Wins for Fairview Rangers and Pike Rovers in Limerick District League's Tuohy Cup

Tuohy Cup:

Fairview Rgs 0 Ballynanty Rovers 0

(Fairview won 5-4 on pens)

THE Premier League’s Tuohy Cup kicked off this week and Fairview were first to progress following a penalty shoot out win over arch rivals Ballynanty Rvs.

In a drab game, Fairview looked the most likely throughout and although they couldn’t find a way through in 90 minutes, they kept their nerve to record a deserved win.

Fairview Rgs: Josh McCarthy GK; Igor Vasylenko; Blake Curran; Jason Cross; Josh Quinlivan; Shane Tracey; Shane Duggan; Liam Quinn; Cian McNamara; Adam Dore; Kane Connolly. Subs: Josh McCarthy.

Ballynanty Rovers: Stephen McNamara; Seamus Moloney; Aaron Power; Josh Adams; Jack McGarry; James Fitzgerald; Thomas Byrnes; Cian Fitzgerald; Adrian Power; Darragh Leahy; Conor Keane. Subs: Shane Dillon; Darren Lawlor.

Pike Rovers 2 Aisling Annacotty 1

THURSDAY night’s encounter produced more excitement when the top two sides in the Premier League crossed swords in round one.

The game was evenly poised when Shane Clarke headed in from Shane Walsh’s corner kick after the restart.

The lead was doubled within minutes when Clarke took advantage of a miskicked clearance firing to the net despite the efforts of Richkov Boevi.

Aisling responded well and scored the goal of the game when Jeffery Judge found Sean Ezekannagha who beat two defenders and crossed for Judge to put the finishing touch.

Try as they might Aisling could not get past a tight Pike rearguard.

Pike Rovers: Gary Neville; Danny O'Neill; Sean Madigan; Pat Mullins; Adam Lipper; Colm Walsh O'Loughlin; Conor Coughlan; Shane Walsh; Kyle Duhig; Wayne Sparling; Shane Clarke. Subs: Colin Daly; Derek Daly; Eoin Hanrahan; Nathan O'Callaghan; Dylan Murphy.

Aisling Annacotty: Josh Coady; Eliah Riordan; Jeffery Judge; Richkov Boevi; Wayne Colbert; Adam Foley; Tom Kidd; Conor Kavanagh; Joel Coustrain; Kevin Barry; Leon Daly. Subs: Sean Ezekannagha, Theo Joyce, Sean Ezekannagha, Adam Costelloe, Adam O’Regan.