Northern Property Division One
Kevin Herron reports from Hannahstown
A week after securing their first ever win in the Division One ranks, Lámh Dhearg senior ladies backed it up with a first win on home soil this term with a win over Con Magee’s Glenravel at Hannahstown on Monday evening.
Both sides registered within the first two minutes as Robyn Murray’s early free was cancelled out by an Aimee Traynor reply at the other end.
Ciara Larkin restored her sides lead after a patient move involving Maebh Martin and Niamh Webb in the build-up and they extended their lead with the opening goal on the 7th minute.
The woodwork denied Ciara Doherty and Ciara Larkin but at the third time of asking Doherty thumped to the net.
Con Magee’s responded with Kirsty Laverty swinging a shot over, though the remainder of the half was largely one-way traffic.
Raichael Mulholland struck point either side of a nice Lauren Smyth score. Meabh Martin dropped over an angled score to make it four unanswered before Mulholland added her third of the half after Clodagh Hayes and Sinead McCloskey carried the ball from defence.
The visitors briefly ended the Lámhs momentum with Aimee Traynor doubling her personal tally and they almost found a goal within sixty-seconds- only for Clodagh Hayes to deny Lucia McQuillan on the line.
Lámh Dhearg tagged on two further scores before the break, the first coming after Robyn Murray picked out Meabh Diamond with a fine pass and Diamond clipped over and Meabh Martin would kick her second of the half to ensure her side were in control at the interval.
The Lámhs picked up where they left off at the break as Lauren popped over from play and Robyn Murray converted her second free of the evening.
A third successive point in the half-arrived courtesy of Ciara Larkin before substitute Aoife Fitzsimons claimed the first of many scores that she would conjure in the last twenty minutes.
Niamh Quinn would double her side’s goal tally on the 39th minute with a blistering shot that was squirmed beneath the grasp of Con Magee’s keeper Caitlin McKeown.
A point followed from Maebh Martin before a quick-fire double sewed up the points at Hannahstown.
Substitute Aoife Fitzsimons added to her earlier point with a goal after making room for a shot and blasting low to the corner and within less than sixty-seconds Ciara Larkin added a fourth.
Fitzsimons added two further points, in between scores from Isla Annett and Maebh Martin before Niamh Donnelly converted a free at the other end for Con Magee’s.
Maebh Diamond added a fifth for the hosts after Fitzsimons found Robyn Murray and Murray unselfishly rolled the ball across to the back post for Diamond to apply the finish.
Late points from Murray and Raichael Mulholland arrived either side of a second Fitzsimons goal in the closing stages as Lámh Dhearg ladies claimed their first Division One win on home soil.
