E’CORTHYHOCKEY

Saturday saw Enniscorthy ladies’ second XI, positioned top of Division 12, travel to Serpentine Avenue to take on Pembroke Wanderers.

Unfortunately for the visitors, they were beaten 1-0 by a very strong Pembroke side in an exciting contest.

Pembroke got off to a good start with early chances worked in through a tight Enniscorthy defence. D’Alton and Bolger worked seamlessly together to ensure the home side remained scoreless.

A great save by Medcalf after a penalty corner opportunity meant Enniscorthy were very much in the game.

A determined Aine O’Brien fed some great balls up the left side of the pitch through Neville, Larkin and Parnell. Enniscorthy’s efforts, however, went unrewarded as both teams remained scoreless at the interval.

The second-half saw more intense competition between the teams, both with an eager eye on the league title.

Brilliant play through the pairing of Redmond and Creed, along with skilful work by Murphy, saw the play in Pembroke’s half throughout the second section of the game.

Unfortunately, a strong play down the right-hand side of the field saw Pembroke work through Enniscorthy’s defence, putting the finishing touch on the play, sending the ball into the goal. Pembroke were 1-0 up with not long left to go.

Despite O’Brien, Kelly’s and Doyle’s efforts at penalty corner attempts, Pembroke’s defence proved too strong for Enniscorthy.

Although slipping from top of the league, it is still all to play for next week as Enniscorthy face Portrane at home in the Astro Active Centre on Saturday.

Squad: Alice Metcalf, Ellen Creed, Eleanor Bolger (capt.), Aine O’Brien, Amy D’Alton, Hannah Neville, Laura Redmond, Caoimhe Larkin, Eimear Doyle, Amy Murphy, Alice Kelly.

The Under-16 girls’ Intermediate ‘A’ side travelled to Rathfarnham and a meeting with Loreto on Sunday in the quarter-finals of the Junior Jacqui Potter Cup.

With just 15 minutes on the clock the Dublin side took the lead, one which they retained over the remainder of the match.

It was an uncharacteristically flat performance from Enniscorthy, and no doubt there will be great disappointment in the camp after last season’s heroics.

Squad: Norah McGinty, Eabha Farrell, Beibhin O’Brien, Rebecca Doyle, Ellie Kehoe, Niamh Ogilvie, Leah Kidd, Rebecca Ogilvie, Isabelle Walsh, Caoimhe Larkin, Eimear Doyle, Amy Murphy, Faye Codd, Caoimhe Quigley, Abby Byrne, Laura Sutton.