OUR Lady’s Templemore produced a clinical performance against Midleton CBS in yesterday’s quarter-final replay to win by 1-16 to 0-6.
They will face Charleville CBS in the semi-finals.
Templemore led by 1-7 to 0-5 before restricting Midleton to just a single point in the second half, while tacking on nine of their own.
Jason Bergin scored the goal in the eighth minute after Midleton goalkeeper William McCarthy had kept out a drive from Jason Hassett.
McCarthy pulled off a string of saves, including a penalty block from Liam McGrath as the sliotar deflected over the crossbar.
OUR LADY'S TEMPLEMORE: P Guerins; J Nyland, K Kennedy, T Meade; L Mullally, T Hamill, J Moloney; L Treacy (0-1), C O'Riordan (0-1); L McGrath (0-6, five frees, 0-1 pen), S Hassett (0-2), J McGrath (0-2); M Kelly (0-3), J Bergin (1-1), O Ryan. Subs: B Kennedy for Mullally (57 mins), P Meade for Ryan (58 mins), D Donnelly for T Meade (60+1 mins), A O'Riordan for Hassett (60+2 mins), M Hogan for Kelly (60+2 mins).
MIDLETON CBS: W McCarthy; D O'Brien, K Burke, N O'Regan; A Gosnell, L Coughlan, I Kennefick, D Cahill, C Walsh; D Walsh, B Lawton (0-3, one free), C Lehane (0-3, two frees); D Morrissey, M Hennessy, P White. Subs: W Leahy for White (37 mins), D Dineen for Hennessy (58 mins).
Referee:S Hourigan (Limerick).
* HOLDERS Ard Scoil Rís defeated Thurles CBS by 1-19 to 1-10 in yesterday’s delayed quarter-final at Seán Treacy Park in Tipperary town. Centre forward Shane Dowling hit 0-9 while John Fitzgibbon hit 1-2 for the winners in a fiery encounter.
Ard Scoil Rís led at the break by 1-10 to 0-6, and by 1-18 to 0-9 with six minutes of normal time remaining, before Thurles substitute Kevin Slattery scored a goal to bring respectability to the scoreline.
Ard Scoil Rís’ Mark Ryan and Thurles’ Michael O’Brien were red-carded following a mass brawl.
ÁRD SCOIL RÍS:PJ Hall; K Lynch, B O'Connell, M Moroney; A Dempsey, D Hannon (0-1, free), D Moloney; J Shanahan (0-2), M Ryan; M Carmody (0-1), S Dowling (0-9, six frees), B O'Connor (0-1); K O'Brien (0-1), O Hickey (0-2), J Fitzgibbon (1-2). Subs: C Lynch for O'Brien (43 mins), C Keogh for Moloney (47 mins), J Kelliher for O'Connor ( 49 mins), F Carey for Lunch (53 mins), J Hannon for Hickey (54 mins).
THURLES CBS:J Maher; S Kennedy, J Ryan, J Bourke; C Quirke, J Meagher (0-1), J Stapleton; S Maher, S Cahill; P Ralph (0-1), M Sadlier (0-1), D Burke (0-1); M O'Brien, A McCormack (0-6, frees), C Hammersley. Subs: E Moriarty for Cahill (47 mins), K Slattery (1-0) for Burke (41 mins), M Cussen for Stapleton (57 mins), M Lanigan for Hammersley (58 mins).
Referee:D Copps (Cork).