Clonmore and Middletown are the final two teams left competing for Junior Championship honours in the 2025 season. They will lock horns in the decider in two weeks’ time and battle it out for the Sean Quinn Cup.
Middletown were the top scorers from the semi-final fixtures and they hit 0-17 against An Port Mor. Clonmore weren’t too far behind as they registered 0-15 in their victory over Thomas Davis.
Clonmore sharpshooter Cahal Cunningham posted the highest individual tally of the weekend at Junior Championship level. He kicked 0-8 for his side as they knocked Thomas Davis out of the running.
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Daragh McNulty remains the top scorer in the Junior Championship despite not featuring in the semi-finals. The Redmond O’Hanlon’s attacker kicked 3-34 for his team as they reached the quarters.
Middletown forward Fionnan O’Braonain is in second place and he will be chasing that top spot in the final. He rattled off 0-4 the last day out as Middletown defeated An Port Mor with eight-points to spare.
O’Braonain has now registered 3-27 in the championship as Middletown build towards the final. Two of his three majors came against Lissummon and O’Hanlon’s in the groups while he also netted in their playoff win against Eire Og.
Cahal Cunningham has shot up the leaderboard in recent weeks and his now third in the hot shots list. The full forward has top scored for Clonmore in three of their last five championships outing.
Cunningham grew his individual haul to 3-26 at the weekend and is one-point shy of O’Braonain’s total. His three goals all came in one outings after he bagged a hattrick in round three against St Peter’s II.
Ryan Gorman of An Port Mor has slipped down to fourth position and he finishes the campaign with 2-28. Thomas Davis attacker Adam Loughran has been their go-to man and he hit 1-31 in the championship.
Sean Quigley of Clonmore can still shoot up a few places in the final and he currently sits on a tally of 8-4. Cross IIs attacker Johnny Murtagh has registered 2-20 while Clady’s Liam Doyle is on 4-14.