In sheer style, St. Joseph’s captured the junior B title in Shannon on Sunday evening last against Truagh/Clonlara.

An early goal only 60 seconds into the game by Aoife Shannon set the tone for the maroon and white girls to lay down the mark and ensure their club were promoted to the A division in 2019.

Having kept a generously clean slate throughout their championship campaign only conceding 1-12 in their four games to-date this bunch of Doora Barefield girls showed they meant business.

Straight from the throw in St. Joseph’s were dominant and when Aisling Reidy’s sliotar hit the upright Aoife Shannon was underneath to snatch it and bury it in the back of Liza Moloney’s Truagh Clonlara net only a minute into the game.

This goal proved to be the thorn in Truagh Clonlara’s side for the duration of the hour, with the goal being the difference throughout!

With points from play from Amy Lenihan, Múirne Ní Chonaill, Kiera McGrath and the accurate free taker Aisling Reidy, St. Joseph’s notched up seven points by half time whilst Niamh Power for Truagh Clonlara kept her side in the game with three well taken frees as well as a ‘45 leaving half time score St. Joseph’s 1-7 Truagh Clonlara 4 points.

With both sides exchanging frees in a seesaw style of camogie in the second half, Reidy and Power for their respective sides showed composure & accuracy with Reidy slotting over four more and Power three.

McGrath & Reidy again scored a point each from play giving St. Joseph’s the upper hand.

But in true East Clare fashion Truagh Clonlara never gave up and as Cathy Halley pushed forward to aid her forward counterparts they pushed hard to break down the strong St. Joseph’s defense orchestrated by their experienced goalie Ann Marie McGann refusing the green flag to be raised.

And as the full time whistle blew it was St. Joseph’s Ellen Meaney who stepped up to claim the junior B cup with pride & delight thanking the numerous supporters for turning out in their droves to watch the club be promoted to junior A in 2019.

St. Joseph’s Panel

Ann Marie McGann, Ellen Meaney (Captain), Sarah O’Brien (Vice Captain), Naoise Slattery, Emer Hanrahan, Alannah Meaney, Orla Hoey, Aisling Reidy (9 points 7 frees), Muireann Collins, Múirne Ní Chonaill (1 point), Amy Lenihan (1 point), Kiera McGrath (2 points), Aoife Shannon (1 goal), Niamh McDonagh, Leanne Meaney, Ann Foudy, Ciara Whelan, Karen O’Brien.

Truagh/Clonlara Panel:

Liza Moloney, Eileen Gleeson, Tracy Moloney, Tara Kieran (Captain), Josephine Clancy, Cathy Halley, Sadhbh Fennessy, Clodagh McNamara, Róisín Byrnes, Leah Hawes, Niamh Power (7 points, 6 frees, 1 ‘45), Molly Fennessy, Eva Larkin, Caroline Fitzgerald, Áine Gully, Clara Madden, Meave Donnellan, Louise Kavanagh, Rebecca Reilly, Róisín O’Connor