SOCCER: In the Norio’s Premier Division of the Roscommon & District League, last season’s runners-up Moore United were beaten 3-1 away to Shiven Rovers.
Moore’s centre-half was sent off for a second bookable offence early on. In the 38th minute, Rory Cunningham capitalised on a mistake by the goalkeeper to give Shiven a deserved lead. They carried that momentum into the second half and were quickly rewarded when Stephen Murray fired home a superb strike after excellent work down the right wing.
Moore pulled a goal back through Sean Fortune with 20 minutes remaining. They pushed hard for an equaliser, but Shiven’s defence stood firm. With Moore committing bodies forward, Stephen Murray latched onto a brilliant through ball late on to seal the points for Shiven.
Boyle Celtic share the lead with St John’s Athletic following a hard-earned 2-2 draw away to Skyvalley Rovers.
All the scoring action was reserved for the last eight minutes of normal time. With 82 minutes played Luke Glennon headed a Gerard McDermott-Roe free-kick to the Skyvalley Rovers net. Within two minutes Skyvalley Rovers were awarded a penalty when Michael Garvey was pushed over and Gary Canavan converted at the second attempt (the goalkeeper saved his first attempt but was well off his line when the kick was taken).
Michael Corrigan was in the right place to restore the Boyle lead with two minutes remaining but almost from the kick-off the ball broke to Michael Garvey who lobbed it over the advancing ‘keeper to level the game.
Division Two
In Division Two, Glen Celtic go top of the table after beating Roscommon United’s second side 6-0 in tough condition at Glenamaddy. Glen went in two up at half-time with goals from Dylan Joyce and Shay Mannion. The second half was one-sided with Dylan Joyce scoring two for Celtic and Conor Chapman and Peter Thomas Keaveney getting one each.
Ballinagare are still in the title race after beating Boyle Celtic’s second side 8-1 at Boyle. Aaron Dowd scored five and Frankie Cregg, Barry Harte and Tom Ward added one each for the winners with Louis Galvin pulling one back for the home side.
Carrick Town beat Roscommon United 4-0 at Boyle. Darra Pettit opened the scoring for the Carrick-on-Shannon side after 19 minutes and Narada Patrasco added a second two minutes later. Dylan Regan and Brandon Boyce added two more for the winners in the second half.
Rahara Rovers were beaten 3-1 at home by Moore United’s second side. Moore were two up after 30 minutes thanks to Christopher Kenny and Malcolm O’Hanlon, but Rahara pulled one back before the break through Seamus Lynch after a great cross from Jack Crehan. Half-time: 1-2.
Jason Cunningham scored for Moore with 20 minutes to go, and while Crehan hit the crossbar, the visitors held out to take the three points.
U-18 Girls
In the Connacht U-18 Girls Cup, Dunmore Town had an impressive 3-0 win away to Mervue United. Erika Diskin, Shannon Kilgarriff and Lily Concannon scored their goals.
