Kilmaley pip Clooney-Quin again in league

Kilmaley 0-13   Clooney-Quin 2-4

KILMALEY and Clooney-Quin produced another close contest when they clashed in a league tie last week.

Each side enjoyed periods of dominance before the winners edged ahead to take the points.

Kilmaley dominated the opening half and were first to register on the scoreboard.

They led at the break, 0-10 to 1-1, and could have been further ahead had they availed of all of their chances.

Clooney-Quinn came more into the game in the second half and certainly put pressure on the Kilmaley defence. Clooney’s second goal brought them right back into the game, leaving only a point between the sides with minutes remaining.

Kilmaley: Edel Griffey; Sarah Reidy, Denise Lynch, Lorna Higgins; Lisa Kennedy, Niamh Cahill, Sinéad O’Halloran; Aida Griffey, Sinéad O’Keeffe; Emma O’Driscoll (0-1), Shónagh Enright (0-1), Claire McMahon (0-7); Ailish Considine (0-3), Ashling Cahill, Lauren McGuane (0-1).
Subs: Leanne McMahon for Ashling Cahill, Amy Kennedy for Lisa Kennedy and Lisa Kennedy for Amy Kennedy.
Clooney Quin: Sheelagh Daffy; Emma Sheehy, Aisling Hannon, Siobhán Lee; Jenny Costelloe, Orlaith Duggan, Laura McHugh; Claire Ryan (1-2), Christine Colleran; Marie Halpin, Kelly MacLean, Siobhán McCarthy; Jessica O’Neill, Louise Henchy (0-2), Marie Begley.
Subs: Sonia Maher (1-0) for Marie Halpin, Laura Costelloe for Jenny Costelloe and Kate McCarthy for Siobhán McCarthy.

 

Sixmilebridge 5-17   Kilkishen 2-1

SIXMILEBRIDGE secured their second victory of the Division 1 league with a convincing 5-17 to 2-1 win over Kilkishen on Sunday morning. Sixmilebridge put 3-6 up on the board, 2-3 coming from the ever accurate Naomi Carroll, before Kilkishen scored in the 21st minute, when Noelle McNamara hit the net.

Sixmilebridge responded with two points before Kate O’Gorman once again found the net for the visiting side. Ali Quinlan responded with a well-taken goal, to leave the score at 4-9 to 2-0 at half-time.
Chloe Morey opened the scoring in the second half with a point, followed by 1-4 from Carroll. Mairéad Hyland and Morey added two more to the ’Bridge girls’ tally, before Kilkishen came back with a converted free to get their side’s only score of the second half in the 50th minute. Slaine Carey finished off the ’Bridge girls’ scoring with the last puck of the game.

Sixmilebridge: Eimear Murray; Deanna Considine, Ellen Roche, Ann Sweeney; Aiveen O’Shea, Chloe Morey (0-3), Bridget O’Halloran; Sinéad Touhy, Maire McGrath; Slaine Carey (0-2), Rachael O’Halloran (0-1), Fiona Murphy (0-1); Áine McNamara (0-1), Naomi Carroll (3-7), Ali Quinlan (2-1).
Subs: Mairéad Hyland (0-1) for A Sweeney, Emma Robbins for A Quinlan, Josie Keane for A McNamara and Laura Whelan for F Murphy.
Kilkishen: Martina McNamara; Marie McNamara, Sarah Loughnane, Marie Nash; Ciara Ryan, Siobhán Kiniry, Lisa Loughnane; Paula Loughnane, Kate Lynch; Noelle McNamara (1-0), Clodagh O’Halloran. Áine Cooney; Deirdre Minogue, Kate O’Gorman (1-1), Sarah Duggan.
Sub: Shauna Fleming for Deirdre Minogue.

Division 2

Éire Óg 2-6   Wolfe Tones 0-3

ÉIRE Óg notched up a further two points in the Division 2 league when they travelled to Shannon to take on Wolfe Tones in Round 2. Played in bitterly cold conditions with a strong crosswind, which made scores difficult to come by, Éire Óg had the better of the opening half.

Gráinne Nolan’s pointed free after 10 minutes was the opening score of the match. Strong defending from the full-back line of Laura Brown, Claire McMahon and Sarah Redmond withstood everything that Wolfe Tones threw at them.

A further tally of 1-3 from Nolan put the visitors firmly in the driving seat at the break. Wolfe Tones attacked at the restart and were rewarded with points from Lizzy Danaher, Leanne Boyle and Rachel O’Brien. The switch of Rae Wall to full-back, Louise Kirwan to centre-back, Aoife O’Neill to midfield and Claire McMahon to centre-forward rallied the Éire Óg side.

