Ulster Ladies Junior Football quarter final

Glenravel 5-09   Claudy 2-06

Glenravel’s Senior Ladies Footballers booked their ticket for the Ulster Junior Championship semi finals in what looks like a comprehensive victory going by the scoreline but for the first thirty minutes,  this game was very much in the balance. Indeed the talk along the touchline at half time was that the home team were fortunate enough to be one point ahead at the short whistle. However the green and whites ran on to the field with a steely determination in the second half and took total control of the game. 

The first half was a low scoring affair largely down to the rain which made slick passing very difficult and shooting at each end was mostly a war of attrition. The visitors started brightly though and opted for a running game which paid dividends on four minutes when Eimhear McNicholl found the net following a great move. Glenravel edged in front with a goal and a point before McNicholl goaled again to restore the lead for Claudy. Niamh McKay pointed a free for the locals and there then followed a  seven minute period with out  a flag being raised before Ciara White pointed for Claudy to give them a three point advantage. With four minutes left on the clock Glenravel’s Laoise McKenna levelled the game with a well taken goal and when Niamh McKay pointed from a free two minutes into injury time the local ladies led by a point. Shortly after, referee Chris Morgan from An Riocht called time and both teams retreated to the shelter of the changing rooms with the home side somewhat fortunate to be on the right side of a 2-03 to 2-02 scoreline. 

As with the first half, Claudy were quickly on the scoresheet with a point from Daire White getting them back on level terms in the thirty third minute but their next score would be a point from Caomihe McNabb in the forty ninth minute. During that sixteen minute spell though Glenravel took control of the game scoring one goal and five points and with ten minutes left on the clock they led by 3-08 to 2-04. Claudy’s luck had run out and when one of their defenders was unfortunate enough to deflect the ball into her own net with only four minutes left their fate was sealed. Even though Kate Hargan and Eimhear McNicholl collected a couple of points in injury time for Claudy, their hosts had done enough to secure a place in the semi finals, ending up victorious on a 5-09 to 2-06 scoreline. 

Glenravel:: Orla Donnelly, Eimhear McAleenan, Emma Dillon, Bronagh McKay, Bronagh Laverty, Colleen McNeill, Caoimhe Duffin, Maeve Mulholland, Kirsty Laverty, Clare Emerson, Ellen Hynds, Niamh McKay, Laoise McKenna, Torie Edgar, Drevla Donaghy,  Aimee Traynor, Shauna McDonnell, Ailisha McPeake, Aisling Kerr, Angela Duffin, Caoimhe McColgan, Caoimhe McKeown, Clodagh McCann, Kiera O’Neill, Lauren Edgar, Lianne Kerr, Lucy Carey, Niamh Donnelly, Niamh O’Donnell, Una McAleenan, Nicole Laverty.

Claudy:: Catherine Mulan, Kady Brunker, Bliathin Donnelly, Aine McCloskey, Cara White, Kate Hargan, Natasha Gormley, Michelle Feemey, Ciara White, Daire White, Caomihe McNabb, Cait White, Maria McDermott, Danielle McCloskey-Hargan, Eimear McNicholl, Beth McKinney, Brid Peoples, Caoimhe O’Neill, Cara Doherty, Dearbhla Harkin, Megan Doherty, Niamh Peoples, Orla McGinley, Sarah Hargan, Sarah McKeever

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