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Thu 2nd Feb 2012
Ulster Colleges’ Corn na nÓg semi-finals
Saturday, 10.30am in Greencastle : Omagh CBS v St Patrick’s Maghera
Monday, 1.30 pm in Tyholland : St Patrick’s Dungannon v St Patrick’s Cavan.
After four comfortable victories in the quarter-final stages during the past week, the BT Corn na nÓg semi-finals are full of promise over this weekend.
First up is the mouth-watering clash of St Patrick’s Maghera and Omagh CBS at Greencastle this (SATURDAY) morning (10.30am).
Maghera suffered an early set-back with defeat to St Patrick’s Cavan in their opening fixture, but they have built up a head of steam since and goals from Paddy Quigg (2), Michael Mullan and Dara McPeake saw off St Patrick’s Armagh last week.
Omagh were unbeaten in their league section and ran up 2-13 against St Colman’s in their quarter-final.
However an injury to goal-scorer Aidan Fullerton during Cross Country earlier this week is a blow to Conor McFlynn’s side.
Dalton winners last season, Maghera are the favourites to make it through to the decider.
Last season, St Patrick’s Cavan lost to Maghera in the Corn na nÓg decider and the Academy lost to them in the Dalton final. Both schools are keen therefore to set up a revenge match with the south Derry side.
Cavan were not really challenged by St Mary’s Magherafelt as they continued their unbeaten run that began in the first league game with a win over Maghera.
Paul Leddy and Conor Smyth accounted for 2-9 between them in the quarter-final, and they carry a big threat to Dungannon’s hopes.
The Academy’s game with Abbey only took place on Wednesday and required two second half goals from Shay Gordon to put them through 4-5 to 0-10.
It is difficult to compare Cavan with the rest as half of their team are first years in the school and the Dalton is therefore of little significance.
It is a long time since they collected silverware, but this team looks capable of taking another step in that direction.
Submitted by: Seamus McAleenan
