St Caimins, Shannon 2-12 Midleton CBS 1-13:CLARE SCHOOL St Caimin's, had two points to spare over Midleton CBS at the end of a thrilling quarter-final at Bruff yesterday.
In a tight encounter, the Shannon hurling nursery relied on a late goal by corner forward Ian Mulready to secure victory and encourage them to go one better than their runner-up spot in last year’s competition. At the Limerick venue, the half-time score read 1-6 each.
ST CAIMIN’S: T Griffin; N O’Connor, N Purcell, E Burns; E Boyce, K Lynch, D OConnor; C O’Connor, F Melody (0-1); A Cunningham (0-3), P Collins, D Keogh (0-3, one free); S Liddy (1-1), P Sheehan (0-3, frees), A Mulready (1-1).
MIDLETON: W McCarthy, K Burke, F O’Mahony, P O’Mahony, A Hayes, D Moynihan, D O’Mahony (0-1, 65), J Cronin, R Smart, B Lawton (0-1), E Healy (0-2), C Walsh, B Hartnett (0-6, five frees), S Moore (1-1), C Lehane (0-2). Sub: W Joyce for Smart (53).
Referee: M Meade (Limerick)
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