Newcomers aiming for success in junior competition

Clarecastle and St Nicholas Parteen will contest the Junior B Championship final on Sunday. The game will be played in Miltown at 2pm as a curtain-raiser to the senior final.
Both clubs are relative newcomers to ladies’ football. Clarecastle revived their club last year while Parteen took to the ladies’ football playing field for the first time ever.
Just three clubs competed in the Junior B Championship but games were on a home-and-away basis, giving a minimum of four matches in the group stages.
Clarecastle are unbeaten with double victories over both Parteen and Meelick and based on that and the fact that they contested the Division 3 league shield final, they will wear the favourite’s tag.
Parteen lost their opening three matches but defeated Meelick in Round 4.
This was the first time since their formation that they recorded a win. A play-off was then needed against Meelick for the right to play Clarecastle in Sunday’s final.
Again, the Parteen ladies came out on top to advance to the final.
Clarecastle are managed by Eoin Brennan, Dave Mullen, Mary Torpey and Declan Clohessy while the Parteen mentors are Mike Keogh and Dave Keane.

Results
Round 1: Clarecastle 5-10 Parteen 2-3; Round 2: Clarecastle 5-13 Meelick 1-10; Round 3: Meelick 4-8 Parteen 2-8; Round 4: Clarecastle 2-10 Meelick 2-6; Round 5: Clarecastle 4-12 Parteen 0-1; Round 6: Parteen 3-5 Meelick 1-6; Play off: Parteen 3-7 Meelick 3-4.

Clarecastle panel: Gráinne Lynch (captain), Sinéad Reidy, Sharon Quinn, Catherine Curran, Zelma Power, Doireann Murphy, Niamh
Keogh, Catriona Reynolds, Elaine Lyons, Sinéad Frawley, Lauren
Tuohy, Charlene Reynolds, Ciara Lynch, Marie Lynch, Ruth O’Gorman, Niamh Daly, Jane
Scanlon, Maria Lyons, Kimmie Geraghty, Ellen McAuliffe,
Michelle Kelly, Alison Short, Louise Hayes, Aisling Frawley, Claire O’Loughlin, Angela O’Connor Hickey.
St Nicholas Parteen panel: Jessica O’Keefe (captain), Kirsty Cahill, Niamh Keogh, Colleen Meyer,
Claire O’Shea, Rachel Tobin,
Simone Clogan, Amy O’Connor, Sarah Hastings, Emma Hastings,
Sarah Collery, Regina Pierce,
Rebecca O’Shea, Vanessa Radcliffe, Lizan Chiu, Shauna Keogh, Kiara Kilbridge, Claire O’Brien, Aisling Reale, Hazel Killeen.