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Donagh Conway with possession for Ballinora. Picture: Damien O’Sullivan<\/p>\n\n Ballinora 3-22\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n Ballincollig 1-16\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
Ballinora banished the ghosts of last year’s P1 U16 semi-final in emphatic fashion, defeating favourites Ballincollig at Ballinhassig on Monday.<\/p>\n
Eight of the team beaten by 23 points by Midleton at the same stage 12 months ago started here. They made amends \u2013 and more \u2013 with a 12-point dismantling of their neighbours.<\/p>\n
It was 1-9 apiece at the break, after Ballinora had to make an early adjustment following the loss of full-back Ronan O\u2019Sullivan to injury. Their second-half surge was made even more impressive by the fact Ballincollig\u2019s bright restart saw the Village push themselves four points clear. But, Ballinora struck back through Donagh Conway, as he struck 1-1 to get them back on level terms.<\/p>\n
And once they pulled in front, there was no stopping this Ballinora team.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’re all thrilled with that performance by our lads against our neighbours tonight,\u201d said Ballinora manager Martin Fenton. \u201cBallyhea\/Milford were outstanding in defeating us in the last round robin match.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a chastening experience in tough conditions, we were all determined to bounce back. The boys worked so, so hard in training prior to and in that win tonight. We’re really looking forward now to a tough rematch against Ballyhea\/Milford.\u201d Scorers for Scorers for Ballinora: B Mehigan 0-11 (0-3 f), D Conway 2-1, D O\u2019Mahony 1-2 (0-2 f), J O\u2019Riordan 0-3, J Lynch 0-2, C Murphy, F Murphy, P Kelly 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
\n BALLINORA: C O\u2019Mahony; P Burke, R O\u2019Sullivan, C Noonan; P Kelly, F Murphy, D Fenton; P O\u2019Mahony, D O\u2019Mahony; B Murphy, B Mehigan, K O\u2019Mahony; C Murphy, D Conway, J O\u2019Riordan.<\/p>\n
\n Subs \u2013 used: D Lynch for O\u2019Sullivan (12 inj), J Lynch for K O\u2019Mahony (33), J Coakley for Conway (59). Unused: O Kilmartin, O O\u2019Reilly, S O\u2019Sullivan, L McCoy, A Chivite O\u2019Regan.<\/p>\n
Donagh Conway with possession for Ballinora. Picture: Damien O’Sullivan<\/p>\n
\n Ballyhea\/Milford 1-18\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n Midleton 0-17\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
In the other semi-final, which had been tightly contested for much of the hour, Ronan Hayes\u2019 penalty proved crucial as Ballyhea\/Milford eventually found enough to see off Midleton at Rathcormac.<\/p>\n
The eventual winners led by the minimum at the break, 0-9 to 0-8, and would have been further clear were it not for two brilliant saves from Midleton goalkeeper Will Stokes, who denied Ronan Hayes in the ninth and 15th minutes.<\/p>\n
But, when Hayes nailed the penalty in the 37th minute, the north Cork amalgamation would not be beaten as Finn Curtin, Muiris O\u2019Riordan and Ben Ronan were on form.<\/p>\n
Darragh Glavey, Liam Cronin and Michael O\u2019Connor impressed at the back for Midleton, while Tadhg Cronin and Dylan McInerney did well.<\/p>\n
\n Scorers for Ballyhea\/Milford: R Hayes 1-10 (1-0 pen, 0-6 f, 0-1 65), F Curtin 0-4, M O\u2019Riordan, H O\u2019Connor 0-2 each.<\/p>\n
\n Scorers for Midleton: D McInerney 0-3, J McSweeney, C McSharry (2 fs), M Richards, T O\u2019Dowd, L O\u2019Sullivan 0-2 each, F Byrne, E Donovan, K Lester, H Lutz 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
\n BALLYHEA\/MILFORD: P Crowley; D Daly, L Hogenes, D Newman; E Broderick, B Ronan, P O\u2019Brien; M O\u2019Riordan, F Curtin; O Geary, R Hayes, J Larkin; P Sexton, J Ronan, H O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: P Curtin for Broderick (inj), M Collins for Newman (temp), Collins for Sexton (inj).<\/p>\n
