U12 Finals Day

Cusack Park 01-06-2015

The U12 league came to a conclusion in Cusack Park last Monday for St. Josephs Miltown Malbay. Both teams had finals to play. The team competing in the Banner league which is made up of almost all u11 players and a few u10’s came up against Kilmurry Ibrickane and despite taking the lead in the first half the physical strength of our opponents ended up paying dividends and we lost an exciting game by two points. The team competing in the Brian O Reilly League, Division 1, have made great strides from their opening defeat against Ennistymon and have not lost a game since. They have being playing a high tempo brand of attacking football all the way. They faced off against a very strong Corofin team in their final. Despite being seven points behind at one stage our boys mounted a strong comeback and their attacking play yielded a number of scores with unselfish play from the inside forward line creating space and opportunities for their teammates to plunder a number of great goals to win the thrilling encounter. There is a great crop of players involved at this age group and their commitment and effort is never in question which points toward a strong future for Miltown Malbay GAA. Neart Trí Iarracht.

Division 5 league 2015

Miltown v Moy 01-06-2015

Miltown 1- 14 Moy 1-4

Lashing rain ,driving wind and low temperatures welcomed both teams and supporters to a sodden Hennessy Park on Monday when Miltown ensured their status in Division 5 for next year with a well deserved victory over Moy .Playing with the aid of the elements in the first half Miltown placed the Moy defense under severe pressure and kept the scoreboard ticking over with nine points and a cracking goal from Des Molohan. Moy's best chance of a goal in the first half was superbly saved by Paul Tubridy and a solitary point was all they could muster for the 30 mins.

Conditions improved slightly as the game wore on but after all the rain the underfoot conditions were proving tricky.The second half was a tight affair with Moy having more of the possession but coming up against a resolute Miltown defense they were unable to make much of an impact on the score.Miltown themselves played very well against the wind and despite Moy scoring 1-3 in the second Miltown were able to tack on 5 points to run out winners on a scoreline of 1-14 to 1-4

Miltown : Paul Tubridy, Brendan O'Brien, Kevin Burke, Martin Rynne, Enda Malone, David Cleary, Cormac Byrne, John Meade, Sean Meade, Sean O'Connell,Gerard Malone, Gary Egan, Thomas Meade, Des Molohan, James O'Connor.

Subs: Michael Hehir for T.Meade, Damian Lafferty for C.Byrne, Martin Mongan for G.Malone,Michael Talty for M.Rynne, Micheal Crehan for S.O'Connell, Michael Murrihy for J.O'Connor

Referee : John Hannon ( Ml Cusacks)

  

 

Cusack Cup 2015 Round 6

Miltown v O'Currys 31-05-2015

Miltown 4-12 O'Currys 0-8

Miltown scored a comprehensive victory over O'Currys in round 6 of this years Cusack Cup in Miltown on Sunday morning.Despite playing with the aid of a strong breeze in the first half Miltown found scores hard to come and with 29 minutes gone were leading narrowly on a scoreline of 0-5 to the visitors 0-3.Two late goals from Eoin Cleary and Micheal Malone put a gloss on the halftime score and left O'Currys with a lot of work to do in the second half.

Miltown really upped their performance in the second half against the wind and put O'Currys on the backfoot from the off. Miltowns defence was strong and disciplined with some excellent tackles and blocks to prevent the visitors getting any foothold in the game while the midfield and forwards created numerous chances which resulted in 2-7 being scored for the 30 mins.Goals from Kieran Malone and Brian Curtin ensured Miltown had their biggest win of the season to date and leaves them in contention for a semi final place with one round of games to go.

Miltown : Sean O'Brien, Gearoid Curtin, Seanie Malone, Ian Sexton, Gordon Kelly, Enda O'Gorman, Shane Curtin, Conor Cleary, John Meade, Gerard Malone, Kieran Malone, Darragh McDonagh, Eoin Cleary, Micheal Malone, Brian Curtin.

Subs : Joe Curtin for G.Malone,Graham Kelly for G.Curtin, Cormac Byrne for S.Curtin,Gary Egan for K.Malone,Damian Lafferty for J.Meade,James O'Connor for E.O'Gorman.