Despite excellent performances from corner-back Aoife Nihill and wing-back Leanne McInerney, a goal from McMahon dashed Wolfe Tone’s hopes of a comeback. Gráinne Nolan added a further two points to seal the victory.

Éire Óg: Katie Malone; Laura Brown, Claire McMahon (1-0), Sarah Redmond; Aoife Sheehan, Rae Wall, Sophie Hanna; Louise Kirwan, Grainne Nolan (1-6); Orla McMahon, Aoife O’Neill, Shauna Keane; Elana Bradley, Shaunagh O’Brien, Caroline Walsh.
Wolfe Tones: Sinéad Walsh; Aoife Nihill, Clodagh Lee, Claire O’Brien; Leanne McInerney, Avril O’Dea, Dawn Ryan; Mairéad McKenna, Leanne Boyle (0-1); Hayley Nolan, Sinéad Kelly, Aisling McInerney; Rachel O’Brien (0-1), Lizzy Danaher (0-1), Áine McCormack.

Scariff-Ogonnelloe 5-13   Crusheen 2-3

SCARIFF-Ogonnelloe had a win over Crusheen in Ogonnelloe last Saturday. Crusheen and Scariff-Ogonnelloe were evenly matched in the first half which ended with the score at 2-2 to 1-5  but in the second half, Scariff-Ogonnelloe’s experience showed and they ran out winners. Crusheen’s backs were kept busy throughout the game. Some excellent saves were made by Crusheen goalkeeper Caroline Brigdale.

St Joseph’s 1-7   Killanena/Tulla 2-3

IN bitter cold and galeforce winds, these two clubs served up a very entertaining game from which St Joseph’s emerged with a one-point win.

St Joseph’s started the brighter and were four points up after 10 minutes – three from the stick of Louise Woods, two frees and a 45’, added to the opening point by Rebecca Devine from play.

Killanena/Tulla got to grips with the conditions and came more into the game. It took until the 25th minute for the next score, when Evelyn Glynn pointed a free for the amalgamation.

Siobhán Torpey scored a superb goal for the amalgamation just before half-time to leave the sides level at 0-4 to 1-1.

St Joseph’s continued to dominate many areas in the second half but failed to turn this dominance into scores. They opened a two-point gap before an Evelyn Glynn free went all the way to the net for the East Clare side. St Joseph’s managed to get back in front and held this slim advantage to the finish.

St Joseph’s: Ann-Marie McGann; Carmel Duggan, Sarah O’Brien, Aoife Whelan; Orla Doolaghty, Niamh Martin, Emma Dilleen; Catriona Hennessy, Erin Hennessy; Róisín Kennedy, Louise Woods, Emer Casey; Orla Lynch, Therese Wall, Rebecca Devine.
Subs: Karen O’Brien for Catriona Hennessey (inj, 22 mins), Michelle McMahon for Wall (40 mins), Niamh O’Loughlin for Lynch (48 mins) and Jackie Woods for Devine (52 mins).
Killenana/Tulla: Anne McNamara; Aisling McNamara, Lorna Power, Aoife Conlon; Claire Taffee, Gráinne McNamara, Róisín McNamara; Áine Dinan, Sinéad McNamara; Amy McNamara, Evelyn Glynn, Sorcha Costelloe; Gráinne McNamara, Siobhán Torpey, Sinéad McNamara.
Sub: Katie McInerney for Lorna Power.

Ballyea/Clarecastle 3-20   Whitegate 1-5

A VERY strong Ballyea/Clarecastle made a great start with opening scores from Sharon Quinn and Ciara Lynch. Ballyea/Clarecastle led, 1-9 0-1, at half-time. Aided by a strong breeze in the second half, they continued with more of the same and eventually ran out 3-20 to 1-5 winners.

Even though Whitegate battled to the end and scored a late goal, Ballyea/Clarecastle always had the upperhand. For the winners, there were great defensive performances from Siobhán Hehir, Jane Scanlon and Suzie O’Shea. Sharon Quinn, Ciara Lynch, Diandra O’Connell and Sharon O’Loughlin worked hard throughout and got some very impressive scores. Louise Griffin caught some great ball and created great scoring chances. Ballyea/Clarecastle had a very big panel and made use of this in the second half.

Ballyea/Clarecastle: Áine O’Shea; Sinéad Frawley, Siobhán Hehir, Alison Carrig; Jane Scanlon, Suzie O’Shea, Niamh Daly; Marie Lynch, Louise Griffin; Diandra O’Connell, Sharon O’Loughlin, Rebecca Culligan; Ciara Lynch, Sharon Quinn, Vivienne Kearney.
Subs: Maria Lyons for Niamh Daly, Sinéad Reidy for Rebecca Culligan, Edel Hehir for Vivienne Kearney, Lauren Tuohy for Sharon Quinn, Elaine Lyons for Sinéad Frawley, Emma Carey for Alison Carrigg, Samara O’Callaghan for Marie Lynch and Zoe Casey for Jane Scanlon.
Whitegate: Ciara Mulvihill; Anita Forde, Aideen Burke, Noreen Bugler; Orla Burke, Aisling Treacy, Rebecca Peacock; Laura Donoghue, Carol Minogue; Karen Bugler, Susan Fahy, Laura Durack; Rachel Donoghue, Lisa Donoghue, Triona Kelly.
Subs: Shauna Donnellan for Karen Bugler, Laura Mulvihill for Rebecca Peacock and AnnMarie Whelan for Rachel Donoghue.

