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The Clare People Minor Championship

Minor A

Truagh Clonlara 2-11 Sixmilebridge 3-6

The game was played in ideal conditions on Saturday evening. Truagh were first to register a score when they pointed after several minutes in. Sixmilebridge answered when Mary O'Connor got the ball past the Truagh defence to get it into net. Truagh returned with a further two points before Muireann Scanlon found target in the Truagh net. Truagh came back with another two points, one coming from a free to conclude the half. In the second half Finia O'Brien made her mark when she put the ball over. Truagh dominated after this scoring 2-1 until O'Brien pointed once more. Rosie Young was next to pop one over. Truagh came back with three more points. Niamh Lyons found target in the Truagh net at a vital time. Sarah Loughnane pointed on the double. In the end it was not enough, with Truagh wining out in a two point advantage. 

Sixmilebridge: Ruth O'Neill; Rachel Kennedy, Kiah Mellet, Cliodhna Ryan; Hannah Wilson, Olivia Phelan, Saoirse Young; Muireann Scanlon, Ciara Maloney; Emma Kennedy, Sarah Loughnane, Rosie Young; Mary O'Connor, Niamh Lyons, Finia O'Brien. Subs: Aobha Carey for Maloney, Áilise Roche for Mary O'Connor. 

Scariff Ogonnelloe 2-7 Kilkishen/Bodyke 7-10

In the final round of the Minor A championship, Scariff Ogonnelloe were beaten by a strong and very well balanced Kilkishen/Bodyke team. With the wind at their backs, Kilkishen/Bodyke laid the foundations for this win in the first half scoring 3-6 to 0-2. 
Scariff Ogonnelloe played better in the second half, with good displays from Aoife Maloney and Anna McNamara in the backs, and they scored 2-5, the goals coming from Alison McGee and Aoife Lynch.
Scariff Ogonnelloe: Rachael Daly, Aoibheann O'Gorman, Katie Minogue, Anna McNamara, Aoife Maloney, Susan Daly, Ciara Treacy, Ciara Doyle, Holly McGee, Aisling Corry, Lynda Daly, Alison McGee, Aoife Lynch, Aoife Power, Emily Walsh.
Subs: Cliona Mcnamara for E. Walsh,  Kate O'Mahony for A. Lynch, Roisin Giblin for A. O'Gorman.

Referee: Tommy Minogue

Inagh Kilnamona 1-12 Truagh Clonlara 0-6

Inagh-Kilnamona had the better start with three unanswered points, two from play and one from a free. Laura Foley got Truagh off the mark after 12 minutes with a point from play. A goal for Inagh-Kilnamona mid way through the half was a vital cushion for the hosts throughout, as Truagh had most of the possession but without the reward. However two points from Roisin Begley and Hannah Horgan, added to a Foley free, kept Truagh within 1-1 of Inagh-Kilnamona at the break. 

An early opening score in the second half for Truagh proved to be their last until deep into injury time. Inagh-Kilnamona were stronger in the second half and capitalised on some scorable frees, as well as some good shooting to ease into a comfortable lead. With a number of second half stoppages when Foley added Truagh's second point of the half after 62 minutes there was still time for a comeback as nearly ten minutes of additional time was played. Inagh-Kilnamona however won two frees that were converted to stop any chance of a late Truagh rally. 

Truagh Clonlara: Niamh Powell; Aine Gully, Rebecca Foley, Eva Larkin; Leah Hawes, Laura Foley, Roisin Powell; Roisin Begley, Sinead Ryan; Molly Fennessy, Hannah Horgan, Louise Kavanagh; Kaitlyn Hannan, Sadhbh Fennessy, Jane Begley