\n MIDLETON: W Stokes; T Galvin, M O\u2019Connor, S Barry; D Glavey, E Donovan, L Cronin; C McSharry, T Cronin, J McSweeney, D McInerney, F Byrne; M Richards, T O\u2019Dowd, L O\u2019Sullivan.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: K Lester for Byrne (HT), C Power for O\u2019Sullivan (38), H Lutz for T Cronin (40).<\/p>\n
\n Kiltha \u00d3g 2-15\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n Blarney 0-13\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
In the Challenge Cup semi-finals, Kiltha \u00d3g had enough to see off Blarney. They profited from a fortuitous early goal and led by four at the break, and pushed further ahead in the second half when Jack Hayes flicked to the net after 40 minutes.<\/p>\n
Defensively the east Cork amalgamation were excellent, with Sean Padden and Ben Walsh standing out, while Donagh Hayes made a good save from a Blarney penalty. Jack Donovan and Bobby Fitzgerald were Blarney\u2019s top performers on the night.<\/p>\n
\n Scorers for Kiltha \u00d3g: C Ronayne 1-8 (0-6 f), J Hayes 1-2, D \u00d3g McCarthy, D Murphy 0-2 each, W Collins 0-1.<\/p>\n
\n Scorers for Blarney: B Fitzgerald 0-5, S Hassett 0-4 (0-1 pen, 0-1 f), M Delea (f), S Lynch (f), J Shakeshaft, F O\u2019Sullivan 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
\n KILTHA \u00d3G: D Hayes; B Leahy, L O\u2019Riordan, A Falahee; S Padden, R Kelleher, B Walsh; J Forrest, D Murphy; D \u00d3g McCarthy, W Collins, T O\u2019Brien; J Hayes, C Ronayne, B Fitzgerald.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: L O\u2019Riordan for Forrest (38), S Barry for Fitzgerald (48), B Loughnane for O\u2019Brien (55), S Crowley for McCarthy (55), J Bowens for Kelleher (60 inj).<\/p>\n
\n BLARNEY: D Ring; F O\u2019Sullivan, C O\u2019Sullivan, C Staples; J Forrest, M Delea, J Donovan; E O\u2019Keeffe, D McAuliffe; S Lynch, S Hassett, G McCarthy; B Fitzgerald, H Hogan, J Shakeshaft.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: D Cotter for McCarthy (45), O Kelly for Shakeshaft (55), D O\u2019Brien (59).<\/p>\n
\n Glen Rovers 1-20\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
\n \u00c9ire \u00d3g 0-9\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
In the other Challenge Cup semi-final, Glen Rovers cruised to victory over an \u00c9ire \u00d3g side were without marquee forward Jack Casey.<\/p>\n
The northsiders were dominant all throughout, and now advance to the final where they\u2019ll face Kiltha \u00d3g, forming a double-header with the main event.<\/p>\n
\n Scorers for Glen Rovers: C McGuckin 0-9 f, J O\u2019Donovan 0-3, H Quirke 1-2, L Tynan, D Coade, K Geaney, L Hooley, Z Creamer, R Crean 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
\n Scorer for \u00c9ire \u00d3g: S Hogan 0-9 (0-6 f).<\/p>\n
\n GLEN ROVERS: D Hickey; C McSweeney, M Gale, C McCarthy; L Tynan, J Murray, Z Creamer; R Crean, C Ricken; C McGuckin, D Coade, K Geaney; L Hooley, J O\u2019Donovan, H Quirke.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: J Lynam for Creamer, S O\u2019Sullivan for Crean, D Murphy for Ricken, M Finnegan for Hooley, D Foley for McGuckin.<\/p>\n
\n \u00c9IRE \u00d3G: T O\u2019Brien; R O\u2019Connell, J Clifford; C Dineen; C Sheehan, O O\u2019Mahony, T Mullins; C Murphy, R Searles; R McCarthy, D Roche, D Crean; L McNeill, S Hogan, C Hayfield.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: T O\u2019Neill, D Hegarty, P Moloney, R O\u2019Neill, T Sheehan, R O\u2019Brien, J Boland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ballinora 3-22\u00a0 Ballincollig 1-16\u00a0 Ballinora banished the ghosts of last year’s P1 U16 semi-final in emphatic fashion, defeating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2110,1965,1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-599298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-sport","tag-hurling","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}