U-14 championship produces exciting fare

Truagh-Clonlara 7-3   Broadford 0-3

TRUAGH-Clonlara proved too strong for Broadford in Clonlara on Wednesday evening in the U-14 Camogie Championship. Laura Foley opened the scoring with a point from a 45’ free and Róisín Begley added a point from play. Begley added a goal from play, followed shortly by a fine strike from 20m by Rebecca Foley that finished in the net. Truagh added two more goals, one by Begley and the second by Louise Egan.

The second half continued in a similar fashion with Truagh piling on the pressure. Broadford got on the score sheet with three points in the second half. Begley added another brace of goals to her first-half tally to bring her total for the day to 4-1. Laura Foley scored a point from a free with her sister, Rebecca, getting a goal from play.

Truagh-Clonlara: Sarah Fahy; Áine O’Loughlin, Nessa O’Sullivan, Chloe Ryan; Róisín Byrnes, Hannah Horgan, Sadhbh Fennessy; Louise Egan (1-0), Laura Foley (0-2, 45’, 1f); Róisín Powell, Rebecca Foley (2-0), Róisín Begley (4-1); Leah Hawes, Jenny Walsh, Áine Gully.
Subs: Chloe Milliken for Gully, Róisín Gillane for Walsh, Niamh Ryan for Hawes, Rachel O’Meara for C Ryan and Kaithlin Hannon for R Foley.
Broadford: Annalee Marsh (0-1); Áine Ryan, Apryl O’Regan (0-1), Aoife Boland; Zoe O’Keeffe, Hannah Mason, Katie Moloney; Anna Spaight, Caitriona Millane; Moya Marsh McMahon, Aoife Vaughan, Aoife O’Brien; Laura O’Connell, Niamh Powell (0-1), Hannah Ryan.

 

Sixmilebridge 4-9   St Joseph’s 2-0

SIXMILEBRIDGE accounted for St Joseph’s when the sides met at Sixmilebridge. The visitors were first to score when Ciara McGrath added to a Ciara Whelan free for the game’s opening goal.
In the second half, Sixmilebridge were on top and deservedly gathered the points.

Sixmilebridge: Katelyn Harrington; Caoimhe O’Callaghan, Hayley Brookes, Sarah Quinn; Ciara O’Gorman, Emma Kennedy, Mary O’Connor (0-1); Rachel McGrath, Niamh Lyons; Saoirse Young, Sarah Loughnane (2-2), Caoimhe McNamara (0-1); Olivia Phelan (1-4), Kiah Mellett, Hannah Wilson.
Sub: Aoibhe Carey for Mellett (1-1).
St Joseph’s: Karen McMahon; Mary Kate Keane, Kate Dillon, Áine Moloney; Katie Brogan, Ciara Whelan, Emer Hanrahan; Hanna Meaney (1-0), Mary O’Connor; Aoife Shannon, Ciara Guilfoyle, Leanne Meaney; Ciara Duggan, Chloe Towey, Keira McGrath (1-0).
Subs: Laura Hayes for Leanne Meaney, Anne Marie Flanagan for Emer Hanrahan, Niamh McDonagh for Chloe Towey, Niamh Ní Choileain for Ciara Duggan, Shauna Power for Áine Moloney, Orlaith Quinn for Katie Brogan.

Scariff-Ogonnelloe 7-6   Corofin 0-1

PLAYED in Corofin on a dry and sunny Thursday evening, Scariff-Ogonnelloe were the stronger team and won well. They got off to a great start with a goal after six minutes.
Amy Barrett was a major influence for Scariff/Ogonnelloe and they piled the pressure on Corofin’s defence. Corofin tried hard but their only reward was a pointed free in the second half. 

Scariff-Ogonnelloe: Bríd McMahon; Emer Kavanagh, Fiona Hayes,  Deirdre Corry; Aoife Maloney, Katie Minogue, Holly McGee; Amy Barrett (1-1), Lynda Daly; Hannah Mooney (2-0), Sorcha O’Donnell (1-0), Lauren Daly; Aoife Power (2-4), Rosaleen Ryan, Róisín Daly (1-0).
Subs: Nicole Flower for Power, Susanne Costello (0-1) for Lauren Daly, Carmel O’Brien for Mooney, Rachael Daly for Ryan and Anna Ryan for Lynda Daly.
Corofin: C O’Dea; A Cleary, C Heagney, A Tierney; S Nagle, N Crowe, E Harrison; BG Byrne, C Corbett; A O’Reilly, B Tierney, C Corbett; L Roche, S Walsh, L Mullins.
Subs: R Smith for L Mullins and E Kenny for A Tierney (both half-time).

