St Joseph’s win decisively against Corofin

St Joseph’s  4-4
Corofin 1-2

On a sunny evening in Gurteen on Wednesday last, St Joseph’s emerged winners in this U-16A tie having led by 2-2 to 0-2 at half-time. Ciara Whelan, St Joseph’s, scored a point from a free, followed by two points from Corofin’s Siobhan Lane. St Joseph’s replied with a point from a free from Vanessa Meaney and goals from Orla Mulchrone and Niamh O’Brien.

A strong second-half performance followed from St Joseph’s with a second goal from Orla Mulchrone, followed by a point from a free from Ciara Whelan. Lizzy Roche found the net for the visitors 10 minutes into the half. Vanessa Meaney replied with a goal and with another point from a free from Ciara Whelan, sealed a victory for St Joseph’s over a Corofin side that recorded an 8-8 to 5-5 win over Éire Óg.
St Joseph’s: Karen McMahon; Orla Meehan, Michelle O’Neill, Orla Moloney; Ciara Whelan (0-2), Ellen Meaney; Ciara Guilfoyle, Mary O’Connor; Aoife Shannon, Vanessa Meaney (1-2), Orla Mulchrone (2-0); Niamh O’Brien (1-0), Katie Brogan.
Subs: Orla Hoey for Ciara Guilfoyle, Orla Purcell for Mary O’Connor.
Corofin: Clóda Collins; Alisha Malone, Noelle Crowe, Brona Galvin; Ailish Hanrahan, Ciara Heagney; Corina McMahon, Lizzy Roche (1-0); Ellie Harrison, Siobhain Lane (0-2), Caoimhe Corbett; Aoife Danagher, Aisling Cleary.
Subs: Sinéad Nagle for Aisling Cleary, Clare Kearney for Aoife Danagher.

Inagh-Kilnamona  9-13
Éire Óg 3-4
A very strong Inagh Kilnamona team had a big win over Éire Óg on Wednesday evening
Inagh-Kilnamona: Rebecca Keating, Rebecca O’Leary, Chloe McNamara, Teresa O’Keeffe (0-2), Róisín Clancy, Andrea O’Keeffe (1-2), Chloe Foudy, Róisín Longe, Sinead Power (1-4), Jane Fitzgerald, Amy Keating (7-3).
Subs: Michaela Roughan for R Clancy, Katie McCreanor for Amy Keating, Ciara Fitzgerald for Jane Fitzgerald, Natasha Moloney for Chloe McNamara, Eimear O’Looney for Roughan, Michelle Flanagan (0-1) for Sinead Power.
Éire Óg: Fiona Kelly, Aoife Warren, Eva Whyte, Saoirse Warren, Maria Redmond, Róisín Martin, Sinead Mulcahy, Amy Broderick (1-1), Elana Bradley (0-1), Erin Hehir, Grainne Nolan (2-2).

U-16B

Truagh 8-6 
Kilmaley 2-1
Truagh lead throughout in this U-16B tie in Clonlara.
Kilmaley came into the game more in the second half aided by a slight breeze. Truagh had the points well secured mid-way through the second half when Laura Foley converted two 45’ metre frees.

Scariff-Ogonnelloe  2-7
Clooney-Quin  1-0
A stronger Scariff-Ogonnelloe side were made to work hard for their place in the U-16B league final. They were ahead 1-3 to 0-0 at the break but the Clooney defence had worked extremely hard. Clooney battled back after the break and when Áine Nash goaled, there was little between the sides.
Scariff-Ogonnelloe tagged on the insurance points with the second goal only coming in the final minute of the game.