Five-star Turloughmore advance
THEY trailed by eight points late in the first half and the bare minimum with under ten minutes on the clock before a goal rush led by Dara Whelan and Barry Callanan saw Turloughmore through by the most flattering of double-digit winning margins against Oranmore-Maree.
Since getting ruthlessly put away by Clarinbridge, Turlough' had dispatched Castlegar, Ardrahan and Killimordaly in games where they were never under serious pressure. That all changed late on Saturday afternoon in a bruising, intense Galway Senior Hurling Championship quarter-final against a previously unbeaten Oranmore-Maree side buoyed by their recent U-20 A success and eyeing the next step in their steady rise.
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