Strong win for Wolfe Tones

Wolfe Tones 4-4
Clooney-Quinn 1-8
A STRONG defensive performance from Wolfe Tones in the first half laid the foundation for their senior league win against over Clooney-Quin, who fought all the way.
The winners were 2-1 to 0-4 ahead at half-time but Clooney-Quin put in a more spirited performance in the second half, boosted by Claire Ryan’s goal. However, the Shannon girls bagged two more goals to effectively secure their victory.
Wolfe Tones: Sinéad Walsh; Aoife Nihill, Avril O’Dea, Siobhán Kelly; Leanne Boyle, Leanne McInerney, Martina O’Brien; Danielle McMackin, Keira Mullane; Laura Linnane (1-4), Mairéad McKenna, Claire O’Brien (1-0); Jodie Lyndsey (1-0), Rachel O’Brien, Dawn Ryan (1-0).
Subs: Aoife Kilderry for Keira Mullane, Catherine Danagher for Martina O’Brien, Treasa Naughton for Dawn Ryan, Lizzie Danagher for Mairéad McKenna and Tara Mulcahy for Claire O’Brien.
Clooney/Quin: Sheelagh Daffy; Edwina McCarthy, Imelda Colleran, Triona Gallagher; Amy Colleran, Jessica O’Neill, Aisling Hannon; Orlaith Duggan, Christine Colleran; Marie Halpin, Claire Ryan (1-2), Deirdre Murphy (0-6); Megan Kitson, Cora O’Grady, Mary Clune.

Intermediate league
Scariff 2-5
St Joseph’s 1-4
SCARIFF secured a four-point win over St Joseph’s on Sunday morning after a shaky start.
St Joseph’s had two points on the board inside the first four minutes as Scariff tried to get to grips with the game. However, a goal in the 10th minute from Scariff’s Aileen Thornton, after a scramble in front of Therese Wall’s goal mouth, gave Scariff the lift they needed and they went on to dominate the second half. Sandra O’Grady and Mairéad Scanlon adding a goal and a point respectively.
Scariff kept up the same level of performance in the second half, adding four points to their tally. A St Joseph’s goal in the 25th minute breathed a new lease of life into the Joseph’s girls and they added two more points but ran out of time to narrow the deficit any further.
Scariff: Aisling Minogue; Grace Waterstone, Gráinne Gunning, Leanne Horan; Sarah Shelly, Sinéad O’Halloran, Sarah Madden; Áine O’Brien, Orla Thornton; Aileen Thornton, Mairéad Scanlon, Sarah O’Donnell; Sandra O’Grady, Claire Colleran, Dervla Nash.
St Joseph’s: Therese Wall; Ciara Fahy, Sarah O’Brien, Carmel Duggan; Karen O’Brien, Emma Dilleen, Aoife Whelan; Kim Moloney, Caitriona Hennessey; Mary Sweeney, Róisín Kennedy, Michelle McMahon; Anne Marie McGann, Áine Meehan, Orlaith Doolerty.
Referee: Fergie McDonagh.

Junior league
Sixmilebridge 4-4
Ballea 1-12
Sixmilebridge kept their Junior League hopes alive with a win over Ballyea on Sunday evening. Both teams fought hard through the first half, exchanging scores, to leave the half-time score at Sixmilebridge 2-3 to Ballyea 1-6.
Ballyea got the better start in the second half, capitalising when the ’Bridge lost Siobhán Flannery to injury. However, the ’Bridge girls regrouped and pushed on to seal the win.

