Roscommon and district league division 1 side Cloonfad United advanced to the sixth round of the Connacht Cup following a 3–0 win over Premier Division side Moylough at Cloonfad.
Playing with a strong wind in the first-half Cloonfad the lead after six minutes through a long range Shane Fagan free-kick.
Luke Ruane made it 2–0 with a back post header after 20 minutes. Moylough continued to play some fine football but could not get past the home defence.
Quick reaction from Mathew Frayne made it 3–0 on 62 minutes to put them through to the quarter-finals of the Connacht cup.
In The Norios Premier Division Ballinasloe Town beat Ballaghaderreen 3–1 at Ballinasloe. Shane Duffy and Niall Stack gave Ballinasloe a 2–0 half-time lead.
Ballaghaderreen pulled a goal back through Sharoize Akram on 56 minutes but Azeeze made sure of the win, adding a third with ten minutes remaining.
Division One
Shiven Rovers are within touching distance of the Division 1 Championship following a hard earned 2-1 win over Dunmore Town at Newbridge.
Rory Cunningham gave Shiven a 1–0 lead after 16 minutes following good play from Frank Kilcommins and Adam Farrell. Padraig Costello levelled the game from the penalty spot, 10 minutes into the second-half.
Both teams had chances to score before a brilliantly taken goal by Adam Farrell won all three points for Shiven Rovers.
Ballymoe F.C beat Dysart 5–3 at Ballymoe in a rather unusual game. James Corbett gave Dysart an early lead, but Dan Malone levelled shortly afterwards.
Conor Dolan and James Corbett added two more for Dysart before half-time. However in the second-half Ballymore scored four without reply. Damien Goggins scored twice, Adrian Collins and Mark Kilcommins scored one each.
The Glenamaddy side Glen Celtic continue their battle for the Division 2 Championship with a 3–1 win over Rahara Rovers at Rahara. Both teams observed a minutes silence for the late Jimmy Cunningham before the game.
Ryan McHugh scored his 10th league goal of the season for Glen to give them a 1–0 half-time lead.
Shane Mc Cormack equalised, when he converted a penalty on 65 minutes. However an own goal and a strike from Gavin Hegarty won the game for Glen Celtic.
Women's League
In the women’s league Cam Celtic beat Ballaghaderreen 1–0 at Brideswell and are now three points clear at the top of the table with just two games remaining.
This was an excellent game of football with both teams having improved immensely from the start of the season.
The two keepers were well tested in the first-half. 15 minutes played into the second-half Marion Nolan and Sarah O’Rourke created an opening for Grace Hannon who scored the only goal of the game. Both teams created chances but Cam Celtic held on to take all three points.
In the Connacht shield both women’s quarter-finals involving Shiven Rovers and Ballaghaderreen were postponed until next weekend.
The Roscommon and district league would like to extend our sincere condolences to the Cunningham family and our former chairman Tommy on the death of Jimmy Cunningham.
The League would like to extend their condolences to the family of the very young Erik Klempar who played with Roscommon United. He was visiting his father in Belgium at the time and leaves a wife and three young children behind.
May they rest in peace.