Referee : Pat Cosgrove (Corofin) 

 

O'Gorman Cup 2015

Miltown v Ennistymon 18-05-2015

Miltown 2-4  Ennistymon 1-7

Miltown and Ennistymon shared the spoils in a low key O'Gorman Cup fixture played in a cold, wet and miserable Lahinch on Monday evening.Playing 13 a side Miltown started the game brightly and were ahead on a scoreline of 1-1 (with the goal coming from Darragh Mcdonagh) to no score before play was interupted for ten to fifteen minutes due to the field being used for a medical airlift by the Shannon based rescue helicopter.After play resumed Miltown goaled again this time from Kevin Keavey.After a discussion with the referee the Ennistymon goalkeeper was black carded and replaced.Points from Kevin Keavey and Micheal Malone gave Miltown a halftime lead of 2-2 to 1-3.

The second half was a largely forgetable affair with missed chances from both sides as the weather and light continued to deteriorate. Ennistymon had slightly the better of things, but with points from Kevin Keavey and John Meade Miltown held on the record their first point of this years competition.

Miltown : Sean O'Brien, Gearoid Curtin, Sean Malone,Cormac Byrne, Enda O'Gorman, Enda Fox, John Meade,Darragh McDonagh, Gerard Malone, Gary Egan, Brian Curtin, Micheal Malone,Kevin Keavey.

Subs: James O'Connor for E.Fox

         Martin Mongan for J.Meade

         John.Meade for Kevin Keavey

         Paul Tubridy for S.O'Brien 

 

U16 Shield Final  17-05-2015

Miltown v The Banner

Miltown 1-6  The Banner 1-6

Miltown U16's were cruelly denied a deserved victory in the U16 Shield final in Cusack Park on Sunday evening when a late goal from The Banner ensured that the teams would have to meet again to decide this years title.

The first half was a tight affair played in heavy rain which at times made handling very difficult.An early Eoin Looney goal and two points from the impressive Sean Clancy meant that Miltown went in at half time level on a scoreline of 1-2 to 0-5.The second half saw Miltown establish control with some fine attacking football allied to a strong and disciplined defence which caused numerous problems for their opponents.Scores from Sean Clancy (2), Zack Whelehan and Micheal Murray and some impressive goalkeeping from Euan Reidy meant Miltown went into the closing stages leading by three points.

The Banner increased the pressure on Miltown in the final minutes and were rewarded when a last minute goal finally broke the Miltown rearguard action and meant the sides will have to meet again in Kilfenora on Friday 22nd at 7pm.

After a difficult season, the resolve and dedication of both the players and management must be highly commended and their performance on Sunday gives great hope and belief in this group.

Miltown : Euan Reidy,Saul Boyd,Evan Crowley,Padraig Devitt,Tadhg Flynn,Oisin Looney,Sean Clancy,Eoin Looney,Ronan Meade,Cillian O'Malley,Micheal Murray,Jack Downes,Cian Flanagan,Tadhg O'Neill,Zack Whelehan.

Subs : Christy Keane for T.Flynn

           James Clancy for J Downes

Rereree : Flan O'Reilly (Cratloe)

 

Division 5 League 2015 Round 5 

Miltown v Shannon Gaels

Miltown 5-7 Shannon Gaels 2-7

A glut of second half goals , three of them from Des Molohan gave Miltown their second win of the season in driving rain at Hennessy Park on Sunday.

Miltown started the game at a very impressive pace and had 1-1 to show for it after the opening 10 minutes ,the goal coming from Kevin Burke after Martin Mongan had opened proceedings with a point from play.

The Gaels fought back strongly and after a dubious enough penalty went in at half time leading on a scoreline of 2-4 to 1-4 with Miltown's other scores coming from the boot of Gary Egan (2) and Gerard Malone.

Miltown started the second half brightly and 1-1 from the influential Gary Egan put them back into the lead.

The introduction of substitute Des Molohan early in the second half proved to be the turning point in the game with the veteran forward securing a hat trick of goals and two points to secure victory for the home side which keeps them in the running for a semi final position with two games against Moy and Killimer to play.

Miltown: Paul Tubridy,Cormac Byrne,David Cleary,Gearoid Burke,Michael Murrihy,Enda malone,James O'Connor,Martin Mongan,Sean Meade,Michael Talty,Gary Egan,Gerard Malone,Thomas Meade,Kevin Burke,Micheal Crehan.