Division 3

Ruan 5-6   Bodyke 1-2

BODYKE choose to play with the strong wind in the first half but failed to take full advantage. Both teams got off to a lively start but it was Ruan who went on the attack after five minutes and were rewarded when they opened with a goal in the seventh minute and a point in the eight.

Bodyke’s Louise Hayes answered this with a well-hit point in the ninth minute. However, Ruan went on to lead 2-3 to 1-2.

The second half saw Ruan take advantage of the wind, scoring a further 3-3, while Bodyke failed to add to their tally.

Ruan: Niamh Lyons; Emily Mulqueen, Nicola O’Donoghue; Brenda O’Donoghue, Claire McDonnell (0-1), Edel O’Regan; Rebecca Crowe (0-1), Eadoin Fitzgerald; Lauren O’Donoghue, Eimear Neilan (0-1), Niamh Ní Mhuirí; Lorna Crowe (1-1), Alice Casey (4-2).
Bodyke: Catherine McNamara; Edel O’Grady, Aisling Fitzgerald; Louise Carey, Ann-Marie Fitzgerald (1-0), Kate Minogue; Louise Hayes (0-2), Aoife Doyle; Clara Malone, Fiona McNamara, Molly Dowling; Racheal Grogan, Sally Minogue.
In the other game in this group, Feakle-Broaford were 5-8 to 0-4 winners over Corofin.

Division 4

Truagh-Clonlara 2-5   Kilkishen 0-1

TRUAGH-Clonlara recorded their second successive win in the Division 4 league with a victory over Kilkishen in Clonlara on Saturday evening. It was a real battle, with scores hard to come by early on.

Michelle Powell opened the scoring for Truagh from a free after five minutes and Truagh went in at half-time leading by 0-3 to 0-1.

Caroline Lynch, who was introduced just before half-time, opened the second half with a goal, followed quickly with a well-taken Aileen Ryan point. Truagh’s second goal was well taken by Emma Hastings and Caroline Moloney completed Truagh’s scores on the day with a point from play.

Truagh will now play Sixmilebridge in the last round.

Truagh Clonlara: Sinéad Hogg; Siobhán Fahey, Tara Kirwan; Julie Anne Ryan, Sarah Koyce, Sarah Hastings; Emma Kavanagh, Aoife McKeon; Aileen Ryan, Michelle Powell, Fiona Caulfield; Liza Moloney, Emma Hastings.
Subs: Caroline Lynch for M Caulfield, Jo Clancy for J Ryan, Molly Power for A McKeown, Eimer Burke for E Hastings, Róisín Rynne for S Hastings, Claire Ryan for A Ryan and Caroline Moloney for L Moloney.
Kilkishen: Martina McNamara; Sorcha Loughnane, Marie Nash; Claudia Loughnane, Sarah Loughnane, Áine Cooney; Paula Loughnane, Marie McNamara; Breda Cooney, Clare McGrath; Aine McInerney, Deirdre Minogue.

Kilmaley 1-2   Sixmilebridge 1-0

KILMALEY travelled to Sixmilebridge for their second-round game in the league. It was hard fought, with very little between the sides.

Sixmilebridge’s Sinéad McMahon goaled for the home side five minutes into the second half but it was their only score of the game.

Kilmaley: Alanagh Barry; Alisha Pyne, Laoise Talty, Rebecca Cahill; Caoimhe O’Halloran, Marie Hehir, Amy Kennedy; Lauren McGuane, Aishling Downes; Siobhán Maher, Gráinne Barry, Mary T McMahon; Aoife Talty, Aishling Cahill, Nicola Griffey.
Subs: Ashling Cregan for Nicola Griffey and Ashling O’Grady for Aoife Talty.
Sixmilebridge: Dianne Murray; Jessica Finian, Maria Frawley, Flora Crowe; Jean Chaplin, Orla Chaplin, Cora Maxwell; Bernadette Crowe, Connie Corbett; Sinéad McMahon (1-0), Laura Murray, Niamh Murray; Elaine Carroll, Gráinne Chaplin, Majella Maxwell.
Subs: Emma Robins for B Crowe and Katie Freeman for E Carroll.