{"id":217937,"date":"2025-12-06T04:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T04:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/217937\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T04:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T04:09:10","slug":"sean-whelton-stars-as-clonakilty-community-college-cruise-to-win-over-colaiste-choilm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/217937\/","title":{"rendered":"Se\u00e1n Whelton stars as Clonakilty Community College cruise to win over Col\u00e1iste Choilm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Clonakilty Community College 0-17 (0-3-11)\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

\n Col\u00e1iste Choilm 0-11 (0-2-7)\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

The foundations were laid in the first half, and Clonakilty Community College never looked back as they cruised to Simcox Cup victory on Friday evening against Col\u00e1iste Choilm.<\/p>\n

This season continues to get better and better for Clon. Not only are they heading into the new year with a Corn U\u00ed Mhuir\u00ed quarter-final on the agenda, now they\u2019ve added some silverware to go with it \u2013 won where else but SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh \u2013 a first for the Simcox Cup.<\/p>\n

Such an occasion as playing at the home of Cork GAA can be daunting. But not for Clon captain Se\u00e1n Whelton.<\/p>\n

The St James\u2019 clubman kicked 0-11 including three orange flags, as the West Cork school built up a first-half lead that Col\u00e1iste Choilm could not erode. And if Whelton carried the scoring burden, the foundations were laid further back. Dylan Harrington was immense, and Rory Twohig a wall between the posts.<\/p>\n

With Col\u00e1iste Choilm seven behind at the break having played the first half against a stiff breeze, the fact they trimmed the deficit down to four within five minutes of the second half hinted that this one may not be so comfortable for Clon.<\/p>\n

\"Col\u00e1isteCol\u00e1iste Choilm, Ballincollig’s Danny Miskella is tackled by Clonakilty community college’s Dylan Harrington. Picture; Eddie O’Hare<\/p>\n

But by the 40th minute, Clon\u2019s lead had returned to five after Whelton frees kept them in control, 0-12 to 0-7.<\/p>\n

When Miskellas, Danny and Joe, shared 0-3 for C\u00f3laiste Choilm over the next five minutes \u2013 including a second stunning two-pointer from Joe \u2013 the margin sat at three with 14 minutes to play. Enter Tom Whooley and Whelton.<\/p>\n

By the 55th minute, Clon had pushed their lead out to three again, and it was clear that gap wouldn\u2019t be closed without a major. Sub Cathal Murphy was first to go for it, his effort saved twice, by Callum Collins and then goalkeeper Rory Twohig, before going over the bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After Whelton pushed Clon\u2019s lead back out to six, Danny Miskella had three goal attempts in the closing minutes repelled by Twohig.<\/p>\n

\"ClonakiltyClonakilty community college supporters celebrate after defeating Col\u00e1iste Choilm. Picture; Eddie O’Hare<\/p>\n

Clon had been impenetrable all evening, from the 15th second. Danny Miskella\u2019s driving run and shot at goal was kept out by Twohig within seconds of throw-in, and though he would be tested again 10 minutes later \u2013 this time from Kevin O\u2019Leary \u2013 the outcome was the same. No way through for Col\u00e1iste Choilm.<\/p>\n

At that stage, the score was 0-3 to 0-1 in favour of Clon \u2013 after Whelton kicked his first of three first-half two-pointers in the 11th minute, James Maguire teeing him up for the first long-ranger that powered Clon ahead.<\/p>\n

He landed his next one from a free in the 20th minute, and while Colm Herlihy set up Danny Miskella for a white flag in response, Tom Whooley answered seconds later before Whelton landed another beauty, pushing the Clon lead out to seven, 0-8 to 0-2 after 24 minutes.<\/p>\n

With Clon continuing to dominate possession and the opportunities in front of goal, Luke O\u2019Mahony\u2019s 27th-minute point was a desperately needed one for Col\u00e1iste Choilm, but Conrad Murphy worked a neat pass to Whooley to give Clon the last score of the half and put them in a commanding seven-point lead.<\/p>\n

\"ClonakiltyClonakilty community college captain Sean Whelton raises the trophy after defeating Col\u00e1iste Choilm. Picture: Eddie O’Hare<\/p>\n

They would face a flicker of danger, but anything C\u00f3laiste Choilm threw up, Clon had the answer for.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Clonakilty Community College: S Whelton 0-11 (2 tp, 0-4 f, 1 tpf), T Whooley 0-3, D Harrington, J Murray, E Hicks 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n Col\u00e1iste Choilm: J Miskella 0-4 (2 tp), D Miskella 0-3 (0-2 f), L O\u2019Mahony 0-2, C Murphy, SP Murphy 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n CLONAKILTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE: R Twohig (Kilmeen); O Harrington (Kilmeen), H O\u2019Donovan (Kilmeen), T Bailey (Kilmeen); J O\u2019Leary (Ballinascarty), D Harrington (Clonakilty), O Murphy (Kilmeen); M Collins (Ibane Gaels), J Maguire (Castlehaven); D Harte (Clonakilty), S Whelton (St James) (c), J Murray (Kilmeen); T Whooley (Clonakilty), C Murphy (Ibane Gaels), E Hicks (Carbery Rangers).<\/p>\n

\n Subs: J Byerley (Clonakilty) for Hicks (51), C Collins (Ibane Gaels) for D Harrington (53), J Collins (Ibane Gaels) for Murphy (57 inj), A McCarthy (Ballinascarthy) for Maguire (58), R O\u2019Donovan (Ibane Gaels) for Whelton (60+1).<\/p>\n

\n COL\u00c1ISTE CHOILM: N Tait (\u00c9ire \u00d3g); D Sheehan (\u00c9ire \u00d3g), P Rose (Ballincollig), E O\u2019Donovan (Ballincollig); C Herlihy (Inniscarra), C O\u2019Connor (Ballincollig), A Rose (Ballincollig); K O\u2019Leary (Ballincollig) (c), B Cronin (Ballincollig); M Delaney (Ballincollig), C Ahern (Ballincollig), SP Murphy (\u00c9ire \u00d3g); D Miskella (Ballincollig), L O\u2019Mahony (Ballincollig), J Miskella (Ballincollig).<\/p>\n

\n Subs: R Coakley (\u00c9ire \u00d3g) for Delaney (45), C Murphy (\u00c9ire \u00d3g) for Herlihy (53).<\/p>\n

\n Referee: B Coniry (Crosshaven)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clonakilty Community College 0-17 (0-3-11)\u00a0 Col\u00e1iste Choilm 0-11 (0-2-7)\u00a0 The foundations were laid in the first half, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[1263,10417,24,18,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-217937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cork-sport","9":"tag-gaelic-football","10":"tag-cork-gaa","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115670664349654627","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}