Avondale CC march on to semi-finals
Avondale CC 2-15 Col Chill Mhantain 2-11
The last of the quarter-finals in the Boys Senior football ‘A’ championship took place in Rathnew on Tuesday. The pitch was in great condition and this led to a fast flowing open game.
Avondale were playing against the wind in the first half but opened the scoring with a Matthew Traynor point.
Soon after that, Charlie O’Brien found the net at the other end for CCM.
The Wicklow school added two points but in the 15th minute Dermot Whelan had a goal for Avondale.
Chill Mhantain added three points, the best of which was a long range effort by John Moorehouse.
Avondale points by Mark Cullen and Dermot Whelan narrowed the gap but Jack Dunne completed the first half scoring with a CCM point to leave his team ahead by 1-7 to 1-4 at half-time.
Indeed, Chill Mhantain might have been further ahead as Dylan Smith had a good shot for goal that hit the post.
The three-point lead was increased to seven against the wind within four minutes of the restart thanks to a John Moorehouse goal and a Jensen O’Connor Cox point and CCM looked the more likely team to qualify for the semi final.
However, a defensive mix up at the other end in the fifth minute let Richard Sheehan in for a goal.
This seemed to inspire Avon- dale and they gradually took control. Chill Mhantain did have a good goal chance soon afterwards but a good Dylan Smith shot was well saved by Avondale goalkeeper Aidan Murray.
Avondale’s Matthew Traynor and Oisin McGraynor took control of midfield and set up some good chances for their forward line.
A succession of points followed with David Miley, Ross Ward and substitute Conor Kearney to the fore. Colaiste Chill Mhantain did look dangerous in breakaways but were unable to score the goal they needed against a strong defence and when referee Eddie Leonard blew the final whistle it was Avondale who had qualified to meet Coláiste Bhride Carnew in the semi final.
Scorers - Avondale CC : Dermot Whelan 1-1, David Miley 0-4, Matt Traynor and Ross Ward 0-3 each, Richard Sheehan 1-0, Mark Cullen and Conor Kearney 0-2 each.
CCM: John Moorehouse 1-1, Charlie O’Brien 1-0, Jack Dunne and Jensen O’Connor Cox 0-3 each, Dylan Smith and Jack Healy 0-3 each
Avondale CC: Aidan Murray, Aaron Tuke, Ciaran Penn, John Kavanagh, Jack Manley, Mikey Fahey, Shane Whelan, Matthew Traynor, Oisin McGraynor, Richard Sheehan, David Miley, Niall Gaffney, Mark Cullen, Dermot Whelan, Ross Ward. SUBS: Darragh Owens, Eric Olohan, Conor Kearney.
Coláiste Chill Mhantain: Patrick Reynolds, Kane Flynn, Garry Hughes, Kyle Devlin, Luke Corcoran, Ryan Corrigan, Nicky Kearney, Ronan Murray, Ciaran Coffey, Jack Dunne, Jensen O’Connor Cox, Jack Healy, Dylan Smith, John Moorehouse, Charlie O’Brien. SUBS: Tristan O’Toole, Robert Keogh
FIRST YEAR GIRLS FOOTBALL FINALS
Seven schools took part in the finals in Ballinakill on Tuesday. The teams in the ‘A’ finals were St Mary’s College Arklow, Dominican College Wicklow, Coláiste Bhride Carnew and Gaelcholiste na Mara Arklow.
There was a good standard of football with Colaiste Bhride and St Mary’s qualifying for the final.
The Carnew school made a god start in the final and went on to a comfortable win.
The trophy was presented to their captain Sarah Doyle by Jim Murphy.
Dominican College also had a team in the ‘B’ final along with Blessington CC and Coláiste Raithin Bray.
Blessington and Dominican qualified for the final with victory going to the Wicklow Town school on a 2-1 to 0-3 scoreline.
The trophy was presented to Dominican captain Kirsty Dunne by Hugh Kenny.
Referees for the day were Cathy Forde, Terry Canavan and Eddie Leonard.
GIRLS JUNIOR FOOTBALL
St Kilian’s CS Bray 6-8 Coláiste Raithin 6-6
This was an exciting game in the Junior ‘B’ championship with the result in doubt until the final whistle.
Coláiste Raithin were ahead by four points at half-time but Kilian’s rallied in the second half.
Sophie Curran Carr was their top scorer while Ava Treacy and Holly Keogh were also among the scorers.
Others to impress for the winners include goalkeeper Saoirse O’Neill, team captain Jamie Curran Carr, Tia McMahon and Abbie Doyle.
Raithin had impressive players in Kaitlin Ni Bhroin and Aimee McGlashan in defence, Hannah Ni Ceallaigh in midfield and Caoimhe Ni Bhroin in attack. Dominican College 9-24 Avondale CC 4-6 Dominican led by 5-6 to 2-6 at half time in this ‘A’ quarter-final. Top scorer for Dominican College was Niamh Caffrey with 3-10 while Avondale’s best was Ava Carter who scored 3-4.
BOYS FIRST YEAR RESULTS
A Football Championship Temple Carrig (holders) 7-8 Avondale CC 2-5 B Championship Woodbrook College 11-9 Coliste Raithin 4-6 Gaelcholáiste na Mara 9-13 Coláiste Bhride B 1-1