‘Derby’ clash at Broughshane tonight

RACEVIEW start their defence of the Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate League title tonight (Tuesday) with an eagerly-awaited ‘derby’ clash in Broughshane.
By The Newsroom
Published 14th Aug 2012, 10:35 BST

Their opponents Clough Rangers Athletic already have two games under their belt in the Michelin Athletic Club-sponsored championship, although they still await their first goal.

On the plus side, however, the Tobar Park side claimed their first point of the campaign with a scoreless draw at Desertmartin on Friday night.

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Carniny Amateurs opened their campaign with a 2-1 defeat at Ballynure Old Boys on Saturday.

This Saturday sees a smattering of matches across the league’s junior divisions, although it will be the start of September before those divisons are in full swing.

FIXTURES

Matches involving locally-based sides this week are:

Tuesday, August 14 – Intermediate League (7pm): Dunloy v Carniny Amateurs; Raceview v Clough Rangers Athletic.

Saturday, August 18 – McReynolds Cup, round one (2.30pm): Carniny Amateurs v Brantwood.

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Steel & Sons Cup, round one (2.30pm): Raceview v Ballynure Old Boys.

Junior Division Two: Chimney Corner Res v Moyola Park Olympic.

INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE

Desertmartin 0, Clough Rangers Athletic 0: This was a cracking game of football at Dromore Park which was in pristine condition and is a credit to the hard working Desertmartin Club.

Clough probably had the best of the attacking play but Desertmartin marshalled their forces to keep the scoreline blank at half-time.

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The second half again saw Clough have plenty of the ball and they certainly caused the home team a few anxious moments but at the end of an absorbing match and with no goals scored it was point to each team.

Ballynure Old Boys 2, Carniny Amateurs 1: Ballynure, with a number of new signings in their ranks, started off well taking the lead after Ronnie Burns scored on the 6th minute.

Ballynure continued to push forward and doubled their lead when Ross Middleton who had been a prolific scorer for Mallusk Athletic pounced to score on the 31st minute.

Half-time saw Ballynure still two goals clear but as the second half progressed Carniny came back strong and had a couple of good chances before Michael O’Mullan scored on the 74th minute.

Carniny then went all out for the equaliser by the more experienced Ballynure tem held out for the win.

Other result: Magherafelt Sky Blues 1, Newtowne 3.