Brewster Park will be the venue on Sunday when Division Two side Kinawley will take on last year’s beaten finalists St. Patrick’s but the big clash of the weekend will be at Lisnaskea where this year’s in form side Teemore will try and break Enniskillen’s recent stranglehold in the championship.

    Enniskillen manager Liam Donnelly believes that his side are going to face a very stern challenge on Saturday evening.

    “Teemore are the inform team in Fermanagh this year and will be very formidable opposition. They have put together a string of victories apart from last weekend but we will not be reading much into that as they had a skeleton side out.

    Teemore will certainly be going in as not only contenders but in many people’s eyes as favourites for the game,” states Donnelly.

    Teemore manager Paddy O’Reilly though feels that it will be his team that will go into the game as underdogs and he feels that it will take a big performance from his side if they are to progress to this years final.

    “Enniskillen will be going in as clear favourites. As they have shown over the last five years, they are a very good championship side and have a strong team with eight of their players finishing the All Ireland quarter-final against Tyrone. We know that we will be up against it and that we will need everybody playing well if we are to beat Enniskillen.”

    Enniskillen will certainly have to show an improvement if they are to win through to a sixth successive final. Despite beating Tempo, Lisnaskea and Derrygonnelly so far in their championship campaign they have yet to hit the form that they are capable of, only showing glimpses of their best form.

    Teemore will feel that they have a good chance of taking Enniskillen’s crown from them. They have had an excellent start to their season, moving clear at the top of Division One but they also have not impressed to date in the championship. They defeated Rosslea in the opening encounter before making hard work in beating Devenish. A penalty near the finish saw them through the quarter final stage against second division Brookeboro.

    They have had a number of players who have gained valuable experience with Fermanagh this season and this will stand to them. In defence Hugh Brady will be an important figure for Teemore as will Declan O’Reilly as they try to cut out the threat posed by Enniskillen danger men Colm Bradley and Ronan McCabe. Bradley was in fine form against Derrygonnelly and Enniskillen will be looking for more of the same from him.

    The midfield battle should be crucial and it will be important for Teemore that they at least beak even in this department. Enniskillen’s success in recent years has had a lot to do with the partnership of Tom and Paul Brewster at centrefield and Teemore, who will have Barry Owens at midfield, will be determined not to let them dominate this sector with Tom Brewster also a scoring threat when breaking forward.

    Teemore do have plenty of scoring options of their own in attack. Sean Curry has scored well for them throughout the season while Ciaran O’Reilly will also be expected to add scores. They will also look to Eugene Wynne and corner forward Declan Fitzpatrick.

    Enniskillen will be aware of the threat they pose but they are one of the better defensive units in club football with Kevin Gunn, Micky Lilly, Neil Cox and Ryan McCluskey all key players.

    This should prove to be a close game but Enniskillen are a championship side with a lot of experience, even in their younger players, and they will be favoured to progress to the final. Kinawley v St. Patrick’s:

    On Sunday Kinawley will be hoping that their fairy tale championship runs continues when they come up against St. Patrick’s.

    St. Patricks will go in to this game as hot favourites as they attempt to reach their second successive final but they will need to be wary of a Kinawley side who qualified out of their round robin group by drawing with Newtownbutler before defeating Derrygonnelly.

    In the quarter-final it took them a replay to see off the challenge of Division Two league leaders Tempo with a late goal gaining them the victory in the replay. One thing that they have displayed during their championship run has been great character and determination as well as a good work ethic and that will have to continue if they are to win this tie.

    Kinawley play with a two man attack of Shaun Doherty and Garrett Owens and this has proved very effective for them with both proving to be good target men and work well together. Owens finished the replay against Tempo by hitting 1-2 in the final ten minutes to secure his side the win.

    Darren Boyle will also be expected to chip in with his fair share of scores from half forward and is a reliable freetaker.

    Matthew Drumm and Sean Leonard drop back to help out their midfield and defence and they pack their defence and work hard at closing opposition forwards down giving them few clear opportunities.

    Kinawley manager Cathal Murphy says his side will be the underdogs. “We will be going in as underdogs and we have nothing to lose while St. Pat’s have everything to lose. Our priority at the start of the year was promotion and we are just delighted to be at this stage of the championship.”

    St. Patrick’s though will be fancied to progress. They also have a hard working defence with the McCaffrey brothers Ronan and Paul playing important roles at centre half back and full back while Martin O’Reilly and Ciaran Reihill also playing well.

    They are at their strongest at midfield with Shane McDermott and Eamon Maguire. It was the midfield that turned the game for them against Rosslea. James Sherry had got on top in that sector before half time but Shane McDermott and Eamon Maguire dominated the second half with storming performances.

    Kinawley will have to make sure that they do not have the same effect on Sunday.

    Gary Maguire will be a key figure for St. Patrick’s in their attack. He is a strong player and one who is capable of taking a score while Pat Cadden was also effective in the forward line against Rosslea along with Fergal O’Reilly.

    St. Pat’s will be favourites but manager Sean Cadden is expecting a tough game on Sunday.