Kerry too strong for Clare U-16s

Kerry 5-10 Clare 2-4

Clare lost out to Kerry in Kilmoyley on Sunday afternoon in the provincial U-16C Camogie Championship semi-final.
The home side took an early three-point lead before Caroline Walsh goaled for Clare in the 10th minute to level the game. This was cancelled by Kerry’s first goal of the game from Eirne Ní Dasmhunaigh seven minutes later.
Kerry added another two points before Lauren Tuohy converted a free for Clare with 22 minutes on the clock. Kerry were on a hunt for goals and grabbed their second in the 25th minute when Ní Dheasmhunaigh got to the rebound after Shauna Ryan had blocked Cora O’Carroll’s original shot. Clare added three points before the half-time whistle, Tuohy with a point from play and a 45 and Lisa O’Donoghue sending over a shot from the wing, leaving Clare trailing by four points at the break.
Jessica Fitzell pointed for Kerry five minutes into the second half. Clare responded with a goal from Walsh after a tidy pass from Kealy Power. This however, was to be Clare’s only score of the second half as a physically stronger Kerry side dominated the young Clare team. Three Kerry goals from Ní Dheasmhunaigh, O’Carroll and Sarah Treacy by the 52nd minute effectively ended Clare’s chances and with Claire Murphy adding on two more points, it was the home side that ran out comfortable winners.

Clare: Shauna Ryan (Clooney-Quin); Siobhán Fahey (Truagh-Clonlara), Áine O’Shea (Ballyea), Eimear Donnellan (Sixmilebridge); Deanna Considine (Sixmilebridge), Aoife Forde (Corofin), Eimear Kelly (Parteen); Emily Maloney (Clooney-Quin), Niamh Whyte (Sixmilebridge); Lauren O’Donoghue (Ruan), Lauren Tuohy (Clarecastle) (0-4), Lisa O’Donoghue (Whitegate); Kealy Power (Scariff-Ogonnelloe), Keli Nugent (Scariff-Ogonnelloe), Caroline Walsh (Éire Óg) (2-0).
Subs: Nicola McNamara, (Clooney-Quin) for Kealy Power (46 mins).

Kerry: Andrea Hanly; Louise Hobbert, Aoife Fitzgerald, Julianne O’Keeffe; Niamh, Kerri O’Shea, Áine O’Connor; Eirne Ní Dheasmhunaigh, Norann Gilbert; Jessica Fitzell, Alanna Maunsell, Claire Murphy; Cora O’Carroll, Lorraine Keaney, Sarah Treacy;

Referee: Cathal Egan, Cork.