ACL Div 3B round-up: Wins for Derrytresk and the Tatts

ACL DIVISION 3B ROUND-UP

DERRYTRESK’S brilliant start to the season continued on Friday night as they made it seven wins out of seven but they had to pull out all the stops to quell a fightback from neighbours Brackaville at O’Brien Park.

This was the tie of the round in Division 3B and it certainly didn’t disappoint. A Caolan Corr goal separated the sides at the break with Cathal O’Neill, Odhran Hughes, Ronan McHugh and Jason O’Neill among the points for their respective sides.

Ten minutes into the second half a Liam Slater goal left the visitors seven points to the good but it was far from over. Ciaran Gervin got a goal for the Roes and McHugh and Dale McSorley tagged on points but efforts from O’Neill and Paul McCabe helped Derrytresk edge the verdict on a 2-15 to 1-16 scoreline.

Tattyreagh are now in second place on their own but they too were pushed to the pin of their collars at home to Clann na Gael. It was the visitors who led by three points at the break thanks to scores from Robbie Conway and Dan Houston, Joe Cartin and Keelan McDonagh with scores for the hosts.

Ronan Collins and Andrew Allen got second half goals for the winners with Stevie Gervin and Eoin McGrath among their points as they turned things around. Clann na Gael battled to the end with David Conway finding the net and Robbie Conway finishing with an impressive 0-10 to his name but they just came up short as it finished 2-15 to 1-16.

Errigal Ciaran upset the odds at Dunmoyle with a 1-12 to 1-8 win over Urney. Niall McCartan top scored for the home side with 0-5 with Pascal Donnelly grabbing a brace and Sean McGirr also on target while Shane Donaghy got their goal. It was a third defeat of the campaign for the St.Columbas despite a Conor Lafferty goal and Ryan Heny and Jamie McAleer getting half a dozen points between them.

Brocagh collected only their second win of the season when they edged the verdict at home against Omagh. Omagh ed 3-4 to 0-7 at the interval with Ronan Kelly, Tomm Donaghy and Ciaran McArdle getting their goals. The Emmetts hit back in the second half with majors from Aidan Dorman and Joseph McNally while Owen Canavan took his personal haul to 0-6and Mickey Hughes finished with 0-3, Kelly ended up with 1-5 to his name for the St.Endas.

Goals proved the difference as Killyman made home advantage count against Donaghmore. Ronan McVeigh hit a brace with Michael McParland, Ryan McKenna and Gary Hamill all finding the net as well and Enda McGahan top scoring with 0-7. Conal Herron (4), Dermot McAleer (3), Joe Kelly (2) and Ryan Mullan (2) all featured among the points for the visitors as it finished 5-13 to 0-13.