St Thomas’ and Sarsfields book semi-final slots

St Thomas and Sarsfields have booked themselves a spot in the semi-finals of the Senior A Championship, while Ardrahan will take on Athenry and Oranmore/Maree will take on Mullagh in the quarter finals.

Carnmore and Davitts will have to go to battle in the relegation final; while in the Senior B Championship, Clarinbridge and Salthill Knocknacarra topped their groups and are straight into semi finals.

Castlegar face Kinvara and Shamrocks face Craughwell in the Senior B quarter finals; with Mountbellew/Moylough and Eyrecourt going to battle in relegation fight. Cappataggle and Liam Mellows will face a play off battle next week to see who will progress into the knockout stages in the intermediate championship.

Senior A

Sarsfields 2-17

Carnmore 0-2

Sarsfields held Carnmore scoreless in the opening half on their way to a comfortable win. Two Klara Dohonue goals, along with points from Donohue, Rachel Murray, Niamh McGrath, Siobhán McGrath, and Caoimhe Kelly, saw Sarsfields lead 2-7 to no score at half-time.

Second half scores from Donohue, the McGrath sisters, and Sarah Spellman helped in extending Sarsfields lead. Carnmore did register two points through frees from Allanah Fahy and Niamh Fox.

Ardrahan 0-11

Oranmore Maree 0-11

An Ailish O’Reilly point in the 7th minute of injury-time sealed a draw in this clash in Gort on Saturday.

Kate Devereux opened the scoring on the 4th minute with a point from play for Ardrahan, and went on to score two more points in the half, with Rebecca Gardiner also getting on the scoresheet for Ardrahan. O’Reilly responded with four points for Oranmore Maree as the sides went in level at 0-4 apiece at the break.

Devereux added five more points for Srdrahan after the break, with Ava Lynskey adding a couple of her own; but O’Reilly brought her tally to a staggering 10 points after the brek, with Eimear O’Donovan accounting for Oranmore/Maree’s other score.

Pictured: Leah Behan of Davitts and Aoife Brennan of St Thomas'. Photo: Alan Leonard.