Clooney-Quin 2-6   Clarecastle 0-0

CLOONEY-Quin made it back-to-back wins with their success over Clarecastle in Clooney last Thursday.
Aoife Barry was first on the score sheet with a fine point and was followed with a good goal from Shona Hale. Ciara Grogan had a brace of points before the break, converting from play and a free. This had the Clooney girls 1-0 ahead at the break, when they had played into the wind.
Shona Hale scored a second goal and Ciara Grogan converted twice from placed balls, before Sinéad Considine completed the scoring.

Clooney-Quin: Ciara Halpin; Ellen Liddy, Michelle Meere, Eleanor Leonard; Mary Conneally, Ciara Grogan, Rachel Begg; Emma Deegan; Jennifer O’Neill; Orlaith Nash, Sinéad McGee; Sinéad Considine, Anna Corry, Aoife Barry; Shona Hale.
Subs: Briona Fennell for E Deggan, Moya Dunne for A Barry, Róisín Leamy for S McGee, Róisín Keogh for S Hale and Ciara O’Connor for E Liddy.
Clarecastle: Kelsey Farmer; Katie McEldowney, Ali Fleming, Lauren Healy; Niamh Canavan, Sarah McGuane, Sinéad Cullinan; Hannah Dinan, Rachel Collins; Eibhlin Carey, Ellen Barry, Emma Cosgrove; Róisín Spriggs, Chloe Considine, Clodagh McDonnell.

Kilkishen 8-3   Kilmaley 2-2

KILMALEY travelled to O’Callaghan’s Mills on Wednesday for their third-round game. Kilkishen were well in control and there was no doubt about the outcome, with Kilkishen winning comfortably. 

Killanena 7-5   Feakle 1-2

KILLANENA ran out convincing winners against neighbours Feakle. Feakle were unable to register any score in a first half, which saw Killanena notch up 5-5.
Feakle did convert their scoring chances in the second half, with 1-2 from the stick of Evelyn Duggan. This was not enough to prevent a comprehensive victory for Killanena.

U14C

Tulla-Bodyke 5-5   Wolfe Tones 3-0

TULLA-Bodyke opened the score with two goals from Bridín Dinan followed by two more goals from Sara Minogue and Sinéad Conlon.
Tulla/Bodyke also scored five points in the first half three from Bridín Dinan and one each from Sara Minogue and Sinéad Conlon. The second half saw Wolfe Tones coming back somewhat with three goals but a further goal by Tulla/Bodyke from Chloe Crowe brought the final score to 5-5 to 3-0.

Éire Óg 3-3   Whitegate 3-1

ÉIRE Óg hosted Whitegate in Round 2 of the U-14C Championship on Wednesday evening. The weather was the only thing that was dull in the encounter, which turned into a thriller between the evenly matched teams.

Whitegate’s centre-forward Niamh Quirke pointed in the opening minutes but a Chloe Barry free soon levelled matters. Éire Óg drove on and pulled ahead, courtesy of a cracking goal from Róisín Martin. The home side’s advantage was short lived, however, as Whitegate breached an otherwise solid defence to strike for goal.

The match was in the 30th minute before Whitegate goaled again, Amy Solan finding the net to give them a three-point advantage at the break.

Whitegate’s third goal, from the stick of Quirke, came immediately at the restart of the match and gave them an unassailable lead. The home side, however, dug deep and battled on, with hardworking mid-fielder, Ciara Kennedy, striking twice in quick succession to level matters.

A second Chloe Barry free gave Éire Óg the minimum advantage. Whitegate fought hard to restore their lead but were thwarted on every occasion by a strong backline. With the result hanging in the balance, Éire Óg managed to hold on to and add to their advantage, with a well-taken point from Kennedy.

Éire Óg: Leah Ryan; Saoirse Warren, Eva Whyte; Mary Tiernan; Maria Redmond, Elaine Walsh; Ciara Kennedy (2-1), Alana McInerney; Lia Kelly, Leanne Russell, Róisín Martin (1-0); Amy Russell, Chloe Barry (0-2).
Whitegate: Claire Doyle; Gretta Hickey, Anna Sugrue; Ava Nolan; Tanya Azara, Leah Bugler; Amy Solan (1-0), Rebecca Burke; Maeve O’Rourke, Niamh Quirke (2-1), Amber Nolan; Anna Burke, Darragh Donnellan.