Clooney Quin 3-13 West Clare Gaels 2-5
In this round 2 League Match, Clooney played against the wind in the first half. It was a first match for West Clare Gaels as they had a bye in Round 1, while Clooney had already saw off the challenge from neighbouring Doora/Barefield.
Clooney/Quin had all the play for the first twenty minutes but found it hard to find the target putting several balls wide of the mark. At this stage Clooney were 1-3 up and West Clare Gaels were yet to score. With ten minutes to go, Fidelma Marrinan broke through the Clooney defence to take the first score for West Clare Gaels, a goal. In the remaining minutes of the first half, midfielder Orlaith Duggan took her third point of the half. Half time score Clooney/Quin 1-4; West Clare Gaels 1-0. The second half started well with 4 successive unanswered scores for the Gaels, which saw them take the lead for the first time in the match. Clooney/Quin settled after that and won out in the end. This sees Clooney through to semi-finals with wins both their round matches, and West Clare Gaels to play Doora/Barefield in their final round match.
Clooney/Quin: Siobhan Halpin, Sheelagh Daffy, Marie Keating, Louise Murrihy, Maria Hehir, Deirdre Murphy (0-2), Alice O’Donnell, Ann Fitzgibbons, Orlaith Duggan (0-4), Maeve Clune, Jessica O’Neill (1-3), Aislinn Mullins, Emma Sheehy, Noelle McGuane (0-1), Mary Clune (2-1). Subs: Jane Taylor for Louise Murrihy (half time), Ciara Grogan for Maeve Clune (half time), Emma Deegan (0-2) for Emma Sheehy (44 mins), Kate Taylor for Noelle McGuane (47 mins), Orlaith Nash for Ciara Grogan (49 mins), Aine Nash for Aislinn Mullins (50 mins).