12 May 2011

The Division II U-16 Ladies Football Final between Kilmurry Ibrickane and Clooney/Quin was played on Sunday at 5.30pm in Lissycasey. The rain stopped just before throw in but a very strong wind was evident until after half time. This caused difficulty for the Clooney forwards who although had several chances went into the dressing room at half time 5 points down, 3-1 to Kilmurry Ib, 1-2 to Clooney/Quin. Whatever was said to the Clooney girls at half time it had an impact as immediately into the second half, they began their comeback, so much so that Kilmurry only scored 2 points throughout all the second half compared with Clooney's tally of 5-2. Final score Kilmurry Ibrickane 3-3; Clooney Quin 6-4.

With only about 10 minutes to go Clooney were down by a goal and it was looking unlikely that they would catch a very strong Kilmurry team. With most of the play for the second half in Clooney's half of the field, that one goal seem elusive, until a fine shot from Laura Costello evened the score. A few minutes later, Clooney took the lead with a point from Siobhan McCarthy. Their next score came from a surprise goal from substitute Emma Deegan, followed very closely by 2 goals from Mary Kate Moloney.

Clooney/Quin Team: Orlaith O'Neill, Jennifer Leamy, Kate McCarthy, Kathy Halpin, Gemma McEvoy, Maria Hehir, Hannah O'Brien, Aisling Corbett (Captain), Nicole O'Riordan, Mary Kate Moloney, Siobhan McCarthy, Jenny Costelloe, Lena O'Halloran, Laura Costelloe, Michelle Canny
Subs: Cora O'Grady, Jessica Leamy, Maeve Clune, Aine Nash, Emma Deegan, Siobhan Halpin, Aoibheann Duggan
Scorers for Clooney/Quin: Laura Costelloe (2-1); Mary Kate Moloney (2-1); Nicole O'Riordan (1-0); Aisling Corbett (0-1); Siobhan McCarthy (0-1); Emma Deegan (1-0).

Kilmurry Ibrickane Team: Karen Coughlan, Gemma O'Neill, Niamh Sexton, Lauren McCarthy, Maura Garvey, Aideen Comber, Rebecca Doohan, Ciara McCarthy, Aoibhe King, Katie Flaherty, Tara Comber, Molly Walsh, Nicole O'Doherty, Chloe Moloney, Tara Lernihan
Subs: Emma Coughlan, Kiah Baker, Deirdre Lynch, Eileen Lynch, Caitlin Cambell, Louise Sexton, Jackie Johanson, Claudia Doohan, Aine Cunningham, Eimear Lynch