Newmarket edge out debutants Lismire
Newmarket welcomed Lismire to Priory Park on Sunday afternoon in what was the opening round of the Ducon Cup Junior A football league.
Newmarket welcomed Lismire to Priory Park on Sunday afternoon in what was the opening round of the Ducon Cup Junior A football league.
St. Vincents were the opposition on Sunday morning last, in Round 2 of the Cork Credit Unions Football Division 4 tie.
Less than a year since Newmarket’s last county final, the footballers contested a decider of a different fashion on Saturday when they took on Bandon in Coachford in the Senior A relegation playoff. Bandon, like Newmarket, had been involved in close encounters during the regular season and both sides would have been disappointed to find themselves in the danger zone at the weekend.
The Newmarket hurlers bowed out of the Duhallow junior A hurling championship on Saturday afternoon in controversial fashion.
Following a one point defeat to Ilen Rovers on Friday evening, the Newmarket footballers now face the prospect of a relegation play-off against Bandon, to retain their Senior A football status.