Ballydesmond, Lisgriffin and Meelin girls capture Primary Schools titles
GIRLS 10-A-SIDE A FINAL Ballydesmond 3-6 St Lachteens 3-5 BALLYDESMOND ground out a slender point victory on St. Lachteens in the 10-a-side Girls A Final. Thanks to a masterful display of finishing by Leah Moynihan on bagging a hat trick of goals proved the difference between two well matched sides. The play ebbed and flowed during the opening half, the sides deadlocked at 0-4 apiece at the short whistle.
It remained anybody’s game on the turnover, St Lachteens hopes raised on goals from Kelly Honohan, Ciara Lilly Twomey and Maria Murphy. However scoring sensation Moynihan turned on the magic to emerge the highlight from a classic tie.
BALLYDESMOND: R Dunlea, S Keane, S Kerrisk, N Doody, L O’Riordan, S Clifford, C Spillane, L Moynihan, A O’Sullivan, A O’Hanlon, S O’Rourke, A Culloty, K Spillane, R Buckley, D Cronin, N Kerrisk, M Doody, N Buckley ST. LACHTEENS: L Kelleher, C Fox, K Honohan, C McSweeney, K Honohan, A Barrett, C L Twomey, J Reardon, M Murphy, R McCarthy, S Healy, R Walsh, K O’Rourke. GIRLS 7-A-SIDE A FINAL Lisgriffin 7-7 Dromagh 4-4 LISGRIFFIN put together a near
perfect performance on edging out Dromagh in the Girls 7-a-side A Final. Regular scores combined with excellent passages of play made for another great contest. Crucially Lisgriffin looked more efficient going forward, their superior handling saw Róisín McCarthy claimed a hat trick with two for Grace Cronin.
To their credit, Dromagh searched for scores, two goals apiece from Ciara Buckley and Katie Ferns offered encouragement. Still Lisgriffin repelled the onslaught and saw their task to a successful conclusion.
LISGRIFFIN: E Vowles, S Whelan, G Cronin, A Tobin, R Lenehan, D Cronin, R McCarthy.
DROMAGH: A Sheehan, G Culloty Roche, C Buckley, E Sheahan, G O’Connell, K Ferns, A O’Keeffe, S Tarrant, C Angland. GIRLS 7-A-SIDE B FINAL
Meelin 4-4 Lismire 1-3
MEELIN took a time to shut out a brave Lismire bid in the Girls 7-a-side B Final. The winners tackled their task with energy and exuberance, growing in confidence on attacking momentum.
Creative play allowed Meelin grow in stature for Molly Roche to claim a hat trick of goals with Caiomhe Shine also raising a green flag.
Lismire kept plugging away and gained reward from a Julie Hayes goal. However Meelin remained patient, never losing their sense of direction and finished strongly.
MEELIN: A O’Sullivan, S O’Sullivan, E Hayes, S McAulliffe, C Murphy, M Roche, C Shine, M Richardson, L Curtin, A Fitzpatrick, S O’Sullivan, M Duane, S Ryan, E Cronin, M Twomey. LISMIRE: A Heffernan, A Buckley, M O’Connor, S O’Connor, K McAulliffe, J O’Keeffe, A O’Keeffe, J Hayes, K Hayes, C Kenneally, N O’Riordan.