ACL Div.5: Mullingar Shamrocks 1-9 Multyfarnham 2-7

Almost nothing to report as Mullingar Shamrocks came up short by a single point in this ACL Div.5 encounter in Springfield. Multyfarnham led by 1-5 to 1-3 at the interval thanks to a goal scored by Leroy Casserly. Mark Shaw was Shamrocks goalscorer and John O’Reilly, Matthew Shaw and Zach Aherne added the points. A scoring burst of two points early in the second half levelled the contest; Niall Hannigan pointed from long range and Paddy Joyce added a second point almost immediately. Another point from Sean Hynes edged Shamrocks ahead before Multyfarnham had their mini-scoring spell with Stephen Sweeney cutting through the Shamrocks defence for a goal and Adam Bates pointed to extend the Multy lead to three points (2-6 to 1-6). Aaron Russell scored a fine point and Ryan Blundell added another almost immediately to complete our second mini-scoring burst. A pointed free by Adam Bates was neutralised by a similar score by Niall Hannigan but unfortunately this proved to be the last kick of the evening.

Mullingar Shamrocks: Mikey Curley; Ben Egan, Matthew Siode, Eamonn Breslin; Paddy Joyce (0-1), Ryan Blundell (0-1), Niall Hannigan (0-2); John O’Reilly (0-1), Pearse Corroon; Andrew Shaw (0-1) [Robin Habimana], Zach Aherne (0-1), James Larkin; Matthew Shaw (1-0) [Aaron Russell 0-1], Seán Hynes (0-1), Adam Boyle (Ciaran Gowran).

ACL Div.3: Mullingar Shamrocks 1-15 Milltownpass 1-13

A very satisfactory ACL Div.3 campaign ended in Springfield on Thursday evening with a deserve two point victory over Milltownpass. Unlike the mini-scoring blitzs against Multyfarnham on Tuesday, Shamrocks began on this occasion with a real scoring blitz that proved crucial in the end with Jordan Warde the inspiration behind about five minutes of football that saw Shamrocks notch 1-4 before Milltownpass replied. Tomass Turks scored the goal created by a superb pass from Jordan and Jordan himself notched the points. Niall Hannigan (0-2) and Andrew Shaw also kicked points as Wayne Boyce notched the Milltownpass goal to leave a half-time score of 1-11 to 1-6. Jordan Warde added another point on resumption but four great long-range points by Milltownpass reduced the deficit to the minimum. Niall Hannigan pointed as did Jordan Warde (from a great Paddy Joyce pass) but Milltownpass balanced these with like scores as Aaron Purcell’s black card inspired some discussion as to what was and what was not a black card. In the last few nervous minutes Paddy Joyce was the one who took the responsibility of shooting and kicked a neat long range point to seal the game which ended with Shamrocks impressively retaining possession to secure the points.

A positive league campaign in the end after a rocky start with ACL Div.3 status comfortably retained; the Paddy Joyce and Simon Quinn return to active service continues whilst they were joined on this occasion by Niall Ouchbakou one of our younger promising footballers, on the comeback trail.

Mullingar Shamrocks: Mikey Curley; Aaron Purcell, Efe Siode, Eamonn Breslin; Niall Ouchbakou (Sean Hynes), Pearse Corroon, Matthew Siode; Zach Aherne, Niall Hannigan (0-3); Andrew Shaw (0-1),Simon Quinn, Tomass Turks (1-0); Jordan Warde (0-8), Seán Hynes (Adam Boyle), Paddy Joyce (0-1).