Quinlan and co down plucky St Cremin's
The Downs NS 4-11 St Cremin's NS 2-4
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RIGHT: Zack Timoumi, St Cremin’s, gets away from Conor Rijksen, The Downs. JOHN_MC_CAULEYImage 2 of 5
Conal Murphy, The Downs, is tackled by Jack Hegarty, St Cremin’s. JOHN_MC_CAULEYImage 3 of 5
The Downs boys football team, winners of the Div 3 title.Image 4 of 5
St Cremin’s, Multyfarnham, runners-up in the boys football Div 3 competition.Image 5 of 5
The Downs captain Oisín Coyne celebrates with the cup alongside he delighted colleagues.A well-drilled side from The Downs proved too strong for a plucky outfit representing St Cremin’s, Multyfarnham in the penultimate game of the 2024 finals in TEG Cusack Park last Thursday afternoon.
With a very useful wind behind them blowing towards the scoreboard end of the ground, the team in black and amber were ten points to the good at the interval (3-6 to 1-2). They had an unanswered 1-2 on the board – the goal from Tiernan Coyne, and a point apiece from outstanding forwards Aidan Quinlan and Cónal Murphy – before Darragh Orme opened Multy’s account from a free. The winners went on to outscore St Cremin’s by 2-4 (both goals scored by James Kenna, and the points via a Quinlan brace, and one each from Oisín Coyne and Kenna) to 1-1 (a slapped goal by Robert Whelan and a point from Orme).
A Tiernan Coyne early in the second moiety increased The Downs’ lead, but the maroon and white-clad outfit responded with a great goal from Zack Timoumi and a low-trajectory point from Orme. However, that was as good as it got for the Multyfarnham side who could only add one more point to their tally (albeit a marvellous sideline kick by Orme), while The Downs tagged on another 1-4 (the goal from Quinlan preceding points from Oisín Coyne, a Murphy free, a classy effort from Rian Gilhooley, and another from play by Quinlan).
After the match, the chairman of Cumann na mBunscol in Westmeath, Derek Butler presented the cup to the winning captain, Oisín Coyne.
Scorers – The Downs NS: A Quinlan 1-4, J Kenna 2-1, T Coyne 1-1, C Murphy (1f), O Coyne 0-2 each, R Gilhooley 0-1.
St Cremin’s: D Orme 0-4 (1f, 1s/l), Z Timoumi, R Whelan 1-0 each.
The Downs panel: Conor Quinlan, Conor Rijksen, Conor Reid, Ronan Murtagh, Tom O’Connell, Conor Donohoe, Dylan Crowley, Austin Clarke, Oisín Coyne, Cónal Murphy, Aidan Quinlan, Ethan Bradley, Tiernan Coyne, James Kenna, Rían Gilhooley, Ronin Orme, Harry Doyle, Michael Kretsu, Cillian Martyn, Rory Murphy, Odhrán Mitchell, Donnacha Grogan Moran, Peter Fitzpatrick, Ethan O’Brien, Pauric McNamee, Luke Kenna, Darryl Egerton.
St Cremin’s, Multyfarnham panel: Adam Bracken, Seamus Clarke, Max Leavey, Jack Hegarty, Sam Thornton, Darragh Orme, Zack Timoumi, James Whyte, Robert Whelan, Michael Reynolds, Sean Óg Plunkett, Riley Coyle, Darragh Relihan, Andrew Crum, Oisín Gilchrist, Ryan Reynolds, Sean Jessup.
Ref: Niall Ward (Garrycastle).