U14C Championship Final 2018

 Éire Óg v Broadford

@ Shannon Camogie Wednesday, 30th May, 2018

Half time score: Éire Óg 1-03 Broadford 0-03

Full Time score: Éire Óg 3-03 Broadford 2-05

Éire Óg withstood a late Broadford resurgence to take the honours in the U14C Cup final by the narrowest of margins on a scoreline of 3-03 to 2-05 at an impeccable Shannon Camogie pitch on Wednesday evening.  Leading by 8 points with 9 minutes of normal time left on the clock, spectators could be forgiven for expecting the Townies to cruise to victory. Broadford, however, are made of sterner stuff and threw all they had at their opponents, giving the large crowd of supporters a thrilling and nervous finish!  

The Ennis side took an early lead as Ella Cahill pointed from 2 placed balls. Broadford levelled with a pointed free from Cathy Farrell and a Beatrice Vaughan score from play. The sides swapped frees, but,  Éire Óg had a good finish to the half as an Ella Cahill free dipped to the back of the Broadford net, giving her side a three point lead as the half time whistle was sounded.

It was Éire Óg that got the better start to the second half as a Rachel Russell pull on the ground resulted in their second green flag, giving them a six point advantage. Cathy Farrell pointed a free for Broadford, but, Éire Óg won the subsequent puckout and an impressive passage of play resulted in Ella Cahill scoring her second goal of the evening. Just five minutes of normal time remained when Broadford were awarded a free from the 45 metre line. It was Cathy Farrell that stood over the sliotar and with nothing to lose, went for goal. Her shot found its intended target, much to the joy of the Broadford contingent. Buoyed by this score, Broadford fought hard and were unlucky to see their next effort forced narrowly wide by some excellent defending. A minute later, Broadford were awarded another free which was duly converted by Cathy Farrell, leaving just 4 points between the sides. Broadford were firing on all cylinders now and within grasping distance of causing a big upset. Normal time had reached its conclusion and the match was in the 1st minute of injury when Broadford were awarded another free. Once again, Cathy Farrell stood over the sliotar and with nerves of steel, sent her shot to the back of the Éire Óg net, leaving just a single point between the sides. Great credit must go to the Éire Óg defence for clinging to this slender lead for a further two minutes of injury time, as despite emptying the bench, they were visibly drained by the intense humidity and tired legs were evident, having just played their semi-final against Feakle-Killanena  48 hours earlier. The shrill of the final whistle was accompanied by a sigh of relief from the Éire Óg sideline and huge disappointment for Broadford. Joint captains for Éire Óg,  Aoibheann Hahessy & Eunice Boateng were presented with the cup by referee, Kevin Walsh, who complimented both sides on serving up a hugely entertaining and skilful match.

Éire Óg team :  Olive Shannon; Irene Boateng, Niamh Kennedy; Ciara Shanahan, Eunice Boateng, Emma Lyons; Abbi Roche, Aoibheann Hahessy; Shauna Faughey, Ella Cahill(2-03 1-03f), Rachel Russell(1-00); Annie Lynch, Sarah Murphy

Subs : Aoise Kelly For Shauna Faughey, Elise Ryan for Emma Lyons, Líadan de Ghlaisne for Sarah Murphy, Aoibhe Coote for Annie Lynch, Riona Hely for Elise Ryan

Broadford team : Hannah O'Donnell;  Emma O'Brien, Isobel O'Connell; Ashleigh McNamara,  Ella O'Brien Amelie O'Riordan; Cathy O'Farrell(2-04f), Sinead Vaughan; Niamh Reddan Beatrice Vaughan (0-01), Caitriona Corrigan; Ella Ryan Meaney, Saidbhe O'Sullivan

Referee: Kevin Walsh ( Wolfe Tones )

Cratloe V The Banner

 
Wednesday 30th May 2018

Referee Kevin Walsh

Played at Wolfe Tones Camogie Pitch, Shannon

Final score: The Banner 4.5 Cratloe 3.5

The Ennis club emerged the victor after a tough match played in Mediterranean conditions in Shannon last Wednesday evening. Cratloe were out of the traps quick with Ella Georgia O’Shea opening their account with a goal and point in quick succession, before the Banner hit the score board, with a point from play and another from their number 10 with the placed ball. Ella added another point before the Banner scored a brace of goals to bring the score to 2.2 to the Banner, 1.2 to Cratloe. Cratloe responded to bring the half time score to 2.2 to 1.3 with a well taken point from Caoimhe Healy.

The Banner girls came out strong in the second half and a series of scores left them 8 points in the clear and looking like they were coasting to victory. The score line did not reflect the battle on the field however and one felt that this game could still go either way. The Cratloe girls battled on and never gave up and series of goals and points in quick succession saw Cratloe come within a point of the Banner. The Battle ensued and Cratloe got a free from 40 meters. This pointed would tie the match with about 5 mins remaining. Cratloe scored this and the Banner girls looked to be in trouble but pure determination and a will to win drove the girls to fight for every ball and never give up. Cratloe looked to be through on goal but for the full backs, Ruth Leydon and Sinead Ni Dhulaing tenacity denied them. From this clearance a brilliant piece of solo work from Banner center forward Ciara Meehan who was defending her own goal at the time picked and carried the ball the full length of the pitch before a serious accidental collision between her and the Cratloe center back as she was releasing the ball saw both crashing to the floor. On the resumption the battle continued and every player fought for every ball. The Cratloe keeper Ashlee Sheehan made a couple of great saves and kept the game alive. The final score came from a free for the Banner which was deflected across the goal and into the bottom corner to give the banner the lead which there was not enough time for Cratloe to recover from.

The final score of 4-5 to 3-5 saw the Banner lift the shield in a match that was exciting and fast paced from start to finish.

Banner: Kiera Loftus; Leah Vaughan, Sinead Ni Dhulaing, Aibhe O Connor, Claudine Lynch, Ruth Leydon; Rachel Cummins, Caoimhe Ryan; Caoimhe Whelan, Ciara Meehan (4-5), Ellen McGrath, Nora Casey, Jodie Moloney. Subs; Emma Cleary, Grainne Conway, Aoibhinn McGrath, Hannah Mur

Cratloe

Ashlee Sheehan, Kayla McMahon, Kate O’Donoghue, Rachel O’Doherty, Sadhbh Foley Captain (0.2) Chloe Ryan, Aoife Healy, Caoimhe Healy(1.1), Fionnuala Costelloe Saffron Di Lucia, Giselle Keogh, Eva O’Donoghue, Ella Georgia O’Shea (1.2) , Ali Manly, Subsitutes:  Eabha Collins (1.0), Cathy Brennan,