McKenna Cup, Group B
Fermanagh 2-13 v St Marys University Belfast 0-13
Fermanagh came through a low-key encounter in Enniskillen yesterday with a hard working performance to dispatch a St Marys University side who never threw in the towel at Brewster Park.
The Fermanagh side raced into a 1-2 to 0-0 lead with the goal arriving from captain Eoin Donnelly. St Marys though hit back with five points themselves thanks to the excellent Darragh Kavanagh and Pearse Og McCrickard.
Fermanagh finished the first half the better and had points from Eoin McManus, Ciaran Corrigan and Tommy McCaffrey to lead at the break, 1-7 to 0-8.
The Fermanagh side moved further into the lead in the second half thanks to Eoin McManus and Paul McCusker but Crossmaglen starlet Oisin O’Neill landed two fine strikes and a further point from Lavey’s Niall Toner made it a two point game with ten minutes left.
Daryl Keenan though marked a first return in the Erne colours after missing a number of seasons with an excellent goal and more points from Tomas Corrigan, Michael Jones and Paul McCusker secured Pete McGrath’s side with an opening win for the 2017 season.
On Wednesday Fermanagh host Antrim, for St Marys it’s off to Inniskeen and a tough examination against Monaghan.
Fermanagh – Thomas Tracey, Patrick McGovern, Lee Cullen, Cian McManus, Aidan Breen 0-2, Barry Mulrone 0-1, Declan McCusker, Ryan Hyde, Eoin Donnelly 1-0, Patrick Reihill, Ciaran Corrigan 0-1, James Duffy, Daniel Teague 0-1, Eoin McManus 0-2, Tommy McCaffrey 0-2.
SUBS – Michael Jones 0-1 for Patrick McGovern HT, Darryl Keenan 1-0 for Patrick Reihill HT, Paul McCusker 0-2 for James Duffy HT, Tomas Clarke for Ryan Hyde 52, Tomas Corrigan 0-1 for Ciaran Corrigan 52, Eddie Courtney for Eoin McManus 59.
St Marys – Mark Reid, Jack Hannigan, Ruairi Mooney, Kyle Mallon, Colm Byrne, Michael O’Hare, Ciaran MacIomhar 0-1, Diarmuid McConville, Oisin O’Neill 0-2, Pearse Og McCrickard 0-1, Conor Meyler 0-1, Stephen McConville 0-1, Darragh Kavanagh 0-4, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Niall Toner 0-3.
SUBS – Joe Colton for Pearse Og McCrickard 42, Corey Quinn for Diarmuid McConville 63, Brian Og McGilligan for Ciaran Mclomhar 63, Conor Mallon for Matthew Fitzpatrick 63.
Referee – Ronan Barry (Down)