Éire Óg 0-6
Truagh/Clonlara 0-2
ÉIRE Óg started stronger, with points from Orla McMahon and Alanna O’Brien and spent most of the first quarter camped inside the Truagh half. They should have capitalised on this and could have been a goal or two up had it not been for the defending of Emer O’Grady and JulieAnn Ryan.
Éire Óg conceded a number of frees in the middle of the pitch, where Aideen Hogg was doing well and this helped get Truagh deep into Éire Óg territory. However, Truagh did not capitalise on this possession and came away with only one point in the half, scored from a free by Caroline Moloney.
Éire Óg managed to add on another point from play just on the half-time whistle to leave the score 0-3 to 0-1. The second half continued in the same vein, with Éire Óg again starting the stronger, scoring two points from play. Claire McMahon scored the final point of the match.
This was a much-improved team effort from Éire Óg, with outstanding performances from Katie Malone, Ruth Lillis, Aoife Sheehan, Claire McMahon, Louise Kirwan and Áine Courtney.
Éire Óg: Katie Malone; Ruth Lillis, Blathin Casey; Sinéad Darcy, Claire McMahon (0-2), Sally Wall; Aoife Sheehan, Alana O’Brien (0-1); Áine Courtney (0-1), Louise Kirwan (capt), Shauna Keane (0-1); Orla McMahon (0-1), Shaunagh O’Brien.
Subs: Emma O’Brien for Shaunagh O’Brien.
Truagh/Clonlara: Eileen Gleeson; Christine Meskell, JulieAnn Ryan; Emer O’Grady, Tracy Moloney, Orla Moloney; Aideen Hogg, Josephine Clancy; Emma Hastings, Caroline Moloney (0-2), Ruth Leavy; Sarah Carroll, Fiona Caulfield.
Subs: Rebecca O’Neill for Ruth Leavy and Ruth Leavy for Orla Moloney (inj).
Referee: Flan O’Reilly.

U14A championship
Sixmilebridge 3-6
Inagh-Kinnamona 0-3
INAGH-Kilnamona kicked off the new season with a very entertaining game at Sixmilebridge.
The first half was very even and finished on a score of 2-1 to 0-3 in favour of Sixmilebridge. The Sixmilebridge team proved to be too strong in the second half and the final score was 3-6 to 0-3. It was a good, steady performance from Inagh-Kilnamona considering it was their first game together. Sixmilebridge had very strong performances from Aoife Roche, Niamh Whyte, Rebecca Keane and Emma Kennedy, while for Inagh-Kilnamona, Aoife Keane, Clare Hehir, Róisín Longe, Amy Keating and Ciara Fitzgerald tried very hard.
Inagh-Kilnamona: Rebecca Keating; Clare Hehir, Aoife Keane, Ciara Hehir; Fiona Quinn, Marie O’Looney, Sarah Cotter; Katie McCreanor, Jane Fitzgerald; Andrea O’Keeffe, Róisín Longe, Chloe Foudy; Rebecca O’Leary, Amy Keating, Orlaith Cotter.
Sixmilebridge: Nicole Shanahan; Rachel O’Callaghan, Niamh O’Dea, Leanne Gaule; Emma Kennedy, Becky Keane, Katie Freeman; Niamh Whyte, Keelin Lyons; Niamh McInerney, Karen Gallagher, Rachel Kelly; Olivia Phelan, Aoife Roche, Mary O’Connor.
Subs: Sarah Moloney.
Referee: Jim Hickey.

Scariff 2-4
Ruan 1-3
RUAN got off to a great start in their U-14C championship game with the opening point scored by Louise McDonnell. This was followed by a great goal from Shannon O’Donovan, before Louise McDonnell had another point for Ruan, leaving the half-time score at 1-2 to 0-0 in their favour.
Scariff started stronger in the second half with the aid of a strong breeze and got their opening point from a 45’ by Ciara Magil. A goal by Kealy Power was followed by three more points from Ciara Magil. Ruan responded with a late point from Louise McDonnell.

Other results from the weekend are as follows:
U-14A: Newmarket on Fergus 1-12 Clarecastle 2-1; Clooney/Quin 2-3 St Joseph’s 1-2.
U-14B: Kilkishen 3-2 Feakle 1-2; Ballyea 6-3 Wolfe Tones 2-1; Éire Óg 3-8 Kilmaley 0-0.