Ulster Under 21 Football Club Championship (at Creggan)

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Great performance by kilrea pearses yesterday, particularly in the first half when they posted 2-12; some clinical shooting for the goals and for points when, for a period, they just couldnt miss;

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Kilrea 2 - 17  1- 9 Ramor Utd
Burren won the other game, by 22 pts apparently!

Kilrea v Cargin in the semi final, winner plays Burren in the final

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Semi-Final

Belcoo O'Rahilly's (Fermanagh) 1-03  St. Mary's Burren (Down) 4-13


Burren sent out a clear message to the remaining contenders in the Thomas Devlin Motors Ulster U21 Club Football Championship that they had no intention of giving up their title following a very convincing 19 points win over Fermanagh's Belcoo O'Rahilly's.


David O Hare opened the scoring for the defending champions in the first minute of play with a well taken point. Two minutes later Eamonn Toner was pulled down in the large square and Sean Murdock drilled the ball to the net from the resulting penalty.

Belcoo scored their first point from a Jonathan Feeley free in the 6th minute. The football was certainly intense with tackling both tough but fair. In the 12th minute Feeley added his and Belcoo's second point from a 20m free. Shay McArdle then responded with a great goal for Burren, taking a long pass from Murdock before leaving his marker in his wake and placing the ball low into the corner of the net. A minute later Burren's Eamonn Toner fired over a long range point to move his side six points clear.

Sean Murdock expertly added another point and Burren seemed to be easing clear, however Belcoo were not to roll over just yet as Paul Duffy scored a clever close range goal to keep the Fermanagh side in touch.

Eamonn Toner fisted his second score of the game in the 24th minute to push the Down men 5 points clear which was supplemented by two points from Burren's sharp corner forward O'Hare and Tommy Farrell. This closed out the half with Burren enjoying an 8 point lead going in to the changing rooms.

HT- Burren 2-07 Belcoo 1-02

The Fermanagh side would have been needing the opening score of the 2nd half if they were to have any chance of overcoming the Down champions however disastrously they conceded a penalty with only two minutes gone. Just as he did in the opening period Sean Murdock kept his nerve and coolly slotted the ball home to take Burren 11 points in front.

The Mourne County men added two more points in as many minutes, one being a fantastic long range effort from the impressive Murdock. In the 11th minute Eamonn Toner effectively killed off the game as a contest with Burrens 4th goal.

Tommy Farrell and substitute Gavin Sands added points a piece in the 13th ad 14th minutes with Alan Higgins adding his name to the Burren list of scorers with his first score of the game in the 19th minute. With ten minutes of the match remaining, Belcoo recorded their only score of the 2nd half with an excellent point from the hardworking midfielder Patrick Burns.

The last score of the game came from the boot of Burren's Thomas Farrell with the Down kingpins running out comfortable winners and reaching their second consecutive final on a score line of 4:13 to 1:03.

The Brian Denver Plumbing Laoch na hImeartha award was given to Burren's No 4 Redmond Hanna for a very solid display in the Burren defence.

Burren Scorers: S Murdock (2:02), E Toner (1:02), T Farrell (0:04), D O Hare (0:03), S McArdle (1:0), A Higgins (0:01)

Belcoo Scorers: J Feeley (0:02), P Duffy (1:0), P Burns (0:01)


Seán Nelson

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Cargin Erin's Own 0-07  Kilrea Pearses 1-12

Laoch na hImeartha: James Kielt(Kilrea Pearses)

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Cargin Erin's Own 0-07  Kilrea Pearses 1-12

Laoch na hImeartha: James Kielt(Kilrea Pearses)

Im led to believe that this Kilrea team has only been beat once in the past ten years. Castlebar in a Feile game possibly?

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Cargin Erin's Own 0-07  Kilrea Pearses 1-12

Laoch na hImeartha: James Kielt(Kilrea Pearses)

Im led to believe that this Kilrea team has only been beat once in the past ten years. Castlebar in a Feile game possibly?

Burren look good though and will be hard beat

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Cargin Erin's Own 0-07  Kilrea Pearses 1-12

Laoch na hImeartha: James Kielt(Kilrea Pearses)

Im led to believe that this Kilrea team has only been beat once in the past ten years. Castlebar in a Feile game possibly?

Thats right, won every underage championship and league in Derry as well as the Ulster Minor title at St Pauls.
No doubt Burren are a strong team, but they have only played one game in this tournament. Kilrea have won the South Derry and Derry titles, and 3 games at Creggan since Christmas. They have a massive incentive to win this game, and remain unbeaten in Ulster as a team. Should be a good game!

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Any results from this game?

[Archie Mitchell]

Burren 2-09 Kilrea 0-06

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Cheers, much of a game. Burren are going to be some force in ulster over the next few years.

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Laughed at your profile pic. Micasos, now that's what I call Retro!!!

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As a Kilrea man, ill congratulate Burren on a great victory, and i say this having never seen our team beaten before today.  Though we didnt play to our potential today, thats in no doubt due in part, if not all, to your tenacious play, workrate, sharpness up front etc etc.  I only hope we get a chance to avenge this defeat; ive little doubt yous wil feature in ulster club c'ships in the next few yrs, and only hope we do the same;