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UNDER-14 ‘A’ FC COOLEY KICKHAMS GERALDINES 5-4 2-9
IT was a game of two halves at Fr McEvoy Park last Thursday evening as Cooley Kickhams survived a brilliant Geraldines fightback to emerge four-point winners in this Group 4 championship clash.
Geraldines trailed by 5-3 to 0-5 at the interval after a hat-trick of goals from Cooley’s Callum O’Hanlon, but the Haggardstown boys limited their hosts to a single point in the second half as they threatened to turn the tie on its head. COOLEY KICKHAMS: Shane Quigley, Darragh Brady, Paul Brennan, Sean Mc Carragher, Daire Mc Daid, Cormac Malone, John Digney, Cian Murphy, Callum O’Hanlon 3-0, Aaron Sheelan, Cian Mc Guinness 1-3, Thomas Mc Carragher 0-1, Ronan Mc Mullin, Gerard Hanlon, Cian Reilly 1-0. Subs Eddie Kirwan, Caolan Haugh, Christopher Mc Quaid, Ethan Murphy, Thomas Fearon, Sam Dawson.
UNDER-13 DIV 2 COOLEY KICKHAMS ROCHE EMMETS
COOLEY Kickhams had Killian Carroll (midfield) winning the midfield battle for Roche Emmets during their thrilling 5-6 to 5-5 win against St Fechin’s in the Under-14 A Championship last Thursday. five
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different goalscorers as they pulled away in the second half to defeat Roche Emmets by a 17-point margin at Fr McEvoy Park last Wednesday night.
Roche were still in contention at the break, trailing by 2-9 to 1-6.
COOLEY KICKHAMS: Daire Mc Daid, Petie Hanlon, Thomas Fearon, Sean Mc Carragher, Emmet Marchat, Sean Quinn, Eddie Kirwan 0-2, Milo Moore, Shane Rogan 0-1, Ronan Mc Mullin 0-3, Brian Boyle 1-1, Gerard Hanlon 3-6, Shane Boyle Subs Cillian O’Neill, Darragh Hughes, Cian Mc Guinness 1-0, Jack Craven, Casper 1-0, Tomas Mc Donald, Luke Sheridan, Thomas Mc Carragher, Jason Brady 1-2.
GIRLS UNDER-12 FC COOLEY KICKHAMS NEWTOWN BLUES 3-11 1-6
COOLEY Kickhams’ Under-12 girls got their championship campaign off to a great start with a convincing win over Newtown Blues.
The game, played over four quarters, began with a fine point from Katelyn Murphy and good marking and strong tackling helped keep the Drogheda girls at bay.
At the other end of the field Chloe Mc Carrgher, Ciara Murphy, Katie O’Rourke The Cooley Kickhams team who defeated Newtown Blues in the Girls Under-12 Championship. and Katelyn Savage did enough to keep the scoreboard ticking over for the eventual winners.
It was a good team performance and the Cooley girls are in action again this Thursday evening when they travel to face Kilkerley Emmets (throw in 7pm, support welcome).
COOLEY KICKHAMS: Ava Brady, Niamh Lavery, Hazel Malone, Olaith Daly, Stacey Murray, Katie O’Rourke, Lucy White, Katelyn Murphy, Ciara Murphy, Chloe Mc Carragher, Katelyn Savage, Abbie Mc Shane, Aoibhean O Neill, Rebecca Dunne, Sarah Mallon, Eilish Murphy.