Omagh CBS Defeat St Michaels In Mc Cormack Cup

Wednesday 09.01.2019

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Omagh CBS made it through to the final of the Mc Cormack Cup when they defeated Enniskillen 5-8 to 1-11 at Donnelly Park Trillick on Wednesday afternoon.

The Fermanagh lads will look back at this one and wonder just how they managed to lose by nine points having led by five with eight minutes to go in the first half.

St. Michael’s were hugely impressive in the opening quarter with Conor Love and Caolan Duffy causing all sorts of problems for the Tyrone school. The Omagh defence was in real bother for most of the opening half but a brace of goals in the twenty fourth minute turned the game on its head. Daniel Fullerton and Sean Mc Donagh both finished to the net after strong runs through the middle to put Omagh one clear with six minutes remaining in the half.

However the Enniskillen lads showed great composure to reach the break leading 1-9 to 2-5 after Conor Love found the net and Pol Mc Kelvey sent over a fine score. Points from Liam Gray and Sean Mc Donagh for Omagh meant they reached the break trailing by a single point.

Enniskillen needed to start the second half well but with Ronan Hollywood, Tom Donaghy and Anton Fox shutting up shop Omagh began to dominate the game.

A brace of goals from Mark Hayes and Daniel Fullerton put the Tyrone school in pole position as they opened up a five point lead with seven minutes of the second half gone.

The Omagh defence restricted St Michael’s to two points in the second half as Hayes, Mc Donagh and Fullerton began to turn the screw up front.

They can now look forward to a clash with St Pats Armagh in the final whose management team includes Mark Harte and Sean O’Kane.

Omagh CBS 5-8 St.Michael’s Enniskillen 1-11

Omagh CBS: O Grimes, T Donaghy, C McBride, R Hollywood, C Colton, A Fox, R Donnelly, L McBride, A Montgomery, E Montgomery, L Gray (0-2, 1F), A McConnell, S McDonagh (2-3), D Fullerton (2-3, 1F), M Hayes (1-0). Subs: R Slevin for Fox, P McGlinn for McConnell, R Burns for Donnelly

St.Michael’s Enniskillen: S McNally, L Flanagan, G Cavanagh, J Horan, C Duffy, A O’Caithain, R McHugh, B Horan, J McDade, P McKervey, M Glynn, JEllis, C Love, A Tierney, R McGovern. Subs: T Keenan for McKervey, G Quigley for O’Caithain, N McAdam for Tierney, P Rafferty for McHugh, G Treacy for McGovern

Referee: N McKenna, Monaghan