.
Parke defeated Kilmaine 1-9 to 0-8, a result that sees Kilmaine in the relegation playoffs. Ben Donoghue's late leveller for Kiltane, however, means Parke were eliminated on head-to-head following their defeat two weeks ago against Kiltane in Bangor.
First half goals from Kevin Moran, Enda O'Hora and James Carr saw Ardagh ease to a 3-8 to 1-7 win over Northern Gaels. The win sees them top Group 2 and book a home quarter-final. They are joined in the quarter final draw by Northern Gaels and Tourmakeady.
The other two teams in the group, Ballycroy and Shrule/Glencorrib, will now go into the junior 'B' draw and the former will be fancied to go all the way as they comprehensively defeated Shrule/Glencorrib 2-12 to 0-4, with last year's finalists Shrule/Glencorrib finishing bottom of Group 2.
