Sigerson: GMIT, IT Sligo and Athlone IT advance
Sigerson: GMIT, IT Sligo and Athlone IT advance
Sigerson: GMIT, IT Sligo and Athlone IT advance
Wednesday was another busy day of action in the HE GAA Sigerson Cup, with three more early round games taking place.
Wednesday, January 28
Sigerson Cup Results
Queens 0-8 IT Sligo 1-9Trinity College Dublin 0-10 Athlone IT 3-9GMIT 0-14 DIT 1-9
Queens 0-8 IT Sligo 1-9
There was heavy snow on the ground at the Dub in Belfast, but IT Sligo battled to a four-point extra-time win over Queens despite the difficult conditions.
Ryan Murray's extra-time penalty miss proved costly for Queens, as IT Sligo kicked on thereafter to seal the victory.
Evan Regan (Mayo) had found the net for IT Sligo in the first half to leave them one clear at the interval, but Armagh's Ciaron O'Hanlon, who finished with 0-6, helped restore parity by the end of normal time.
However, with both Ryan and Mark McHugh in action for the Connacht side, IT Sligo kicked on and advanced to the next stage of the competition.
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Scorers for IT Sligo: E Regan 1-4 (0-3f, 0-1 '45'), D McKenna 0-2 (1f), C Mulryne 0-1, B Gallagher 0-1, J Shaughnessy 0-1.
Scorers for Queens: C O'Hanlon 0-6 (1f), R Murray 0-1 (1f), T Donnelly 0-1.
IT SLIGO: A McCallig; E Flanagan, D McConnon, M McWeeney; D McKenna, E Doherty, B Gallagher; R Connelly, S McManus; R McHugh, M McHugh, C Mulryne; S Doak, E Regan, S Coen. Sub: J Shaughnessy for Coen (51).
QUEENS: M Cunningham; G McCabe, G McGovern, B Burns; R Wells, S Warnock, C Hamill; C Cullen, J Doherty; T Donnelly, C O'Hanlon, R Murray; M Monan, C Daly, D Hughes. Subs: M Jordan for Daly (BC, 2), C McCartan for Dowling (40), B McCann for Wells (56), C Cairns for Jordan (62), P Quinn for Monan (73).
Trinity College Dublin 0-10 Athlone IT 3-9
Athlone IT cruised through this Preliminary Round encounter with Trinity, with goals from Cillian Fitzgerald, Kieran Kilcline and Kieran Martin sealing their passage.
Fitzgerald and Kilcline goaled early to leave Athlone IT 2-2 to 0-2 up after 10 minutes, and while Paul McPadden's excellent free-taking kept Trinity within six points until the second half, a fortunate goal from Martin directly from a '45' sealed the win.
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Scorers for Athlone IT: K Kilcline 1-4 (0-1f), G Egan 0-3 (2f), C Fitzgerald 1-0, K Martin 1-0, J Donohue 0-1, D Whelan 0-1, C Fitzgerald 0-1.
Scorers for Trinity: P McPadden 0-7 (7f), J Kavanagh 0-1 (1f), T Daly 0-1, E Keogh 0-1.
ATHLONE IT: M Langtry; E Kerins, S Flynn, D Farrelly; J Donohue, K Martin, J Dolan; M Day, C O'Brien; D Wharton, G Egan, D Whelan; K Kilcline, D Queeney, C Fitzgerald. Subs: A Sullivan for Wharton (HT), J Wharton for Dolan (BC, 38), S Moran for Queeney (43), M Kearney for Day (BC, 49), K Rudden for Donohue (53).
TRINITY: R O'Hanlon; G Deery, M O'Grady, S Mulhern; G O'Donohue, T Daly, J McPadden; S Byrne, E Keogh; D Boothman, J Lane, M Regan; P McPadden, B Murray, J Kavanagh. Subs: B Flynn for Boothman (34), S Wogan for Byrne (BC, 36), C Mac Gearailt for Murray (46), C Ryan for Lane (55).
GMIT 0-14 DIT 1-9
GMIT dumped the 2013 champions out of the competition in Tuam on Wednesday, with Corofin pair Michael Farragher and Ronan Steede kicking the winning points in the dying stages of this tight battle.
DIT had led 1-4 to 0-6 at the break, Conor Madden having netted their goal, but GMIT took control of the game in the second half with Farragher and Niall Darby on song for them.
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Scorers for GMIT: A Meenaghan 0-3 (2f), N Darby 0-3 (1f), Ml Farragher 0-3, R Steede 0-2, P Holloway 0-1, Ma Farragher 0-1, A Glennon 0-1.
Scorers for DIT: C Madden 1-2, C Reddin 0-3, R Gaughan 0-1, B McMahon 0-1 (1f), C Grimes 0-1 (1f), C Compton 0-1.
GMIT: C Nolan; E Egan, B O'Farrell, D Moran; S O'Malley, P Holloway, S Burke; M O'Brien, R Steede; N Darby, Ml Farragher, S McDonnell; Ma Farragher, A Glennon, A Meenaghan. Subs: K Nally for McDonnell (29), M Shaughnessy for Meenaghan (43), C Donoghue for Burke (56), J Madden for Moarn (59 BC).
DIT: O Ferris; O Manning, B Power, S Clayton; D O'Reilly, C Reddin, S Dowling; S O'Connor, C Compton; B McMahon, C Grimes, E Flanagan; C Madden, T O'Connor, P Brogan. Subs: R Gaughan for Madden (29 BC), A Waters for Grimes (42), E Fletcher for O'Reilly (46), G O'Reilly for Compton (52).
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