Newmarket maintained their unbeaten run in this year’s Junior B hurling league when they recorded their third victory from as many outings, on bettering Dromtariffe by 1-9 to 0-6 on a miserable Monday evening at Dromtariffe. Newmarket had to put behind them a thoroughly disappointing first half display, in which they failed to register a score, to turn around and make amends with a much better second half performance.
Newmarket bowed out of this years Duhallow junior football championship following defeat to Dromtariffe at Boherbue on Friday evening by 0-15 to 0-10.
Newmarket’s Ducon Cup campaign came to an end when they were defeated by Dromtariffe in the quarter final at Cullen on Wednesday evening by 0-14 to 0-6.
Defending champions Newmarket qualified for a third successive Duhallow under 21 football final when they defeated Dromtariffe on Sunday evening at the latter’s venue by 1-11 to 1-7.
Newmarket claimed an equalizing point with the last kick of the game, from a Nicky Flanagan free, to share the spoils with Dromtariffe, 1-7 each at Dromtariffe on a crisp, dry Sunday afternoon.
Newmarket’s under 12 hurlers won the Duhallow championship today in a wet Millstreet against Dromtariffe, on a scoreline of 5-06 to 1-05.
Newmarket completed their Ducon Cup league programme and cemented a quarter final place with an impressive 2-12 to 2-7 victory over Dromtariffe at Newmarket on Monday evening last.
On Sunday evening Newmarket’s minor team travelled to take on Dromtariffe and were narrowly defeated by 1-7 to 0-8 after the hour.
Newmarket’s junior football team were narrowly defeated by defending champions Dromtariffe in the first round of the Boherbue Co-Op Duhallow Football Championship, 1-12 to 1-8 after an exciting contest at Castlemagner on Tuesday evening last.
Newmarket completed their Ducon Cup campaign against Dromtariffe on Wednesday evening and came within minutes of a fine victory before the defending champions produced a whirlwind finish to win by 2-10 to 1-9.
Original Report: The Corkman, Saturday, September 19th, 1970.
By John Joe Brosnan.
Three in a row for Newmarket
NEWMARKET became the first team to win the Duhallow junior football championship three years in succession when they defeated Dromtariffe by 1-8 to 1-3 in a hard-fought final played before a very large attendance at Banteer on Sunday. They led at the interval by 0-6 to 0-1.