Subs: Sean Mahony for M.Murrihy,Des Molohan for T.Meade,James O'Brien for M.Crehan,

Colm Haugh for M.Talty,Peter Cleary for James O'Brein (black card),M.Talty for K.Burke.

Referee : John Hannon

 

O'Gorman Cup 2015 

Miltown v Clondegad 09-05-2015

Miltown 0-7 Clondegad 0-8

Miltown travelled to Ballynacally on Saturday evening to take on Clondegad in their first outing in this years O'Gorman Cup.Miltown were down a number of regulars including Gordon Kelly & Eoin Cleary who cannot play in this competition as they are part of the Clare senior setup.

The first half was a fairly low key affair with Miltown missing a number of scoring opportunities.Points from Darragh McDonagh,Kieran Malone & Kevin Keavey left the sides level at 3 points a piece at the break.

The srandard of play picked up a bit in the second half as both sides traded points mainly from play.Points from Kieran Malone (2),Micheal Malone and John Meade were unfortunately not enough to pick up the points with Clondegad running out winners on a scoreline of  eight points to seven

Miltown:Sean O'Brien,Shane Curtin,Seanie Malone,Gearoid Curtin,Cormac Byrne,Graham Kelly,Enda Fox, JJ.Meade,Darragh McDonagh,Kevin Keavey,Gary Egan,Gerard Malone,Joe Curtin,Micheal Malone, Kieran Malone.

Subs

Martin Mongan for Graham Kelly

Micheal Crehan for Enda Fox

Peter Cleary for Gerard Malone  

Cusack Cup 2015 Round 5

Miltown v Kilmurry Ibrickane 04-05-2015

Miltown 0-8 KIB 0-8

After two defeats Miltown steadied the ship with a hard fought draw against neighbours Kilmurry Ibrickane in Miltown on Monday.The first half was a tight tense affair with Miltown kicking a number of wides while playing with the breeze.Points from Eoin Cleary,Darragh McDonagh and Kieran Malone were all Miltown could muster in the opening thirty minutes which saw KIB score four in reply.

The second half produced a much improved performance from the home side when playing into the breeze with the half back line of Graham Kelly,Gordon Kelly and Eoin O'Brien particularly prominent.Four points from the boot of Eoin Cleary, (two from play) ensured that there was little between the sides coming into the closing ten minutes and a point from Micheal Malone ensured both sides left Hennessy Park with honours intact.

Draws were the order of the weekend between Miltown and KIB as both sides played out an other hard fought draw in the Division 5 clash played in Quilty on Saturday.That game finished on a scoreline of Miltown 0-8 KIB 1-5 which meant for the second year in a row there was nothing to separate the sides.

Miltown : Sean O'Brien,Ian Sexton,Seanie Malone,Shane Curtin,Eoin O'Brien,Graham Kelly,Gordon Kelly, JJ.Meade,Darragh McDonagh,Kevin Keavey,Kieran Malone,Colin Hehir,Eoin Cleary,Micheal Malone, Brian Curtin.

Subs:

Enda Fox for Colin Hehir

Joe Curtin for Kevin Keavey

Enda O'Gorman for Ian Sexton

 

Cusack Cup 2015 Round 4

Miltown v Lissycasey  28-04-2015

Miltown 0-8 Lissycasey 2-3

Miltown fell to their second defeat of the 2015 Cusack Cup when going down by a single point to Lissycasey in terrible conditions in Lissycasey. The game started in a downpour and with a cold biting wind adding to the adding to the discomfort.The weather didn't seem to bother the home side who goaled within 17 seconds of the throw in with the wind to their backs.A second goal after just 8 minutes left Miltown who were finding the massed Lissycasey defence difficult to breakdown , facing an uphill battle.Points from Kieran Malone (2) and a Conor Cleary free were all Miltown could muster in the opening 30 and they went in trailing on a scoreline of 2-3 to 0-3.

The second half showed a marked improvement from Miltown as they set about reeling in the home side.An Eoin Curtin point followed by 2 long range efforts from Conor Cleary & John Meade brought Miltown to within a goal.A black card for the lively Eoin Curtin and injuries to Shane Curtin & Graham Kelly took some of the momentum out of the Miltown fightback and despite 2 points from Conor Cleary Miltown were unable to get the equaliser and Lissycasey who failed to score in the second half held out for a one point win as the darkness drew in.

