Only one point separated Ballinrobe and Ballyhaunis Community Schools with 10 minutes to play in this Connacht Colleges Senior `A' quarter-final at Claremorris yesterday. But five unanswered points in the closing stages gave Ballinrobe victory.
The winners led by 0-3 to 0-1 at the interval and stormed through with two points each from Mark Walkin and Paul Doherty and another from Adrian Coyne to seal a hard earned victory.
Ballinrobe CS: E Loughlin; J Donnellan, A O'Toole, D Kelly; J O'Malley, R Keane, M Keane; P Casey (0-2), A Burke; M Gill, P Doherty (0-2), J Maloney; A Coyne (0-1), M Walkin (0-5), S Kelly. Subs: D Coyne for D Kelly, N Murphy for S Kelly.
Ballyhaunis: J Hickey; P Cummins, M McGreal, M Hunt; T Page, R Nolan, A Shanaghy; T Buckley, C Forde; H Carney, C McCrudden, D Hurley (0-2); P Prenty (0-1), T Cunningham, C Glavey (0-1). Subs: S Maguire for T Buckley, P Gildea for G Cunningham.
Referee: K Byrne (Knock).
Connacht Colleges Senior A FC: Quarter-final - St Mary's College, Galway 0-9, St Gerard's College, Castlebar 0-5.
Saturday's MacRory Cup quarter-final tie between St Michael's, Enniskillen, and St Mary's, Magherafelt was postponed due to weather conditions following heavy overnight snow.
