RDFL ROUND UP 14/01/24

Roscommon and District League
Round up 14 January 24
The Roscommon and District League representative side travelled to Castlebar on Sunday to play the Mayo League in the last game in this seasons Oscar Traynor Cup Competition. Having already failed to qualify for thee knock out stages of the competition the side had little to play for and it was no real surprise when they were beaten 4 – 1 by a Moyo side who look good to make good progress in the competition. The Roscommon and District league side started well and while they created four good chances in the opening minutes of the game they were rocked when Mayo broke away to score. The home side added two more before half time and a third early in the second half. Callum Andrews pulled a goal back for the losers, but it came too late and the winners added a fourth near the end. While the result was disappointing overall the management team were very happy with the commitment of the players and all can look forward with confidence to next seasons competition.

In Division 1 of the Roscommon and District League Moylough 79 beat Glen Celtic 3 – 1 at Moylough. The home side were 2 – 0 up at half time and while Gavin Hegarty pulled a goal back for the Glenamaddy side Moylough added a third to seal all three points for Moylough.
Marcus Finn Cathal Donnellan and an own goal accounted for the Moylough.

Skyvalley Rovers had a hard earned 2 -1 win over Dunmore Town at Dunmore. Shane Davis gave Dunmore Town a 1 – 0 lead after twenty-five minutes of play. Padraig Corbett headed a deserved equaliser following a corner kick with fifty-five played and Ethan Nkololo scored the winner with fifteen left to play following a neat pass from Cormack Moore.

Ballymoe F C drew 2 – 2 at home to St Johns Athletic second side. Jordan Kennedy gave the visitors a 1 – 0 lead at half time and Jamie Tiernan added a second with sixty played. Eoin Morgan pulled one back for the home side with twenty left to play and the ever-reliable Damien Goggins got an equaliser seven minutes later.

In Division 2 the local derby game between Rahara Rovers and Cam Celtic /Dysart played at Rahara finished level at 2 – 2. Rahara Rovers welcomed their near neighbours on Sunday morning, and it was the visitors who got off to the better start when Ronan Doyle headed a corner to the net for Cam/Dysart after 15 minutes. Rahara equalised through a wonder strike by Paul Flaherty and then went 2:1 up through Evan Donnelly 5 minutes before half time. The away side regrouped and Darren O 'Hanlon drew level with 15 minutes to go to ensure both sides came away from the derby with a point each. The game was played in good spirits with a draw being the fair result.

Cloonfad United beat St Cuans / Ahascragh United 6 – 2 at Cloonfad.
Daithi Gannon and Matthew Frayne had Cloonfad 2-0 ahead after 6 minutes. The visitors were level with twenty-two minutes played thanks to a brilliant free kick from Colin Concannon and goal from a corner by Liam O'Connor.
It was 2-2 until 73 minutes until Cloonfad pulled away thanks to an own goal and three more from James Cribben Conor Flynn and Nei Morris.

Kilkerrin United beat Roscommon United 2 – 1 at Kilkerrin. The visitors took the lead thanks to Diarmuid Mulry and looked like getting something out of the game. However, Damien Mahon levelled the game with twenty-six to play and he scored the winner from close range with just five minutes remaining.

In the Reserve Division Dunmore Town beat C P Ajax 3 – 0 at Tarmon. Kieran Mc Ilhenry Decan Forde and Daithi Reddington scored for the winners.

Moore Reserves were back in action last weekend and they had a reasonably comfortable win against Roscommon United.
After a good opening period of possession Moore opened the scoring through David Griffin. Roscommon then got a foothold on the game and equalised through Romario Silva. Moore responded in kind to the setback by converting two opportunities through both strikers Andy Hussey and Mark Lennon leaving the 3 1 scoreline at halftime. After the break Moore avoided any possible complacency by adding two more goals via Brian Sheerin and Andy Hussey's second of the day.
The final quarter of the game became somewhat scrappy resulting in a share of 4 goals between both sides. Jack Summer and Mark Gannon adding their names to the score sheet for Moore and Kavana Donlon and Warlens Marques replied for Roscommon United.

Boyle Celtic and Ballinagare / Manor United were involved in a real thriller at Ballinagare with Boyle Celtic snatching a very late winner after coming from behind on two occasions in a 4 - 3 win. Mark Battles Andrew Mc gee Kyle Mc Nabola and Conor Calpin scored for the winners with Patrick Cryan scoring two and Charlie Stokes one for the losers.

In the Connacht Women’s Shield Castlerea Celtic beat the holders Shiven Rovers 2 – 1 at Newbridge. In a close game Sarah Diggins for Castlerea Celtic and Muirne Kilcommins for Shiven Roers scored in the first ten minutes of the game. After a real battle the game was decided with two minutes of normal time remaining. Reece Higgins volleyed to the top corner of the net to secure a place in the next round.

In the Roscommon and District League Women’s League Kilkerrin United are top of the points tables after playing games. However, Boyle Celtic Cam Celtic and Ballaghaderreen are still very much in contention.
Kilkerrin United beat St Cuans / Ahascragh United 6 – 0 at Ahascragh. The game was fairly close in the first half but with the visitors tiring the Kilkerrin scored four times after the break. Caitlin Boyle and Ciara Boyle scored two each and Mya Grogan and Eva Noone added one each for the winners.

Boyle Celtic beat Ballinasloe Town 4 - 0 at Boyle on Saturday evening at Boyle Maeve Brogan and Niamh Mc Namara scored two each for the winners.

Ballaghaderreen and Cam Celtic drew 2 – 2 in a thriller at Ballaghaderreen in a repeat of he previous weeks clash, this time in Ballaghaderreen. This was a very close encounter ending in a two all draw which was probably a fair result on the day.
The first half was very close with both teams having chances but both keepers kept clean sheets for the first half. On the resumption a bit of confusion in the Cam defence gave Ballaghaderreen their first opportunity to go 1 - 0 up. Cam then seemed to up their work rate and were awarded with the levelling score with 26 mins of the second half played with Alaine Morris netting for the visitors. The remainder of the game was end to end and Ballaghaderreen scored again on the break with an excellent strike giving Mollie Mc no chance in the Cam goals. Cam then pushed up and a foul on Aisling Byrne in the closing stages resulted in a penalty which was neatly put away by Marion Nolan. Cam's busy back four played very well and Katie McDonnell in the middle of the park covered every inch of grass while Karin O Boyle and Lucy Sheffield were best in attack.
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