Miltown :Sean O'Brien,Ian Sexton,Seanie Malone,Graham Kelly,Eoin O'Brien,Gordon Kelly,Shane Curtin, JJ.Meade,Darragh McDonagh,Kevin Keavey,Kieran Malone,Brian Curtin,Enda Fox,Conor Cleary,Micheal Malone

Subs:

Eoin Curtin for Enda Fox

Eoin.Cleary for Eoin.Curtin 

Enda.Fox for Shane Curtin

Joe Curtin for Kevin Keavey

K.Keavey for Graham Kelly.

   

Cusack Cup 2015 Round 3

Miltown v Clondegad  19-04-2015

Miltown 1-5 Clondegad 1-15

Miltown suffered their first defeat of the 2015 Cusack Cup campaign when going down by 10 points to Clondegad in a sunny Ballynacally on Sunday.

Missing a number of players through injury Miltown were slow to settle in the first half and Clondegad held a three point lead before a Micheal Malone point from play opened their account after 14 minutes.However as the half wore on Miltown began the get the better of proceedings with Darragh McDonagh prominent in midfield.Points from Kieran Malone, Eoin Curtin and Kevin Keavey meant the sides went in level at half time on a scoreline of 4 points a piece.

The second half started well for the visitors with another Micheal Malone point securing the lead.However this proved to be a short lived lead and as Clondegad tightened the screw Miltown found scores very hard to come by, their only other score being a well taken goal by Kieran Malone after 46 minutes.In the mean time Clondegad had added 5 points and a 55th minute goal signalled the end of Miltowns hopes.The home side went on to score 6 unanswered points from play in the final 10 minutes to run out comprehensive winners.  

Next up for Miltown is an away fixture against Ennistymon in the O'Gorman Cup before travelling to Lissycasey for round 4 of the Cusack Cup in a game scheduled for tuesday 28th of april

Miltown :Sean O'Brien,Ian Sexton,Seanie Malone,Graham Kelly,Brian Curtin,Gordon Kelly,Shane Curtin, JJ.Meade,Darragh McDonagh,Kevin Keavey,Gary Egan,Colin Hehir,Eoin Curtin,Enda Fox,Micheal Malone

Subs:

Kieran Malone for Gary Egan,

Cormac Byrne for Graham Kelly

Gerard Malone for Kevin Keavey

Martin Mongan for Eoin Curtin

Referee Pat Cosgrove (Corofin)

Cusack Cup 2015 Round 2

Miltown v Doonbeg 07-04-2015

Miltown 2-6 Doonbeg 0-9

Miltown picked up their first victory of the 2015 campaign with a merited victory over Doonbeg in Doonbeg on Monday.In a game played in near ideal conditions both sides found scores hard to come by in the opening quarter. Miltown's first score came in the eighth minute when Conor Cleary opened his account.They had to wait almost fifteen minutes for their second, a free from Kevin Keavey.,while the home side had scored three points in the mean time..A smart well taken goal from Kevin Keavey from a Brian Curtin pass was quickly followed by an Eoin Curtin point,to give Miltown the upper hand heading towards half time ,with a point from Doonbeg leaving the score 1-3 to 0-4 at the interval.

The second half started inwhirlwind fashion for the visitiors with an Eoin Curtin point from play quickly followed by a Brian Curtin goal after a great crossfield ball from Gearoid Curtin. Doonbeg refused to lie down and  three points without reply brought them to within one score before an Eoin Curtin free stalled the home sides fightback.A great save from Sean O'Brien down low to his right prevented a certain Doonbeg goal and a further point from an Eoin Curtin free meant that despite immense Doonbeg pressure and a further point Miltown emerged deserving winners.

Miltown : Sean O'Brien,Ian Sexton,Seanie Malone,Eoin O'Brien,Gearoid Curtin,Gordon Kelly,Brian Curtin, JJ.Meade,Darragh McDonagh,Kevin keavey,Gary Egan,Colin Hehir,Eoin Curtin,Enda Fox Conor cleary.

 Subs:

Micheal Malone for Enda Fox.

Graham kelly for Gearoid Curtin.

David Talty for Gary Egan.

Shane Curtin for Seanie Malone.

