St Michael’s 0-12
Four Masters 1-25
Four Masters recorded a fine 16-point victory over St Michael’s at the Bridge on Saturday evening.
The Donegal Town men used the wind well in Act One to build up a 14-point lead at the interval.
They managed to maintain the advantage in the second stanza, with Alex McCalmont finding the net to cap off a superb display.
Four Masters started this encounter brightly, with Kevin Muldoon pointing after 20 seconds before Thomas Lenehan (free) and Tomás Carr found the target to give them an early three-point lead.
St Michael’s got off the mark after seven minutes as Andrew Kelly converted a close range free.
However, the visitors hit back with two scores of their own through a pair of points from Lenehan.
The home side soon added their second point of the evening courtesy of Kyle McGarvey but Four Masters would kick the contest’s next six scores.
This fruitful spell was commenced by a fantastic laces effort from Tomás Carr which saw the orange flag raised.
The in-form Lenehan added three further scores (one two-pointer) while Killian Faulkner fisted an effort over the bar to stretch their lead to nine.
On 21 minutes, Kelly replied with his second free of the evening for the Bridge residents but a great score from Seanan Carr and another two-pointer through Lenehan saw Four Masters’ cushion stretched to 11.
The hosts soon added their fourth point of the evening through a third Kelly free.
However, two brilliant two-pointers in the closing stages of Act One courtesy of Conor Reid and Lenehan (free) saw Barry Dunnion’s side’s advantage stretched to 14 at the break.
Conor Reid and Colin McFadden exchanged the first two scores of the second stanza before the Tir Conaill Park residents found the game’s only major.
Seanan Carr went on a superb driving run and laid the ball off to the awaiting Alex McCalmont who rifled the ball into the back of the net.
This was closely followed by a point from Seanan Carr to leave them 17 ahead on the 40 minute mark.
Andrew Kelly (free) and Richard O’Rourke swapped scores before the hosts landed three successive points through Kelly, Colin McFadden and Oisin Langan.
But the Donegal Town men hit back with two of their own through the Carr brothers, Seanan and Tomás.
As we entered the closing ten minutes, St Michael’s continued to battle and kicked a further three scores without reply courtesy of Ciaran McGinley (2) and Kelly (free).
However, two stoppage times points from Seanan Carr (free) and Muldoon capped off a fine evening for Barry Dunnion’s outfit.
Teams
St Michael’s: Oisin Cannon; Seamus Ferry, Stephen Doak, Fionn Chernick; Oisin Langan (0-1), Ciaran Kelly, Kyle McGarvey (0-1); Conan Brennan, Colin McFadden (0-2); John McFadden, Michael McGinley, Patrick Francis Spiers; Carlos O’Reilly, Martin McElhinney, Andrew Kelly (0-6,0-5f). Subs: Ciaran McGinley (0-2) for John McFadden (43 mins).
Four Masters: Lewis McCaughan; Aidan McHugh, Leo McHugh, Caolan Sweeney; David Monaghan, Richard O’Rourke (0-1), Kevin Muldoon (0-2); Conor Reid (0-3,1tp), Patrick Reid; Alex McCalmont (1-0), Seanan Carr (0-4,0-1f), Tomás Carr (0-4,1tp); Killian Faulkner (0-1), Tiarnan McBride, Thomas Lenehan (0-10, 2tp,1tpf,0-3f). Subs: Emmett Doogan for McBride (45 mins), Eoghan O’Neill for McHugh (47 mins), Odhran McMullin for Monaghan (51 mins), Conor Meehan and Cian Gavigan for McCalmont and Lenehan (57 mins).
Referee: Cathal Gallagher (Glenswilly).