Peake Villa put a halt to Cahir Park's run in Tipperary's top flight

Clonmel Credit Union Premier League 

Cahir Park 1 – 3 Peake Villa

After two wins from two since their return to the Premier League, Cahir Park faced their toughest assignment yet when they welcomed the league champions Peake Villa to their home on Sunday in glorious sunshine. And although they acquitted themselves well, giving as much as they got for large parts of the game, in the end it wasn’t enough against the very strong Thurles outfit.
The opening exchanges were pretty even, with both teams showing good attacking intent. It was the Villa who had the first half chance when they saw an effort curl narrowly wide.
Cahir Park responded with an effort of their own when Willie Dunne fired over from the edge of the box minutes later.
However, as the half went on Villa started to assert themselves on the game and went close again on 27 minutes, when only a last- ditch clearance from Park centre back Christopher Higgins kept it scoreless.
Cahir kept Villa at bay for the remainder of the half with an excellent defensive performance, and the teams went in nil all at the interval.
From the start of the second period, Peake continued where they left off and finally took the lead in the 50th minute when Ronan McGuire headed home from close range.
Cahir Park didn’t drop their heads, however, and on the hour mark Niall Daly went close with a shot from inside the area that was deflected narrowly wide. They continued to grow into the game and Willie Dunne was next to go close five minutes later.
Peake finally gave themselves some breathing space 19 minutes from the end when Keith Cahill finished from close range, and Pippy Carroll made the game safe in the 82nd minute with a signature strike that gave the Park ‘keeper no chance.
The home side kept going and got a deserved goal five minutes from time when Pa Quinn headed home a John O’Brien free kick, but it was too little too late to stop the champions claiming all three points.