Referee : Kevin Walsh (Wolfe Tones)

               Junior A League Division 5

Miltown v St.Josephs Doora Barefield 28-03-2015

Miltown 0-10 St.Josephs Doora Barefield 4-10

Two early goals from Doora Barefield put Miltown on the back foot straight away in the opening game of the 2015 Division 5 league. The visitors were six points up before a Gerard Malone point got Miltown off the mark.The sides exchanged points thereafter with scores from Gary Egan and Gerard Malone bringing the home side back to within three points only for another Barefield goal to increase the difference to six again.

Miltown went in trailing at the break on a scoreline of 3-4 to 0-7.

The second half saw Miltown battle to reduce the arrears with scores from Gerard Malone and Gary Egan unfortunately not enough bring the home side back into the game.Another Barefield goal put the game beyond Miltowns reach eventually losing out on a scoreline of 0-10 to 4-10.

before the game a minutes silence was observed in memory of Jim Marrinan and Francie Kelly who recently passed away.Ar dheis De go raibh a n-anamacha dilis.

Miltown :P.Tubridy,S.Parra,K.Burke,M.Rynne,M.Murrihy,S.Meade,D.Keane,P.Cleary,JJ.Meade,G.Malone,G.Egan,M.Mongan,E.McDonagh,C.Haugh,M.Crehan.

Subs.J.O'Brien for M.Murrihy,J.O'Connor for M.Crehan,M.Greene for P,Cleary,K.Shannon for K.Burke, L.Gray for D.Keane,G.Burke for M.Rynne

Referee : Kieran Harvey

   

                                 Cusack Cup 2015 Round 1 

Miltown v Cooraclare 21st March 2015 in Miltown

Miltown 2-5     Cooraclare 2-5

Miltown got their 2015 Cusack Cup campaign underway with a 2-5 a piece draw with Cooraclare in Miltown on Saturday.In a game marked with numerous mistakes on both sides a Miltown team missing a number of regulars battled gamely against newly promoted Cooraclare in ideal playing conditions. Miltown's first half goal came from a long range free which was fisted on by Joe Curtin, this led to a mix up in the Cooraclare defence and the ball eventually was adjudged to have crossed the line. Cooraclare replied with a goal of their own and went in at halftime leading on a scoreline of 1-3 to 1-2 , Miltown's points coming from Enda Fox and Brian Curtin.

An early second half point from Colin Hehir brought Miltown back on level terms and an Eoin Curtin free put them one up after 39 mins.A goal from close range by Eoin Curtin after Joe Curtin's fisted effort had come back off the post was quickly followed by a Seanie Malone point leaving Miltown 2-5 to 1-3 up as the game headed towards the final whistle.

Cooraclare refused to lie down and when referee Gerry Keane awarded them a penalty, Rory Donnelly took full advantage reducing the margin to the minimum. A Cooraclare point brought the teams level and despite chances at either end neither side could get the decisive score.

Miltown : S.O'Brien,I.Sexton,Gordon Kelly,E.O'Brien, Colin Hehir, G.Curtin, D.Lafferty,JJ Meade,

D.McDonagh,E.Fox,G.Egan,B.Curtin,E.Curtin,J.Curtin,K.Malone

Subs : Graham Kelly for G.Curtin, S.Malone for G.Egan, K.Keavey for K.Malone,

S.Curtin for E.Fox, M.Malone for S.malone

Referee : Gerry Keane (O'Currys)

 

U14 Championship.

Miltown 2-6 KIB 0-12

Miltown continued their unbeaten run in this years U14 Championship with a hard fought victory over a visiting KIB team in Miltown on Wednesday evening.
In a game played in wet and miserable conditions the ability of Miltown to score from play proved decisive with all their scores coming from open play.A fantastic penalty save from Miltown keeper John Curtin proved to be the turning point in an evenly contested second half.Miltown pushed on after this and a second goal for Ronan Meade and two late points ensured the home crowd went home happy.

Miltown
J.Curtin,
D.Flynn,S.Boyd,M.Cunningham,
C.O'Malley,C.Flanagan,T.Flynn,
M.Murray,O.Looney,
R.Meade,E.Reidy,J.Downes,
J.Clancy(c),Z.Whelehan,P.Keane

Subs
Q.Lernihan for D.Flynn
A.Rynne, C.O'Mahony

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